Sims 3 Jump

Okay so I've been contemplating switching to making sims 3 stories for some time now, and I think I'm actually going to finally make the jump! I will however make my next 2 tomb raiders stories for the sims 2, but after that I'm moving to sims 3!

It's official!

What finally tipped my decision was that fact that practically everyone else has moved over to the sims 3, so not many people are making or reading sims 2 stories anymore. Because I'm a major nerd I just spent the last 5 minutes calculating the average comments of the first page of both the sims 2 and the sims 3 stories.

So in case you were wondering......

Comments for Sims 2 averages at: 3.0694 per story.

and

Comments for Sims 3 averages at: 8.5897 per story.

To really accurately calculate which one gets read more I should have averages the actual views.....but you know I thought of that after I averaged the comments and really couldn't be bothered to gather any more information than that, yes I know I'm lazy.

So to wrap all this up i'll be making two more tomb raider stories using the sims 2, then I'll start writing with the sims 3!

Adios all xox

There's Never Really a Subject......

......?

Ah yes, you don't have to worry about the stupid idea of short stories......I regretted it as soon as I made it. :P and even if you wanted to read it (because yes i DID actually make it) you can't because I unknowingly freshly installed windows 7 and lost EVERYTHING yet again. I am just having the worst computer luck lately. But I've managed to fix most of my newly self inflicted problems........reinstalled sims 2 for.....what must literally be the 50th time.

Also I started writing again last night! :) So happy. I actually have my real proper desire to write again! I managed to rewrite the 6 chapters of my next tomb raider story. I really wasn't happy with what I'd written, but managed to correct it! Wooooo! So my current goal is to have finished writing the next tomb raider story before I go away on Thursday......which I think is do-able. Then next week I'll be able to start making them in-game and PUBLISHING them!!!!! How I miss publishing stories!

Hopefully the promised stories will be out soon!! :D

Short Stories?

Okay.....so it takes me about a month to feel guilty about not submitting said promised stories, hence why I'm writing this.

My short gap of being on top of things went rather quickly and now I'm in fact BEHIND. Anyway regardless of that I am finally getting on top of my stories that I hope to submit in the NEAR future. I just finished making the sims for my new Tomb Raider story, (nobody looks different because I backed up all my simmies from my old computer *phew*) I just need to finish off writing the whole story for it.....I think i've written as far as chapter 6? So I'll get that done as soon as I can.

Also I've realised that the next story I submit will be my 100th story published!!!! So I was thinking of doing something special for that. I found some old short stories from when I was 6 or 7, so I was thinking of putting them altogether and bringing them to life in sim land. They are very short so I could get about 3 or 4 in and it still would add up to about 20 shots. I don't know I just thought it would be a good idea as a sort of....see how far I've come type of things. And also because I found them amusing. The things a 6 year old writes about! Could also get some other of the writers here on TSR to publish some of their stories from childhood aswell, I just think they're hilarious. Anyway leave your thoughts in the comments.

Adios xox

Future Plans

Hello all who happen to stumble upon this entry, just wanted to add an update to anyone who's been following my stories, or my lack there of I should say.

I am still planning on writing my next few stories and having them published in the near future, as I'm slowly getting ontop of things. It's still difficult to talk about but my grandmother passed away 3 months ago, and when it happened I just kind of stopped everything. I got really behind in all my classes and missed all my deadlines, but thankfully they've given me a second chance and I can still complete my course by the time I wanted to. My course stuff has leveled out now, I'm still behind but they're allowing me to take my time and get it finished properly. The point is that now I have the time and the desire to get back into my writing. I already have the next 3.....no 4 stories all mapped out, and now all my computer problems are sorted out I can finally start digging into them.

I was planning on having heaps more stories out by this time but it didn't go the way I thought it would, this year hasn't gone the way I thought it would, but that's life I suppose, you never know what's going to be thrown your way.

So I'm off to do some writing, I hope you all enjoy my stories to come!

Adios xox

Updating Again

Okay......so....

After chucking a hissy fit and completely wiping my hard drive; I had problems with windows 7 needing activating, my sims 3 game kept crashing and instead of doing what a normal person would do, either fix the problem or leave it, I decided to get back at my pc by formatting the hard drive and completely wiping it and removing the operating system. I usually just turn the computer off when things get frustrating and walk away with a 'I warned you' directed at my pc, but this occasion called for something more.

Anyway before all that happened I'd been having problems with trying to install sims 2, for some reason there was a lot of glitches. But anyway since my hissy fit I installed Windows 7 on my pc again, which was like two weeks ago I think. So for the last couple of days I've just been dying! to play sims 2 (been playing a bit of sims 3 but it's just not the same!!) so I thought why not try and install sims 2 again, and if it's glitchy I'll find a way to fix it. I'm starting to get a cold too, and there is nothing better than feeling sick and playing the sims for HOURS with your absolute favourite family. So that was my main motivation for trying to install sims 2 again. Anyway I've just spent the last solid 2 and a half hours installing all my expansion packs............with NO GLITCHES!!!! WOOOOOOO!!!!! Although not all expansions I still haven't installed Apartment Life because frankly.....I don't know where the disc is and I'm not going to go looking for it at 2AM so that'll have to wait till the morning but i'm not really worried about finding though, I've got a few places in mind as to where it could be. Seriously though that must have been the 11th or 12th time in the last few weeks that I've uninstalled AND reinstalled ALL my sims 2 expansions, although there was an upside I practically knew all the product keys off by heart. The only thing that got really annoying was the interchanging discs. Insert disc 2, insert disc 1, insert sims 2 disc 4, now checking for update insert disc 1.

