Writin_Reg wrote:
BKoneill,
I never shut off any of the sims and enjoy all the different types.(I don't care for the zombies though, but seeing they are not a creature but my sims neighbors, guess I am stuck with those); But seeing MV is European/Mediterranean I really couldn't see any place actually more fitting for the creatures as our oldest stories and tales of "beings" actually have European beginnings - long before they were remotely an American phenom. But then I look at life through the eyes of a writer, so I have been strongly influenced since childhood from books almost exclusively of European origin. So that is partly my view, as I surely associate Witches, Fairies, and Vampires as European - zombies as Haitan, Genies as Middleeastern. Maybe the aliens is more Americanized - but the rest is most definitely European. And speaking of Twilight - if we are to go there, the oldest vampires - the Voltare's home port was Italy and before that France. But regardless you should play your game the way you want it to be and not at all as others think it should be. I actually like everyones pictures and stories so far anyway. But it really should be your choice, as we all play the way we do for many reasons. I just have been a long time reader of very old books - so that is my biggest influence.
Thank you for both responding and explaining your reasoning, I honestly hadn't thought of supernaturals in terms of their literary roots and now I can see a very clear place for them in MV. You're absolutely right about everyone's playing style being different, I just wanted to know what some of them were for this particular world. I'm very new to actually posting on the forums so I'm still feeling my way as to the best way to interact and utilize the community of fellow simmers, and after 12 years of pretty heavy play I'm always trying to discover new angles to explore. I think in terms of Monte Vista I'll end up having two versions: the one I've already set up and started playing as purely human (I have a mod that eliminates those pesky zombies), and a fresh one populated with supernaturals and humans. That way I get the best of both worlds and capitalize on the ability to have several copies of the same base world. Thanks again for the inspiration!! :mrgreen:
