Using the Big Five to Recreate Sims 2 Sims in The Sims 4

Daniel and Mary Sue

At a certain point, it occurred to me that EA used the Big Five to design their Sims in The Sims 2. I did crack the code on this, which is fully described in my post on a Sims bulletin board at Tapatalk, and I have since then created an app into which anyone can enter any Sim’s traits and find out how to set them in The Sims 4. This is how I created a new Pleasantview in The Sims 4.

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I correlated each of the five traits with one of the Big Five descriptions, and from there, it was just math to convert them to the Big Five, and then, MBTI types. Once I converted them, I simply picked traits in The Sims 4 that match the corresponding MBTI types. (I also subdivided the ISTJ types into Assertive (Calm) and Turbulent (Limbic) subgroups.)

How could I make this any easier? By showing which Sims get which traits by neighborhood! I did this with a spreadsheet and made quick work of all the neighborhoods in The Sims 2. It took a few hours, but it was not boring work.

Before I post the results, I did want to point out some interesting things that came up in my sorting:

  1. The only Sims who come up as INTP in any of the neighborhoods are the dead Sims with no character data, like Bella Goth in Pleasantview and Darleen Dreamer.
  2. Although the Sims are fairly well distributed by most types, I tend to play Sims that share my personality type or similar types the most. I suspect this happens with a lot of Simmers.
  3. There are entirely too many INFJs and ENTJs in the game. These are rare types and there should not be more of these than types like ESTP or even ENTP, but there are. One in two hundred males is an INFJ in real life. In The Sims 2, it is more like one in twenty. And don’t even get me started on the INFPs – I honestly believe about a third of the Sims have this type.
  4. Considering how many real humans are ISTJs, they are quite underrepresented in The Sims 2, and this is a type I would guess actually does play the Sims quite a bit, but I could be wrong.
  5. Free-time Hobbies matter. Almost all of the ESTJs were either Music or Gaming Sims, although real ESTJs are also very into Sports. In TS2, almost all of the Sports Sims were ENTJs. The topic of sports has come up in discussion on ENTJ boards in the past, and few of us are into them beyond any questionable networking value they have. ENTJs tend to prefer Fitness, Science, or Music. I don’t even know why they matched that hobby up with ENTJ traits. As for the other types, I sometimes used Preferred Hobbies as the deciding factor when the personality traits were ambiguous.
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Although Gavin Newson comes up as ISTP from his stats, I gave him ISFP traits based on his preferred Nature Hobby.

So here is the Master List of all Sims, sorted by Socionics Group, Personality Type, and their Neighborhood of Origin:

Alpha Quadra (ESFJ, ISFJ, ENTP, INTP):

ESFJ:

Recommended Traits in TS4: FRIEND OF THE WORLD or PARTY ANIMAL, outgoing, insider or bro, family-oriented

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Pleasantview:

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  • John Burb
  • Jennifer Burb
  • Beau Broke

Desederata Valley:

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Elizabeth Aspir

ESFJriverblossom

  • Samantha Ottomas
  • David Ottomas
  • Trisha Traveller
  • Catherine Viejo

ESFJstrangetown

  • Ajay Loner
  • Ophelia Specter
  • Pascal Curious

ESFJveronaville

  • Isabella Monty
  • Bianca Monty
  • Kent Capp
  • Oberon Summerdream
  • Hal Capp
  • Miranda Capp

ESFJdowntown

  • Jennail Tricou
  • Kvornan Tricou

ESFJuni

  • Tiffany Sampson
  • Ty Bubbler
  • Aldric Davis
  • Almeric Davis

ISFJ:

Recommended Traits in TS4: FAMILY, good, neat, materialistic

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Lucy Burb shares a personality type with 3 of her 4 grandparents

 

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Don Lothario’s mother Adriana
  • Brad Burb
  • Tiffany Burb
  • Diane Pleasant
  • Lucy Burb
  • Adriana Lothario
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Belladonna Cove’s Isabel Baldwin

ISFJdesederata

  • Edward Contrary
  • Pauline Aspir
  • Victor Aspir
  • Daniel Bell

Riverblossom Hills:

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Gabe O’Mackey

ISFJstrangetown

  • Bella Goth (the real one, after which the Willow Creek Bella is modeled in TS4)
  • Buck Grunt
  • Jill Smith

