I will admit, I have killed off Sims ever since TS1. However that was only when I was making a haunted house. I would make some Sims and dress them in period clothing from over the years, Victorian, Flapper etc. I would use whatever outfits, shoes and hats I could find to fit the feel of a long line of Sims who had died over a stretch of years.
Then, without playing them or getting to know them and their traits etc I would kill them off, drown them, burn them, starve them etc. I would then make a family plot somewhere on the property (usually a large lot with a mansion of some sort) and save the game.
At that point I would choose a family or some poor unfortunate lone soul to buy and live in the house. In this way I could have my haunted house lot. These days we can just use the new lot trait.
The very first Sim I ever made back in TS1 caught on fire (cooking) after about my first 5 minutes of game-play. It freaked me out, luckily I had saved before he died.
I remember when Cassandra Goth died in TS1 from a guinea pig bite I was crushed. I had only played them for about 5 or 6 real life days and they had really not advanced that far in the game so I asked for help from the Exchange (like our current Gallery). A kind Simmer uploaded an unplayed Goth lot with family and I started them over.
I remember the first time my husband (who I married near the end of TS2) saw me killing off Sims to make a house. He was absolutely appalled and wondered if I was really the kind, caring person he thought he married. LOL
I just don't think I would enjoy killing them off just to watch them die. I tend to get too attached to them. <3
