Sims Anonymous

[DeNile]

I can beat all of you. Christmas, last year. Got World Adventures. Spent all of Christmas day, the next day, and a good chunk of the night playing Sims, with only short breaks for food and bathroom. My total? Somewhere in the range of 38 hours. Thought I had that posted somewhere else here, guess I didn't. Sometimes insomnia is your friend

[Execution]

While I don't spend days upon days playing Sims, I do obsess over some Sims for no reason. I've found myself writing 5-page biographies about my Sims, and due to these Biographies, my Sims have colorful personalities. Don't think I'm crazy when I say this... When I invite Sims that don't inhabit my household to parties, I hug my screen. Literally. Sometimes, I draw my Sims. The walls of my room are completely littered with pictures of Sims, past and present.

[CarlosLordofTacos]

Oh, you're definitely crazy. That's why you are here, in this mental asylum forum with the rest of us sim obsessives fans.

[MarianT]

Hi, I'm Marian. I'm addicted enough to have read this entire thread just now, and to be cross with myself because I could have been working on Jack and Jill Boomer. I started with the Sims 1 about 4 years ago and thought about getting Sims 3 when it first came out. My computer wasn't up to it, however, so I got Sims 2 instead and had a great time with them, eventually getting all the expansion packs. Then the Sims Medieval came out. Three days after it appeared, I dragged my husband to Best Buy, and we came home with a new laptop and TSM. I came across this website while playing TSM, and somehow found out about legacies. So about a month ago I got Sims 3 and Ambitions, and then World Adventures. With all the glitches, I still love the game. My favorite moment was when my private investigator was staking out someone in a park. When she put up the bushes, I laughed out loud -- all I could think of was Birnam Wood. And then when she complained about the poison ivy, I lost it. My cats and my husband would definitely say I'm addicted.

[TallStar]

Hello, I'm Mya, I'm a sims addict.
A long time ago, I was at my step sister's house and she was playing the sims 2. After that I begged my mother for a month to get it, but instead I got sims 1. I adored it. Then I got sims 2. I would obsess over it, and start playing around 8 am on weekends lol. I would have to be forced off the computer. Then on one of my families, I got a horrible glitch. Stopped playing until I heard rumors of a sims 3. I eventually got it, and now I'm addicted all over again.
I know a few other sims addicts, they help me get through this lol. 

[Execution]

I just found myself standing on a chair with a blanket draped over my shoulders. Obviously, I did this out of aspirational failureboredom, but I thought I'd put it here anyway.

[jk22]

Hello all my name is Jen and I'm a Sims addict! It all started about three... or is that four (?) years ago when I recieved The Sims Deluxe Edition for my birthday. I played it non-stop until I received Sims 2 the next year. And, of course, I forced my parents to get me Sims 3 the day it came out! I play pretty much every day and the game helps distract me from some personal issues I've experienced. Sims is my LIFE!

[MoMoll]

I'm such an addict that when I go to see my girls for 3 weeks this summer, I am going to have serious withdrawal symptoms that will be worse than quitting smoking. I'm already started to feel them, because I leave in 2 weeks.

[Allie0563]

I know why I'm addicted...because my Sims lives are way more fun and interesting than mine!!  (banging head on keyboard at work)

[Esther1981]

I know why I'm addicted...because my Sims lives are way more fun and interesting than mine!!  (banging head on keyboard at work)

That is so true! I don't mean about you, I don't know you but mine definitely live more interesting lives then me. I live vicariously through my sims! 

[kindofagirl]

Ok, here goes.

Hi, my name is Pam, but you can call me Pam or Pam.  I've been a Sims addict for a little over a year.

I had vaguely heard of Sims before Sims 3 came out, but not enough to know anything about it or to play it.  I used to work for JayIsGames.com and the Spore release was causing a lot of excitement on that site.  I remember part of the marketing was that it was made by the same people who made Sims.  The thing that got me really interested was a blog called Alice and Kev, which was completely fascinating.  I bought Sims 3 as a direct result of that blog.  I didn't realize it had just been released!

It was a whole new world for me and, naturally, it didn't take long before I needed help.  I did an internet search and found Carl's Guide.  It was very helpful.  He had comments set up on the Guide itself at the time.  Because of my experience on JIG, I offered to help manage the comments.  Very shortly after that, we launched the Forum and I started helping with the Guide.  It was absolutely perfect for me because by that time, I was completely hooked on the game.  Now I have an excuse to play it all day and all night.  My husband started playing it a few months ago and so now I share it with him on his days off.  The Forum and Guide are also the perfect excuse to purchase every expansion pack and every stuff pack.  It's a lovely arrangement for a Sims addict!  

Oh my god I could have wrote that post lol, I had dabbled in sims 2 but not much, I borrowed the base game off a friend, but didn't really get into it.

Then she posted a link to the Kev and Alice blog and it made me go out and buy TS3.

Then I googled TS3 question and found this site and this board

I have it installed on my PC and laptop and partners laptop (his runs it better than mine) and once a week our friends come over or we go there and play sims together, so I have two games running, one on laptop for when I am at friends house and one on PC for when she comes here

[VampirePlasma]

Aw I love this thread!
Hi my name is Esther and I am addicted to The Sims. I have been playing them since they first came out. My favorite one has always been Makin' Magic. Where I used to live it was really hard to get them, a very poor country but my aunt sended them too me and I am very grateful for that. I find myself doing chores so my mom can give me money and buy me the every Expansion Pack and Stuff Pack there is. I do think my Sims live a lofe more interesting than mine  . I still go to school so I need to balance grades and play. But I love The Sims no matter how many glitches or how many computers I have to get.

[Execution]

I had a dream I was a Sim and I was played by my dog. As you can see, I'm very addicted.

[Sophie98]

Hi. I'm Sophie and I'm a Sims addict.
My brother got Sims City when I was young, I think we were about 7 or 8. We also got Sims 2 for the PlayStation 2, but the disk got scratched. SimCity is still working though, my brother plays it a lot.
My friend told me about the Sims 3. She was addicted and did nothing but. Her life was like: School, homework, Sims3, eat, sleep, repeat. She said it was great so my brother and I gave it a try. My brother soon got bored. All he did was reach level ten of a career, get rich, romance all the townie women, particularly the rich ones, get married, have kids, divorce, kick wife and kids out, remarry, repeat, delete file. But I stayed loyal and became addicted.

[Esther1981]

Aw I love this thread!
Hi my name is Esther and I am addicted to The Sims.

For real?? Your name is Esther? That is so awesome!! Oh, by the way I love the sims too! They are so awesome!!