I've just had an email from TSR offering me a 30% discount if I get a paid account with them (I once did, don't judge me, I was new to the fandom - is Sims a fandom?). OMG wow! 30%! That's only 70% less than The Booty offers, and The Booty isn't publishing account details. Golly-gosh-wow! Booty look out, TSR is back!

For fuck's sake. I would dearly love to delete my account with TSR, sadly it's not an option.

Download a Minchin, currently Jess and Eli are up for grabs, but I will update as the legacy progresses.

( go on, you know you want to )

Comment if you run into any problems. Or even if you don't.

My legacies are on hiatus at the moment. I'm not giving them up or anything like that, I'm simply waiting to buy a new computer. My current computer, parts of which date back to the year 2000, keeps crashing. I think it's due to overheating, but generally this computer is on its last legs.

Basically, I can do anything, providing I don't do too much.
I can look on YouTube for approximately three videos.
Any more than that: Crash!

I can transfer some of my files to my external drive.
Any more than 1GB: Crash!

I can Sim, providing I don't go past the neighbourhood chooser screen.
Otherwise: Crash!

I can look at LJ, so long as I avoid certain pages.
Look at sim_rants: Crash!

I should be getting one within a month. Maybe a little longer.

If it is longer, I shall have to kill something.

Apologies.

Updated: 18 January 2009

General
{x} The Booty
{x} Mod The Sims 2
{x} The Sims Resource (it's pay and it's evil, but I'll mention it anyway)

Default Replacements - Skins
{x} Default Skins by teru_k
{x} Bad Witch (Pixie Serpent by Enayla, defaulted by IAmTheRad)
{x} Alien by Rensim
{x} Plant Sim (Pixie Nymph and Pixie Rot by Enayla, defaulted by swampcandy)
{x} Zombie (Pixie Rot by Enayla, defaulted by ParasiteX)
{x} Vampire (Pixie Hunter by Enayla, defaulted by ParasiteX)
{x} Defaults for Vampire, Plant Sim, Werewolf, Zombie & Alien by Navetsea (I have only just started using the vampire skin, the rest are as above)

Default Replacements - Eyes
{x} Hybrid Eyes by Rensim
{x} Vampire & Alien Eyes by Rensim
{x} Alien Eyes by Yumedust (defaulted by radgrl2004)
{x} Genie Eyes by Yumedust (defaulted by radgrl2004)
{x} Bigfoot Eyes by Yumedust (defaulted by radgrl2004)
{x} Plant Sim Eyes by Yumedust (defaulted by radgrl2004)
{x} Werewolf Eyes by Yumedust (defaulted by radgrl2004)
{x} Vampire Eyes by Yumedust (defaulted by radgrl2004)

Default Replacements - Misc
{x} All Eyebrows by Rensim
{x} Facial Templates by Oepu
{x} Facial Templates by Bruna00000
{x} Townie Eyes by Yumedust
{x} Phaenoh at MtS2 has made plenty of default replacement clothing.

Skins/Genetics
{x} Rensims
{x} Unholy Collection by Enayla
{x} Pixie Forest by Enyala
{x} Pixie Realms by Enyala

Hair
{x} Peggy (Booty Link)
{x} Raonjena (Booty Link)
{x} Rose (Booty Link)
{x} Nouk

Makeup
{x} Rock Chick Sims

Clothing
{x} Aikea Guinea
{x} All About Style
{x} Glamorous Lounce
{x} Pronup Sims
{x} Stylist Sims
{x} Sublisims

Misc
{x} Cars by maximum spider (I particularly like the Bugatti Veyron)

Programmes
{x} Sim Programmes - a useful list of Sim programmes and their functions.
{x} Sims2Pack Clean Installer - Everyone has it, but it's worth a mention.
{x} SimPE - can you imagine life without it?
{x} Gadwin Print Screen - a must-have for decent screen capping.

Programmes DJS Sims
{x} The Wardrobe Wrangler - cannot say enough nice things about this, but to give just one single reason why this is the best download on the web: one-step colour binning for hair. Now, don't you want it? If not, how about the ability to "Townify" your clothing at the click of a button? Awesome programme!
{x} The Compressorizer - went from 6GB to 2.3GB of downloads with this nifty little programme - error free, too.
{x} Sims 2 Collection Maker - so easy, so useful.
{x} Sims 2 WTF (Walls, Terrains & Floors) Editor - Best function? Renaming all of those "6244785625286224585d5fa22d2d.package" to things like "Pink Carpet by Sarah" at the click of a button.

Hacks (not for my legacy, but in general)
{x} The InSiminator
{x} Simslice (at the booty, since it's a paysite)
{x} Simlogical

More to come as I remember where I've downloaded from...

I have no idea exactly what I installed, but I do think it was part of an all-in-one house set, but whatever it was, it killed my computer.  Or at least, corrupted my little Simmies to death.  I've tried removing bits and pieces of what I downloaded, but thanks to my killer obsession with putting things in the "right" folder, I scattered it all over the place, and have no idea exactly what killed my Sims.

So, I have a new policy on downloads, download something, make a new folder, extract it there, test, and if the test proves successful, then I move things around to my liking.

That said, my little Simmies are dead (this time for good, Ava).  So, I've done a new install, and re-downloaded everything, and now I'm starting a new legacy.  I wish I had backed up my neighbourhoods a little more often.  I'm  going to miss Captain Dumbass.

RIP Ava (again), Captain Dumbass, The Not-Mum, Carrie, Corey, Dana, Dove, Jake and Elwood.  I shall miss you.

PS: Elwood was going to be heir.  He turned out real pretty.

So, I've had this journal a month and done nothing with it.  Awesome.

Well, I have three main legacy families, Jones, Clancy and Bates.  I'm hoping I get some readers as soon as I post something.  For now, I just wanted to post something that proved I'm not some weird spammy journal that randomly friended Simmers.