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1031. Did we Fool you?

Written on Saturday 2 April 2005 at 11:38 by ChEeTaH - 3 comments.

Exactly 24 hours, a worrying newspost appeared on this site. College students were reported to drop out by masses, and the post was even supported with a quote from Tim LeTourneau and a screenshot by April Flores. Well, to tell you the truth:

It was all fake.

April Flores was me, the screenshot is real, but the buttons were greyed out manually and of course the Sims were posed. The quotes aren't from Tim but were made up by us, and basically every bit of it was just us playing around a bit. It was April fool's day, and we decided to have a bit of fun as we do every year. If you believed the news: better luck next year. If you didn't: clever you. And if you didn't read it but still want to see what story we made up: read it. We had a laugh, we hope you had too. We will now continue our usual coverage, with real news as usual, for another year.

1032. Massive College Drop-outs [Update]

Written on Friday 1 April 2005 at 11:38 by ChEeTaH - 5 comments.

Things are going bad at SimState University, La Fiesta Tech and Académie La Tour. It turns out that today many players of the Sims 2 University have seen a massive number of drop-outs of both NPCs and even playable Sims. Professors could not longer be reached at home for help or private lectures. Even students with a 4.0 GPA and top grades are dropping out, and it doesn't even matter if it's the end of a semester or not. They all autonomously pick up the phone and sign out, to be placed in the Sim Bin in the neighborhood - as adults. It's not entirely sure what is causing this problem, or if it affects every installation of the game. It might depend on the system configuration. Read on for more details...

[Update 11:45] We received the screenshot below from April Flores, which shows the situation. In the dialog that shows up, the "No" button is greyed out and clicking it has no effect, the same goes for the action icon at the top. April also said that this dialog would appear only for playable Sims, but you had to click Yes to be able to continue playing the game. Click the thumbnail to see the full version of the screenshot. We'll keep you updated with more.

[Update 2 April] As you can now read in another post, this news is fake. April fool!

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1033. Strangerhood Episode 5

Written on Friday 1 April 2005 at 03:56 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

The people of Rooster Teeth Productions have made another new episode of the Strangerhood. This fifth episode is 4 minutes and 37 seconds long, and bears the title "Things Misremembered." There's been a murder, and Nikki's dead. If you want to find out more about this, head into the archive where you can also download any previous episodes.

1034. Spore Pictures

Written on Friday 1 April 2005 at 01:05 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

After publishing an article about Will Wright's new game, Spore, GameSpy has now added some screenshots to the article. The six of them, of which some might look similar to older pictures, can all be seen below as thumbnails. Click the thumbnails to see slightly larger versions. As before, the quality isn't too great as they are pictures taken with cameras during the presentation. That means they're not live captured, and so may not really represent the actual graphical quality of the game. For more information from GameSpy, check the article itself.

1035. SimDay

Written on Friday 1 April 2005 at 00:52 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Maxis has updated their site again with several things as it's SimDay again. The first is a link to our Will Wright Interview posted yesterday. For those watching our community news, will be familiar with the SimSurfari contest launched by WorldSims too. But there's more, directly from Maxis.

The first is a new download. The "Runs With Scissors Playset by ADD" is the perfect item for April Fool's day tomorrow. You can download this and let your Sims use it, but it may damage your Sim's health if they do it for too long... Other than that, Maxis has launched a new RSS feed (also check out our feeds) with all the news of the official site. If you want to keep up-to-date, get it by using the XML button at the homepage (scroll down a bit to see it). They also have some more information about it. Finally, there's a new intro promoting three unique lots on the exchange. That's all for this week.

1036. New Poll

Written on Thursday 31 March 2005 at 02:05 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Have you ever been lost? Well, we sort of did. We are asking you how to get to Pleasantview, the famous neighborhood in the Sims 2. Let us know where it is by checking the option that you think is right on the right of this page, or on the latest poll page.

Last week we asked you what you think of University, and the results are quite stunning. 457 People voted, of which 39.4% (180 people) says the expansion rocks. 38.5% (176) hasn't played it yet, followed by the group of 81 (17.7%) of those who think it's just alright. 3.1% (14) Absolutely hates the expansion, and finally 1.3% (6) isn't too enthousiastic about the game, but doesn't hate it either. See the results page for more info.

1037. SIMposium Special - Will Wright Interview

Written on Wednesday 30 March 2005 at 21:45 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

As promised, it's been posted. I have interviewed Will Wright during the SIMposium event at 18 February 2005, and finally the interview you've all been waiting for has been posted. Will Wright, creator of SimCity, The Sims and the upcoming Spore, speaks about The Sims 2, University - the first expansion, and several previous game. Even the Maxis logo is being discussed... Want to know more? Read the Exclusive Will Wright Interview

1038. Easter Pictures

Written on Wednesday 30 March 2005 at 01:23 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

This post is slightly late as easter is over by now. Nevertheless, SP Zone has found and posted a few Easter artworks from the Swedish site that were posted a couple of days ago. They aren't too big, but slightly larger than the thumbnails below. Click those to see the full versions. Happy belated easter!

1039. Focus Group at 6 April

Written on Wednesday 30 March 2005 at 00:50 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Maxis will be holding a Sims 2 focus group again at 6 April. During about 90 minutes, you can tell what you think of the game. You do have to live in the San Francisco Bay Area to be elegible to enter though. Those interested in participating should read the official post for more information.

1040. SIMposium Special - The Future

Written on Sunday 27 March 2005 at 22:48 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

It's been a while since the last parts of the SIMposium coverage were posted, but we've now continued it. This time the afternoon workshops are covered. They consisted of discussions about what the fans want in the game, and about the official website. If you want to know what has been discussed and what ideas were spoken of, then check out the latest article in our SIMPosium Special. This is the last article from me regarding the SIMposium event, but there's just one treat left to be posted later this week: the interview I had with Will Wright at the event. Come back in a few days to find that posted here.