Heyah, since the year is winding down, I was just wondering what everyone was up to this year with their simmies.~*~*~*~*~*~ 1. What was your favorite pack released this year and why? 2. What was your favorite free update/challenge?3. What would you like to see next year (if you're being creative, think outside of the box, beyond Seasons ;))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?)5. What was your least favorite pack released this year and why? 6. What do you hope to accomplish in the new year (will you try a new challenge?)Feel free to share screens! :)

I love threads like these! :) But uhh, this is going to be incredibly long.. my apologies.1. What was your favorite pack released this year and why? Parenthood. Best GP so far. (Move over Vampires, you were my first favorite, but.. Family play...always wins). Parenthood because I feel like it added so much to the teens, children, and toddlers, that we really needed. And I absolutely love all those little pop ups that ask for advice from the kids. I love the new system that allows them to build their responsibility, or.. not. I do feel that we can always use more tools like this to enhance our gameplay but this has definitely helped my family play because I felt like things were missing and with the toddlers patch.. it just made children and teens feel empty. They were nowhere near in depth as the toddlers; and then of course toddlers could make messes. Some found that annoying, but I love the little details like that.2. What was your favorite free update/challenge?Hands down - Toddler Patch! We may have waited 3 years for them, but honestly Maxis did an AMAZING job on them. I never thought that if we got toddlers, they'd be able to crawl up stairs, they'd be able to walk up stairs (eventually), be able to eat the food our Sims cook, BABBLE, that is the cutest thing EVER. I never thought they'd have a skill level for walking and then be able to run, haha. For instance, when they would first try to walk, they'd be very wobbly and have to catch their balance. So much detail into this animation. But Maxis surprised me so much this year with this patch alone. I'm excited to see what they do for 2018, because I feel it's just going to get better.3. What would you like to see next year (if you're being creative, think outside of the box, beyond Seasons ;)) For a free update, a rework of the trait system. So that we could get more traits in the future + a randomizer in CAS for traits/Aspirations and maybe even... a 'randomizer' option when infants age up into Toddlers + because I'm in my comfort zone way too much and I'm always picking the same traits. SO, if they could add this option to the little tab that pops up when you're naming your child/giving them their aspiration and trait.. (it could be a little dice that you click) this would be fantastic, because I need to have different types of traits in my household instead of picking the same ones every time. But this is also why we need more traits. I would love to see a coward trait, shy trait, just to name a few. I really miss the coward trait.Wishful thinking here, but also a rework of the 'emotions', or at least some new ones! Where's scared, terrified, afraid, panicked, startled, shaken, petrified, anxious, fearful..... and maybe a world Editor/Creator.. :( I love Brindleton Bay, but... waiting 1 year for a world... is rough.Oh gosh, for expansion packs, this is a tough one, because Seasons is definitely needed. Let's see, I think I'll give two examples for expansion packs and two for game packs.Spoiler (Highlight to read)Gamepacks: I would love to see Witches this year in a game pack. With their own tab of spells (like Vampires). I would love to see them have different levels of books to learn spells/ingredients, etc to make all kinds of concoctions. (For instance a love spell, luring in those Sims to fall for her, or to get that one Sim that never noticed her/him before, lol, a curse spell, turn Sims into cats, or toads, or something like that). Maxis, I need some chaos in my game. It's too 'good', remember Meteor deaths? They were goofy, but 'dark'. The vampires were amazing! That added a nice touch of chaos, but we could use more. Ehem.I would like for Witches to have three types: Good, Neutral, and Evil. Then whatever "tier" you picked, you could then have DOZENS of powers to choose from and also be able to make all kinds of spells (not just potions, Maxis, please... I don't want "make an elixir for this or that"). I want to be able to learn spells, I want to be able to learn the spell by needing to get ingredients from around the "Worlds". Finding them in logs, or needing to get a sample from the lake, or from the Grotto, or the Glades, or a new hidden place (which we could use a new one, pretty please).That's just some examples.Another gamepack idea would be - well, I suppose this could be a stuff pack idea. But I would love some more playground/backyard stuff for kids and toddlers. Like Swing sets, merry-go-rounds, hopscotch, sandboxes (building sand castles, or other things in the sand), a small pool for toddlers, and maybe a slide for the bigger kids.So, if that were a stuff pack - then for a game pack I would like to see something with dating and NEW venues. Because.. I'm tired of the same venues in all my worlds.. :( every world has a gym, library, bowling alley, restaurant, and karaoke. While I love these things, I feel like a lot of the objects can fit into one venue and make the amount of variety for venues even less. In this pack, I would love to see a likes/dislikes "turn on/turn off" system. A better dating system. Maybe there could be levels. This date shows up late, or they have different interest. (I can picture them making a video of the dates showing up and then the Sim closing the door on their faces. Lol), there could be bubbles above their heads to show things they were into; so that the Sim could decide if they were possible 'compatible' or not. You know.. something like that. it doesn't have to be exactly like this, but I would really like a pack that allows my Sim to "find" their "Soulmate". This pack could add interests/ and lightly touch on 'hobbies'. OR just make a pack with all kinds of hobbies/interest in it. Because I absolutely loved Sims 2 Free Time and would be all for another pack like that.But honestly, I just want something that's 'slightly' like Sims Hot Date, but with more focus on the 'dating' and compatibility proach (for instance, in the pack they could have an app for their phones to check their profiles).. and then on the computer they could fill out a dating profile and browse it. Then this could pop up with Sims profiles that show their likes/dislikes (likes adventure, "is a workaholic" (likes red hair, or blue eyes), etc , interests/hobbies, and then if the date shows up they could have a flower, or some kind of small gift, and be able to leave gifts (like from Sims 2) if it was a good date they could leave stuff in their mailboxes, or on the front step. If it was bad.. they could add several 'awful gifts' on their front step... or in their mailbox. lol. (Remember the flaming bag of poo in Sims 2?) LOL. The humor like that is what I miss.For Expansion packs: A Generations type EP that includes all the ages and giving some love to our Elders. And kind of does what Parenthood did for the kids, but just enhances them even more. They could get some interactions that are only for kids to do with other kids - (example: Cops and Robbers, Dancing on mom/dad's feet, Jump rope, or hopscotch could be added here, etc)Preteens could be introduced here. Preteens would be able to help with infants.. also be able to have crushes.Teenagers get some interaction for teens. (Teens could have proms)Kids, Preteens, and Teenagers could have sleep overs. (Scary stories, storytelling, pillow fights (Sims 2/3), we already have movies and popcorn, and they could do prank calls or something, or "Truth or Dare". (Preteens and Teens only) Some games they could play Twister or "Just Dance", or iono.. maybe some old games like that, and then some more modern games from today. I can't really think of anything else, but those could be some to brainstorm off of and they could rename them of courseElders having canes and rocking chairs.Adults having