With the first round of voting for the next Community Stuff Pack coming to a close earlier this week, SimGuruFrost has just revealed the results of the first round.
If you are not sure what the Community Stuff Pack is all about, you can find out more here.
Via TheSims.com
Hey Simmers!
You cast your initial Stuff Pack votes and they’ve been tallied! IT’S HAPPENING! After an exciting week of voting on the overall theme and gameplay for the upcoming Community Stuff Pack we’re pleased to announce the 1st round results. Every election is determined by the people who show up and let us tell you – a tremendous number of Simmers are showing up to participate! Thank you for your support! Stay tuned for upcoming information around 2nd round voting dates where you’ll be determining the art style of the pack.
AND NOW ONTO THE RESULTS!
Theme ranking:
1) Arts & Crafts
2) Happy Haunts
3) Self-Care
4) Science & Technology
5) Fun-TechGameplay ranking for the winning theme:
1) Knitting
2) Sculpting
3) Glass Fabrication
4) Edible Art
5) Embroidering
The second round of voting will be happening in the near future but what do you think about the results of the round one vote? Is it what you expected?
Let us know what you think below in the comments!
Not a fan of supernatural stuff in my game most times but I still would’ve liked to see the Happy Haunts pack. Mini golf sounded fun too, way more interesting than watching your Sim knit.
Not what I picked for 1st; I think it was more like 4th or 5th in my ranking.
Happy Haunts would of been better! (Sigh) I’m disappointed…
Sim Guru Ninja even joked about changing numbers around on the video…. Or too many little kids voted. Now we get to watch our Sims knit. Happy Haunts would of been funner. Hopeful wishing it ends up becoming a GAMEPACK in the near future!
I’d rather have Happy Haunts
I think people are way too concentrated on the gameplay aspect, considering this is going to be a stuff pack… Sure, playing grim reaper sounded pretty neat, but how many times would you actually do that before it gets repetitive and boring? Then all you’re left with are all these weird occult objects that you can’t use in a normal sim family. That’s the main reason the arts and crafts pack would get way more use from me. Looking forward to the next round of voting!
But of course everyone is entitled to their own opinion and I’m sorry for all of the occult sim fans who were rooting for happy haunts. Maybe considering this outcry the devs will keep the theme in mind for the future…
But Science & Technology would have been a way better than Arts & Crafts since it would work great with both Get To Work and Discover University and it would be realist as well (why would you want the sims to be realistic is something I don’t understand, but whatever).
honestly…it’s kinda lame lol, why would i pay for a pack and wanna play a game to watch my sims KNIT?? are people that boring
Bruh who voted knitting smh
Yaaaaay,
Knitting.
Ugh
Boring, who voted a bunch of Grandma’s in their rocking chairs?
So Arts & Crafts is gonna be our next stuff pack? I think I would rather have Happy Haunts at least with that you get cool new careers. Arts & Crafts would be better if it included Scrapbooking instead of Knitting.
Scrapbooking does sound like a good idea! I wouldn’t mind that. They already have polaroid-ish photos. I think that would be really cute. Imagine having family albums with that as well.
Really? An kinda surprised as there was other way cooler packs. People want thier sims to knit and embroider? I will pass on this pack.
I voted for this one surprisingly. When they first announced the 5 options…I was more excited for Healthy living, but seeing the breakdown on the survey and thinking about how I play the game…Arts and Crafts got my #1 vote. I cant wait to vote on step 2.
How about robbers and cars I really missed those themes
i’m honestly pretty disappointed. i really really wanted happy haunts. like tarot reading and seances sound so much cooler than knitting and sculpting (to me at least). though, i am happy that arts and crafts won out of the other choices.
Ugh I was hoping for the Happy Haunts as well. I really miss the “Making Magic” type stuff. I need my Bonehilda back!
I would of liked the self care or the happy haunts instead of knitting but I’ll be happy with whatever the sims creators do.
Damn I’m super excited for knitting, finally something my sim can just sit down and do when they have down time! Plus an actually hobby elders can enjoy!
I’m happy. I voted for arts and crafts, but I hope we get at least a couple from the list.
Oh boy. We’ll be able to watch our sims knit. How exciting.
Seriously how are people choosing this over being the grim reaper !?
Exactly I want to take souls
Seems like a boring out come to me. Oh well!
Lol. My thoughts exactly. I voted for Happy Haunts myself.
