Disclaimer: It seems I was able to keep up with only a certain amount of positivity while writing this as the bugs in the actual game bug me a lot.It is obvious that I'm not the only one having issues with this Spark'd thingy, that's for sure.But I am trying to stay positive. I really am, though it really isn't my cup of tea. I don't even like reality TV tbh. But I do love The Sims, so I would really like to like this thing, you know? Maybe I'd get some new ideas for my builds, gameplay or so on and maybe (just maybe) this is produced and paced and overall made better than some other content I've come across (there must be a nice budget after all at least). I _want_ to like this.I must not be the only one here on the forums who doesn't use social media platforms (IG, YT, Twitter etc.) to follow TS content or for any other reasons but that's not the point. I am but a simmer, a simple one, and getting a bit old already, and having a huge lack of interest on "subscribe and like" and all that nonsense. I don't even have a clue what these gamechangers(?) are. And I'm totally happy being ignorant, just to be clear.The problem is that I have no idea who these people are who'll be on the show. And that's making it even more difficult for me to get excited or even interested at Spark'd at all. Who are they? What have they done? Where did they come from? (we all know where do they go - to a irrelevant 100k game show yeehaw cotton-eyed-joe)As stated above, I don't use social media so all links to the contestants profiles/channels/etc will be of no use to me. If someone would like to point me out to a direction where I could get a grasp of who these people are, why they are popular or what makes them special in other ways I'd be grateful. Maybe some forum links or something like that? I tried to google but all I could find was shallow news of this thingy so maybe it's just too soon after the announcement?But I started this thread in hopes that you - the other simmers who know about this stuff and follow these "influencers" - to explain to me why I should be interested in these contestants and without any ill will: Why do they deserve the 100k opportunity?And why would I want to watch them trying to win? Emphasis on "them" - if the show will be good it won't really matter if I don't know the contestants beforehand.Thanks in advance if someone is willing to take the time and effort to enlighten me :>//edit. added a missing word ("influencers")

Point is: you don't have to. You probably don't watch all shows or telenovelas that are airing on TV either. There is a target audience who might find that entertaining, or who watch it because they already know and like the actors/participants and that's all there is about that. Entertainment. And a big PR-stunt to push sales of TS4.

I wish they brought on more normal creative players, not influencers. Maybe people who have great builds or things like that but not necessarily an 'influencer'. I dont know the people on the show besides plumbella, but arent they all influencers/social media stars? These influencers already recieive like free games and other treats, right? Whay about normal people? But people wouldnt even bother to watch it if it were normal people. But even then i prob still wouldnt watch it. I wish it was a small online competition if anything, not a whole tv show. This is not for me.

@Marduc_Plays Yeah, I'm pretty sure that I am not in the demographic audience for this but still. Trying to survive, ya know. But as I really never come in contact with any simmers IRL there might be a way for me to enjoy this. I'm just struggling to find the way and made this thread to maybe have some advice. So far it seems that there is like 0.1 percentage of us on the forum who are genuinely interested and happy about this. That's who I am trying to reach even though I know that by not following social media I'm totally left out on all this maxismonthly, letsplay, gamechanger bla bla bla content. I know they wont care about me, because with buying their new content I always silently approve of all of this. Now before lashing out completely or getting depressed about this, I try to catch up/understand.@StrawberryYogurt I agree fully that it would be more interesting to see eg. a show where the contestants would be on a totally different sides of gameplay: a storyteller, a builder, a micromanager perfectionist, a total newbie to the game and a casual player. Total nobodies and one single shining influencer? Like the olympics could have one average person competing just for reference - here we would have one single simmer who can do this for a living and others just working hard and showing their best. That could be fun. Just for example. Like there would actually be more content there for us who appreciate the franchise for it's elasticity to fit different players, play styles etc. But now it all feels so shallow for just copying an old reality tv format (you have 2 hrs to complete this task whatever it is and then you get judged and someone cries and then tune back next week for more drama!) I am european and though we have a lot of this copied already on our media but the squeezing out the drama for scripting in the US is really disturbing. Now we are trying to find a winner in a game that you can not "beat". That's just somewhat off for me.But nevertheless, still reaching out to someone to help me try to comprehend this (I don't even know what to call it) marketing idea/e-sport/reality tv/Spark'd/thingy.//edit, missing words and typo.

@KaeChan2089 ok so are we outdated or are these ppl actually "famous" in the demographic?