ISFJveronaville

  • Regan Capp
  • Goneril Capp
  • Puck Summerdream
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Downtown’s Fricorith Tricou

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  • Wanda Tinker
  • Lisa Ramirez
  • Denise Jacquet (née Jeffress)

ISFJuni

  • Martin Ruben (Sim State University)
  • Edwin Sharpe (Academie Le Tour)
  • Stella Terrano (La Fiesta Tech)
  • DJ Verse (La Fiesta Tech)
  • Sarah Love (La Fiesta Tech)

ENTP:

Recommended Traits in TS4: RENAISSANCE KNOWLEDGE or DASTARDLY, loves nature, hot-headed or evil, outgoing or dance machine

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Pleasantview:

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Mortimer and Alexander Goth have identical stats

Desederata Valley:

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Hannah Bell

Strangetown:

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Chloe Singles

Veronaville:

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Mercutio Monty

Bluewater Village:

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Florence Delarosa

UNI – Académie Le Tour:

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Chaz Whippler

INTP:

Recommended Traits in TS4: RENAISSANCE or COMPUTER KNOWLEDGE, lazy, genius, loner

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Only Ghosts

The only INTPs I could find in The Sims 2 were corrupted ghosts with no data:

  • Darleen Dreamer
  • Bella Goth in Pleasantview
  • Yves Jacquet

Of course, I have not yet checked the Townies. I’ve always suspected that Marsha Bruenig is an INTP. By all means, feel free to check their stats with the converter app or change someone to one if you want INTPs.

Beta Quadra (ENFJ, INFJ, ESTP, ISTP):

ENFJ:

Recommended Traits in TS4: ROMANCE, neat or active, outgoing or insider or cheerful, music lover

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ENFJs are energized when they are around friends.

I found ONE Sim with this personality type among all of them. ONE. ENFJs are not abundant, but they are not super-rare.

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Here he is:

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William Williamson of the Student Housing household at La Fiesta Tech (UNI)

Please turn some of the abundant INFJ characters into ENFJs, starting with that Romeo named Daniel Pleasant. ENFJs are everywhere in real life; INFJs are not. The Sims 2 really messed up on this.

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You get to be an ENFJ, you get to be an ENFJ, and you, EVERYONE IS TURNING INTO ENFJs TODAY!!!

INFJ:

Recommended Traits in TS4: RENAISSANCE KNOWLEDGE or WRITER CREATIVE, good, music lover, cheerful

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I am happy to say that I think there are only two premade INFJs in The Sims 4. EA got their act together. Ponder the fact that the actual population is 1.5% INFJ as you read the following list. Just think on it.

Pleasantview:

  • Daniel Pleasant
  • Coral Oldie

Riverblossom Hills:

  • Tommy Ottomas
  • Priya Ramaswami

Strangetown:

  • Tank Grunt

Downtown:

  • Patrick Teens (one of the Tricou offspring)

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Sim State University:

  • Allegra Gorey

La Fiesta Tech:

  • Klara Vonderstein
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Change them to ENFJs. One or two is plenty.

ESTP:

Recommended Traits in TS4: LEADER OF THE PACK or MANSION BARON or BODYBUILDER, active, outgoing, materialistic or ambitious

Pleasantview:

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No work is necessary with Don Lothario – EA already put him there.

Bluewater Village:

  • Malcolm Landgraab IV (do you really want his genetics in your neighborhood?)
  • Tessa Ramirez

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UNI – Sim State University:

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  • Josh Ruben
  • Ashley Pitts
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Gunnar Roque and Matthew Hart

UNI – Académie Le Tour:

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Jonah Powers and Roxie Sharpe

ISTP:

Recommended Traits in TS4: NERD BRAIN, loner, perfectionist, active

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Lilith Pleasant takes after her grandfather Jeff

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  • Armand DeBateau
  • Sofia Baldwin

Desederata Valley:

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  • Luis Aspir
  • John Mole

Strangetown:

  • Nervous Test Subject

UNI – Sim State University:

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Erik Swain from the Students household

Gamma Quadra (ENTJ, INTJ, ESFP, ISFP):

ENTJ:

Recommended Traits in TS4: FABULOUSLY WEALTHY, creative, hot-headed, outgoing or gregarious or active (BUT NEVER THE BRO TRAIT)

ENTJs differ from other Fortune Sims in that being promoted and reaching the top of the career is the goal, not purchasing more and more stuff. Power trumps things. MUSE, PROGRAMMER, or BODYBUILDER aspirations are acceptable as long as you can stay focused on making your Sim rise in his or her career.

