Gnome's For $4000 and hour - Maze $10,000 an hour - CBU pop secret

It's a big '3 SECRET FRIDAY' here at Sim's Online Secrets =) Before I forget, here are two stories on TSOL.

Huge Gamespot Interview With Will Wright
If you want to read a massive interview with the creator of the Sims, then check this out. There are some amazing stats on TSOL like $25 million budget! 500,000 players on the email list. 40,000 players in the beta. Over 50% of players are female. They believe there are 4 types of massively multiplayer game

1. 'people suck' who torture their sims like Daria on MTV
2. socials
3. builders
4. money ladder achievers
read more here
http://gamespot.com/gamespot/features/pc/simsonline/

Live Chat With Maxis Today
Madison just emailed me this last night...Members of The Sims Online team will be available to take your questions in a chat on TheSims.com this Friday, December 6th at 6pm PST.
http://www.thesims.com

Secret - Gnomes for $4000 an hour (from Deb)
I think I mentioned this once before. It was Deb that first tipped me off to it from the main sims BBS. If you have high Mech, and 8 Gnome stations, you can make a Gnome every 3 minutes and earn right around $4000 an hour depending on green up time. I think you make around $200 a Gnome with 8 people there. Last night, Donnie, Debhin, Maggie May and I, started wittling the wood and were making $160 a gnome with 4 of us. The nice thing about it is "its fun" since you can chat and carry on, where code is more like work. This same thing works with blackboards and potions, but I am not sure on the earning amounts.

Secret - Maze for $10,000 an hour (from Crysta and the Gold Fish Lads)
I am a little surprised that this is not as well known. I first discovered it hanging at "the Gold Fish" in Jolly Pines. If you have a max Charisam Player and a max Logic player, and you are good at your maze signals, you can make $10,000 a RL hour. It is work like code though.

Secret - Extend code breaking time when you pop (from Debhin)
Debhin found a new way to get more out of code when you hit red. I am not sure if I have this exactly right...but when you pop, one man/girl jumps off teh code breaker and hugs you one or two times. This can give you enough boost to get back in the game for about 15 RL minutes. I was talking to Donnie and he might have a world record. In two sessions lasting a little over an hour, he and Debhin and one friends used this technique for two long sessions and did $23,000 two nights ago...WOW. He was the machine owner. This will not happen now with the reduced payout.