strangetomato | Maxis Premade Sim Genetics

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.

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To be honest I don't think that winners are going to be just based on the end result, photo quality/photo editing usually comes into play as well. I guess it's not fair, but presentation goes a long way.

I'm still trying to get mine done, but Sy decides to crash my game every time I try to select her, so I'm not sure if I'll even be able to.

I'm sure you're right about the final result photos playing a large part in who gets voted for. That's one of the reasons I decided to use slightly more realistic cc for my entry pics (that, and I really do like them, but they're not quite my style).

I'm sorry to hear that. Maybe you could try breeding with her using SimPE instead. Have the Maxis sim carry the baby...

Imogen is adorable, I think she turned out lovely :D

TY, I finally got her to work. I'm not sure why she kept crashing it.

I just saw your submission for the contest and colour me impressed! I just adore Meadow. He has that pretty/ugly thing going on (with the big ears) that ends up being better than just plain pretty. I love that you used Chester and Mickey (who's also not so pretty) and then cleaned up with Stella, who's enough of a tweaked version of Face One that I don't consider her boring at all. Fabulous results! I'm rooting for you to win, my dear. ^_^

Have you uploaded him anywhere to share? I'd really love to have him in my game.

Aww thank you so much! I really like the odd/pretty faces, so Mickey's one of my favs. I just realized that Meadow also got Mickey's chubby neck/chin area :D

I have him extracted, I just need to clone and package him up :)

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