Johnny Zest has the saddest backstory :(

I tweaked Johnny Zests backstory a little in my game. He was the golden child of the family. Smart, hard working and just a really good egg. His evil brother Malcolm was jealous of Johnnys popularity and successes. Malcolm starts to slowly chip away at Johnnys reputation and finally Malcolm frames Johnny for something really horrendous. Something so horrific the family kicks Johnny out and denies his very existence. Malcolm then becomes the favorite child and the only heir to the Landgraab fortune.

I love playing Johnny Zest and having him unravel the mystery of who framed him and building his own fortune. He ends up with his reputation restored and Malcolm ends up a disinherited outcast. His relationship with his family takes a little bit more time but eventually he forgives them for not believing in him.

He also becomes a very famous comedian.

@takenbysheep @michelei

I had No idea that Johnny was a Landgraab!

Where did you find that out?

I played him one day, for a little while, but wasn’t impressed.

With that kinda back story like that he might be more interesting

Geeze Nancy you couldn't be any harsher.

Nice to see someone playing Johnny and fulfilling his dream

Many seem to dislike Johnny Zest. At least I come across several who do. I personally haven't played him much, but have been tempted to marry a Sim to him. It's nice seeing some like playing him.

Wow. That dig was hilariously backstory-specific.

@michelei your backstory is awesome!! I can totally see that happening. Not gonna lie though, I love malcolm too much to make him a villain in my mind :p I honestly love all the landgraabs (even nancy- I admire her ferocity)

@AlwaysAsking Yeah, it's mostly just backstory that makes the premades interesting to me. I don't remember where I found out... like kalaksed said above it might say it in his bio, but I might have gotten it from the sims wiki. It's worth checking out his page- The landgraabs have such a wild little family tree going on. Apparently Nancy's mom died in a fire while she was young. Maybe that's why the woman's so bitter!

Aww. That's sad.
I've never actually really paid much attention to the premades before. Unless they marry one of my sims. And them I still ignore their backstories and often their families, too. But, today I decided that needed to change. I'm doing a rotational play with all the premades on Long Lifestan. Aging is off for all but the active household. So...this will take a while. I'm going in a rotation and playing each household for one Sim week before moving on. I want to get to know them all better. I've started with the Spencer-Kim-Lewis family. So far Alice's dad is my favorite Sim. He's so sweet and cute.
This play style is so different than my normal play style. I NEVER play rotational play. I always just play my one Sim family that I always play that I am playing very slowly on Long Lifespan. Occasionally I try a challenge, but they always fizzle out quickly and I go back to my normal family. I just can never get attatched.
I dont want this game to fizzle out, though. I'm hoping that because they already have backstories and everything made, it will be easier for me to get attached. Plus, if one storyline doesnt seem exciting to me, I'll only have to wait a Sim week until I get to play something new.
Anyways...this was WAY long and WAY off topic. Haha. To wrap up, yeah. Thanks. Now I'm excited to play Johnny's character. I've never been much fond of single Sim game play. I prefer to work in households with lots of Sims to switch between so I never get bored. But, this should be interesting. It'll be good to get outside of my comfort zone a little bit.

"takenbysheep;c-16999604" wrote:

@AlwaysAsking Yeah, it's mostly just backstory that makes the premades interesting to me. I don't remember where I found out... like kalaksed said above it might say it in his bio, but I might have gotten it from the sims wiki. It's worth checking out his page- The landgraabs have such a wild little family tree going on. Apparently Nancy's mom died in a fire while she was young. Maybe that's why the woman's so bitter!

I just never played the premade families in my games, I'm not sure why... Probably if I'd looked into their backstories more I might have done it.

I did play the scientists in Strangetown, in Sims 2, and that was cool. All my Sims playing friends have always played the premades. I usually delete them from my game and bulldoze their houses, lol. But I now have one save going where my best master painter moves from house to house painting portraits of the families, so I'm getting to know the families, because I actually move my sim in with them, you know?

The one time I played as Johnny he went to hang out at a bar, and the bar tender was so good looking! And when Johnny "Got to know" him, he actually had a decent trait, like, nice, or something. So I had Johnny turn on the charm, they became great (platonic) friends right away, he asked him to move in with him, and then I saved the bartender guy, as he was, to my library. Seriously, he's the only great townie (with traits included) that I've ever seen in one of my games :smiley:

https://i.imgur.com/SAZSffI.png

Anyway, cool topic! and thanks for the info on Johnny!

@MaiaPlaysSims

That sounds like a really fun way to play! And yeah, I played the Spencer Kim Lewis family for a few Sim days, while my master painter painted their portraits. The grandpa was sweet. He was always happy, that's so nice in a big household, lol.

oh my god that's the saddest thing i've ever seen :'( leave him alone nancy, you absolute harpy!!
https://i.imgur.com/mIWPBAl.png