Welcome to the Build-n-Share Weekly Challenge!

The Build-n-Share challenges will be posted Wednesday of each week and run through the following Wednesday. Results will be posted approximately one week after all entries have been submitted in the Winner's Circle thread.

The benefits:
Each entry into the competition will receive an automatic rec (recommendation) and download on their entry lot.

First place will be awarded at all levels. If there are at least eight entries in a category, up to four places will also be announced. In each category, first place will receive 3 recs, second place will receive 2 recs, third place will receive 2 recs, and fourth place will receive one rec. Winners may request recs on a particular build/s by providing links to the related lots once results are posted.

Weekly challenges also create an opportunity for community on the forum site. We get to know one another’s names, share news, builds, and positive words. This is a chance to get your name out there, and hopefully make a few friends along the way.

What makes this challenge different from all the other ones I've seen?
We have been hosting this weekly challenge since the first week the game was released. We have many levels of builders in our community and welcome them all. This group is truly a product of all its great members!

Within the first few challenges, our group was recognized by the gurus that be, who have helped the weekly challenges gain even more popularity be stickying both Build-n-Share threads. Since then, we have had at least one featured creation almost every week, and our list of featured members continues to grow.

With 3 successful collaborative neighborhoods (Gnomelandia, Summer of Love, and NYC) just about completed, Build-n-Share hopes to bring more creative challenges and new neighborhood ideas to the community with the help of our dedicated participants who willingly contribute and help each week to make sure each challenge runs smoothly.

The rules:
All entries must be original work. Any competitor who submits another builder’s work will be disqualified and banned from any future Build-n-Share challenge. These competitors will also be removed from the Builders' Boulevard related websites if they have chosen to join (membership to the site and the Yahoo! group are not required to enter a Build-n-Share challenge).

Please announce your official lot posting using the entry form below. Make sure to leave the "Official Entry" label big. If you need to reformat it, you can do this by highlighting the desired text and then selecting "Big" in the font box above. This will help us see the entries in a sea of posts with no pics to guide us.

Entries must be submitted by the deadline, 7 p.m. Wednesday evening (eastern time, USA).

A description of the three major level categories:

Beginner--I have a little experience, but I'm still figuring a lot of things out. I would not call myself an official "builder" at this point.

Intermediate--I have been building for awhile. I know the basics and maybe a little more. I enjoy building, but it is not my primary focus with the game.

Advanced--I know the Sims, and the Sims knows me. My name is familiar to a lot of veteran players, and I've competed in and won some building challenges and maybe even been recognized in a community showcase or two. I know most of the cheats AND I know how to use them.

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Two additional opportunities:
Love to build? Come join us at http://www.buildersboulevard.com . The site offers an additional forum for advertising lots, share tips and tricks, and participate in collaborative neighborhood projects!

We also have a Yahoo! Group for builders. It can be accessed at http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/buildersboulevard/ . You do not have to be a member to enter. This group will be used primarily as an announcement center and for some of our more complex polls, and possibly, databases.

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This Week’s Challenge Specifics:
Challenge deadline: Wednesday, February 3rd at 7 p.m. (Eastern time)

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Winter Designer Showdown

Calling all designers!

It is that time again! Time to let your style truly shine and compete in the Winter Designer Showdown!

We saw some amazing results and even some featured lots with the Fall Designer Showdown, so lets ramp it up this time and dazzle the masses even more with your designer magic.

Link to the Fall Designer Showdown thread: http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/115346.page#1379038


This is the house!


Download from the Exchange

Download from Mediafire

Rules and details:

* You can change anything but the foundation and walls
* Yes, all walls and foundation must remain the same
* You can change and relocate any windows and doors
* You can designate the rooms however you like
* You can change the roofing
* You can add balconies and fencing
* This was built on a 20x30 lot, but you may move it to a 30x30 lot to add landscaping if you like, but this cannot be larger than a 30x30.
* The final cost of the house should not exceed 100k simoleans
* The theme is completely up to you. It does not have to be winter themed.
* You do not need WA to compete
* CC is allowed, but please list/link them when you submit so downloaders can find them!

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Yay!!! Winter time!!! The challenge is perfect since its 35 degrees F right now in my city and maybe we have snow Friday . Question (again) can we use CCs and store items?

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I am excited to begin.

P.S. It is currently 10F. So very cold and it is getting colder. *shivers* Perhaps I'll use warm tones. LOL

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