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Workaholic Travis Scott is very focused on his career in computers and lives like a monk. He is the very embodiment of a typical 20-something ENTJ.

This is the massive list of ENTJs from The Sims 2. We only constitute about 1.7% of the population, so please make some of these into other types of Fortune Sims. You have my full blessing as an ENTJ. And for the love of God, please don’t make them Bros.

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I would ditch all of them except for Tiave Tricou and Ellen Frost, if I had my druthers.

Half of Jon Smith Tricou’s illegitimate kids are ENTJs. Can we say disproportionate?

INTJ:

Recommended Traits in TS4: COMPUTER or RENAISSANCE KNOWLEDGE or WRITER CREATIVE, materialistic or ambitious, hot-headed or geek, loner or bookworm

The Art Lover and PAINTER MUSE traits are not unrealistic, either.

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Pleasantview:

  • Nina Caliente (EA changed her to an ENTP in TS4)

Belladonna Cove:

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  • Jason Cleveland

Riverblossom Hills:

  • Dora Ottomas (the grandmother)

Strangetown:

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  • Vidcund Curious

Veronaville:

  • Hermia Capp
  • Cornwall Capp
  • Antonio Monty

Bluewater Village:

  • Melody Tinker

UNI – Académie Le Tour:

  • Phineaus Furley
  • Delilah O’Feefe

ESFP:

Recommended Traits in TS4:  LEADER OF THE PACK or JOKE STAR, noncommittal or goofball, ambitious or confident, creative or music lover

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This is one of the most frequently found personality types, and TS4 has provided an abundance of them throughout the neighborhoods, especially Oasis Springs.

In TS2, these are the ESFPs:

Pleasantview:

  • Cyd Roseland

Riverblossom Hills:

  • Trent Traveller

Veronaville:

  • Ariel Capp
  • Bottom Summerdream

Bluewater Village:

  • Jason Larson
  • Checo Ramirez

UNI – La Fiesta Tech:

  • Guy Wrightley
  • Jessie Pilferson

UNI – Académie Le Tour:

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Max Flexor

ISFP:

Recommended Traits in TS4: GARDENING or ANGLING, loner, loves outdoors, art lover

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Alice Spencer-Kim is the definition of an ISFP in TS4. If in doubt, just copy her traits onto your ISFP Sim.

Pleasantview:

  • Darren Dreamer
  • Angela Pleasant

Belladonna Cove:

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  • Gavin Newson

Desederata Valley:

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Marcel Jocque

Riverblossom Hills:

  • Leod McGreggor

Strangetown:

  • Erin Singles (Beaker)
  • Jenny Smith

Veronaville:

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Beatrice and Benedick with their father.
  • Beatrice Monty
  • Benedick Monty

Downtown:

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Orion Teens (Tricou)

UNI – Sim State University:

  • Sam Thomas

UNI – La Fiesta Tech:

  • Blossom Moonbeam

UNI – Académie Le Tour:

  •  Emily Lee

Delta Quadra (ESTJ, ISTJ, ENFP, INFP):

ESTJ:

Recommended Traits in TS4: MANSION BARON, hot-headed, active, music lover

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Eva Capricciosa enjoys athletic activities and relaxing with her friends. She is often the police chief if your Sim works in the Detective Career. Contrast her with her workaholic ENTJ roommate Jade, who never takes a break from her career to hang out and relax, or her calm ESFJ roommates who just want to watch sports together or play Foosball.
Neighborhood Sim
Plesantview Mary Sue Pleasant
Cynthia Kim
Justin Kim
Skip Broke
Belladonna Cove Ginger Newson
Marissa Cleveland
Connor Weir
Vivian Cho
Etsu Cho
Timothy Riley
Jessica Peterson
Desederata Valley Sophia Jocque
Sharon Wirth
Riverblossom Hills Sharla Ottomas
Sanjay Ramaswami
Morty Roth
Sandra Roth
Xander Roth
Betty Goldstein

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Judge Betty

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I see what you did there.
Patricia Wan
Jules O’Mackey
Strangetown Olive Specter
Veronaville Patrizio Monty
Tybault Capp
Juliette Capp
Albany Capp
Desdemona Capp
Downtown Nylissit Tricou
Gvaudoin Tricou

ISTJ:

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Bob Pancakes is a neurotic ISTJ, and would probably be better suited to a Family Aspiration

Although there were not a lot of ISTJ Sims to work with in TS2, I made a distinction between the healthy ones and the neurotic ones, because that really impacts the best lifetime aspiration you should assign to such a Sim.

