Well the way I do a bachelor challenge is by my own set of rules, because yes when I do one I want to get the two sims together who I think are best suited. IMO BC rules are not really about that. The way it's set up could see the best person going home on day one- not what I want! The way it sends sims home is I think way to quick and doesn't give shy sims much chance. So I don't send anyone home for three days. I just make them all do a lot of safe social interaction. Look and see who they get on with the best. I also lock each contestant in a room with the bachelor/bachelorette every day for one hour without anything else to do but sit, dance to the stereo or interact. Let’s face it they're sims who are distracted by shinny. With Opal on the last day I asked her who she thought was hottest. I can't remember why, probably just wanted to be sure. Chris who had more bolts and had been ahead most of the time, which I put down to him having 10 outgoing. Because there were only three of them I sent no one home. If I had gone by first impresion I would have said Chris. But Chewy suddenly became much more interested after a few days and took the lead. I changed the turn ons to be the same at this point and they both had two bolts. In the end Opal deemed Chewy the hottest. I love them as a couple, they’re always dancing or kissing or doing something. :D
Steph has some kind of chart that shows who is most suited. There is some kind of points system based on star sign and personality which shows who is most compatible.
Some people, and I did half way through is make sure all the contestants have the same turn on's/ and offs. Usually towards the bachelor/bachelorette and something that doesn't matter as a turn off. I also made sure everyone started at 0/0 after moving in.
You have an extremely good point. The guy I probably would have predicted to come first got kicked out on day one because he came out of a single conversation badly while most of the others never had a conversation to come badly out of... Kept it interesting and I didn't really mind because there were other good candidates, but in later days... I did set everyone to 0/0 at the start... But I worry if I start the whole thing over and still get a result I don't like that I might try again and again and again until I wind up fixing it anyway. Though at least this way I could take better pictures and get more character development... >_< I hate being indecisive...
I found the chart. http://strategywiki.org/wiki/The_Sims_2:_Nightlife/Attraction_and_Chemistry Maybe it might help. If you think the way it played out did someone a disservice then I don't think playing again perhaps with modified rules is a bad thing. Of course if you still get the same result then maybe you are looking at the right couple. Some relationships start of rocky. Maybe he has a reason...back-story...plot. >lol<
Thanks for the link Jo :) Though I don't get why Popularity sims don't like family sims? Surely the bigger the family the more friends you get to make? Meh, whatever... I'm going to think it over more while I do the other pre-BC intro thing, so hopefully I will have decided tomorrow. Thanks for all your help ^_^
I also lock each contestant in a room with the bachelor/bachelorette every day for one hour without anything else to do but sit, dance to the stereo or interact. Let’s face it they're sims who are distracted by shinny.
With Opal on the last day I asked her who she thought was hottest. I can't remember why, probably just wanted to be sure. Chris who had more bolts and had been ahead most of the time, which I put down to him having 10 outgoing. Because there were only three of them I sent no one home. If I had gone by first impresion I would have said Chris. But Chewy suddenly became much more interested after a few days and took the lead. I changed the turn ons to be the same at this point and they both had two bolts. In the end Opal deemed Chewy the hottest. I love them as a couple, they’re always dancing or kissing or doing something. :D
Steph has some kind of chart that shows who is most suited. There is some kind of points system based on star sign and personality which shows who is most compatible.
Some people, and I did half way through is make sure all the contestants have the same turn on's/ and offs. Usually towards the bachelor/bachelorette and something that doesn't matter as a turn off. I also made sure everyone started at 0/0 after moving in.
Maybe even try playing it again?
Edit: I need more coffee before typing.
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I did set everyone to 0/0 at the start...
But I worry if I start the whole thing over and still get a result I don't like that I might try again and again and again until I wind up fixing it anyway. Though at least this way I could take better pictures and get more character development...
>_< I hate being indecisive...
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Maybe it might help. If you think the way it played out did someone a disservice then I don't think playing again perhaps with modified rules is a bad thing. Of course if you still get the same result then maybe you are looking at the right couple. Some relationships start of rocky. Maybe he has a reason...back-story...plot. >lol<
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I'm going to think it over more while I do the other pre-BC intro thing, so hopefully I will have decided tomorrow. Thanks for all your help ^_^
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