More Awesome Than You!

...and he said yes or more specifically, "I have no idea what that is, so I don't see a problem."

http://rapidshare.com/files/242720844/slapdashary.rar  <~~~~crap version

http://rapidshare.com/files/243025478/TrickeryAndSubterfuge.rar  <~~~~~quality

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?mtkjyymjnn2

Enjoy or don't.

For those skittish folks out there, I will respond via PM what the item is so it isn't taken down so quickly. you now know what it is.

Updated!

OK, so what IS it? I'm not going to download something when I have NFC what it is.

Miss Malevolent PMd me to say that it is the Prima Guide for TS3.

I think she was trying to avoid posting that on the thread  ::)

Anyway thank you very much Miss Malevolent  ;) Sharing's fun

What's the big deal? There have already been links posted here for the Prima Guide.  :P

Not a big deal for moi, just want to keep it up for as long as possible...

Didn't know there were several (live) links for the same thing floating around...


Can't take the credit...just passing it along.

*stands corrected*

 
Well cheers to whatever wonderful person began it and saved me ten shiny English pounds  :D

Seriously, just update your post to say what it is. Why would MATY, which freely shares links to ripped Store items, have a link removed to a file hosted at a third party? Especially when you got the site owner's permission to link it? Cut the confusion and say that it's the TS3 Prima Guide. Also, is this PDF or electronic version (tabbed)?

It's PDF.

It's worth downloading, but ye gods, the amount of useless filler in between the tiny useful bits.  Particularly the "tips" and advice from the author ("Brownie Bites.")  This is probably good for the BBS sheeple, though.

 - Gus

PDF version...and I'm updating now.

Didn't update the fuckery to begin with cause another forum got skittish about it being named what it actually was.

Course I should've known that at the MATY, things are a bit more free.

It would also be nice if you updated the title of thread.

Updated...


'Tis true...

To be honest, I'm a little surprised that the shared stuff (i.e. Sims Store material) is being displayed so openly, even here.  Generally that's restricted to the sister site, which is not usually directly named.

 - Gus

Yeah I thought the same thing about the SS...but then again, that's how it was/is with the Sims 2...so I guess it shouldn't be all THAT surprising.

Since when? EA store crap isn't shared through the booty. That is only for payshit. EA actually has the right to charge for their own crap if they want to which is why the Store stuff isn't in the booty.

Nah he didn't mean it like that. EA stuff has NEVER been posted in the Booty. He's saying that he's surprised that no one cares or is worried about reprisals from EA HERE, when there have been all kinds of (albeit hollow) threats about the "booty" from EA (over other paysite's shit) from time to time.

IIRC, EA sent Pescado a letter last year in which they threatened with a lawsuit, forgetting that if the files aren't hosted at MATY, there's nothing to do about it.
More info about the incident here (http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/index.php/topic,13946.0.html).

Uh... I meant to say that.  Really!

To be honest, I've only skimmed the booty, so I wasn't aware it was exclusively about destroying pay sites.  I knew that was its primary mission, but I thought other less-licit stuff would go there as well.  So MATY would remain a bit safer.

However, it's true that there's been plenty of traffic about arr'ing stuff that EA really cares about, like Splotch and the Horror, so a link to something like the Prima guide seems minor by comparison.

I think it's also worth noting that this particular file seems to be a bootleg PDF.  In the sense that it looks like it's scanned and converted, rather than an original document.  Some pages are slightly out of focus, and there are slight alignment issues on a few pages.

 - Gus

Yeah I noticed that too...

There are a few pages that are sideways, which is easily remedied...so it may be a scanned in copy of the Guide like you said.

Does anyone know where a link to a torrented virtual copy is(the tabbed one?) or if there is one available. Every link I have found seems to be the pdf one.

LMFAO.

You're welcome but like Gus said it's a shit copy, so given what people were saying in this thread I looked around the forum and found a better version buried in a thread. Going to re-up that one and I would suggest you download that.

As for the comments...*shrug* this is MATY, par for the course. Didn't bother me a wit, cause I mean when you've been on the 'net as long as I have, you done seen it all...heard it all...screwed it all and bought the t-shirt.

And yeah I did edit it later...like I'm about to do again, with the new link.

This is better than a soap.

Heh

You know what? We should all get together and make an Awesoma Guide, with all useful, accurate and USEFUL knowledge... (Enough useful? I THINK NOT! Useful, useful, awesomeradsauce information!)
*Begins brainstorming slogans*

http://isohunt.com/download/99204285/Sims+3+prima.torrent (http://isohunt.com/download/99204285/Sims+3+prima.torrent)

Just downloaded it, nothing dodgy, just the guide in .pdf when you unzip the files.

The version in the rapidshare link in the first post is crap.  Which means, it's slightly blurry, which is evident when looking at the quality of the Pyro branding compared to the actual content.  I assumed I finally had glaucoma the first time I read it.

