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'''''The Sims Social''''', commonly referred to as '''TSS''', iswas a Facebook game made by Playfish and EA. The first wall post was on Monday, June 6th6, 2011, and the game was launched on Monday, August 8th8, 2011. It was announced to no longer be available as of June 14, 2013, 2 years after its debut.

''The Sims Social'' iswas a free game but also has premium content inside. A mobile application for smartphones was also in development as a companion app to the Facebook version, which was to be available on the current generation of smartphones. {{fact}}

On 15th April 15, 2013, EA announced that it willwould shut down ''The Sims Social'', along with other Facebook games on June 14th14, 2013 due to lack of popularity.<ref>[http://www.ea.com/news/maxis-an-update-on-facebook-titles Official Confirmation by EA]</ref> Another reason for the termination of ''The Sims Social'' is for EA to be able to reallocate its servers and other such resources.<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/TheSimsSocial/timeline/story?ut=32&wstart=1312182000&wend=1314860399&hash=208087295972338&pagefilter=3/ The Sims Social Fanpage Milestone]</ref>

[[File:The_Sims_Social_LogoThe Sims Social Logo.png|left|75px]]

''The Sims Social brings all the freedom, fun, and creativity of The Sims to Facebook! Create uniquecustomized Sims with their own unique characters, ambitions, and livefriends. outYour theirSim’s dreams—orfriends—and stirenemies—are upyour troublereal byfriends pullingand pranks.the Developdeeper deepyour relationships, tothe unlockfurther newyou featuresget andin advance:the befriendgame! Build your Sim a perfect home and fightfulfill their wishes to live out their dreams. Control every aspect of their social life, datemake andfriends cheator fight, love andor betray., play nice or be mean, share a first kiss or woohoo! Play with life in a whole new way—with your real friends, for free.!''

Littlehaven Town is a place in Littlehaven, where the game started for the first time. All of Sims in Littlehaven live there, including [[Bella Goth]]. Our house in Littlehaven Town is considered as our first 'home'. You will move into a new road each time you leveled up your house value level. Land in the town is grassy, with its growing trees and small plants.

These are known available main charactercharacters in ''The Sims Social'', especially Littlehaven:<ref>[http://www.sims-social.com/2012/01/littlehaven-residents-directory.html The Sims Social Fansite - Littlehaven Residents Directory]</ref>

[[File:550554_256029841178083_1507281291_n550554 256029841178083 1507281291 n.jpg|thumb|400px|The Sims Social fanpage cover photo. From left to right: Goth Rocker girl, Barbara Belle, Eugene Hackett, Chef boy, Bella Goth, Shane Shaw, Jolene Dexie, Artist boy, Chloe.]]

===Appeared onin Game===

*'''Larry Lizard '''- Larry is (possibly) a bussinessmanbusinessman or a landlord in Littlehaven. He appeared when you are buying land expansions, new house, and leveled up house value level.

[[File:Tycoon_SimTycoon Sim.png|thumb|110px|A Sim with Tycoon Personality]]

*Create a Sim that suits your interests, with different [[Personality (The Sims Social)|personalities]], looks and [[Traits_Traits (The_Sims_SocialThe Sims Social)|traits]].

*Be an [[Motive#Basic_motivesBasic motives|inspired Sim]] by fulfilling their [[Hunger|hunger]], [[Hygiene|hygiene]], [[Bladder|bladder]], [[Sleep |sleep]] (secondary), [[Social|social]] and [[Fun|fun]] needs/motives, so you can earn more Simoleons.

*Two Sims can have various [[Relationship_Status_Relationship Status (The_Sims_SocialThe Sims Social)|relationship statuses]], including friend, romantic partner, or enemy.

*Gain experience points to [[The_Sims_SocialThe Sims Social/Game_LevelGame Level|level]] up your game and unlock more capabilities and items.

*Build and decorate your house and lot; gain [[The_Sims_SocialThe Sims Social/House_Value_LevelHouse Value Level|house value]] with new items every week.

