#simblr question time

thank you for tagging anyone, @myshunoa !!

age you started playing the sims? okay, I don't know for absolute sure, but I was probably around 9-10. i just know that it was before sims 3 supernatural came out because i remember i really wanted it but my dad bought it for me and he was upset it was a game rated T, but my mom (who bought me the game and other expansions i had) said it was fine so he got it for me anyway LOL

I was tagged by the amazing @girlsmeetssims, thank you sm ✨

✩ AGE YOU STARTED PLAYING THE SIMS: I was like 6 lol. My Dad got the Sims 1 and thought we'd have fun playing together, little did he know he'd start a crazy obsession spanning 20-something years. Fun fact, first time playing, he actually burned the house down trying to cook and thought he had traumatised me, but no, just made me want to play more.

✩ THE FIRST EVER FAMILY YOU PLAYED: I made my own family, my mum and dad (who looked nothing like them) and myself, and I wish I still had access to that family and the giant house that I built that made no logistical sense.

✩ FAVORITE EXPANSION PACKS: hmmm, this is a tricky one. For Sims 2, it had to be Pets, Bon Voyage and Free Time. For Sims 4, maybe Cats & Dogs, Get to Work (I don't use it enough tbf), Growing Together and Seasons.

✩ THINGS YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE ADDED TO THE GAME: I'd love more active careers, also more types of pets would be cute, more elder activities and retirement homes, I would also love more travel options like an airport plus more holiday destinations, and you have to pay for travel in Sims 4.

✩ TOP 5 WORLS: Oasis Springs, Sulani, Evergreen Harbor, Brindleton Bay, Henford-on-Bagley.

✩ YOUR 3 TRAITS FROM THE SIMS: clumsy, home turf, and ambitious.

✩ WHAT WOULD'VE BEEN YOUR TODDLER TRAIT?: Fussy lol.

✩ EXPOSE YOURSELF 🫵🏽 HOW MANY HOURS HAVE YOU PLAYED SIMS: Can't tell if it's good or bad, but over 2700 hours.

✩ LAST SCREENSHOT YOU TOOK: Esmee, from my Gen 2 family in the Zodiac Legacy Challenge, and one of my favourite sims. She's busy on the job hunt here, bless her.

I got tagged by @changingplumbob and @dumbsoftiesims and @cakepoppresent! (I knew there was one more but got lost in the open tabs) Thank you for thinking of me!

Age you started playing the Sims: I was in my early mid-20s when The Sims was released! I started playing it based on both curiosity around the premise + my love of Sim City 2000 and Sim Tower.

The first ever family you played: The Newbies as they were literally the tutorial family. :D The Goths followed, and I uh... accidentally orphaned Cassandra due to fires.

Favorite expansion packs: I'm going to stick with The Sims 4 and choose Get Together because I love the world and the townies. I know that Realm of Magic is a GP, but I'm including it because I adore the townies and spell casters.

Thing you would like to be added to the game:

I'm going to cheat and copy this over from the last time I did this because it remains the same "More run down looking bb and CAS items. End/accent tables that are just stacked up pizza boxes. Stacked cans and empty bottles for clutter/decor. Coffee tables that are just a board on cinder blocks. Couches and chairs that look like they were picked up off the side of the road and are visibly worn with tape fixing the non-cloth ones. Well worn/worn out looking clothing (especially for kids to give that hand-me-down look). Scuffed up shoes, holey socks, etc. A revamp of aliens and mermaids to give them actual skill trees like the other occults. Plant sims being actual occults rather than a moodlet (also with skill trees). Ghosts being able to be invited to events, lots, dates. Teenage ghosts showing up at school. Letting my sims have multiple spouses (especially since the "omg I found a ring" event keeps popping up on my polycule'd sims leading to situations where two of them are married and then those to are also engaged to the others). Freaking bands. A few career revamps: split mixologist from the culinary career, split musician and comedian, split programmer from e-sports in the tech Guru career, allow related part-time jobs to give you a better starting point for their full time counterparts (such as barista to mixology, streamer to e-sports, and influencer to social media)."

