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Top 10 of 2020: Screenshot Edition

Well, 2020′s drawing to a close! Bluntly put: What the fuck was that? “Pandemic brings civilization to its knees” wasn’t what I had in the cards, but it’s what we got.

Also I went through a lot of changes myself. Got more confident in my identity. Lost touch with some friends, but it was for the better. Met some great new ones too! Got to strengthen bonds with old friends also. Laughed, cried, broke down, and the rest of the gambit of emotions this year brought. Oh, and I graduated college too! But I’m not sure I want to do what I went to school for LMAO. It happens!

Now for the focus of the blog: I surprisingly didn’t play too much of The Sims(TM) this year! Truth be told it was on its way out, a bit down and out, at the end of 2019 and as we began 2020. The Sims, although a mainstay in my heart, didn’t captivate me nearly as much this year. Perhaps it was the stress of finishing my degree, the overwhelming feeling of living in a pandemic, or a combination thereof, but playing a “life” simulator wasn’t at the top of my list. I branched out into other franchises (Final Fantasy, Persona, The “Tales Of” series, etc.) instead.

But! In some spirit of a rewind, I put some of my favorite screenshots here! Not all were posted, but I wanted to share.

End of the year tag / 10 favorite pictures of 2017

Tagged by @hexagonal-bipyramid! There’s been a lot of pictures this year, but I figured I’d go with some I liked the best! Some of these pictures have various levels of editing, while others don’t have any done to them at all. I tried to get a range of shots, but a lot of these came from August of this year. Makes sense since I was excited to get my new computer. There’s only one screenshot here that I haven’t shown simblr, but I liked the shot (9th picture; Seth and Antarctica).

Seth McDonnell always wanted a family, regardless of who his partner was. The aliens needed a way to keep their species going.

I feel obligated to post something since it’s been... actually only a couple days all things considered, since the last Hart queue went Monday/Tuesday.

Anyways:

A photoshoot for the character from Kpopp’s ANTM Let’s Play dropped her album, so I wanted some cover art (spoilers: I couldn’t crop it right and TS4 is hella hard to pose in compared to TS3 and TS2).

Alright, so I played that save with TS4!Australia last night, right? Anyways, Seth is the final “baby daddy” if you will, and will be moving in later. But Leighton just decided to pop on in! Not pictured in the shot with Aussie and Seth is the fact Leighton is at the computer. Yet, he wasn’t bothered by that, but mind you I had disabled jealousy temporarily to test out another save and forgot to re-enable that.

Later, the baby daddy of the twins dropped by, and then Leighton saw them being flirty (caress cheek, kiss neck), and got livid. Interesting boundaries you got there Leigh.

Even further into the night, Australia put Adrien (Leighton son) to sleep, and proceeded to eat on his bed. Leighton and Ethan joined them, and Leighton then mocked Ethan, who is Australia’s with another man. You knew what you getting into with this Leighton; perhaps your more of a jealous type than previously thought?

As discussed, onto the TS4 pics!

Yesterday, I had an unexpected WFH day due the storms that blew across the state that knocked out power to my work. I couldn't access anything beyond my Outlook, and since I had lamented not taking the day off while I assumed I would have to go in... I took this as divine intervention and ran TS4 in between answering emails.

Again, for those of you who have been around long enough, you may recognize Seth McDonnell and Bethany Adams well. Seth's starred in a defunct Xenophilia Challenge and other various saves, and Bethany is one who has either been a good friend or his girlfriend throughout. In this save, they once again found themselves as romantic partners.

Initially, this save was going to be one where it was relatively drama free. Seth would be at home, working as a freelance programmer/homemaker while carrying their children. Bethany would be pursuing her dreams of breaking into the fashion industry, working in a hybrid fashion "in the office" and at home for some "on site" consulting. Things were going well initially, with both their careers and Seth's pregnancy progressing fine. They even managed to befriend Johnny Zest, who happened to be their neighbor in Oasis Springs.

But then, things started to turn.

Shortly after getting officially engaged, it felt as if Bethany was reacting negatively more to Seth's friendly interactions. Caleb Vatore showed up one night, and I let Seth introduce himself to him. While I was clicking through friendly interactions in the pie menu (as the overhaul of the system threw me for a loop), Seth autonomously began to flirt with Caleb. The two did it enough that the romance bar began to form!

Love Day rolled around, and Bethany had work. I figured that her and Seth would get to do stuff after work... until Caleb called Seth up for a date. The two went out to a bar in Mt. Komorebi, where the two exchanged their first kiss and some cream soda. Seth returns home, and engages in minimal romantic interaction with Bethany.

The very next day, Johnny just? Dies suddenly? And in that depressing start to the morning, I had Bethany "yell at" Seth over a lack of a Love Day. That then prompted an interaction to pop up to ask Seth "what his problem was," to which he responded that it was Bethany.

To say I was flabbergasted was an understatement.