Fansite:Insimenator

InSIMenator (or InSIM, as it's known) is a free The Sims 2 fansite is the home of The InSIMenator, and houses a bustling social element where you can make some new friends of fellow sims players.

Details

A screenshot of the MTS2 front page as at 6th March 2006.

InSIM is home to over 78,000 members. It remains entirely free, although it does require users to sign up prior to downloading content. InSIM is supported through banner ads and the generosity of members who choose to monetarily support the Sims 2 modding community.

There are active forums on the site, divided in different sections. These include:

• The Community contains the Main Forums, Sims 2 Discussion, Sims 2 Help, Community
• The Create section offers modding tutorials and advice, dealing with everything from help creating clothing, objects and meshes to building new lots.
• The huge Downloads section on the site hosts custom content, with featured items by some of the best creators on the net. The content includes objects, houses, clothes and hacks as well as modding tools and while the forums contain adult content it is hidden behind an age-verification system.

Community

After a year of steady growth, the original MTS2 split in two in mid 2005. MTS2 continued to specialise in modding, game help and downloads, while the new sister site the Sims 2 Community focused on general chat threads, contests, advertising user sites and showcasing videos. Both sites share a live chat with various social channels. The site also recently announced it would split off its adult content onto a new site.

Administrators

MTS2 is owned by Delphy, run by 3 main admins and various moderators, including staff that just produce items and technical resources for the game, as well as staff that just moderate the site.

See also Delphy, Daysies and LyricLee and the MTS2 staff listing

History

• Opened May 2004
• Split off General Discussion forums to Sims 2 Community in June 2005
• Split off Adult content to Sexy Sims 2 in June 2006

Media References

• Featured on G4TV's Attack of the Show! television program, February 9th 2006. [1]
• Featured in Rolling Stone Magazine issue #995 March 9 2006, PAGE 39

External links

• The Mod The Sims 2 website
• Wikipedia article on MTS2