ISTJ-T (neurotic):

Recommended Traits in TS4: FOOD or FAMILY, loner, gloomy, bookworm

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  • Veronaville: Consort Capp

ISTJ-A (calm):

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Kimberly Cordial is the Evil Witch

Recommended Traits in TS4: FOOD or COMPUTER KNOWLEDGE, loner, neat, bookworm

  • Pleasantview: Cassandra Goth
  • Belladonna Cove: Kimberly Cordial
  • Strangetown: Pollination Tech # 9 Smith
  • Bluewater Village: Stephen Tinker
  • UNI – La Fiesta Tech: Francis J. Worthington III

ENFP:

Recommended Traits in TS4: PAINTER or WRITER CREATIVE, hot-headed, goofball, lazy or slob

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If you’ve ever played the Jang family in San Myshuno, then you are aware of Anaya’s rather unique taste in decor for her art studio.

So many unique, special snowflakes! And they’re all basically the same Sim! Pretty much every Romance Townie in TS2 is an ENFP (*cough cough* Goopy) – in fact, pretty much all the Romance Sims are. Although ENFPs do not shy away from romance in real life, they are far more motivated by their creative urges. I would make all but the musical ones have the Painter Muse Aspiration, and assign the Bestseller Muse Aspiration to the others. It’s a safe bet in this game that if you aren’t sure who or what the Sim is, then it’s an ENFP. EA knows who plays this game the most of any of the types. Remember what I said earlier about playing the Sims most like myself.

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This Sim is the Kestrel Teen.
Neighborhood Sim
Plesantview Dina Caliente
Herb Oldie
Brandi Broke
Dustin Broke
Desederata Valley Natasha Una
Isaac Bell
Riverblossom Hills Peter Ottomas
Stella Roth
Rose Greenman
Daisy Greenman
Strangetown Ripp Grunt
Lola Singles (Curious)
Kristen Singles (Loste)
Johnny Smith
Lazlo Curious
Veronaville Romeo Monty
Titania Summerdream
Downtown Jon Smith Tricou
Jennicor Tricou
Kiernan Tricou
Kestrel Teens
Bluewater Village Jodie Larson
Gilbert Jacquet
UNI – Sim State University Heather Huffington
Kevin Beare
Castor Nova
Jared Starchild
Jimmy Phoenix
UNI – La Fiesta Tech Mickey Dosser
UNI – Academie Le Tour Tom Freshe
Mitch Indie

INFP:

Recommended Traits in TS4: NERD BRAIN or RENAISSANCE KNOWLEDGE or MUSICAL CREATIVE, loner, gloomy, bookworm or perfectionist

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Cassandra Goth has both the Muse and Gloomy traits in TS4

Here are the INFP Sims by neighborhood. INFPs tend to be musical or literary, as well as handy. Most of these had the Tinkering Hobby in TS2. Those with the Muse Aspiration should also have the Perfectionist Trait.

Neighborhood Sim
Pleasantview Flamenco Caliente
Nighat Caliente
Dirk Dreamer
Daniel Pleasant
Tara Kat
Belladonna Cove Gabriella Newson
Gallagher Newson
Garrett Newson
Justin Cleveland
Geoff Rutherford
Samantha Cordial
Benjamin Baldwin
Gabriel Green
Chastity Gere
Ramir Patel
Ana Patel
Riverblossom Hills Andrew Martin
Jacob Martin
Cleo Shikibu
Jason Greenman
Bluewater Village Chester Gieke
UNI – Sim State University Jane Stacks
UNI – La Fiesta Tech Jasmine Rai
Zoe Zimmerman
UNI – Academie Le Tour Marla Biggs

I hope this has given you some ideas to make a great game even better! Happy Simming!

