Give Your Name Away

Give your unwanted names away and I'll give you a new one back in return (Limit of two per submission)

[give-your-name-away]

Hunger Games Legacy Challenge!

This is a fourteen generation Sims 4 Challenge I made that goes in order from the capitol to district 13. It includes an in-depth reaping system that varies from generation to generation, so don’t play this if you tend to get attached to your sims.

However if you want to spice up your game with a little bloodshed, then this is the perfect challenge for you.

(Honestly I made this as an excuse to use my 2500+ word name analysis I wrote here)

Reaping

Each generation (Excluding capital) when your children age up into teens you’ll have to roll a random number generation, each generation has different odds. If the number lands on seven (Or whatever number you choose between one and eight) then they go to the Hunger Games. You can either have this written as they die immediately, you can roll again between 1 and 24, or you can use the custom odds for each district I’ll include below. If they land on one (Or whatever number you chose) then they survive, and are rewarded with 50,000 simoleons and fame (Cheated to be made into a three star celebrity if you have Get Famous.)

If you wish, each child can sign up for Tessera, and be rewarded with 1000 extra simoleons in exchange for them doubling their odds of being reaped. (Either roll twice, or choose a second number that will send them into the games as well) But remember! This is cumulative! If the teen goes through another reaping they have to have their number rolled twice , and that's if they don’t get tessera a second time. Then they will have to roll three times.

Reaping Holiday

If you have the seasons expansion pack then instead of having a reaping everytime someone turned into a teen you could make the reaping into a holiday. I personally made a holiday every two weeks, so twice a year on the shortest season setting. Because of this, on a normal lifespan teens will go through a reaping twice, though if you change your lifespan you may have to alter this. If one of the female teenagers in your house is reaped then all the other females of reaping age are safe. Same if one of your boys is reaped. If you have a trans sim they will be reaped with their prefered gender. If they are non-binary then how they are reaped is up to you.

Capital

You came into this world knowing you had a destiny, and there was a bigger goal for you than merely existing. At least that's what you tell people. Whether you believe it yourself, well, that’s up to speculation. Either way it helps you get where you want to be, so who cares? Even then, it’s not enough. It’s never enough for you.

Aspiration: Either one of the Fortune aspirations

Traits: Evil, Ambitious, Self-Absorbed

Rules

-Must complete whichever aspiration you chose

-Must have a pair of twins, but how many children you have outside that is completely up to you

-Join the politician career

-Reach the top level of fame with your reputation in the negatives

District One

Your parents left you copious amounts of wealth. Unlike those around you you’ll never starve or be left wanting for anything. You live a good life, and if you didn’t want to you’d probably never have to work a day in your life. Still, you’re an icon. You do have a job, just not a traditional one; Your job is to be an idol for the people, a symbol to prove that if they work hard they and their children might one day be able to live like you. It’s not true of course, but your job is to convince them of it.

Aspiration: World Famous Celebrity

Traits: Outgoing, Materialistic, self-absorbed

Rules

-Must never get a traditional job

-Must reach the top level of fame with a positive reputation

-Finish the crystal collection

-Each of your children must be in an after school activity

Reaping odds 1 out of 30

Survival odds 1 out of 7

District Two

You're used to the luxury of your parents and grandparents, but unlike them you’re no fool. They always got their way with charming smiles and lofty words, but even that failed sometimes. You know the only way to always get your way is pure, brute strength. You have no sympathy or mercy for those weaker than you, and you’ll show them no kindness.

Aspiration: Bodybuilder

Traits: Hot-headed, Bro, Active

Rules

-Master the athletic skill

-Join either the Military, Secret agent, or Detective career

-Have a negative relationship with your heir

-Get into several physical fights

Reaping odds 1 out of 24

Survival odds 1 out of 6

District Three

You were never the brute your parents wanted, and despite your brilliance they were never pleased. The feeling was mutual, as you hated how brutal and cruel they could be. You weren’t saved from their wrath either, and as soon as you could you left their house to never return.

Aspiration: Computer Wiz

Traits: Genius, Hot-headed, Bookworm

Rules

-Run away from home as a teen

-Fall pregnant (Or get someone pregnant) before you’re married

-Join and master the Tech Guru career 

-Get at least level eight in both the logic skill and programing skill

-Have at least three children

Reaping odds 1 out of 16

Survival odds 1 out of 26

District Four

You were always carefree, almost to the point of being described as naive. Of course you’d always argue that wasn’t the case, as you were always aware of the turmoil in the world around you, you just chose not to choose sides publicly. Of course if someone asked for help you’d be willing to lend a hand, but you would do it from the side lines. Life is cruel, yet you do your best to make it a little better when you can.

