What is your name?
Chris :-)
What do you do for a living?
I go to school.
How old are you?
;-)
What Sims fan-site do you operate?
SimSational Sim Games: www.simsational.co.uk
How did you go about creating it?
It all started off with 1 small web template I used in the beggining. It has just developed from a web template and has changed so much, if you compared the template with the website now they would look completely different. I use both MS NotePad and MS FrontPage for making the pages.
What's your role on the site?
I am the webmaster. I also report the news along with the 4 news reporters we have.
How long have you been playing the Sims games?
Since The Sims: Livin' It Up was released.
What drew you to them?
A friend showed me the original The Sims game and I just got hooked. I went out and bought the game from myself. I got The Sims Collectors Edition where it had The Sims and Livin' It Up together in one pack. I think I got so hooked on this game because of the amount of control you can have over your Sims and I enjoy building the houses and furnishing them.
What is your favorite Expansion Pack?
The Sims Hot Date by far. I think it was such a great expansion because it was the first time your Sims could go out of the house. I loved building the Downtown area and desiging all the shops and restaurants. It have The Sims a whole new feel. I think The Sims Unleashed comes very close though, I love the idea of having pets in your house!
Do you play any other games, or types of games as fervently?
I don't play any games that aren't Sim games. I play SimCity 4, RollerCoaster Tycoon 2, Theme Park Inc (which is SimCoaster in the USA) and I love Space Colony which is like The Sims in outerspace! Do you think SimMars would have been like Space Colony if it wasn't canceled?
Do you have any great Sims fan-site stories?
I guess the history of SimSational Sim Games is a pretty great story. It started off as SimSational Sim Shopping Center http://geocities.com/cdj543210/ but it was my first website and it lasted a month or so. I couldn't get the hang of making objects so I opened SimSational Sim Properties Inc (still open!) at http://geocities.com/downtownpropertyuk/ where I put up Downtown and Vacation Island lots up for download. It was quite popular but looking after the site was very difficult on GeoCities and doing it all by myself. I went on to work with www.SimStuff.com and after Josh and Daniel vanished after half a year, I opened up my own site. It was going to be a news website and SimSational Sim Games was born. It's now called SimSational for short. :-D
What can visitors expect when they come to your site?
Lots and lots of news! And a fresh design coming soon...
What are you most looking forward to about The Sims 2?
Playing the game!! I can't wait to start building houses and using the object designers in the buy mode. And CaSSIE is going to be amazing! The new custom content features in the game look like fun too ;-)
Now that you've seen it, what do you think of EA? The Sims 2?
The Sims 2 looks incredible. Compared to The Sims 1 this game is absolutely amazing. I don't really know what to say other than AWESOME! Maxis and EA have worked really hard so far on The Sims 2 and it is going to do just as well as The Sims 1, that's for sure. The graphics look so realistic and I love the way Sims now have facial expressions. This game is going to be a hit.
What do you think of the Create-A-Sim tool?
CaSSIE is awesome. I love the way you can change the finest details on a Sims face, even the high of the eyebrows. Everyone is going to love CaSSIE to pieces. It is such a big step from Create-A-Sim in The Sims 1. Well done Maxis!
How'd you like meeting Will Wright?
Will is great. When he walked in the room everyone cheered so loud! I couldn't believe THE creator of The Sims and SimCity was sitting right in front of me. He gave everyone some strange paper money, we're still trying to find out how much it's worth! Hehe.
Any parting thoughts for the Community?
When The Sims 2 was announced everyone was worried the the community would be split into 2, half for The Sims 1 and the other for The Sims 2. I'm sure it's not going to happen. I think what Maxis are doing with the game to allow custom content to be added in an easier way will spark off a lot more interest in the art of object and skin design, and will make the community bigger and the game more popular and fun to play!
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