It's that time of the week again where I drop the weekly news. I'm writing it because nobody else would. Thing is...I don't care. I love it.

Dead week. Here's what I dug out from Google.

• The live broadcast for Dragon Valley drops tonight (GMT/UTC). There is also the chance to meet the team behind The Sims 4. Should be interesting.
• 18 days until E3. Perfect opportunity for EA to drop a trailer for The Sims 4.
• The Sims 3 for console won't work on the Xbox One (or the PS4). Yeah well it was dead this week.

• The Tutorials namespace was renamed to Game Guides. Check them out today!
• Inobligatory Community discussions link. Please stop by and have your way. Remember, you as a user can help decide the future of The Sims Wiki.
  • While I'm here, please specifically …

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Hi, howdy, sup, ciao, Alloo (Simlish for hello), guten tag or however you guys like to say hi! ;)

To cut the story short and to stop me from going on and on and on, I decided to change my username! I was happy with my username before, but I've began to contribute to other wikis and to be honest, I'm fed up of explaining to folk on other wikis what my username means...

Anyway, my new username is now Beds - and the idea came to me through a couple of ways. First, through how I enjoy saying the words 'Bed' or 'Beds' in a random way and also, I have been told that I have an obsession with beds... which is so true that I am not even going to bother going into to. And secondly, through a nice chat with this nice chap who suggested a couple of awes…

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Hi :) Although The Space Family is my favorite family to play on, if it is not updated much or there are missing Sims then that is probably because I only have the Sims 1 at my house and Sims 2 at my Grandparents, and I only go down there once a month so I barely ever play on them. But I'll try and update it as much as possible :) 

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Hello world, this is the news. Not late, either. I'm writing this for the first time in, what, two months? Anyway let's get to it.

• Yet another live broadcast coming soon, on the 23rd of May to be specific (at 10am PDT!)
• Sneak peek at new stuff from the store - spoilers it will be overpriced
• There's a ts3 starter pack out now, if you want to buy TS3 and don't have it already for some reason.
• If you're a Crustle and are living under a rock, you may be interested to hear TS4 was announced.

SOME STUFF HAPPENED

• We made a new youtube channel, subscribe and like and use bots to increase view count holla holla get that youtube monay.
• Lots of discussions, which may or may not be dead. Of note are a discussion about changing the wiki theme for Island Parad…

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Yes, hello.

If anybody hasn't been watching the slow link changes across the wiki, then you may be interested to know that The Sims Wiki has a new YouTube channel!

For anyone is curious why we made a new one, basically we lost access to the old one after local administrative meme and trendsetter, Duskey, departed from us without telling anybody the credentials to regain access. The security question even referenced library cards and our team of hackers couldn't crack the code.

Our new channel name is @TheSimsWikiAtWikia. Go ahead and subscribe while we find something useful to put on there. ;)

Enjoy! (inb4thisappearsinweeklynews) 22:51, May 14, 2013 (UTC)

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Hey everyone!

EA just posted a status on their Facebook page, which reads:

I liked this Status because I'm excited for The Sims 4 in 2013!

Um... 2013? What?!?

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Ok, I've fallen into inactivity because my computer has trouble loading the editing pages on all the Wikis. But, now that it works, I will be updating my fanon again! Yeah, I know everyone is so exited!!

Right?

• cricket noise*

Anyway. I'm back. Hopefuly my computer will stop disobeying me from now on!

Ok, new thought. I really cannot WAIT for Dragon Valley. Or Island Paradise! I'm not exited, though, for The Sims 4. I'm comfy playing the Sims 3, and I'm sure I will be for a few years. I think I'm the only one who's not exited, though... xD

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While searching today on thesims3.com on any new interesting posts about The Sims 4, and I found a few that are regarding this tweet. It would seem that something will be unveiled... again! And that will be today, at 2am AEST.

Not long after that announcement, @thesims3 also teases on Twitter with this tweet. It would seem that the big thing will be revealing what the translation of the text on The Sims 4 website (which is in Simlish)... wait, isn't that lorem ipsum...? Another possibility is the reveal of the new Sims 4 gurus, about which SimGuruTrev talked about. Or maybe something entirely different...? Only time will tell...

