“Alexandria’s Genesis, A.k.a Violet Eyes (a Genetic Mutation).

Sooo Paralives and the Brainwashing EA has done

It's funny. Paralives launched a gameplay video that looks really good, along with some announcements. One of them being that they won't be offering paid DLC. I was watching Satch on Sims and him, plus a few other people, seem to think this is a bad move.

No shade, but it's easy to tell people who don't really game and all they play is the Sims. Like EA got yall so brainwashed that you actually think you're SUPPOSED to be getting charged for base game features.

His concern was wanting a different world to play in or different aethitics. Who said we can't get that for free? We may not know what all features Paralives are going to offer, but what rule says that they can't give us another world to play in for free? I mean literally, there are so many games that do free updates and only offer DLC if it's a niche theme that not everyone would be into, or if they're adding ADDITIONAL gameplay that has no resemblance to what's already in the game.

Only EA removes base game features just to sell them back to you later. Or expect you to buy a multitude of different DLCs that have the exact same theme or niche. Now don't mind me while I gripe on this point a little.

Growing Together and Parenthood should have been one generations themed pack.

Discover University and High School Years should have been one pack focused on education.

All of the occults (vamps, wolves, witches, ghosts, aliens, mermaids, plant people) all should have been in ONE paranormal pack.

Features from Dine Out should have been included in Get to Work. There was no need for that to be seperate DLC when they both relate to active careers.

For Rent and City Living should have been one pack.

Simple features that should not be locked behind a pay wall, and I'm not even talking weather. Like why do I have to buy DLC just for my sims to have access to a hot tub (Perfect Patio), an ice cream maker (Cool Kitchen), a popcorn maker (movie night), for them to have the ability to carve a pumpkin or have different holloween costumes, when Holloween is a holiday that comes in the base game with base game ability to trick or treat, etc. (Spooky Stuff), I have to buy Vintage Glamour just to have a butler (if anything the butler should have been in get famous along with everything in the luxury stuff pack. These are all things that should just be base game that they force you to buy DLC to have access to.

And speaking of weather, I do feel like packs like seasons, pets, laundry day, bust the dust, and my wedding stories should all be base game features. Yeah I don't care if we're used to paying for stuff like seasons and pets, things can and should change. These are all life basics, why am I paying extra?

Now I'm not all negative. There are packs that actually make sense. Get Famous makes sense. So does Island Living, Strangervile, all the vacation packs (jungle, outdoor, snowy). Hell, even Journey to Batuu made sense. Yeah, hear me out. These are all OPTIONAL packs. Stuff that not everyone is going to play with but they each bring something different to the game. Now whether any of these packs are filled to the brim with playable content, thats another story. But at least the concept makes sense.

Okay, off my soapbox and moving on.

I will forever and always use No Man's Sky as an example of a development team that chose integrity over money. That team has been releasing update after update for YEARS. Significant updates too. Updates that completely change the gameplay mechanics, adds brand new features to the game, or updates/changes the look of the game. All for free. Yes, it's normal. Not normal in the sense that these companies should be releasing broken games or not delivering on promises to begin with, but at least they weren't money-hungry assholes about it. The amount of updates that game has, quite a few could have been paid DLC and they didn't do that. Now if they started releasing DLC with specialty ships or different cosmetic features, I would have no problem paying for that cause it's optional.

Paralives knows what they're doing. As long as they are focused on making the base game everything it's supposed to be, I don't see why they couldn't sell the type of optional DLC that makes sense in the future. But I'm certainly not going to say that they're making a mistake by not having paid DLC right now.

I can definitely see them adding things like weather, a new life stage, or new clothes/build objects for free and that's dope. I'm excited about Paralives more so than Life By You. But either way, I'm just glad EA has competition in the life simulation genre now that isn't just about farming management.

I just finished Sherlock S4/1

What the actual fuck was that

Huh????

It's like... Sherlock and Mary, featuring John as a side character who is stupid every now and then but otherwise unimportant

And the finale?????? It felt so... staged and John didn't even help? Just call her an ambulance for fuck's sake

One interesting thing I've noticed is that other people on the server use a mixed iteration of the words faction member / [faction colour] member / [name of faction] member to refer to their faction members but the lifestealers on the server almost always use the word "teammate" when referring to their faction members which is really interesting. Old habits die hard and all that

A summary of events

Text posts but its all just trOwen ❤️

- Pirates SMP Book (Owen) -

c!wilbur/c!niki analysts, thoughts?

also I typed and formatted this all on my phone and it took way longer than it should have so please appreciate it. The size of the text doesn’t matter I was just struggling to fit everything and it all turned into a weird game of Tetris idk roll with it.

(I re-typed it all below in case it’s difficult to read on the photo)

both:

Loser

corruption arc

unreliable narrator

”it was never meant to be”

tragic

good at reading people

misinterpreted by the fandom

desire for validation

Cosmic amount of bad luck

Absolute shit at fighting

badass angsty villain outfit

Traitor

Delusions

Fire symbolism 🔥

trust issues

lost idealism

strong will power

stubborn

strong sense of justice/moral code

self Destructive

black and white worldview

c!niki:

Mainly villainizes/blames other people to cope

struggles to get other people to notice her worth

self pity

loyalty vs rebellion

failed at murdering a guy (L)

”I hope you starve”

Color changing eyes(?)

aware of her own competence thank you very much (her struggle has always been with getting other people to see it)

syndicate member

overlooked rebellion

Immediately speaks up when there’s something she believes is wrong, very headstrong

Anarchist

follower (this doesn’t mean she doesn’t stand up for herself, she just usually isn’t the one calling the shots)

very compassionate

treasurer

pet war

didn’t fight in the independence war

not very politically minded

Baking and healing symbolism 🍰

c!wilbur:

revolutionary/rebellion leader

romanization of self destruction and his own suffering

Neurotic

Charismatic

mainly villainizes himself to cope

obsessive amount of self hatred

FCR trauma

supernova symbolism

Literary terms

terrorist

ambitious politically minded leader type

would rather die than be open about his feelings

✨Showman✨

attaches his self worth to his external achievements

Took a shower (canonically)

personas/identity issues

struggles to recognize his own worth despite other people thinking well of him

iconoclast atheist

unhealthy amount of self awareness

I say

we change Dream SMP to Tommy SMP

5D puzzle shenanigans going on in the realm but each player knows at most 2 dimensions and its a question of who will figure it all out first