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Ever since the annoncement that TS3 is coming out. I have lost motivation to play the Sims! Has anyone else been going through this?

You mean you're tired of the sims in general or you won't buy ts3?

I haven't felt that way at all. In fact I am not really looking forward to TS3, because it would mean I would probably have to get another PC that is more powerful. My PC is great right now and can play just about any game out there. Also I spent a ton of money on TS2 and there is still one more expansion pack for me to buy. I will probably buy TS3 like a year or so after it is released. I am love TS2 too much to stop playing.

yah thank about it for a second when the sims 2 came out there where hardly any mods or web sites link to sims2 and now theres tons of them i have 5gb of down loads that i used my paypay for so ya i love the sims and i cant wait till sims3 come out  thesims2 rules

Well, my motivation took a dip a while ago, when I started falling behind on EPs and started missing out on the new opportunities for more picture poses and all... but now that I know how to mesh, it might stick around for a while longer.  :smile bi:  Seeing as I'm still satisfied with all EPs (sans PEsTS) up to Seasons, I know I'm definitely not going for any more EA products until I can see that they're actually working on becoming more trustworthy... mainly by rethinking the SecuRom issue, which is like wishing for a snowflake to last forever in a firestorm.  :laugh:

It doesn't mean that it still doesn't take hits at times... right now, my game is somewhat crash-happy again, and I have a deadline to meet tonight for a contest.  So it's quite difficult at the moment.  :?

In general. Maybe I'm just going through a phase. It could be that I am having a mild case of melacholia due to the end of an era.  I suppose that the lack of news about either TS3 or Apartment life is bothering me as well. I mean something gets annouce and then you hear no follow up afterward can really take the wind out of your sails!

well, I'll most likely wait a bit after sims3 is released before buying it (if I do). waiting for CC/hacks to come and such.
and for now I'm happy with sims2 (except a few things that I'm doubting will be fixed in sims3). I also like the faces a lot better in sims2.

Well after so many years I'm starting to get a bit (dare I say it).... bored...

Not because of TS3, thats not even on my agenda, just getting sick of all the crashes. :(


They're should be new information on Apartments and TS3 soon enough. If your bored I suggest trying some challenges or entering some contests. Creating a hood based on your favorite book or movie, or anything else you can think of. Of course you could take a break from the game for awhile and come back when you feel motivation to play again. :)

xoJessi I think that I'll follow your third suggestion as far as not playing for a while. Maybe I need a break!

I won't say I'm bored with the game, but its' hold on me is waning. Possibly this is just a momentary thing, but I sincerely doubt that I would go so far as to sell my game!
Unless it is very well made, and it doesn't require a new computer, new specs and lots of money, I will not get Sims 3. That won't be out until next year, so I'm just going to wait and keep playing my game.

I think all of us loose interest from time to time. There have been several times I'll quit playing for a couple weeks to a month, then I go back and play them.

A agree, Diana. I lost all interest for a while until I wondered why I was downloading at all. Then one weekend I decided to try out going on a vacation and I've been having fun doing that. :)

VB sounds great, but I am a CC snob, so I really want to wait and see what can be created FOR that game to make it better. I can't imagine playing the sims without any custom content. But that's just me.

The only reason I'm playing the Sims right now is for a contest (Mayor of SimCity) and story.

Yes i did when my wife left me after 25 years of marriage but now i am back on sims 2 and the net.

I must really be loosing interest right now. Today I went to find something, and thought I don't need that and I don't need all these links. I deleted 9 pages/subfolders full of Sims 2 links. I haven't downloaded in a couple weeks now I think. Plus, I think I'm going to go in and take my downloads and divide them again. I took it from 3 gigs to under 1 gig, and now I'm ready to get rid of more. I may just delete it all including the Sims depending on how I feel. I've never did this before. But, I'm thinking more and more it's time for me to just stick with my little games and get away from this PC more. I lost another friend, and she was only 2 years older than me. The second one this year. The other one was the same age as me. My father is still hanging on, but I don't know for how long. I'm starting to really believe I've spent too much time on other things, when I should have been spending more time with my family. We never know how long we have. Who knows how I'll feel next week or next month.

