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I have now gone through and corrected every spelling mistake in these updates. Sorry to the two people whose names I've gotten wrong for three updates now  and I will be correcting them ingame too.Second part of day 3 is coming later today!
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Greetings Brits, I come from the distant country of America to explain to you why "kickybag" raises rebel affiliation. In America, we call Kicky-bag Hackey Sack and I do not know why EA/Maxis does not just call it that but whatever. For whatever reason Hacky Sack was picked up by the "outsider" type clique of kids as the "sport" to play around High School and College. I still recall my days exiting High School to find a group of rebels in wolf t-shirts kicking a bag around, it actually was pretty prevalent everywhere and seemingly exclusively by that type of kid. People in EA/Maxis must have noticed too so that's why playing Kicky Bag makes you more of a rebel.
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Dec 7, 2013 20:08
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Jenner posted:In America, we call Kicky-bag Hackey Sack and I do not know why EA/Maxis does not just call it that but whatever. They don't call it Hacky Sack because that's a trademarked brand name.
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Dec 7, 2013 20:22
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The Heavenator posted:They don't call it Hacky Sack because that's a trademarked brand name. So is Band-Aid and Jell-O. If you're kicking a small bag around people here are gonna call it Hacky Sack.
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Dec 7, 2013 20:26
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Jenner posted:Greetings Brits, I come from the distant country of America to explain to you why "kickybag" raises rebel affiliation. We call it that too and in my high school days it was the thing to do for the boys who were in rock bands and too cool to just sit on the green and chat at lunch time.
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Dec 7, 2013 20:33
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eating only apples posted:We call it that too and in my high school days it was the thing to do for the boys who were in rock bands and too cool to just sit on the green and chat at lunch time. As a recent highschool graduate, it was basically the only thing the stoners and the metal heads at our school agreed on. Everyone loved some hackey sack.
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I have literally never seen anyone doing these things in my entire life. Did you guys all go to school in Saved by the Bell or something?
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Mostly the pastimes in my school were "Run into other kids as fast as you can" or "Run from the people doing that". It's grim up north? Fizzicist fucked around with this message at 21:06 on Dec 7, 2013 |
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Dec 7, 2013 21:03
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We had nothing fancy like sacks! Kids in my secondary school used to kick around used mineral watter bottles. Yep. The cheap plastic kind that made an annoying crumpling sound whenever it hit anything.
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Dec 7, 2013 21:11
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We used to bounce tennis balls off the curb. I remember someone (probably me) threw it in such a way that it bounced back and smacked them in the face.
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Dec 7, 2013 21:12
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Fizzicist posted:Mostly the pastimes in my school were "Run into other kids as fast as you can" or "Run from the people doing that". British Bulldog and Red Rover were fantastic. 
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Dec 7, 2013 21:20
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Faerie Fortune posted:I have literally never seen anyone doing these things in my entire life. Did you guys all go to school in Saved by the Bell or something? I have no idea what that is beyond a show made before I was born, so hope. You just apparently live somewhere without hackeys.
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Dec 7, 2013 21:38
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KittyEmpress posted:As a recent highschool graduate, it was basically the only thing the stoners and the metal heads at our school agreed on. Everyone loved some hackey sack. I'd like to add that most of the kids at my school who played hackeysack at lunch were stoners and metalheads... but they were the popular ones? They were also good at sports and had lots of friends and girls and there was literally no such thing as a jock. This was when I was 16-17 or so, maybe the jocks died out early on, but if there was ever a boy who was great at sport and got all the girls we never gave him a clique name.
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Dec 7, 2013 21:45
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In my particular no longer notable area of the north, the general lunchtime pastime was either playing a twisted version of cricket with foil ball and a boxlid or tryiung toi make sim version of our classmates act in 'amusing' ways. edit; or cards for some reason.
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Dec 7, 2013 21:49
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Sheesh, didn't any of you have a Nintendo? 
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Rumda posted:edit; or cards for some reason. Magic: The Gathering. 
