Get Livin’ Large! You’ll have four more (identical) neighborhoods for housebuilding, not just one.
Odd that you should post that at this particular time. I just got finished writing in my journal musing, in writing, whether or not I should get Livin’ Large or Roller Coaster Tycoon. Do you work for Maxis? Cheeky bastard. 
Thanks to you guys (especially kellibelli and lno), I’m seriously thinking about getting this game. I own only two games at the moment, and am not much of a ‘gamer’, but this sounds like serious fun.
What other non-wholesome scenarios can you run? Reminds me of an old game by the name of Symlife I used to have. After tiring of an ecosystem, I’d normally engineer an uber-predator or malignant plant to cause a symapocalypse.
erislover, I haven’t played in a while (though I’m getting the itch again, thank you all so VERY much!), but I think you can give your Sims free will. Don’t remember how, though-- somebody here probably knows.
I once spent an evening murdering a Sim child. I didn’t mean to at first, and I blame you guys. See, I thought it would be cool to have a child only household, but once I set it up and little Sim Boy was playing with his toys, I recalled all the tales of Sim Murder. So I took his doors and windows away. He shuffled off this Simmortal Coil just after he was drafted into military school for truancy.
Man, did he whine towards the end!
What’s really odd is that yes, I know it’s a game, but I felt bad about offing Junior! I wouldn’t have with an adult character, I would have laughed and laughed. I was actually going to try to get out of my apartment today and get some of that fresh air I hear so much about, but Sims only know if I’ll make it now…
How’d you guess?
Actually, I work for the US Government. I have The Sims and Livin’ Large, but don’t have time to do much with 'em. I also have Roller Coaster Tycoon and its expansions. In fact, I had to reinstall my RCT but lost the original disc so I bought a new one.
Right now, pretty much all of my free time is taken up by Diablo II - Lord of Destruction.
Guess I picked the wrong day to stop sniffing glue!
This is why I never picked up the original Sims (or Diablo, or Half-Life, or)
I started on Quake and Duke Nuke 'Em, and I was hooked. I would go for HOURS playing these games. Into the night. Pushing the envelope.
I remember (vaguely) a Quake II game that I finally stopped at 5 a.m. (yes, I had no life then).
Now I have 3 kids, a dog, three cats, a wife, a job, a Web site, and you’re waving “Hot Date” in front of me! You yellow-faced . . . :: wipes drool from chin::
Well, maybe just one time. For old times sake. One them. Then I’ll stop. I promise.
jack, get “tycoon”. in my opinion, it is a lot more fun than “the sims”. also, you should get “loopy landscapes” expansion, it includes all the stuff from “corkscrew follies”.
nothing is better than building an UltraCoaster-based supercoaster…
or learning that that new, incredible coaster you built has a 10 point excitement rating, but only has 7.1 intensity and 5.0 nausea! ahhh, the perfect coaster…
kelli, I knew you would post to this! It’s like an invocation just to mention the word “Sims” 
Nice to see you! Drop me an e-mail sometime.
If anyone is in doubt that they can have fun with this game and it’s various expansion packs, do a SDMB search on “sims” and re-read some of the old threads. Lots of good Sims talk and cheats!
Zette
I’m upset about the sims, or more specifically, my sims site. I spent 3 hours uploading all the pictures, which had disappeared when zing.com closed, to geocities. They’re all gone again! Except the mom-to-be skins pics, for some reason. I haven’t figured out why, yet…sigh. The downloads all work, but you’d be getting things “site unseen” oh well. http://www.geocities.com/simthingdifferent
I was just about to create a new page for x-files sims stuff (walls and art so far) but I want to resolve this first.
Funny how ‘trailer park’ and ‘SIMS’ will make me appear eh?
Heh. 
More unwholesome scenarios? one family has a house whore. She has sex with everyone male and female, one right after the other, in the vibrating bed.
Her hygene is low.
I personally cant kill SIM kids, its too weird, like bad Karma or something.
I once killed a man with coffee and a weight bench!
I am going to start a new house with only beds and fireplaces, let all the people sleep, and then have one light all the fireplaces, BBQ’s too maybe, and see if they will burn to death, or wake up.
OOOO and a hedge maze with lots of BBQ’s and no cooking skills - burn baby burn!
BRB, gotta go kill stuff.
