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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 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.

I chose the Tinkers. It's not that I dislike them, but the brief says "least favourite", not "most hated" and I've never played (or wanted to play) the Tinkers that much so they seemed like the idea candidates.

Making over their house is a challenge, though... not being allowed to change the walls! Bluewater Village homes are quite large and that's not my style but it's comin along quite well!

And I have no strong opinions on Ajay! :P

I thought it's a very interesting challenge and I'd love to see what others come up with... But as for picking a sim/some sims myself, I don't know, because like you, I've played all the pre-made families and given them all a chance already. And well... even Trent Traveller has grown on me now!

I wouldn't mind seeing what you'd do with Ajay Loner, though. Haha. I feel pretty neutral about him, myself.

I could do a lot makeover... But I know which lot is my least favourite (some horrible thing in Desiderata Valley), and the thought of making that over without changing the walls or adding windows (there's like, three) makes me twitch. :P

Trent Traveller? (wasn't he one who you never really enjoyed so much)

For truly abandoned folks, I'd go for University pre-mades (not for LaFT, of course). There are so many of them they all kind of blend together. And you wouldn't have to bother with a house makeover if you did some of them (just slap them in a dorm together).

I'm totally doing this dare, but I'm stumped as to who I'm going to choose. Every family has had their chance with me, really. I enjoy the challenge of making boring sims interesting.

Though I do find, even after several incarnations and tries, that Ajay Loner is very, very dull. Don't know if he's my least favourite, but he just doesn't stick out in any way.

It really sounds like a fun dare. If I have time, I'd totally pick the Ottomas Family. I really can't stand them, and such a large, poor family will definitely be a challenge for me.

I'd love to see someone doing Gunnar, because it would be awesome to see less popular sims popping up in the entries, but it's totally about your personal opinion. It doesn't matter if the sim is popular between other simmers or not.

What like W says is right, tho, this is not about disliking sims (it's actually awesome to see everyone struggling to pick one for that same reason), but there's always that one sim or household, we simply don't enjoy playing as much, for whatever reason.

I'm personally going with Jessica Peterson because, imo, she's boring as heck, so I'm looking for something fun to do with her.

As for the walls (to respond to a few of your replies all at once), it's mainly because it wouldn't be much a challenge if you could put down all the walls and start from scratch, imo, but it's also because it's hard to find a balance when making rules for challenge like this without complicating them too much.

In other challenges the rules are more open, but in this one I though it would be interesting to leave it simple and see what people could do with the limitations. (And jic, you can replace all windows and doors so you can change style and size.)

Sorry this turned out really long, but if you have any other doubt or concern just ask. :)

My least fave family, and the one I'll probably use for this challenge are the Roths. To be fair, I've never played them before, but I've always thought having a parralel of the Goth family was just really pointless, and frankly I thought it was kind of lazy. So I kind of ignore that they exist at all in my premade head canon.

I kind of agree with you about Ajay... He doesn't really come across as interesting, just "attractive.". But I know how you've played Gunnar, it would actually be neat to see what you come up with him for a second chance. :D

One of the least favorite things for me is to run a business, so I will probably do something with Bluewater. Maybe the Jacquet's bakery?

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.

My personal choice would be William Williamson. I can never figure out what to do with him. He just seems so boring, especially compared to his roommates (Klara and Blossom).

I thought I was alone in my disdain for Ajay. He's cute, so hating him is a little out of the ordinary for me (I usually only hate ugly Sims), and one of the only Indian Sims in the game, which makes me feel a little racist, but I can't help it. He's so utterly bland. When I saw everyone turning him into an Intelligence man to meet his LTW, it seemed so out of character, but then, everything you can do with him is out of character, because he has none. He's certainly not a badass private eye/SCIA agent in my eyes.

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