The last time I made this post was 2 years ago so since we have new faces around let's try it again. I mean hey even with some of the old faces your answer may have changed :)There are types of simmers so which one are you? (Borrowed this list off a Google search) :)Also if you are more than one (which most will be) select the poll option you relate to the most, and feel free to comment the different ones you are. I only get to make 10 poll options so didnt have enough room for "Other".As for my answer...I used to be the builder. I really enjoyed it but I am now more a completionist. I am working on my super sim and want to have all the challenges/aspirations completed. I am also a deviant. I mean no chaos makes a boring gameplay haha.Differrent types:*Builder: replace all items in the world with player's own creations*Colonist: replace all sims currently prepopulated in the world with their own creations*Completionist/Challenger: completes all game "goals" such as careers & aspirations. Also/or enjoys doing sim challenges.*Deviant: performs interactions just to see what may happen and / or creates a bit of chaos in their sim world*Laid-back: does not take the game seriously, plays for leisure and enjoys using cheats / cc depending upon the necessary purpose*Legacy / Family Player: creates an extensive family tree using only one sim*Role-player: takes on a personal role through their sims lives*Rotational: rotates from household, to household*Storyteller: performs actions in-game to create a story of which is written / depicted later*Woohoo hound / partyer: enjoys woohooing, enough said :)

I am mostly a rotational player.I have a lot of different types of families which enjoy different things. I am not really a storyteller ( I don’t write plots ), but I do micromanage and have a preconceived notion of who the sim is and what they will do, so, I guess you can say I am a role player too. I have a pretty large rotation, many of my sims interact and are friends or enemies with other sims in my rotation. I use some pre-made sims, but most of my favorite sims are my own, or gallery sims from very early In the game. A few sims appreciate some collections more than others. I have one sim that works towards completing them all ( but is not even close! ). I do use money cheats with some sims that are supposed to be rich like the Landgrabbs, I will set up businesses with them. And I will download collections and put them in stores to sell for the many sims who aren’t collectors. So, I guess I can be laid-back too. Legacies don’t appeal to me, I get too bored of playing one family. I rarely test out things, but on occasion I do. I love downloading lots from the gallery and tweaking them. But if I can’t find what I want, or want something real particular I will build. I have been doing a bit more of that lately. You also forgot to mention CAS player.... once in awhile I do like making a sim or household, and I often go in and change townies clothes, hair etc. or get rid of townies I don’t want in my game.I do think collections is one of the better aspects of the game, that and the variety of ways you can make money ( without a job). I also love the active careers, especially the ones with workplaces with objectives.

I fall into a bunch of categories, but I'd say the majority of my play is rotational. I like playing families and even though I don't do legacy challenges, I do play generations upon generations of the same families. Tis why family portraits are so important to me.

All of the above to various degrees in different saves (and often various things within the same save), except for the Completionist/Challenger one. That's one thing I care little or nothing about in most games because I play them for the journey instead of the destination.

I build more than I play, so naturally I selected that. When I'm actually playing, I'm also a colonist, which necessitates playing rotationally from time to time, and very much a legacy family player. I'm not normally a completionist, but the matriarch of my family has completed almost all of the aspirations I have just because I've had her around for a year and a half irl.

I have one family that I play. Mom, Dad, teen, child, toddler, and a dog. The mom is my super sim and is completing all aspirations, skills, careers, degrees, etc. In between that they're just a normal family doing normal family stuff.

What type of sims player are you?

SheriSim
Seasoned Hotshot
4 years ago
I am mostly a rotational player.

I have a lot of different types of families which enjoy different things. I am not really a storyteller ( I don’t write plots ), but I do micromanage and have a preconceived notion of who the sim is and what they will do, so, I guess you can say I am a role player too. I have a pretty large rotation, many of my sims interact and are friends or enemies with other sims in my rotation. I use some pre-made sims, but most of my favorite sims are my own, or gallery sims from very early In the game. A few sims appreciate some collections more than others. I have one sim that works towards completing them all ( but is not even close! ). I do use money cheats with some sims that are supposed to be rich like the Landgrabbs, I will set up businesses with them. And I will download collections and put them in stores to sell for the many sims who aren’t collectors. So, I guess I can be laid-back too. Legacies don’t appeal to me, I get too bored of playing one family. I rarely test out things, but on occasion I do. I love downloading lots from the gallery and tweaking them. But if I can’t find what I want, or want something real particular I will build. I have been doing a bit more of that lately. You also forgot to mention CAS player.... once in awhile I do like making a sim or household, and I often go in and change townies clothes, hair etc. or get rid of townies I don’t want in my game.

