Clubs Clubs Clubs!!

I love how your club descriptions are written in different styles. It sounds like the club leaders actually wrote them. Very cool. ?

Oh man this is impressive. Are the Vatores in the Vegan Vamps club?

@isleroux your clubs are so awesome. Nothing for aliens? :p

These are so awesome!!!

"QueenofMyshuno;c-17236034" wrote:
I love how your club descriptions are written in different styles. It sounds like the club leaders actually wrote them. Very cool. ?

I really love writing the descriptions. It's one of my favourite parts.

"ryttu3k;c-17236147" wrote:
Oh man this is impressive. Are the Vatores in the Vegan Vamps club?

Of course! Lilith Vatore is the leader. Here is their club description:

Vegan Vamps
"Incorporating a vegan diet can be difficult for anyone, especially vampires. The task of getting over the social and emotional attachments that many have to draining a sims ife force can be daunting at first, but these guys are here to help!"

"BlkBarbiegal;c-17236181" wrote:
@isleroux your clubs are so awesome. Nothing for aliens? :p

Of course I have a club for aliens :D ! It is lead by Stella Terrano (a little nod to the Sims 2) and they enjoy using their alien powers when amongst their own kind.

Need More Space
"Whether you hide your true form or not, this group is for aliens here on earth who need to discuss all things Sixam and Bella Goth."

"isleroux;c-17236386" wrote:

"ryttu3k;c-17236147" wrote:
Oh man this is impressive. Are the Vatores in the Vegan Vamps club?

Of course! Lilith Vatore is the leader. Here is their club description:

Vegan Vamps
"Incorporating a vegan diet can be difficult for anyone, especially vampires. The task of getting over the social and emotional attachments that many have to draining a sims ife force can be daunting at first, but these guys are here to help!"

Nice! Heh, I have a headcanon that Caleb (with his Foodie trait) ends up with a cooking channel on Simstube, making both vampire-friendly recipes with plasma fruits, and vegan recipes for humans. Basically uses the reasoning if drinking from humans without consent is iffy ethically, then so would be actually consuming other animals, so if he's going to do any human-suitable food, it'd have to be vegan. I may also be projecting. inb4 'found the vegan'

"dlcalbaugh;c-17234662" wrote:
I have all of the game packs available, a brand new (less than a year old) desktop computer, and I love clubs, however, I get so much lag when a full club meets at any lot in my game. Does anyone else experience lag during full club gatherings? Do you have any ideas about what I could do to fix this problem? I have no cc or mods, just pure Maxis content. My Sims all improve their skills so fast while in club gatherings when it works. Love it!

Did you try repairing your game? If you aren't against mods, maybe get MCCC. It helps keep the game running smoothly.

I try to create rival clubs in my games, but when I'm not on an active household that has a sim in one they don't seem to meet up on their own, how do I get that to work or am I found something wrong

"smurfy77;c-17237480" wrote:
I try to create rival clubs in my games, but when I'm not on an active household that has a sim in one they don't seem to meet up on their own, how do I get that to work or am I found something wrong

When you tell clubs to meet up at specific location or at a general venue, like say a café, you will see clubs meeting up on their own when you visit that lot.

"DMDCT;c-17237934" wrote:

However, I must also add that it doesn't even come close to the number of clubs I have in mine, for as of now, I use 172 clubs in my game including 512 sims.

Wow that's amazing! I would love to see your game if you felt ready/comfortable to share it.

"DMDCT;c-17237934" wrote:

I noticed that you focus on the Landgraab family, but was a bit surprised to find that you didn't fix and add Johnny Zest to their family tree (yes, he's a Landgraab - it's in his description).

So I made him a Landgraab using MCCC right at the beginning when I first released my save. It annoyed me so much that he wasn't in their family tree. What I did was I invented a sister for Geoffrey. She is probably my favourite sim-Miranda Landgraab.

Here is her blurb:
https://66.media.tumblr.com/778bf62372f5b23b9d3bc5477216ae73/tumblr_inline_pxk5919XyG1ttct78_500.png
"The beautiful, yet icy Miranda is feared by her entire staff and by many in the business world. She comes from a prestigious family, has serious business clout and can make grown men cry by simply pursing her lips. She may treat her subordinates in a manner that borders on emotional and psychological abuse, but her business and restaurant legacy is without parallel. It has to be, because it is extremely unlikely her good for nothing son Johnny can take over the business."

She even has her own Johnny dartboard in her appartment :D
https://66.media.tumblr.com/c876240756d8f9d7fc369a550c2122d4/tumblr_inline_pxk5l2oSly1ttct78_500.png

So yes the family tree should be there and he is recognised as a nephew and cousin etc. Perhaps if you don't have MCCC installed you can't see it? I always wondered if that was important. I used it to create other relationships too like Don Lothario's dad.

https://66.media.tumblr.com/6b80b262041d9950415f85ef4c0011e5/tumblr_inline_pxk4s5u0gs1ttct78_500.jpg

"DMDCT;c-17237934" wrote:
I also never download anything from the gallery, but build each lot from the ground up myself.