I will update later when I find out more. Happy Simming until then! Cavia (wheek • speak) 14:37, May 13, 2013 (UTC)

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Hello!

I know many people like my fanon and I seriously love all you guys because of that. But I've been insanely busy with real life (yeah wow creepy I know) and this gives me about zero time to play at all. Also I'm trying to update the Dutch Sims Wiki and with The Sims 4 coming we really have a lot of work to do, as only half of The Sims 2 is on there and almost nothing of The Sims 3.

Making a long story short, I don't think I will update the Curious family in a while. I will continue for sure, I just don't know when yet. I hope you will be able to enjoy the stories available now, and comments are still more than welcome! This 'break' also gives me some time to come up with new stories, storylines and other interesting stuff!

Thank you all for th…

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The news blog is a day late this week. I blame all the hubbub over The Sims 4, as well as some other wiki events. Let's get down to business!

• Dragon Valley was accidentally released early. According to SimGuruTaterTot, some players were accidentally able to purchase an early and incomplete version of the Dragon Valley neighborhood. Players who received the early version of the neighborhood are urged to uninstall it, "to avoid any risks to your saved games and overall experience." If you didn't manage to get an early peek at Dragon Valley, don't worry - it goes up for sale May 30th.
• Origin and Amazon sale on The Sims 3 expansions this weekend. Multiple expansions, stuff packs, and base game bundles for The Sims 3 are on sale on Origin, through Ma…

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Okay, I know this has been for a while, and it might be pretty old news (barely even read last week's wiki news), but I really didn't realize that these premium contents have already been on sale already! I think they needed their own announce page, so... here they are. I present you... the Dead Man's Hand Poker Table and Let it Ride Roulette Table, A.K.A. the blackjack table recolors with extra moustache!

... wait, what?

Seriously, they are just the same things as the good 'ol blackjack table you got from Lucky Simoleon Casino, the exclusive content from Lucky Palms gold edition. That's right! Same functions, same interactions, same... everything! With an exclusive moustache on poker table robot. If you want your casino to be more complete with…

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Alright, I've made a birthday resolution. On June 1th, I have something to say to everyone on the wiki, and I'd love it if you'd hear me out. I might not make it exactly on time, but sometime that day, I'll edit this to make my announcement.

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I decided to finaly create some useful userboxes and has sim 4 be annoucned i made come for it. Most people got mixed opinions on it, so i tried to make different opinion ones. Tell me if i missed one out.

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So I received an award for being featured editor of May 2013.

I would like to thank the ones who voted me as the featured editor, and to, mainly, the well-known contributors who inspired me to continue being a member of the Sims Wikia community. It's been around two-three years here and although I may be inactive in many intervals, I am always back with big content ready to be posted.

I pledge for the next few months that I will be back and active - bringing you more content which helps fellow Simmers to understand the Sims games better.

So let's make this year a wonderful one and let's hope for tons of happiness along the way, with three more packs for The Sims 3 and the release of The Sims 4!

-ThomasWikia
14:22, May 9, 2013 (UTC)

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Hi everyone!

I am Megustaa, aka, Prishaa yarthini. I am an 11 year old kid living I'm singapore..

My days in sims wikia are precious, coz I love the sims, I got the sims by my father, who introduced me to the sims 2 PSP I really loved that game.. I am currently having the sims 2 deluxe and double deluxe, the sims 3 base game and the sims 3 supernatural... I hope to get seasons ASAP..

It was great blogging on my first day...check out my blog on google, just type this website or click the website habpluslover.blogspot.com.

Write me a fan mail to my google email address anditspossible133@gmail.com

Thanks for listening, Megustaa aka Prishaa

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Anyone else curious about the life state: mermaids in Sims 3: Island Paradise? i wonder what interaction they'll have and if they can grow legs when they walk on land. wait, can they even go on land?

is there a certain age for a sim to be a mermaid?

so excited!