Hi darlin'! Didn't mean to throw any "shade" in my other thread by the way.Here are links to some of the influencers I recognized, if this is at all helpful to anyone reading this thread (all youtube): The English Simmer: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheEnglishSimmerPlumbella: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_IkRi_16jttcsqXxAm4YUASteph0sims: https://www.youtube.com/user/steph0simsAnd Kelsey from Buzzfeed Multiplayer: https://www.youtube.com/user/buzzfeedblueI don't necessarily think they "Deserve" the prize, but EA is setting the show up for success from drawing in people that already have their own audiences, and hopefully that will lead to success in future seasons with more unknown talent! They're not "Famous" per say, but they all have their own audiences on youtube, twitch, etc. of hundreds of thousands of people. They're known personalities, and good at being on camera, so they're a natural choice.

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Peapod79
New Spectator
5 years ago
"bixters;c-17572181" wrote:
"stilljustme2;c-17572170" wrote:

This was filmed in 2019, apparently, and there's probably a hold on news reporting (like they do with Survivor or Big Brother when people are kicked out) or Food Network competitions like the Baking Championships and such.

I wonder for who anyone watches their videos now, do any of them seem like they got a lot of money? Maybe bought something really expensive? Like a new car, plastic surgery, down payment on a house? :D

Ha! I was wondering that too, but then... they've likely signed some kind of disclosure agreement and can't do anything flaunting the money until this is over.

I did wonder though if that was a way we could figure out who won. :D
PickledTiara
5 years ago
Xmiramira has merit, she has been vocal about more diversity in not only the sims but gaming in general. She was interviewed about the topic by several gaming news publications like Kotaku and IGN. She created a very popular melanin cc pack with a wider range for darker skintones and is the founder of the Black Simmers forum which has over a 100,000 members. She was a twitch ambassador at the 2018 con and participates in charity streams. She not only plays the sims but apex legends, the division and Red Dead Redemption 2. She is a variety streamer. I watch her occasionally and she has a great sense of humor. Rooting for her and Plumbella.
simgirl1010
Hero
5 years ago
Info on Jenn, UrbanSims from her website.
http://www.xurbansimsx.com/p/about.html

Stephen, SpringSims
https://springsims.com/about/

Simproved
https://simsvip.com/2016/03/01/community-spotlight-simproved-builder/

Mollie, The English Simmer
https://theenglishsimmer.co.uk/

Couldn't find websites for any of the others. Just social media.
PickledTiara
5 years ago
I keep seeing that people would have preferred average players or gallery builders. Reality competition shows will either have potential contestants submit an audition tape/video explaining why they would be a good pick or have auditions at public places like casinos. One time I walked by a casting call line for Survivor. This process probably takes time which costs money, using game changers makes the most sense. They have had personal interactions with all of them and each one has a body of work available for easy viewing.

You can be an amazing builder but do you have the outgoing personality it takes to be on tv or streaming? Can you handle strangers judging you on social media? During an interview can you express yourself in a thoughtful or humorous way, provide the sound bites that producers love to showcase? Do you have an interesting back story? The game changers probably fit this criteria to an extent and do not need counsel. An average player might not know what they are getting into and it might create some potentially serious issues for them.

As for their merit, I assume there will be some sort of introduction for each contestant, how they got into playing the Sims, why they love it and what is their particular skill set. I think it is fine to get to know the contestants here (which is why I mentioned xmiramira) but that information would be available during the show. I think it comes down to do you like to watch people create things, do you find it inspiring for your own gameplay?
Scobren
5 years ago
A lot of them I have only met through Twitch. Twitch is far more entertaining than reality tv anyways since it is live and unedited. I have known DrGluon the longest since Koffee, RoryPlays, and DrGluon were the first Sims streamers I followed on Twitch. First channel I followed was SimGuruGraham on Twitch.
Spoiler

DrGluon:
https://www.twitch.tv/drgluon

Simproved:
https://www.twitch.tv/simproved

EnglishSimmer:
https://www.twitch.tv/englishsimmer

Xmiramira:
https://www.twitch.tv/xmiramira

steph0sims:
https://www.twitch.tv/steph0sims

SpringSims:
https://www.twitch.tv/springsims

DeeSimsYT:
https://www.twitch.tv/deesimsyt

Plumbella:
https://www.twitch.tv/Plumbella
SimmerGeorge
5 years ago
"trophy;c-17572689" wrote:
I keep seeing that people would have preferred average players or gallery builders. Reality competition shows will either have potential contestants submit an audition tape/video explaining why they would be a good pick or have auditions at public places like casinos. One time I walked by a casting call line for Survivor. This process probably takes time which costs money, using game changers makes the most sense. They have had personal interactions with all of them and each one has a body of work available for easy viewing.

