The Sims 2 Presents: Foster's Valley!
 

They're Back!!!

They are indeed, and just in time for lunch:

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Burgers were on the menu today, courtesy of Frankie, who is rapidly turning into quite a cook. She gets a lot of practice, what with feeding this house three times every day. Not everyone showed up for lunch, however; Coco was in bed, exhausted after a morning trip to the mall, Bendy was full from a snack, and I have no idea where Wilt was. While the rest of the house ate, Bendy explored the depths of the toy box:

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This Bendy is better behaved than the original version on the show, although he screams at me when I make him clean up after himself. He and Berry get along extremely well, much to the relief of the rest of the house. I created them as brother and sister because I didn't want them to have kids together when they become adults. Bendy's and Berry's kid... I shudder at the thought.

After lunch, Mr. Herriman began work on his autobiography:

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Writing can bring in a big chunk of money for Sims, and Foster's Home is going to need it. Taxes are paid twice a week in Foster's Valley, and the taxes due on than enormous house are well over three times what any other family pays in any of my six neighborhoods. I almost choked on my tea when I saw the figure. Write well, Mr. Herriman, write well.

After lunch, Eduardo, feeling the need to get out and meet new people, called a cab and went to the mall, where he met someone we all know:

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Eduardo knows her as Sofia Westlane, but to us she's Our Miss Fomalhaut. The two of them hit it off very nicely, parting with each other in their thought balloons. Sorry Ed, she's already got someone, and I've got other plans for you, big plans, and fortunately they do not include this woman:

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You all remember Barbara Cravet, Cheese's mom. She was far less impressed with Eduardo than Fomalhaut was. Then again, Barbara lives with Cheese, and probably has her fill of Imaginary Friends within 20 minutes after getting out of bed. Small wonder that she spends her free time at the mall.

Back at Foster's, Bendy and Berry are in the TV room:

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Berry has just awakened from a short nap, roused by Bendy screaming at the TV. He's watching one of the bloodier remakes of "Dracula". I don't speak Sim, but I could swear that he's calling the Count a "wuss". I worry about that kid.

And finally, here's a shot of my beloved Frankie:

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The main reason I'm posting this shot is so you all can see that I'm trying to run this house as much like the original as I can; I don't have Frankie lounging around while everyone else caters to her every need. She cooks, does the cleaning (except when Mr. Herriman beats her to it), takes out the garbage, helps everyone with their homework, and is quite tired by the end of the day. She's quite a lady. The house is very demanding to play, due to it's size and the number of residents, and of course I have to make screencaps of every moment which slows things down, but believe me, it's worth every moment, because it's almost like being part of the show. What a way to send an afternoon! :) :D ;D

Great new pics!

I will post mine, "Fantasy Fields", in a new thread - thought it's waaay less sophisticated than Cassini's, I hope you will like it!

Goo and Mac are still all over each other. Imagine my surprise when I had Frankie do the dishes and Goo SHOVES Mac on the table and starts making out with him.

As much as I support the pairing, I think they need to lay it off a little bit.

Bloo has fun laughing at them, and then Mac gets irritated and gives Bloo a noogie.

Frankie just stood there for the longest time, and then started screaming because Bloo was standing in front of the dishwasher.

And why don't I have screencaps for these???

Because my computer is idiotic and won't take them for some reason.

-Marty 8-)

Help with screencaps: just take usual photos in The Sims 2, then open the EA GAMES ->Sims 2 ->Storytelling folder on your computer, where you'll find them, ready to upload!

THANK YOU!!! Pictures will be coming soon.

-Marty 8-)

Wow. Um, wow. LOL! hehe.... Mac and goo... hehe... Stroke of luck, I guess. We need pictures!

Wow, those are good. I love The Sims.

What the well-dressed fangirl is wearing this season:

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The shirt was created with MSPaint. More to come. :D

The Wilt fangirls will go crazy...

I asked you in the old thread if you could create a sim of Trish,and you told me that you would. I'm still waiting to see Trish. please

I believe Fomalhaut said she'd handle Eurotrish:

http://nffostershome.proboards52.com...677122&page=18

Chapter 12 - Bloo Behaving Badly

At least I think this is part of Chapter 12; I lost track some time ago.

