Myths, urban legends.... and alien abduction
jolrei:
Quote from: cwykes on 2007 December 02, 10:18:40
Quote from: MadameUgly on 2007 November 30, 17:13:33
Is there any truth to the rumor that having more than one sim stargaze at the same time will increase odds of abduction?
I can't imagine that it's going to increase the chances for the sim you're trying to get abducted. Maybe whoever put that forward is just thinking that odds are additive... so if you have 200 sims stargazing at once one of them will probably get abducted? I so hate stats..
The only way this works is that then you have more than one sim stargazing and they each have their own set of odds, so even if one doesn't trigger an abduction, one of the others has the same odds of doing so and might be "successful". This would be more true if you have twojeff's hack in that increases the odds as stargazing continues. However, more sims stargazing do not increase the odds for any individual sim, as far as I know.
eevilcat:
As soon as a sim is abducted the others do that OMG witness abduction thing and so reset their own abduction odds (assuming you're using TJ's mod).
jolrei:
Quote from: eevilcat on 2007 December 02, 21:34:50
As soon as a sim is abducted the others do that OMG witness abduction thing and so reset their own abduction odds (assuming you're using TJ's mod).
lol, I love that reaction. When the sim is abducted, they stand around with the "worry" expression and sometimes they cry and just generally look stricken. Then when the UFO comes back and dumps the abductee on the pavement, if they have any knowledge leanings at all, they run outside and do the "OMG this is so fucking cool!!!!11" thing, cheering and punching their fists in the air, while their friend, spouse, and/or father is crawling around trying to decide whether he still has all his teeth. Now he's back, no cause for concern anymore. :D
Next day, everyone wants to be abducted, or more on the sinister side, wants to have someone else abducted (I must confess that I too have wished for this - has not happened so far. No TJ mod for real life.).
Zazazu:
I hate the random fears that a family member will get abducted. Theodor Heuss's purpose in life is to be abducted. Yet a couple of his nieces and nephews took hits when he finally was. They don't even live in the same house.
veilchen:
Speaking of telescopes, what about the shoving and such. It seems to me that it's always the same sims that come over and push my simmie around. Is it predetermined by the game who is the slapper/shover? It's rather silly that a person would know that they are being watched from any kind of distance, but there you have it. EAxis says so, that makes it true.
I also heard that NPC's/non-controlled playables shove kids and teens around if they are the ones 'looking through' the telescopes in the daytime. Is that true? I've never seen that, but I have a hard time believing that adults would shove/slap a neighbors kid around. If anyone would that to my kids, they'd be oh so very sorry.
ETA
Theodor Heuss? I like your style, Zazazu.
That's his birth house. Does yours look similar?
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