mid-life-crisis. Just a few examples of what the pack could have in it.I've said this one quite a few times: University Life.Gamepacks: I would love to see Witches this year in a game pack. With their own tab of spells (like Vampires). I would love to see them have different levels of books to learn spells/ingredients, etc to make all kinds of concoctions. (For instance a love spell, luring in those Sims to fall for her, or to get that one Sim that never noticed her/him before, lol, a curse spell, turn Sims into cats, or toads, or something like that). Maxis, I need some chaos in my game. It's too 'good', remember Meteor deaths? They were goofy, but 'dark'. The vampires were amazing! That added a nice touch of chaos, but we could use more. Ehem.I would like for Witches to have three types: Good, Neutral, and Evil. Then whatever "tier" you picked, you could then have DOZENS of powers to choose from and also be able to make all kinds of spells (not just potions, Maxis, please... I don't want "make an elixir for this or that"). I want to be able to learn spells, I want to be able to learn the spell by needing to get ingredients from around the "Worlds". Finding them in logs, or needing to get a sample from the lake, or from the Grotto, or the Glades, or a new hidden place (which we could use a new one, pretty please).That's just some examples.Another gamepack idea would be - well, I suppose this could be a stuff pack idea. But I would love some more playground/backyard stuff for kids and toddlers. Like Swing sets, merry-go-rounds, hopscotch, sandboxes (building sand castles, or other things in the sand), a small pool for toddlers, and maybe a slide for the bigger kids.So, if that were a stuff pack - then for a game pack I would like to see something with dating and NEW venues. Because.. I'm tired of the same venues in all my worlds.. :( every world has a gym, library, bowling alley, restaurant, and karaoke. While I love these things, I feel like a lot of the objects can fit into one venue and make the amount of variety for venues even less. In this pack, I would love to see a likes/dislikes "turn on/turn off" system. A better dating system. Maybe there could be levels. This date shows up late, or they have different interest. (I can picture them making a video of the dates showing up and then the Sim closing the door on their faces. Lol), there could be bubbles above their heads to show things they were into; so that the Sim could decide if they were possible 'compatible' or not. You know.. something like that. it doesn't have to be exactly like this, but I would really like a pack that allows my Sim to "find" their "Soulmate". This pack could add interests/ and lightly touch on 'hobbies'. OR just make a pack with all kinds of hobbies/interest in it. Because I absolutely loved Sims 2 Free Time and would be all for another pack like that.But honestly, I just want something that's 'slightly' like Sims Hot Date, but with more focus on the 'dating' and compatibility proach (for instance, in the pack they could have an app for their phones to check their profiles).. and then on the computer they could fill out a dating profile and browse it. Then this could pop up with Sims profiles that show their likes/dislikes (likes adventure, "is a workaholic" (likes red hair, or blue eyes), etc , interests/hobbies, and then if the date shows up they could have a flower, or some kind of small gift, and be able to leave gifts (like from Sims 2) if it was a good date they could leave stuff in their mailboxes, or on the front step. If it was bad.. they could add several 'awful gifts' on their front step... or in their mailbox. lol. (Remember the flaming bag of poo in Sims 2?) LOL. The humor like that is what I miss.For Expansion packs: A Generations type EP that includes all the ages and giving some love to our Elders. And kind of does what Parenthood did for the kids, but just enhances them even more. They could get some interactions that are only for kids to do with other kids - (example: Cops and Robbers, Dancing on mom/dad's feet, Jump rope, or hopscotch could be added here, etc)Preteens could be introduced here. Preteens would be able to help with infants.. also be able to have crushes.Teenagers get some interaction for teens. (Teens could have proms)Kids, Preteens, and Teenagers could have sleep overs. (Scary stories, storytelling, pillow fights (Sims 2/3), we already have movies and popcorn, and they could do prank calls or something, or "Truth or Dare". (Preteens and Teens only) Some games they could play Twister or "Just Dance", or iono.. maybe some old games like that, and then some more modern games from today. I can't really think of anything else, but those could be some to brainstorm off of and they could rename them of courseElders having canes and rocking chairs.Adults having mid-life-crisis. Just a few examples of what the pack could have in it.I've said this one quite a few times: University Life.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?)Spoiler (Highlight to read)My favorite moment has to be my 100 Baby Challenge. I love this challenge so much; I actually started this challenge because I wanted to see the pregnancy/birth patterns all 'naturally', when I say this I mean, I would use absolutely no cheats, no potions, no fertility, or lot traits in order to "manipulate" the birth in any way! It actually was just a "testing" family, but soon became a family I cannot stop playing and I've never been able to play a family for a very long time. Because a lot of the problem (for me) in Sims 4 is the 'lack of personality', the lack of ways to develop my Sims even more. (being able to add a hobby to my Sims would be a great feature, being able to also had likes/dislikes and favorite color, etc would be nice too).So, this tester family was trying to see what the outcomes of the births would be as before this family all the families I had played ended up having a boy for the first birth, another boy for the second, and so on and so forth.. So, I'd stop playing and try another family and same result. This made me curious as during this time it seemed like my game was glitched, so I started over with a completely fresh new game, new save, and this is when I started to get really into Maxis Match CC.Soon my Founder was pregnant... and sure enough, her first baby was a boy. And I thought.. oh no. D; it's happening here too! But it actually ended up being the complete opposite and founder ended up having two single births which with both females. Then after that she had another girl, but turned out to be twins! Very unexpected. I had already pretty much fell in love playing the family. But with the help of the toddler patch and Parenthood, it's made this family even more interesting to play and I've been playing this family on and off for almost 2 years now! (only 4 more months to go). Even without the personality stuff that I mentioned, I feel like because of these updates/packs, it's given them a little bit of personality and it's made them so fun to play. Granted, I haven't gotten very far as I still don't have an Heir to take over for the Founder, but she's an Adult.. so she's getting there. I just love them so much, they're always making me giggle at my screen, always making me excited to see their genetics, to see their behaviors and I just have never had a family that I have so much fun playing.I have a few memorable moments, but I'll only share one, for some reason, My founder (Well it might be because she is mean, lol), she always goes to her one of her littlest ones, Brody (I call him Brody Bear) and 'gets onto him', just randomly... about nothing... so their relationship is actually kind of red.. and so, he decided to go play in the cupboard because he was angry with his mother. Lol. It's the little things that I love about this family and this game. ♥Also, I adore the "phases" from Parenthood soo much! It's hilarious watching each of the kids go through something.