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Hello my fellow wikians. I'm LizardMaster178 - and every Thursday (exception for today because it's Tuesday :3) I will release an issue of SimWeekly. It is one of The Sims Wiki's magazines, where you can find many news! Well, don't just sit there like a bored Simmer...peek inside!
On Monday, 6th May, The Sims 4 was announced by Maxis! It was announced at 15:00 UTC time, live on Twitter and across the web. The original announcement read:

The Sims franchise is fueled by the passion and creativity of its millions of fans around the world. Their continued devotion to the franchise ignites the fire of creativity of the team at The Sims Studio, driving them to continually improve and innovate on one of the world’s most successful simulation game that…

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I think, since I am a great fan of holidays, that there should be userboxes for holiday-lovers. For example:

I'm not very good at making userboxes, so I'd love it if you guys could improve them for me. Tell me what you think! Hurshbr (talk) 17:57, May 7, 2013 (UTC)Hurshbr

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The official announcement of The Sims 4 on Monday leaves a lot of ground to cover regarding information on the game, and information on how The Sims Wiki will handle the game going forward.

Yes, it's official! Maxis made the announcement shortly after 15:00 UTC to a wide audience on Twitter and across the web. Maxis chose to reveal the existence of TS4 to a select group of fans and fansite owners a few hours before their public announcement, but generally those sites and people chose not to leak the news early. Later news releases throughout the day have given us a few key pieces of information about the new game:

• The Sims 4 will release sometime in 2014. It could mean January 2014, or December 2014, or (most likely) sometime in-between. We ju…

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Okay, i know there have been sevral blogs about sim 4 but what i found here really took the biscuit. On here gues what EA wrote: 

The Sims has always been about the fans. There are millions of them across social networks and it’s passion that keeps The Sims alive. It’s their creativity and devotion to The Sims that fuels our creativity, so it’s natural that we’d come to them first with the big news.

I though EA was voted worst company in america for treating it fan terrible. It products are overly high and nothing is really orgnial anymore. How could EA say this, to EA sims is about money if it was about fans it would be less expensive and  more expansion pacts but with  more content in each. 

Hopefully when EA does become bankrupt and going …

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Hello Simmers!

In case your eyes weren't glued to Twitter today waiting for EA's "big announcement", here it is:

The Sims 4 is official!

You can read EA's brief press release here.

The Sims franchise is fueled by the passion and creativity of its millions of fans around the world. Their continued devotion to the franchise ignites the fire of creativity of the team at The Sims Studio, driving them to continually improve and innovate on one of the world’s most successful simulation game that has sold more than 150 million copies worldwide.

Stay tuned to this blog post, where we will be providing any new updated information from the announcement.

-- LostInRiverview ^{talk ~ blog} 15:19, May 6, 2013 (UTC)

Edit 1 - The time for reckless speculation begins wit…

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Hey!

I'm sure everyone has seen the rumours of "something big" happening tomorrow (6/5/13) as well as the supposed leaked images of TS4. Well it seems EA have only gone and registered a domain name for what could be TS4 and the domain is currently pointed to the same page as the main hub on the website for The Sims series.

I know pre-registering domains is a common fad in the industry, with "half-life3.com" being pointed to Valve's page for The Orange Box, while Ubisoft have apparently had "farcry4.com" registered since 2004, but with recent developments and apparent DNS modification the other day, this seems a little bit too convincing.

It's already strongly hinted that TS4 will have forced multiplayer and an always-on DRM system akin to Sim…

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I presume some of the more active contributors are seeing that I am continually being absent, and in truth, real-life commitments are indeed putting me in a bind. However, I am indeed not completely inactive, and I have (while writing this) resumed my CAW work.

As always, I shall continue to update the featured content sections, although as my few edits to the userpage would indicate, I shall not be able to add significant plot to my fanon for a continued duration.

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http://simsvip.com/2013/05/03/ea-to-make-big-announcement-for-the-sims/

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According to reliable Sims fansites, Platinum Simmers, SimCookie and Sim Times, EA is making a "big announcement" for The Sims series on 6th May, 2013 (only 2 days away!).

The following text is something I borrowed from SimsVIP (thanks for the info):

In an official email sent out to select fansites worldwide, EA states they will be setting up a conference call with all invitees to "hear directly from one of the developers about the exciting piece of news!". EA has also stated that after this conference call, all invitees "will receive a brand new image to accompany this special occasion", which they will be getting "approximately three hours before the rest of the world."