Just pointing the fact out so that we can track down a perfect one, like the torrent in the previous post to mine.  Not many seeders.

Email support @ EA - Ask them, they might know.

Judging by your previous posts and avatar, I'd say "we" doesn't include you. You should have just cut to the chase and said "those more awesome than me".

Why thank you.  :D

Now I can keep my MONIEZ from EA. :3

Thanks for posting this here! I would have missed it anywhere else.

Edited for strong language

Heh. Nice to see you here x

Thanks for shiny management Miss Malevolent.


EA.  Brilliant.

Thank you for the PDF version. I tried to download this with my discount coupon that I got with the OverPriced Collector's Edition. ($20 for a 2GB plumb bob, what was I thinking?) Of course, the discount code doesn't register or reflect in the price at checkout. And, there's no Mac OS version. I like this download version much better for the price.  ;D

What's the sister site, if you don't mind my asking? If it's as amazing as this forum has been at helping me get through Sims 3 without killing myself, I want in.

It's PMBD (http://paysites.mustbedestroyed.org/).  The booty has been good for the community in my opinion, but the forums are far, far less Awesome -- although you'll still want to lurk for a bit to get the feel of things before posting.  Get your game help here, and go there if you want to rant about paysites.

And don't take any shit from Pottymouth Paden. She thinks she's the Bees' Knees and the Ducks' Nuts of PMBD.

Updated with mediafire link.

Why don't you just go to a store, pick up the book, read some of it, and put it back? From what I've heard about this book, and what I know about Prima guides in general, 5 minutes should be enough to get all the useful information.

Wah wah, the quality of something that someone on the internet took the time to upload for me, and provided to me for free, is slightly reduced!
/me holsters his flamethrower.

I dunno. I'm just going to take a look at it to get a better idea of whether I want to pirate the game after JMP finishes his first TS3 Director's Cut.

We don't have any Sims Store material here. What users post and find on other sites is not something we can control. On PMBD, the discussion of such would simply be offtopic and wind up straight in Sharkbait as a result, as PMBD has a specific and narrow focus.

Wal-Mart has theirs in freaking cases.

Bullshit questions; bullshit answers:  I'm too lazee to get my ass off the computer to get the store.  Doubt I even remember how to open a book, let alone read 50 pages per minute as you recommend.  That's gotta be hazardous, surely approaching maximum paper-cutage.

READ AGANE "Just pointing the fact out so that we can track down a perfect one."  Poor version was linked.  I said so.  Good version is now linked.  Don't argue with success.

High crime rate at your Wal-mart? They are just laying around in a rack at mine.

They're in a case at my nearest one, too. XD They even insist on carrying it to the register for you. That's some important $15 there, apparently. >.>

Thanks for this :) I wasn't even gonna get it...Now I'm still not, but I still have it XD

Yeah, it's the same way at my Wal-mart. Target isn't quite as paranoid, but their version is shrink wrapped so as to prevent someone from actually (God forbid) perusing the book before reading it.

To peruse means to read thoroughly. One does not peruse a book while in the store.
But anyway, I thought books were usually shrink-wrapped because of sexually explicit content. What the the hell do they think there's in this guide?  :P

I intended to say thank you very much for correcting this common misunderstanding.  But rather than trust you outright, I looked it up.

peruse (http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/peruse)
1 a: to examine or consider with attention and in detail : study
b: to look over or through in a casual or cursory manner
2: read ; especially : to read over in an attentive or leisurely manner

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EDIT:  I can't get my head out of dictionaries.
dictionary.com suckz.  1.to read through with thoroughness or care.  2.to read.  3.to survey or examine in detail.
dictionary.cambridge.org    -- to read through something, especially in order to find the part you are interested in:

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It seems to be about 50/50 on thoroughness.   :o  What a stupid word.
I now figure I have to poke you for erroneously correcting someone.
So, get poked, tard.

The shrink wrap is also there to protect the book in some cases. Player's guides suffer a lot of damage in store by people who really just do not give a shit.

Looks like it's the case of a word getting misused so often the wrong use becomes accepted as correct. The first site you linked to holds the etymology:
So, considering the Middle English, only the first definition is correct. Of course, considering the Middle English too often tends to make one not very popular at parties :P

Clearly the fault of the previous grammar police.  Thanks for highlighting the details; you're invited to my next 16th century party.

I don't know if this would be considered high quality or low quality, but I found a copy with proper bookmarks.  I could only get through a couple pages of that crap before I gave up on finding something useful, so I find the bookmarks a huge improvement.  Linkage (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?gowjtykozmn).

It is the same "quality" resolution, and a smaller file size.  Good Find.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but did it or did it not say "I asked Pescado If I could share the TS3 PRIMA GUIDE"
???

I was just wondering, because everyone was asking what it was they were (or were not) about to download.

If you look at the first couple of posts, you'll see that the thread was originally called "I asked Pescado...".

Oh, sorry. I didn't see that.