Bon Voyage- Pass the calamine
jsalemi:
Quote from: karen on 2007 September 26, 17:14:18
On the other hand, some of those chance cards can have pretty serious consequences. I got one this morning on Twikkii Island (I don't remember which tour this was) where the penalty for guessing wrong is a huge motive hit (hunger/energy/comfort all went into the red).
Yea, that was the first one I hit -- it's on the helicopter tour, I think, and they all get airsick. They knelt on the road and barfed as soon as they got out of the helicopter.
jolrei:
It strikes me that in RL if you go on a tour, you mostly have a mediocre to good time (i.e. you don't necessarily "gain a logic point" or get a $500 reward, but you don't get poison ivy or bees either). In BV, every tour seems to have about a 50% chance of being either super or terrible. I guess for run of the mill, you have to hit Cancel on the chance cards. Mostly my sims have had bad tours (I seem to choose wrong 70% of the time) which send them into the red on motives. Never had bees or poison ivy yet. It's rather endearing how they keep wanting them. My sims are masochists.
I was a bit disappointed in the tours as well - the going offworld thing. I had read reviews that pushed the idea of "your sims can go on a glass-bottomed boat tour", and all we get is the standard sims-go-away/sims-come-back thing. Dammit, I want my glass-bottomed boat!
ZiggyDoodle:
Quote from: sloppyhousewife on 2007 September 26, 12:46:47
I have seen different results from the same chance card. I don't know how the tour is called, but it's the §100 tour on Twikkii Island. The choises are "pull handle" and "ask guide". I'd taken that tour three times by now, and I always chose card B, which was good the first and third, but not the second time. I don't have problems with cancelling the scratching in most cases, and even if I can't catch it in time, I don't find it as annoying as, say, the "ZOMG it's raining!!!11one" action. At least, the icon is hilarious :D.
I don't even attempt to cancel the action. Stings and poison ivy are simply a part of life. Maybe a bit inconvenient, but really no big deal. I just send my suffering Simmies to do something else and they soon forget about their discomfort.
Besides, I love their reaction to the stinging bees. Reminds me of my own this summer, thanks to a hornets nest I didn't notice until too late.
jolrei:
Quote from: ZiggyDoodle on 2007 September 26, 18:46:35
Besides, I love their reaction to the stinging bees. Reminds me of my own this summer, thanks to a hornets nest I didn't notice until too late.
I ran a lawnmower against a tree stump with a hornets' nest in it. After spending some fun time running away, I decided I had to deal with the hornets. A bit of petrol around and over the stump followed by a match tends to deal with the problem spectacularly. Good conversation point for the neighbours as well.
ZiggyDoodle:
Quote from: jolrei on 2007 September 26, 20:20:30
Quote from: ZiggyDoodle on 2007 September 26, 18:46:35
Besides, I love their reaction to the stinging bees. Reminds me of my own this summer, thanks to a hornets nest I didn't notice until too late.
I ran a lawnmower against a tree stump with a hornets' nest in it. After spending some fun time running away, I decided I had to deal with the hornets. A bit of petrol around and over the stump followed by a match tends to deal with the problem spectacularly. Good conversation point for the neighbours as well.
We've had an outdoor burning ban for most of the summer; besides, my problem nest was in the eaves. Four cans of wasp spray (at night) did the trick. Don't get mad, get even...
BTW, a paste of monosodium glutamate (Accent) provides instant relief for the swelling and itch.
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