The hardest decision

"EnkiSchmidt;c-18180700" wrote:

"DaniRose2143;c-18180597" wrote:
@EgonVM @GalacticGal In that case I would take the easy way out. Whichever household is my least favorite would have the bad day. There's probably a good reason why they aren't a favorite. I have two in my big rotation that aren't sympathetic characters, and one has no redeeming value. If drama comes knocking I give it one of their addresses.

I'm a bad sims dad, I tend to give drama to my favorites (minus death, of course, I want my sims to suffer, not myself, so killing sims is extremely rare). Wasn't there even a saying about superheroes along the lines of "If misfortune befalls you, that only means you are popular with the reader. Popular heroes suffer misfortune. Unpopular heroes don't suffer, their books get canceled."?

I see myself as their (mostly)benevolent Goddess. I want to see my favored sims be happy and prosper. I send bad days to smite those sims who have displeased me. Bad days for my favored ones are usually something like, a failed audition, a book or work of art that wasn't very good, or it's a broken heart from a romance that wasn't meant to be. In extreme cases they get smited upside their heads. I'd have you ask Simeon what happens when you irritate me but, he's no longer around to answer...I guess you really wouldn't have had to ask, I demonstrated what happens to sims who really displease me.?

Between these two, starting a new game and resuming a game, for me most difficult is starting a new game. Resuming is no problem. I now have 2 saved games that I alternate between but starting a new save can be a chore for me because before I play I HAVE TO put down community lots that I prefer to use and that can take some quite a long time especially in Newcrest. That is mostly due to my problem with attention span and the impatience that comes with it. I am seriously considering creating a save game ready with all the community and residential housings that I like to have and add to each new saved game. That way I can just start a new game without the fuss that comes with it.

But my lack of attention span these days is the main cause that the only saves that I can really concentrate on is my very old one from 2018 and my newer one I started...Either beginning this year or end of last year and of course I rotate with gazillion households in both. The reason my second saved game has so far helded my attention is because I have been seeding that game with my 'own Sims' (mostly townie saving and households that the game has moved in into unoccupied houses). These Sims, I give a past, present and a sketchy future that is malleable. If I manage to create a household that I like and is interesting to me, they are a keeper and I find it can concentrate better on them.

That being said, I have no compunction over killing Sims. If Sim is uninteresting or is in the way they will meet Mr. or Miss/Mrs Death. If a Sim dies accidentally I won't have any Sims interfere on their behalf. I HAVE had Sims beg for mercy for their friend/lover/family member of course especially if I find it is not their time but...if I have a eureka moment when they flop onto the floor and discover that their death might give off some good storytelling or a changes I had not foreseen before, then my remaining Sims will get a nice urn on the mantelpiece.

The hardest decision to me is which of my sim kids is going to be the heir and stay with mom and dad while the others move out. It's always so hard for me to let the "extra" kids go. I don't play rotationally, I have tried several times and it's just not for me. The kids who move out always stay in touch, but I miss playing them every day and when they have kids, it nags me that those kids will not have me to raise them LOL.

If I could just learn to like playing a rotational game, this problem wouldn't exist. :'(

I can never decide if I want to build, or play.

Do I play Sims or content myself with the forums? or... Which do I do first, homework or that aircraft carrier on the workbench?