Veronaville and Strangetown – The Interviews

So this project was a little different for a few reasons. All the teens in both neighborhoods quickly disappeared from their homes. They were whisked off to a mysterious university that no one has ever heard of before. Also, rumor has it, that some of the Sims might be of a different proclivity, but that’s just a rumor. There are many rumors. This author was able to procure an interview with all the movers and shakers in both towns, namely the college students who will be most pivotal to the town story.

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L to R: Guy Wrightley, Heather Huffington, Romeo Monty, Tybault Capp, Ripp Grunt, Johnny Smith. That might be Marla Biggs coming up the steps in front of the television.

In order to change the nature of these two belligerent neighborhoods, it was important to separate the teens from their parents immediately. Look at Uni as an exclusive boarding school. Each pupil was chosen for each particular college according to his or her special talent. In the aforementioned photo, David Ottomas, Tybault Capp, Ripp Grunt, Johnny Smith, Ophelia Nigmos and Romeo Monty were sent to the Dreamer School of the Arts for their special abilities in Arts and Crafts or Music. This was not a bad gamble, as Johnny has already received a plaque for maximizing his music enthusiasm and Ripp is well on his way to a Badge in Pottery. Enough about them, more about the Dreamer School later…

Let’s talk about the Greek House.

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In case you do not know Simlish, those letters spell Cham Annya Hoh.

Sleekoduck: Guy, let’s start with you. There has been some talk about your pranks around the house, especially being the only guy around.
Guy: All vicious rumors, of course.
Sleekoduck: Marla marched to the Greek Council in the middle of the night and requested a second letter for the house.
Guy: Those letters just appeared there, I swear. I only picked up the Cham letter.
Sleekoduck: And the bird?
Guy: Okay, maybe that was me. But that coach was bothering Heather while she was trying to write her term paper. Now we can remember her every time we rehearse a speech. Hehehe.
Sleekoduck: You have made a lot of Sims happy by starting a Greek house on campus.
Guy: Thank you. I couldn’t have done it without some help from my grandfather, though. He really loved his days in Oresha Hoh Var when he was young.
Sleekoduck: (nodding) So the burning question on everyone’s mind is, there is some mysterious experiment going on with Sims with no preset gender preference. What are you like as a gay Sim?
Guy: It makes no difference to me. I just want to make lots of friends.
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Sleekoduck: Marla, how do you like being in a coed fraternity?
Marla: It’s okay, I guess. There’s a lot of talking to people involved, you know.
Sleekoduck: Yeah, that is part of the package.
Marla: They told me to put my Robot Station away where no one could see it.
Sleekoduck: You wanted to build robots in a Greek House?
Marla: (chuckling) Yeah, it’s the whole thing about… you know, the universe and… they don’t get it… oh, I don’t think you do, either. I have to be authentic to myself. I love science. I’m studying physics. There are so many fascinating things out there. I’d love to work in the Science Center and build something like a rocket… or maybe the Medical Center and make artificial limbs… maybe I should study biology instead… what do you think?
Sleekoduck: That’s something you need to figure out. If you wake  up one morning and decide to change your major, I’m sure The Goddess will make it happen, as long as it’s before your Senior Year.
Marla: I always knew there was something out there. Is it kind of like that song on the College Rock channel, the one about –?
Sleekoduck: It’s more like “One of Us” by Joan Osborne, as far as you’re concerned.

Marla: That’s deep.
Sleekoduck: Yeah.
Marla: (lost in a daydream)
Sleekoduck: So our readers are wondering if you are really a gay Sim…
Marla: Well, Heather’s a beautiful girl, she’s a really beautiful girl, very, very beautiful, but I haven’t had any desire to flirt with her or anything yet.
Heather: Ewww.
Sleekoduck: That was harsh.
Heather: Come on, look at her. she looks like she stepped off Little House on the Prairie. She reminds me of that freak over at Fort Buzz… what’s his name? Pixie Summerdream or something?
Guy: It’s Puck and I think he’s rushing this semester.
Heather: Have we completely dropped all standards?
Sleekoduck: Now EVERYONE wants to know what’s going on with you and the gay thing.
Heather: First of all, I prayed very hard and The Goddess said that Romance Sims could be bisexual, not gay.
Sleekoduck: Oh?
Heather: Yes. I can prove it. Look at this picture.