Okay so I'm like 2/3 of the way to writing my stories again :) The last minor hiccup is I have no microsoft office to actually write my stories and the first 6 chapters of the next story is in a microsoft word format so I can't actually open it. I had the microsoft office disc, but I seem to have misplaced it and I've been looking for it for the past two weeks since the fresh install, definately something I didn't think about when I wiped it.

So tomorrow I'm planning on installing Apartment Life, then move all my downloads from the family's pc to my new pc and also some necessary simmies, then cleaning up my extremely messy room with the goal of finding the microsoft office disc. Then I'm going to spend the rest of the afternoon writing my stories and playing sims. Oh bugger! I forgot there would be a brief hour break because of piano lessons, sooo forgot tomorrow was Tuesday.

Oh speaking of music I passed my Grade 4 Piano exam the other week :) not that it's really relevant to anything.

Adios xox

Another Update....

Okay so I've had my new computer for a few weeks now and I've just well....not just but I've found Windows 7 to be incompatible with a LOT!!!!! of games, there is a nice feature on windows 7 to let you run your games in 'Windows XP Compatibility Mode' well....it would be a nice feature if it actually worked.

Anyway my complaining aside (but seriously windows 7 is SO STUPID) yes so my resolution is now to buy a second hard drive and install windows xp onto that, so I can run all the games that won't work on windows 7. So hopefully everything will be organized in about a week, and I'll have some new stories for you all!

I've already written a few chapters for the next Tomb Raider story and I've also been working on another story, which I hope you'll like.

Adios xox

Sims 2.....Why Won't you work?!?!?

Okay so I'm in the process of moving all my valuable simmies from my old computer to my new one. But for SOME reason the game has decided it's going to flip out. I've posted my problem on the 'Tech Guy' forums, but as of yet no reply :(

http://forums.techguy.org/games/988818-sims-2-sims-flashing.html

There's the link to the forum post, if any of you have had this problem before and fixed it.

Anyway so with the problems with the Sims 2 game I haven't been able to create any more Tomb Raider stories. I've got some more ideas on how to fix the problem, but the main point is that my stories are going to be delayed AGAIN. Why must things go wrong right when you want/need them!?!

I hope you all enjoy your weekends!! :)

Adios xox

Update

Hey all,

Just an update to let you all know that I'm still around :) and currently writing....well not currently because 'currently i'm writing this blog, but it's kind of a 'background' currently, anyway 'background currently' writing the next Tomb Raider story. I think I'm going to call it 'The Sword of Excalibur' but I'm not sure yet, just a title i'm tossing around.

Well well well.....in case none of you have noticed I've been upgraded.......if that is the word to a TSR Composer! I nearly died when I read the message asking me :) Mum & Dad are very proud too. I feel like I should be churning out more stories now, but everything's sooo busy! I'm now the only employee at work after the other guy was fired, so work hasn't really been that much fun, I'm a full time student trying to get a Diploma in Multimedia and when I get home I'm usually on 'puppy duty' because my sister's usually looking after her all day. So that's if I'm not at work, or doing homework, OR trying to practice for my music exam that's coming up in the next month or two. There's not that much time to write beloved stories, but I assure you every spare chance I get I've been writing. I just finished writing Chapter 6 of the new Tomb Raider story, so I'm going to start making them in game soon, probably this weekend if I finish all my assignments :)

Anyway I must be off, I only had a spare second while I was reformatting my external hard drive for school. Sorry if it sounds like i'm complaining, I like being busy, but at the moment it's just....very stressful.

Oh plus! I don't know why but my Lara Croft sim that I uploaded ages ago is still pending, I shall endeavor to find out though. It's very odd, or is that just how long sim's are taking now to be uploaded? I uploaded her a while ago, when I wrote the last post which I think was February 14, so it's nearly been a month....hmm interesting. Anyway I'll look into it.

I Hope you all look forward and enjoy your WEEKEND!! Which here (Victoria, Australia) is a long weekend! I'm not entirely sure why...I should really look that up, but hey a free holiday is a free holiday; which I shall spend SIMMING!!!! Ahahahahaha!!

Adios xox

Download Lara Croft

Just a quick note to say that I've uploaded the Lara Croft sim that's featured in my Tomb Raider story. Pictured below. She should be published within the next couple of days.

Hope you enjoy!! :)

The Next Series of Tomb Raider

Hello all,

I just thought you might want to know that I'm currently working on the next series of Tomb Raider which is based upon the 'Legend' game. It might be a while yet though, because I've just started working at a video shop and I'm starting TAFE tomorrow. Anyway just thought I'd say something so you all know I'm still writing :)

Hope you have an awesome weekend!

Adios xox