Aspirations: Beach Life

Traits: Outgoing, Loves the Outdoors, Cheerful

Rules

-At some point become a mermaid and/or marry a mermaid

-You have to get married, but your spouse must die while you’re pregnant, or after they give birth depending on who carries the child

-Master the fishing skill

-You must move away from the world you were born into

-Have at least five friends, and three very close friends

-Get remarried after the death of your first spouse

Reaping odds 1 out of 22

Survival odds 1 out of 7

District Five

People don’t like you. Some people have good reasons for it, others do not, but that hardly matters. They might not like you, but they need to keep you around. You have the habit of putting yourself in powerful positions, yet that doesn’t change the fact that your life is a wreck. A fun wreck that’s completely your own fault, but still a wreck.

Aspirations: Public Enemy

Traits: Mean, Romantic, Slob

Rules

-Master whatever career you decide to join

-Be an alcoholic; aka drink a lot

-Have a secret child

-Get married and divorced at least once

-Die of a cause that isn’t old age

Reaping odds 1 out of 22

Survival odds 1 out of 30

District Six

Your family was interesting and it really messed you up. Divorces, affairs, secret children, it’s hardly a surprise that when you turned 18 you packed your bags and walked out the door with little to your name. Even after leaving you always struggled with social interaction, and you don’t like to stay in one place for too long.

Aspirations: Up to you

Traits: Loner, Clumsy, Unflirty 

Rules

-Move out as soon as you age into a young adult

-Rename yourself when you’re a young adult

-Live in an apartment for at least a short amount of time

-Move your house at least four times

-Never get married

-You must never get over level five in any career

Reaping odds 1 out of 14

Survival odds 1 out of 28

District Seven

Your parent never treated you poorly, but you always had a feeling that they didn’t really want you around. Both of you stayed in your own lane and never interacted much, making it so you had to fend for yourself often. You weren’t a  genius but you were smart enough to figure out how things worked and how to be useful. You left on your own at some point, not wanting to live the nomadic life of your predecessor. When you had your own family you promised you’d never make your own children feel unwanted.

Aspirations: Big Happy Family

Traits: Creative, Gloomy, Neat

Rules

-Have a part time job as a teen

-Master two different skills, and reach level five of at least four others

-Master the parenting skill

-Get married 

-After your first child is born you’re not allowed to move your household

Reaping odds 1 out of 16

Survival odds 1 out of 16

District Eight 

You had a good childhood, there's no disputing that, but your family was poor. You had enough to eat, but sometimes just barley. You were skilled with your hands at a young age, being forced to mend most of your own clothes and repair most of your own appliances. You were always thankful for what you did have, knowing there were people who had less and helping them when you could, but you always wished better for your own children.

Aspirations: Lord/Lady of the Knits

Traits: Perfectionist, Childish, Art Lover

Rules

-Master the knitting skill and be at least level six of the handiness skill

-Volunteer often

-Be a part of the teaching career

-Have at least four children

-Adopt at least one child

-Die in a fire when your heir is a teenager

Reaping odds 1 out of 14

Survival odds 1 out of 30

District Nine

When you were a teen your home was attacked. It was burnt to the ground, killing your parents, some of your siblings, and leaving you with nothing. You had to scavenge a life from what little was left for you and the rest of your siblings. Even then you barely got by, and when a child came around you were half tempted to give them away, but you decided to keep them anyway despite how poor you were.

Aspirations: Outdoor Enthusiast 

Traits: Squeamish, Unflirty, Hates children

Rules

-As a teen have your house light on fire, killing your parents, maybe some of your siblings, and leaving you impoverish

-Move in with the remaining living siblings after the fire

-Only ever have part time jobs

-Never get married and have up to two children out of wedlock (You may have more if one dies/gets reaped)

Reaping odds 1 out of 14

Survival odds 1 out of 34

District Ten

From the day you were born you were just another mouth to feed. You didn’t really even know there was a better way to live as you found your family fighting for every scrap they could get their hands on. You lived in a small house with your aunt, uncles, and your parent, but you were never close with any of them. Your only companion was your loyal hound, which you shared all of your food with. When your family demands the dog be kicked out you leave them instead.

Aspirations: Friend of the Animals or Country Caretaker

Traits: Dog OR Cat Lover OR Animal enthusiast, Lazy, Glutton 

Rules

-Move out as a young adult with only your dog

-Have a neutral to negative relationship with your family

-Get married for a reason that isn’t love

-Live in an off-the-grid lot

-Adopt at least two other pets besides your first one

-Master the pet training skill

Reaping odds 1 out of 14

Survival odds 1 out of 28

District Eleven

You were always a rambunctious child who saw the beauty in everything. Everyone around you lit up when they saw you as you brought joy to all. Despite this your life wasn’t exactly the best. Your parents tried, but there's only so much they could give you. You were always thankful for it, and planned to do the same for your own children.

