A Sims 3 Reality Show...

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So, some of you know that I have a Sims 3 obsession. (And if you didn't know before, I suppose you know now.) One of the things I like to do with my game are these things called 'challenges' where you play the game a certain way, and I stumbled across one that just may allow me to merge my Sims 3 obsession with my Batman obsession.

Let me explain further: In this challenge you essentially set up the game like one of those reality shows where all the contestants live in a house together and they kick people out of the house once a week - I believe this most closely mirrors Big Brother. And rather than telling any of these Sims what to do like when I normally play the game, I let the game's AI take over and all I do is document what happens between the characters. I'll probably start a blog or something to upload it to and give you guys the link for your viewing pleasure.

But I thought that it would be a fun twist if, instead of making the 'contestants' randomly generated people, if I instead took the characters we have in our forum and used them. See, all of this randomly generated AI behavior tends to make fun things happen - things like people falling in love, making enemies, or leaving something on the stove for too long, which results in a fire, which results in someone burning to death. In other words, lots of fun random chaos!

But what I need to do to start this is to build a fantastic mansion-style house for them to live in (not a problem!) and also make the characters themselves (which is quite a bit more work). I'll have to tackle the job of trying to make the characters look like they should myself - probably with mixed results, I'll have to warn you since I don't like to track down custom content for my game so I'll have to do my best with what the game provides me. Some Sims will probably only superficially resemble the characters they're supposed to be, and most will have to be their 'out-of-costume' civilian selves in appearance though where possible I'll go with the costumed appearance - Edward and Joker with their fancy colored suits shouldn't be a problem, but I won't be able to give Bruce a mask and cape.

But the other thing, and what I could use some help with is picking traits. See - every (grown up) Sim has five 'traits' that govern most of their behavior, and would therefore make the Sim behave more like the character they're supposed to be. (Teenagers get 4, and children get 3 - though I think that Phoebe is our only 'child'.) And while I know many of your characters well enough that I'd feel somewhat confident getting it just about right, many others I'm not so sure of.

So here's how I'm going to do this:

• All FCs can consider yourselves automatically signed up for this as even without your input I can probably do a halfway decent job of creating a Sim, though I still very much would like their player to help me out by picking their five traits for them. Or, if their player can't/is MIA, someone else in the forum if you think you know the character well enough. I'll do the best I can with the rest.
  
• OCs are not automatically signed up, but are very much encouraged to do so. The reason why is since you created the character yourself, I don't want to force your participation if you don't like the idea of seeing a representation of your character possibly die horribly or fall in love with your least favorite FC. (And on the other hand, I assume that everyone's already used to seeing their favorite FC doing such things when in the hands of someone else, and that's why I'm treating FCs differently.) I promise that you're much more likely to have fun with this than hate it, but I'm giving you the option.
  
• I reserve the right to accept or reject any submitted characters for any reason - and I'm only stating this now because there are any number of reasons why I will or won't be able to accept a character for this, some of which I may not be able to anticipate until it happens and I don't want anyone screaming that I'm an unfair meanie.

Now, to sign up or help pick traits, simply give the character's name and list off the five (or four, if the character is a teenager) traits. I'll take care of all the other details.

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Notes:
- First of all, I know that this is a long list but the vast majority won't apply to your character so sorting through them should be a quick process. But it's easily possible for your character to have more than the five (or four, if a teenager) allowed traits. What you're looking for is the 'top five'.
- I suggest quickly going down the list and noting all the ones that apply to your character and then picking out the five that seem most important to the way your character normally behaves from those.
- Also, any trait that 'conflicts' with another means that you can't pick both of them at the same time because they contradict.
- Please note that all of these are far more expansive than my descriptions suggest - I only wrote them to answer the 'What does _____ actually mean?' question.

List of Traits:

• Absent-Minded - Tends to get lost in their thoughts and forget what they were doing. (Conflicts with Perceptive.)
  
• Adventurous - Enjoy traveling.
  
• Ambitious - Works harder and gets anxious if they're not improving.
  
• Angler - Gifted at fishing.
  
• Artistic - Gifted at painting and music. (Conflicts with Can't Stand Art.)
  
• Athletic - Gifted at athletics, and enjoys working out. (Conflicts with Couch Potato.)
  
• Bookworm - Enjoys reading a lot more than normal.
  
• Born Salesman - Easily gains a good reputation; they're good at selling themselves.
  
• Brave - Basically, they don't panic. Ever. (Conflicts with Coward and Loser.)
  
