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pinmat135's avatar
pinmat135
5 years ago

Skiing/Snowboarding Seasons Update: Instructor Career

In the community survey a while back, there was a section about winter sports being added to Seasons, right? Well, as a skier myself, I of course put Skiing very high on my list (and Snowboarding, too, since they're similar). Today I was skiing and thinking about what it would be like to be a ski instructor when I thought... why couldn't we add that to the Sims 4?

It would be a very, very unique career. You would pick between Ski Instructor or Snowboard Instructor branches when first joining it. It would only be available for, say, the last 2/7 of Fall, all of Winter, and the first maybe 3/7 of Spring. It would be a full-time career, but it wouldn't pay much (mirroring reality, and also making up for the bonuses below)... BUT LOOK AT ALL THE BONUSES YOU WOULD GET:


  • Fills fun need (yes, it fills fun need, you read that right) while at work
  • Gains Ski/Snowboard Skill, depending on the branch (of course they'd be skills, come on), at an increased rate (teaching is the best way to learn) while at work
  • Unlocks could be new tricks, ski/snowboard patterns (like how Bowling Skill unlocks new bowling ball patterns), etc.


What do y'all think?
  • bradygalaxy's avatar
    bradygalaxy
    5 years ago
    I feel like the filling of the fun meter would be a reason to join it alone! But I think that it would work better as a part time career. With reduced pay as you said, I feel it would belong more with part time careers. And since it's a limited time career (fall, winter, spring), that's another reason why it would fit better as a part time career. Awesome idea though!
  • NationalPokedex's avatar
    NationalPokedex
    5 years ago
    I actually had a thought yesterday that there should be lots of instructor type roles for various activities in the games and ones that could potentially be added. Like swimming, dance, instrument specific - piano, violin etc..
  • Rami_Samii's avatar
    Rami_Samii
    New Spectator
    5 years ago
    Definitely would be all for this. I'd love to have Sims participate, and would be super interesting in an instructor career.
  • RememberJoy's avatar
    RememberJoy
    Seasoned Novice
    5 years ago
    My impression was the winter activities we voted for were for an upcoming expansion, not something they we're adding to seasons. I'm thinking it's going to be an Alpine resort world, and a sking instructor career could fit nicely in such a pack.
  • SEREFRAS's avatar
    SEREFRAS
    Seasoned Veteran
    5 years ago
    I really hope we get a Swissland World with a resort and a winter sprite fairy sim.
  • g01denswan's avatar
    g01denswan
    Seasoned Observer
    5 years ago
    I'd prefer that they spent the resources on more snow sports/activities and resort building/owning/management instead. We already have so many careers, but not many fun sports/activities.

    Also, I'm pretty sure that the survey was for a separate EP and not for expanding Seasons.
  • pinmat135's avatar
    pinmat135
    5 years ago
    @BradyGalaxy That makes sense. I called it a full-time career because as far as I'm aware it has that kind of hours IRL.

    @NationalPokedex @RamiSamii @SERVERFRA Thanks! I definitely agree.

    @RememberJoy @g01denswan After thinking back to the survey... yeah, you're right. It definitely does seem like it's for a new EP/GP. But I kinda assumed it was for Seasons considering that it talked about Winter and Seasons in the description of that part of the survey...

    I definitely want an Alpine Resort world. Maybe it could be based off Vail! (Biggest ski resort in NA. I go there once a year to ski. It's really awesome!)

    I agree, the skiing/snowboarding system itself would have to be great, but then again, the career wouldn't be super amazing if it didn't have a good system... I mean, sure, you'd still fill Fun Need, but it wouldn't be that great otherwise.
  • ChampandGirlie's avatar
    ChampandGirlie
    New Spectator
    5 years ago
    I would be open to this. As mentioned above, I am guessing that a deep snow/winter vacation world or residential world will happen. I'd be interested. A ski/snowboard career would make sense with that.

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