Yesterday, through no fault of my own, I couldn't get into my game as early as I wished to. My email server is totally making my life miserable. I spent way too much time trying to cull the emails I had no interest in and the email server was making that quite the chore. Nearly an impossible feat. (I refuse to pay for an 'upgrade' for one, and I'm certain there is a Gremlin in the works, but that is beside my point.) Today, my browser is giving me fits, too. The response time is too slow and so I can't get into some sites. Face/palm. And Origin refuses to let me in. I even restarted my computer hoping that would help. But, when Origin did open it told me I was in offline mode, when I specifically switched back to online prior to shutting things down yesterday late afternoon. Not only that but my library of games is empty. Not terribly worried, this happened once before, quite some time ago and everything was recovered.But, here I sit whining and today is not a Wine & Oil day, as this is the last week of Great Lent. (My Church is a week behind the Western Christian Churches, this year. Our Holy Week is next week.) But, I digress.I know many people are on lock-down. I'm not alone but I'm starting to wear thin, it's also rather discomfiting to hear that my County Mayor just extended us until 7 May! Now, I can't even distract myself by playing my game. Give me a BREAK. No church, no D.A.R. meetings, no Writer's Group and for the moment no Sims. :open_mouth: I would add to the "What Happened in your Game Today" thread, but imjur is one of the sites I can't get into! I'm up a certain kind of creek without a paddle.Just needing a little tea & sympathy, here. I'm a Loner, by Trait, but even I have had enough solitude to last me for months! I would look to see if the Adam Sandler/Jimmie Fallon "Don't Touch Grandma" is on YouTube, but I'm betting I won't even be able to get on that site!Somebody, please, talk me down off of this wall!~GalacticGal

Hi, I am a new member here. But just like you I am a bit of a loner myself. I don't have a lockdown in my country, but I can relate to how it feels when everything is out of balance. I hope you will find your solid ground again.Ps. Not to be a creep but i have seen some of your stories and I absolutely love them. o:)

"DaKapten;c-17449272" wrote:Hi, I am a new member here. But just like you I am a bit of a loner myself. I don't have a lockdown in my country, but I can relate to how it feels when everything is out of balance. I hope you will find your solid ground again.Ps. Not to be a creep but i have seen some of your stories and I absolutely love them. o:)Thank you so much, and that's not being a creep at all. Writers love feedback. You just made my day. :)

In your situation it would help to find alternate activities that do not involve being connected to the internet like reading, cleaning, apply fresh polish to your nails, catch up on sleep while your internet provider fixes connectivity issues.

I know how you feel, the isolation starts to drag and get to you. When those Origin servers were down and everyones game libraries were blank last time you could play the sims by right clicking on the origin icon in the task bar and choosing Sims 4 from recentAlso, is your writers group or a similar one. holding online meetings, or have a forum?But as crocobaura says, maybe step back fromtthe computer for a couple of hours and read a book.Keep strong!

I feel your pain, although I created a shortcut to my game and now I don't have to rely soley on Origin to get into my game.A couple of weeks ago when Origin was obviously overloaded and went down, I tried to read a book. It doesn't help when all you want to do is play your game. :(

GalacticGal

Legend

6 years ago

I Need To Whine

Yesterday, through no fault of my own, I couldn't get into my game as early as I wished to. My email server is totally making my life miserable. I spent way too much time trying to cull the emails I had no interest in and the email server was making that quite the chore. Nearly an impossible feat. (I refuse to pay for an 'upgrade' for one, and I'm certain there is a Gremlin in the works, but that is beside my point.) Today, my browser is giving me fits, too. The response time is too slow and so I can't get into some sites. Face/palm. And Origin refuses to let me in. I even restarted my computer hoping that would help. But, when Origin did open it told me I was in offline mode, when I specifically switched back to online prior to shutting things down yesterday late afternoon. Not only that but my library of games is empty. Not terribly worried, this happened once before, quite some time ago and everything was recovered.

But, here I sit whining and today is not a Wine & Oil day, as this is the last week of Great Lent. (My Church is a week behind the Western Christian Churches, this year. Our Holy Week is next week.) But, I digress.

I know many people are on lock-down. I'm not alone but I'm starting to wear thin, it's also rather discomfiting to hear that my County Mayor just extended us until 7 May! Now, I can't even distract myself by playing my game. Give me a BREAK. No church, no D.A.R. meetings, no Writer's Group and for the moment no Sims. :open_mouth:

I would add to the "What Happened in your Game Today" thread, but imjur is one of the sites I can't get into! I'm up a certain kind of creek without a paddle.