*<span style="line-height:21px;">Finish available</span><span style="line-height:21px;"> </span>[[Quest (The Sims Social)|quests]]<span style="line-height:21px;"> </span><span style="line-height:21px;">to earn nice reward!</span>

*<span style="line-height:21px;">Help your friends to build rooms and items, doing quests, and collect elements needed for skill and quest.</span>

*Train your Sim [[Skill_Skill (The_Sims_SocialThe Sims Social)|in skills]] to unlock items and earn Simoleons.

*Gain success and reward from [[Career_Career (The_Sims_SocialThe Sims Social)|Career]], by gaining promotion.

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<p style="font-size:13px;">{{Main|Traits (The Sims Social)}}</p>

''The Sims Social'' has more than one currency, they are: ''Simoleon, SimCash, and Social Point.''

|[[File:Item_silvercoinItem silvercoin.png]]

|'''[[Simoleon]] '''is a basic currency in [[The Sims series|''The Sims'' series]] games. In ''The Sims Social'', Simoleon is a grey coin with § symbol on it.

|'''[[File:Item_energyItem energy.png]]'''

|'''Lifetime Achievement Points''' (also called LAP) can be gained by leveling up skills and finishing quests. LAP is used in the traits shop; it is similar to [[Lifetime happiness]] in ''[[The Sims 3]]'' to purchase lifetime rewards. LAP is blue treasure-chest shaped.

|'''[[Career_Career (The_Sims_SocialThe Sims Social)#Career_Points_and_TokensCareer Points and Tokens|Career Points and Tokens]]''' can be gained by doing jobs/appointments in career. Those points are used to gain promotions, and tokens are used for doing special jobs/appointments and career quests.

*''The Sims Social'' was announced at E3 in 2011, and hit open beta August 8th8.

*[[Bella Goth]] appears as a neighbor. The player can interact with her but cannot control her.<ref>[http://www.simprograms.com/31362/the-sims-social-60-seconds-with-bella/ SimPrograms]</ref>. ''The Sims Social'' is the third game in which Bella cannot be controlled (others include ''The Sims 2'' and ''The Sims 2'' for PSP).

*Bella's abduction on ''The Sims 2'' was explained in ''The Sims Social'', because Littlehaven was set after that event.

*The Buddy in this game could be a nod to Buddy of the ''MySims '' series, as he wears red (Buddy's signature color), has brown hair (Buddy's original hair color in the beta version of ''MySims''), and has the same name.<ref>[http://forum.playfish.com/showthread.php?t=2826789/ The Sims Social "Ask a developer!" Questions Answered! - Playfish/EA Community]</ref>

*'''[[File:Lsimnovorii.jpg|thumb|146px|L. Simnovorii introduced in The Sims Social.]]'''[[Laganaphyllis_SimnovoriiLaganaphyllis Simnovorii|L. Simnovorii]]''' or '''Cowplant''' from ''[[The Sims 2]]'', re-appeared on the game on Halloween 2011.

*'''Bike Curious''', an abandoned item from expansion land on the game, has same name with [[Curious family]] which introduced in [[''The Sims 2]]''.

*'''Servo Statue''', an abandoned item from expansion land on the game, [[Servo]] is one of life state introduced in ''[[The Sims: Livin' Large|The Sims:&nbsp;Livin' Large]]''.

*A floor tile named '''Pleasantview ''' (it's a white carpet), which named after a neighborhood, [[Pleasantview]].

*Items from Ultra Lounge Week was a 2D remake of ''[[The Sims 3]]'' Ultra Modern Furniture pack from the store. <ref>[http://www.sims-social.com/2012/03/experience-ultra-week-in-3d.html Experience Ultra Week in 3D]</ref>

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*[{{Wayback|url=http://forum.playfish.com/forumdisplay.php?f=449 |title=The Sims Social Official Forum]|date=20111125144540}}

*[http://www.thesimssocial.com/static/docs/SimsSocialPlayerGuide2.pdf The Sims Social Official Guide]{{deadlink}}

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