Random Acts of Simming

Since there still isn’t any school, and Doug works from home as a writer, I let everyone be autonomous and do what they wanted (for the most part). I was happy to see that Doug did laundry on his own.

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This is my favorite time of day in Ely Corners.

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For some reason, Kirby Deshannon likes to complain about art. He doesn’t have the “Can’t Stand Art” trait, but he is a Slob — I wonder if that’s why? I guess he’s just not as artsy-fartsy as the rest of his family, and feels the need to whine about it once in awhile.

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In only a few hours of playtime, Kirby wore out the Deshannons’ old television, so I had my town handyman, Spencer Latham, come over to fix it. Doug didn’t know Spencer yet, so I had to use Twallan’s Master Controller to invite him to the house.

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Once he showed up, I clicked on him to make him active (using Twallan’s Story Progression & Dreamcatcher so no one would lose their promised wishes), and had him fix the TV. Well, the family didn’t seem to like that — I got a pop-up saying that Spencer was behaving inappropriately, and everyone in the household received a “Rude Guest” moodlet. I used Master Controller to purchase the “Inappropriate in a Good Way” reward for Spencer, so hopefully that won’t happen again.

Here’s a close-up of Spencer since you only see him from behind in the previous pic. He’s going to be my house renovator as well as the general repairman. Right now he lives with his parents in the Walton, but I’m going to move him out into a worker’s cottage near the spa hotel, which he will be renovating while he lives there.

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Even though I only invited Spencer over, his whole family showed up. His mom promptly set up a keyboard in the yard and started entertaining everyone, which is odd, because I didn’t buy her a keyboard. But weird things happen to Sims when they’re not active, I’ve noticed — they end up with spoiled food, random books, cars, and instruments in their inventories. Quite annoying.

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Really don’t like the impromptu yard concerts, especially with people standing in the shrubbery to listen. I’ll have to find a mod to nix this!

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Once Spencer was done fixing the TV, I made the Deshannons active again, and had Doug thank him. Well, really I could only have Doug admire his Handiness skill, but I figure that works just as well. I also used Master Controller’s Money Transfer to transfer §50 from the Deshannons to the Lathams, but for some reason I had to wait until the family had left the lot.

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When I switched back to the Sothers house, they were still having decay-less energy problem, so I ended up just using Master Controller to reset the lot. That seemed to fix the issue, thank goodness.

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34 thoughts on “Random Acts of Simming

  1. Oh Oh Oh Spencer can come renovate my *house* any time he damn well pleases… humedah humedah! Have to say I quite like Toni’s outfit, it kinda suits the place. Maybe EA has some intelligence after all.

    Love the pub, though “The Puking Pony” is NOT going to get my vote. Nice little place like Ely Corners needs a much more fitting name for it’s pub than a vomitting stubby legged horse…. bad girl, Jen. Very bad girl.

  2. LOL! I was only kidding about the “Puking Pony”. But I really am having trouble coming up with a good name for it. Do you have any suggestions? :)

    • Only thing I can think of is *The Cornerstone*… as in the cornerstone of the community, fits with Ely *Corners*… but what do I know I – I’ve been known to drink in The Dog and Duck!

      • Well, now, The Dog and Duck sounds like a very respectable pub! I really like The Cornerstone. Thanks for the suggestion!

  3. oh I dunno, puking pony has a ring to it .. *snorts*
    and I agree Spencer is one handyman to have around. I would find myelf breaking things in order to call him over again. it would be so worth it. *wonders if he minds working shirtless*

  4. Will is a bit yummy! You have some seriously gorgeous sims living in Ely Corners Jen.

    I took your advice and got the MTS bodies with Tamo’s faces. They look fab!

    Also, we have the same default replacement plates. They are so pretty :)

    • I love those plates, too! Glad to hear you’re liking the Tamo faces and the HP bodies. I quite like the combo myself!

  5. I love this! The pub is awesome. I love the little beer garden.
    Seeing as I am getting the Irish Pub feel to it.. how about calling it “Bobby McGees” I used to love that place back home in AUS.
    or Shimrock Tavern, a play on sim and shamrock? also sounds like your a bit tipsy when you say it..lol

  6. Ha! I love the “Shimrock Tavern” idea!

    I giggled all the way through this again, Jen! I believe that Will just needs a nice woman to whip him into shape, that’s all. He’s certainly got that “nice boy” look to him. Surely he’ll attract some nice girl! LOL

  7. I like Will’s face. It’s narrow, but it works for him! :O)

    Wow … his mom was BRAVE for trying that mixed drink. I mean … he’s not even properly trained yet! *shudders* Wow … puke city! *cackles* Beware of improperly prepared mixed drinks!

