More Awesome Than You!

I have officially found something awesome to be excited about. All that other crap doesn't interest me, but THIS, *THIS* is fuckin' badass!

(http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/crapola/flamethrower.jpg)

Now tell me that isn't AWESOME. I have these in my house, too! I WANT THIS! You can clearly see the potential here: THOOOOOM! Trogdor strikes again!

I do hope this makes it in. Like you, I have plans for it which do not exactly involve decoration :)

Oh, no you don't. I call dibs. That's MY project. It'll be sweet: THOOOOOOOM! AIEEEEEE! IT BURNS! IT BURNS!

JM, forgive me for my ignorance, but what do you see?? - I don't see anything except 3 doors and two torches above. What is so exiting in this picture?

I permit you to call me Silly Gali, and ripp off my lips - but I HAVE to know what makes you "dancing in the street"...:).

Watch the 4 seconds of clip between 00:00:20 and 00:00:24. Cross-reference existing "Death by flies". You'll see. You'll all see! Note the position and behavior of torches. Imagine these things one tile closer together and one floor down. Just like they are in my home....

The decorating possibilities alone are pretty impressive. Actual live flames in peoples homes . . . Great for all your evil genius decorating needs.

*DECORATING*? That is a FLOOR MOUNTED FLAMETHROWER, and all you can think about is *DECORATING*?!?

It's function *and* aesthetic. What more could you want?

Oddysey, I think you are not giving the function part enough credit.  ;D

Well, yeah. Annoying Pescado is entertaining.

They make rugs, and this will be perfect. You can't light an entire room on fire at once without rugs . . .

I once had a fire that burned almost the whole house down (If I remember correctly the walls burned down too, but I might be just hallucinating.) , though usually even if it gets out of hand it dies down pretty quick.

Awesome! I'll be able to use pyrotechnics at the next frat party while the bands playing!

The only thing I am interested in about NL is seeing the rest of the neighbourhood - and the sea better be there!!!

Pah. Who cares about a frickin' sea? It's completely meaningless until we have something "The Sims 2 Pirates Edition". Now FLAMETHROWERS, those have immediate applications.

They may just be some new form of light and not actual fire you know...

But who am I kidding, they look very cool.

Technically, that doesn't matter one little bit. I'm pretty certain it doesn't do what I'm looking for.

And do you seriously think that's going to stop me?

Nope.

(http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a275/tblprncs/burn2.gif)

I'll look forward of trading in my flamingo of doom for a torch fire of doom.   ;D

clip...I couldn't get it to play for me. Where did it come from, I'll go get it...

A sim walking thru this oughta burn like crazy....maybe come out charred on the other side :)

Where did you get the clip from? 

Clip's on the official site. Now that I've finished ogling the cool flamethrower, I've turned my usual critical eye upon the rest of it and ripped it apart in the "UGLY!" thread.

haha, you're telling me the only thing cool bout Nightlife is the flaming torches?

Yes.

you're cute! i love you!

Uhm... not even the rivalry thing?

Burnination!

What rivalry thing? What could rivalry possibly have to do with FIRE?

From Gamespot:

"Interestingly, sims that develop enough hatred for each other may become rivals--a new feature that lets sims become the opposite of friends. Rivals may follow each other around and try to ruin each other's day (or date)."

No Arsion mod, but still something antisocial.

Now that sounds cool!

I like the sound of the rivalry thing, there's just not enough for enemies to do. In fact I've had enemies want to flirt with the person they're enemies with (throbacks to previous relationships me thinks, but still odd).

I agree, the rivalry thing sounds cool - at the moment, there's nothig more distracting than urging two Sims to fight fight FIGHT... and then they stop and swap jokes, or gossip about who set fire to what this week, or, god help us, start that annoying school cheer.  ::)

Rivalry AND flamethrowers? Sounds like a perfect combination.....  ;D

It remains to be seen how Maxis is going to implement the thing.

The potential is there, though: grouchy sims showing up for a punchout, romance sims trying to steal your partner... as klapaucius wrote, a flamethrower would be the icing on the cake.

What, the flamethrower? I'm pretty sure Maxis isn't going to implement it anything like anything I care about. But that's not why I care. I don't care how Maxis implements it, I care how *I* plan to implement it.

Perhaps I failed to express myself well. I trust you'll give the rivalry thing a twist that will make it edgier that Maxis has intended.

I don't even really understand it yet.

I think what Breyerii meant is this: Large fiery floor torch + Sim Interpersonal rivalry + JM's talents = Endless possibilities

G.

Rivals = an excuse to add yet another meter to the relationship UI

Of course!  They could also have Daily and Lifetime rivalry bars!  And if either gets too low, you'll get a phone call asking your Sim why he doesn't argue anymore!  Perfect!

Laurenke, that's absolutely hilarious.

But did I miss something? Like the latest edition of Oxfords? Since when was "rivalry" more extreme than being "enemies" with someone?

And perhaps this was hinted at with the "a willing subject with whom you share a friendly rivalry" bit in the SimVac thingy. Can you imagine? A sim who is simultaneously friends and rivals with someone (hey, if it's based on lifetime, it could happen) would get something like 500 phone calls a day asking a variety of inane questions.

Why couldn't they implement something that wasn't already theoretically covered? Like a romance bar? The binary nature of love in the sims is rather silly. After all, I'm not one flirt away from falling in love with anyone I'm friends with. And it's possible to like someone romantically before knowing them super-well.

Does this mean that a "best friend" who is maxed on this as well is going to be a lot like my friends, where we spend most of our time kicking, slapping, and beating each other?

That would certainly be interesting. I chuck stuff at my friends. Starbursts, dice, small lead figs with pointy bits, books, computers, chairs, etc.

Exactly.  Rivals would operate just like friends, except that rivals operate on the negative side of the social spectrum.  Insult a rival, you're pals.  Get in a fight, you're on your way to having one of the longest lasting friendships (rivalships) in the world. 

Now that would actually be cool . . .

  You have already reassured us that you will receive a copy of Nightlife otherwise I would be worried by that comment.

Over at the official website simmers are bemoaning the fact that EA won't get their Uni Patch out until after Nightlife is launched (surprise, surprise).  I'm no longers anxious about THEIR patch.  What I'd like to really know is
1. Approximately when will you receive your copy of Nightlife?
2. How quickly can you make it macrotastic fantastic?

I don't think that I can return to the repetitive strain injury mouse fest that TS2 was intended to be.  My game works so well now, I really don't want to mess it up with another buggy EP.  I'm in no personal rush to chuck my good money after bad; I wouldn't beta test for EA, but I would for you....if you asked me nicely! ;)

Based on what he said before (1) He really has no clue, and (2)once he receives it, the changes will be implemented almost instantaneously.

He said he was delayed in getting Uni due to "security."  Not sure what that refers to though.  He did update some of his mods before he actually had the expansion though.  I think he said he was working off of code differences.  I think Boris helped him with that.  Where is this mysterious Boris anyway?  Where does he live?  Why do we never hear from him?

Heheheheh... oh, the HOURS of endless enjoyment. *Starts to happily plan pyres and other such things*

*rubs hands together and cackles* Many townies, npcs and other annoying sims WILL be hurt in the research stage of the Burninator 5500! How many flaming nannies does it take to toast a marshmallow?  :P

As many as you can lure with the prospect of money... FLAME the evil nannies...! HEHEEHEHEH