Chat Time (Sims 3)

My favourite sim in my household is my heir, because she does interesting stuff (like the firefighter career, exploring tombs and getting kids). Emotionally she's not one of my favourite sims, I can't say I feel overly connected to her. She's a bit too perfect for that. I always have a weak spot for people with weaknesses so I often play those, which is why I decided to make her a stable, strong and straightforward kind of person for a change. Her only weakness so far is getting pregnant unplanned twice, from men she isn't in love with even. Which is a bit unlike her because she's a planner. I like teasing my sims :p

p.s. Since chatting and elaborating is one of the goals of this topic, I'll just repeat the same question for others.

Describe your favorite sim in your current household

I think Simon, My current 'heirs' oldest child. He's a genius, and barely being halfway the child stage he already has level 5 logic - he can teach children his own age - which may have something to do with the fact the lifespan for children in my game is 36 days. (Actually 37 because the slider didn't want to to work properly but another lifestage has a day less than it should to balance it out) but I can see him a bit as a know-it-all and perfectionist. A bit of a snob, too, which isn't illogicla as he basically grew up as the son of one of the richest and most famous sims in town and lives in Hidden Spring's rich zone. He's also very social (having three friends already) which is unlike my other (male) sims- they're mostly kind of loners.
Oh, and he's good looking too.

You may still answer this question, but maybe an extra one to spice things up: What's a kind of sim (looks, personality etc.) you would never play with, or don't really 'dare' to play with?

My favorite sim in my current household is the teenage son, Nikolas. He's an only child and a witch. He likes to paint and I plan to get him to learn alchemy. I usually get attached to sims born in-game the most, as he was.

I don't like playing evil sims. I don't like evilness in Sims or real life. I also don't play sims that hate children because I like my sims to have at least one kid to continue playing with after the parents die.

My favorite household right now is Mr and Misses Claus, they adopt new kids every once and a while and I give them Elf-like names such as Mistletoe. They also have horses with names such as Prancer and Cupid.

I never go to the future with my sims yet I own the pack. I don't know why I got it, maybe I'll try it later today if I'm not busy building houses.

Question: Do you make your households/sims with a intentional backstory and/or purpose or do you just make it up as you go?

Santa going to the future?! Never thought that'd happen!

Question 1:
I've been playing two different main family's for 2 separate pet related challenges; The Wyseheart-Lande family and The Nikiforov family. But right now my favorite Sim would have to be from the Wyseheart-Lande family. My Sim Terrwynn's daughters' Imaginary Friend, Florian. When she brought him to life he turned out to be a really handsome Sim. He loves reading and painting but has also shown an interest in fitness and athletics.
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He has also shown a surprising side and started dating Terrwynn's son, my chosen Heir, Viktor. I didnt know that they could choose their orientation on their own. I'm super happy about it. It makes it easier to find Viktor a mate when he takes over for his mother and stepfather.
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Viktor is a shy boy who absolutely loves painting. Every chance he gets he is at an easel. He has beautiful slate blue eyes and midnight black hair. I'm looking forward to the children they have/adopt later in my legacy.
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When I finally get the chance to return to the Wyseheart family I'm looking forward to seeing where this relationship between Florian and Viktor will take them and how their family will support their decisions. I love playing generational/legacy saves.

Question 2:
I've never really encountered any type of Sim I dont like playing with thought that being said, I cannot stand slob, lazy or werewolf Sims. Werewolves to a degree I can tolerate but Sims with the Slob and Lazy traits drive me crazy. I had one family with a Sim who had those traits and my poor Farmer girl she had a really hard time keeping up with the house work, gardening, writing and just cleaning in general. Eventually I felt sorry for her and kicked him out.

Question 3:
There are times where I will make a intentional backstory for my Sims but most of the time when I play, I follow the screenshots I take and develop the storyline around them as I go. Keeps things interesting since even I as the 'Watcher' dont know where the story will go. I love going through my screenshots and looking for the ones that will make the most impact in the story I'm trying to tell. It keeps it fun and my readers engaged.

Here's my 2 Questions:

Out of all the official worlds for the Sims 3, is there one in particular that you always find yourself going back to when starting a new save? And what would be your all-time favorite world out of them all?

@ElijahsBabyGurl9 I don't normally play with imaginary friends or gay sims. However, I once played Nervous Subject in Midnight Hollow and, as a teen, he was attracted to James Doe.

Question 3: I mostly form stories based on my sims' wishes and interactions. Nikolas's dad got a wish to divorce his mom, so I had him catch her cheating on him, then fulfilled the wish. Nikolas got rejected by his good friend/crush and lost a friend simultaneously; Idk where to take the story now.

@PatienceTheVirtue I don't have the pack so I don't go to the future either, however, to answer your question, yes and no.
I like my games to start off with a sandbox so I started bringing in roommates/ siblings at the beginning and let them plan it out. But I do set certain milestones for them (like I want my sim to get into her career first so that when she makes her babies she gets more money from her paid vacation... I'm a schemer)
But if my sims wish to go start their family off first then I let them take the wheel. I always have this plan in mind that when they finally get rich, I'll have a lazy sim who'll spend all the money on spa retreats until they're flat broke (but I don't have the heart to do it)
My questions
1. Do you guys use base game families, or do you fill your neighborhood with custom-made families?
2. Do you add families to your neighborhood for the sake of your current family (like, you want your sim to have a best friend or potential mate)
3. Do you force your sim to another even though they weren't attracted to the sim at the beginning?
4. Do you ever break up a family because your sim is attracted to a married sim?

To answer @T_Mari
1. I use base game families because I don't want to put in the extra effort to empty and refill the town.
2. Not always, just at the beginning of the game so there are more "options" for my starting sim. I'm currently on generation 2 and I'm trying to set up Nikolas with a premade in Moonlight Falls. Wait a sec. @CravenLestat You're the female sim expert. Name some attractive girls in Moonlight Falls for Nikolas.
3. Only sometimes. Often, they get rejected by sims without attraction anyways. However, lately it's been making no difference. My 2 attracted sims divorced and their son got rejected by his crush.
4. No, but I might since I just recently got into drama. Hubert has a thing going on with Miriam, who's married and has a family. >:) I'll have to go over to Miriam's household to see who she likes better.

@T_Mari Good questions!

1. Honestly I don't like base game families a lot of the time, I always feel the need to give them massive makeovers. Some of the newer families aren't so bad, but when it comes to populating my own worlds from scratch I rarely use the "classic" families.
2. Yes I do. I like to make lots of characters from my favorite shows, movies, or stories, and even some from my own works, so I tend to add them into my game and befriend them.
3. Not really? I've never thought about it to be honest. A lot of the time my long term households have mates crafted just for them, so it's never been much of an issue. The only sim that pursued an uninterested sim was my gold digger sim. She usually gets that money.
4. Normally no, I try to keep sims faithful, the exception is again, the gold digger sim. Most of the wealthy sims are married, so how is she supposed to become the new wife, get the money, and then kill her husband for the house and the cash without making him single? She can't!

Some questions I have for others:

1. What is your favorite world and why?

2. What expansion pack do you feel improved your gameplay the most? What feature was most important?

3. What is the largest family you've ever had?