Sims talk: sim ranting

[strangetomato]

Hey, I just posted a rant at sim_rants. It was my very first one. Isn't that wild? I just thought I'd share. (It's a slow news day.)

If you aren't a member of the comm, the rant was just about how I get irritated when people fail to name fortune sims by their correct name. I know... it's pretty important stuff, right? :P I can't lie, though... it irritates the crap out of me.

Comments

[abbycat900.livejournal.com]

It absolutely drives me crazy. I have yet to make a rant! I don't get that easily ticked off, though, so... I haven't yet anything to rant about :P

[x-illegal-x.livejournal.com]

This is probably stupid, but what do people call them instead of fortune sims?

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

Money sims.

Elegant, isn't it? :P

Actually, it's usually called the wealth aspiration, but I see "money sims" all of the time too.

[dancinginsecret.livejournal.com]

Is it possible that those folks are playing the game in a different language? Or perhaps UK English instead of US? I was just thinking that the translations may be different.

[melody-curious.livejournal.com]

I don't think so, I'm in the UK and we (Or at least I do) call them Fortune or Prosperity (?) Sorry never was very good at spelling.

[dancinginsecret.livejournal.com]

Ah, okay, thanks. (And you spelled it right! ;-D)

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

Yes, it's very possible that it's a translation issue, I now realize. I still wonder why it only seems to affect the fortune sims, but perhaps that word is a tricky one in other languages.

UK and Canadian English don't really use different words like that (the difference is mostly just in the way things are spelled), so anyone playing in English should have the same terms.

I've also discovered that there are different names for the aspirations in SimPE: fortune = wealth, popularity = friends, pleasure = fun. Again, this doesn't explain why it only seems to be an issue for fortune sims.

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

I'm really not the ranting type either... at least not in public. I do have a lot of strong opinions, but I usually keep them to myself. I'll share them if you really want to know, but you'll probably have to ask me directly to get them.

This, however, has always bothered me, and so I realized, "Hey, that's a rant!"