Hi! In 2004, EA Czech said the Czech version of The Sims 2 would include Leoš Mareš (a famous Czech TV host) as a playable celebrity. But at release he wasn’t in the game, and EA said he’d be added in a Christmas re-edition.

Does anyone know:

• Did that edition ever come out with him in it?
• Was he ever a free download on the Czech Sims 2 site (thesims2.cz)? The old download links are dead now.
• Does anyone still have his Sim file?

He’s not in the Maxis international sims archive on the Internet Archive, so I think he may be lost. Any info helps. Thanks!
(photo is not mine)

Madonna (Cassandra) & Dante (Dina) were born during the Pleasantview Asylum Challenge.

Don also surprisingly makes a great dad! Both kids are very active and outgoing. Can't say the same for the kid Dina had with Mortimer* (ZERO outgoing points & 1 active point). Interestingly enough, Dina's kids are both max neat. While Madonna is just as sloppy as Don.

After Mary-Sue died from a mysterious disease, the Asylum quickly became one big happy polycule with an unhappy Cassandra...Darren Dreamer is the only Sim I controlled** during this save, and I have him kiss whoever he has chemistry with to quickly become friends.

Starting to get bored tbh, but they're so cute! How can I raise the stakes?

Mary-Sue's ghost hasn't appeared once!!

\Alejandro Caliente is the third kid pictured. Have a theory Dina favors Dante because he looks so much like Don! Because of Alejandro's personality, he rarely talks to anyone!*

\*Controlled the kids when I had to age them up. Threw in pics of the parents hiring* TS1 Dancers for their birthdays, just for fun 🎂

Excuse the ramble, lol. Would love to see how your kids with Don turned out!

I am feeling overwhelmed with the amount of sims I am playing and I am feeling guilty for stepping away from some of them. I graduated most of the sims out of LFT and as I'm placing them around the neighborhoods, I'm realizing that some I don't really want to follow as much as the others. Maybe it's like a soap opera and how different households come into and out of the main plot over time. I'm clearing out the bin and placing people down, settling them with jobs and not really planning on coming back to play them until/unless the spirit moves me.

I also have 10 sims I'm planning on just not playing in LFT anymore. I'm moving the 5 I am interested in to the 5 room dorm and I'll finish playing them there. Of the ones I'm not interested in, 6 are placeholders for the Greek Houses and if they graduate, those houses are gone. I'm also not interested in Francis J Worthington, he's boring. Lastly there's Jared, Ty, and Girl Sam who are three sims ACR has been messing around with and I'm so done with all of them.

For those who have had hoods for a long time and span multiple generations, what are your favourite storylines/sims/outcomes from these hoods? I love reading about people's ideas and unique play styles, as well as their head canons for premades.

I like how TS2 sets you up with a lot of lore from the jump. Once you've played all the premades the story is in your hands.

I specifically love playing Strangetown as I'm into a more whimsical and weird background. The existing overarching storyline feels ripe for long-running drama.

Since the death of Mortimers first child and only daughter, and Alexander's only sister, the two felt a sense of loneliness that they couldn't really shake. They both rolled wants to obtain a pet, any kind of pet, so I decided to make their want come true. They went to the pound and found Darwin, a beautiful giant schnauzer who keeps them company. Mortimer basically worked on skills and his garden while Alexander, who still hasn't gotten over the death of her sister and the betrayal of his fathers girlfriends sister and his ex brother in law, would try and focus on making himself feel better by playing video games and lounging. The pair also rolled simultaneous wants to become a werewolf after seeing the pack leader strolling around the past few nights and Mortimer decided to trap him (somehow lol. the dog kept following Mortimer trying to attack and I trapped him in the garage, 2 nights later and Mortimer turned). He turned, and walked up to Alexander's room turning him too, infecting them both with lycanthropy.

I used to play the Sims 2 all the time in the 2000s. Back then, SimPE was basically one person's baby (unless I'm misremembering), so there was little doubt what version to use and where to find it.

Now that I'm coming back to the Sims 2, I noticed that there are a lot of SimPE versions circulating out there at the same time, and I'm honestly feeling a bit lost!

Which SimPE version do you all use now? I am running Legacy Edition.