When I upload sims to the gallery, I like to add little biographies to them, because I find it amusing and like the detail it adds to gameplay. If I can't think of a story for one of my creations, I don't bother uploading. I try writing them in the style of the pre-made sims biographies, a bit of mystery, some humour, totally outlandish and sometimes twisted.
Recently, I had a few requests for certain sims I shared on here as part of an experiment I was doing and shared them right away, but I didn't like that I didn't have a story to go along with it. So I was wondering, do other players ever bother looking at them? Do the bios influence the direction of your stories, or are they just an amusement? Creators, do you give some thought to writing out a bio, or simply don't bother?
I rarely download sims off the gallery because I enjoy creating my own so much, but I do appreciate well-thought-out stories when I come across them. If I like it enough, I might let it dictate the direction of my gameplay.
Do you enjoy character bios on the gallery? 99 votes
Indifferent - I don't mind them
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I don't use MCCC.
still, i like reading what people come up with. i don't like to download sims whose descriptions are just full of hashtags.
I'm pretty sure even I'm guilty of it.
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That's very insightful and actually makes sense. Yeah, if someone's bothered to write one, they've probably put more thought into the whole sim and all their outfits.
Some of the answers here were quite interesting and things I hadn't thought of. As for me, personally, I don't need to have a bio if I download a sim, but I do enjoy reading what others might have written, especially if it's an interesting or amusing one. When I write a bio, I don't expect anyone who downloads my sim to necessarily use it, but hope that maybe they enjoy it and find it amusing or it gives them some new ideas for stories, even if it is with another sim.
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