(Mind you, there are six kids right now in the family! So.. I suppose that's my 'chaos' that I have right now until we get more).. but I cannot stop playing them. Their my go-to-family every time.Here's a photo of my Founder; Violet: Her adult stage. :( I'm not ready for her to age into Elder.. and pass.. https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4734/38606175484_3ffa3b4c11_z.jpgOne of her daughters: Avery - She's actually a twin! My first set, the only set so far.. and they were born completely naturally (no fertility, no apples, strawberries, kid cartoon channels, no lot traits!) (So I'm very proud of this family)https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4728/38436451765_72c4cc2891_z.jpg My favorite moment has to be my 100 Baby Challenge. I love this challenge so much; I actually started this challenge because I wanted to see the pregnancy/birth patterns all 'naturally', when I say this I mean, I would use absolutely no cheats, no potions, no fertility, or lot traits in order to "manipulate" the birth in any way! It actually was just a "testing" family, but soon became a family I cannot stop playing and I've never been able to play a family for a very long time. Because a lot of the problem (for me) in Sims 4 is the 'lack of personality', the lack of ways to develop my Sims even more. (being able to add a hobby to my Sims would be a great feature, being able to also had likes/dislikes and favorite color, etc would be nice too).So, this tester family was trying to see what the outcomes of the births would be as before this family all the families I had played ended up having a boy for the first birth, another boy for the second, and so on and so forth.. So, I'd stop playing and try another family and same result. This made me curious as during this time it seemed like my game was glitched, so I started over with a completely fresh new game, new save, and this is when I started to get really into Maxis Match CC.Soon my Founder was pregnant... and sure enough, her first baby was a boy. And I thought.. oh no. D; it's happening here too! But it actually ended up being the complete opposite and founder ended up having two single births which with both females. Then after that she had another girl, but turned out to be twins! Very unexpected. I had already pretty much fell in love playing the family. But with the help of the toddler patch and Parenthood, it's made this family even more interesting to play and I've been playing this family on and off for almost 2 years now! (only 4 more months to go). Even without the personality stuff that I mentioned, I feel like because of these updates/packs, it's given them a little bit of personality and it's made them so fun to play. Granted, I haven't gotten very far as I still don't have an Heir to take over for the Founder, but she's an Adult.. so she's getting there. I just love them so much, they're always making me giggle at my screen, always making me excited to see their genetics, to see their behaviors and I just have never had a family that I have so much fun playing.I have a few memorable moments, but I'll only share one, for some reason, My founder (Well it might be because she is mean, lol), she always goes to her one of her littlest ones, Brody (I call him Brody Bear) and 'gets onto him', just randomly... about nothing... so their relationship is actually kind of red.. and so, he decided to go play in the cupboard because he was angry with his mother. Lol. It's the little things that I love about this family and this game. ♥Also, I adore the "phases" from Parenthood soo much! It's hilarious watching each of the kids go through something.(Mind you, there are six kids right now in the family! So.. I suppose that's my 'chaos' that I have right now until we get more).. but I cannot stop playing them. Their my go-to-family every time.Here's a photo of my Founder; Violet: Her adult stage. :( I'm not ready for her to age into Elder.. and pass.. https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4734/38606175484_3ffa3b4c11_z.jpgOne of her daughters: Avery - She's actually a twin! My first set, the only set so far.. and they were born completely naturally (no fertility, no apples, strawberries, kid cartoon channels, no lot traits!) (So I'm very proud of this family)https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4728/38436451765_72c4cc2891_z.jpg 5. What was your least favorite pack released this year and why?Spoiler (Highlight to read)Hmm, honestly, I don't think there was any pack released this year that I didn't like. Oh. I suppose it would be Fitness Stuff. But then again, I really did like some of the outfits and definitely feel we needed more gym wear. But I think the reason I didn't care for it is because of the way they focused on the Gyms in livestreams and stuff when Sims 4 was first releasing. But then again, the earbuds, the clothing, the new gym equipment is always nice. However, I'll say it was my 'least favorite' because I still haven't purchased it. lol I do want it.. because of the things listed, but it's definitely not a pack I'd go out and buy any time soon. I'll be getting Laundry Day before I purchase Fitness Stuff. (If they want to add it as a half price, or something, maybe I'll get it then).Hmm, honestly, I don't think there was any pack released this year that I didn't like. Oh. I suppose it would be Fitness Stuff. But then again, I really did like some of the outfits and definitely feel we needed more gym wear. But I think the reason I didn't care for it is because of the way they focused on the Gyms in livestreams and stuff when Sims 4 was first releasing. But then again, the earbuds, the clothing, the new gym equipment is always nice. However, I'll say it was my 'least favorite' because I still haven't purchased it. lol I do want it.. because of the things listed, but it's definitely not a pack I'd go out and buy any time soon. I'll be getting Laundry Day before I purchase Fitness Stuff. (If they want to add it as a half price, or something, maybe I'll get it then).6. What do you hope to accomplish in the new year (will you try a new challenge?)Spoiler (Highlight to read) Oh boy. What I hope to accomplish in 2018 is complete my 100 Baby Challenge, to work on learning how to build houses/rooms, to be much more consistent with my youtube channel (2017 was a hard year for me.. lost a loved one, found out my brother needed open-heart surgery, then found out from his surgeon that he didn't..(thank goodness)(but we waited almost two months to find out so it was very stressful times).. just a lot of stuff going on in my life this year that made youtube difficult to be consistent. :( ) so I want to try to be much better this year and put my focus on it as much as I can because I'm almost to 1,000 subscribers. ♥ and really want to see what I can do in 1 year with as much focus as I can even if times are a bit tough. And to also try out a new challenge because I love challenges and find them very fun to experiment with. Here's hoping we get some really great content this coming up year to help with game-play and make it even more interesting/entertaining for challenges. :) I'm excited to see what they've got in store for us!Sorry for such a long post... :/ Maybe I should spoiler this a bit, I probably will after I look over it, because I feel bad, lol; and thanks for a great thread! Oh boy. What I hope to accomplish in 2018 is complete my 100 Baby Challenge, to work on learning how to build houses/rooms, to be much more consistent with my youtube channel (2017 was a hard year for me.. lost a loved one, found out my brother needed open-heart surgery, then found out from his surgeon that he didn't..(thank goodness)(but we waited almost two months to find out so it was very stressful times).. just a lot of stuff going on in my life this year that made youtube difficult to be consistent. :( ) so I want to try to be much better this year and put my focus on it as much as I can because I'm almost to 1,000 subscribers. ♥ and really want to see what I can do in 1 year with as much focus as I can even if times are a bit tough. And to also try out a new challenge because I love challenges and find them very fun to experiment with. Here's hoping we get some really great content this coming up year to help with game-play and make it even more interesting/entertaining for challenges. :) I'm excited to see what they've got in store for us!Sorry for such a long post... :/ Maybe I should spoiler this a bit, I probably will after I look over it, because I feel bad, lol; and thanks for a great thread!