Rhonda Cassiman on the treadmill again:

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Rhonda doesn't work out for pleasure; she works out to stay in shape for the next game. A good idea if one wants to get into the baseball Hall of Fame. This was different, though. That's not the smile of someone looking forward to the next win; that's the smile of someone trying not to lose her mind. She's exercising to blow off steam, to try to calm down, to forget about losing over a thousand bucks. It all started when Terrence brought home a friend from school:

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Her name is Carmel Delicious. Don't blame me, she came with the name when I downloaded her. As you can see, she's quite the charmer, and has the boy's complete attention. She also swears like a sailor, which no doubt appealed to two of them. Also present at the time was our own Wendywild13, Bloo's girlfriend, who was eating in front of the TV in the next room. Bloo gives up his seat for no one. He did feel bad about it later:

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Here he's apologizing about it, and trying desperately to explain that really, Carmel means nothing to him. Wendy accepted that but looked a little sullen when she left the house later that evening. Bloo, for his part, realized that he was in trouble, and decided that he needed to make some kind of grand gesture. So he went online to find an idea:

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About an hour later he hit upon the idea of having huge neon lights installed on the east side side of the Foster's Valley Micro Mall, lights shaped like letters, lights that would spell out "Bloo Loves Wendy" for all the world to see. Expensive, sure, but he was sure Rhonda would understand. So he raided the family budget for around $1100 and up went the lights. Unfortunately, well, Bloo has an ego the size of the moon, and in the end he just had to alter his message of love. It was still a message of love, true, but it wasn't about Wendy anymore:

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Wendy, fortunately, thought it was funny, in an exasperating sort of way, and forgave him. Rhonda was not amused in the slightest; she grounded Bloo until he goes to college. Terrence, feeling guilty about bringing home another girl, later confessed to Our Miss Fomalhaut, who forgave him after whacking him with a frying pan. Mac, the smart one, read a cookbook and went to bed.

:) :bloocross:

:o

That...was the best story yet. 8D

HAHAHAHA!!! This blonde girl's eyes are real pretty. In fact, in the dark it makes it look like alien eyes. :D

That was the greatest thing ever. XD

Oh my god... that ROCKS!!! ALL MUST BOW TO BLOOREGARD!!!

Fantastic story...

-Marty 8-)

"ALL MUST BOW TO BLOOREGARD" was great.

I was pretty happy with the story, too. My thanks to all. :)

That story rocked:D "All must bow down to Blooregard". XD!

I love you.

That is all.

(I assume that "until he goes to college" really means "forever".)

Exuse me, let me describe again...the blonde girl's face looks like a gelfling (if you've watched The Dark Crystal you'll get my meaning) for some reason.

She does, a little, now that you've mentioned it. I haven't thought about that movie in ages. :)

One for the fangirls:

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The uniform, now his everyday outfit, was downloaded from TSR; I added the "1" with MSPaint. Not bad if I do say so myself. :D

Hmm... Wilt and Carmel...? :o

Oh, that's a great wilt...

At least he's wearing pants!

WOW!

Hm, did I really hit Terrence with a frying pan...? (Maybe PM me a pic...?)

What about caramel?

Uh, can you be more specific?

I think she meant, "What about Carmel Delicious?".

Aw, it's great seeing these things again. Brings a smile to my face and yes I am BACK FROM ZE DEAD. About time huh?

What about caramel?? (caramel candy) XD

Carmel went home, had a quick snack, and went to work (at the time, she was a parking lot attendant). She has since enrolled at Sim State University where she is majoring in psychology in preparation for a future career in law enforcement. :)

You ever wonder how Blake Superior passes the time while Richie is at school? Here's the answer:

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I killed the sound on this to produce a smoother video, not that there was much to hear to begin with. Richie brought his new pal Goo home from school later that day, and his father got a promotion. A good day all around at the Wildebrat house. ;)

OMG! That's cool.

-poke to Casini- Any word on that family I heard tale of? =P

They are resting comfortably after dealing with the day-long horror known as the Welcome Wagon. ;)

A few new shots from the Valley

Terrence discovers his inner dork:

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Normally you wouldn't think he'd have any use for a telescope, or even know which end to look through. All he's really doing here is killing time while waiting for a ride downtown. Unfortunately his mom caught him at it and exclaimed, "Terrence! Oh, I just knew were smart like Mac!" Terrence protested, saying "I ain't not smart!", or something similar, but it was too late; mom enrolled him in private school the next day... the same school that Cheese goes to. Here's young Mr. Cassiman in his new dork outfit:

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I do not think he's too happy about it.

Later that same day, Bloo went to hang out at the Family Fun Center, where a long awaited meeting finally took place:

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Bloo is drinking coffee; I don't know what's in Cheese's cup. He found it on the ground near the bench. Here they're having a heated discussion about geography, specifically the location of Singapore. Neither one really knows where it is. Probably near Topeka is my guess. Bloo eventually got tired of Cheese and went home where, much to the astonishment of his mom and her guest Jason Westlane, he started studying:

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Even more amazing is the subject matter: Cleaning Techniques. I'm surprised Rhonda didn't faint right then and there.

