Micro managing. It has to stop. Building all new lots for my world, re-doing all the pre-mades hair outfits and make up because honestly, it gets old seeing the same faces in the same clothes around all the time....and after that, playing the family for ten minutes finding something new and shiny to do on the forums and leaving the entire thing in the dust! I drive myself insane with it. At the moment I'm trying to get an island Sim pregnant with Father Winters Baby because I want to do the super sim challenge. It isn't going to happen, she's too nice a sim to be playing around with dirty old men that lure you into relationships by giving you presents and breaking into your house at Winterfest. Oh and I need to play more mean and evil sims, I never used to, I liked a happy utopia, but I made Mila Munch into a kid again and decided she was family orientated because her mum was really mean. The fun I had with that Sim took over the same and the whole plan went out of the window, leaving poor Mila in the dust!
1. Making weird family trees and having a world made up of like 3 bloodlines. 2. Killing off adult / elder Sims as soon as their kids can take care of themselves and have their own kids. 3. Kicking out the spares to their uncle/aunt's houses as soon as they age up beyond toddler/teen.
Focusing too much on their careers. Not everyone is a high-flyer.
Was definitely an issue for me early on in the game. Would get so into the 9 to 5 that going out for fun would barely happen. Nowadays I enjoy earning simoleons through other means. I miss out on career rewards, but that's a small price to pay to discover so much more in the game.
Using cheats. I know, I know, it takes away from the challenges; but sometimes I want to tell a story that doesn't include the rags to riches challenges or at least not the whole game. Like one story was this Sim came from a wealthy family; but she had to get married and have a heir or she would be cut off and not inherit the house, etc...
I also never played a real legacy as I have a habit deleting a game and staring over with each new pack or if something doesn't turn out how I want it. I need to stop doing that and probably will once Realm of Magic and University is released (mainly waiting for witches so my magic sims can feel whole/complete).
I always have more kids then I intend to- and more than I want. One time, I had 5 kids at once that I had to send twin toddlers to go live with their uncle until could get my crap together.
I keep making new sims with backstories and future plans to have them stay single or try out serial dating aspirations etc. but as soon as this sim falls in love I abandon all my plans and have them start a family. Suddenly I'm playing the family life with way too many kids. 10/10 always happens!
I keep starting new saves. There was a point when I had over 100 saves until I realized that I need to get rid of a lot of them. Now I still have about 30-40 saves and I miss some of those that I deleted. All of my Sims have a garden. My favorite thing on Sims is gardening and I can't seem to play without at least few planters. I also start a lot of challenges, but never seem to be able to finish them and I change them to just a regular play after a while. 100 baby challenge is the only one that I seem to not get bored with.
I avoid playing what I consider difficult aspirations and careers. I have procrastinated at playing Jungle Adventure, Get Famous and Island Living. Why? Because I can't seem to be able to wrap my mind around what it takes to play them.
I keep making new sims with backstories and future plans to have them stay single or try out serial dating aspirations etc. but as soon as this sim falls in love I abandon all my plans and have them start a family. Suddenly I'm playing the family life with way too many kids. 10/10 always happens!
this describes me exactly. one time i wrote out a whole background story for my sim before even making her, and then none of it ever actually came into play.
Having little glitchy things in my game caused by cc, and instead of taking the time to try to find out which cc is causing the glitch, I just go download a bunch more cc.
On EA forum Stories and Legacies board and on QueenOfMyshuno.tumblr.com
I start by making friends, be social, go to clubs and party... Then I always end up focusing exclusively on the family and never leaving the house until friends and family of origins forget about my sims entirely.... doesn't help that I use all the weapons in my arsenal to keep visitors away (lot traits, cowplants and mods)
-Making all of my sims look the same
-Giving my sims the same traits. Even with the trait randomizer I usually randomize until I get traits that I want. The most I've branched out was having an unflirty sim and even then I don't consider that a bad trait like some others do. She just wasn't focused on romance like all my other sims
-Making all of my sims find "the one" as soon as possible and never having them date anyone else. I love romance in this game way too much for someone who isn't very romantic irl.
-Never having my sims socialize. Usually their only friends end up being their siblings and their significant others.
-Turning autonomy off and micromanaging everyone
Two sims in the same room on computers, one starts talking to the other repeatedly even after stopping them, they are back at it 45 sim minutes later, it happens like clockwork without fail.