Some extra ideas - I want to make my own werewolf packs, damnit. I want a DDR style machine for my dance machine gamers to play!

I want more toddler toys that build skill. I want more toddler and infant hair and clothing. I want playmats in base game even if BG players can't unlock infant milestones. They're still cute and handy.

I would like career day to have more careers (or at least switch them out from time to time) and actually have the day lead to something meaningful. Maybe the ability to start the job at a higher rate of pay or position due to a referral. Maybe scholarship for university from that workplace if you get a degree in that job's area. Hell, at this point even having career day function would be an improvement.

<EDIT> I THOUGHT OF MORE!!!! I want to be able to edit lots! Let me split up huge ones so I can have smaller lots for my smaller homes. Let me have tiny lots for tiny homes! Hell, hot take: Tiny Living should have had a world with smaller lots. We've got these micro homes that don't use up much space and more big lots than small! I want to use more tiny living style homes!

Top 5 Worlds: Windenburg, Oasis Springs (I like the dinosaur), San Myshuno, Ravenwood, San Sequoia and Brindleton Bay are tied for 5th.

Your 3 6 traits from Sims: Socially Awkward, Clumsy, Cringe, Romantic, Generous

What would’ve been your toddler trait? That was so long ago... Silly. Let's go with Silly.

EXPOSE YOURSELF 🫵 how many hours have you played Sims: 5216 hours

Last screenshot you took?

He looks good holding a baby, doesn't he?

I was tagged by @sjc37 @tikay21 @niecjing !! thank you dears <333

age you started playing sims?

I always joke that I've been playing since I came out the womb but uhmm I think at least, maybe when I was 6 or 7?

the first ever family you played?

I'm a basic man so it was the Goths in ts1

favorite 3 expansion packs?

I'm going to take this as across all the games so it's gonna be ts2 Nightlife, ts3 Island Paradise (controversial, I know), and any seasons ones (I just really love rain and snow)

thing you would like to be added to game?

Hmm... I know bands is kinda the major one but I did enjoy ts3 Showtime so just having more music related stuff in general?

top 5 favorite worlds?

I'm doing across all games again but Bridgeport, Strangetown, Isla Paradiso, Ravenwood, and San My (although EA should've made it so much bigger but I digress)

your 3 traits from sims?

From sims 4? Uhmm probably... Creative, Art Lover, and Loner?

what would've been your toddler trait?

Independent 100%

EXPOSE YOURSELF🫵 how many hours you played sims?

that's just ts4, and I mostly play offline so ;-;

last screenshot you took?

this is technically a spoiler for a couple (even tho I've spoiled them before oops) so I'm placing it under a cut

again, I feel like so many people have done it atp so if you haven't and want to, please go ahead and say I tagged you <33

I was tagged by @niecjing. Thank you, friend!!! 💖

age you started playing the sims?

Some time in middle school. So maybe 12/13? Which means it's been almost a decade.

first family you played?

In general it was a simself household of myself and my friend whose computer we were playing on. On my own it was a random single lady who ended up having twins but I didn't know how twins worked in the game, so they both got named the exact same thing. One of them died to a grill fire as a teen, though. (So many of my early sims died to grill fires, idk why.)

favorite 3 expansion packs?

Cats & Dogs, Horse Ranch, and Royalty & Legacy. Specifically because I love animals, and the influence of R&L leading to more fantasy / royal cc.

thing you want added to the game?

Honestly, I don't play the game, so I don't really care all that much. Basically I just want it to be functional.

top 5 favorite worlds?

Windenburg (so many lots!!!), Sulani (useful for screeshots), Ravenwood because of the vibes, and also the new world bc of the vibes.

your 3 traits from the sims?

Animal Enthusiast, Geek, Bookworm

what would have been your toddler trait?

Independent and/or Inquisitive.

how many hours have you played sims?

the ea app says over 1,200, but that hasn't been updated since 2019 or very early 2020 when I started sailing the high seas. So it's probably over 10,000 by now, especially since I only started playing ts4 in late 2018.

share the last screenshot you took?

(This was from when I was working on brainstorming for a Rune render the other week.)