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lingeringviolet:
Quote from: Bliss on 2009 June 22, 05:16:23
Who the fuck are you again? And why are you acting like you have the disc inserted in your ass, rather than your computer?
I am simply a random person who asked another random person a couple of questions on an internet forum. Did I somehow offend your sensibilities? Truly, it will keep me up at night.
magic cookie:
Quote from: Zazazu on 2009 June 21, 17:45:10
I halfway agree with you there. Kids should be able to read about cooking, do gardening, athletics...I did all those things as a 6.
Sorry, I didn't explain myself well. I agree that kids could learn about cooking, from a special kids book. What wasn't realistic in Sims 2 was how you could make your Sim kids and teens skilling machines, reading and learning everything from a book and having maxed everything before turning into an adult!
Now this isn't possible anymore, and I love it. They have added more skills (writing, fishing, creativity being divided between guitar and painting) and you actually have to practice the skills instead of spending hours reading about them, which I definitely see as more realistic, especially for cooking and mecanics. The fact that you can know only some skills, not all of them also helps individualize the Sims.
Sim kids should definitely be able to gain some music and athletic points though.
J. M. Pescado:
Quote from: magic cookie on 2009 June 22, 10:14:31
Sorry, I didn't explain myself well. I agree that kids could learn about cooking, from a special kids book. What wasn't realistic in Sims 2 was how you could make your Sim kids and teens skilling machines, reading and learning everything from a book and having maxed everything before turning into an adult!
Of course, now kids are entirely useless, since it takes all of about 5 minutes to max out the few points they're allowed to earn, and that's it.
Quote from: magic cookie on 2009 June 22, 10:14:31
Now this isn't possible anymore, and I love it. They have added more skills (writing, fishing, creativity being divided between guitar and painting) and you actually have to practice the skills instead of spending hours reading about them, which I definitely see as more realistic, especially for cooking and mecanics.
I don't follow your logic. You say that having to actually practice the skills instead of speindg hours reading about them is "more realistic", yet these are, in fact, two skills you can learn entirely from reading books about them.
magic cookie:
Ha Pescado!
That's probably because I love cooking and know that reading about it and actually making a great meal are two entirely different things. Same with mecanics, I don't know anything about them and am sure reading a book about it wouldn't make me able to repair a TV!
I agree that kids are pretty useless, but toddlers are worse ;). Guess they will fix that in an upcoming EP with new toys and a piano ::).
J. M. Pescado:
Quote from: magic cookie on 2009 June 22, 10:32:15
That's probably because I love cooking and know that reading about it and actually making a great meal are two entirely different things. Same with mecanics, I don't know anything about them and am sure reading a book about it wouldn't make me able to repair a TV!
Yes, but my point is you use them as an example of it being more realistic, but your premise is faulty and you CAN, in fact, max out the skills entirely by reading from books. As for cooking, well, I don't understand cooking at all. I mean, I understand CHEMISTRY, but the idea that that chemically destroying your food is somehow supposed to make it "better" eludes me.
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