England/british style sims

This is a great idea..Britain Rocks!!......http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/webdr06/2013/7/22/11/anigif_enhanced-buzz-8255-1374506728-13.gif

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"Vicks06;12853030" wrote:

"cornishoven;12851632" wrote:
Thatched roof cottages, ancient castles, stonehenge, tiny dickensian style terraced houses, pubs!, football (soccer to you), the gentle swish of crickets bats on the lawn while ladies in floral dresses sip tea on the patio... Ok Im getting too British now. Lol
Oh, and I am a full Brit, born and bred... and I have never seen a red double decker bus in my life. Too many movies :D

Only really get the red double decker busses in London (and possibly other big English cities but I can't be sure about those as I've not been to them) we don't get them where I live either

I would ask where in UK you are from, but I think its against the rules :) Theres a clue as to where I live in my name... And if you've ever been there you would know we are lucky if we even see a bus, let alone a big red one lol.

I would probably feel the same as you @CrackFox. Im not sure I want Britain to be stereotyped in a game I love. It already annoys me when there is a so called Brit in an American programme who is just soooo stereotypical, and Im shouting at the telly, "We dont say stuff like that!"
But I guess it works both ways, I mean, Im sure not all Americans are obese, gun toting hicks... Are they? ;)
What I would prefer is a completely different culture represented in an EP, like India, that would be awesome!

"CrackFox;12853325" wrote:
As a Brit I also love playing in fantasy American land. I don't particularly care for a British theme in the game but if other nationalities would then that's nice I suppose. I'm not sure what you could do in everday life to make it more English, the game already has a tea set and maybe when Seasons is released you can disable spring and summer and just have the crap weather all year round.



It would be cool to get maybe a themed community area, like China Town but London Town. I think it might border on offensive though, this stereotypical view that a lot of Americans seem to have that English people live like Downton Abbey. I don't think I want to be represented like that xD



I probably wouldn't buy this dlc/stuff pack thinking about it.

I dont really think thats the case . i certainly dont think you live the downton abbey style . * pompously sips coffee * The kinds of things i remember about the UK are ( keep in mind this was the 80's and i was young ) the big red buses and telephone booths , the underground ( i almost didnt mind the gap once ) , things like Windsor castle trafalgar square Big Ben and Hampton Court , roundabouts ( dont ask me why ) milk delivery , among other things . Ok still probably stereotypical but then again us 'mericans get stereotyped too

"Coffefreak4Life;12853351" wrote:

"CrackFox;12853325" wrote:
As a Brit I also love playing in fantasy American land. I don't particularly care for a British theme in the game but if other nationalities would then that's nice I suppose. I'm not sure what you could do in everday life to make it more English, the game already has a tea set and maybe when Seasons is released you can disable spring and summer and just have the crap weather all year round.



It would be cool to get maybe a themed community area, like China Town but London Town. I think it might border on offensive though, this stereotypical view that a lot of Americans seem to have that English people live like Downton Abbey. I don't think I want to be represented like that xD



I probably wouldn't buy this dlc/stuff pack thinking about it.

I dont really think thats the case . i certainly dont think you live the downton abbey style . * pompously sips coffee * The kinds of things i remember about the UK are ( keep in mind this was the 80's and i was young ) the big red buses and telephone booths , the underground ( i almost didnt mind the gap once ) , things like Windsor castle trafalgar square Big Ben and Hampton Court , roundabouts ( dont ask me why ) milk delivery , among other things . Ok still probably stereotypical but then again us 'mericans get stereotyped too

What you said isn't stereotypical, those are all just normal parts of British life :) (though I've never been to Hampton Court or Windsor Castle). But yeah, I wouldn't want people thinking we all live like Downton Abbey... at least, I don't, but maybe that's just me? lol. I'd LIKE to though! My life is less Downton Abbey, more the Royle Family...

@cornishoven

Ok, I'm thoroughly over-excited now - I thought I was the only one! ;)

Bah! Wrote lots more than this but I've been somehow cut short

& again! Silly forum :(

"cornishoven;12851744" wrote:
@windweaver you're right, there really isn't much difference. With the world getting smaller (travel, internet and whatnot) we have adopted many things from each other. For example, when I was at school there was no such thing as a 'prom', that was just something on 'Saved By The Bell' (Im really showing my age now). But now we have them too, and they are as big and extravagent as Im sure yours are.
If they based a Sim expansion in my own school experience, prom would be 'going to the house of whichever mate's parents are away, drinking cheap cider, throwing up in the fish pond, and trying to get off with as many people as possible'.
Yeh, Im classy lol

LOL! Lot's of fun! Well, our whole system of law is based upon your own, with the exception of innocent until proven guilty. I work in the courts, so it comes to mind immediately, lol.

Don't worry about your age, I've got 6 decades under my belt at this point. I've been waiting to grow up for a very long time. I'm thinking I've got that Peter Pan syndrome :D

"Cinebar;12851796" wrote:
I don't mean to stereotype the Brits, yes, I have watched to many old movies..lol..and I wish I had been able to visit London or the moors or anywhere there or Wales or Ireland. That's my heritage but know very little of modern day life there. I watch a lot of the BBS my favorite channel just so I can catch glimpses of real people and their real lives, and their apartments/flats, and or the streets and their urban areas. It would be like a vacation to me.

I can relate. I always get confused when I see Police in a British show with guns and wearing swatt clothes. It doesn't fit with my internal vision of how they are supposed to act, lol. That's an American thing? Isn't it?

"jvms20;12852787" wrote:

"Crackseed;12851479" wrote:
You put those accents in my Sims game and I may never leave my PC...

UNF.

Sims with British accents?....this....this I want. (throws wallet at EA)

I laughed right our loud!! (lol just wasn't big enough for the laugh I experienced) :o

from what i remember i only ever saw bobbys with batons