So anyone else not so happy about the new lifetime aspiration thing in FT?
KnowitallSim:
So, there won't be a hack incoming? I really dislike the new bar.
Stagefrenzy:
Quote from: Buchignani on 2008 March 01, 14:39:20
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Do people ever do think strategically about real life? It reminds me of a conversation I had with a lawyer I work for, who had to fill in a form about a secondment, which included the question which goals he had set forth for himself and hoped to achieve with it. I never met anybody who sits at home in the evening drawing a little chart with a three-month-plan, formulating specific goals. If I did I would probably consider this person slightly disturbed but it would definitely be a highly individual approach.
Really? If you don't plan, set goals and figure out how to and work to achieve them, you're living your life "acted upon" (responsive) instead of "acting". My parents were famous for 5-year plans (3 months is a bit short for RL, IMO) and whenever things seem to be going off-track in my family or for my (grown) daughter, we discuss what we need for a new 5-year-plan and where we are and how we're moving (and do we still want) the last one. I'm surprised you've never met anyone else who prefers goal-oriented action to waiting until life throws something at them to respond.
The Five year plans worked great for Soviet Russia
mildlydisguised:
In Soviet Russia, five year plans organise you!
doren:
Quote from: mildlydisguised on 2008 March 02, 10:37:29
In Soviet Russia, five year plans organise you!
Not necessarily. I recently learned that in East Germany they used to have "Plansilvester", which was the day when the quota from the plan was achieved and workers began to work towards a bonus payment. While it might have been possible to reach it by November, it was risky because it could lead to the quota being raised for the next year. On the other hand if you did too late you got less bonus payment. Therefore they organised their work so that the quota would be achieved around christmas. I could imagine that workers in Soviet Russia made similar provisions.
Back to the sims lifetime meter:
Keeping the aspiration up increases it, but it does not seem to be directly connected to the wishes. I sent Mary-Sue and Daniel Pleasant on a holiday and while he (on perma-plat) got a message saying that it was a fantastic week, Mary-Sue (mixed green-gold) got one saying it was a good. She had more holiday-related wants and fulfilled more than he did. His life time meter is filled up one notch more than hers now.
I understand that once it is maxed out you get all the benefits, but otherwise it sounds like the benefit points are awarded only for the milestones and not for reaching a certain level on the lifetime meter. It will take some playing to find out.
doren:
Quote from: Buchignani on 2008 March 01, 14:39:20
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Do people ever do think strategically about real life? It reminds me of a conversation I had with a lawyer I work for, who had to fill in a form about a secondment, which included the question which goals he had set forth for himself and hoped to achieve with it. I never met anybody who sits at home in the evening drawing a little chart with a three-month-plan, formulating specific goals. If I did I would probably consider this person slightly disturbed but it would definitely be a highly individual approach.
Really? If you don't plan, set goals and figure out how to and work to achieve them, you're living your life "acted upon" (responsive) instead of "acting". My parents were famous for 5-year plans (3 months is a bit short for RL, IMO) and whenever things seem to be going off-track in my family or for my (grown) daughter, we discuss what we need for a new 5-year-plan and where we are and how we're moving (and do we still want) the last one. I'm surprised you've never met anyone else who prefers goal-oriented action to waiting until life throws something at them to respond.
"Active, goal-orientated" sound so much better than "acted upon, responsive", doesn't it? And yet, I ask myself, unless you are following rigidly (which would be, well.. rigid), if you discover in the fourth year that you headed in the wrong direction what advantage do you have over someone without a plan?
I love it how life has been throwing things at me as they were needed. Plus all the decisions which probably appeared unreasonable at the time and worked in my favour in the end. It substantially increased my optimism about life and myself. On the other hand my goal might just be as vague as "cultivate my character and discover and learn as much about the world as possible". Hard to tell. Could also be "guarantee financial security so I don't have to beg with the social services when I'm old."
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