Same with a sim cooking with the inspired trait, someone comes up and distracts them.
in both occasions it slow any progress they make on their own projects to a crawl.
My Sims often end up glitched because of some unfixed bug. Like, right now, my Don is displaying the behavior of two fame quirks he no longer has. Thanks a lot, Maxis. Because that takes away a lot of the fun.
Things that I myself is blame for are kids, for instance. It's funny to expect kids, but when they are there, I usually regret the whole thing.
Also, a lot of the things other people describe here, also happens to me.
Origin ID: Nindigo79
A smile is the prettiest thing you can wear
Time enjoyed is never time wasted
I have a big rotation, and most of my families/ households are fairly different as far as jobs and living conditions go. I get attached to my sims though and have aging off and rarely turn it on.... there is always the next expansion, gamepack or stuff pack I want them to be able to experience... lol. And because I do not play each family equally some have high skills in a lot of things. Also I tend to make sure most (at least the cook in the family) of my sims watch the cooking channel on tv till it is maxed.
Most of these I'm guilty of too. My main problem is traits, there are some I can't seem to do without like, Loves Outdoors, Creative, neat, all nicey, nicey sims and can be boring, but I do it over and over...gah! But there are just some traits I've tried and hated, active? I have to fight them tooth and nail to keep them from exercising just not worth it. I need to get my sims out of Utopia and start mistreating them, lol. Too often they are very happy, I even had a sim jump up and kick his heels together...I knew then I'd have to change up my playing.
In my house, dog hair sticks to everything but the dog.
I have to curtail restarting a game save from scratch just because I want my Sims to experience a new pack from the beginning. At least this go-around, I'm restarting my Global Superstar to try a few different strategies to get him noticed by the Accolades. And, after quite some time I'm finally back playing with my Ancestral game save, which meant I had to restart. Plus, we now have the off-the-grid lot trait, which makes 18th century living a tad more realistic.
Building extensive living and activity areas in the basement because I don't feel like making or getting a larger house to have these areas above ground.
Comments
2. Killing off adult / elder Sims as soon as their kids can take care of themselves and have their own kids.
3. Kicking out the spares to their uncle/aunt's houses as soon as they age up beyond toddler/teen.
I have issues.
Was definitely an issue for me early on in the game. Would get so into the 9 to 5 that going out for fun would barely happen. Nowadays I enjoy earning simoleons through other means. I miss out on career rewards, but that's a small price to pay to discover so much more in the game.
I also never played a real legacy as I have a habit deleting a game and staring over with each new pack or if something doesn't turn out how I want it. I need to stop doing that and probably will once Realm of Magic and University is released (mainly waiting for witches so my magic sims can feel whole/complete).
Lets make this a reality!
My Families Via PlumTree App
(◡‿◡✿)
All of my Sims have a garden. My favorite thing on Sims is gardening and I can't seem to play without at least few planters.
I also start a lot of challenges, but never seem to be able to finish them and I change them to just a regular play after a while. 100 baby challenge is the only one that I seem to not get bored with.
this describes me exactly. one time i wrote out a whole background story for my sim before even making her, and then none of it ever actually came into play.
On EA forum Stories and Legacies board and on QueenOfMyshuno.tumblr.com
-Giving my sims the same traits. Even with the trait randomizer I usually randomize until I get traits that I want. The most I've branched out was having an unflirty sim and even then I don't consider that a bad trait like some others do. She just wasn't focused on romance like all my other sims
-Making all of my sims find "the one" as soon as possible and never having them date anyone else. I love romance in this game way too much for someone who isn't very romantic irl.
-Never having my sims socialize. Usually their only friends end up being their siblings and their significant others.
-Turning autonomy off and micromanaging everyone
https://www.theplumtreeapp.com/public/616a83a072616b1d18fb3268
Same with a sim cooking with the inspired trait, someone comes up and distracts them.
in both occasions it slow any progress they make on their own projects to a crawl.
Things that I myself is blame for are kids, for instance. It's funny to expect kids, but when they are there, I usually regret the whole thing.
Also, a lot of the things other people describe here, also happens to me.
A smile is the prettiest thing you can wear
Time enjoyed is never time wasted
http://www.getfreeebooks.com/star-trek-original-series-fan-fiction-trilogy/
Or maybe I'm a bunkerphile idk.