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

[pixelcurious.livejournal.com]

I thought about using Ripp but didn't because you did. (Also I was using one from each base game neighborhood, and I knew I wanted green, so that narrowed who I could use from Strangetown).

Oberon's nose isn't bad at all. I really like it. Plus it is a lot smaller on female spawn, and he's got a great overall face shape. I think pointy ears are popular as well, so that might be a factor in the frequent choices. But you're right, he's much less conventional, and when the pack is choosing mainly Ajays and Cyds it makes you wonder.

I like your challenge idea. :)

I actually have no idea where Chester Gieke lives, I don't remember ever seeing him except in other peoples' stories!

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

Chloe was a good choice. I used her in a little Good Genes side-project that I did entirely in CAS. I'm going to share her when I post my results from the GG for download.

I like Oberon's nose, too, but I did imagine it had mass appeal. The thing about the pointy ears and red hair are that Puck also has them, so i would have figured people would have picked him over Oberon, because he has a more classic beauty. Maybe most people used adults and just didn't bother aging anyone up.

Thanks. If I can work out the rules to make it clearer and more clearly its own thing, I'll probably pass them on the aledstrange for Maxis_taste. I realy don't have the attention span for organizing it myself.

Chester is a bin sim in Bluewater Village. I'm quite fond of that sub-hood, and I've been playing it a lot lately. There are some really interesting faces there. I love the Larsons, for example. And Florence is lovely.