Strangetown Extras: Smustle dance competition

[strangetomato]

Ripp recently gained enough enthusiasm in the Music and Dance hobby to have access to the secret lot, so he decided to visit, and he invited Johnny and Ophelia along.

All three friends sign up for a smustle dance competition, and the dancing begins.








That's some good smustling.




Soon it's all over, and Johnny starts to second guess his moves.




Ophelia anxiously awaits the results. Ripp does his best imitation of a shy person.




Johnny receives the bad news first.




Ripp is the champion, and he doesn't mind rubbing it in. Ophelia just can't tolerate her defeat. Ripp wins bragging rights and $500. Pretty sweet. That's an easy way to make money.




Ophelia gets over the loss pretty quickly. At least she's not as bad as some of the other dancers. They all have a good laugh at the lame dance moves of the other competitors.




Then Ripp heads upstairs to further his training.

Comments

[madame-ugly.livejournal.com]

Was the dance competition at an old folks home? *snort*

Ophelia, it's not nice to make fun of OLD FARTS! Shame on you. . .*snort*. . .cracka please, who am I kidding. Making fun of old farts is the best.

Don't break a hip now!

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

Yes. Yes it was. *snicker*

I think those old farts are both actually professors from LFT. One of them is definitely a drama prof because she kept flirting with the hobby leader, and he would reject her and she kept losing him as a "best friend" over and over again. Crazy drama profs.

[smjoshsims.livejournal.com]

Oh gosh, Can you believe I never knew about Drama Professors until I made the mistake of moving one in? I will never forget Prof. Dylan...

I killed him, in case you wanted to know. :)

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

I'd love to make one of them playable. Do they retain their ability to have instant love with everyone they meet once you move them in?

[madame-ugly.livejournal.com]

Is that "drama professor" thing a documented glitch? I had that happen in my prosperity hood (with Sylvester Gattus--poor guy even got smacked around for it).

That professor is batshit crazy. I kind of like it, though. It makes college a little less dull.

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

It's not a glitch. It's part of the game. Drama profs are supposed to create drama. It makes sense, right?

I know I read about it somewhere - maybe the Prima guide. It's definitely supposed to happen (and it makes seducing your profs very easy, if you're a drama a major, which is a bonus for Ripp).

[dothesmustle.livejournal.com]

That's some good smustling.

The third picture. THAT IS THE CUTEST SMUSTLE FACE, JOHNNY!

Was the hobby "leader" actually smustling? I think there's some kind of glitch where even in a smustling competition, the hobby leader doesn't smustle, but dances a solo. It annoyed me when I sent my sim to the dance lot and he lost, when his opponent WASN'T EVEN SMUSTLING!

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

Yeah, he's a cutie, isn't he? Too bad it didn't help him to win.

No, the hobby leader didn't smustle. I wasn't sure if he was meant to be part of the competition, or not. I think it was just between the three of them. That sounds like an annoying glitch, though. How can you win a smustle competition if you don't smustle?

[dothesmustle.livejournal.com]

Hey, I just realized, the hobby leader stole Ripp's signature hair-do.

I agree, Johnny, you were robbed. :D

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

You're right. He totally did. Maybe that's why Ripp won. The hobby leader was biased because of his cool hair.

Johnny demands a re-match.

[music-simbol.livejournal.com]

Oh no you don't! If Ripp is doing ballet, I DEMAND to see him in some tights! He has to wear the proper attire! :P

Oh, and totally not surprised that Johnny lost. Not exactly a fun-loving guy, is he?

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I should buy him some tights. It just uses whatever the sim has set as their workout clothing, so Ripp didn't have any. Maybe next time.

Hey, you have to give Johnny some credit. He's a great dancer, and he really does like to dance. He likes to have fun, but only after all his work is done. :P

[madame-ugly.livejournal.com]

I second this.

I DEMAND LYCRA!!!! (don't care who, just no Gunnar *shudders*)

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

I'm so getting Gunnar all Lycraed up now, just for you. It's going to be no chin, all Lycra!

[smjoshsims.livejournal.com]

I love having the dance competitions! In my game though, the Hobby Leader lady ALWAYS Wins. Its totally not fair. Ophelia looks adorable smustling. :)

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

The hobby leader can't defeat the trio. They spend so much time dancing back at their apartment. They all must have crazy high dance skills by now. I had them do another competition after this one, and Ophelia won.

Better luck next time, hobby leader! (Nice shirt, though... :P)

[jessicus.livejournal.com]

Ripp looks so pleased in that last picture. I can so see him taking dancing lessons just to meet women.

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

He sure does. It's like he's discovering how much he loves ballet, or maybe he's thinking of the same idea that you did.

[tanathir.livejournal.com]

I feel a need to chime in here and say that ballet gives you incredible strength and flexibility, which I'm sure Ripp can put to good use.

A lot of (American) football players take ballet lessons to make them better on the field.

[pixelcurious.livejournal.com]

Secret lot? This is an aspect of FT I didn't know about. Is there one for every hobby?

Poor Johnny. What a woeface! But of course Ripp won. ^_^ And he looks so cute at the barre.

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

Yeah, each hobby has a hobby lot that you can visit after you get about halfway up the enthusiasm meter. They can then just call a cab and head over there, but they can also bring other household members who do not have high enthusiasm levels, so it's a great opportunity for them to tag along and learn too.

I really want to get Johnny up to that level for sports, since the sport objects, like the soccer and basketball nets, take up a LOT of room, and they can't fit them on their tiny lot. He could really benefit from going to the secret lot. Johnny's stuck with playing catch and watching sports on TV for now. Pretty lame.

Now that I'm looking at that ballet barre, I wish they had given us some actual dance type options with FT. What an oversight that was. They could have designed it to work like the slow dance between two sims, and they could do real partners dance competitions. Think of all the great Dirty Dancing/Strictly Ballroom types of stories we could make. That's such a classic plot to work with. I really want to do that now.

[pixelcurious.livejournal.com]

Classy is one word for it. :D

It seems like Maxis cheaps out on new animations for a lot of EPs, like re-using the Smustle for dance competitions. Partners dancing would have been great.

[indigoleo.livejournal.com]

Hah, I love smustling sims. Poor Johnny looks so sad that he lost. Better luck next time, Johnny.
It's no surprise to me that Ripp won, really. I mean,look at all the moves he's learned, and I'm not necessarily talking dance moves here, but I'm sure they helped out.

[simfulacts.livejournal.com]

Ha ha! Is it just me or does some parts of the Smustle remind others of the Monster Mash?

[80sfiend.livejournal.com]

EEEK! Ripp doing ballet makes me all kinds of giddy for some reason. ;)