Hello!
I'm the same Sindocat who posts sometimes at thesims3.com. Posting here because, after visiting this site many times to find answers to questions, I noticed the "hey, we see you haven't registered here" notice at the top of the page and thought, "Well, why not?"
I have not been playing especially long. Sims 3 is my first taste of the franchise (except for a bit of The Sims Social on Facebook). I was drawn in by watching my niece play. I picked up the case for her Supernatural expansion and liked what I read. That was in December of 2012. In January 2013, I got the game for myself.
I'll probably read more than I talk, here, though we'll see. I do want to thank Carl and everybody for this amazing site. It has become my number-one go-to reference for all things Sims 3. It has been tremendously useful. Keep up the fine work!
I'll post a profile when I can. Until then, I am male, I live in the state of Ohio, I mostly play fairies and mostly play male Sims. You can look at my Studio submissions here, if you care to. Nothing too fancy - just things that I made for myself that came out well enough to share:
http://www.thesims3.com/mypage/Sindocat/mystudio