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👻 Ophelia Nigmos 👻

silly ghostly purple variant under the cut;

Continuing my little series of posts regarding The Sims 2 PSP files. Part 1 for cut Kine Dairy content and part 2 for cut Division 47 scientists. P6tgel's post for information about TA7.

Removed Wants & Fears

Wants Had Descriptions

I'm assuming this was meant to work in a similar way to the Sims 2 console game. In that version, pressing X (for GameCube) would show the names of the wants, but you had to pause and enter the 'Goals: Wants & Fears' menu to see the descriptions. In the PSP version, pressing square also shows want names, but I don't see their descriptions anywhere in the pause menu.

Sims 2 PSP Want Descriptions if you're interested, this file can be opened with notepad. Some of these gave me a good laugh.

I think a few of these wants have gone unused altogether, as I've never seen a generic "Clean" want, nor to "Paint Art" or "Sell Art"

Urgencies (Motives)

Urgencies, or motives as we know them, are a little different in this game. Some new ones are "Headache" and "Nausea". Headaches can be caused by various things, like eating ice cream, but if you eat too much you will die. I had no idea that headache failure had a specific death name for it until I read the files, death by tumor.

After a lot more effort than I initially thought would be necessary, I have compiled a list of 182 tracks from AJ Classic! Discontinued tracks have been excluded.

HUGE shoutout to TheOneAndOnlySomething on YouTube for uploading most of the soundtrack until 2020! The AJ Classic Wiki has also been quite helpful :)

If you have any questions or want me to change anything in this list, please let me know! I won't post any matches until at least a few days from now.

This list is roughly sorted by areas, parties, den music, and adventures:

I didn't forget about this! It took me a while to compile a proper list because:

At least half of the AJC soundtrack isn't officially released anywhere.

A number of tracks are the same or very similar, but with different names.

While TheOneAndOnlySomething on YouTube has thankfully uploaded most of the OST, the game has slightly changed since they stopped uploading in 2020 (Also, a few tracks are more sound effects than music lol).

Can you please give me a quote, or like a crumb of a quote, from that "horde of simmer", that reflects the sentiment you're strawmanning right now.

Nobody on that thread is saying that there is "so much" to choose from, nobody is saying that this space is the most diverse ever (we very well know it's not) or that non-poc options are not rarer, or that you should be grateful for anything.

Yes, the sims community is racist, the world is racist, there is no argument about that, nobody here is denying it. There is a long history of white-centric Sims CC being very dominant (I just finished fixing the lottie-sims hair defaults links on the database, so I have that very much in mind right now).

That said, to quote the initial post: "Literally every default face template set on earth that I've ever seen be like: what if every single sim looked the exact same as each other. and also they're all white". So yes, people are making suggestions, like to try and be helpful. I'm sorry, are you calling that wrong? What are we supposed to do, nod our heads and fail to mention the stuff that would potentially make someone's game more diverse? Fail to mention the work that has been done to alleviate the issue OP is struggling with and that we can recognize? Nobody is saying that that's enough, there will never be enough in terms of diversity in the CC we make because, as cheesy as that sounds, human diversity is infinite. How is people engaging in the discussion the equivalent of saying "stop suggesting deeper analysis of fandom trends and let me play my game IN PEACE!!!", isn't it the exact opposite? We want to have a discussion. One that gives space for nuance would be nice please. Like we can't be saying factually incorrect things and not expect people to point out the incorrectness.

Frustration about this topic is very understandable but let's try and read what people are actually saying, or we'll never have the productive conversations we need to have.

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as for the rest of what i said that did pertain specifically to the face templates post, comments like "you can't tell them what kind of CC they should be making instead", "you can also be criticized for being too lazy to choose different faces", and "instead of being bitchy about the existing templates, how about you make your own?" are clear examples of the dismissive nature of many simmers when the lack of minority representation is pointed out. because it's not just about the presence of this type of cc but also how it reflects the systemic racism that has influence in different spheres within this community, such as the silencing of black simmers' voices and the unwillingness to engage and empathize with non-white experiences. yes, i could make my own custom content based on my own ethnicity, but why should it only be my responsibility? why should i need to work harder and "mix and match" while others get to just slap a single unzipped file in their folder and call it a day? sure, no one is forcing me to download anything and some diverse cc does exist, but how come there is such a clear pattern of content that prefers one group of people?

and it is absolutely not wrong to try to help by offering resources to expand the visibility of diverse content, and genuinely the work done by yourself and other creators is appreciated, but often the way in which this content is being suggested while ignoring the larger issue is yet another reflection of that underlying racism at play. considering the post that inspired mine and how that one was worded, i will say it doesn't foster the best discussion for what i'm trying to convey as it's a heavy generalization of the cc actually available out there, and in that case the cc suggestions by others served a purpose. but when looking at the bigger picture and how this exchange tends to go, it can unknowingly be a way to silence any presented concerns and allow people to get away with not self-reflecting and instead continuing on in their normal fandom-going activities without asking "Hey, why don't I ever create sims with non-European features?" "Why do I only focus on the white(-passing) premades?" "Why do I consider this face template ugly?" etc.

Short story: under 7,500

Novelette: between 7,500 and 17,500

Novella: between 17,500 and 40,000

Novel: over 40,000