1. What was your favorite pack released this year and why?Toddler stuff! It's the only pack I've bought on release so far and I love the clothes, hair, and the playground tunnels with the ball pit and slide for toddlers to play on. Toddlers are my favourite life stage, so I'm always happy for more stuff for them. 2. What was your favorite free update/challenge?The toddler update of course. I only started playing the sims 4 this year, so I don't know what it was like without toddlers, but I love them so much so I'm happy they are in the game. 3. What would you like to see next year (if you're being creative, think outside of the box, beyond Seasons ;))For a free update I would love preteens. I like to have families with lots of children and I need preteens to accurately create some families. For a game pack, I would like a small pets pack. I have 3 guinea pigs, and I wish I could have guinea pigs in my game. 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?)Since I only started playing this year, everything I've done with my sims is my favourite. I love creating them, planning out their lives, decorating houses, etc. 5. What was your least favorite pack released this year and why?Either Parenthood or Fitness Stuff since I don't have either of those packs. I'm a family player, but I don't have Parenthood because I never age up my children past the child or maybe teen stage so I would never get to actually see the effects of the character values. I also don't like what I've seen on the forums about children making messes everywhere. And I don't like the idea of my sims entering phases all the time. I love some of the items and interactions in the pack though, so I'm sad that I have to miss out on them. And I don't have Fitness Stuff because it's not interesting to me. 6. What do you hope to accomplish in the new year (will you try a new challenge?)I hope I can finish some of the storylines I've planned out in my mind. I constantly come up with more ideas, and never actually finish any of them. I have all these save games I've started and never played much.

