Players Dress As Their Sims For Convention 32

Posted by simoniker on Sunday January 11, 2004 @09:02AM 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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Strange (Score:2, Funny)

by acxr is wasted ( 653126 ) * writes:

It's like Puss 'n Boots...

You have real people.. then they start pretending they're someone else... then they become that person!

Does any one else think they're building an army?
- Re:Strange (Score:4, Funny)
  
  by Fortunato_NC ( 736786 ) writes: <verlinh75@m[ ]com ['sn.' in gap]> on Sunday January 11, 2004 @09:25AM (#7944093) Homepage Journal
  
  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.
  
  - Re:Strange (Score:2)
    
    by AllUsernamesAreGone ( 688381 ) writes:
    
    Or you're investing in remote control aircraft and robot soldiers controlled by said pasty and corpulent mouse twiddlers...
- Re:great, I wonder if they'll piss on the floor (Score:4, Funny)
  
  by Gothic_Walrus ( 692125 ) writes: on Sunday January 11, 2004 @11:20AM (#7944440) Journal
  
  Let's just hope that they don't let their Hygenie bars drop too low...
  /played original "Sims" too much
  
  - Re:great, I wonder if they'll piss on the floor (Score:2)
    
    by bandy ( 99800 ) writes:
    
    But did you d/l the guinea pig add-on, then not take care of it?
Two Words (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes:

Oh God
Well good (Score:2, Insightful)

by cmwck ( 739467 ) writes:

At least this will get the sim-addicts out of the house for a breath of fresh air.
Now... (Score:5, Funny)

by DAldredge ( 2353 ) writes: <SlashdotEmail@GMail.Com> on Sunday January 11, 2004 @10:24AM (#7944242) Journal

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.

- Re:Now... (Score:1)
  
  by bedessen ( 411686 ) writes:
  
  Well, Sims or no, you'll always have furries [tigerden.com] to look down on, so I think you'll be fine.
- Re:Now... (Score:2)
  
  by Bios_Hakr ( 68586 ) writes:
  
  Weren't we always more normal than the goths? And then the goths could always laugh at they guys doing LARP. The bane (pun intended) of the LARP guys was, IIRC, the Vampire: Masquerade wankers.
  
  Personally, I find my experiences as a RPGer to be quite useful. Almost everyone came to me to get help with their NWN and TOEE characters. And don't even get me started on that bastardized KOTOR thingy...
Would hate to be on the hotel staff that weekend. (Score:5, Funny)

by zietlow ( 199661 ) writes: on Sunday January 11, 2004 @10:30AM (#7944263)

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.

- Re:Would hate to be on the hotel staff that weeken (Score:2, Funny)
  
  by mrsmoonshine ( 680546 ) writes:
  
  I certainly hope the hotel staff included the requisite vibrating beds.
  - Re:Would hate to be on the hotel staff that weeken (Score:1, Insightful)
    
    by d3kk ( 644538 ) writes:
    
    WHAT
Umm.. (Score:3, Informative)

by jabberjaw ( 683624 ) writes: on Sunday January 11, 2004 @11:05AM (#7944392)

Isn't this essentially just cosplay [cosplay.com]? Individuals dressing as characters from a (video game)/(PC game)/(pencil & paper RPG) isn't exactly new.

- Re:Umm.. (Score:2, Insightful)
  
  by h0mer ( 181006 ) writes:
  
  I think the difference here is that it's *your* character. There could be 50 different girls dressed up as Yuna at any convention, but your Sims costume will be 100% unique.
  
  However, whoever organized this did so for one reason... to get laid.
If I'm going... (Score:4, Funny)

by Craig Maloney ( 1104 ) * writes: on Sunday January 11, 2004 @11:28AM (#7944470) Homepage

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!"

Trans.... (Score:4, Interesting)

by cloudless.net ( 629916 ) writes: on Sunday January 11, 2004 @11:29AM (#7944477) Homepage

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

- Re:Trans.... (Score:5, Funny)
  
  by sofakingl ( 690140 ) writes: on Sunday January 11, 2004 @01:39PM (#7945315)
  
  You'd be surprised how often people do just that. And the results aren't pretty, to put it mildly.
  
Money making idea.... (Score:3, Funny)

by ajservo ( 708572 ) writes: on Sunday January 11, 2004 @12:53PM (#7945022)

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.

Comment removed (Score:5, Funny)

by account_deleted ( 4530225 ) writes: on Sunday January 11, 2004 @02:54PM (#7945806)

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awesome! (Score:5, Funny)

by Tumbleweed ( 3706 ) writes: on Sunday January 11, 2004 @03:44PM (#7946106)

Maybe I can meet Delux_247 if I go! :)

Anime Cosplay (Score:2)

by Lord_Dweomer ( 648696 ) writes:

Wow, finally a group of people dorkier than us anime geeks.
Seriously....at least our costumes are cool to look at.
What the hell does a person wear to be their Sim? Regular clothes? Aaaahhhhh, and one of their big audiences is girls. The same girls who used to mock me and my friends for doing anime cosplay. Revenge is so sweet and just.
- - Re:Anime Cosplay (Score:2)
    
    by Lord_Dweomer ( 648696 ) writes:
    
    While my comment was meant humorously, AC troll, I do not measure people by looks. I think seeing people dress up like elves, catpeople, and robots is a very creative thing. I'm mocking them for not really needing much creativity to create their Sims costumes, as opposed to the person at an AnimeCon who made a Transformers cosplay costume for himself that could actually transform from a car to a human.
Mafia? (Score:2)

by SamSim ( 630795 ) writes:

it's not clear whether The Sims Online mafia will also be making a money-extorting appearance in real life

...or whether there will be whores [slashdot.org].

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Strange (Score:2, Funny)

Re:Strange (Score:4, Funny)

Re:Strange (Score:2)

Re:great, I wonder if they'll piss on the floor (Score:4, Funny)

Re:great, I wonder if they'll piss on the floor (Score:2)

Two Words (Score:1, Funny)

Well good (Score:2, Insightful)

Now... (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Now... (Score:1)

Re:Now... (Score:2)

Would hate to be on the hotel staff that weekend. (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Would hate to be on the hotel staff that weeken (Score:2, Funny)

Re:Would hate to be on the hotel staff that weeken (Score:1, Insightful)

Umm.. (Score:3, Informative)

Re:Umm.. (Score:2, Insightful)

If I'm going... (Score:4, Funny)

Trans.... (Score:4, Interesting)

Re:Trans.... (Score:5, Funny)

Money making idea.... (Score:3, Funny)

Comment removed (Score:5, Funny)

awesome! (Score:5, Funny)

Anime Cosplay (Score:2)

Re:Anime Cosplay (Score:2)

Mafia? (Score:2)

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