Knowledge aspiration angry rant

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What kind of sickos have Maxis employed to make the aspirations? They all
work fine except the knowledge aspiration, which is gimped so bad it is
not half funny but all irritating. To keep a knowledge Sim in gold, much
less platinum, is pretty much impossible after a few days. They doggedly
cling to their desire to see a ghost and be saved from death, which leaves
only two slots for realistic wishes. To top it all, these are typically a
level-up for one of their skills, which easily takes a day of nothing but
reading, with short breaks for food and toilet. Compare this with the
Family and Romance aspiration, which can easily get to platinum just by
kissing and talking.

Someone at Maxis need to be physically punished until they repent with
tears. It's enough that we geeks get a raw deal through our entire
childhood and youth, if we're not to get the same treatment in our
supposed favorite computer game. There needs to be a fix for this, and
soon.

 

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Magnus Itland wrote:
> What kind of sickos have Maxis employed to make the aspirations? They all
> work fine except the knowledge aspiration, which is gimped
> so bad it is not half funny but all irritating. To keep a knowledge
> Sim in gold, much less platinum, is pretty much impossible after a
> few days. They doggedly cling to their desire to see a ghost and be
> saved from death, which leaves only two slots for realistic wishes.
> To top it all, these are typically a level-up for one of their
> skills, which easily takes a day of nothing but reading, with short
> breaks for food and toilet. Compare this with the Family and Romance
> aspiration, which can easily get to platinum just by kissing and
> talking.
> Someone at Maxis need to be physically punished until they repent with
> tears. It's enough that we geeks get a raw deal through our entire
> childhood and youth, if we're not to get the same treatment in our
> supposed favorite computer game. There needs to be a fix for this,
> and soon.

Good call! Sims with Knowledge aspiration should be single, too, IMO. The
upkeep leaves the other spouse a single parent anyway.

--
Michelle
(SeaShel)

free the fish to reply

 

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On Sun, 10 Oct 2004 03:05:03 +0200, Magnus Itland <itlandm@online.no>
wrote:

>What kind of sickos have Maxis employed to make the aspirations? They all
>work fine except the knowledge aspiration, which is gimped so bad it is
>not half funny but all irritating. To keep a knowledge Sim in gold, much
>less platinum, is pretty much impossible after a few days. They doggedly
>cling to their desire to see a ghost and be saved from death, which leaves
>only two slots for realistic wishes. To top it all, these are typically a
>level-up for one of their skills, which easily takes a day of nothing but
>reading, with short breaks for food and toilet. Compare this with the
>Family and Romance aspiration, which can easily get to platinum just by
>kissing and talking.
>
>Someone at Maxis need to be physically punished until they repent with
>tears. It's enough that we geeks get a raw deal through our entire
>childhood and youth, if we're not to get the same treatment in our
>supposed favorite computer game. There needs to be a fix for this, and
>soon.

Oh dear! I just created a couple that both have the knowledge
aspiration. They just finished their first day, and it was fine.
They got their easy wishes for kissing and furniture--now it's about
getting a telescope, getting skills, and getting certain jobs. If it
gets really hard, they could be in for a short, unhappy life.

BW

 

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Magnus Itland <itlandm@online.no> wrote:

> What kind of sickos have Maxis employed to make the aspirations? They
> all work fine except the knowledge aspiration, which is gimped so bad
> it is not half funny but all irritating. To keep a knowledge Sim in
> gold, much less platinum, is pretty much impossible after a few days.
> ...

I've played quite a number of successful knowledge Sims, and I can tell
you it is tough unless they are supported by some money-earning Sims (or
the motherlode cheat).

What I do is I have them study almost constantly on two different things.
Earn one point in two different skills, then wait for their wants to
change. They should have skill increase wants for both skills at this
point. Now, just lock one skill while you work on the other. Make sure
you earn at least one point every day or the want for the skill you work
on will probably go away.

 

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On Sat, 09 Oct 2004 22:39:54 -0400, <barbara@bookpro.com> wrote:

> Oh dear! I just created a couple that both have the knowledge
> aspiration. They just finished their first day, and it was fine.
> They got their easy wishes for kissing and furniture--now it's about
> getting a telescope, getting skills, and getting certain jobs. If it
> gets really hard, they could be in for a short, unhappy life.

I don't know whether it is different if they never get started down the
evil path of knowledge, but I currently play a single male and a single
female with knowledge aspiration. They are both madly in love and will
spontaneously make out when visiting (well, that's mostly her idea), but
none of it appears on his wish list (he's the one that has studied the
most) and only two wishes on hers. I expect once she has read a few books
she won't care much about flirting either...