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Sleekoduck: I believe you.
Heather:  It’s my life’s ambition to seduce twenty Sims, I just can’t do that being gay.
Sleekoduck: That’s debatable, but whatever you say.
Heather: They say Romeo is so blessed, he could turn straight Sims gay. I heard Johnny Smith was gawking at him in the shower.

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Sleekoduck: Those rumors will be addressed later.
Marla: Heather, you’re a really mean Sim. But you’re so beautiful. Vada!
Heather: Blech.
Guy: Who’s up for a pillow fight?

Hermia Capp: Favored by the Goddess

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Dream Date at the Country Club
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Twin Flames

Sleekoduck: Rumor has it you found your Twin Flame in Bain-Gordon Hall.
Hermia: I might have.
Sleekoduck: Did you go on a Dream Date?
Hermia: We did. We went to The Country Club and everything was perfect. I bet there is a bouquet of roses in front of my door before long.
Sleekoduck: How do you like Bain-Gordon Hall?
Hermia: I love it. There are bookshelves and televisions everywhere. My favorite thing is to go to the television upstairs and watch movies where no one is around, especially the one where they have the ability to change the weather. What an awesome ability. I’ve been working on this theory about how that works…
Sleekoduck: I’m sure you have. I have a theory about your Dream Date, too:

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It Can Always Get Worse: Poor Puck

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Sleekoduck: When your mother dropped you off at Fort Buzz, was this what you were hoping for in your collegiate experience?
Puck: It’s not so bad. I really like working on the vehicles in the hangar. I just wish my friends would call more. I keep calling them to remind them I’m still alive, but they never bother keeping in touch.
Sleekoduck: What was that incident about the fire in the bushes your first day?
Puck: Some stupid bitch was taking a dump in the bushes by the ditch and she got struck by lightning, I think. Honestly, I wasn’t paying attention… I was kind of spacing out while I was working on an old vehicle when it happened.

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Lay off the chili, you skank.

Miranda and Tank – Superstars!

Sleekoduck: Tank, I must say I am completely impressed and in awe of your achievement with Cham Fruhm. I have never seen that done before in The Sims 2.
Tank: Thanks. I’d still like to be friends with the brown haired girl.
Miranda: Tank, now that you got rid of that ugly warpaint, if you’d like to stop by my dorm room across the hall, I’ll give you a personal congratulations party if you want.
Tank: I’ll take it under advisement.
Sleekoduck: What do you consider  the biggest annoyance for your Aspiration?
Miranda: The constant phone calls to friends and family to maintain friendships. I’d like some alone time. I need it. I’m a Cancer and actually kind of shy.
Tank: Exactly. The same goes for Scorpios.
Sleekoduck: Both of you seem a bit ill-suited to be Popularity or Romance Sims. Do you think either of you might be undergoing Aspiration changes in a few semesters?
Both: Let’s wait on that.

It’s Game Time! Juliette Capp vs Ginger Newson

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The rare sight of Juliette Capp and Ginger Newson actually using computers for utilitarian purposes at the same time.

 

Sleekoduck: It’s amazing how much alike the two of you are.
Juliette: And your point is…?
Sleekoduck: Ginger, you won’t keep your hands off the computer when you have to take care of your siblings. How are you in the gamer’s paradise dorm?
Ginger: The computer is okay for games. I typed my paper on it. There are so many better things to play games on there, like the pool table and that mega-screen television with gaming console, two bowling alleys, pinball, video games, no, and I repeat, no screaming brats. The Monty family took them in. I get to be a kid like I am. And look at the view from the computer lab.

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“It’s okay for games.”
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This is how you play SSX3.

Sleekoduck: Juliette, rumor has it you aren’t as milk-and-cookies innocent and pure as you’re made out to be.
Juliette: I don’t like what you are insinuating.

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Juliette: Where did you get that photograph?
Sleekoduck: Just sayin’.
Juliette: Why are you picking on me? Why don’t you start asking questions from the poor little orphan girl over there?
Sleekoduck: Okay. Ginger, you were one of the Sims who was not assigned a gender preference in the game, so now you’re out and proud. Do you think you were always a gay Sim?
Ginger: Maybe. I’ve always been attracted to Sims who wear glasses and makeup, and there are a lot more female Sims who fit that description than male Sims. It also kind of explains why I was in foster care, doesn’t it? Maybe I was a runaway.

