Why Was the Ignore Button Removed From Chance Cards?
Seriously, why? You decided to bring back chance cards only to leave off one of the most important parts of them, the ignore button! Personally, I've never been a fan of chance cards. I'm just not th...
"EnkiSchmidt;c-16085964" wrote: I don't mind the possibility for failure, but the Sims 4 chance cards are often terribly worded and sometimes downright insulting. That goes for the rocketship cards as well as the school events and the new parenthood volunteering cards.
My teen sim Abel noticed that cake sales during charity sale were slow, so he decided to take pictures of the goods and promote the sale in the internet. His father was a professional blogger, so I figured this idea was in character for Abel, trying to emulate dad and so on. The plan backfired, Abel had overestimated his internet presence as the chance card told me. On top of that the superior scolded Abel for "playing with his phone" during work. Understandably, as she had only seen him using the phone and was unaware of what the boy had really done. Until that point everything was well. I liked the short scene because it fit this particular sim so well. But then the game docked Abel responsibility points. Okay, this is debateable. As his parent I'd say trying to push sales was a very responsibible thing to do, as it shows involvement in a job beyond doing what the kid was told and also demonstrates that Abel cared about the sale's success. But let's say he was irresponsible in not telling his superior what he planned and in not asking permission first. Now the REAL infuriating thing is that the chance card was phrased "Abel lost Responsibility for playing with his phone". It wasn't the dialogue of the superior (who didn't know better), but actual narrator text (who should know better!). I find this profoundly unfair towards the player, because the game knows what my sim had wanted to accomplish and that he hadn't been playing. "Abel lost Responsibility points for misjudging his online influence/social networking skills" or "for acting on an impulse" would have described the matter more precise.
Oftentimes I wished there wish there was an actual school with actual teachers and classmates that I could drown in swimming pools or at least visit with my adult sims to complain about unfair treatment of their children. So for the sake of my blood pressure I'd very much welcome an ignore button.
Oh gosh, I know exactly what you're saying. For example, there's an extremely notorious school chance card where your kid makes a mistake on their test and has the option to either tell the teacher or just turn it in. It's one of those cards, too. The choice to turn it in is risky. Either the teacher will be okay with the mistake, or forces your child to stay in during recess to do the test over, making the child angry. The choice to just turn it in, however, is ALWAYS wrong. It's also just wrong, if I might add. The teacher singles the poor kid out and gives them extra homework. And there's also another school card where, in the wrong choice, the teacher hands your kid an F, and I quote, "with glee." Not cool! Where is this teacher so I can drown her or slowly starve her in a 1x1 room until she dies in a puddle of her own pee?
I remember someone bringing up space chance cards, too, but I can't remember if it was for rocket ship adventures or the astronaut career. They said the same thing you said, though, that the card will outright insult the player for trying to "play it safe." Again, totally not cool! This makes me really sad that Chillgood's less risky card mod has become forever broken and unusable.
And thank you @DragonCat159 . My point exactly! All the ignore button does is close the chance card without any negative or positive consequence to your Sim. I don't think that anything of value would be lost by reintroducing the ignore button to chance cards. People who like taking chances will still have that option, and those who don't can just click the handy dandy ignore button.
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