Sims nationalities
i'm aware they are only sims therefore don't exist, but given ea keeps talking about representation and cultures i took a couple of minutes to wonder & search where could some ts4 premades "be" from, ...
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"bella_goth;c-17739767" wrote:"Cinebar;c-17739650" wrote:"MDianaSims;c-17739320" wrote:
Actually, in Dutch it would be Landgraaf, so not sure who put the b on the end, because that's not typical for Dutch names. I do believe the Landgraab family is called Landgraaf in the Dutch version of the game.
I'd rather think their name comes from "land grab" and the added "a" is to make it look fancier. I mean, that would fit with how they accumulated their money.
The name was the name of a real CEO at EA. Most of the names that have been carried over from one generation of Simmers to the next are real people's names that worked on the games or at EA etc. Yes, Goopy was a real person. :) developer, Landgrabb, Le Tourneau etc. were real people, men who either had invested in EA or were upper crusty CEOs and some of the developers/producers such as Tim Le Tourneau. Had nothing to do with nationalities and or diversty. ETA: Bella Goth was not of any particular nationalty in The Sims. She isn't even as dark skinned as TS4 created her. Nor is her hair correct. The Goths simply had either a particular head, and or outfit and were based/inspired on the characters from a cartoon in Will Wright's time.
but Cinebar i remember we talked about this landgraab ceo on another thread and the only thing i had found was "Malcolm first appears in SimCity 3000, where he is the CEO of Landgraab Industries." https://sims.fandom.com/wiki/Malcolm_Landgraab_(console)
i would really love if some time it was possible you could provide the source. may he perhaps appear on the credits?
this is the Simcity MalcolmSpoilerhttps://i.imgur.com/1a1Qa2Y.gif
perhaps the goths inspiration from the Addams could have been one of the references to create the goths aesthetic but not the main one, and this similarity was later more emphasized for example on Mortimer's outfit on ts3 which looks like Pugsley Addams's.
i think devs had different sources of inspiration through the games, but also different devs had input on these premades so, many things are mismatched. who made ts4 Bella is not the same developer that made ts1 Bella, same with every premade.
if it wasn't for the Addams i wouldn't have really put the Goths on this list. because like other premades especially on ts2 (pleasants, deamers, grunts, etc), rather than by nationality they seem more based on a characteristic that defines them.
Unfortunately the internet gets scrubbed and old articles are hard to find so no, I can't 'prove' Landgraab was a real person at the moment, but as far as the Goths are concerned look up The Bullwinkle Show, Natasha and Boris cartoons. I think you will see the resemblences more than the Adams family. And anyone can follow Will Wright and ask him, I suppose since he was always willing to answer questions way back in The Sims and before. Admiral Landgraab is mentioned in The Sims and is available for purchase as a statue or something in the original game. Landgraab name was around long before The Sims2. Sorry, I really don't have time today or this week to prove trivia that has long since been washed off the internet for more appealing speculation massaging the masses who wish to see identity representation everywhere. Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. And btw, these gurus don't know half their history and have not known nor can they remember what they say in the past, twenty years ago, really no need to ask them at all.
