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

[meetme2theriver.livejournal.com]

Hm. I could do Chaz Whippler, I never liked his useless, Benjamin Long-clone face.

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

This made me laugh. It's how I feel about most premades that are template clones.

Chaz is one sim that seems to have potential, but I'm never really sure of what to do with him and he does sort of bleed into the other romance/waster/lazy ass male college sims. It's a common type floating through the various unis.

[meetme2theriver.livejournal.com]

Yeah, a lot of the students are already kind of bland, mainly due to there being so MANY of them, I think. When they're a template clone, they don't even have an interesting appearance going for them.