1. What was your favorite pack released this year and why?Bowling Night: I love all the clothing and Mid Century inspired decor. I also like the idea of bowling leagues for some of my Sims and just having another group activity for the whole family to do.2. What was your favorite free update/challenge?Toddlers brought a whole new level, but I liked the holiday updates with new clothing/decor. I love using clothing and decorations in storytelling, so those really helped me in some of my saves.3. What would you like to see next year (if you're being creative, think outside of the box, beyond Seasons ;))Something new/never-done-before in the Sims feature, like Clubs. Those were a literal game-changer and I would love to see them do something new like that again. Not sure what, but I'm open!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?)Playing a single Sim and just living her life. Normally I do challenges or family play, never focusing on just one Sim. It was relaxing, fun, and allowed me to explore aspects of the game I had never done before.5. What was your least favorite pack released this year and why?Vampires-I'm not a fan of them. But I do like the depth they went into with them. Hopefully Supernaturals like Mermaids, etc. will have the same depth.6. What do you hope to accomplish in the new year (will you try a new challenge?)Complete the current Historical Legacy Challenge I'm doing and restart it :) When I first began it years ago, I had no packs of any kind, just base game. It was fun, but as things came out, I really wanted to restart the Challenge to incorporate them. Now I can and it will be a ton of fun!

