Maxis Premade Sim Genetics

[strangetomato]

I've been thinking about the Good Genes III contest at GoS, and what really interests me in it is not wondering if the ugly would breed out (I think we all knew it would, given three generations), but which Maxis sim features you're left with. Planning for those three faces to blend with an attractive (and hopefully unique) final result is what made it so interesting to me. A lot of people go the Face One/Face Two route, but are their sims interesting enough to win the contest? Pretty is pretty, but what stands out enough to win? It remains to be seen, I guess. I know I'm more interested in seeing the diamonds in the rough, making pretty from unexpected gene choices. I'd like to see people receive bonus points for using a sim like Chester Gieke or Malcolm Landgraab, but lose points for every Brandi, Ajay, Don, or Cyd (or any other Face One/Two type).

Speaking of odd gene choices, I'm surprised that so many people have used Oberon (he's at least as popular as Don Lothario), because his nose is so wide and he's just not as conventional as the other sims that get re-used frequently. Also, Lilith Pleasant gets used a LOT and have you ever seen what that nose looks like on a male sim? It's intense. I'm really surprised that I'm the only one so far (I think...) that has used Ripp Grunt. He has really attractive features (for a man, at least... his daughters need to worry about the chin). Are any of the choices surprising you?

I've been thinking about devising my own variation on a Maxis sim breeding challenge, but have people start with Face One and aim to remove it, but still end up with something attractive. I'm not sure I'm up for the work of designing it, but it'd be something fun to do. Perhaps I'll suggest it for a Maxis_taste challenge.

Comments

[orikes13.livejournal.com]

I think the attraction to using Oberon is that he was a unique face AND he has the elf ears. Those elf ears are like crack, I tell you. Oh, and don't forget the red hair.

When doing my entry, it was much more fun to use sims that hadn't been used too much.

I found myself breezing past the people using the face one/face two sims. It really felt like every other entry was using Brandi or Cyd. Or some combination of the pretty sims. Many players still have a very narrow perception of what's considered pretty in game. I know I've never considered using face template replacements because there are actually quite a few of the Maxis faces I like.

I'd LOVE to see a Maxis Taste challenge that's similar to this, but gives bonus points for using the less attractive sims. I seriously considered doing a run with Nervous and Sharla Ottomas. :)

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

Yes, but Puck has those ears and the red hair, also, and he's got light blue eyes and S1, which I'd imagine to be more popular. I'm mostly surprised that they chose him over Puck, who has more classical features, but maybe they just didn't want to age up a teen. Beats me. I think Oberon is very attractive, but I didn't think so many others would agree.

I like that people are thinking that way. Variety is much more fun. I think your sim turned out quite well.

I like a number of the templates, too, and even the less fortunate ones have some redeeming qualities. I'm interested in default templates these days, though, because I already have so many template faces in my game in the various neighborhoods. I get bored with them after a while. I'm still looking for interesting templates.

I guess to make it fair, we'd need to do some sort of polling process to determine which sims are considered the ugliest, if we were going to use a point system in the challenge.