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

[simtopi]

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

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

Haha! I can see that about the Roths. I find the parallel pretty funny, actually, but it does make them a ittle less interesting as their own entity. And from playing them, I haven't been really that excited by them either. But there is some interesting alien abduction in their background, I think, so that could be something to play with.

Even the attractiveness angle on Ajay leaves me scratching my head. He's certainly not styled attractively! XD But whatever... I guess he's just not my type. It wouldn't be the first time I was at odds with what the majority seemed to find attractive.

It would be a lot of fun to do a really sophisticated and classy take on Gunnar. Afterall, people can change a LOT after their teens and university. Maybe it was all just a phase. On the other hand, I have a hard time separating him from the David Grohl type from the Nirvana era than he's sort of been molded into in my head and game. I even have David Ottomas styled into a matching Kurt Cobain type. :P