Sleekoduck: Interesting. Do you find Juliette attractive, prancing around the dorm in her underpants?
Ginger: No, I just want to be friends with her. She’s kind of mean, though. We’ve done everything together and we still aren’t friends.
Sleekoduck: So who do you like?
Ginger: The Cow Mascot. (laughs) I hustled that bitch out of 150 Simoleons playing pool right before class. I still think she’s hot.
Sleekoduck: The two of you also remind me of something I’ve seen on YouTube:

The Dreamer School of the Arts:
SimCity’s Own Glee Cast

(All of the Sims on the lot had preset gender preferences and aged up in the outfits you see them in. Ophelia Nigmos’s outfit was too outrageous to use, if that says anything.)

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Who needs Glee when you have drama like this?

Sleekoduck: First off, I’d like to express my condolences about that Sim who perished during that freak lightning storm at the beginning of the semester.
Ophelia: (sigh) That was a shame.
Sleekoduck: Yes, it was. It was also too bad he wouldn’t move out of the dorm so Ripp could move in. I’m sure all of you do like Ripp much better now, don’t you?
(silence)
Romeo: Ripp’s alright. Bros, man. (fistbumps Ripp)
Sleekoduck: You are kind of off in your own little world, aren’t you, Ripp? What’s up with the attitude? Didn’t you study Anger Management like everyone else? Oh wait, maybe you didn’t…

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Ripp Grunt sizing up the art

Ripp: I just want to be left alone to create my art, especially my plates. Let me create, okay?
Romeo: The dude doesn’t talk much. He didn’t even shake hands with Demi Louie when she gave him the membership card to My Muse II. I would have given that babe a big smooch on the lips if she’d given me one, but that’s just me. I’m Romeo Monty.

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Bros

Sleekoduck: How are you getting along with Tybault these days? That must have been hard being stuck in the same dorm together.
Romeo and Tybault: We’re just about best friends now. We’ve been playing a lot of chess together since we studied up on Anger Management.
Romeo: Introduce me to that Heather chick from your fraternity. I think she wants my pepperoni. I’ll play chess with her and she’ll be putty in my hands. You can make friends with anyone playing chess. My grandfather taught me that. I even won a card at Games of Glory for my chess skills.

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Romeo Monty admitted to Games of Glory

Sleekoduck: David, what’s up with you painting in the snow?
David: I just feel more creative in the cold air.
Sleekoduck: I like the Puck pantsuit with the baseball cap thing you have going on there. It’s very unique.

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David Ottomas’s unique look

Sleekoduck: Ophelia, what exactly do you want to do with yourself in school? You’re majoring in Literature, you want Creativity points and want to maximize your Music enthusiasm, but you can’t decide between the piano, violin, or Ballet Barre.
Ophelia: I want to maximize my Music Enthusiasm and do all those things. I want it all.

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Ophelia Nigmos

Sleekoduck: Do you ever feel eclipsed by Johnny Smith’s talents?
Ophelia: It would be unfortunate if my aunt invited your Simself over one day and she was never heard from again, wouldn’t it?
Sleekoduck: Point taken. It would also be unfortunate if your aunt met an untimely end with a satellite or lightning before your cousin gets to inherit all that beautiful money, wouldn’t it?
Ophelia: Touche.

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Tybault Capp

Sleekoduck: You have done an impressive job. Friends with Romeo Monty, 4.0 GPA, close to maximum Music enthusiasm and maximum Creativity skill. Good job!
Tybault: Thank you.
Sleekoduck: And you got into the Greek house, too.
Tybault: I did.
Sleekoduck: Except David did that before you and Johnny Smith is still better than you at Music.
Tybault: And there’s the barb.

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Johnny Smith
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Johnny Smith gets his plaque

Sleekoduck: You get to dress like that when you’re that good at everything.
Johnny: I sure do.
Sleekoduck: Are you and Tybault an item yet?
Johnny: What the ffff…?
Tybault and Johnny: Yet? What’s that supposed to mean? There’s nothing between us. We’re just good friends.

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Sleekoduck: To Be Continued

Join me later as I interview the residents of Academie Le Nature and the Adults, Elders and Children of Veronaville and Strangetown…