I'm going to give this one a try as I'm bored with the game, but not so bored I want to invest in a Legacy. I just wanted to add to the discussion that one week into my game I accidentally found a "cheat" of sorts. I have the new expansion Get Together and discovered that I could join a club without leaving the house. This gave me friends and really reduced the challenge level because now I have people to phone up and my social levels are easily maintained doing that. I think I'll continue on, but thought you might want to make a judgement about using clubs for future players. I don't know yet if I will be kicked out of a club after a while for never meeting up with them and participating in activities...? It also seems like it would *really* be cheating to create my own club to get even more friends or join multiple clubs at a time. I'm going to stick with the three people I gained from my mistake.