Is it me or all my sims have been dying of laughter?
by Jan_jan_jangggOriginal Post
@simsplayer818 , I know the chance of dying from laughter is intentional, but the recent increases of this kind of death in the game do seem accidental, though I could be wrong.
It does seem that way since I've seen more people mentioning this than they have in the past.
I did once watch a playthrough of the 100 Baby Challenge years ago (before the game had toddlers) and the YouTuber who was playing had this happen to her matriarch Sim! So she had to continue the playtrough with her eldest daughter! 😅Back then I think it was considered a rare occurrence!
This reminds me of a little boy in elementary school that I knew that whenever a bunch of other students laughed a lot, he would say "Don't laugh yourself to death!" in a funny voice, which of course would make everyone laugh more! 🤣 Maybe he now works on the Sims 4!? 😉
This happened to me too, and I thought it was weird?
I had two recent near death experiences from hysteria, the first two near-deaths since I stared making my sims read handiness and cooking books before letting them try fixing something and making food back when I was playing Sims 2.
Both times I managed to have a sim give the Grim Reaper a death flower and saved the sim.
First time, I was in the hot springs with a whole family and trying to keep the group in the springs long enough to get the aspiration goal. I had the family socializing amongst themselves, telling jokes and funny stories. One of the parent sims left the tub and keeled over. It took me by surprise, because it happened fast. I honestly didn't notice he had become hysterical. He was 'very playful' when I was queuing jokes and stories seconds before he dropped.
Second time, I had just added an elder mother to one of my favorite single sim's household, to look after the dog while he goes to the jungle. Since butlers don't feed pets, and pet dishes are treated like dirty dishes and disappear from inventory, or from the ground if they're placed off-lot, it means dog friends can't come to the jungle unless it's an in-and-out-in-a-day visit (YES I'm still whining about this and I won't miss a chance to bring it up). My sims like to spend way longer than a day.
They sleep outside, wait in the jungle for the temple to reset, swim, fish, excavate, dig, and look for those rare objects. You know how it is. The jungle is fun.
It was a good thing, because my sim was very happy, went for a hike in the Snowy Escape world alone, encountered a forest spirit, made a wish, got a playful moodlet, which tipped him straight into hysteria. I quit the game and saved it at that point.
Next time I played, my sim instantly fell over. I brought my new mom sim and the dog to the lot, had Mom transportlate straight to my sim, and had her give Death a flower.
I'm not really complaining, I'm actually enjoying it, because I'm exploring the Sims more, and I have ROM, so, for me, having my sims be so close to death is a welcome challenge. I'm kind of looking forward to it happening again, tbh, and this time I might let my sim die?
My biggest worry is that a single sim might die, and their gravestone might not persist off-lot long enough for another ROM sim from a different household to get to it, and I worry that a resurrected sim might be buggy, lose their skills and earned traits, or lose access to their lot and possessions.
But it is weird to have so many ways for a sim to have so many ways to get hysterical and have them die irl seconds afterward, and I can see how it's not fair or much fun, for players who don't have ROM.
@Crayola4321 thanks for sharing your story about this! Sounds like movie! Sims explores on a vacation, meets a spirit, becomes happy and silly, dies, Spellcaster relative saves day by teleporting and giving the Grim Reaper a mysterious flower, reviving the exploring Sim! I would watch that in a TV show or a movie! 😀🤣 And thank you for suggesting a workaround for those who have ROM!