• Brooding - Take negative interactions with others poorly, think too deeply, need to be alone with their thoughts sometimes. (Conflicts with Excitable)
  
• Can't Stand Art - What it says on the tin. (Conflicts with Artistic and Savvy Sculptor)
  
• Charismatic - Socialize easily, never boring, and gets to know others faster. (Conflicts with Loser.)
  
• Childish - They often behave like children. (Conflicts with Dislikes Children.)
  
• Clumsy - What is says on the tin. (Conflicts with Natural Born Performer.)
  
• Commitment Issues - Not interested in any long term relationships or careers.(Conflicts with Hopeless Romantic.)
  
• Computer Whiz - Enjoys using computers a lot more than normal, are good at hacking, and also more logical. (Conflicts with Technophobe.)
  
• Couch Potato - They watch a lot of TV, don't exercise, and sleep more. (Conflicts with Athletic, Technophobe, and Disciplined.)
  
• Coward - Afraid of the dark, faints easily, and runs away from fights. (Conflicts with Brave, Daredevil, Natural Born Performer, and Supernatural Fan.)
  
• Daredevil - Enjoy fire, enjoy being on fire, do not burn to death, and good at putting out fires. They also eat dirt and skinny dip. (Conflicts with Coward.)
  
• Disciplined - Gifted at martial arts. (Conflicts with Couch Potato.)
  
• Dislikes Children - Doesn't like being around them and especially doesn't want to reproduce. (Conflicts with Childish and Family Oriented.)
  
• Diva - Both expects and demands compliments, does not take insults well.
  
• Dramatic - Enjoys the good things that happen more, responds to insults with violence.
  
• Eco-Friendly - Ride a bike instead of drive, bathe quickly, likes expensive appliances, among other things. (Conflicts with Hates the Outdoors.)
  
• Easily Impressed - Basically, they think that everyone else is amazing. (Conflicts with Snob.)
  
• Eccentric - Gifted at inventing.
  
• Evil - Seeing others suffer makes them happy. (Conflicts with Good.)
  
• Excitable - Tends to be happier about the little good things that happen to them than normal. (Conflicts with Grumpy.)
  
• Family-Oriented - Enjoys interacting with family, is good with small children, wants to get married and have a big family. (Conflicts with Dislikes Children.)
  
• Flirty - Enjoys flirting and is good at it too. (Conflicts with Unflirty and Shy.)
  
• Friendly - Gets along with others easily, is not bored by others. (Conflicts with Mean Spirited.)
  
• Frugal - Hates spending money, enjoys saving money.
  
• Gatherer - Good with plants, catching insects, and finding gems.
  
• Genius - Extra logical, likes chess, good at hacking. (Conflicts with Stupid.)
  
• Good - They're nice to others. (Conflicts with Evil.)
  
• Good Sense of Humor - Enjoys telling jokes and is good at it too. (Conflicts with No Sense of Humor.)
  
• Great Kisser - What it says on the tin.
  
• Green Thumb - Gifted at gardening.
  
• Grumpy - Usually in a bad mood, possibly because they like being in a bad mood. (Conflicts with Excitable and Hot-Headed.)
  
• Handy - Gifted at fixing things.
  
• Hates the Outdoors - What it says on the tin. (Conflicts with Loves the Outdoors and Eco-Friendly.)
  
• Heavy Sleeper - Sleep longer than normal, and nothing wakes them up no matter how noisy it gets. (Conflicts with Light Sleeper.)
  
• Hopeless Romantic - More accepting of romantic advances from others. (Conflicts with Commitment Issues.)
  
• Hot-Headed - Gets angry very easily. (Conflicts with Grumpy.)
  
• Hydrophobic - Hate swimming, and aren't so fond of baths either...
  
• Inappropriate - They do things like try to romance enemies, tease friends, and make inappropriate clothing choices.
  
• Insane - Basically, they do weird random things like talk to themselves, make inappropriate clothing choices, eat when they're not hungry, fish in swimming pools... Yeah...
  
• Kleptomaniac - They compulsively steal things.
  
• Light Sleeper - Easily woken up by any noise. (Conflicts with Heavy Sleeper.)
  
• Loner - Prefer to be alone, don't need to socialize much. (Conflicts with Party Animal and Social Butterfly.)
  
• Loser - Fails easily, whines about it, and often breaks down in tears. (Conflicts with Brave and Charismatic.)
  
• Loves The Cold - Enjoy being outside when it's cold.
  
• Loves The Heat - Enjoy being outside when it's hot.
  
• Loves the Outdoors - Enjoy being outside, gifted at fishing and gardening. (Conflicts with Hates the Outdoors.)
  
