Different Types of Players
I've never heard about this until I joined this community and so I'm really interested to learn, what are the different types / descriptions of players?
After reading through all of this, I see that my playstyle really depends on what game it is, and my mood. In TS3 at first I enjoyed just playing the sims that were there. Then I realized for some reason there were certain sims I loved, and certain ones I hated. So I'd make a fresh new town and insert all the sims I loved there and go about making them have babies and an extensive family.
In TS4, I haven't really touched most of the prepopulated families and I normally play on the normal lifespan with auto age unplayed sims turned on. So by the time I go to switch to another household, they're mostly all dead. I guess that makes me more of a genealogist. I love bringing up my family tree and seeing it so huge. Also, if my sims cheat, I kill them. It's a horrible habit that I picked up from TS3 since my town was overpopulated and I didn't need them hanging around, but the horrible part is I'm not ashamed of it. :p It's just, if Beth and Andy were together, I / the game put them in a relationship, of which they have an awesome family, and Andy goes on a woohooing spree I can't keep him in the household without giving him the evil eye everytime I play, and that's just not fun.
Edit: The below list is taken from the responses gotten from this thread so far, so if something is missing it's because I haven't seen it yet. Please speak up if you notice one missing as I'd like to have a full list.
Listed Player Types
Colonist: replace all sims currently prepopulated in the world with their own creations
Builder: replace all items in the world with player's own creations
Legacy / Family Player: creates an extensive family tree using only one sim
Laid-back: does not take the game seriously, plays for leisure and enjoys using cheats / cc depending upon the necessary purpose
Completionist: completes all game "goals" such as careers & aspirations
Storyteller: performs actions in-game to create a story of which is written / depicted later
Woohoo hound / partyer: enjoys woohooing, enough said :)
Deviant: performs interactions just to see what may happen and / or creates a bit of chaos in their sim world
Rotational: rotates from household, to household
Role-player: takes on a personal role through their sims lives
Challenge: enjoys doing sim challenges
After reading through all of this, I see that my playstyle really depends on what game it is, and my mood. In TS3 at first I enjoyed just playing the sims that were there. Then I realized for some reason there were certain sims I loved, and certain ones I hated. So I'd make a fresh new town and insert all the sims I loved there and go about making them have babies and an extensive family.
In TS4, I haven't really touched most of the prepopulated families and I normally play on the normal lifespan with auto age unplayed sims turned on. So by the time I go to switch to another household, they're mostly all dead. I guess that makes me more of a genealogist. I love bringing up my family tree and seeing it so huge. Also, if my sims cheat, I kill them. It's a horrible habit that I picked up from TS3 since my town was overpopulated and I didn't need them hanging around, but the horrible part is I'm not ashamed of it. :p It's just, if Beth and Andy were together, I / the game put them in a relationship, of which they have an awesome family, and Andy goes on a woohooing spree I can't keep him in the household without giving him the evil eye everytime I play, and that's just not fun.
Edit: The below list is taken from the responses gotten from this thread so far, so if something is missing it's because I haven't seen it yet. Please speak up if you notice one missing as I'd like to have a full list.
Listed Player Types
