Community ManagerI have never understood the llama joke in the sims, I guess you would have to have played it from the first iteration, since it does seem like a repeated joke, taking its point from that fact.
@DonroaAkashu , yes from the original Sims you would sometimes call a friend or acquaintance and they might decline your offer to do something because they were too busy and needed to feed their llama.🤣 (There might have been other llama-related jokes or items in TS1, but I don't remember). In TS2's University EP , your mascot would be a llama (the rivals would be a cow) and the mascots would often visit the dorms. There was also a cheer that ended in "Gerbitz! Gerbitz! Vooooooooh Gerbitz!" which meant "Llamas! Llamas! Goooooooo Llamas!"🙌 🥰 So there was always a connection with the Sims and llamas! 🦙
Ah, thank you, that explains it! Then I would shyly and in a whispering tone say that it seems a shameful milking of a joke not belonging to the current game producer, and perhaps something they would need to shelf, since the marketing for this last iteration makes it clear that they don't direct it to an old audience, both in terms of sim's history and age.
@DonroaAkashu , I would not call it a shameful milking of a joke. It is part of the Sims and people like it.🥳 Just like plumb bobs and Bella Goth -- should they get rid of her as well since she was created under a different game producer, or that younger players might consider her an old character?
I've seen other games get rid of beloved characters or themed items and it ends up having a backlash, Take the Animal Crossing series. They got rid of several characters in Animal Crossing New Horizons that older versions of the game had, and people were upset ! They also got rid of a lot of older furniture and people were sad, especially that they got rid of the Froggy Chair!
Since I've never heard of anyone disliking the llamas (though I'm sure there are some people out there who do), I think it is a fun icon to the game! 🦙 Most people respond in a positive manner to the llamas, so it only makes sense to have llama themed items in the game! 🥰
@PugLove888 Yeah, I think some players like it, and others don't. To me, since I haven't played the sims series long enough, the joke which is based on repetition is just repetitious; and I am too old to find a llama with glasses interesting. I am not interested in Bella Goth either, I never did like that series it hints of. And removing is not the same as letting lie. And if it is one thing to be said about what simmers think, it is that they will complain about everything. :D I'm glad you like them! I would wish for a humour based on actual substance and agenda, and not just copying what others have said in the beginning of time.
