People Misuse the Spark'd Challenge
People misuse the Spark'd challenge tag in the gallery. It is possible to report uploads in the gallery, but it feels like that function isn't supposed to be used for Spark'd challenge tag misuse. I ...
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@SqueamishNerd, yes! And it would be a better place if people followed the rules and were more considerate of others.❤️ While a few of these entries just might have been due to hitting the wrong button when uploading 🤭, the vast majority are people who just want their uploads to get noticed so they hijack the Spark'd challenge Gallery! 😠😢 That isn't considerate to the judges, and it isn't considerate to anybody who wants to find, download, and like the challenge entries!
I don't know how EA/Maxis can avoid this, but I do hope they can do something! 🤞 Thanks for bringing this issue up! 😇
@PugLove888 I also think a lot of people want to participate but don’t consider reading all the rules, they just read the summary, which says that it has to be sims who are going to marry or a wedding venue, and that it has to be one of the four(?) themes, they miss a bunch of other rules. For example, when I first saw the challenge I directly thought about making a poly relationship, maybe three sims and the description saying that even though it’s only legal to be two sims in a matrimony, so only two of them could marry, so to everybody at the wedding the third party of this poly relationship acted as if they were just a guest at the wedding, but all three of them live as if all three of them married to each other. But then I read the complete rules where it said that it has to be exactly two sims. If I hadn’t read the complete rules I would’ve been one of those breaking the rules just because I saw the opportunity to make a poly relationship.
@SqueamishNerd, yes, that is a good point too! 💡 Many people don't read the rules or instructions for other aspects of their life, so this would be no different. 😉 But in the case of the 8 sorority members, there was nothing about a wedding and the clothing looked like school uniforms with everybody matching. So at least in this case it wasn't like what you wanted to do, as it was never intended to have anything to do with a wedding. 😞
There are 5 themes : Beach, Jungle, Spooky, Rustic, and Desert/Casino. I entered one couple for each category. I also entered a wedding party (Bride, Groom, 4 parents, and a ring bearer & flower girl who were also the siblings of the bride and groom). I had made them for the slideshow that my Desert/Casino couple had and then didn't want to waste them. I did try asking one of the Community Managers if this was OK, but it was the weekend right before the deadline, so they were mostly likely off for the weekend. But for all the other entries I just made 2 people.
But at least there was a clear couple getting married . I'm confused as to why anyone would submit a lone Sim or a pet for a wedding challenge! 🤔😃
As for your poly relationship, besides that it wouldn't be legal in many countries, I don't think the challenge could accommodate that because you would have to get a Mod to be able to do that in the game, and the challenge can't allow Mods or CC because that wouldn't' be fair to the console users 😢 who can't use Mods or CC.- @PugLove888 Wouldn’t have needed a mod for that, if the story being only two of them were getting married and the third acted as a guest at the wedding but they live as if being all married even if only two of them are legally married. (That’s what I tried to explain, either I wasn’t clear enough or you missed the point, no worries) I could give all of them the “player” trait to avoid jealousy.
- I think it is sometimes hard to follow the rules in some cases. For example I had a hard time remembering what tags to use, and that I even did have to label the category somehow (just writing in the description? tagging it? who knows?). I think they could have done a little better at organizing it is all I'm saying to make it a little more clear.
For example, click the link (in game) for the spark'd challenge, then have a dropdown or clickable box/quiz for what you are going to create, and then the game brings you into the build-mode or create a sim from there. It could have been done like an (optional?) update at the beginning and end of the challenge that enables the extra category for the challenge. Just an idea!
