Do you play as your Simself?

I'm actually more of a 'most of the time', but I play her so frequently that I'm much closer to always rather than sometimes. The sim in my profile pic is a highly, (radically?) idealized version of me. So idealized that all we have in common is a first name and traits. And when I created the first version of her she wasn't intended to be a simself, it sort of happened over a couple of gameplay sessions. She has been a way to live vicariously through the stories and adventures I dream up for her.

I have a dozen, give or take, other sims I play, but she is quite often the one I grab to start a new save with.

When I was a kid in my first Sims 1 game, I made my family. Ended horribly in flames. Beyond that... No. Not really. I took a stab at recreating my mother when she passed and I was in deep mourning, but even then it is hard for me to "play" my real family.

I am so boring in comparison to what I could create and play with otherwise. Part of why I love the Sims is because I don't have to be stuck to me. I am the watcher caring and providing for little pixel people. It always felt more like a limitation than a boon to creativity to be held to the confines of my realistic archetype.

I understand picking a favorite and focusing, but even with recurrent Sims and Sims types I can only see someone more interesting than me.

If I were interested enough to play a reality-based style I might consider giving it a go, but this game isn't realistic enough to make that prospect appealing at all to me. I prefer everything in my game to be fictionalized, though I do include a few certain nods to some real-life things in my story stuff. Besides, as I've said before, I'm more interesting as a real person than a sim based on me could ever be. ;)

I don't play as my Simself, never have and never will, and to be honest I've never even considered trying to. I get why some people do, I especially get if you're part of the rainbow that is LGBTQIA & playing as your Simself gives you a chance to express a part of yourself that you otherwise might not feel able, or safe to express (and go the Simself for that reason alone). I also think that the Sims should be a great big melting pot of creation, where each individual can play as they choose. Having said all that though, I am an almost 50 year old, semi disabled, chronically ill woman with a low grade cancer diagnosis; I could play as my Simself as is right now, but why would I want to? Or, I could create a younger, healthier, more fabulous version of myself, but the moment I step back into the real world I'm still going to be an almost 50 year old, semi disabled, chronically ill woman with a low grade cancer diagnosis, so to me it kind of defeats my purpose of playing the Sims as an escape before I have to head back into the real world and deal with real world stuff. That's just me though, I get that there are many types of Simmers and everyone should have the right to play as they want. :)

Just because someone had to do it.

But, no. I don’t play my self. I play my imagination, not some version of my reality.

"VeeDub;c-18108817" wrote:
If I were interested enough to play a reality-based style I might consider giving it a go, but this game isn't realistic enough to make that prospect appealing at all to me. I prefer everything in my game to be fictionalized, though I do include a few certain nods to some real-life things in my story stuff. Besides, as I've said before, I'm more interesting as a real person than a sim based on me could ever be. ;)

I'm the exact opposite.?‍♀️

I can't really explain how or why, but when I play her I get that tiny bit of extra investment in the story I'm telling. I live vicariously through her stories, but I had plenty of other sims before, and since her, I just can't explain why it was her specifically that I bonded with.

"DaniRose2143;c-18108825" wrote:

"VeeDub;c-18108817" wrote:
If I were interested enough to play a reality-based style I might consider giving it a go, but this game isn't realistic enough to make that prospect appealing at all to me. I prefer everything in my game to be fictionalized, though I do include a few certain nods to some real-life things in my story stuff. Besides, as I've said before, I'm more interesting as a real person than a sim based on me could ever be. ;)

I'm the exact opposite.?‍♀️

I can't really explain how or why, but when I play her I get that tiny bit of extra investment in the story I'm telling.

That's the thing, though. You need not explain. The single best thing about this kind of game is that we can (and do) each play in our own way. :)

I do because I've always had a fascination with the multiverse, and it combines wish fulfillment with storytelling.

"VeeDub;c-18108827" wrote:

"DaniRose2143;c-18108825" wrote:

"VeeDub;c-18108817" wrote:
If I were interested enough to play a reality-based style I might consider giving it a go, but this game isn't realistic enough to make that prospect appealing at all to me. I prefer everything in my game to be fictionalized, though I do include a few certain nods to some real-life things in my story stuff. Besides, as I've said before, I'm more interesting as a real person than a sim based on me could ever be. ;)

I'm the exact opposite.?‍♀️

I can't really explain how or why, but when I play her I get that tiny bit of extra investment in the story I'm telling.

That's the thing, though. You need not explain. The single best thing about this kind of game is that we can (and do) each play in our own way. :)

The only limitation is your imagination. And the odd line of buggy code.

"DaniRose2143;c-18108830" wrote:

"VeeDub;c-18108827" wrote:

"DaniRose2143;c-18108825" wrote:

"VeeDub;c-18108817" wrote:
If I were interested enough to play a reality-based style I might consider giving it a go, but this game isn't realistic enough to make that prospect appealing at all to me. I prefer everything in my game to be fictionalized, though I do include a few certain nods to some real-life things in my story stuff. Besides, as I've said before, I'm more interesting as a real person than a sim based on me could ever be. ;)

I'm the exact opposite.?‍♀️

I can't really explain how or why, but when I play her I get that tiny bit of extra investment in the story I'm telling.

That's the thing, though. You need not explain. The single best thing about this kind of game is that we can (and do) each play in our own way. :)

The only limitation is your imagination. And the odd line of buggy code.

:lol: Well said!