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Players Dress As Their Sims For Convention

Posted by simoniker on from the including-blurred-areas? dept.

Thanks to Stratics for its messageboard post discussing the publicizing of a fan convention specifically for players of The Sims Online. The Michigan-based International SimCon, being staged from February 20th-22nd, has an agenda "to bring the game experience to real life", according to event director Troy Pruyt. The announcement explains: "For instance, Friday evening will be luau themed, which is a common home decorating theme used in the game. Players will dress as their sims, to compete for prizes, while dancing to a live DJ, which is also common in the game." However, it's not clear whether The Sims Online mafia will also be making a money-extorting appearance in real life.

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  1. Re:Strange by Fortunato_NC · · Score: 3, Funny

    Having an army that sits in front of a PC all days becoming more pasty and corpulent by the day is not a great way to build an army, unless your goal is to take a Ben and Jerry's franchise by force.

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  2. Now... by DAldredge · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now if ANYONE every makes fun of RPGer (D&D/Gurps/Etc) I can point to a group even crazer than us, I me them.

  3. Would hate to be on the hotel staff that weekend. by zietlow · · Score: 5, Funny

    And come Sunday Night/monday morning the cleaning crew will be putting in overtime cleaning up the dead bodies and urine stains from people who were too busy standing at a chalk board to goto the bathroom.

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  4. Re:great, I wonder if they'll piss on the floor by Gothic_Walrus · · Score: 3, Funny
    Let's just hope that they don't let their Hygenie bars drop too low...

    /played original "Sims" too much

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  5. If I'm going... by Craig+Maloney · · Score: 3, Funny

    If I'm going, I'm dressing up as the mime. :) If they ask me to leave, I'll hold up my donkey puppet and say "Nooooo!"

  6. Trans.... by cloudless.net · · Score: 3, Interesting

    What if you are a guy but you play as a gal in the Sims? Or the other way around?

    1. Re:Trans.... by sofakingl · · Score: 4, Funny

      You'd be surprised how often people do just that. And the results aren't pretty, to put it mildly.

  7. Money making idea.... by ajservo · · Score: 3, Funny

    When you arrive at the con, setup an entrance hall called "#1 welcome"...

    Lock in the new arrivals till they pony up.

    My joke is funny... You just haven't realized it yet.

  8. YO by falcon5768 · · Score: 4, Funny
    DONT say that about the mafia yo, we'll kill ya WE'LL KILL YA YA HEAR......

    wait, my mom is calling to take out the trash... brb....

    K WE'll KILL YA!!!!!!!!

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  9. awesome! by Tumbleweed · · Score: 4, Funny

    Maybe I can meet Delux_247 if I go! :)