tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6140199280786281854.post7438568273563646278..comments2023-11-10T03:46:58.196-05:00Comments on Dragging Blue Lake: Chapter 30: Elise Has No DreamPenelopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16697841178807127327noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6140199280786281854.post-83672144842682201922008-11-29T23:51:00.000-05:002008-11-29T23:51:00.000-05:00I'm going to go with the last explanation. :)When ...I'm going to go with the last explanation. :)<BR/>When I was writing it, I was thinking that she would make the connection just because they were flowers but that is a pretty loose assumption. Even so, there's no one else in her life that could/would do something like that.Penelopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16697841178807127327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6140199280786281854.post-73546979384348990832008-11-29T18:56:00.000-05:002008-11-29T18:56:00.000-05:00OK I am starting to love that guy after all...Elis...OK I am starting to love that guy after all...<BR/><BR/>Elise better not get hurt though. >8(<BR/><BR/>It is rather a shame you didn't do the blue poppies, though I have shied away from photo-editing many a time myself out of sheer laziness. The thing is, I didn't quite see how Elise made the connection, unless she is so far gone in romantic fantasies about this fellow that she blindly assumes it was him. Or maybe they have that kind of connection?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6140199280786281854.post-1465393943110965462008-11-27T09:32:00.000-05:002008-11-27T09:32:00.000-05:00I should probably add a little note here about the...I should probably add a little note here about the monetary conversion between the simoleon and the USD. <BR/><BR/>This is pretty tricky considering what a simoleon buys you. A computer, for instance, will average about 1,000 simoleons (which would seem to imply that the simoleon is very similar to the USD is terms of value) but a small house in a crap neighborhood will range between 12,000-18,000 simoleons. This would imply an enormous discrepancy between the simoleon and the USD. If we justify the cost of housing by saying that maybe there is some kind of enormous government subsidy being given to home buyers, then maybe we can start to guess at the conversion? <BR/><BR/>For the purposes of the story, I'm going to say that <B>1.00 simoleon is approximately equal to $2.00.</B> Why? Because a $2,000 computer is by no means unheard of. And when I think about the cheapest house that money can by in the US, it comes to about $60,000. While a subsidy that covers er what? About 77% of the actual cost of the house seems completely out of control, it's still the best explanation that I can think of at the moment.<BR/><BR/>That is until you get into the question of wealth. When you start the game, the Goth family household has well over 500,000 simoleons. If you read the little blurb about Pleasantview in the neighborhood screen, it says something like "Mortimer has finally come into his millions". This would mean that my conversion is way, way off.<BR/><BR/>And then there is the question of wages, which I'm not even going to skim the surface of.<BR/><BR/>So what can 6,000 simoleons buy the Mindelsohn children? A lot. In Pleasantview, that's a crap load of money. But I can't really say just how much.<BR/><BR/>Hmm I think I'll put this rant on the behind-the-scenes blog.Penelopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16697841178807127327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6140199280786281854.post-57225811414401737852008-11-14T22:22:00.000-05:002008-11-14T22:22:00.000-05:00hehehe :)Well he assumed that Vince would share. V...hehehe :)<BR/>Well he <I>assumed</I> that Vince would share. Vince is technically the head of the household so he controls the family dough. Kvornan left the roses so that Elise would know where the money came from. In my original chapter notes, I had him leaving blue poppies like the ones in the garden from her dream. But that would have required some photo-editing and I'm too lazy for that business :p <BR/>Particularly since many of the chapters in 30-39 have intense photoshoots (the Lothario cocktail party alone is a killer and that takes up 4 chapters). <BR/><BR/>Thanks for reading guys!Penelopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16697841178807127327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6140199280786281854.post-85586599359441706822008-11-14T21:33:00.000-05:002008-11-14T21:33:00.000-05:00Six thousand? In his sock drawer? And all she gets...Six thousand? In his sock drawer? And all she gets are roses? If I were her, I'd be a little hurt...<BR/><BR/>Kidding, obviously. Nice chapter :)Vanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09325395792013382406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6140199280786281854.post-88641920283251815392008-11-14T21:10:00.000-05:002008-11-14T21:10:00.000-05:00What?!! Wait...no you didn't!! LOL! That was great...What?!! Wait...no you didn't!! LOL! That was great! I don't know what I would do if I found 6 grand in my sock drawer!! Awesome cliffhanger! Of course I'm still reading backwards!:PPhoenixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07310342796477898153noreply@blogger.com