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Middle names
Lufferkinzify
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How about, in The Sims 4, an option for your sim to have a middle name? This was something I've wanted implemented since the first Sims game.
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I like the idea. It'd be a fun little tid bit.
No this wouldn't affect gameplay really but it would affect our gameplay experience being able to give middle names or longer names.
I think going a little off topic, it would be interesting to be able to choose how the last name works out for newlyweds. Currently whoever initiates marriage is the one that keeps their last name. Its kind of weird when you have a female propose, because the man doesn't live with her so therefore she has to do everything, and the last name continues to be hers and the guy changes his last name to match the female. That's not the way it normally works in rl. I think a box should appear asking to keep your active sim's last name, take spouses, or hyphen the last names should appear.
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Someone suggested this and its a very simple idea to implant in the game. Like we have in the sims 3 where in create-a-sim you choose first: last: We could have middle name next to first.
It wouldn't be "pointless", because at least one person asked for it. Therefore, it has a point- to satisfy one's request.
Two reasons why middle names, in real life, are not pointless:
Middle names also distinguish between real life people with the same first and last names.
Middle names are sometimes used to show respect to other, usually older, family members.
When you really think about it, it's really no more "pointless" than a last name, or even, and this is a stretch, a first name. We could just call other people "you" and "you." Middle names, just like first names and last names, add uniqueness to a person.
Whether you think, or whether they are, pointless or not, they still exist. Because they exist, that is reason enough to add them to this game.
Think about the "favorite color" option. It has no in game effect that I've seen, but it's still there.
Like Elizabeth but you are called Libby by family or close friends
And if you get grounded your parents will call you Elizabeth! My kids get there full name when in the bad books but we use nicknames most of the time.
My daughter is bebop and my son is toad! To my family his name is shorten from Tayler to Tay.
Yes! I do like the idea of nicknames.
By the by, I love the way you spell "Tayler".