strangetomato | Maxis Taste Dare No. 26

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.

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I'm contemplating the Larson siblings. I played them once... and was struck by how very unintelligent they are. As in, even with my micromanaging them, they almost died 4 times in the course of one half hour. I've pretty much written them off as idiot sims.

Haha, my Jason Larson died as well, in a fire! So I had his sister bring him back as a zombie. It amuses me to see him limping around the neighbourhood, moaning and stealing newspapers xD

I resurrected a couple of sims as zombies recently, too (from the Tricou family), but now it bothers me that I can never turn them back. I didn't realize that until after I had done it.

But yeah, very amusing to see them roaming the town looking for braaaainns. XD

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Oooh, the Larsons are a good choice for me, too. I actually love them as characters but haven't given them their due in playing them or focusing on them much yet. That's a hosehold I could get really excited about playing more of!

Haha! That sounds awful, but sort of funny too. It's so frustrating when sims fail to survive with even the highest level of involvement from you as a simmer. Maybe you had some sort of odd glitch happening?

Maybe you had some sort of odd glitch happening?

I might have thought that, too, until I mentioned it once elsewhere and had two other people comment that they, too, had bad luck with the Larsons.

I have played them a little, in my Megahood. Jody is engaged/married to Malcolm Landgraab IV and Jason is a rookie cop.

That's so strange. I've never noticed that when I played, but I guess I really haven't played with them all that much yet. I'll have to keep an eye out for that.

I really like the idea of them working together on a business. I need to think of what exactly it should be. Their bio mentions them raising funds via house parties, so maybe some sort of venue business would be best.

I'm totally throwing out the bio on this one... I rolled for a mini challenge and got one for them to adopt 3 toddlers in one week.

Haha! That should be interesting.

I'm all for trowing out the bio sometimes. As much as I like to take those clues and run with them, it's good to not get too tied down by them.

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