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Do people know you play the sims?
hunniboo1
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I cant remember the thread that made me ask this but I do remember seeing how many simmers do not tell people they play the game.
I am one of those people as well. Nobody in real life knows I play the sims or that I use it as a way to escape real life issues. I also do not know of anyone else who enjoys the game neither.
I am one of those people as well. Nobody in real life knows I play the sims or that I use it as a way to escape real life issues. I also do not know of anyone else who enjoys the game neither.
Do people know you play the sims? 369 votes
Yes, i am not ashamed
74%
274 votes
No, I prefer to keep it a secret
10%
Other:
15%
57 votes
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I was also amazed and proud the first time I went to my boyfriends house and seen he had every game expansion and pack for The Sims 3.
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That makes sense. If anything is seen as for women it tends to be invalidated or pushed aside by society in general. Probably why, despite sims success, EA themselves seem embarrassed by it putting their more male sports games in the spotlight. Sims is always mentioned last or mostly not at all by the company.
My family knows I play the Sims. People I work with no way.
I just started telling some friends that I am a gamer. Its a gentle way of saying I play the Sims.
My brother at a party announced that I play with little people on the computer.
My mom secretly thinks I am a bit nuts because my brother also told her I take them to pee lol maybe she is right. My oldest sister rather not talk about the Sims games she thinks they are dirty..?? I got tired of trying to explain even preteens play the Sims.
Sometimes to be rude when she knows I am not listing to her over the phone she would ask me Are you playing that game?
Although its millions of Simmers I think the adult simmers are kind of like a secret society haha.?
Who said EA doesn't have a sense of humor
Matter of fact, we was upgrading our home security system mid-May and the installation guy's name was Sam (which he gets 10 points for having a Winchester brother name) and he saw our computer setups and asked if we were gamers.
My husband said, Yes we were gamers. Sam replied, "Those are pretty fancy setups!" We began talking about gaming and how it's an expensive hobby if you really get into it (which I have). At which my husband said, "Yeah, not to mention the thousands of dollars I've spent on Sims stuff over the years!" And come to find out, Sam plays sims, as well. He's been a simmer since Sims 1 days, too. And he's played every series. So we had a lot to talk about.
I have no idea how computers and Sims generally come up in my conversations with random people, but it really does come up often.
Anyways...I've gotten off topic. I'm not ashamed to let my parents know I play anymore. I used to be, but I enjoy it and it's important to me so I let them know about it. I just don't let my parents watch me play. I'm not embarrassed of the game, but I'm worried that they'll think some things are strange about the game.
At college my first semester I was embarrassed and wouldn't play in front of anyone, but this semester I decided I actually wanted to be able to play. It is an extremely rare occurrence for me to be completely alone in the house. One of my roommates brought her Switch and PS4 and plays that in the living room. So, I play my game too. I share a room with someone and have played while she's in there. I have another roommate who will ask to watch me play, but never watches for more than a few minutes.
They don't judge me for it. We all have hobbies. This is one of mine. One of my roommates has become obsessed with doing puzzles and does they right on the kitchen counter.
We're pretty laid back.
I've even asked for money to buy a Sims expansion for my birthday in a few days. Why should I be ashamed? It's a video game in it's own right. People play other video games and aren't embarrassed of them. And I'm not going to be embarrassed of mine. Not anymore.