Hot Blond Downtownie

[strangetomato]

Am I the only simmer who doesn't like the Hot Blonde Downtownie? His "pretty" genes don't really do it for me, because I don't think template No. 1 looks good on male sims, and he's so poorly styled. Well, the shaggy hair isn't so bad, but the giant green glasses and the "Look Ma, I grew it myself!" teenaged goatee? Yeah, not really doing anything for me.

He's the focus of the new sim_mania challenge, which I'll be watching with interest. If anyone actually makes him look good to me, I'll definitely vote for them. I'll probably campaign on their behalf, in fact. But really... good luck with that. He's the reason chin beards were invented. *shudder*

I'm sure most of you will disagree with me, and you're welcome to it, but the HBD just bugs the shit out of me, so I had to vent a little. (I have to say that or you might think I'm better than you, or something.)

The timing of this challenge is funny, because I just made him playable to act as a minor character in my story. Yeah, HBD gets the plum role of Jaxy's mother's live-in boyfriend. It's not the sort of character he usually plays in legacies and such, but he wanted to expand his repertoire, since Sperm Donor No. 1 only gets you so far on your acting résumé. And he looks the part too. This will be his gritty, breakthrough role on his way to becoming the next indie film poster boy.

Comments

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

See... all sims are good parents, in my opinion. I've never had one that was uninterested in their kids or grandkids. Even Olive Specter makes an awesome grandma, and she has zero nice points.

Is it even more extreme than face one? I thought all townies and downtownies were pure templates. If he's more exaggerated, that probably makes him even worse. It's funny, because I don't dislike big lips and eyes in all cases, but there's just something about that face.... the lack of chin, the fact that there's very little distance between his nose and his lips, the tiny nose... yeah, just not for me.

He's really not a nice sim. He has only four nice points, so I'm not even taking him out of character that way, really. My playing with Jaxy's Mom and him, and letting them run on free will with the right items in their house, has them playing exactly to character. It's funny. I've even had neighbours come to complain about the smell.

[meetme2theriver.livejournal.com]

All regular townies/NPCs/dormies are plain face templates, but the downtownies are generated from a different set of full body templates. That's why downtownies have glasses, makeup, facial hair, etc, that normal townies don't. That's also why many of them have less ridiculous outfits than what random townies usually end up with (I'm looking at you, Goopy). They've been designed by EAxis that way, and I think many of them have slightly tweaked faces as well.

Most people just stick with the batch of downtownies that come with the default downtown, but if you've ever used a clean template Downtown that has no downtownies, and then generated new downtownies yourself, you'll notice that you run a pretty high chance of getting complete clones - 'cause it's using those templates. You'll also find some new templates that don't exist in the default set, like Sexy Goth Elf Dude (he's in dothesmustle's new legacy! ..well, he drops by and is rejected by Insane Camille, but yeah.). Doing that will scramble the personalities and aspirations too, as I don't think those come with the templates but rather with the default Downtown set...

Okay, I've rambled long enough now. <_<

[meetme2theriver.livejournal.com]

"Less ridiculous outfits" is perhaps not correct in many cases (rave kimono wtf), but "less random" anyway... :)

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

"Less ridiculous" is relative to sim outfits. :P The Nightlife outfits are the worst offenders, in my mind, but at least they're mostly full body (expect for those sweet tracksuits and the puffy vests - LOL).

[muslemura.livejournal.com]

So that's why! I popped into my game this morning just to see if I was completely mistaken about HBD and some of the other Downtownies. (I wasn't :) At least some of them are slightly tweaked. HBD's lips are fuller and 'poutier' than face one and his eyes are bigger and more slanted. Since he's tweaked his features are very dominant too. A-and now it's time for me to stop rambling ;)

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

Well, that's cool. I like the idea that they're a little different than just the templates, and it would explain why people are drawn to HBD specifically.

[meetme2theriver.livejournal.com]

I always thought Sexy Goth Elf Dude looked a little more pissy than regular elf templates, too. More slanted eyebrows, I think.

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

That's interesting. I never knew that. So regenerating the downtownies is just going to result in seeing the exact same full body templates? Or are there a lot more than what's shown? I'm thinking I'll use an empty template on any new downtowns I add to hoods, since most of those usually suspects bother me.

Though Sexy Goth Elf Dude seems like a good one to have. I NEED elf ears for the Round Robin legacy, and so far plantsims seem like my only option.

[meetme2theriver.livejournal.com]

There are quite a few more templates, I think, though it's been a while since I had any downtownies now. I remember specifically a dude with a cowboy hat, and a teen girl with a red version of Lilith Pleasant's dress, short black hair and the face mask that Tybalt Capp's got. If you wanna make your own downtownies, I recommend using the townie creator tool and making them one by one, saving after each one you want to keep. If you just mass-generate them, you WILL get duplicates, or more. I had three identical girl teen townies at one point. :p Don't use the "reject" option on the townie creator, it'll just leave a garbage character file in your 'hood. If you get a townie you don't want, exit the lot without saving. Tedious, but you won't get any garbage. :)