What can I say about Frankie that I haven't already said? Plenty, but that's for another time. Beautiful, fun to hang out with, and so dang sweet... well, usually, anyway. Sometimes she gets an attitude:

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Boglarka (I think the name is Greek) is not a sports fan; Frankie is, and doesn't want to hear her team getting dissed. I think the two will become friends over time, but they certainly didn't get off to a good start. Frankie had a very busy day that day, what with all the cleaning, the cooking, Wilt being down with food poisoning (from another house), and the dang Welcome Wagon showing up for a second time. Didn't see that coming, I'll tell you, and they ran everybody at Foster's ragged. Mr. Herriman and Madam Foster escaped out back to play on the swings around 9:00 pm:

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I love this shot. How many times must similar scenes have happened with these two, I wonder, before our favorite cartoon began? It's really nice to see them still playing together even after 80 years or so. Eventually Madam Foster, exhausted after the day's events, took an evening nap:

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This shot was taken by the gazebo in the backyard. It's not the most comfortable place to lie down, but at the time it was certainly the quietest.

That about covers things, at least for now. I'll probably play again tonight sometime, so there's more to come in the near future. Stay tuned. :)

Aww... The Mr. H/Madame Foster thing was cute. As was the mention of Cheese randomly picking a cup fom the ground and drinking from it.

Actually, the latter was just plain weird, but surprisingly in-character.

I really have not had time to play Sims lately because of the play...

But I STILL for the life of me CANNOT figure out why the computer won't let me take screencaps.

There are the itty-bity snapshots, but it won't get bigger without the pixels getting wacko.

Help, anyone?

And great job Cassini!!!

-Marty 8-)

Cassini my dear (:D), Boglarka is a 100% HUNGARIAN NAME!!! :) It means "buttercup". (Not the Powerpuff Girl, the flower, obviously!)

Love Terrence's new outfit. Dad looks cool, and what about me, Gabe, Wendy and the others?

I ant not smart, so terrency.

You gotta give him credit, though; unlike Bloo, Terrence hasn't been banned from the mall. All must bow to Blooregard... I have no idea how I came up with that one. 8-)

Your various Sims were standing outside the SimCity Univerisity dorms last time I checked, waiting for the last two members of the "Class of 2007" to show up. I'm doing this in a piecemeal fashion to squeeze a few extra Aspiration Points out of the process. "Boglarka" is Hungarian? Huh. At this point I have so many of your countrymen in my game that I should probably think about renaming the town! :D

The latest shots from New Budapest Foster's Valley:

Blake Superior has no taste:

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Blake, along with Frankie and Goo's dad Prescott, were summoned by the game to serve as the Welcome Wagon for a new Sim who arrived in Foster's Valley last week. It seems that he does not find the lovely miss Foster even the slightest bit attractive; quite the opposite, in fact. I've seldom seen that level of repulsion in the game. Then again, what can you expect from the guy who came in second in a burping contest? No class, Blake, no class at all.

No swooning, ladies:

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Here's Wilt in his track suit. A few minutes ago he finished a good brisk workout on the treadmill, and now he's heading for the shower. I'll give him credit, he falls off the treadmill less often than most Sims with the same skill level that he has. After cleaning up, he joined Coco and Eduardo for breakfast:

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He was starving after that workout and wolfed down another bowl of cereal right after this one. He usually has much better table manners than this, but in truth none of the Imaginary Friends are ever going to win any etiquette prizes. You should see Eduardo in action sometimes; it's like watching a vacuum. The food is there, then suddenly it isn't. Mealtimes at Foster's can get pretty wild.

A fateful encounter at Van Dyke Park:

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Sweetums, the bratty little girl from House Of Bloo's, meets Richie Wildebrat, and they like each other a lot. Morover, they're both just two days away from becoming teenagers. Didn't one of those Omen movies start out like this? There's a demonspawn in the making here, I just know it. Well, at least that'll give Bendy someone to play with.

There was a wedding in Foster's Valley recently, and Frankie was on the guest list:

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Not exactly the little black dress from Frankie My Dear, but it still looks pretty dang good on her. Here she is on the swings yet again. Adult Sims adore swing sets for some odd reason, and Frankie seems to like them more than most. Teens and children often ignore them. Weird, but not as weird as Blake Superior thinking that this is unattractive. That's not bad taste, that's brain damage.

And finally, a shot that left me speechless:

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I was experimenting with camera angles in the game when I made this discovery. There are two moons in the night sky over Foster's Valley. I've never read about anything like this on any of the Sims sites, anywhere. Maybe it's just a computer glitch but if it is, it's a unique one, unique and beautiful. Just like the Valley and all it's residents.

That's all for now. Hope y'all enjoy the shots as much as I do. :)

Do I have to say it? :frankiesmile:

Shame on Blake, BTW.

Tee-hee! Eduardo just seems to be watching Wilt with a 'woah' look while he's scarfing down the food like that.

Horay for little black dresses! :3

Frankie looks wonderful, and oooh, Wilt!
Minesa are sooo much worse :(

Blake is evil. Who wouldn't fall in love with Frankie?

The Cheese in my world is pining for her, much to my dismay. Fortunately, she wants nothing to do with him.

Ha.

If only I could figure out how to take NOT TINY screencaps... My computer stinks.

-Marty :goo: