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Inspiration Needed-Tell Me Your Story
elleskyheart
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So sadly, I haven't been able to play Sims 3 much lately due to having literally no inspiration for what kind of sims I want. Often, my sims are the same and kinda of boring and if they are not exciting enough for me, I loose interest in playing them. So, I was wondering if anyone could give me some ideas or maybe stories of their ow sim/sims. Any help is appreciated.
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Zumi and the Winchester Brothers
The Watcher's Caretaker - A Limited ISBI
Well with sims 3, it's hard to make up stories for me. for some reason. Normally, I create one or two sims and then pair them off with someone already made in the game. Often they are smart, or loners, or being good/family oriented but then have at least one negative trait. I am trying to make my own family, but I'll likely try the legacy challenge soon. But yeah, I wanna create at least oen interesting sim even if they aren't a good person.
I also am not too good with making sims as they often look similar sadly.
1. If you find your own sims boring, download others. We all tend to make our ideal sims so they end up looking alike.
2. Get involved with the townies. They’re lots of fun. The Goths, Claire Ursine, the Frio brothers, all in the base game. And they have great back stories. a) Claire ursine is pregnant (when the game boots) by Jared Frio who dumped her. He lives next door to her with his brother, Connor, who turns out to be quite a healthy relationship for Claire and a nice substitute father for the little girl who is born. b) Gunther Goth and Cornelia, his wife, don’t have the greatest relationship when the game boots. Play them and get them back on good terms for Mortimer’s sake. C) Thornton Wolff, the most eligible bachelor in town has been carrying on with Jamie Jolina. He goes away on vacation and brings back a new wife, Morgana. They are newly married when the game boots. Does he continue with Jamie or stay true to his new bride? If he dumps Jamie, how will she take her revenge? If he cheats on Morgana, what will she do? d) Agnes Crumplebottom is a newlywed whose husband died on their honeymoon. There’s 4 awesome stories to play.
3. Watch machinima for ideas! There are still a lot of good machinima stories out there with awesome ideas for townies or your own sims. I’ll link a few. Mine first of course 😈
This is the Sequel, with Bella and Mortimer, Dina and Nina Caliente, and lots more. There was a Prequel before it with Gunther and Cornelia and Lolita Goth, but the beginning episodes are pretty rough cause I was new to machinima. The sequel starts out when sunset valley boots, Agnes husband is dead, Gunther and Cornelia are estranged.
This should keep you busy for awhile! But I’ll edit and add my other favorite machinimas.
I have several video series where I have different types of sims doing different things. Some are working towards badges, others are exploring parts of the game I haven't done much with so far. The link to my channel is in my signature.
My tutorials are popular and my story type videos have game play tips and solutions to problems encountered during game play while recording the videos.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuW44b3uCMtCSaq4gwC8EZg
All the sims err'day
I don't quite understand what you mean by making up a story because I never have a story in mind about why my sims are together or about what they do. I play only for genetics so am happiest when my sims live happy lives and produce lots of kids. I guess my play style would be boring for many but it has kept me happily amused since the game came out. Do you mean the story you tell yourself about your sims or do you mean an actual story you want share with others? If you mean a shared story I can't help you because I don't write stories or read the stories of others so my advice would be useless.
Using bad traits could be fun and it sounds like something you want to do so go for it. As for looks, I see that @ZeeGee has suggested you download sims if you want sims that look different than you would normally make and it's a good way to get diversity. For me, the best way to make sims that don't all look alike is to try to recreate the faces of celebrities/famous people.
I don't like rules so have never tried a Legacy Challenge but if you prefer a structured game it could be good for you.
Zumi and the Winchester Brothers
The Watcher's Caretaker - A Limited ISBI
Always "River McIrish" ...and maybe some Bebe Hart. ~innocent expression~
I make up stories for my sims. I love sending them on adventures or quests. I have several ongoing stories, a couple of which are on hiatus right now. I don't do challenges as I don't like rules. Not all of us play the same and luckily with Sims 3, there is so much to do and so many worlds including player-made worlds to explore that I'm never bored. If I run out of ideas for one family/story, I move to the next one that I play. A friend made a ghost sim for me recently and his back story prompted one of my current stories that I am playing. I don't generally play EA sims or families but I've added a few of the sims from Midnight Hollow to one of my stories as they had interesting backstories that I wanted to incorporate into my original story. As @Nikkei_Simmer suggested look at the "what happened..." thread or pop into sims 3 creative corner and look at some of the story threads there. Most of all, have fun whatever you decide to do. Happy Simming.
The Cowboy and the Mermaid
2. Take your novel idea and play it out in The Sims instead.
3. Combine the two into some unholy monster but it's fun, take it from me.
outrun / blog / tunglr
This is a good idea. Maybe I will give it a try. I will say the premade sims are more interesting lol. But thanks so much. Maybe I could play them or add a sim to fit those stories.
I'll give those a try. I'm fine with watching sims 3 videos and tutorials. As for the badges, I've noticed I haven't gotten any. lately. I wonder if I have them unchecked or something. It may be fun to try them out though.
That's what I've been doing. I watch some videos of peoples' games and hope to get an idea of my own. It's just my sims aren't the most interesting people in the world, but may I lack imagination. I've seen posts on here. where people make some amazing sims.
Well I've watched players like lilsimie and have even read some stories for the sims 3 and I found them to be a fun read. I know with sims storytelling is limit, but their are those who plays a certain way and are telling a story. I just want an interesting sim and maybe try out new things. I am like you though. I like building a family and all that. Problem is though, it doesn't like long for some reason. One of my longest files was a guy who adopted two kids and was married to a musician. It was my longest and funnest gameplay.
Thanks! I've done that from time to time, but only a glimpse. I try to take a better look.
This is what I'd like to do, but sadly it's difficult for me. Either I don't stick with the sim because they are too boring or the story isn't interesting enough. Honestly, maybe I'll create a bad sim and see how things go. That would be a new style of gameplay. As for the looks, I don't create the most interesting looking sims. Even in sims 4, my sims often looked the same or too generic. Still, unlike sims 4, there is a lot to do in the sims 3. I just have to find it .
That does sound a lot of fun. I know a lot of people like causing mayhem in sims. It can be fun. Maybe I'll give it a shot. Thanks !
I don't mind challenges. In fact, I did one last year with the runaway teen challenge. It was fun. Used nrass on the game that helped my teen move out. When with a premade sim as well in Sunset Valley. Sadly i stopped. Didn't even get to my second kid. Maybe I will try again.
outrun / blog / tunglr
- A Sims 3 Legacy Challenge.
They were all playing musical chairs trying to get on the benches for a nap, same waiting in turn to roast something at the fire pit or trying to fish for something in the pond to roast. As there were no showers they were constantly running in and out of the water sprinkler but they were all autonomously cycling back and forth to the local sunset valley park for a pee and a shower-)
Although I don't like to hurt my sims or allow them to die this was an experiment into what they would do for themselves if I left them alone and it had some surprising results.
The father had the fishing trait so he went all over the map of his own accord fishing constantly. he also had the klepto trait so he would visit people at their homes and swipe things all the time.
The mother stayed at home apart from travelling to the park for a pee and a shower. she obviously enjoyed harvesting and fishing for what she could and I felt sorry for her in the end so I gave her a cheap barbecue because it was clear she wanted to serve food to the rest of the family even if they did eat it sitting on benches on their knees-)
The teens often skipped of to other teens homes after school and when I followed them they would pee, shower and eat of their own accord in these houses lol
The nights were the worse when they would all rush to get on the benches and there would be 4 of them left over screaming and stomping because there was nowhere to nap so eventually I gave them a tent-)
In this experiment they did not allow themselves to die and went to quite some lengths on their own to get their needs met.
I eventually rewarded them with a small properly built house where they lived happily ever after
The rules are as follows. https://cuckoolegacy.wordpress.com/2015/11/13/new-isbi-rules-what-fun/
It also helps if your brain completely takes a long walk off a short pier (like mine frequently does - just ask my wife @Featherbelle ). For example:
Chapter Three - Arguing with Toilets and Other Inanities
Meanwhile, Jen was busy berating the toilet; no, I don’t know what it did to 🐸🐸🐸🐸 Jen off. But considering the fact that it has to sit there and take 🐸🐸🐸🐸 from everyone…
Of course, that didn’t make Haruo or Tosh very happy since they both had to use the toilet and Jen was in their way making sure that the toilet knew just exactly what a piece of feces-eating plumbing that it was.
Evidently the line-up eventually got to move since Jen finally got tired of criticizing the toilet’s eating habits.
Yeah...let's just say that some of the commentary can get exceedingly hilarious if you do an ISBI.
Always "River McIrish" ...and maybe some Bebe Hart. ~innocent expression~
just hahahaha hilarious lol thanks for posting I will take a further look at the link you posted later
My wife tells me I've got a weird sense of humor. Especially when I start writing ISBIs.
I tend to look at things rather on a skewed angle and run with it. If I could crack jokes way faster, I'd be a comedian.
Always "River McIrish" ...and maybe some Bebe Hart. ~innocent expression~