Sul sul Simmers!Today it's 19 years since The Sims was first released. No matter if you have been playing since day 1 or you discovered the game today, let's celebrate the existence of The Sims together!I would like to invite you all to think of what The Sims means to you, to remember when was the first time you played, the people you have met as part of the community or any of the good memories that thinking of The Sims brings back. As Simmers, let's get together here and share some of those memories!

Happy Birthday Sims™https://i.imgur.com/18rtlw9.jpg Four iterations, multiple spin offs and console releases. One of the best selling games of all time and one of the most recognizable games of all time for it's uniqueness and appeal with players of all ages.It's great to see that this franchise has endured the hard waters of the gaming industry with the years and it's great that the fans will never let this wonderful franchise go, fighting with passion for it to be the best possible version of itself. I'd like to thank the developers, the ones that are gone and the ones that are here for making this franchise possible, fun and enjoyable, and of course, I have to thank the original creator Will Wright for his originality, creativity, innovation and vision in creating the number one Sims™.The Sims™ has been my favorite game over the years, it's one of the things that entertain me and inspire me the most, it keeps the boredom away and enhances my creativity like no other game, from creating intricate sims to building whatever mansion I can dream of, or just by playing and watching the sim's virtual lives unravel as I manipulate their strings. I have been a player since the start of TS2 and I am happy this franchise is going forward.

When I think of The Sims over the years, I remember some sleepovers with my friends when I was a teen. The plan? Playing The Sims while having pizza and chatting until late in the night :smiley: Just one of the countless memories!

I discovered the Sims through a friend's teen-age daughter way back in 2000. She was playing it all the time, and I laughed with my friend about it (how silly - controlling people's lives? I already have too much of my own life to control), but then with my husband gone all the time (he was in the military) it struck me that Sims would give me something to do after my own kid was in bed. I played it off and on, until the divorce happened and a move to a new place where I knew only a few people, and then it became my lifeline.Sims 2 joined my library when it came out (and I can still get the Ultimate Collection to play on my computer) and added so much more fun to my play. When Sims 3 came out I wasn't sure if I wanted to make the jump, so I played 2 for a while longer. When I finally moved to 3, I was pulled in just as deeply and loved every minute of it. Then 4 was announced. That one took longer for me to move over to, and I'm not sure why, because once I started playing it, I realized I love it just as deeply as I've loved the other ones. Thank you Sims (creators, devs, designers, coders, all of you who have created the game I love) for games that got me through a rough time in my life and then have continued to be so much fun that both my kids play it, too. It's the most played game on my computer! :heart: :heart:

I'm 19 years in. I started playing my freshman year of college and have never stopped. The game is just that good. Thanks for the memories and fun.

I was already an adult when a A Game called The Sims was first introduced to me by Will Wright. He and his partners at Maxis had included two disks about the game and making the game with his Sim City 3000 game I had just bought - having been a fan of the first Sim City game that happened to come free with my new desktop - I looked forward to this much more advanced version. But as I was going through the discs in the box - saw th two disk about a future game Will and his company was working about some of the people he called Sims who lived and worked in his new Sims City.I was intrigued as I enjoyed the two videos I saw on the Making of the Sims, to say the least and it really did look like something I would enjoy playing - so at the end of the second video where Will had asked people viewing the video if they would be interested in testing the game when he had it ready for testing - I filled out the little post card with my name and phone number and sent it in. Also that day two of my family members whom I thought would be interested I called them up and told them they had to come see this new game and gave them the disk. They likewise sent out post cards with their name and address to Will Wright showing interest. A few months later (Nov. 1999) - myself and several of my family members and family friends who had signed up - got sent the first Test of the game. It was amazing - and totally blew all of us away.Proud to say all of us who first signed up and tested the Sims still love and play the Sims to this day - as do all our kids as well.

19 years of The Sims - Happy anniversary!

Evalen306
6 years ago
wow I can't believe that I have been playing the sims for 19 yrs. And I still love it.
tinkerput
6 years ago
"Evalen;c-16946881" wrote:
wow I can't believe that I have been playing the sims for 19 yrs. And I still love it.

Wow. I feel the same way! 19 years? I feel old :lol:
emb789
6 years ago
The Sims is definitely one of my favourite games of all time, I always come back to it time and time again! In Sims 4 I discovered a real love for building, but my favourite memories will always be getting together with my two best friends to make families together :)
ThePocketWeasel
6 years ago
I don't remember the first time I ever played The Sims - I suspect it was probably around my best friends house. I think we actually played it on console before PC. We used to go round each others houses and have sleepovers where we'd just sit around and play The Sims - and see how many different ways we could torture poor Mortimer. I remember when The Urbz came out, my friend got the game right away and we literally spent the entire weekend glued to it. Her Mum still calls it 'the great weekend of the unwashed' and tries to embarrass us by telling as many people as she can about it.

When I think about what the Sims means to me, the first thing that comes to mind is the hours spent with my friend. We still play and talk about it today - though not together as we live 200 miles apart. The second thing is that it's always been a game I can come to no matter what I'm feeling like.
simgirl1010
Hero
6 years ago
"Winthorpe;c-16946161" wrote:
Five years apart, these are families I have been playing for nearly seven years and the Sims 2 itself for 11 years! It is the best ever game I have ever played.

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@Winthorpe that's really impressive!
Meka3211
Rising Newcomer
6 years ago
19 Years! Wow! I have been playing the Sims since day 1 & it's my favorite game of all time. My younger brother used to play The Sims 1, and he'd be on the computer for hours, basically hogging the computer. I was so curious what he playing and then I started playing and rest is history, as they say. I think some of my fondest memories was when I got all my friends hooked on the game (this was when Sims 2 was out). I would throw a "Sims Party" and my friends would come over and we'd all be on our own individual computers gaming. These were the quietest parties I've ever thrown, as it's complete silence for 6-8 hours straight as each of us are engrossed in our own games! That's the Sims magic where you can get lost for hours, forget about the outside world, maybe even forget to eat LOL.

I think what I love most about The Sims itself is that there's no wrong/right way to play. I love communicating with other Simmers because I always find out something new, or someone might inspire me to play different. The stories that can be told, the creativity to unleash is endless. It doesn't matter if you're 13 or 65, this is a game for everyone. I'll also add that a few times that I've gone back to play The Sims 2 or a previous iteration, I always find out something new. & here I thought all these years later, that I did everything that was possible to do in the game. But then I go back to play and my alien Sim gets bitten by a wolf, turning him into a hybrid between alien/werewolf & I could "savage" and turn other Sims werewolf. Wow, where was I at all this time, because I didn't know that was a thing until recently. That's what I love most! You might think you've discovered everything there is to discover and then you realize that you've probably barely scratched the surface.
Evalen306
6 years ago
"tinahjalmar;c-16947595" wrote:
"Evalen;c-16946881" wrote:
wow I can't believe that I have been playing the sims for 19 yrs. And I still love it.

Wow. I feel the same way! 19 years? I feel old :lol:

I am old LOL :D Great Grandmother of a 3 oldest is 16
540f936f0e9fe974
New Spectator
6 years ago
I have been playing the sims since Sims 1 came out in 2000. Then came the Sims 2 which I loved. Then the Sims 3, which I still play and enjoy and then the Sims 4. I never really got into the Sims 4. I just couldn't leave all the things in the Sims 3 like open worlds and cars. It has been an amazing journey. I hope there will be a Sims 5 somewhere in the future.

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