Just needing a little tea & sympathy, here. I'm a Loner, by Trait, but even I have had enough solitude to last me for months! I would look to see if the Adam Sandler/Jimmie Fallon "Don't Touch Grandma" is on YouTube, but I'm betting I won't even be able to get on that site!

Somebody, please, talk me down off of this wall!

~GalacticGal

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20 Replies

DaKapten
6 years ago
Hi, I am a new member here. But just like you I am a bit of a loner myself. I don't have a lockdown in my country, but I can relate to how it feels when everything is out of balance. I hope you will find your solid ground again.
Ps. Not to be a creep but i have seen some of your stories and I absolutely love them. o:)
GalacticGal
Legend
6 years ago
"DaKapten;c-17449272" wrote:
Hi, I am a new member here. But just like you I am a bit of a loner myself. I don't have a lockdown in my country, but I can relate to how it feels when everything is out of balance. I hope you will find your solid ground again.
Ps. Not to be a creep but i have seen some of your stories and I absolutely love them. o:)

Thank you so much, and that's not being a creep at all. Writers love feedback. You just made my day. :)
crocobaura
Legend
6 years ago
In your situation it would help to find alternate activities that do not involve being connected to the internet like reading, cleaning, apply fresh polish to your nails, catch up on sleep while your internet provider fixes connectivity issues.
WaytoomanyUIDs
Seasoned Ace
6 years ago
I know how you feel, the isolation starts to drag and get to you.

When those Origin servers were down and everyones game libraries were blank last time you could play the sims by right clicking on the origin icon in the task bar and choosing Sims 4 from recent

Also, is your writers group or a similar one. holding online meetings, or have a forum?

But as crocobaura says, maybe step back fromtthe computer for a couple of hours and read a book.

Keep strong!
bshag4lv
Seasoned Ace
6 years ago
I feel your pain, although I created a shortcut to my game and now I don't have to rely soley on Origin to get into my game.

A couple of weeks ago when Origin was obviously overloaded and went down, I tried to read a book. It doesn't help when all you want to do is play your game. :(
Maxpayn1
6 years ago
It's okay @GalacticGal. Just like our precious pixelated friends in our favorite game we get tense sometimes and need to vent our frustrations. It's normal and I hope sharing made you feel at least a little bit better. People are almost real sims... wait, I think I'm mixing that up... :)
fruitsbasket100
Seasoned Ace
6 years ago
I'm right there with ya. I'm also a loner and having the whole family cooped up in the house invading my personal space is driving me up the wall. I can only imagine what it would be like if I couldn't play my game. It will be over soon(hopefully) and we can all get back to our lives and look back on this time like a distant bad dream. Hope you get your game back soon. :)
SweetieWright_84
Seasoned Ace
6 years ago
I keep telling myself, even though we don't know when this will blow over, it will eventually blow over. Everyday we get through is one day closer to the end. I'm a homebody so the staying home part doesn't get to me though.

As for Origin, I've had a little issue/glitch with it as well. It logs me in in offline mode too. Usually, I can sign in again and it's fine. Have you tried downloading Origin, or is it another site you're having problems with?
Hermitgirl
Seasoned Ace
6 years ago
Us loners have to stick together.. hehe.
Anyway, I hope you get that game working again soon. You can always organize those sim picture folders, and outline or daydream about your next sim story ... or keep doing what you are doing. At least your browser is letting you come here.
It's weird, the lockdown is almost a relief for me and I find myself doing more projects cause I'm not threatened with the expectation to leave my house and yard.
Today's project for me is making some cloth face masks for when I have to go do the necessary stuff. I also thank goodness for podcasts, lots of great stuff out there to listen too... sometimes I listen to them through my television when I can't be near the computer.
Kelleygirl
New Spectator
6 years ago
I actually like to be alone and I'm not normally comfortable around groups of more than two or three people at a time, so isolation is not stressing me. For once I actually have plenty of time to play the Sims but I find that I can't really get any enjoyment out of it. It's almost as if I just can't lose myself in a virtual world when the real world Is in such dire shape. @GalacticGal you could have my online capabilities if that were possible! Hopefully this will be over in a few months and we can return to some sense of normalcy.