Ok, so I'm in the kitchen, brewing up some coffee, when what should arrive? My Playtest! So after my sister was done with the computer, about half-past-twelve in the afternoon, I pop the Playtest Disc 1 into the computer and wait for autorun to start the program. After an extensive wait for the computer to recognize the program, autorun finally starts. So I'm sitting there, filling out my information, and it comes to the billing section (which I don't see why EA* needs your credit card, because the whole thing's free). It takes my dad and I nearly a half-hour before we finally get the information to go through. I didn't see what Dad did to make it work, I was out of the room for a second and when I came back he told me it was done.
Then I start up the program. What happens next really makes me mad; I had to go through a less-than-a-minute patch install, then a six or seven minute patch install, then a TWO AND A HALF HOUR INSTALL! This made me very upset, but what the heck, it's worth it! Anyways, my cousin was over, and after the final patch install, we went ahead and created a Sim and kinda roughly went through the controls. We managed to create a house, but not very big. We bought some lights, a sink, a bed, a fireplace, and a chair. Plus all the walpaper and flooring. By the time we finished, my new Sim was flat out broke. No good.
So later, around 8 o'clock in the evening, I went to thesimsonline.com and signed in with my account. I found a very useful guide, and downloaded it, so I would always have it (and the page loading in the browser was slower than downloading it!). At about 8:35, I started TSO* and deleted the Sim my cousin and I had created. What a piece of crap he was! I tried to create a new Sim with the same name, but (and this puzzles me greatly) couldn't because the name was "already in use". I didn't get this, because I had just deleted my Sim. But I shrugged it off, and put the first name and then a "Dubya" as the last name. This spelt out "Chris Dubya", and I was very proud. I finished my Sim's look and bio, and continued on to the map.
I found a great place in Alphaville (after trying one place to find they were "closing", and another which must have been very dirty, because one guy was sitting nude on a couch, and some girl tried to kiss my character several times). I can't remember the name of the place, but I'll put it in another post soon. Anyway, this was a skill place, and seemed interesting. The residents that were online lived near where I live, and they were a very nice bunch. I decided to move in, and the guy gave me a key (I can't remember any of their names right now, but I'll put them in a future post, if they allow me to).
Two had to leave TSO but a few minutes after I got there, the guy and one of the girls. The other online, the other girl, showed me how to make money (telemarketing, how original). But soon she had to go. It was about 9:20 at night, so that was reasonable. I kind of just sat there for a few minutes, put a couple of lights in, etc. I found out that another girl lived at my new home. Then someone showed up, kind of stood on the doorstep, and we chatted a bit, then just left. After that, I decided to leave TSO for the night.
Well, there you have it: my first interaction(s) with The Sims Online. It's an awesome game, but needs a few things, like a less-complicated way of getting around the map. But once you get a home, it comes up when you get back to the map, so no worries there!
Then I start up the program. What happens next really makes me mad; I had to go through a less-than-a-minute patch install, then a six or seven minute patch install, then a TWO AND A HALF HOUR INSTALL! This made me very upset, but what the heck, it's worth it! Anyways, my cousin was over, and after the final patch install, we went ahead and created a Sim and kinda roughly went through the controls. We managed to create a house, but not very big. We bought some lights, a sink, a bed, a fireplace, and a chair. Plus all the walpaper and flooring. By the time we finished, my new Sim was flat out broke. No good.
So later, around 8 o'clock in the evening, I went to thesimsonline.com and signed in with my account. I found a very useful guide, and downloaded it, so I would always have it (and the page loading in the browser was slower than downloading it!). At about 8:35, I started TSO* and deleted the Sim my cousin and I had created. What a piece of crap he was! I tried to create a new Sim with the same name, but (and this puzzles me greatly) couldn't because the name was "already in use". I didn't get this, because I had just deleted my Sim. But I shrugged it off, and put the first name and then a "Dubya" as the last name. This spelt out "Chris Dubya", and I was very proud. I finished my Sim's look and bio, and continued on to the map.
I found a great place in Alphaville (after trying one place to find they were "closing", and another which must have been very dirty, because one guy was sitting nude on a couch, and some girl tried to kiss my character several times). I can't remember the name of the place, but I'll put it in another post soon. Anyway, this was a skill place, and seemed interesting. The residents that were online lived near where I live, and they were a very nice bunch. I decided to move in, and the guy gave me a key (I can't remember any of their names right now, but I'll put them in a future post, if they allow me to).
Two had to leave TSO but a few minutes after I got there, the guy and one of the girls. The other online, the other girl, showed me how to make money (telemarketing, how original). But soon she had to go. It was about 9:20 at night, so that was reasonable. I kind of just sat there for a few minutes, put a couple of lights in, etc. I found out that another girl lived at my new home. Then someone showed up, kind of stood on the doorstep, and we chatted a bit, then just left. After that, I decided to leave TSO for the night.
Well, there you have it: my first interaction(s) with The Sims Online. It's an awesome game, but needs a few things, like a less-complicated way of getting around the map. But once you get a home, it comes up when you get back to the map, so no worries there!
