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    Do you start your legacies with a founder or gen. 1?

    fruitsbasket101fruitsbasket101 Posts: 1,530 Member
    in The Sims 4 General Discussion
    I recently started a legacy challenge were you have to go through ten generations and I was wondering, do most people start their legacies from founder then gen. 1-10 or just gen. 1-10? Just curious to see how most people start off.
    Have a super fantastic awesome splendid amazing day! -TheQxxn

    Do you start your legacies with a founder or gen. 1? 82 votes

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    Start from Gen. 1
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      NorthDakotaGamerNorthDakotaGamer Posts: 2,559 Member
      It really depends on my goal for that play file.
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      ladybreidladybreid Posts: 3,455 Member
      it depends so my answer would be both.
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      HillyBethHillyBeth Posts: 3,505 Member
      edited November 2018
      Start from founder then gen. 1-10
      fruitsbasket101 wrote: »
      I recently started a legacy challenge were you have to go through ten generations and I was wondering, do most people start their legacies from founder then gen. 1-10 or just gen. 1-10? Just curious to see how most people start off.

      In total, one of my families has seven generations. I started with two three-sim families(two elders with one young adult offspring who married each other.) The Achievement counter for this says 5/10. Lol. The mother and newborn son in my avi are the eldest of gen. 6's wife and the first-born of gen. 7!
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      GalacticGalGalacticGal Posts: 28,570 Member
      Start from founder then gen. 1-10
      The only Legacy I play is Pinstar's Legacy Challenge. You start with a founder, which is generation one and once the heir for the 10th generation is born, it's game over.
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      asimbsimasimbsim Posts: 476 Member
      Start from Gen. 1
      I'm doing this same challenge :) I've just reached gen 9 and it feels like its taken me ages, but at the same time I've really enjoyed it. Its the longest I've ever stuck with a legacy! I included my first as gen 1.
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      fruitsbasket101fruitsbasket101 Posts: 1,530 Member
      edited November 2018
      Start from Gen. 1
      GalacticGal wrote: »
      The only Legacy I play is Pinstar's Legacy Challenge. You start with a founder, which is generation one and once the heir for the 10th generation is born, it's game over.

      So you start with one sim who is both founder and gen 1? I've seen others who start with a founder sim but they count their founders child as gen 1. I usually just start like you do but I was just curious how many others start the other way.
      asimbsim wrote: »
      I'm doing this same challenge :) I've just reached gen 9 and it feels like its taken me ages, but at the same time I've really enjoyed it. Its the longest I've ever stuck with a legacy! I included my first as gen 1.

      I'm at the tail end of gen 3. I've already chosen an heir for gen 4 and am just waiting for him to age up to YA. I've tried to do a legacy many times now and have only managed to get to gen 5 before I get bored. I'm really enjoying this one though so I hope to finish this time around. :)
      Have a super fantastic awesome splendid amazing day! -TheQxxn
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      SimpkinSimpkin Posts: 7,425 Member
      Start from founder then gen. 1-10
      founder is gen 1 in mine. And I play past gen 10.
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      ChelleJoChelleJo Posts: 7,087 Member
      Start from Gen. 1
      Most challenge, start with a founder which is considered gen 1. So I play that my founding family is always Gen 1. So, sort of both. But, yeah.... my founder is Gen 1, but I call them the founder and each leading sim after is an heir.
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      SimplyJenSimplyJen Posts: 14,828 Member
      Start from founder then gen. 1-10
      The founder is Gen 1 when I play a legacy/challenge.
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      icmnfrshicmnfrsh Posts: 18,789 Member
      Start from Gen. 1
      I thought the founder is generation 1. That's how I did my Sims 2 legacy, and how I'm doing my Sims 3 one.
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      luxsylvanluxsylvan Posts: 1,922 Member
      Start from founder then gen. 1-10
      I'm trying to do a legacy challenge by the rules, and I'm not sure what the exact rule is with founder/gen 1, so to play it safe I'm counting the founder's child as 1, to make sure I get all 10 generations either way. But when I'm not doing something very technical, founder = 1.
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      EricasFreePlayEricasFreePlay Posts: 849 Member
      Start from Gen. 1
      I have only ever made it to Generation 3 when I attempt a Legacy but my Founder has always been Generation 1.
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      IrdiwenIrdiwen Posts: 574 Member
      Start from Gen. 1
      I follow Pinstar’s Legacy Rules and my founder is also the first generation (of course).
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      x_Always_Heart_xx_Always_Heart_x Posts: 567 Member
      Thought it was the same thing lol
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      CheesySimsLoverCheesySimsLover Posts: 258 Member
      Start from Gen. 1
      I've always played: founder = gen. 1, their kids = gen. 2, and so on.
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      ArtsyBananaArtsyBanana Posts: 339 Member
      Start from Gen. 1
      I've always considered the founder to always be gen 1.

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      fruitsbasket101fruitsbasket101 Posts: 1,530 Member
      Start from Gen. 1
      x_Always_Heart_x wrote: »
      Thought it was the same thing lol

      I may have worded it a bit weird. What I was asking was if you consider your founder gen 1 of your legacy or if you consider their children gen 1. Sorry for the confusion. But it seems to me that most, if not all start with the founder as gen 1 so thanks to everyone for their input. :)
      Have a super fantastic awesome splendid amazing day! -TheQxxn
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      EA_MaiEA_Mai Posts: 1,800 EA Staff (retired)
      Start from Gen. 1
      I always consider my founder to be generation 1 - I'm terrible at finishing any challenges, so I guess it doesn't really make a difference in my case :smiley:
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