In my opinion, this may be The Sims 4. A much bigger possibility is an announ…

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The news is pretty light this week - please let me know if I've missed something important.

• Countdown to The Sims 3: Island Paradise -
• New Premium Store Content: The "Double Down Poker and Roulette Bundle" is available on The Sims 3 Store.

• Request for Administratorship - There is a pending request on the Requests for Administratorship page, to promote HanaGoth96 to administrator. Please go here to read the request and to weigh in.
• There is a discussion ongoing over whether to change the wiki theme for the release of The Sims 3: Island Paradise.
• There is some talk about whether the template is being overused - see this thread to weigh in.

Remember - these and other threads can be found in our Community Discussions Forum

Have a great week! -- LostInRiv…

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Okay The Sims Deluxe WORKS! And it took quite a while but...The Sims 2 also works :)

I created a family, played on it (WHAT ELSE WOULD I DO WITH IT?!)

But now...There is one problem...I cant find my family anymore! Is there a way to fix this?!

And WHERE is my family?

P.S before anyone says : Maybe they got deleted or...Something like that. Well it woudnt explain that i still have videos of them (Yes i recorded a few times and THAT still exists!

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So today there was a market…And for months i wanted The Sims 2 and i also wanted to know more about the Sims 1…Once i was at a store and i saw : THE SIMS 2 WOOT! for 30 EUROS! I didnt buy it though…Today at the market i saw The Sims 2…It caught my eye. I  asked to one that was selling it and she said : Its 50 cents. I was thinking : 50 BUCKING CENTS!? This has to be a fake one or Its broken.

I bought it anyway because…What IF it worked then i would have a awesome game for 50 cents! If it doesnt work…Well i am not going to be mad because i lost 50 cents.

Later i saw The Sims Deluxe. I asked the one that was selling it and he said : 1 Euro. Once again i coudnt believe it but i bought it anyways because i woudnt lose much.

All those Sims….In 20 …

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Hi guys, I've been thinking about this idea for a while and now that I have finished it completely, I would like to share it with you all! :3

Recently, I've been addicted to Aurora Skies, and mainly the new object that came with it; a Hot Air Balloon! So, it got me thinking; perhaps other users like hot air balloons in The Sims and in rl. So, I made a userbox and it turned out like this;

So, this is the box and I'm pretty surprised at how well it turned out! Let me guys know what you think in the comments below, and as always, have a great day! :)

HanaGoth96 (Neigh...?) 16:21, April 29, 2013 (UTC)

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Hey hey yeah yeah, I'm doing the news again! No way no way, I think some stuff happened! Hey hey yeah yeah, let's get on with the news again!

• The Sims FreePlay gets an update adding multi-story houses. Mobile gaming is finally reaching the heights that consoles hit a few years back, while PC could do this since...forever...
• EA have announced they're closing their "EA Partners" publishing label, known for publishing third party developments, such as Valve's The Orange Box, Left 4 Dead series, Portal 2, Crytek's Crysis series and Harmonix's Rock Band series. They've blamed their recent struggles, both internally and financially, for this. Thank you Valve for revolutionising digital distribution in a positive way.

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If you own any of the premium store worlds (e.g. Lucky Palms, Monte Vista, etc.), you'll notice that there's a new "My Worlds" box showing which store worlds you already own in your "My Page" on TheSims3.com. Nothing's so special about this, except that EA did provide colorful little icons for each world, and I love icons! XD

More collections to my reflecting game icons! ;)

Spoiler
I'll put 'em here for comparison:

Cheers! Nikel _{Talk – Vote!} 08:53, April 24, 2013 (UTC)

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hi everyone! i am new to the wiki anyway please commet down thanks!

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I have a blog already, so you can check that out. ==> http://animefan530.tumblr.com/ or http://thisisananimeblog.tumblr.com/

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Someone had to do news and apparently it had to be me. Let's go.

Stuff actually happened this week! :O

• A new world has been announced known as Dragon Valley. I assume it's about dragons and possibly the love child of The Sims Medieval.
• EA are closing down the online game, The Sims Social. Assuming anybody played it in the first place.
• A new stuff pack known as The Sims 3: Movie Stuff is to release in September. Still eagerly awaiting a Reality TV stuff pack.
• SimCity, The Sims 3 and three expansion packs are still conquering the UK PC chart. Yet EA still overcharge us for what feels like second-hand goods.
• EA are laying off employees in the UK and India in a company restructure following the cull of The Sims Social. This will give an insight into today…

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Hey everyone! I'm not one who is known for her introductions so I'll just get straight to the point!

