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Relationships that aren’t family or romance related
QueenofMyshuno
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So much gameplay is focused on either pairing sims up for a romantic relationship or having the paired up sims have a family. I’m interested to hear about other types of relationships you concentrate on in your game.
Do you have best friends? teen study groups? mentors and mentees? bitter enemies? political alliances? coworkers who go to lunch together? “juicers” who like to drink together?
Tell me about your sims’ non-romantic, non-familial social connections.
Do you have best friends? teen study groups? mentors and mentees? bitter enemies? political alliances? coworkers who go to lunch together? “juicers” who like to drink together?
Tell me about your sims’ non-romantic, non-familial social connections.
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My currently fave Sim (in avatar) has a fine dining club called Dinner Guests. He has formed some friendships in San Myshuno and with GalacticGal's Cantrell family some of whom are part of his exclusives only club. Furthermore, I enjoy having him visit the Bheeda's and help out with their toddler, Jason (who is insanely cute) - he is friends with him as well. Also, he has the fresh chef trait and so shows up to cook for his friends at their homes. Guess I've made him a very likable guy
His adoptive (by kidnapping) son also runs a club (The Little Citizens) for townie kids. Having the Social Butterfly aspiration, he will at some point make friends with them once they've hung out enough times.
With Amari and Ayaan, I'm actually trying to focus on anything but romance and the usual family scenario 'cause it gets old and cliché. Ayaan is a kid I saw on the streets by himself pretty often and just fell for his cute face and felt peeved he was always alone at festivals and such. I checked in household management and felt that his supposed dad was...expendable, in my eyes. I deleted the dad and moved Ayaan in with Amari instead.
Hmm, is anyone having a Sim with a friendship with a stray cat or dog?
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I do use the clubs though I need to keep those more active. In Strangerville, I seem to have more people that are friends. I guess that is because it is a small town with fewer outsiders. I tend to keep them socializing with other people in the town. There's more of a need to make a good friend because they don't go to meet random people as much. They do go to Oasis Springs for community lots like the gym and a diner but that's still a special treat. Anyway, I have some best friends there. One moved into the trailer near the other. I also recently played the hippie commune in the fancier neighborhood and that seems to be more of a household of friends, at least right now.
I agree that while I want an overhaul to romance, I also want plenty to do beyond that. I'm not just playing romantic sims or family sims. It's kind of more of a variety. I know there's a politics track but I'm actually getting to the point where I want a system of government over all of them. I do kind of simulate that. There are local laws and overarching laws.
Yes, club members totally count!
That sounds interesting. I would love to hear some of your laws or anything else you want to share about your government system. I like it when people do stuff like this that makes the world more "real."
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Currently though, my main family's heir is best friends with his buddy from high school. Their wives became friends, too. The four of them watch TV every Friday and go to karaoke bars every Sunday. The wives and their friends also went to the Gym every Wednesday.
OH, and there's a political group. Every important sim from each neighborhood is part of a cabal that controls everything from behind the scenes. Their current leader is Tara Lynx (Catarina Lynx's daughter), who is also the mayor of Brindleton Bay.
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I also have political parties in my game - they are too big for the club system, but they will occasionally require some strong relations between sims within the same party/interest, as there might also be political enemies.
Most relations are still tied to romance though
Possibly, but TS4 isn't the most friendly towards different styles of play where relationships and procreation is the main aspect, and then pass those skills onto their children, the parents die and starts over again.
if i'm going to try something like that, it will be important to set some rules and that can be easily done with MC after some adjustments, in order to make the whole thing easier to take on different playstyles.
I haven't considered a specific playstyle though, but i'm very open to the idea of setting one up though...
hmmm... setting up a mock business surrounding with computers, cubicles, sims working at their desks. The big boss on their cushy computer chair doing a Mr Burns "Excellent!" and in the background the view of San Myshuno city, by use of Diego Lobo's apartments. nice, nice..
hmph! I might give it a go.
I have to pop in here just to thank you for downloading my Cantrell family! Recently, in my own game with them, Louise perished in a fire started by an Arsonist. The family is managing to carry forward with their lives. (So proud of me for not just ditching this save to restart, yet again). Hope they are as zany in your game as I find them to be.
Back on topic, I do try to have my Sims make friends. Especially Brianna, the only daughter. I have her make friends with prospective sisters-in-law. Always helps come holidays and when your Sim might need a family member to babysit …
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If my sims are in active careers I often make them a club or they have friends/coworkers over.
Oh and then there is Johnny Zest... almost always friend-zoned by many in various saves.
Awww, that’s so sweet. Cherish that time together.
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