Can’t agree more with the comments here! For the first time ever in the sims we have the choice to be the grim reaper!!! But instead we chose knitting for our sims grandsons…
I agree!!!!!!!!!
I knit in real life, so I was looking forward to being a grim reaper without a mod. I play the sims to have a chance to not be me!
I’m stoked knitting and crafts are winning, because a lot of us like realism! And being grim reaper just isn’t super in the human gambit of possibility so I’m really happy haha
Wow seriously? I voted for both in fact I don’t know how the self care one made it to #3, if it makes it they’re losing a long time Simmer. I can’t knit as I’m a lefty and everyone in my family was a righty so at least my Sim can knit.
Oh joy, knitting; how exciting.
Better than more supernatural bullshit
Agree
I TAKE YOUR POINT! It’s a life simulation game, and I love it for this type of thing (if it means knitting let’s knitt!) For the others who want magic, vampires, supernatural and impossible things that in real life don’t exist.. GO AND BUY SOME FANTASCENTIFIC BASED GAME
For those saying it’s a life simulation game so therefore it should be realistic, what do you guys do when one of your Sim dies and the grim reaper comes along with it’s tablet? Do you guys close your eyes, count to 100, and start murmuring: “it’s a realistic game it’s a realistic game”? Honest question.
Go knit in real life. That’s boring af to do in a videogame.
The sims franchise IS A FANTASY GAME. Weird stuff like ghosts and magic has been there since the very beginning! The Sims 1 had a whole expansion called Makin’ Magic, to say nothing of things like the chemistry table in the base game and other things. Sims 2 had aliens in base game and a creature type with every expansion. Sims 3 had a whole magic expansion pack. Part of what players love about Sims IS the magic, vampires, supernatural and impossible things. Don’t act like all that stuff came out of nowhere like some kind of pandering to a select few. It was always in Sims by design. Maybe YOU should go buy some happy little family simulation game on mobile and stop complaining about the supernatural stuff.
I have to know, why of all things was knitting the main thing people want? Why do people want to pay money to watch their sim sit and knit for countless sim hours? If it were a free activity added to the game, I’d see the appeal. But this is something that’s gonna cost actual money. Just to add probably some clothes and some options for different knitted crafts for sims to make and maybe sell. I get some people enjoy a bit more realism but this just seems like the kind of feature that would’ve worked better as a gameplay mod rather than something to pay for in a pack.
A youtuber told people to.
Its at least somthing the elder can do.
The exact same reason I like watching my sim do laundry!
I find this most interesting. The Happy Haunts stans couldn’t care less if knitting etc. is in the game; they just want their ghost stuff. Where as the Arts and Crafts stans seem to have this “ew ghosts get them out of my game!” attitude. What’s up with that?
I agree it is something for elders to do and maybe they could knit a jumper or beanie for a toddler and then give it as a gift
I mostly want it for elder sims and so my female sims can have more to do in Decades challenge. I also love crochet and knitting irl so I want my sims to be able to do it also.
Exactly. And to pass on Happy Hounts for something like knitting? People figure “oh, they’ll just add it later,” but I saw the figures somewhere and this pack is meant to come out 2020/21, meaning the next date for a possible pack (that they haven’t started working on) is around 2023. Seriously. Sometimes I don’t understand the Sims community. What is the collective average age? 84? Just learn to knit and go. Forreal.
That’s exactly how I felt, I mean it would be such a dull thing to sit and watch, don’t get me wrong sure it’s could be interesting to see what the Sims could create but you know it’s gonna be an expensive pack.
Well it’s a stuff pack so really only $10 USD
I think it’s the appeal of having more things to do with the elders. I know that for a lot of people I’ve talked to, they saw this as a huge opportunity to have a more elder like activity.
How can people think knitting is better to Happy Haunts?!?!
Coz ghosts are annoying as fuck, constantly breaking stuff
The people that voted for knitting are the same people that constantly complain how much better sims 3 is & how expensive the “unnecessary” expansions are, but yeah, good thing they have to at least pay for their stupidity….
They are still gonna complain about something not being held up to their ideals. Can’t make them happy, so they make everyone upset
My exact reaction lol.
Ms. Crumplebottom better come back as an NPC!!
Honestly!!!
Same thing i said. Who wants to watch their sims knit???
When was he second vote wtf I wanna do pottery
same
We could have become a GRIM REAPER as a part time job and you people chose KNITTING? What the hell?! I get occult stuff is pretty niche but COME ON, out of all the other things you could have chosen, you chose KNITTING. I hope to God we get some of this other stuff anyways.
preach!