You might want to go to nouk sims and read her article.  It'll turn you back on to sims 2 so fast it's scary!  EA looks like they're trying to control our lives. UGH!

I just read her article and the one she quoted originally from, zolabee...

http://www.giantbomb.com/2008/05/07/mass-effect-more-like-mass-activation-effect-am-i-right/

I have no more words of displeasure for EA that I haven't already said/thought.  I've completely run out, to tell the truth.  No one should have to jump through hoops and bark like a dog just to get a damned game to work for them.  :angry7:  Pirates or not, they've ruined the purpose of gaming if we have to do all of that to even keep it working... that would be more than enough to even stop one's motivation.  Adding such an anti-piracy feature would kill the joys of Spore and Sims 3 for a good number of people before they get a chance to take flight.  

It's official... forget everything I've ever said about Sims 3 in the past completely... and maybe even the gradually growing false hope I was beginning to have again for it.  If this happens, I'm definitely through with EA and PC gaming... :roll:  (not with Sims 2, hopefully, but it's gotten to the point that games just aren't fun anymore with all the crap developers keep pulling just to save every little penny they think they deserve for doing this...)

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*BTW, I'm not in full support of soft-warez, but getting pretty dern close at this point, unfortunately... :? *

I have way too much fun playing the Sims 2. I have two quirky characters that I play all the time. They keep me laughing constantly.

I own up to OFB. I did get Pe(s)ts, but I took it out. Too many problems.

I have no desire to get Sims 3, nor do I have any desire to infect my computer with that SecuRom crap.  

I'm having way too much fun now.

With all the crap EA is pulling a lately I've totally lost interest. You may think thats harsh, but being a mac user too and no word of a mac version of Free Time yet, I'm so bored with it. Tired of waiting for Free Time and ep that may never even come to the mac. Plus tired of constant crashing and problems. I've been having a hoot playing other games at the moment.

Thank you very much, it just has come as a shock. Both these women were not obese, they didn't smoke. Neither had severe medical problems I was aware of. One had RA. I met both of them through the internet about 10 years ago, and we've remained friends. One of them had just sent me a beautiful 10 page hand written letter, and that Monday the day I got it they told me she was gone. I never even got to say good-bye or let her know I had gotten the letter. Both were in my age group mid to late 40's, so not elder women. Really makes you think...Plus I miss them both. Especially Angie though, we had gotten really close, saw each other though many things.  Just seems like there is so much death all around us. All those poor people in China, my heart aches for them. The people in Myanmar over 100,000 people. So much pain...suffering.

I, too, have lost some people in the last 2 years-mostly friends and just recently my aunt (she was elderly..about 92)-which has stopped me from doing much in the way of my beading hobby. The spark just isn't there to create much. I do great work, but it was beginning to feel like work..and I do enough of that for a living.
Sims2 takes me away from the woes and losses that I've been through. It keeps me from dwelling on tragedies I cannot help at all with, and manage to keep my temper from boiling over at the insanity that runs the world.
In fact, I just today made a self sim to live in my merged Pleasantview-and I can't wait to see how I make out in that incredibly strange universe.
Sure, it's a game. Sure, it might be childish; but if you give in to the darkness you will never see the light. I refuse to grow up, and I may grow old, but I won't allow life to rob me of little joys-like the lilacs that are coming out in bloom. Such beauty.

I've really lost my intrest over the last 3-4 months, It'll get fueled by a new EP from a  few days to a week, but then it'll die down, I'm slowly starting to play it again, but right now I'm doing other stuff.

And, Pegasus, I'm so sorry for your loss, I wish I could say more, but I've never really been through much of that that I can remember.

PegasusDiana, I too wish to express my sympathy. I had an aunt die this Tuesday (20 May 2008).

Ive had a lag in my simming mojo of late.
I just figured that the ebs and tides are natural for any type of interest. My interest is increasing, and Im sure yours will too.