Off Topic Discussion Megathread

[Rein_eon_Osborne]

This happens to everyone's sim but whenever I hear or see it happening I still laugh. Sims are basically adult children. Mine has the level 10 cooking and she still attempts to burn the house down all the time.

Back then when I still stream Sims 4 gameplay with my friends, I often make a joke how the only ability that Sims actively work on is the ability to die for no reason.

You give them electronics and amenities? They break and/or get electrocuted. You give them nice, comfy pools? They drown in it. You give them a house so beautiful that it makes them so happy? Wait until they get some 'Fun' moodlet to get instantly to 'Hysterical' moodlet then die in the next 3 minutes from laughter. Give them a lover? Wait until one of them caught cheating and then they die from cardiac explosion. Leave the game on autoplay? They will soon get hygiene issues that leads them to get embarrassed then die from it despite giving them 6+ toilets and bathrooms in the house.

The only time I could think of where my Sim made better decision overall was when I only had 1-2 Sims to control. It's like these Sims shares one singular brain, and the more Sims you have in a family, the dumber they get. Not that I'm complaining. Knowing this I often stream myself and my friend group in some sort of "Who will die the last?!"-challenge those nights, and it was a blast.

Sadly I don't play it--or rather, refuse to play it anymore I gave the last Sims family a dog to own, which the game promptly generate a dog that resembles uncannily to one of my most loved dog that had left me a couple years ago at that time, and it really shook me up. A couple of weeks after that I stopped playing entirely. I'm sorry my sims

[RobynDaBank]

Think the most fun I had in TS4 was making a Super Sim with as many expansions as I had. She actually became a vampire/caster hybrid because of her mom magician and vampire dad which was cool, and I'd make her slave away cooped up in an arts center or bar maxing out her Music/Painting. 99% of leveling her Astronomy was reading level books, until the game forced me to level it with practical means. I'd made a start on maxing her expertise in each occupation until I got bored.
I'm sort of salty the game went F2P because I spent relatively a lot of money on it. I'm OFC not envious per se of the customers now, mostly just kicking myself for not expecting it I guess.

[Renalt]

Just the base game is free...you still haver to buy ALL the DLC. That's something I refuse to do. Base game is enough for me.

[RobynDaBank]

Just the base game is free...you still haver to buy ALL the DLC. That's something I refuse to do. Base game is enough for me.

Ya just the base game, although "back in my day" the base game was pretty barebones. How do you feel about it? I wonder how much they added baseline since then. Do you feel like you lack a lot?

[Renalt]

Ya just the base game, although "back in my day" the base game was pretty barebones. How do you feel about it? I wonder how much they added baseline since then. Do you feel like you lack a lot?

I've not done a lot. So far all I've done is get a job, come home and immediately go to bed and cry, quit THAT job, set myself on fire a lot from cooking, Piss off a lot of women except one, then after failing to impress her twice with my Johnny Storm impression she calls me saying she has a crush on another guy and want to know if she should go for it so I say "Yeah sure go for it", and then go to the library a lot to write up reports for work since I'm too poor to buy a computer cause I keep replacing everything that gets destroyed in the fire since the insurance apparently doesn't cover everything.

Once I get my Sim to shape up and perhaps have a spot of good luck I can venture out and see what I can actually do.

[Renalt]

I've not done a lot. So far all I've done is get a job, come home and immediately go to bed and cry, quit THAT job, set myself on fire a lot from cooking, Piss off a lot of women except one, then after failing to impress her twice with my Johnny Storm impression she calls me saying she has a crush on another guy and want to know if she should go for it so I say "Yeah sure go for it", and then go to the library a lot to write up reports for work since I'm too poor to buy a computer cause I keep replacing everything that gets destroyed in the fire since the insurance apparently doesn't cover everything.

Once I get my Sim to shape up and perhaps have a spot of good luck I can venture out and see what I can actually do.

So...it did NOT go well for my Sim. He invites a girl to live with him and because she was homeless she brought in 20,000 to the household. I thought "Neat. I can get a new stove so I can start lighting myself on fire." I get the new Stove, she moves in, she cooks and sets herself on fire. I am SOOOOO done by then.

I start my new Sim and for whatever reason it's working out way better. I'm not killing myself with pyromancy, women don't hate me for as much as looking at them, and I'm making money hand over fist. My Sim doesn't cry after work every day even though he gets a new promotion every 3 days or so. I don't know what I did with my last Sim but he was "Bad luck personified". I ditched that one and now my new playthrough doesn't feel like I'm swimming against the current.

[Vyrerus]

Forum seems pretty quiet these past few weeks

[TheMightyMollusk]

Mid-patch lull plus busy holidays. It'll pick up around 6.3.

[MilkieTea]

My league team is uh, possibly. Doing our first in-person tournament in february. :3c Exciting!

[Kyssa]

Finished decorating the FC house.. and made 3 different batches of cookies tonight and a burnt basque cheesecake!