Hi everyone, I've been addicted to The Sims since 2005. It was when The Sims 2 and The Sims 2: University were just released and the game was just great. I was introduced to it by a friend of mine. I then started playing it on my own PC and got addicted to it. I was fascinated by it and got all the expansions and stuff packs once they were released. I have The Sims 2 base game, University, Nightlife, Bon Voyage, Apartment Life, Seasons, Pets, Open for Business, FreeTime expansion packs and Family Fun Stuff, Happy Holiday Stuff, Glamour Life Stuff, Celebration! Stuff, H&M Fashion Stuff, Teen Style Stuff, Kitchen & Bath Interior Design Stuff, IKEA Home Stuff stuff packs. They're all great, but I like Seasons and Open for Business EPs and H&M and Family Fun stuff packs. All changed with The Sims 3. This game changed my life by 360 degrees. I had to buy a new laptop (on which I'm writing right now this post)! That was crazy. I spent all my nerves on installing that game. But I think it was really really worth it. The game is super. Just its graphics make you smile. But the main subject I was impressed by was the new opportunistic and open-ended lifestyle the sims can live. I especially like the new free world system. I really hated the loading screens of The Sims 2 and 1 (I played Sims: Superstar and Makin' Magic some time in 2006 then quited). I had 3 families so far - 1 legacy family (consisting of 8 straight generations), 1 half-legacy (this save file was harmed so I didn't decide to continue it) and the current no-legacy-and-aging-ever family. Each of my 3 houses were worth at least 1.1 million simoleons, but in my opinion the latest house is the fanciest and most perfect. It has the fascinating No Bills Ever lifetime reward which helped me lots. Thanks to Carl's guide to the Seasoned Traveler lifetime wish, my sim, Katy Roberts, accomplished the visa level 3 in Shang Simla, China with just one trip of 6 days! That was great, I have the Pangu's axe now and many friends in China thanks to effectively adjusted trip! Thanks to everyone on this forum and people working on it and the magnificent guide the sister site is providing! Thanks a lot.