I hope they get massive hand cramps while they knit.
Y’all some massive complainers seriously! Obviously more people want knitting than ghosts or it wouldn’t have won? you just want everything catered to your taste and not EA to listen to what the community actually want, how is that reasonable?
I am one of the complainers actually.
I will say that of course the theme that wins ought to be the one to be made, and indeed it winning certainly is an indication that the vocal part of the Sims community wants knitting.
Surely those who thinks it’s about as dull as dry toast has a right to express as much though? Just as it is their right to not waste their money on something they find utterly pointless?
I’m shocked. That was the most boring theme option in my opinion.
No that would be the self care one.
To all the old ladies who voted for knitting, I hope your game crashes to no end. Traitors.
Lol! Yeah, exactly what you said!
Hahaha! Love it. btw Im a textiles designer. Just enjoying the humor (unlike some who take it all too seriously..)
Lol…. Your comment had me screaming. This is the best comment
Wow grow the f*** up. Young people knit as well, a lot of the new generation do it. I’m old and I voted. For Haunts as my number one so stop being so damn judgeMENTAL, you’re acting like a toddler sim having a tantrum.
Ok boomer
Not everyone wants to be to grim reaper I voted for arts and crafts In real life I knit and make cushions but I was hoping for potty but it’s just a game, they need to be grateful as I gonna take the devolopers a while to design the stuff pack.
Ok boomer
Finally, someone else who doesn’t loathe the pack!
Finally, someone else who doesn’t loathe the pack! WAIT WHY WASN’T THIS POSTED AS A REPLY-
Calm down wtf. Ur the one having a tantrum in the comment section
lmao aw man, u made my day
I’m happy that’s what I voted for
Not really happy with the outcome. Happy haunts I was sure would win, put a twist in game play. Oh well
First LAUNDRY wins over a “Death & Danger” stuff pack, now arts & crafts wins over Happy Haunts. It’s like the Sims Community hates fun. Two community votes in a row the most BORING option beats out the more fun and interesting options. Okay boomers.
Lmao!! That is so accurate it hurts. I thought young people played the Sims but apparently the average age is 84 ig.
This result absolutely boggles my mind. Maybe, just maybe, arts and crafts would be a decent consolation prize if all of the suggested crafts were in it, but bloody knitting?! And that’s coming from someone who knits irl.
I cannot believe that we are not getting Happy Haunts, simply because people want to watch their Sims moving their hands slightly for hours, only to get some horrid sweater as a reward.
I just… How. HOW.
On the other hand, I’m not made of money and won’t have to agonize over finding the money for this one, so that’s positive, I guess.
Believe it or not, some people actually want to play a life simulator as a life simulator and take part in normal everyday activities as opposed to unrealistic stuff like ghosts and vampires.
I was so hoping for Happy Haunts!! But if it had to be arts and crafts why knitting? At least the glass fabrication sounds the more interesting of the bunch
Ugh.
Science & Technology would have been WAY better than bloody knitting. And honestly, why are you playing the sims if you want realism? The sims, since sims 1, was never realistic
Sweety, we believe it, those of us who like supernaturals have been getting the short end of the stick for the past 5 years. In the previous games supernaturals have never been cut down this much.
You are completely wrong, Steve. The sims has always a supernatural stuff in it right from the very beginning. You only need to look at what the original The Sims was like to see that. I mean they had an entire magic expansion pack for crying out loud. And it was in The Sims 2. And in The Sims 3. I mean when exactly is this “later” that you are referring to when all the ‘crap’ came in? That ‘crap’ happened to be some of the things that sets Sims apart and helped it to thrive, since the very beginning. When you say “I like my sims to be SIMS” I don’t know what you mean by that – because SIMS in my experience have always been little weirdo computer people who get trapped by a plate on the floor – they have been aliens, vampires, ghosts, and so on. I have no idea what you think a sim is supposed to be but I think you need to look for a different game, my dude.
I think the “supernatural” life simulator (and other extremely unrealistic things) defeat the purpose of having a life simulator. That’s the things I’ve disliked the most in recent years. If I want to be a vampire or witch with magical powers, there’s plenty of games I can play and be those things. Which I do enjoy! But I like my sims to be SIMS. When you say supernatural stuff has been getting the short end of the stick for years…. this game never was supernatural to start with. That crap came later. *eyeroll*
Then they need to live their normal lives and stop trying to do so through a computer. That’s creepy, for one. And this is a VIDEO GAME! It’s supposed to have elements of whimsy and the unreal. It’s no wonder the game play is so baseless and shallow.
