Do you play as your Simself?

I never make myself in any Sims games. I prefer to create characters with complex backstories in my Sims game for that is more fun. Plus it's less of a chance of this happening...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCuf-CBqoaQ

My daughter has created our Simfamily, and while we've never played them actively, they are almost always added to our worlds. Z did a good job of capturing our appearances--my wife, especially--and she gave us realistic careers and traits. Teen Sim Z is much more grown up than the real Z, who is a very young Teen. We enjoy running across them in our games, and our main characters interact with them. I'm still getting used to "catching" Sim Z flirting with other Teen Sims...

We usually create many of our Townies, because we think it's fun to have our Sims inhabit a world made up of characters we know.

In games with custom avatars, I barely, if ever made myself (Miis might be the only exception but Miis are....ehhhhhh?), and for the Sims, I have never made my Simself nor will I ever. I just don't think of myself as an interesting person, I'm very self-conscious about myself, and I have even less desire to create like...my family members or something. I did consider making one of IRL friends as a Sim for a joke but ultimately, I just prefer playing and being as my goofy OCs but as Sims.

Besides, with the way I play the game? Yeah, I'd have to witness to all of this whatever that goes on, such as someone dying from a lightning strike. Again. I'm also likely to have my simself punched in the face several times because hey, one of my jerks does NOT discriminate.

This discussion had me thinking a lot about the differences between motivations in play.

Like the need to express an aspirational self: anyone who is unable to freely express their authentic self in real life, could find some relief for that need, in the game. Some people say that the freedom to try things without consequence or judgement, in the game, led to self-discovery in cases where real-life circumstances were very narrow and constrictive.

I can also remember being far more interested in playing out "myself-as.." scenarios when I was a teen. Young people will often try out themselves-and-their-crush, represented in a game, and enjoy a fantasy based on that. Again, using the game for wish-fullfillment fantasy, more than "hey, what will happen if Bob Newbie tries to fix the faulty dishwasher while standing in a puddle?!" or "can I make hybrid witch vampires?"

It would just feel weird on so many levels.

Kinda sorta. When I start a new game, I always create a female sim based on myself, but not exactly me.

I was gonna vote for "Yes, sometimes" but then I saw this option in the poll :D

"SimplyJen;c-18109036" wrote:
I don't have any interest in playing my simself. Instead I placed her in Oasis Springs then marked her as immortal with a mod. Also made sure to turn off romance options for her. Now my sims have a chance of meeting her anywhere. I did the same in TS3.

That's actually a smart idea, that I may borrow. The immortal option exist in MCCC if I remember correctly.

NO!

But I did put my husband and daughter in the game. It was her idea. I even found cc pjs just like some she wears.

My Avi is as close to myself as I can get, but I have never played her. I have used her to start new save files for building. I have always created my simself and placed her in game never actually playing her in previous sim games as well.