How many Sims are you playing?
windy_moon:
I'm curious. I feel the responsibility to play everybody in my neighborhood, except NPCs. (Truth be told, I feel a little guilty about them, too, such empty lives :( ) I nuked or moved in my townies sometime back, so everybody who walks down the street has their own story which is intertwined with all of the other stories, and they are all in play.
One thing or another, I'm up to about 85 Sims I'm playing...some much more than others, but everybody has a story. Gets exhausting, but I'm compelled.
I'm fascinated by the way other people play their games. My brain would explode if I tried to handle multiple neighborhoods. I admire the discipline of people who handle one family through many generations. I really admire the discipline of people who play their Sims in even amounts, 1 Sim day at a time.
I guess I should throw my definition of "playing" into the pot, too, since I'd bet people look at that differently. For me, playing means they have at least a base to their own story. They may or may not be employed, but they have relationships with other Sims and a home that's been set up for them. (Not just an empty house with a phone.)
I can go human weeks and weeks without playing certain Sims but they are still "in play". The Dreamers are nagging at me because I haven't played them in ages and Dirk has fallen well behind his contemporaries in aging...and Darren still needs to fulfill his dream of making a living off of his art.
Funny how I make a hobby with a To Do List that is guilt producing! ::)
How many Sims do you play?
gali:
I play in Pleasantview 4 pre-made families: Mortimer Goth - resurrected and married again to an elder CAS sim; Brandy Broke (Newbie now) - married to a CAS sim, and have 2 more kids; Cassandra Goth - married to a CAS sim and have a baby; the Pleasants - with a new baby boy.
All the teens of these families are at the college now. Just graduated Dustin - married to a CAS YA.
Globally, I pass among 11 lots - staying 2-3 days in each lot.
I deleted (hate to kill) the Dreamers, Don, and the Caliente sisters - don't like them, and don't want to feel guilty not playing them...:).
skandelouslala:
One of my custom 'hoods is insane. I've decided to take a break from them for a while and play some Maxis 'hoods that I haven't touched since reinstall after purchasing Uni when it first came out. The custom 'hood easily has 60-70 active sims. Needless to say this next generation is going to go through some population control when I do start playing it again. I unfortuantly have an addiction to my sims having babies and lately a lot of those sims have been popping out twins.
Torkle:
Right now, I'm doing a little genetic experiment neighborhood with just three family lines. Each couple will have two kids - one boy and one girl. If I can plan things just right, then there will be just 4 new kids in each generation perpetually, with one family line skipping each generation. I'm curious to see just how far back the inbreeding algorithm looks when determining family relationships.
reggikko:
Right now I am playing my Legacy family (4 Sims) and that's it. They are in a neighborhood without any other playable characters at the moment. I've never played Pleasantview or Veronaville. Since my restart, I haven't played anyone in Strangetown.
I have 2 projects in mind, though, and I have been working on preparations for those stories. One is top secret and involves a certain Angry Baby. ;-) The other is going to be a neighborhood where everyone has a story. The Curious brothers will be there, along with a version of the Goths. Right now, the characters and neighborhood are in the planning stages. I have 2 houses done and I've set up the shopping district. That's it.
I get overwhelmed if I try to play too many at the same time. But I'm going to try in my new neighborhood to put families on a rotation schedule, play everyone evenly and see where it takes me.
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