I have so much respect for you doing that. That is a BIG job! My households and lots are a combination of my own creations and those of simmers I deeply admire. It is a true reflection of how I play the game and I use other players amazing creations from the gallery from time to time. Because I made my game save public, I felt it was very important to give credit in every backstory blurb where there is a creation not made by me. I also asked a lot of people in advance if it was ok. I only had one person say no...and then the creation got a Maxis fave and copies sprouted up everywhere! I really felt for her.

"Chazzzy;c-17238048" wrote:
I’d love to know the parameters for each club.
How do you have so many without their interests overlapping? Or do you keep the focus pretty narrow?

It's impossible not to have overlapping interests because of the game restrictions, but I just regard it as a reflection of what happens in real life. You will bump into another fishing club or baking club. I just try to keep the descriptions a little different and make sure they go to different spots.

UPDATE: Thanks to so many of you that recommened Zerbu's icon mod. I am currently changing so many of my clubs icons. Since downloading it, I have noticed a few glitches. I hope I won't need to uninstall it. Anyone else have issues with it? I am now at 122 clubs. I'm catching up with you! @DMDCT ;)

"isleroux;c-17238243" wrote:

"smurfy77;c-17237480" wrote:
I try to create rival clubs in my games, but when I'm not on an active household that has a sim in one they don't seem to meet up on their own, how do I get that to work or am I found something wrong

When you tell clubs to meet up at specific location or at a general venue, like say a café, you will see clubs meeting up on their own when you visit that lot.

"DMDCT;c-17237934" wrote:

However, I must also add that it doesn't even come close to the number of clubs I have in mine, for as of now, I use 172 clubs in my game including 512 sims.

Wow that's amazing! I would love to see your game if you felt ready/comfortable to share it.

"DMDCT;c-17237934" wrote:

I noticed that you focus on the Landgraab family, but was a bit surprised to find that you didn't fix and add Johnny Zest to their family tree (yes, he's a Landgraab - it's in his description).

So I made him a Landgraab using MCCC right at the beginning when I first released my save. It annoyed me so much that he wasn't in their family tree. What I did was I invented a sister for Geoffrey. She is probably my favourite sim-Miranda Landgraab.

Here is her blurb:
https://66.media.tumblr.com/778bf62372f5b23b9d3bc5477216ae73/tumblr_inline_pxk5919XyG1ttct78_500.png
"The beautiful, yet icy Miranda is feared by her entire staff and by many in the business world. She comes from a prestigious family, has serious business clout and can make grown men cry by simply pursing her lips. She may treat her subordinates in a manner that borders on emotional and psychological abuse, but her business and restaurant legacy is without parallel. It has to be, because it is extremely unlikely her good for nothing son Johnny can take over the business."

She even has her own Johnny dartboard in her appartment :D
https://66.media.tumblr.com/c876240756d8f9d7fc369a550c2122d4/tumblr_inline_pxk5l2oSly1ttct78_500.png

So yes the family tree should be there and he is recognised as a nephew and cousin etc. Perhaps if you don't have MCCC installed you can't see it? I always wondered if that was important. I used it to create other relationships too like Don Lothario's dad.

https://66.media.tumblr.com/6b80b262041d9950415f85ef4c0011e5/tumblr_inline_pxk4s5u0gs1ttct78_500.jpg

"DMDCT;c-17237934" wrote:
I also never download anything from the gallery, but build each lot from the ground up myself.

I have so much respect for you doing that. That is a BIG job! My households and lots are a combination of my own creations and those of simmers I deeply admire. It is a true reflection of how I play the game and I use other players amazing creations from the gallery from time to time. Because I made my game save public, I felt it was very important to give credit in every backstory blurb where there is a creation not made by me. I also asked a lot of people in advance if it was ok. I only had one person say no...and then the creation got a Maxis fave and copies sprouted up everywhere! I really felt for her.

"Chazzzy;c-17238048" wrote:
I’d love to know the parameters for each club.
How do you have so many without their interests overlapping? Or do you keep the focus pretty narrow?

It's impossible not to have overlapping interests because of the game restrictions, but I just regard it as a reflection of what happens in real life. You will bump into another fishing club or baking club. I just try to keep the descriptions a little different and make sure they go to different spots.

UPDATE: Thanks to so many of you that recommened Zerbu's icon mod. I am currently changing so many of my clubs icons. Since downloading it, I have noticed a few glitches. I hope I won't need to uninstall it. Anyone else have issues with it? I am now at 122 clubs. I'm catching up with you! @DMDCT ;)

Ty, that's where I'm messing up at, I forget to set a location. I tend to change the rules according to where they go be it a festival, club or other, I need to remember once I get them set to put a location, tyvm! The simplest fix and I missed it lol