May 18 - Inside Maxis Livestream

"dearie_blossom;c-17883783" wrote:

"Atreya33;c-17883692" wrote:

"alanmichael1;c-17883369" wrote:

"Starfree;c-17883364" wrote:

"Holiday;c-17883225" wrote:
Pronouns!

I hope they make the non-binary designatoons optional

I'm really curious how they will do this in German.

Same here. I have no idea how this will be adressed in my language, Dutch. I just hope this doesn't mess up the translations.

"LeGardePourpre;c-17883390" wrote:
The most of time the sims are called by their name.

Perhaps he or she is not used as much but what about his/her in the same sentence? Sometimes even job titles get split up in male and female versions in translations. Just like Lord and lady of the knits in English. How will those be handled? Not everything is solved by using the name of the sim.

Also articles, e.g. in German
- Der Wissenschaftler = The male scientist
- Die Wissenschaftlerin = The female scientist

I really don’t see how they could implement a gender neutral option or even neopronouns without it sounding like Google Translate gone wrong OR they messing it up real time and enforcing the >>Generische Maskulinum<< which is a huge controversy in Germany right now, i.e. historically only using the male form and telling women to suck it up and *feel* included. Companies and universities are getting rid of it and Maxis would shoot themselves in the foot if they added it.

I think it's too late in the game, (7 years in?), and if it isn't easy will take up all the funds that Simmers want for more gameplay. They'll have to deal with it in Sims 5. I'd rather they apologized and it's not possible for this iteration.