Translating some legacies which are published on the Dutch SNW, exploring Spore, starting with The Sims 2 Apartment Life and nightshift at my work… it’s a very busy schedule.
But I have to update you all. At this moment the Hippie Legacy is translated for almost 80%. There are some parts of the original text, that require some knowledge of the game play in English. I normally play it in Dutch, like most of the Dutch Sims 2 gamers.
I already examined some of the other legacies to translate them very soon.
Spore … I am addicted already. My eldest son and I play it on one account, so in no-time we created all kinds of strange-looking carnivores, omnivores or herbivores.
When I first heard about Spore, I reacted a little timid. I wasn’t ready for an another Wright invention. I hardly could manage to play Simscity or The Sims, my favourite genre (Fantasy Role Playing Games) was put in a very far away corner. But … after the first pictures and the Demo Creature Creator, I fell in love with this new Maxis/EA product.
Apartment Life … Yes, I bought this one too. I finally had the time to install it, and some days ago I build my first apartments. It’s certainly an improvement, but my town River’s Hill is getting to small for my little Sims. So, last week the mayor of my Sims City decided that it was allowed to build in the new Sunny Valley. 
Finally, work. One of my co-workers had to go to the hospital, so we had to rearrange the rosters. So now I’m in my second row of nightshifts. For me it’s not a problem, but considering all the things I wanted to do this month, it’s a busy time …. But, no sweat, tomorrow starts October ….. a new month, why complaining …. 
Some days ago, after reading Rosana’s preview, I decided to buy the latest expansion, Apartment Life. Shame on me, I still haven’t got the time to install it. But, with six days off, I think I can manage to do this very soon.
The nicest thing I read, was the returning of magic in my Sims neighborhoods. Years ago, with The Sims, I created witches and magicians with Abracadabra. So now …. OMG … they are back!!!!
Not even played the new expansion, but my mind is going crazy. This will be just a perfect start for a new Legacy on SNW Int (and on the Dutch SNW too).
At this moment I am translating the Hippie Legacy, which is a hit on the Dutch SNW. During the pauses in translating, I am thinking about a new Legacy, called Bewitched.
The last one is about the new magical part of The Sims 2. And, it will be available on both forums. That means I am thinking and creating this legacy in my mother-language Dutch, as in English as well.
The main part is almost ready, but I have to install Apartment Life first to get the specifics. And there are more legacies on the Dutch SNW I would like to translate or publish on the International SNW. So be patient, they are coming…
More info SOON!
On the Dutch SNW legacies are a new, fast growing item. Some days ago I opened a forum on SNW International for those who like to join these story-contests. The first legacy is already published, not all the rules are made, but there is a start.
And Mogway, one of the SNW mods already published the first part of a thrilling story.
On the Dutch SNW I joined the Hippie Legacy. I never expected, that I would like to make a photo story, and play it by the rules. Most of the time, when I want something to happen quickly with my Sims, I cheat. Why … well they make cheats to make it easy, don’t they???
But now. with my special hippie Sim Walker Oostveen, I do not press CTRL-SHIFT C. And merely, it’s fun too.
Soon I will translate (and maybe Rosana already has a translation) the Hippie Legacy to use it on SNW International. So people, visit our International site/forum and join our legacies.
More info SOON!
Maybe you’ve noticed Sims 2008 in my personal blogroll. Sims 2008 is the follow-up to Sims2005NL, a site I own for many years.
But today this is altered, Sims2005NL and the download partner Sims2005DL are history. Today I uploaded the first pages (it’s still a TEST) of Sims 2008 to the new server.
At this moment still in Dutch, but I am considering to make the site bilingual, in Dutch and English.
Besides this I created a download policy. Most of the downloads are free, but there had to be a way to create exclusive downloads. And I found one and it’s called SNW.
All the exclusive downloads will be found on the Exchange of Simsnetwerk/Simsnetwork, so if someone like to have them, he/she have to become a member of my favourite sites. What a way to help another….
Like I said, we’re still in the testingstage, but Sims 2008 is a fact …
I knew it existed, but never took the time to look at it, until a couple of days ago. I read the whole story ChEeTaH placed on SNW Int. and yes, I took the time to download.
first of all, I was an artist who was always messing around with ZIP and RAR, and now … I can make installers too 
Thanks ChEeTaH (and The Sims Zone too). Only some seconds after downloading I packed one of my dresses into a Sims2skin-file and uploaded it to Simsnetwerk. For those who are curious I included a picture. You can find this one on the Exchange of the Dutch Simsnetwerk, I will upload it this night to Simsnetwork Int.
Rosana had been thinking, that I didn’t have enough blogs already. Just when I was deleting some blogs, she told me she had decided to hurry up the idea of creating the SNWeblog.
So I kept waiting, busy as I was…. and if I hadn’t link her blog to my Dutch blog (River’s Hill), I never found the new URL to my own teamblog. So … especially for me, but most of all for the members on Simsnetwork, this weblog.