Post by Kalla Hawk on Oct 8, 2010 10:38:57 GMT -5
Freelance Simming Explained[/b]
by Kalla Hawk[/color]
Freelance Simming has been around for YEARS, and there are many, many people who indulge. What this means is a player is keeping a sim horse barn (website), entering various shows (some freelance shows, some might be sim horse game events), breeding their sims (with other freelance sims or with game sims), etc. - OUTSIDE of any sim horse game.
It is a simstyle choice (like a "lifestyle", only online and fake).
Some people prefer to BELONG to a sim horse game where they can easily create a persona in a well-maintained smaller community, and follow a set structure of rules & guides which are set by the game Administrators. This is orderly and offers stability to the player; the game is managed by your peers to the best interest of all involved. It can be very exciting to rise in the ranks among a smaller group of friends and achieve honors and awards and recognition. Sim horse games are an excellent source of all those elements, and more. There are many benefits to being involved in a structured sim horse game.
Other people prefer to freelance or be an active member of the all-sim community, which means you follow your own rules & guidelines, and you are not bound by as many structures or expectations. It can be very rewarding when you are a member of several games but attached to none in particular. Your horses are winning ribbons & points & titles & awards all over the place, and you are accumulating them in one place for the world to see. You make friends here and there, you frequent sim sales boards and auctions, your sims are winning & breeding and your pedigrees are found all over the sim world. It can exciting and challenging to play the field.
Of course, there MUST be a happy medium in order for all sim players to get along and co-exist; where is the fun in simming all by your lonesome? Of course, Freelance Simming also means you may find yourself without human interaction & companionship at times, if you are without a game to play. This is where the all-sim boards come in handy and make life lovely.
As you may or may not know, All-Sim is a very open and casual horse game-style community where everyone shows their horses at various boards and clubs. We expect everyone to be a team player, mature, and responsible for their actions, but mostly, we are all here to play and let our imaginations run wild. There is no official rulebook for all-sim, but basically, any standard rules you see in your average sim horse game, will probably apply (even if loosely) in All-Sim.
The more you put into your all-sim experience, the more you will benefit from time spent playing. There are so many great players in all-sim, you will meet lots of different people, and hopefully make some new friends.
World Wide Sims is only one of several "all-sim/freelance sim" boards available online today. In my (many, many) years of simming, I have seen them all come and go, games, auction boards, sales forums... you name it. They can be exciting and rewarding, but they often rise up quickly only to crash just as abruptly and are never heard from again, leaving us freelancers without open communities.
The creative freedom and fun of maintaining a line of sim horses is ever-changing and always exciting. The biggest challenge is not our will to actively play or our imaginations (which have proven to be endless for sooo many years now) but finding those online clubs that can offer what we need, and can remain active and reliable through the hardest times. World Wide Sims strives to become one of the biggest and most supportive sim horse hubs of the online world: directing players, influencing games, bringing sims and simmers together in one place to touch base and make plans, to see goals realized and imaginative dreams come true. We are here because we love our worlds of sim horses; something we can design and control and enjoy, but never truly touch. We are here for the sim horses. Let's keep them alive in whatever way we can.
by Kalla Hawk[/color]
Freelance Simming has been around for YEARS, and there are many, many people who indulge. What this means is a player is keeping a sim horse barn (website), entering various shows (some freelance shows, some might be sim horse game events), breeding their sims (with other freelance sims or with game sims), etc. - OUTSIDE of any sim horse game.
It is a simstyle choice (like a "lifestyle", only online and fake).
Some people prefer to BELONG to a sim horse game where they can easily create a persona in a well-maintained smaller community, and follow a set structure of rules & guides which are set by the game Administrators. This is orderly and offers stability to the player; the game is managed by your peers to the best interest of all involved. It can be very exciting to rise in the ranks among a smaller group of friends and achieve honors and awards and recognition. Sim horse games are an excellent source of all those elements, and more. There are many benefits to being involved in a structured sim horse game.
Other people prefer to freelance or be an active member of the all-sim community, which means you follow your own rules & guidelines, and you are not bound by as many structures or expectations. It can be very rewarding when you are a member of several games but attached to none in particular. Your horses are winning ribbons & points & titles & awards all over the place, and you are accumulating them in one place for the world to see. You make friends here and there, you frequent sim sales boards and auctions, your sims are winning & breeding and your pedigrees are found all over the sim world. It can exciting and challenging to play the field.
Of course, there MUST be a happy medium in order for all sim players to get along and co-exist; where is the fun in simming all by your lonesome? Of course, Freelance Simming also means you may find yourself without human interaction & companionship at times, if you are without a game to play. This is where the all-sim boards come in handy and make life lovely.
As you may or may not know, All-Sim is a very open and casual horse game-style community where everyone shows their horses at various boards and clubs. We expect everyone to be a team player, mature, and responsible for their actions, but mostly, we are all here to play and let our imaginations run wild. There is no official rulebook for all-sim, but basically, any standard rules you see in your average sim horse game, will probably apply (even if loosely) in All-Sim.
The more you put into your all-sim experience, the more you will benefit from time spent playing. There are so many great players in all-sim, you will meet lots of different people, and hopefully make some new friends.
World Wide Sims is only one of several "all-sim/freelance sim" boards available online today. In my (many, many) years of simming, I have seen them all come and go, games, auction boards, sales forums... you name it. They can be exciting and rewarding, but they often rise up quickly only to crash just as abruptly and are never heard from again, leaving us freelancers without open communities.
The creative freedom and fun of maintaining a line of sim horses is ever-changing and always exciting. The biggest challenge is not our will to actively play or our imaginations (which have proven to be endless for sooo many years now) but finding those online clubs that can offer what we need, and can remain active and reliable through the hardest times. World Wide Sims strives to become one of the biggest and most supportive sim horse hubs of the online world: directing players, influencing games, bringing sims and simmers together in one place to touch base and make plans, to see goals realized and imaginative dreams come true. We are here because we love our worlds of sim horses; something we can design and control and enjoy, but never truly touch. We are here for the sim horses. Let's keep them alive in whatever way we can.