• Lucky - Bad stuff is less likely to happen to them, and they're more likely to win at games. (Conflicts with Unlucky.)
  
• Mean Spirited - Enjoy being mean to others and starting fights. (Conflicts with Friendly.)
  
• Mooch - They take food and small amounts of money from others, who don't seem to mind.
  
• Natural Born Performer - Confident and skilled when on stage: good at magic tricks, acrobatics, or singing. (Conflicts with Coward and Clumsy)
  
• Natural Cook - Gifted at cooking, never sets the kitchen on fire.
  
• Neat - Always cleans up after themselves, and everyone else while they're at it. Refuses to use dirty objects. (Conflicts with Slob.)
  
• Neurotic - Easily stressed, OCD-like behavior.
  
• Never Nude - They bathe in their swimsuit...
  
• Night Owl - Enjoy being up late, hate waking up early.
  
• No Sense of Humor - They do not like jokes, they do not tell jokes. Also very boring. (Conflicts with Good Sense of Humor.)
  
• Over-Emotional - Moods are stronger than usual - they're very happy, or very unhappy. Cry frequently.
  
• Party Animal - Enjoy parties, dancing, and drinking. (Conflicts with Loner and Shy.)
  
• Perceptive - More logical and gets to know other people quickly. (Conflicts with Absent-Minded.)
  
• Perfectionist - Take longer to do things, but do them better.
  
• Photographer's Eye - Gifted at photography.
  
• Proper - Like to dress formally, like nice surroundings, has good manners. (Conflicts with Inappropriate and Slob.)
  
• Savvy Sculptor - Gifted at sculpting.
  
• Schmoozer - Gets along better with people at work, also good at compliments.
  
• Shy - Avoids non-friends, but enjoys friends more than most. (Conflicts with Party Animal and Social Butterfly.)
  
• Slob - They do not care if they're living in filth or are filthy themselves. (Conflicts with Neat.)
  
• Snob - Loves to brag, loves getting compliments, loves expensive stuff. (Conflicts with Easily Impressed.)
  
• Social Butterfly - Need constant attention from others, get depressed if they don't get it. (Conflicts with Loner and Shy.)
  
• Star Quality - Easily becomes a celebrity.
  
• Stupid - What it says on the tin. (Conflicts with Genius.)
  
• Supernatural Fan - Good at making potions and enjoy being around the supernatural. (Conflicts with Coward and Supernatural Skeptic.)
  
• Supernatural Skeptic - Dismisses magic and such as rubbish, doesn't like the supernatural or even Supernatural Fans. (Conflicts with Supernatural Fan.)
  
• Technophobe - Hates TVs, computers, etc. (Conflicts with Couch Potato and Computer Whiz.)
  
• Unflirty - Less accepting of romantic advances from others. (Conflicts with Flirty.)
  
• Unlucky - Bad things are likely to happen to them. (Conflicts with Lucky.)
  
• Vegetarian - Avoids eating meat, becomes ill if they do, lives longer.
  
• Vehicle Enthusiast - Enjoys a special relationship with their car.
  
• Virtuoso - Gifted at music.
  
• Workaholic - They enjoy their job and hate missing work.

