They're arguing about whether it's moral to put some thought into which two villagers should have children together. With the implication that trying to get the game to generate a specific type of villager is immoral, because you are discriminating against villagers that you think are ugly. And this may make some children have low self esteem because it will reinforce the idea that only pretty people should be allowed to live.

Or something like that. My brain kind of blocked out most of the nonsense.

And now I will go back to my Sims 2, where I'm currently giving out free trips to the plastic surgery machine to all the ugly people.

NO.
That's terrific, glad to hear you're having fun! Have a great weekend too.

NO, that NOT it either!
Then don't try and explain something you are not sure about, that's of no benefit to anyone!

The arguments in this thread are so convoluted and make so little sense, that the average person can't make heads or tails out of it.

Perhaps someone would care to explain, using very small words and very simple sentences, exactly how breeding villagers for looks is likely to affect a real person in real life.

Better yet, take each of the statements from my summary and debunk each one using quotes from the rest of this thread. Because I can sure find quotes to support each and every single one of them.

Yes, the discussion sure did spin out of control. People went on the defence immediately, explaining why they did whatever they did to their game. It's really none of my business what others do with or to their games.

My concern was; That if genetics entered into the game, meaning, becomes a built-in-feature in a possible VV4 sequel, I'd stop buying the games. I went on to say; We have enough of that in the real world. I could care less with whom my virtual villager got PG, as long as the game is entertaining. Any one wanting a perfect 10 in life or in a game, should do so at their own expense.

So there you have it, now go figure how it turned into a never-ending-rant.

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The part that confounds me is the "expense" part. What is it that happens when you go for a "perfect 10" as you call it? Even assuming there was one ideal villager, and a player wanted the whole tribe to look like that one villager, what exactly is the "expense" that the player will pay? The whole thing sounds so paranoid, so extreme, that it just completely boggles the mind.

swedane: "genetics" (NOT genetics, just fake, computer generated genetics in fact) HAVE already been a built-in feature of the game, of both VV2 and VV3, whether you have noticed or not!!

It is JUST the formula the program uses to determine which character head will come up on screen, when one character head gets with another character head.

This formula has been governing character heads in two games now, and if the first poster on the thread about "genetics" hadn't brought up the fact that they'd worked out the formula, you wouldn't have even thought twice about it.

If you don't want to buy the next game, fine, just remember that you have already played and liked two other games that involved the very thing that you Think you oppose.

Really and truly it's an insignificant thing in the wider game.

I am NOT writing about monetary expenses!

Words to play with:
Pursuing one's own happiness at the "expense" of others.
The war on terror expands at "expense" of Human Rights.

Recommended Reading: "Harmonizing" Plato.

Of course you're not. Duh. I asked you to define what calamity you think will befall the player, which is why the word was in quotes.

Since you included "Pursuing one's own happiness at the "expense" of others." in your explanation, please explain how breeding villagers will hurt other people. Because it appears we have now gone from it hurting the player to it hurting unknown numbers of innocent bystanders.

i also agree!