News In Brief
Claw unveils new site design
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Toni Braxton
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Popular webmaster Claw today revealed the 'new
look' for his famous and much-visited Sims site, the Seven
Deadly Sims. |
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"We've decided to cut down on the graphical
content to conserve bandwidth" he said "So
far, we're very pleased with the results"
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Triple H |
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Claw has taken the radical step of reducing all
skin and object images to 16 colours and, controversially,
losing the red-and-black podiums.
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| "In one way, it's a shame" he said "The
basic site design has been the same since day one. But
with these changes, we calculate we could save around
90% on bandwidth, so it really is for the best" |
Backstreet Boys' Nick |
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Sydney Savage
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Overall, fans were reported to be "pleased" with the new
changes, although one fan expressed dissent:
"Waddya mean, bandwidth problems?" he said |
| "I got cable. I visit that site every hour of every
day, whether they update or not. I never got no bandwidth
problems"
"Now they gotta change it all around? Sheesh!"
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Issue 14 poll results: You didn't mind not having
a poll
A generous 60% of readers didn't mind not having a poll
last issue, granting The Editor a much needed break from hand-counting
the votes.
Whilst
a mean-spirited, surly and downright ungrateful 40% insisted
on their right to a poll. Well, we hope you're happy. You
lost, anyhow.
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The Readers Decide
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| Would
you mind if we didn't have a poll this week ?
: [852 votes total] |
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No, that's
OK, you take it easy. (508)
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 60% |
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course I mind. It's the only reason I come here.
(304) |
 40% |
Sim Am I Hot or Not? - Professional Widow storms into Top Three
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History: 8.2
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Her story: 4.1
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FingerMouse
finally lost her coveted position in the top three this week,
as Professional Widow's entry was rated at 8.6 HU (Hot
Units).
"I'm not too upset" she later confirmed "Seeing
as how I never submitted it in the first place, and it's really
just something you cobbled together out of my skins for a
cheap laugh at my expense"
This week: a beach theme emerges as if by foresight for
the two new entries from Allison at Aloha
Sims and Veronica at SimFreaks.
Remember! CatClub
Online offers Is This Sim Hot or
Not? for raters everywhere!
Stop Press! Voting reinstated!
Let the rating begin!
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'Nice assets'
Image from Claw at Seven Deadly Sims
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8.8
hot
units
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'Try Brushing ya hair love'
Image from Veronica at SimFreaks
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8.6
hot
units
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'I wish I looked like that: oh wait, I do'
Image from PW at
SimsLoft
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NEW
Voting over
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Image from Allison at
Aloha Sims |
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NEW
Voting over
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Image from
Veronica at SimFreaks
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Sims site launches 'Lost and Found'
section
Your help is needed
Popular
Simsite High
Life this week launched a 'Lost and Found' section,
featuring several bitmaps that have become separated from
their rightful owners.
"If
anyone can help us track down the original owners of these
heads, please let us know" said popular website operator
Ivy "We have
taken so much stuff from so many different creators that we
honestly can't remember where they all came from"
"Our
policy of changing features around and re-posting them whenever
anyone complains doesn't help either" she added,
"Any help
in reuniting these bitmaps with their owners would be greatly
appreciated"
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Sims World News
| Fox cancels latest Sim-reality
show |
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Puffy: 'Passive-aggressive'
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In a shock announcement earlier today, a
Fox TV executive comfirmed that the controversial
Sim-reality show "When Sim Animals
Attack" would be axed with immediate
effect.
"We had a fundamental problem with this
real-life portayal of Sim animals attacking
Sims" he said "Basically, they don't."
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"Sure, Puffy drops a few puddles here and
there when he's ticked off, but that's so passive-aggressive.
And it's not exactly thrilling to watch, either"
The
show hit problems from the very start, as it soon
became apparent that Sim animals rarely even move,
let alone launch savage, ratings-friendly attacks
on Sims. And, in an all-time low for Fox, some scenes
of animal-on-Sim violence were faked.
Reconstruction or fake?
"Well,
we liked to call them reconstructions" said one
insider "But, yeah, they were set up to boost
ratings. I don't know if you'd call that 'fake' though.
It's not like the moon-landing or anything"
Steve
Irwin: Expert in causing animal aggression
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Animal
agression expert Steve Irwin agreed to talk
to The Sim:
"I've never heard of a Sim animal attacking
a Sim. Even it were possible, shows like this
are just plain irresponsible"
"I
mean, irritating normally placid animals until
they go for you?"
"That's
my job"
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Simlebrity Non-Lookalikes
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SimsWorld Online last issue
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SimsWorld Online today
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A strange
coincidence, we're sure you will agree.
Can you
nominate a lookalike?
Send in
the URLs to: Simlebrity
Lookalikes and The Sim
will do the rest!
Sims in a bottle:
Evil, mad scientist shrinks Neighbourhood Three
Both evil and mad |
In news
breaking today it has been confirmed that evil, mad
scientist Dr Hertz van Rental has succeeded in shrinking
Neighbourhood Three to microscopic size, and storing
it in a bottle.
He felt
unable to expand upon his reasons for doing so, other
than to comment "It's evil, it's mad - what more
do you need?"
Dr van Rental,
a postdoctoral student of evil, mad science at MIT,
continued:
"Ahhhh
ha ha ha ha ha ha haaaaa!"
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Following
an exclusive interview with Dr van Rental, The
Sim can reveal that the citizens of Neighbourhood
Three have so far escaped injury, and continue their everyday
lives blissfully unaware of the catastrophe that has befallen
them.
Dr van Rental
intends to release the Sims at an unspecified date after displaying
the bottle at the forthcoming Evil Mad Science fair.
"Last
year, they mocked me for my Nitrogen-Cycle display" he
recalled, bitterly "But I will show them!
"Ahhhh
ha ha ha ha ha ha haaaaa!" he added, helpfully.
Sim Goddesses launch ghost furniture
range
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SimGoddesses
today announced a new range of furniture made expressly
for ghost Sims.
"We
just felt we had to address the current imbalance in
Sim furniture" said Simgoddess Byline "At
present, no sites offer downloads for the recently-departed."
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Clearly
superior |
"It's
no surprise that they wander around all night spooking the
residents: there's nowhere for them to sit. Hopefully, other
websites will follow our lead in the near future"
'That's Lies': Update
on all that extra traffic
The
hits keep on coming
The lie:
That's Life "actually markedly increased web
traffic with many of the sites concerned and most contributors
now appreciate this fact" (ProfiSoft)
The
truth:
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Extra traffic
to date:
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0
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Updated May 6th 2001
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Every week, The Sim
keeps track of all the extra traffic reported by webmasters
'contributing' to the That's Lies CD, on sale in
Europe and containing over 3000 files taken without permsission.
Webmasters! If you notice any extra traffic due to That's
Lies, mail The Sim
and we will update the counter.
Or email your thanks directly to Profisoft at:
webmaster@profisoft.com
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