@Xoxk9 I was going to post a top 10 simming moments for 2017. I used to do this for TS3, but haven't for TS4.I will just post in yours because the way the forums work, my thread would probably just get merged with yours, which would probably be a mess because the format would be different.Just be warned, this is a long post. >:) 1. What was your favorite pack released this year and why?Parenthood. It goes hand in hand with toddlers. No toddlers was one of the reasons why I could not get into TS4.2. What was your favorite free update/challenge?Toddlers, of course3. What would you like to see next year (if you're being creative, think outside of the box, beyond Seasons ;))I need Uni because it is the most important missing pack for my game play. Aging will be turned off when my sims are teens and I will wait for Uni.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 have ten of them and I will list them after the quiz.5. What was your least favorite pack released this year and why?I don't like to focus on least favorites.6. What do you hope to accomplish in the new year (will you try a new challenge?)I want to experiment with new ways to tell stories with The Sims.Now, for number 4:This spoiler tag hides #10 to #2:The Death and Birth of my Simming Moments thread.2017 is the year The sims 4 took off for me. My Simming Moments thread that was created at the launch of the game was filled with complaints, restarts, and game play that was not normal for me. When we got Toddlers and Parenthood, I felt the thread should be archived and started anew.http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f116/cireking213/The%20Sims%204/A%20Mega%20Reboot/01%20It%20Starts/The%20End.pngSince I was digging deep into TS4 again with all my favorite sims, I was ready to do some serious rotational play, I created this little tool to track when I was ready to move on to the next stage of play.http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f116/cireking213/The%20Sims%204/spreads.jpgI had been dabbling around with all my immortal young adults living in San Myshuno, but it got really interesting when I put in Meadow Thayer.I had her living in the city and working in Social Media career. She was investigating the cat girls from Windenburg she has seen touring the city and was going to write about them.http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f116/cireking213/The%20Sims%204/Game%20Play/50%20Snipptets/04-17-17_8-48-10nbspAM.pngSpoiler (Highlight to read)http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f116/cireking213/The%20Sims%204/Game%20Play/50%20Snipptets/Snip%2002/04-21-17_9-30-14nbspAM.pnghttp://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f116/cireking213/The%20Sims%204/Game%20Play/50%20Snipptets/04-22-17_5-10-06nbspPM.pnghttp://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f116/cireking213/The%20Sims%204/Game%20Play/50%20Snipptets/Snip%2002/04-21-17_9-30-14nbspAM.pnghttp://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f116/cireking213/The%20Sims%204/Game%20Play/50%20Snipptets/04-22-17_5-10-06nbspPM.pngNothing is sacred in my Game.I haven't bothered the Goths much... until now. I experimented on them with makeovers.I think I went easy on them though.Spoiler (Highlight to read)At least they are still recognizable. :) Now I want to play them.I will probably work them into my rotation.I wonder if I might have Cassandra experiment with vampirism. She could use the experience for her memoir: I Was A Teenage Vampire.The Vampires Game Pack is not in my top ten because I have yet to play it fully, but I will.At least they are still recognizable. :) Now I want to play them.I will probably work them into my rotation.I wonder if I might have Cassandra experiment with vampirism. She could use the experience for her memoir: I Was A Teenage Vampire.The Vampires Game Pack is not in my top ten because I have yet to play it fully, but I will.This is only here because it relates to my number one. Toddlers are the starting point of my current game play scenario and I liked having the extra content.http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f116/cireking213/The%20Sims%204/A%20Mega%20Reboot/15%20Random/10-24-17_7-37-02nbspPM.pnghttp://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f116/cireking213/The%20Sims%204/A%20Mega%20Reboot/15%20Random/10-24-17_7-44-53nbspPM.pngTo be honest, pets are not a big feature for me. I was interested primarily in the new world and having another career.But I do plan on trying out a scenario I have been thinking about.Spoiler (Highlight to read)http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f116/cireking213/The%20Sims%204/EP4%20Cats%20and%20Dogs/11-11-17_4-00-55nbspPM.pnghttp://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f116/cireking213/The%20Sims%204/EP4%20Cats%20and%20Dogs/11-11-17_4-01-42nbspPM.pnghttp://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f116/cireking213/The%20Sims%204/the-truth-about-cats-and-dogs-movie-poster-1996-1020265446.jpghttp://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f116/cireking213/The%20Sims%204/EP4%20Cats%20and%20Dogs/11-11-17_4-00-55nbspPM.pnghttp://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f116/cireking213/The%20Sims%204/EP4%20Cats%20and%20Dogs/11-11-17_4-01-42nbspPM.pnghttp://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f116/cireking213/The%20Sims%204/the-truth-about-cats-and-dogs-movie-poster-1996-1020265446.jpgI had decided to build a replacement for my old computer several years earlier than expected for quite a few reasons.The Sims 4 wasn't one of them since it really doesn't need a more powerful machine, but fast load times and saving are even faster now.http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f116/cireking213/The%20Sims%203/Game%20Play%2025/01%20OBC%20Matty/13f3e4c9-c385-4822-a5cd-028f47ea60ca.jpgLiquid cooled CPU and GPU, M.2 NVME SSDs, Windows 10, and a virtual reality headset is making for some fun gaming.http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f116/cireking213/The%20Sims%204/20171022_180154.jpghttp://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f116/cireking213/The%20Sims%204/20171105_141605.jpg http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f116/cireking213/The%20Sims%204/20171105_150124.jpgParenthood is half the reason why I am back into playing TS4 now. I haven't gotten deep into yet, as most of my sims are still toddlers so values, science projects, curfew, grounding, and phases are just getting started.http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f116/cireking213/The%20Sims%204/A%20Mega%20Reboot/17%20Story%20Progression/Melonie%20Bloom/12-09-17_10-09-07nbspAM.pngThe other reason why I am back to playing The Sims 4 because I could not stand full grown children jumping out of the baby bassinet. Best toddlers ever! 'nuf said.http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f116/cireking213/The%20Sims%204/A%20Mega%20Reboot/17%20Story%20Progression/Melonie%20Bloom/Perigrine%20Visit/12-09-17_6-21-56nbspPM_2.pngFor the majority of the time I have been playing The Sims 4, I have been playing the same never aging young adults. They never married or became involved in deep relationships. They merely explored the content in new packs.http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f116/cireking213/The%20Sims%204/Stuff%20Packs/05%20Movie%20Night/01/01-15-16_6-13-38nbspPM.pnghttp://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f116/cireking213/The%20Sims%204/EP3%20City%20Living/11-02-16_12-07-37nbspPM.pngAnd played around with custom content.http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f116/cireking213/The%20Sims%204/Game%20Play/49%20Angry%20Birds/07%20CosPlay/10-01-16_2-59-11nbspPM.pngBut now that we had toddlers and Parenthood, I started my game over again.I've started all favorite sims over by aging them all down to toddlers.http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f116/cireking213/The%20Sims%204/ts4cover.pngMy supernatural sims are being raised as toddlers in an orphanage.http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f116/cireking213/The%20Sims%204/05-20-17_10-07-17nbspAM.pngMy normal sims have been given parents and are scattered around the various worlds.http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f116/cireking213/The%20Sims%204/A%20Mega%20Reboot/17%20Story%20Progression/12-02-17_9-53-03nbspAM.pnghttp://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f116/cireking213/The%20Sims%204/A%20Mega%20Reboot/17%20Story%20Progression/Olivia/12-03-17_12-14-06nbspAM_1.pnghttp://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f116/cireking213/The%20Sims%204/A%20Mega%20Reboot/17%20Story%20Progression/Melonie%20Bloom/12-09-17_9-54-38nbspAM.pnghttp://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f116/cireking213/The%20Sims%204/A%20Mega%20Reboot/09%20Double%20Trouble/06-09-17_8-00-48nbspAM.png