I do think collections is one of the better aspects of the game, that and the variety of ways you can make money ( without a job). I also love the active careers, especially the ones with workplaces with objectives.
MstyBL95
4 years ago
I fall into a bunch of categories, but I'd say the majority of my play is rotational. I like playing families and even though I don't do legacy challenges, I do play generations upon generations of the same families. Tis why family portraits are so important to me.
VWoodsong
Seasoned Observer
4 years ago
All of the above to various degrees in different saves (and often various things within the same save), except for the Completionist/Challenger one. That's one thing I care little or nothing about in most games because I play them for the journey instead of the destination.
LadyGray01
Seasoned Hotshot
4 years ago
I build more than I play, so naturally I selected that.
When I'm actually playing, I'm also a colonist, which necessitates playing rotationally from time to time, and very much a legacy family player. I'm not normally a completionist, but the matriarch of my family has completed almost all of the aspirations I have just because I've had her around for a year and a half irl.
simgirl1010
Hero
4 years ago
I have one family that I play. Mom, Dad, teen, child, toddler, and a dog. The mom is my super sim and is completing all aspirations, skills, careers, degrees, etc. In between that they're just a normal family doing normal family stuff.
Ellupelluellu
Hero
4 years ago
I have my main save, where I play mostly with one family only, that one includes my most skilled sim. Then i have couple of different challenge saves.
CAPTAIN_NXR7
Seasoned Veteran
4 years ago

Builder.
Deviant.
Laid Back.
Role Player.
Rotational.
Storyteller.
And that last one but let’s not talk about it.
Sharooonia
New Spectator
4 years ago
I'm a family player always. I love both rotational play and legacy style play.
Simmingal
Hero
4 years ago
I find it hard to fit myself in a box here so let me just explain it awkwardly

I relate:

Builder
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I do eventually work towards having built something of my own on every lot in the game but its not only thing i play and sometimes i just don't build cause no need

Completionist
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I have a legacy family that has few sims that are there to be perfect at everything

Deviant
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I enjoy chaos and i often seek things that are on the "wait is this even possible" side of the game but also i do feel it has to make sense storywise to be fun like say donny boi won't just make nooboos with everyone even though he could and it be lovely chaos

no there has to be story on why each nooboo was made and connections between the sims and idk drama

Legacy / Family Player
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I have one bigger legacy family but i play lots of side families in same save

Role-player
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I have one sim i consider to be almighty "me" sim that i play bit more personally though we don't have much in common

Rotational
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I play many households for random amounts of time at random times but I'm very biased with some of them so some also just get ignored 99% of time

Storyteller
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I do share my save a lot lately but its more me playing and taking screens and then sharing if its fun and idk i just can't imagine writing full stories or making elaborate sims movies or such i don't have that type of patience

Only ones I don't really feel i relate to at all:

Woohoo hound / partyer:
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actually I quite avoid making my sims woohoo unless its for a reason which well is ironic cause I'm trying to play Don Lothario atm and... :sweat_smile: Let's just say his views on woohoo are bit different from my own crumplebottom ideals

Laid-back:
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I don't think micromanagy me qualifies :lol:

Unsure if I relate:

Colonist
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... I don't make many sims of my own but I've had to make quite many lately to fill my world with premades from ts2 and existing premades with makeovers and such

so that is happening..
and yes i delete every useless annoying randomized townie that hits corner of my eye only to have game spawning more

= I'll go with mutant
mightyspritesims
Rising Hotshot
4 years ago
I love following the arc of a character and seeing what happens to them. So far I've been doing this with multiple generations of a family, which started as a legacy challenge and I guess still is.
I could say storyteller as well, but I don't pre-plan a story and then use the game to stage the story; I am mostly commenting on what the gameplay turns out to be. Sometimes I do have a general idea of where I want to take a character, but the gameplay surprises add a lot more fun and creativity than I ever thought up on my own. It's more improvisational, less plotted in advance.