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What's your worst Simming habit?
GrijzePilion
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Look at that, I've finally come up with something interesting to discuss. What's your worst Simming habit, the one thing you keep doing despite knowing it's going to get in your way later? Surely we all have one.
Mine is actually that I always record my gameplay with Fraps, so that I can use it later or just look at it, but I keep playing music in the background. And it's not bad music, so that's not the problem at all, but it does kinda ruin the gameplay and I can forget about putting it up on YouTube.
And even if I do put it up, in case the copyright's all clear or whatever, people will probably question why everything I listen to is so old.
Mine is actually that I always record my gameplay with Fraps, so that I can use it later or just look at it, but I keep playing music in the background. And it's not bad music, so that's not the problem at all, but it does kinda ruin the gameplay and I can forget about putting it up on YouTube.
And even if I do put it up, in case the copyright's all clear or whatever, people will probably question why everything I listen to is so old.
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Out of game probably a mix of junk binges, losing track of time so being late to get my sister from work and getting distracted by sims groups on facebook LOL
Now up to baby number 64!
But I only play during the weekends now, so this problem is now very rare.
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Also, I sit in bed with my tablet each morning to browse the forums and sometimes get so engrossed that I am nearly late for work
(lol, reading through this topic is fun)
Me at 3am: "I should really start winding down for bed. I'll just watch an episode or two of something on Netflix"
Me at 3:01am: "Well, I mean, I guess while I watch Netflix I could just play my game for a bit..."
Me at 6:30am: "Is that the sun coming up? Yikes, guess I should go to sleep now."
(okay I'm not usually *that* bad. I've done that twice this week though, literally 6:30am. Oops. And I definitely have issues with staying up too late to play on a very regular basis)
In fact, as I type this (at 2am) I'm thinking I should go put on Netflix in my room and drag my laptop with me so I can get some simming in. Even though I have to be up early-ish (for me, anyway) to meet a friend. Oh well. At least it's not work or something where I should be rested enough to be functional, lol.
I know your pain. My main Sim has 26 Everyday outfits, and I create or change a new one nearly every session. And no laundry for her, because that would be impossible to keep up with. I did put a little framed picture of a washing machine right where the real thing would otherwise go.
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Why they made this so difficult is a mystery to me.
1. Painting the staircase like the rest of the room (you know its that default wall paint otherwise)
2. Putting outdoor lights up
3. Putting in a bin
I also struggle doing one thing at a time when building, because I see or think of something else, go do that, something else, then forget what I was doing in the first place. So a house or community lot that could have taken an hour if done in some kind of order ends up taking two or three. I just get too excited!
I mean I think up an idea, I start with good intentions - "oh I'll reach generation 10 with this save", I create, I play for a month or a few. And then I think of another idea, "ooh a Farmer who is so busy looking after the crops he neglects his family and so his children go off the rails". And I then start a new game with the intention of going back to the older save at some point. But I never do - cause whilst playing the new game, I get another idea - hence why I've had Sims living in a carrot and, like already said, currently in a tree
Its a cycle that never ends!
I honestly rarely even reach a 2nd generation, only once have I gone further than two and that was rather extreme - it was for Midnight Sun challenge and I hit 10 generations. Still in shock over that
Also on the rare occasion where my founder Sim reaches Elder before I get a "new idea" I normally end up starting a fresh game anyway - I get attached and can't let them die
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Having my female Sims cheat with other female Sims.
Sometimes my Sim is single going for a married female. Sometimes (like tonight) both are married. I'm playing Susan Wainwright going for Morgana Wolff. Boyd meanwhile is at a party hosted by (surprisingly) Blair Wainwright.
To be honest, I don't have any problems with g/les type storylines. It's not MY (RL) lifestyle, but I do have friends that live it.
Nuff said.
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I chain smoke when playing because I forget I started one. I start the dishes but forget to finish them. I stay up too late. I obsess over the game when I'm not playing it and think about it when I'm trying to sleep. Projects I plan on are often pushed to the back burner in favour of playing this game.
Every sim gardens and makes nectar at some point. Every family must have a minimum of 2 boys before I'll let the parents age--this can lead to some outrageously large families. Every colour in every household must be a specific colour with a contrasting colour at the other end of the spectrum related to the sim's favourite colours. If they're married or living with someone, it becomes more complex. They always eat their favourite food for dinner. I keep obsessive logbooks and databases outside of the game to keep track of far too many details.
I'm often not sure if I'm playing for fun or for business. I often wonder if there's an anonymous group I can join to help me fight my addiction. SA? (Simmers Anonymous)? But would I ever admit to such a problem if it were meant to discourage me from playing? Most likely not. I don't want to quit.
Not yet.
I do this waaaaaay too much. I constantly pause and unpause my game to micromanager everytrhing.
I just realized another I do. I start up alot of households or create house holds with a great idea in mind.... and then forget about them. I'm ADD, so maybe thats part of it.