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Liz:
I'll manage to get over it, somehow. ;)
Yeah, in an alarmed house I've never actually had anything *stolen* from my sims. No, wait, I think it might have happened once or twice in the years I've been playing. So, not that huge a percentage. I'm also not getting burglars visiting my families who have pets (I'm sure none have come to the dog families, and I think the cat households have been exempt as well). To tell the truth I've also started skipping the car alarm lately just because by the time my sims can afford a car, they're at most a couple days away from being able to replace it if it's stolen. Poor financial strategy in real life, but those whomploads of § have to get spent somewhere, I guess.
Zazazu:
Taxes. Tax those simmies into the ground. It's so funny looking at Tobias Outlaw, who has had to sell basically everything but his stove, fridge, a counter, couch, shower, and potty just to afford his bills + mortgage. Tax time is going to be grand, considering that his cousin/girlfriend is moving in and all her money is going to tuition. That, plus a pending mouth to feed and 3k taxes....delicious. The sins of the father blah de blah blah.
Liz:
Quote from: Zazazu on 2008 July 23, 18:38:38
The sins of the father blah de blah blah.
Ah, truer words were never spoken. Sage with the wisdom you are.
I actually like the idea of taxes. And moar random junk. Lately I've tried to be less iron fist-ey (which is not only monotonous, but also sounds menacingly pervy) and started letting my sims' own impulses & Wants dictate their actions a bit more. I'm not quite up to rolling for random whammys per household yet, but the taxes sounds like a good way to curb my hood's exploding nouveau riche population. How do you calculate your tax rate: salary, lot value, total worth?
Zazazu:
10% of lot value each season. I'm thinking of making future mayoral programs require additional taxes. The current one gives a slight rebate, one time, upon stray adoption. There are only two strays left. I I do education next time, I'll have them pay an additional tax dogeared for the expansion of Teardrop Isle Community College. The facilities there are in a sad state.
Still, everyone's doing pretty well with the exception of Romello's descendants. One kid died of what appears to be suicide. His widow and three children are struggling, with one teen daughter now kicked out of school due to her horrible grades and bad attitude (and there's more drama llama coming). Other kid and husband just starting to dig themselves out of debt now that their kids are out of the house, with their children either struggling for money or involved in some sort of debauchery. Not that everyone else has a perfect life, but sheesh! Those sims get the short end of it.
jsalemi:
Quote from: Zazazu on 2008 July 23, 17:20:09
So I don't see any reason to put up with the slow motion and squealing alarm any longer than I have to.
FYI, jfade has a nice little hack over on DJS that silences the alarms, and just pops up a box telling you the alarm has gone off and the police/fire dept. has been called.
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