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.jpgWe 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.jpgWhen 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.

Quiz for 2017 - Your Sims 4 Highlights [What did you enjoy last year]

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babysquare
8 years ago
1. What was your favorite pack released this year and why?
Vampires, because it's so good, FH is beautiful plus Caleb <3 , and cats and dogs, because my sims needed them; wasn't really worth playing without them.

2. What was your favorite free update/challenge?
Can't think of one, though I do like that they give us free festive stuff each year.

3. What would you like to see next year (if you're being creative, think outside of the box, beyond Seasons )
The laundry which we're getting soon, also I'd like seasons/weather and a new vacation pack. Also I'd like proper greenhouses.

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?)
Aside from adding pets to my households it was business as usual; nothing in particular.

5. What was your least favorite pack released this year and why?
Sports stuff, bowling stuff, toddler stuff; have no interest in them so didn't buy them. Also applies to glamour stuff and kids room stuff, but I can't remember when they were released.

6. What do you hope to accomplish in the new year (will you try a new challenge?)
I'll do a challenge if it's interesting and I have the time, otherwise just regular stuff.
simgirl1010
Hero
8 years ago
1. What was your favorite pack released this year and why?
My favorite pack was Parenthood because it added such realism to the task of raising kids.

2. What was your favorite free update/challenge?
Toddlers!!!!

3. What would you like to see next year (if you're being creative, think outside of the box, beyond Seasons ;))
I would love to see an educational pack encompassing public/private school for children and teens and a university system.

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?)
My favorite sim moment was the birth of the first toddler in my game. <3

5. What was your least favorite pack released this year and why?
My least favorite would have to be Vampires simply because I haven't done anything with it other than grow garlic.

6. What do you hope to accomplish in the new year (will you try a new challenge?)
I have extended family members who have left the nest and moved out on their own. I'd like to play one of those sims and experience what the Vampire pack has to offer.
OEII1001
Seasoned Ace
8 years ago
1. What was your favorite pack released this year and why?
Vampires, and it isn't even a contest. It isn't that I don't love Cats and Dogs, but the The Sims 4: Vampires might be the greatest pack in the series. I've never played a perfect video game, but I imagine that Vampires is pretty close to perfection.

2. What was your favorite free update/challenge?
I've never been a fan of the toddler life stage, but it was still an entire stage introduced for free. Hard to compete with that.

3. What would you like to see next year (if you're being creative, think outside of the box, beyond Seasons ;))
I have no interest in future updates beyond Seasons.

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?)
Loading up CAS with the Vampire pack for the first time back in January. The nearly endless options still amaze me to this day.

5. What was your least favorite pack released this year and why?
Toddler Stuff. I'm not big on stuff packs to begin with, and the toddler pack in particular didn't give me much I would use.