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Faerie Fortune posted:
No  Jenner posted:Magic: The Gathering. Sounds like my first year at college, I spent a shameful amount on the Innistrad block.
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Dec 7, 2013 23:37
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Fizzicist posted:Yugioh.  Now I have to go look at all my cards again. Beep beep all aboard the nostalgia trip!
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I want to see what kind of special actions Rebels get, just because having some kind of goal at the end of a marathon of kicky bag is hilarious, regardless of what that goal is.
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MarquiseMindfang posted:
Satellite Cannon.dek is my secret shame 
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Update 4 - Ice Cream and Alcohol  I love some of these loading screens.So when we left off, the Communication goons (plus apples) had gotten back from their classes for the day and the Art students had left. We now rejoin Eevee and Snuggles where they are..  ...being responsible roommates actually! Eevee cooks up a tasty salad for everyone and Snuggles cleans out the rank leftovers in the fridge.  Oh right, the whole fire thing. Better replace that.  Recycling the rotten food gets Snuggles this happy moodlet. Good job saving the planet!  We've had that ice cream maker less than a day and somehow our goonhouse has managed to make the counter its on top of completely gross. What the hell are you making in that thing, guys? Luckily, Snuggles is on the case and cleans it up like a champ.  The guys partake in some freshly made ice cream, this time in a delicious cookies and cream flavour.  "Dude I made salad what the gently caress are you eating ice cream for?"   Poor Eevee drops his ice cream and he looks utterly heartbroken  Snuggles just looks amused. Taking a break from science, apples is in the living room, having finally discovered that the dorm has a games console. I have no idea what she's playing but it looks Zelda-ish?  Eevee, after being defeated by the double team of gravity and ice cream, settles with his salad and eats alone in the dining room.  Snuggles broods in the kitchen. Heartbreak does suck, man. I've been there.  apples gets free poo poo for being a giant nerd! She can also now play online using her shiny new games console. Its nothing special, just the same one thats already in the dorms.  Eevee decides to talk to our resident pyromaniac and brighten her day   Back in the Fine Arts lecture, the professor has drawn Aradia Megido on the whiteboard for some reason and our goons are doing pretty well. At least they're awake. While I'm here..   Much better.   This girl seems to like Eevee and she thanks him for cooking  its about time someone showed the guy some gratitude! Having finished her game, apples is back to doing science. She looks pretty focused on it!  Snuggles throws up. I guess that's how he figured out the food in the fridge was bad!  Get used to this sight, folks. Sims in this house seem to love windows.  apples gains her first Science skill point  we'll be demonstrating her newfound abilities later on in the update. Art lecture time is over and Roar is lookin' both sassy and terrified at the same time. How does he manage that?  Seriously, Sims make the best faces when ice cream is involved.  Dude hasn't moved at all. I'm starting to worry about you, Snuggles.   Now that she's done making science happen, apples whines about trees to Anoki.  Hi, artgoons! Welcome home! Today's gone pretty slowly and with everyone only having one class today it seems like a good time to take a little trip somewhere.  Welcome to the Sea Shack! Its not actually included by default in the University town, I decided to add it myself but its a bar with some games, musical instruments and a proper bar. Students love bars so why the hell not?  Jimmy gathers up the goons and off we go! I also find out that our pyro's name is Asala. Good to know!  Everyone arrives and just kinda...stands around for a bit, looking confused. Eevee is having a blast though!  These two guys are already here and are already unimpressed with our cast.  Pretty much all of them roll this want the moment we get into the bar. Its an easy enough want to fulfill and that's kinda what we're here for anyway so let's go!  apples and Jimmy are straight in there. Roar looks terrified as usual but he really wants to go to the bar.  Dachshunds, you can't even see through that window, what on earth could you be staring at?  While blocking access to the bar, Jimmy and Eevee discuss cogs. Maybe Eevee is a steampunk fan?  They're actually getting along pretty well, these two might be the first friendship in the goonhouse!  Goddammit Snuggles what the hell is wrong with you?  Eevee considers hiring a maid, Dachshunds considers cleaning. Sometimes I forget that she's a Neat sim, it doesn't actually seem to come up much.  Darts!  The random bar patron takes a shine to Dachshunds.  