You can be an amazing builder but do you have the outgoing personality it takes to be on tv or streaming? Can you handle strangers judging you on social media? During an interview can you express yourself in a thoughtful or humorous way, provide the sound bites that producers love to showcase? Do you have an interesting back story? The game changers probably fit this criteria to an extent and do not need counsel. An average player might not know what they are getting into and it might create some potentially serious issues for them.

As for their merit, I assume there will be some sort of introduction for each contestant, how they got into playing the Sims, why they love it and what is their particular skill set. I think it is fine to get to know the contestants here (which is why I mentioned xmiramira) but that information would be available during the show. I think it comes down to do you like to watch people create things, do you find it inspiring for your own gameplay?

Pretty much every reality TV show does this especially when it's supposed to be a competition. People go through an audition and this is how you make a great show. Imagine The Sims Spark'd with those crazy talented people building like Hodgwarts and whatever. They could have given us such great content yet this show will probably be every YouTuber's Twitcher's channel just merged together. Nothing new.
CreativeMom_1
Seasoned Newcomer
5 years ago
Those who are on it, they all started out as normal players.
Their personalities and gained confidence helped them gain more followers, as well as them having more ways, Twitter & such, for their fans to interact with them.

I myself do not have Twitter and such, just here on Forums, I've Youtube but rarely watch now, but now have Twitch so I recognized 3 right away, third person being "Sim guru Ninja" cuz who doesn't. ?
2 others I've seen on Twitch and I'm glad I can finally be on Twitch.

There are still those of us in our 30's and up who play but we also gotta remember that we were pre-teens, so they say, when we started with Sims 1. We've more experience than most new players, but many new players are learning building hacks pretty well and we can learn from them just as equally. Their style choices tho can be questionable...??
PickledTiara
5 years ago
"SimmerGeorge;c-17574301" wrote:
"trophy;c-17572689" wrote:
I keep seeing that people would have preferred average players or gallery builders. Reality competition shows will either have potential contestants submit an audition tape/video explaining why they would be a good pick or have auditions at public places like casinos. One time I walked by a casting call line for Survivor. This process probably takes time which costs money, using game changers makes the most sense. They have had personal interactions with all of them and each one has a body of work available for easy viewing.

You can be an amazing builder but do you have the outgoing personality it takes to be on tv or streaming? Can you handle strangers judging you on social media? During an interview can you express yourself in a thoughtful or humorous way, provide the sound bites that producers love to showcase? Do you have an interesting back story? The game changers probably fit this criteria to an extent and do not need counsel. An average player might not know what they are getting into and it might create some potentially serious issues for them.

As for their merit, I assume there will be some sort of introduction for each contestant, how they got into playing the Sims, why they love it and what is their particular skill set. I think it is fine to get to know the contestants here (which is why I mentioned xmiramira) but that information would be available during the show. I think it comes down to do you like to watch people create things, do you find it inspiring for your own gameplay?

Pretty much every reality TV show does this especially when it's supposed to be a competition. People go through an audition and this is how you make a great show. Imagine The Sims Spark'd with those crazy talented people building like Hodgwarts and whatever. They could have given us such great content yet this show will probably be every YouTuber's Twitcher's channel just merged together. Nothing new.

As I mentioned in my quote auditions would take time (watching contestant tapes, interviewing in person and background checks) and ea game changers know their way in front of a camera. This is the first season so they probably want to see how the show does first. I agree with someone here who thought Sims Spark’d was just a streaming show but TBS needed content due to the virus stopping production.
SilentK008
Seasoned Newcomer
5 years ago
Hmm...

I watch EnglishSimmer, her let’s plays are a lot of fun and she has occult elements every now and then which I like. I’ve seen Plumbella a few times as well.

I’ve done a few TV-commercial as a kid. A nice neighbor needed a few kids for stuff like that and me and my sibling lived in the same house. Bingo. You can really freeze in front of a camera, I did ok but at I remember just freezing in front of the camera when we did one set. My brother was a natural, he works as a salesman now. They thanked me kindly for my work and my brother got more work. I’m 40+ now so this was a long long time ago.

I can see how it would be easy to work with people who can handle a camera. Otherwise you have to screen all participants.
Simburian
New Traveler
5 years ago
There always has to be a pilot show of any new series and afterwards it's decided by the powers that be whether to go ahead or cancel.

These contestants are quite well known as Game-changers with popular videos on Twitter or YouTube etc., and known to a lot of Simmers. They are definitely the right people to show off the game to its' best advantage but didn't know what to expect, this being the first tryout.

As you have probably noticed you also have a chance to go on the show in future, if you are good enough, through entering the Challenges given.

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