I can’t kill the kids either. But if it has an ugly outfit or I don’t like its hair, I just make it not go to school until it gets shipped away. Its like a free maid for awhile. You can also extend the free-maid status by making the kid study every once and awhile, but never go to school.
I had this psycho serial killer family…I was bored last year (no job of any sort and no friends) so I decided to make a contribution to the story section on thesims.com, but never did. Anyway, the rich couple would trick people into moving into their guest area…it resembled those motels along the highway in structure, but was furnished with the most expensive of EVERYTHING…then they were starved. And one or two were removed every now and then for breeding purposes. I built me quit a gigantic graveyard.
And I’m always pleased when two sims hop into bed together without my prodding. This only happened twice in an eight member household. I was freaking shocked when that baby cradle appeared out of nowhere!
Ah, the Sims. Good thing I didn’t have a life beforehand, because I certainly don’t have one now!
What makes the game even more totally addicting is all the user-made objects, skins, houses & stuff. I think I spend more time downloading & installing stuff than I do playing the game! Victorian themes, Roman themes (love my Roman Disco), medieval castles, fairies, vampires, celebrities, rock stars, monks, aliens, NASCAR drivers, bondage and S&M stuff, Simpsons, Blueman Group, etc. etc. etc.
I’m with rosebud and kellibelli, I can’t kill sim-kids either. Even sending them to military school is tough, because you still have to care for them for a few days and I wind up getting attached to them. Finding the “Death Set” at Sims Incorporated makes things a whole lot easier. They have stuff that kills your sims quickly and painlessly. Love that electric shower!!
I’ve made a few sims comics, should post them on the web somewhere if I can ever get a break from playing. Hmm, scenarios…well, once I got rid of a character by having him use the BBQ grill when it was already on fire. Burned down half the lot that day, amazingly no other sims died. Also made a David Koresh character who attracted other sims to his cult – wives, husbands, boyfriends – figure I broke up about 6 families doing that. And Tony Soprano has a wicked tendency to “whack” people…
Try filling a large room with overlapping rugs and lighting a rocket. Spectacular. Especially if you’re throwing a party at the time.
Jack, if you do get an expansion pack, definitely get Livin Large. It adds lots of cool stuff and fixes a few annoying bugs, i.e. you can have 65,000 custom walls & floors instead of 60 or so. HP has a few new gadgets but focuses mainly on social stuff. Dunno about Hot Date yet.
Ah important question:
When you get a new add on (i.e., Livin’ Large, House Party, Hot Date), do you need to know your original code, from the back of the CD case? Because if that’s true, I’m kinda screwed, as I had the original CD-ROM of the Sims but lost it. I don’t need it to play as I have Livin’ Large’s CD ROM…I really hope I don’t need the original again. Is it all right if I just have the original game installed on the computer? Thanks in advance.
No, when I installed Livin’ Large, I just needed the serial number from the back of *that[/] pack. I assume it’s the same for House Party and Hot Date(which, thanks to y’all, I can’t wait for).
That actually makes a lot of sense. I guess I would have realized that if I’d thought it out. Thanks, Lsura.
Now I’m back into the Sims. I had fought the addiction well for a while, but noooooo. Someone has to have this thread going, which kicks that addiction right into gear. 
Anyway, I’m still debating the purchase of House Party. Is it worth it? Since I’ve got Livin’ Large, I won’t lose the UFO stuff and all that, will I? It amuses me to no end to get them abducted and have the others cry about it, and I wouldn’t want to lose that.
I’ve never had any have a baby on their own-it always askes me before they can have one. Sounds like something to work for.
Lsura, House Party is a lot of fun. It doesn’t change any LL stuff, and adds a lot of cool gadgets like the bubble blower (which I swear to God is really a giant hookah), DJ turntable & dance floor, buffet table, campfire, and mechanical bull (finally a fun way to build body skill!) It makes it much easier to throw parties, and sometimes NPCs like Drew Carey or a mime will show up. Only real annoyance is that “party mode” automatically kicks in when you have more than 5 guests over, which kills your Fun rating if you’re not in the mood to party…
I was actually getting bored with the game until I installed HP – and Hot Date will probably come out just as I get bored of House Party.
I know what I’m doing today!!
JET, you ARE evil
Zette
I did this as well.
Then I figured out you could pawn the headstones for something like seven bucks.
Also, I find it very amusing to have widows and widowers come to the grave site in your backyard, then while they are grieving at the site, either scare them or mock them.
I think I may need some help.