Ever made an "average Joe/Jane"?

I have many, of different kind, because I want variation in the sim population, I like static stagnation and also because I find it too easy to level in the game, so I just want to find ways of entertaining myself. I play rotational though, and aging set to none, and I mostly build and plan the worlds and don't really play live mode so much, so I am not bored yet!

"Stutum;d-989636" wrote:
A while ago I wanted to make an average Joe to play with. I wanted him to be "no one special", put the lifespan on normal, and got him to join the business career. The plan was to let him live in a cheap apartment and work as an office assistant (level 2) until he drew his last breath, and leave no legacy. He wouldn't earn any simoleons from anywhere else but work. It was fun for a good while, then it eventually got boring. xD

Have anyone else tried this, and did you make it to his/her final day? :)

Sounds like my earliest games. I have a couple of "Average Joe" types that I play and I put them in the business career but I do let them marry and have kids.

I have way more average joe sims than I do anything else. I play with them like normal people. They have low wage, dead end jobs. I have a mod that doesn't let them progress past certain levels of their career. Plus I have a ton of custom careers for average 9-5 jobs.

I play them like they don't care too much about work. They don't have huge amounts of ambition, they're more interested in their daily lives and hanging out with friends. They go to festivals and basically work to have fun after work. I actually love playing these types of sims better because they have very social lives and don't spend all of their time skilling. They have more free time to engage in lots of fun activities and they have much better relationships with their friends and sometimes family.

I also have economic statuses in my game. Some of my average joe sims just work work work because they don't make enough to live comfortably. They may not be good parents because they lack the time. Their kids may grow up with poor manners and lack responsibility. I like playing them, too. It's a whole different dynamic outside of the rainbows and everything is perfect life.

I like the sound of your world.

I played a guy in Windenburg who's career was Freelancer. He did enough work to keep enough in the account to pay the bills and occasionally treat himself, otherwise he spent most is time out partying. I forced myself to not go after asperations because I always get annoyed when interrupted and end up just shutting everyone out. It got boring surprisingly quick.

I make many, many "average joes" (and janes). But no, I don't play them. Tried it a few times and fell asleep trying.

Some of my sims start off as average with particular goals in mind. That is about as boring as I can tolerate. LOL :D

"Mstybl95;c-17877216" wrote:
I have way more average joe sims than I do anything else. I play with them like normal people. They have low wage, dead end jobs. I have a mod that doesn't let them progress past certain levels of their career. Plus I have a ton of custom careers for average 9-5 jobs.

I play them like they don't care too much about work. They don't have huge amounts of ambition, they're more interested in their daily lives and hanging out with friends. They go to festivals and basically work to have fun after work. I actually love playing these types of sims better because they have very social lives and don't spend all of their time skilling. They have more free time to engage in lots of fun activities and they have much better relationships with their friends and sometimes family.

I also have economic statuses in my game. Some of my average joe sims just work work work because they don't make enough to live comfortably. They may not be good parents because they lack the time. Their kids may grow up with poor manners and lack responsibility. I like playing them, too. It's a whole different dynamic outside of the rainbows and everything is perfect life.

where do you get your custom careers from? which mods?

"aaronrulz;c-17877310" wrote:

"Mstybl95;c-17877216" wrote:
I have way more average joe sims than I do anything else. I play with them like normal people. They have low wage, dead end jobs. I have a mod that doesn't let them progress past certain levels of their career. Plus I have a ton of custom careers for average 9-5 jobs.

I play them like they don't care too much about work. They don't have huge amounts of ambition, they're more interested in their daily lives and hanging out with friends. They go to festivals and basically work to have fun after work. I actually love playing these types of sims better because they have very social lives and don't spend all of their time skilling. They have more free time to engage in lots of fun activities and they have much better relationships with their friends and sometimes family.

I also have economic statuses in my game. Some of my average joe sims just work work work because they don't make enough to live comfortably. They may not be good parents because they lack the time. Their kids may grow up with poor manners and lack responsibility. I like playing them, too. It's a whole different dynamic outside of the rainbows and everything is perfect life.

where do you get your custom careers from? which mods?

This is the careers, I'll have to find out when I'm home where the other mods come from.

https://midnitetech.tumblr.com/post/612339917020872704/all-my-careers-in-one-zip-compatible-with-the

I have some families that I don't let advance far in their careers or that are stuck in part time jobs for realism reasons. But their lifes aren't bland, they all have kids, large friend groups and attend the "totally not obligatory" co-worker outings.
In rotational play I don't even have to go out of my way to give the average faces in the crowd nice lifes. After all, when I don't play them they appear on their own at venues and do their thing in the background.