Here at Sims 3 Website.com, we are offering you the chance to win a copy of the official The Sims 3 strategy guide from Prima Games, which is released on the same date as The Sims 3 itself in the United States and Europe.

“With the dawning of Sims 3 comes a new era of Sims strategy. The Prima Official Sims 3 strategy guide will step you through learning the in’s and out’s of each Sim personality with detailed trait breakdowns and fun mood templates. Our guide now includes a design section which will supply tips and tricks from the pro’s to building the most elaborate homes and yards. Learn how to update your décor with tutorials to help you customize your own chairs, walls, and floors. Also, become the master of your own destiny with detailed walkthroughs and tutorials to help you learn how to achieve all of your short and long term wishes and goals, whatever they may be.”

The official The Sims 3 strategy guide from Prima Games includes:

• Poster: Pullout map poster identifying all shops, parks, services, and key Sim locations.
  
• Personalities: Learn the in’s and out’s of Sim personalities with detailed trait breakdowns and mood templates.
  
• Design: Our new design section will supply tips and tricks from the pro’s to build the most elaborate homes and customize your décor.
  
• Goals: Detailed walkthroughs and tutorials will help you learn how to achieve your short term and long term goals.

How to Win

As this is our first competition we have decided to base the winner on the level of interaction with Sims 3 Website.com, and in particular our dedicated The Sims 3 forums. At the end of June an open-poll will be created on our forums showing a list of nominated members who have been deemed the most active, helpful and respectful in our community by our team of forum staff.

All active users of our forums can then cast their votes on who they feel deserve to win. Votes will be taken for a 1-week period, with the winner will be declared on July 7th 2009.

What are you waiting for?

You can start boosting your chances right now, as all actions from now until the end of June are taken into consideration when deciding on our list of nominees for the vote. All you have to do is create an account on our forums and begin sharing your love of The Sims 3 with our other members, simple!

Register at our forums now, or login to begin taking part in the discussions.

Conditions

To be eligible for this contest you must be aged 13 or over. If you are younger than 13 you may request that your parent or guardian be declared the contest winner in order to receive your prize on your behalf, should you win it of course. Prizes can be awarded by post in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. A digitial eGuide format will be made available to residents of other countries unless a suitable online retailer of the official guide can be found.