illusionofjoy | Torturing Sims for fun and...just fun

Sometimes I just have to "play god," which is how I usually refer to a session with The Sims 2. The game is great for indulging my megalomaniac tendencies as I can perform any number of tortures or rewards on my hapless little pixel people.

I have some "playthings" which I prefer more than others. Since I have the University Expansion Pack installed, the game generated a cheerleader NPC which I immediately set forth to make as miserable as possible. Her aspiration was Popularity, so in order to twist the knife most effectively, I made it my mission to make her enemies with every single other Sim in my game (including all the cats and dogs). Of course, to get this accomplished in any reasonable amount of time required cheating, something I am not adverse to (what with being "god" and all, I'm allowed - it's my little universe). In any case, to get the hatred flowing, I would use a hack to teleport the cheerleader to a newly loaded lot. I would then have the game's debugging mode activated so I could alter relationships on the fly. In effect, within a few quick clicks, I could get mutual feelings of hatred out of the cursed cheerleader and all the other Sims occupying the lot.

Now, just clicking cheats and hacks to get everyone to enemy status with my pariah of a cheerleader would hardly be amusing, so more often than not I'd throw in a few fistfights for good measure just to get everyone good and pissed off. However, violence is bad...mmmkay? So, since this cheerleader was being naughty and starting all those fights, I felt compelled to punish her...generally in the form of her passing out exhausted in a puddle of her own bladder failure.

Unfortunately, in this evening's gaming session, it seems I went a little too far. I noticed a tombstone in the place where the cheerleader who had been passed out on the lot I was playing. My favourite pariah died of starvation apparently, immobile for too long to escape and get something to eat. Thus, I find myself needing to make a decision; a resurrection is definitely in the cards, as it would be far too benevolent to simply send her tombstone to one of my cemeteries for a blissful eternal rest. The question is this: should I resurrect her fully intact and resume the games as they were, or should I make things even more interesting and go for cheerleader zombification? I have to admit, I'm really keen on the idea of having a zombie cheerleader in my game. And those zombies don't die so easily when you torment them...

Quit looking at my like that - you already knew I was twisted.