I've been looking through the userboxes that are available on this wiki and I thought that I would try making one of my own. So I've been thinking about it and I think a userbox showcasing a different type of relationship will be quite cool. Okay, I just realised how horrible that sounded. What I mean is, a userbox for users who are in an LGBT relationship. So I've been working on this for quite a while and thinking about how it will turn out but hopefully, it will turn out like this;

And, I already know that there's a userbox for people who are allied or a member of the LGBT community but I thought that it would be a good idea to have one. Be…

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Have any of you heard of Cyjon? He's one of my favorite modders back in The Sims 2 era. I occasionally stop by his site because the last thing I read there, he tried to keep becoming a TS2 modder even though the era has been taken over by The Sims 3. I recently visited by his site again, and noticed his latest – or last – news was that he's done with The Sims 2 now. The game is no longer supported, and neither is SimPE, .Net 2.0, Windows XP, and his own computer. I think it's sad to see someone eventually quits when he tried to promise to be loyal with TS2 no matter what... I like some of his mods (but sometimes he overdid it with features I don't want, which is why I hated some others). He also made nice research about attraction and deat…

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I was visiting some game sites today, and while searching on GameZone, found this interesting article. Apparently, EA is shutting down The Sims Social, SimCity Social and some other Facebook games on June 14th, due to fall of popularity.

Personally, I was quite surprised when I read this, and I'm wondering if this is some kind of joke. Anyway, what does this mean for The Sims series? Is the end near? Cavia (wheek • speak) 14:36, April 15, 2013 (UTC)

UPDATE: Yep, it's official. EA thanks everyone for playing those games. Sorry for those who liked them. I only liked SimCity Social to a certain point.

UPDATE 2: Not really an update, just the message EA left regarding The Sims Social.

We want to inform everyone in our community that as of June 14th, The …

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What's up guys, I'm writing today about something that is surprisingly not a news blog but something that would increase community participation. If you follow us on twitter or liked our facebook page you probably know that myself along with some other admins host trivia sessions to foster community involvement. "Sounds cool, but why are you telling me?" I'm posting this today as a request for questions and answers to submit for future trivia sessions. The reasoning for this is twofold - I feel its a neat way to get you guys more involved, and it is kinda difficult to think of questions on the spot - indeed, yesterday's trivia would have been much more delayed if it wasn't for LiR's quick thinking. Here's how this is gonna go down:

• Think of…

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Okay, tell me if this is as cool an idea as I think it is: SimKingdoms, or some name like that. You choose an area and an era, like Ancient Egypt, Ancient Asia, Medieval Europe, Wild West, or Ancient Greece. You sculpt the terrain, add forests and odd animals. Then you create a ruler of some kind, give him/her a title, and have him/her hire people to follow blueprints you dictate to build a medieval castle, or a roman palace, some strange combination of the two, or whichever. You could nicely rebuke the slacking builder or punish him for his sloth. You manipulate the world as the king, god, and populace by turns. It's a lot like Simcity, but in every era and every place, and you can play nearly everyone in it.

Does anyone find that as intri…

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In dead space 2 i just noticed something, not sure if you did or not.

But during the newscasts on the first ship during the outbreak, the sound that plays before the ships captain speaks also plays in the sims 2 on the news channel. 

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So... has anyone watched Island Paradise announce trailer in YouTube? I've watched it, but it didn't give much excitement to me. I have personal opinion on it though.

I'm a frequenter in MTS, and I've been following a thread about Island Paradise there. I learned what will and may not be included in IP there (don't take it wrong, but I tend to avoid new releases articles in this wiki). And then, the announce trailer was released. Meh... not so much. The trailer is all okay, but it didn't show us anything new other than the features we've already known all along, and these include:

• Boats. Many types of boats. Sailboats, jet skis, and so on. I don't bother what boat; they're all boats.
• Houseboats
• Lifeguard
• Resort, and this remains elusive.
• Scuba div…

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Hey all! :) I remember before there was a gif image in one of you people's pages that showed from sims 1 one small house getting build bigger and bigger. Does anyone have a link to it? :)

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Let's talk about the news!

