SimsHost Chronicle #66

Today's site spotlight is Original Sim Junkies 2, another SimsHost founder site. Original Sim Junkies 2 is a companion site to Carol's Original Sim Junkies site on Geocities. When the Geocities site hits its bandwidth limit you can still use your SimsHost subscription to download the goodies from OSJ2. The site offers a collection of excellent recolors in just about every category, houses ready to move in including the family, walls, floors and build mode items presented in a format that you will find very easy to navigate.

Carol says, "I started getting into making walls and floors for some bathrooms and stuff I had made when my friend Egypt (from Treasures) kept encouraging me that i really could do it. She also encouraged me to do skins which I am not the greatest at-I also have discovered that it improves over time."

Lower Costs for Renewing Subscriptions

SimsHost's subscription system has a new feature -- if your account expires but there is still money left in your download account, it will automatically renew your account for one month, using funds from your download account. Better still, the automatic renewal rate is only $2.00 a month so you'll be renewed at the annual rate even if your original subscription was for a shorter term.

If there is less than $2.00 in your download account, the system uses half what's there and pro-rates the renewal at the same rate of $2.00 a month.

If you have a current account and want to set up your account for automatic renewal from your download account, just log in to Maintain Your Account and accept the new subscriber agreement.

Automatic renewal happens only with money you have already put into your download account. SimsHost does not do recurring charges to credit cards or PayPal accounts, so you always have complete control over how much you want to spend on The Sims.

The new subscription system went on line on October 27, 2003, but you have to accept the changes to the subscriber agreement before it will work with your account. If you are creating a new account or renewing your existing account, you will automatically see the screen where you accept the subscriber agreement.

While you are your account maintenance area, make sure that your SimsHost account information has your current email address. That's really important if you should ever need to contact us about your account. Just click on the link to Maintain Your Account to access your personal account on our secure server. (We will never share your email address or any other personal information with anybody for any reason.)

The Answer to High-Priced Subscription Sites

With your one SimsHost subscription, you support the hosting costs for all the sites we host and enjoy new additions that continue to surpass all the stand-alone subscription sites combined with your one low-cost subscription to SimsHost! That's why we created SimsHost in June 2002 when we ran out resources to host sites for free on the Moon Sims server, and it's working great!

One year ago we opened with two dozen founding sites. On that day, SimsHost instantaneously became by far the largest Sims site in the world offering the best value in subscription sites.

Today we host more than fifty fantastic sites for The Sims, the sites are bigger, and the service just keeps getting better! Taken collectively, the SimsHosted sites are still the largest site the The Sims in the world, yet we continue to be able to bring all these sites to you at a subscription cost that's half what you have to pay for the least expensive stand-alone sites.

Our heartfelt thanks to all our subscribers, webmasters, and artists for making it such a wonderful year! We will continue to endeavor to make the next year even better for you!

Special Fun for SimsHost Subscribers Only

Have you started making objects or skins and would like to share them without the hassles of maintaining your own site? If so, Portobello Road may be a solution for you! Portobello Road 100% subscriber created objects, skins, and lots -- the next update could feature something YOU made!

Don't forget to stop in at Ye Olde Town Inn, a gathering place created by the webmasters and artists of the SimsHosted sites exclusively for SimsHost subscribers. At the Inn you can meet the webmasters and artists, give them ideas in what you would like to see, and make new friends. Check out some of the fun we're having in the Jester's Corner! Join in the fun and start your own games!

Tuesday November 18, 2003

The Clothing Shoppe for Boys at Debby Sims has been updated with Swimsuits, Winterwear and Sleepwear.

Thursday November 20, 2003

Yuppie Sims updates with Dragon Patches, 25 New Dragons and a new Toadstool Dining Set with color coded chairs for easy placement . If you are having trouble getting dragons hatched from user made eggs to stick around, you'll need one of these patches. There are four versions to choose from, including two that will change the fire breathed by your dragons to harmless smoke. This is a fun feature, and may just turn the red dragon into your favorite. If you are getting bored with red, gold and purple dragons, here are twenty-five new dragon colors to choose from.

Saturday November 22, 2003

Yuppie Sims updates with All In One Charms. Are all those charms cluttering up your lot? Looking for something that takes up a little less space? Then you need the all in one charm. The charm comes in both child and adult versions. Each can be used to cast the many different charm spells.

Sunday November 23, 2003

Lemon Sims updates with a traditional and versatile Maple and Marble Kitchen Set, with fresh shades of yellow and green and cabinets in light wood! Take your time to enjoy a cup of coffee or have a nice breakfast in this lovely room! This is a complete set, with 13 pieces of furniture and 9 wallpaper options.

Monday, November 24, 2003

Sunny Side Sims has a huge update for you with 12 walls in reg, 4 sets, 1 Artistic wall and 1 Safari Set in Themes ,2 outside wall sets, 6 floor tile, 7 carpets, 4 wooden floors, 7 new winter sweaters (2 in freebies), 3 new dresses, 1 girl outfit, 2 women heads and 1 girl head!

Tuesday November 25, 2003

Debby Sims updates with a set of Columns with a Fantasy Theme!

Friday November 28, 2003

Kimbarlou Sims updates with a new living room set with matching walls and floors set.

Lots of Sims Lots updates with the Tulip Rose Tudor Cottage for lot 6 and adds December freebies: Houses - Lot 4 , House of Harts; Downtown - Lot 24, Diagon Alley; Vacation - Lot 44 - Foresty Forest Lodge.

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The SimsHost Chronicle Team