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My PC’s back and runs Sims just fine. Yay! (And I finally have my beloved spell check back!)

Sims = Fan fic?

mdpthatsme said: About the premades, I would think so.

primaverasims said: I would think so if it’s the premades since you imagine them outside of canon. But if it’s 100% original characters in a custom neighborhood (or emptied neighborhoods) I would categorize it as original fiction 

ejsims said: agree with everyone about the premades-technically, those stories are fanfic.

strangetomato said: I think it’s similar to fanfiction, but not the same. What we are given with the premades are hints and clues to story and some character details that can be interpreted in endless ways. It’s more of a template for storytelling than a fiction work to transform, as in fanfic.

Hm, interesting point of views…I would agree that original characters aren’t fanfiction. And yeah, technically posting about the premades is fan fiction- although canon is much broader and it is more of a template than a given story.

katzengirl said: Yep, stories about the premades is fanfiction. 🙂 There’s even a category for the Sims on fanfiction.net though not many people have posted there.

Really? Wow. That’s kinda weird. I suppose it’s just text, too?

New graphics card

simlishnoir said: Nvidia GTX 750 is a good card that worked with TS2 and is quite decent for other games (maybe not the latest ones) as well. I personally use a GTX 1060 (after upgrading from the one mentioned before) and TS2 works for that as well.

ethanmcgregor said: I have Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti and TS2 runs great with it.

Thank you for your suggestions! The game actually runs well with the graphics card I managed to lend (although it’s rather loud). I think I’ll look into the GTX 750, it sounds good and still cheap enough for a broke college student.

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holleyberry said: D:

simlishnoir said: There is no Student Union that can help you with this issue?

German colleges work a bit different. Like, the college officials are the ones supposed to help you (works well 99% of the times). I will probably be able to sort it out somehow (even if that means taking the damn 4.0)- once that one official who can approve of stuff comes back from her vacation… I actually have to talk to her either way because another one of my courses is officially only open to master’s degree students. Which I took during an expedition for bachelor students only (I don’t know either…). Thank god I recently switched subjects and have another 2 terms of college in front of me (I can actually start writing my bachelor’s thesis once I got all my courses accredited. Which will be a huge help.)

holleyberry said: My toddlers never do this. Is it connected to active points?

I have no idea. I would say it has something to do with that (since he didn’t have any skill points and hadn’t learned how to walk yet), but everyone seems to make different experiences regarding that.