08-13-2007, 03:11 PM | #1 |
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Brag about smart kids here!
Not bad for the child of two Townies... |
08-13-2007, 08:15 PM | #2 |
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Golly? What's left? He'll never qualify for the orphan scholarship, but he could get kidnapped by aliens!
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08-13-2007, 08:25 PM | #3 |
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Well, the telescope is currently in the living room pointed out the bay windows, but I guess I could move it outside...
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08-15-2007, 06:13 AM | #5 |
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It would be nice if kids could save up for college. And parents could start a college fund for them. And adults and elders could go to college.
I'm not really looking forward to turn-ons and turn-offs. The ones they've got are already painfully sophomoric; doubt that EA will come up with anything better.
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08-15-2007, 06:35 AM | #6 |
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Mine just don't get to woohoo until they've got several thousand in the scholarship fund. Very motivating!
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08-15-2007, 04:02 PM | #7 |
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Now that would be a nifty way to build a personality engine--provide the characters with some goals beyond instant gratification and let them work toward their goals, even if it's just being able to woohoo.
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Granted, many of the turn-ons & offs in the game seem silly (what woman in her right mind would be turned off by a guy in a tux?) but given the way Sim info is "coded" & stored, I'm not real sure how else EA/Maxis could have programed them. Like it or not, in RL ones appearance is usually what intitally attracts people to each other (as a "nice personality" gal myself I am painfully aware of this) although it would have been nice if they included personality (outgoing, active, etc.) in the list of turn-ons & turn-offs! (Since Sims don't really have a sense of humour persay or enjoy long walks along the beach at night, EA/Maxis didn't have alot of options...)
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Yup, there is no comeliness factor in The Sims. At best, there are superficial things like hair color and glasses. "Oh wow! That guy wears glasses and has black hair! Who cares if he looks like a toad? I want to have his baby!"
It just doesn't work for me.
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08-16-2007, 06:28 AM | #10 |
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(I find it strange that they have Hair Color- which I find to be a legitimate "first thing to catch your eye" item- but no Eye Color. And what's with the getting turned on by "stink"???? ) On the "plus" side, I've been pretty successfull in using the strangely shallow Maxis/EA "turn-on" system to help keep Sims from being head over heels in lust...er...love(?)...with the "wrong" Sim. (Like say every freaking "Romance" Sim they should happen to meet!! ) Since one "off" can counter 2 "ons" it's usually just a matter of making the Sim in question hate hats or something. (Come to think of it, it's probabely best that Maxis didn't try for "sense of humour" & such as a turn on/off as they most likely would have coded those freaking "Romance" Sims to "have it all", so to speak....)
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If they did, comeliness would probably be defined as "person closely resembles one of the ugly Maxis face templates"!
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08-16-2007, 08:52 PM | #13 |
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Aha! That's what the game needs! A Sim's aspiration ought to be a major turn-on or turn-off. By default, I suspect that Family sims would have great disdain for Romance sims. In fact, except for Pleasure Seekers, and maybe including even them, just about everybody would have great disdain for Romance sims.
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It really would be nice if sims that don't have the Romance aspiration didn't instantly succomb to their obnoxious behavior. IMHO, that bit is the sickest thing that Maxis programmed into the game.
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08-17-2007, 07:44 PM | #16 |
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I think there's a hack for no-swooning at the Nasty Board. ACR also ensures that the significant other is not in the room before it allows a Sim to accept an advance from anyone, including Romance Sims.
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08-18-2007, 02:46 AM | #17 |
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At least it's a start toward having the sims avoid totally idiotic behavior. It would make more sense for Romance sim not to attempt an advance while the signfiicant other is in the room; and more sense for a Family sim to tell him to take a hike regardless of who's watching.
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