6. What do you hope to accomplish in the new year (will you try a new challenge?)
I don't keep lists of accomplishments in video games. I play them for recreation, nothing more.
ActuallySammy
8 years ago
1. My favourite pack this year was Cats and Dogs, I feel like it added so much to the game.
2. My favourite patch was the toddler patch, I never played any other sim games so it was completely new to me, but toddlers make the game so much more interesting especially since twins and triplets seem to be very popular among my sims.
3. I hope we get seasons, a pack with a bunch of new worlds, some sort of underwater themed pack where your sims can live in houses underwater and maybe an into the future pack.
4. When i was playing a storyline and every single genration had twins or triplets, i used no cheats.
5. Bowling stuff was my least favourite.
6.
SavPMA
8 years ago
> @EnkiSchmidt said:
> 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:
>
>
> 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:
>
>
>
> 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.

Can you link me the pool?
EnkiSchmidt
Hero
8 years ago
@JrKyodai
Here you go!

Mine (requires Toddler stuff SP)
http://www.mediafire.com/file/zf7rsf4vovcv87z/EnkiSchmidt_editedballpit.package

Necrodog's (new mesh, no SP needed, raises Thinking skill)
http://necrodogmtsands4s.tumblr.com/post/160644883505/functional-toddler-pool-update-pets-laundry
keenow
Rising Ace
8 years ago
1. What was your favorite pack released this year and why?
Vampires! I love supernatural sims. So I was so happy to get them back in my game. Plus the vampires were done in such an awesome way this time round with the skill tree that you can have so many unique and custom vampires. Teeth and fang options. A hidden "dark mode" so you can have secret vampires. Not to mention the building options that came with this pack are fantastic in every way. Really nice wallpapers and pillars that tend on the cheaper side.

2. What was your favorite free update/challenge?
Toddlers! I feel like this is going to be most peoples. They were so cute and they really complete families.

3. What would you like to see next year (if you're being creative, think outside of the box, beyond Seasons ;))
A "Dangerous" pack? I want burglars back. I want to have firefighters back, too. Bonus if you can play as a firefighter via professions! With firefighters maybe we could finally get some spiral staircases? I'd like a military career, with a branch for the airforce so I could have a pilot sim. Maybe the job pop ups have a chance of sending your sim home with their arm in a cast or something. A rare sickness that could be deadly unless you took your sim to the hospital for surgery? That'd be fun for story building. Ya'know, something that added a bit more risk to liven things up. Like METEORS! Well, it doesn't always have to be life or death, it could just be an injury -like a limp! New walk cycle? Everything goes too smoothly in my games. lol

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 built a house that a lot of people seemed to like. Made me really happy. :blush: I shared it on the gallery. Might I say, the gallery is one of the coolest things about the sims 4. I love it! I love being able to share my creations and to take other people's awesome creations and put them in my game is something all the other games really lacked.

5. What was your least favorite pack released this year and why?
Laundry Day I don't really want to have laundry in my game. I'm pretty against the idea. I know plenty of other simmers who wanted it -and that's entirely ok! It just doesn't interest me personally. But what I don't like about this pack is there's actually a lot of cool build items included that I would want in my game, but I cannot get unless I add something I hate. So they'll just be there. Taunting me. Forever unobtainable.

6. What do you hope to accomplish in the new year (will you try a new challenge?)
I'm still widdling away at my own little personal legacy. It's set on long lifespan so it's slow going. I always play my sims at the longest lifespans they can have. So in any sims game the furthest I ever got was the children of generation 6 before my game would inexplicably crash and I'd have to start over. The Sims 4 though seems way more sturdy than the previous installments. I hope I can make it past generation 6. That's my goal! I'm starting generation 5 now. So close!
krunji
8 years ago
Oh, I love these :)

1. What was your favorite pack released this year and why?

Parenthood GP, because my preferred play style was finally introduced to the game. Families felt whole and sims had more soul. It provided decent gameplay and amazing build&buy objects so I think it's going to stay my favorite for a long while (but I'd love for the team to give us something even better of course and I hope they will)

2. What was your favorite free update/challenge?

The option to size down objects is hands down the best update that's ever happened to this game.

3. What would you like to see next year (if you're being creative, think outside of the box, beyond Seasons ;))

I want more careers that aren't active (or semi-active). I'm also waiting for university and hoping for teenagers to finally get the attention they so desperately need.

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?)

It was when CL came out and I decided to move my next heirs (siblings) into a shabby apartment in Spice District and pretend they're poor uni students who can barely afford food but try to live to the fullest anyway. Even though CL wasn't that great of an EP it gave me the inspiration for the best sim story I've ever played out in TS4. So many amazing, random events that lead the story forward happened and there was so much unexpected personality progress! I still love going back to screenshots of that time and re-live it. I don't think I'll ever have so much immersive fun playing the game as I've had then.

5. What was your least favorite pack released this year and why?

Vampires, because I'm not too fond of supernatural stuff in my game but I was very happy for those who waited for them.

6. What do you hope to accomplish in the new year (will you try a new challenge?)

I'm going to try and FINALLY have a family with a single child. I always have to have at least two or more. Enough of that, it's not realistic :D Some families only have one kid and that's okay so I'm gonna try that and REALLY focus on that child.

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