Maxis Taste Dare No. 26

[strangetomato]

Is anyone else thinking about participating in Maxis Taste Dare No. 26: Second Chances? The idea of this one appeals to me, though I'm struggling with who to focus on. My recent playing of the entire uberhood has given pretty much everyone a chance, though I guess the point of the exercise would be to find something more to like in a character that you're not too fond of. So maybe Gunnar Roque? Haha. But disliking Gunnar is a fanon tradition, right? I sort of like him the way he is, in a love to hate sort of way.

I think part of what I'm struggling with is that some of my unfavourites actually get quite a lot of attention from other simmers, and I think this is a significant factor in my dislike of them. I honestly don't get it and I resist giving them any more of the spotlight. (Come on, admit it. I know I'm not alone in this.) Ajay Loner comes immediately to mind, with his boring Face One (or very slight variation, if you insist) and lack of storyline (beyond counting grains of sand for fun in his bio) and relationships, and yet he's pretty much universally adored in the fandom. I guess in the spirit of the dare, I should definitely give him a second third fourth chance. Or maybe I can keep digging for someone I truly ignore entirely. I'm sure there are others I'm not thinking of right now.

Then there's the issue of my computer refusing to start up at all, so playing is sort of out for the next little while, and I can't even access any of my files until I either get it repaired again (throwing good money at bad?) or the new computer arrives. I finally ordered a new one, but I need to wait a few weeks for it to get here.

Comments

[microlurker.livejournal.com]

I'm not jumping the bandwagon. Though, if I had to choose someone, it would probably be Goths. I don't know why, though. It's probably because they've always been "my brother's" family, even in the first game. I don't really dislike them, just like I don't dislike any other family/sim. It's more as if I'm afraid of playing them.

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

No? It seems like a lot of fun, but if you already play most households it might be hard to find a suitable sim to play for it. That's sort of my problem, too. I don't think there is actually a household I haven't played at all.

It's interesting that you chose the Goths, because they're such a popular family. I'm like you, though, and never played them in Sims 1. I started with Sims 2 for them. It'd actually be really fun to go back and see what they were like in the first game.

I don't actively dislike many sims, either. (Even that Gunnar thing is a sort of in-joke in my corner of the fandom.) Maybe that's why it's hard to pick one for this challenge. Even Ajay and his ilk are just sort of boring to me and my reaction is more of a disbelief at all the fanfare.

[microlurker.livejournal.com]

My favorites from Sims 1 were Newbies and then Claire from Old Town. In Sims 2, it's the Veronaville bunch.

My biggest impression from Goths in first game is when my brother managed to get Bella abducted. And that in itself makes me uncomfortable to even think of playing them. I guess that's another reason why I would choose that particular family. If just their storyline was different...

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

The Newbies were the only Sims 1 family I played at all. I was more interested in recreating all my friends and family when I played that game.

Alien abduction was pretty unnerving in that game. Didn't the sim come back with a really scrambled personality, either reversed or just completely random? I remeber it happening to me once and I didn't know what to think of it. It's certainly not as fun as alien babies.