1. What was your favorite pack released this year and why?
Vampires. I love how customizeable the vampires are, covering many different perceptions of vampires as well as different gameplay needs, including the creation of some non-vampire supernaturals.
2. What was your favorite free update/challenge?
The update that included the ability to make objects smaller.
3. What would you like to see next year (if you're being creative, think outside of the box, beyond Seasons ;))
Though I'm not interested in Seasons much, I'm not creative, either. I simply want a Beach Fun GP and a Pool Party SP to go with that. Swimming in the oceans, lakes and rivers, retroactively for all worlds, yes, even if that breaks my old saves.
This is for me what toddlers are to family players.
4. What was your favorite sims moment (did your favorite sim get married/have babies... find a cool challenge? made cool cc? upload a video you love?)
I used Sims 4 instead of Sims 2 to illustrate a story for the first time. Posing sims in this iteration is harder, but all those backdrops are too good not to use. As I grew more comfortable with poses and fx player I also built my sims a nature preserve with a natural bath:
https://abload.de/img/02.12.17_22-51-01j9r7u.jpg
We proudly present the freshwater sea serpent!
I also started creating cc, mostly for personal use only, but among the files I shared was a kiddie pool for toddlers:
https://abload.de/img/09.12.17_19-51-14jnoqy.jpg
When it started accumulating downloads (a little more than 1000) I became anxious and almost wished people would stopp downloading already, because once ingame they'd see how cheaply that thing was made. I still have mixed feelings about the download, on the one hand I love that thing to pieces, on the other it falls short compared to what other people upload (like necrodog's kiddie pool with transparent water and custom animations).
And finally I won a challenge I had come up with myself and that's goal was to got rid of all organized crime in my mainsave :) Finally one of my favourite families can return to Windenburg from their exile in Oasis Springs (where the witness defense program had moved them to).
5. What was your least favorite pack released this year and why?
Bowling Night SP. It's probably well done, but I'm not interested in the theme.
6. What do you hope to accomplish in the new year (will you try a new challenge?)
Definitely some challenges. I lost the Hostage Challenge (my variant of the Sims 3 Kidnapper Challenge) and would like to replay that. Also I never made it through Asylum, Legacy, BACC and Holy Sanctuary, but I'm always having fun playing them halfways through.
In my mainsave I foresee tensions between nobility (priviledged, but often poor), middle class (often rich but lacking true political power) and the working class (lacking in both priviledges and wealth). But before I ignite another conflict I'm going to let my young families enjoy the crime-free years of peace, raise their kids and so on.