• Maxis announces (officially) The Sims 3: Island Paradise. Yes, I know TS3:IP was already revealed during the January "Live Chat with The Sims 3", but Maxis has finally released an official Press Release and trailer video. You can watch the trailer by clicking the video to the right, or read the press release here (courtesy of BeyondSims).
• EA "wins" the title of "Worst Company in America". The Consumerist holds an annual bracketed competition, where people can vote on which company deserves the not-so-prestigious 'Golden Poo' award. EA also received this title back in 2012, making it the first-ever company to "win" the award twice (and also, in back-to-back years). You can read more about this on the Consumerist website. …

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Hi, I recently installed pets and world adventure. My game has a glitch where when I'm looking at the city map, every where that isn't a lot plus buildings appears black. That is not the biggest issue. When I start a new game, the game acts like I haven't played before and always starts me off in the tutorial mode, and will not allow me to play house holds that are already moved into a house. I'm using a toshiba laptop with windows 8. I have no mods or custom content and I bought nothing from the store. My girlfriend uses a Mac and reported having the same problems when she first played but the second time she did not have these problems. She did say that when she played in a wifi zone, her laptop downloaded a lot of thumbnails. I am usin…

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Hi, i know i made a lot of blog post recently. I was looking at some signatures and they are really cool, i wondering how you make so cool. I tried copying and past some word writting it didn't work. I only managed to add smileys. So if someone could please tell me how to make them i would be very grateful.

😄 Blue12porcupine (talk)😄 13:12, April 8, 2013 (UTC)

Also tell me if you can see the smilies in the signature

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I was just looking at the list of cheats on my sim 2 game and I found a cheat called setHour. I tried it and it changes the hour of the day, if change the hour so its after 6 in the evening you don't grow up a bit so you live longer. You can even you go back in time. I after a while i was wondering has any one else come across this cheat as well as it isn't on the list and can be helpful for changing the time. I was also worried if cold damage you game and family like moveObject. If anyone knows could tell me, also should I add it to the list of sim 2 cheats?

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Are you a fan of farming, and wished Sims could be closer to farming life? Technically, the gardening system in The Sims 3 is a good start, and EA has provided us with Riverview, a country-themed neighborhood and The Sims 3: Pets that's close to that. No, no Farmville EP yet, but that's not my point. EA has released a new Premium Content, the Fowl and Feathers Chicken Coop!

That's right, chicken coop. And chickens and chicks! Aren't you excited? Because I myself am not, but maybe you are. So basically, eggs don't just grow on plants anymore! Sims can feed the chickens, collect eggs, interact with the chicks, and even encounter and fight against the infamous Charles the evil chicken. Sims can also collect rare fancy eggs from the coop, worth §1,5…

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What up everyone, it's time for the news for this week. There's more than last week (thank god), so let's get to it!

• New store content available for purchase from the ts3.com store. Country themed stuff, adds some chickens because its not like that should have gone with Pets which had the country themed neighborhood and its not like this is a blatant cashgrab... also have a picture of it.
• Another live broadcast was announced. 16th of April, 10-11 PST. Be there or be square.
• DLC for SimCity leaked, don't worry, its free (free stuff from ea lolwut its the apocalypse)
• EA coaxes people into a snafu, announces fake EP. Still better than KPST lol

There's a couple of forums you should comment on... n-not that you have to or anything~

• Expansion of blogs…

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My fellow Sims Wikians,

Today marks a new chapter in our journey. When this place was started on Wikia's servers, I think we were all confident that we'd never see changes such as the Oasis skin, Message Wall and the new forum system. We also thought we'd never get serial sockpuppets who like to spread false rumours. Over the past few years, we have seen all of these things take a turn for the worst, now we have new things, whilst not enabled, just sitting there and it's really hurtful. We have everyone and their mother's making rumour socks using IPs that locate to Wisconsin.

As such I went behind everybody's backs and moved this site, silently, to a new domain. It'll be great. We have more freedom and we can rain fire on individuals we don…

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