The Sims has always been about “unrealistic stuff like ghosts and vampires.” Sims 1 had so much “unrealistic” stuff in just the base game, like a mad science table and a genie in a lamp and ghosts that show up at night and getting abducted by a UFO if you use the telescope. To say nothing of the ENTIRE magic pack with baby dragons in it. It’s always been there. Part of Sims 2 was waiting to see which occult type there would be in each new expansion. The weird stuff is very much a part of this game, don’t act like it’s being forced on you out of nowhere!
Yes so glad you responded! Sims 1 literally had a whole expansion for magic just like sims 2 and sims 3 in addition to the stuff that was already in the game, sims 4 is the first time we don’t get a full expansion of magic.. it’s not even as great as past sims magic/ occult content.
It’s what I voted for any I am very happy. I love knitting and to have my sim self knit will be exciting. I wonder if they will knit things they can then wear. Hopefully start a knitting club :). Knitting is much more popular today and not just for little old ladies, I have even taught my 8 year old
This is bullshit why people always pick boring shitty that people will only play once. Who still playing laundry day
Knitting! Seriously? 🙁
i hate the results. boring af.
As a sixteen year old I live knitting and the results are great. We need more focus on the arts
Maybe some people got confused w the voting system? For a second I thought that it’s score-based, meaning that I give 5 points to the best one. But it was the other way around!
We always pick the WORST and most boring option smh… guess I won’t buy it, just like with laundry day…
Lol I was kinda hoping the crafts stuff pack would contain all the crafts mentioned to give variety to the game especially the knitting along with pottery ect…more crafts the better I say
As someone who knows how to knit, this is so unappealing, like “omg yes I just would LOVE to watch my Sims knit things I can do in real life” no, this is a horrible idea just like laundry day!!! Why do you people want so much realism!!!
Sounds like we’re on our way to a really disappointing pack I won’t be buying. The best part of the Sims is exploring new lives and adventures to take your Sims on, and unless this pack is going to be sculpting us spiral staircases, there’s going to be a very different story told in the number of people who will actually buy the pack compared to these results.
Also this voting idea kind of blows, it ends up disappointing the masses that would’ve been avoided if it was just quietly worked on then sprung on as a surprise. Now that we know what the other options would’ve been, a lot of people aren’t going to buy just on pettiness alone.
I would have prefer the happy haunts or science & technology
Should’ve been happy haunts
I cannot believe happy haunts didn’t win. This is ridiculous. Why on earth would anyone want to knit and not play with a ouijia board. C’mon EA.
It fir what our elder might be able to do. As they do thing at the moment.
I’m hoping Happy Haunts still get made.
If anything I was exited for embroidering if the arts one happened, but knitting is first…I just feel like this isn’t really the addition we need right now.
We have a bunch of blue haired grannies playing The Sims.
I wanted the Haunted pack. We would’ve gotten 3 new careers with that pack!
no, we would not have gotten three new careers, i’m honestly shocked you think the sims team would be generous enough to give us three careers in a stuff pack. the point of the vote was that they would be giving us ONE gameplay feature from each list, that’s the whole reason we had to rank them!
Us Simmers demand a recount!!
Show us the numbers EA!
Yaaaaay that’s what I wanted!
Knitting? ♀️
Why? Just for the elders? Really? We don’t even play with elders lol
Knitting
Can you do happy haunts in some form. As a goth and a simmer, this is stuff my gothic spooky sims are missing. Even just adding a burial place trait to make graves yards would be nice. Just a thought.
Maybe a Goth stuff pack or something
Maybe we can get the fashion choice for Arts & Crafts to be goth. I know a lot of goth / punk / alternative types who are into art. I’m thinking like Jane from Daria style.
As a crafter, I am happy for this. You can gift things, sell them. I was hoping for this.
Honestly, arts and crafts was the pack I was least excited for..
THE MOST BORING WON
sculpting because they had it in the sims 3 ambition with different material to used as wood, metal and ice. the sims was sculpting in the sims 3 ambition. they always used a hammer for the sculpted on the wood and metal but they had reach to a certain level in sculpting, and they had also used a chainsaw on the ice.