Characters with finished Sims:
Ace: Brooding, Hot-Headed, Loner, Rebellious
Ace - Bat-Hound: Hunter, Loyal, Playful
Alison Bell - Lymeria: Artistic, Charismatic, Good, Good Sense of Humor, Never Nude
Autumn Hertz: Adventurous, Charismatic, Dramatic, Eco-Friendly, Flirty
Bruce Wayne - Batman: Brave, Brooding, Disciplined, Genius, No Sense of Humor
Brynmor Jerr: Absent-Minded, Brave, Insane, Loves the Outdoors, Technophobe
Clark Kent - Superman: Brave, Charismatic, Daredevil, Good, Nurturing
Dick Grayson - Nightwing: Athletic, Charismatic, Flirty, Genius, Natural Born Performer
Dinah Lance - Black Canary: Disciplined, Great Kisser, Grumpy, Perceptive, Vehicle Enthusiast
Edward Nigma - The Riddler: Charismatic, Diva, Genius, Mean-Spirited, Social Butterfly
Harleen Quinzel - Harley Quinn: Childish, Excitable, Flirty, Insane, Mooch
Harriet Bennett: Clumsy, Family-Oriented, Green Thumb, Natural Cook, Shy
Harvey Dent - Two-Face: Disciplined, Good, Insane, Mean-Spirited, Unlucky
Heather Glass - VerMillion: Brave, Charismatic, Clumsy, Insane, Neurotic
Hugo Strange: Bookworm, Evil, Neat, Perceptive, Perfectionist
Iris Ledford: Brave, Friendly, Loves The Heat, Natural Born Performer, Perceptive
James Gordon
Jason Todd - Red Hood: Brave, Daredevil, Disciplined, Handy, Night Owl
Jeremiah Arkham
Jervis Tetch - Mad Hatter: Hopeless Romantic, Loner, Neurotic, Perfectionist, Proper
Joan Leland: Friendly, Perceptive, Unflirty, Vehicle Enthusiast, Workaholic
The Joker: Dramatic, Evil, Genius, Good Sense of Humor, Insane
Jonathan Crane - Scarecrow
Kara Zor-El - Supergirl: Brave, Excitable, Friendly, Loves the Outdoors
Kory Anders - Starfire: Brave, Charismatic, Loves The Heat, Nurturing, Social Butterfly
Lex Luthor: Ambitious, Eccentric, Evil, Genius, Perfectionist
Lola Marks
Mary Dahl - Baby Doll: Ambitious, Childish, Diva, Hot-Headed, Schmoozer
Nathaniel Arkham
Nina Stenet: Absent-Minded, Ambitious, Frugal, Genius, Supernatural Fan
Oliver Queen - Green Arrow: Athletic, Flirty, Good Sense of Humor, Great Kisser, Party Animal
Oswald Cobblepot - The Penguin: Dramatic, Evil, Perceptive, Proper, Snob
Pamela Isley - Poison Ivy: Commitment Issues, Flirty, Green Thumb, Over-Emotional, Vegetarian
Phoebe Knight - Force: Brave, Good, Perceptive
Robert Langstrom - Man-Bat: Genius, Hot-Headed, Mean-Spirited, Night Owl, Supernatural Fan
Roman Sionis - Black Mask: Ambitious, Commitment Issues, Evil, Grumpy, Hot-Headed
Selina Kyle - Catwoman: Cat Person, Flirty, Friendly, Gatherer, Kleptomaniac
Shayera Hol - Hawkgirl: Computer Whiz, Daredevil, Disciplined, Light Sleeper, Party Animal
Tim Drake - Robin: Computer Whiz, Friendly, Genius, Shy
Victor Grant - Wulfen: Clumsy, Friendly, Good, Good Sense of Humor, Supernatural Skeptic
Zahira Ormarr - Black Serpent: Adventurous, Brave, Disciplined, Perceptive, Shy

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From left to right: Pamela Isley - Poison Ivy, Nina Stenet, Shayera Hol - Hawkgirl, Phoebe Knight - Force, Heather Glass - VerMillion

From left to right: Iris Ledford, Ace - Bat-Hound, Jonathan Crane - Scarecrow, Lola Marks, Oswald Cobblepot - The Penguin

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From left to right: Jeremiah Arkham, Nathaniel Arkham, James Gordon, The Joker, Harvey Dent - Two-Face

From left to right: Alison Bell - Lymeria, Harleen Quinzel - Harley Quinn, Dinah Lance - Black Canary, Selina Kyle - Catwoman, Bruce Wayne - Batman

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From left to right: Dick Grayson - Nightwing, Kory Anders - Starfire, Zahira Ormarr - Black Serpent, Victor Grant - Wulfen, Oliver Queen - Green Arrow

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From left to right: Brynmor Jerr, Clark Kent - Superman, Roman Sionis - Black Mask, Hugo Strange, Jason Todd - Red Hood

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I've set up the official blog for this! Go check it out!

Especially the Virtual Tour of the house I built - you can finally see where all these guys are going to be living.

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From left to right: Joan Leland, Harriet Bennett, Lex Luthor, Kara Zor-El - Supergirl, Tim Drake - Robin

From left to right: Autumn Hertz, Edward Nigma - The Riddler, Robert Langstrom - Man-Bat, Mary Dahl - Baby Doll, Ace

Jervis Tetch - Mad Hatter

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Week 1 has been posted in the blog. You won't believe what happened!

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As Weeks 2 and 3 are being skipped, we're on Week 4 and I've posted part 1 of that. These posts are probably going to go faster or slower depending on how much time I have to play Sims, so don't expect them to all be this quick.

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At long last, I've finally finished and posted the rest of Week 4. Would have been sooner, but sick. Guess who got evicted first?

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Been anxiously waiting for another dose of Sims? Well, wait no longer!

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It's a short one, but I've made another Sims update!

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Just when you started having another Sims craving, here is the cure!

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I had a lot of free time today, so here's a really big Sims blog post!