I thought it would be interesting to introduce, in a new expansion pack, the ability to create Hippies Sims. There may be new traits such as "voluntary simplicity" (Sims who have this trait must live with few resources and few items), new actions like "meditation", alone or with a group, etc). Being a Hippie could become a profession (bringing people together, creating community gardens, do activism at the Town Hall, to be a farmer, etc).
I found the idea interesting, it follows the character traits "Eco-Friendly" and "Vegetarian".
The Sims could relive 1960's free love!
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But I also think they should have some other traits:
anti-establishment
free-spirited
open relationship
Possibly add career:
folk singer
green science
I agree, the rep and jealousy should be fixed.
Could there be other "groups" as well, sort of of like the Sims 2 teen stuff pack? Goths, hippies, nerds etc. The kind of people Twallan make in his mods.
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No matter how much I like this idea, I find it very hard to imagine people like these being anywhere close to compatible with commercialism ... Pete Townshend included ... It would be pretty ironic at its best ...
Anyway, I'd suggest to simmers interested in this to see the Woodstock movie and maybe pull some ideas from it.
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beatniks came well before the 60s my friend
If people want the '60s back, first they should answer - pre-1965 (beatniks and mods) that started "who knows when", 1965 - 1967, 1967 - 1969 (Monterey - Altamont) or 1969 - 1977? I guess it's the 1967+ most of them have in mind ...
Different classes would have access to different interactions, careers, clothes, traits, and so on. Towns would also be organized roughly according to social class.
This would unlock interesting new gameplay, because you could start out as low class and then gradually try to work your way up to a higher class. And you could attempt to jump ahead to a different class by, for example, splurging on a really expensive set of clothes (and hoping that no one notices you're actually just a vagrant in disguise).
They started doing this with Apartment Life in TS2, and I think if they really expand the idea it could be very interesting.
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