Roar gives the most pained expression in the world as he makes an order at the bar. I like to think that this is his first time at a bar and he was worried he'd get carded despite clearly being a university student and therefore old enough.  ...I also like to think that he wussed out and got nachos instead.  Random Bar Dude tells a ghost story!  apples is a boring nerd and goes home early. Dammit apples you're supposed to be here to make friends and socialise!    Just outside the bar, I spot this little garden so I set apples to work on harvesting plants. She'll need these for later! After his failed attempt at ordering a grown up drink, Roar also heads home.  Dachshunds and Eevee appear to be enjoying the ghost story at least!  I do not know what that drink is but it is sparkly as hell and I want one.  Jimmy gets this moodlet after consuming the glass of sparkles. Neat!     Jimmy discovers the instruments at the other end of the bar and hops on the drums. He's a Virtuoso so he'll gain skill with musical instruments faster than any of his friends and he'll have great fun doing it too. Musical instruments will also boost his academic performance too!  He's not very good yet but his friends have all gathered around to watch him play anyway  Snuggles just looks so proud!  apples has harvested these! Some potatoes, tomatoes and lavender! These will all be useful for the advancement of her science skill, or we can shove the vegetables in the fridge to lower the cost of meals. If she really wanted to, she could throw the herbs into a bonfire or fireplace to create a pleasing, relaxing aroma that would boost the mood of all the people around the fire. You can throw a lot of things into fires. Back at the house..  Roar...  Roar no! People just seem to hate Anoki.  apples is home and ready to do some science. I decide to have her do a herb experiment (as an aside, the phrase "an herb" makes my skin crawl) so the lavender goes into the machine.  Roar enthuses about trees. At least he's not being mean.  Back at the bar, Jimmy's drumming skill is coming along nicely, and everyone else seems to be pretty happy just watching him make noise.    This is what science looks like! You can see the herb in the little tube there, and apples is blasting it with some kind of green stuff. I'd assume its radiation but radiation experiments are a completely separate thing so use your imagination I guess.  A few minutes later we get the result! I have no idea what Super Spice does so we'll be finding that out next time!  She also gets this positive moodlet! Go apples!  I check on the guys at the bar again and Dachshunds rolls this want. For a sim that doesn't have the evil or mean spirited trait, she's pretty mean.  Its 10pm and Eevee and Snuggles head home.  What the hell have you been putting in that ice cream machine, you gross goons?  Back at home, Roar reads a book about farts.  I spot a goonsim at the bar! Hi there Kloro!  Roar reads his fartbook by Anoki, who is happily playing games on his computer and probably pretty happy at not being pestered by, poked at or argued with by anyone for a little while.   Looks like science is happening all over campus!  apples has a freakout in the bathroom. This is a daily thing for her and other Neurotic sims. If other sims witness it, it freaks them out a little bit but for apples it gives her a nice little mood boost that completely stops her from getting stressed for a few hours. Handy!  After freaking out over nothing, apples heads out into the hall and makes fingerguns at Eevee.   ...oh my!  I don't know any pickup lines involving computers so pretend that I do and that I wrote it here. That's a lie, I do know some but they're all lame as hell.  After flirting, Eevee tells a ghost story. Not the best follow-up there, dude.  Since Snuggles was there anyway, I check the noticeboard outside campus for jobs he can do. There's one available and its pretty quick so I accept it and off he goes!  More goon updates!   10:20pm and Eevee and apples are getting into bed.  Dachshunds heads home from the bar not too long afterwards, looking pretty pissed off.  Jimmy and the bartender are all thats left back there. He seems to be having fun at least.   11pm and shortly after Dachshunds gets home, she and Roar both decide its time to hit the sack after a long day of battling fires and social anxiety.  Snuggles finishes his job and gets himself a nice little bit of cash for it! Not bad for about an hours work.  Its midnight, and outside the cinema, Snuggles contemplates the grim reaper.  Jimmy eats rotting salad. Alone
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Dec 8, 2013 00:32
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Faerie Fortune posted:This is what science looks like! You can see the herb in the little tube there, and apples is blasting it with some kind of green stuff. I'd assume its radiation but radiation experiments are a completely separate thing so use your imagination I guess. She's blasting it with science, obviously.