    Gorgeous shot of Ely Corners. Mm … I’ve updated my system to Win7 and when I did it, I haven’t been able to get my colors to look as rich as they used to. It’s like there’s this “gray tinge”. I hope I’m able to fix it before I start taking simming pictures again. Y’know … Spencer Latham looks like Corey Feldman. :O)

    Your pub is GORGEOUS!! It makes me want to buy a Shepherd’s Pie! :O)

    • And I even gave Will two skill points of Mixology to start out with! I figured he’d know a thing or two just growing up in/around the pub. But wow, he’s awful. That’s too bad about the gray tinge! Ack. Have you updated your graphics drivers recently?

  8. Will Sothers is CUTE! *whistles* (Even with the total slacker personality.) Hiya Sheriff Shane! *waves* Hehe, glad Shane didn’t give Will tons of money, since he clearly has an entire house to furnish! He washes the glasses with his fingers? I hope he at least washed his hands first. Aww, poor Will. *comfort* Cynthia’s kinda cute. Is Will interested in her? Keep the family business in the family if he is. *grins* Well, I guess if she’s already got a husband and kid, he can’t woo her. (As soon as you have an unfilled house, I bet they’ll move in there.)

    Hehehehehehe, love Will’s expression when he’s mixing the drink and his phone goes off. *cackles* Oh, his poor parents. *tries not to giggle at them getting sick*

    *pokes Kirby* Art is good for you, kid! Oooo, Spencer is a HOT handyman! *wolf whistles* He’s gonna be a favorite of the single and/or lonely women, isn’t he. *giggles*

    As I knew it would, the pub looks awesome. :D *snickers at “Puking Pony”*

    • Hehe, yeah, I need to get Shane and Toni’s house furnished (and also give them their two kids). Too much to do, not enough time! Oh, go ahead and giggle at Will’s parents getting sick — I was laughing my head off! (you can tell I haven’t played much since LN came out!)

  9. A friend of mine had a fictional pub named “The Rose and Pearls”
    I one time named a pub in a story “The Painted Pony” (which is much nicer than a puking pony).
    I agree that Spencer could come fix things up in my house any time.. mmmmm..

  10. …… what? oh, umm, sorry, I was lost in thought. Something about Spencer and a “Master Controller” *cough* Wow, love the pub and the puke but mostly I love how it’s the perfect interwoven Sim world we’ve always dreamed of.

  11. Actually, Jen, I think the time of day made the pictures of the pub look great! A lot like one of those Ye Olde English ones you see in books. One of my sims 2 ‘hoods has a pub called ‘The Highwayman’ because I was listening to that song when I was building it, and another ‘hood has one called ‘The Ticklish Trout’ (I dunno what I was thinking that day). Great update, the pictures are spectacular!

    • Haha, great pub names! Especially the Ticklish Trout. :) And yeah, I was going for the kind of stereotypical English country pub, so I’m glad it evokes that for you!

  12. Great update, glad to see you playing :)
    Your hood looks gorgeous as always.

    The music instruments and the cars are annoying me as well. Last weekend was the last straw, so I ended up making a tiny mod that prevents autonomous instrument playing. A better mod would be to stop the instruments from generating into their inventory in the first place, but I didn’t have time to investigate so I took the easy way out for now. At least now all my grannies will not learn how to play the drums when I’m not playing them.

    With the cars, deleting them is always the first thing I do when I switch families, then family funding their assets to what it was before deleting. Usually adults have 1 car in their inventory, but a few times, their inventories have been full of cars. One time after deleting all the cars in Style’s and his wife’s inventory, they became my first Sim millionaires.

    • Wow, that’s a lot of cars! Yeah, I’m going to have to do something similar. I wonder if Twallan’s Story Progression has any option for controlling inventories…I’ll have to look into that. How cool that you made your own mod to deal with the constant instrument-playing! That really drives me bonkers. I would love to use it if you ever feel like sharing it!

      • You know you want to go have a drink at The Tragic Clown. ;) The bartender cries into your beer for that certain je ne sais quis. And yes, beer!
        (It’s because of Late Night that I’m back to Simming. The vampires seem actually cool this time around! But I still miss the aliens. :( )

  13. Oh I do like the Sothers! Will the lazy boy, Shane the stalwart brother, the love bird parents – they’re perfect for Elys Corner. But then again Jenba, your complete cast of characters seem to fit just right.

    And the pub! You have the pub finished – Yaaay! I have to say it looks lovely. A nice little town pub for a nice little town. Your shots of this picturesque burg is amazing and just make me all “awww” inside. :)

    Okay, for my two cents, I vote for “Shimrock Tavern” it has that little flavor to it.

    So *swings arms* what’s next? LOL

    • Aw, thank you, Velvet! I’m so glad you like my town so far. I have an Ely Corners post in the works for the next day or so…so I guess that’s what’s next! :D

  14. Darn uni distractions, they made me almost miss this awesome update! The pup looks fantastic Jen. Actually strangely enough it reallly reminds me of this dinky little pub/resturant/live music place I went to in Memphis of all places (minus the Elvis pictures of course :D) which is very cool. Definitely can’t wait to see what you decided to create next!

    • *shakes a fist at Beatdoc’s university* Sounds like that place in Memphis was pretty cool…live music is the best!