I have to say that for a time there, my one Sim kept getting 'targeted'. I mean, really. I finally had my very first death by emotion, which ended up being a two-fer, as in my Global Superstar's brother-in-law overdid it on the juice so that when Erik told a lame joke, the half Vulcan laughed himself to death. Yeah. His wife was also in attendance and finally, she became aware others were weeping uncontrollably. She ended up dying a Hysterical death, too. I tried to continue playing that save. But as it turned out Erik wasn't so capable of caring for twin toddler boys and his 'girlfriend' wasn't so into kids, in general.
I restarted that gave save, inasmuch as I rolled it back to when the twins were just infants and took things forward from there. Sadly, suddenly Erik was the one dying of Hysteria. I exited without saving the first time, trying to understand just what set him off. Turns out his older brother (the family had gathered to enjoy Winterfest together, had told him a joke. Again, I exited without saving in the hope I could prevent Aaron from telling said joke. I managed to save Erik, so I continued playing forward. Well, I'll be darned if later on (or maybe even the next gaming session) Erik arrives home from his concert and suddenly, he's crumpled in front of the steps to the front door. I stopped playing that save.
Needless to say, I started a brand new game save after that and deleted the older one. In this case, it did seem as if the game, itself, not just the packs, were out to get my Sim!
All that to say, I would much rather have this random 'danger' to help spice things up a bit. Just be careful what you wish for …
