Death - no one dies

"Sablesasha;d-993584" wrote:
Seems like everyone's games have exciting deaths. Mine can be struck by lightning, fix electrical equipment in the pouring rain and nothing happens, no one dies from laughing too much or being too excited. They all just make it to extremely extremely old age and then finally lay down and die.

How do everyone else's people die. Do you have to have them in extreme hunger first or....?

I want exciting deaths!!

All I'm going to say is, be careful what you wish for. I was once in your shoes. The streak broke when I had not one, but two emotional deaths at the very same Event. My YA Global Superstar, Erik Cantrell, had decided to throw his very first Charity Event at the bar in Oasis Springs. So, since he needed to collect a set number of Simoleons, he of course invited the richest Sims he knew. Among the guests were his only sister and her new husband. Erik told his brother-in-law a joke, surprised to see that his half-Vulcan relative was also imbibing. The joke was so bad that on top of the drink, Spock was suddenly laughing so hard — and then he was clutching at his heart. He fell dead in moments. Tragic! (I had mixed feelings about this, I have to say, but realized I would likely just start over. Thrilled, too, that finally, finally I had experienced a death other than that of Old Age. Yay.)



I tried my best to carry on with this game save, to roll with the punch, but Erik was left with the custody of his identical twin Toddler nephews. And his currently on again, off again girlfriend was next to no help at all. Erik, a Rock Star, was totally in over his head. I began to worry that Social Services would come and take the twins away. He couldn't get them to eat. It was pitiful. So, I rolled back the save to when the twins were just born.

But, it didn't stop there. Suddenly, Erik was the target Sim. For reasons I'll never comprehend, he died an hysterical death, twice, and was set to die a third time, which is when I scrapped that save to start anew. It's truly a bad and unhappy thing when the game turns against you. :open_mouth:

So, while I do hope you get to experience a death other than Old Age you could try to orchestrate one. If you have a Sim who gets shocked trying to fix something electrical, go ahead and send them back while dazed to complete the job. Sure-fire death.