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Dec 8, 2013 00:48
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Eevee strikes out because I am so easily scared Roar is turning out to be sort of adorable
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That machine is coming in handy now! Well, kind of. I may not know what that spice is either, but going by Dune rules Apples pretty much rule the galaxy now.
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It looks liek the science machine was unnecessary. The goons are creating life in the ice-cream maker, apparently.
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Faerie Fortune posted:
I just noticed me in the background chugging down a drink. Yeah, between that and the onion thing, you got me down to a tee. (fun fact: my dad eats onions whole like apples. I guess it runs in the family. Art imitates life...?) Also hell yeah Kloro showed up  e: beat y'all to the eating only onions joke
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Right now, I'm waiting to see what abomination spawns from that Ice Cream machine.
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I'm not sure if that was a great day or a terrible one.  I do know I'd never eat a salad of my own volition, and that...This is exactly the right reaction to dropping a Cookies and Cream icecream. Faerie Fortune posted:
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Dec 8, 2013 01:34
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Yapping Eevee posted:Hey, what did you expect from a goon? I love ghost stories. Hope you're okay with me retreating to a well-lit room and huddling under the blankets afterwards though!
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Yapping Eevee posted:
I legitimately felt so bad when that happened. My girlfriend tends to be on skype with me when I screenshot updates on the weekend and she was laughing at me because this happened and I just went "awwwmygod poor Eevee" and she was very confused, but she still laughed at me for being so emotionally affected by a sim dropping his ice cream. So basically your sim indirectly caused Fizzicist to make fun of me. Or at least more than she does usually, anyway.
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Faerie Fortune posted:
Based on the colors of the stains it looks like they're putting the salad in there.
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eating only apples posted:I love ghost stories. Hope you're okay with me retreating to a well-lit room and huddling under the blankets afterwards though! Huddling under the blankets alone isn't quite the objective of flirting, but it is appropriate for ghost stories.  Also, I love that a bunch of us just sat down and listened to one in the middle of the bar. Sims really like telling those, it seems.
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Goons being Goons, it would seem. As for me, I seem to be stuck doing something else somewhere else, considering none of the GoonSims happens to run into me... Well, to each their own, I suppose.
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I get carded a lot, especially when my hair gets longer. I was once literally almost denied a free sample at a grocery store until the lady giving them out asked my wife if I was eighteen. I was twenty-six at the time. Would totally read a book about farts tbh.
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Luhood posted:Goons being Goons, it would seem. As for me, I seem to be stuck doing something else somewhere else, considering none of the GoonSims happens to run into me... Keep in mind that its only Day 3 of university, there hasn't been much time for things to happen. Also not everyone who applied is in town yet, it takes time to get everyone in there and I haven't gotten to the end of the list yet. I'll try to post goonsims whenever I see them around and get updates though!
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Dec 8, 2013 10:45
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Don't tell me Homestuck has even evaded the Sims now. 
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On the subject of Jimmy4400's love life, I'd like to point out that there are two Macklamoors. He hooked up with Hank, and then Scot decided to date someone else.
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Anoia posted:Don't tell me Homestuck has even evaded the Sims now. Almost definitely not, those goatlike horns are pretty common in drawings because they're just so cool. Homestuck was just the first thing I thought of because I am a massive fan and an even bigger dweeb. Vil posted:On the subject of Jimmy4400's love life, I'd like to point out that there are two Macklamoors. He hooked up with Hank, and then Scot decided to date someone else. Goddammit why didn't I clock that? Well, I guess Jimmy and his boyfriend are just fine then!
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