Aspirations: Big Happy Family

Traits: Good, Music Lover, Family-Oriented 

Rules

-Master the gardening skill

-Join the gardener career

-Get most of your food from your personal garden

-Have six children

-Die before you become an elder

Reaping odds 1 out of 12

Survival odds 1 out of 12

District Twelve 

You would never forget the day your kind parent died. It wasn’t a natural death, one that you could see coming, it was quick and tragic. You’d never forgive the government for letting them die. You know they’re to blame. Whether from a direct attack, from malicious policies, or just plain neglect for its citizens, they let them die. Your parent was always forgiving, but you are not.

Aspiration: Public Enemy

Traits: Hot-Headed, Good, Jealous

Rules

-Make at two powerful enemies (Definition is up to the player)

-Finish the metal collection

-Be best friends with one of your siblings

-Have said sibling die an unnatural death 

-Date at least two people before getting married

-Become famous before suddenly quitting your fame and vanishing from the public eye

Reaping odds 1 out of 8

Survival odds 1 out of 38

District Thirteen

Your parents fought and sacrificed to end the brutal hunger games and reaping. You weren’t completely saved from it, but you survived and were able to escape, and any children you would have were saved from the same fate. Of course this would be relevant if a pox outbreak didn’t make you infertile, but you’re not complaining. You were able to receive an education, get a good job, and live a life of comfort your ancestors forgot generations ago.

Aspirations: Academic

Traits: Bookworm, Snob, Ambitious

Rules

-Get straight A’s as a child/teen

-If you get married, elope

-Complete a college education

-Master the dance skill

-Be infertile and never have any children (If you don’t want to end the legacy ignore this, or adopt)

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Is it ok to request for deer related names? Otherwise, you can ignore it :)

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[give-your-name-away]

Hunger Games Name Analysis

 I remember when I was in middle school I was obsessed with the Hunger Games. I only ever had the first book, but I read it over and over again until it’s pages were completely warned out. I didn’t care about the romance, but I was hooked by everything else. The games were what drew me in, but the world building is what got me hooked. I could tell very easily how different all the districts were and how the capitol kept them under control. I could see how cruel the country was, but everyone lived with it because they had no other choice. It was fascinating to me.

The Hunger Games is actually what started my love for names in the first place, and there is a very good reason for it. Suzanne Collins was very clever with how she used names in her world building and it shows. It helps fleshes out her world and her districts in a very fascinating and unique way.

It took me a while to put my finger on how exactly she does this, but once I did I found it even more fascinating. The key is she didn’t look at her world as a monolith. This sounds obvious, but when it comes to the small things like names it’s easy to overlook. Collins did not make this mistake, and in turn each district has their own rules for naming their children.

(If you want to read this on AO3 then the link is here https://archiveofourown.org/works/32092420)

Keep reading

[xenthosss]

What You Can Do Right Now

What you-Personally-Can do right at this moment

Call Your representatives and senators. Light a fire under their ass. Call either once or twice a week. Let them know you're not happy. No matter who your rep is call them, blue or red

Attend protests. Any ones you can fine. 50501 has one on the 19th and it's nationwide but look for ones in your area. There are more that you might think.

Print flier and tape them around your town. Choose a simple message and either make some of your own or find some online you can use, there are plenty of options

Call your friends and family, even the more distant ones. Talk to people. Don't be rude but don't let people pretend this is normal and don't let them pretend it is either

Look for local groups. Check any fliers in your town. If there are none look at your library or ask around on your Facebook; or even in person. Talk to people in your town. This will get you farther than you might think, and local groups often do the post in resisting

Attend town halls and town meetings to both keep informed and because local grassroots movements often speak here and if there's a speaker that resonates with you talk to them after the meeting is over and ask about what you can do to help or any organizations they're a part of

Donate money, if you have it-And I don't mean to random gofundme's or posts on social media, I mean donate to actual reputable organizations

Talk to people; Tell them what you are doing to help and ask them the same. A lot of people do want to help but don't know how

Social media is not activism-Nothing you do on social media is activism. Maybe if you're famous or a celebrity it can be, but you are neither of those things, so if you want to make a difference you need to log off.

Don't let yourself be paralyzed with indecision; doing nothing is the worst thing you can do right now and it's what this current regime wants. You don't need to do everything, but you need to do something

[marbleguard]

I cannot stress enough to you that all American government agencies are falling apart at the seams right now and they will not be put back together for the foreseeable future. EPA DHS ED VA FDA NIH IRS CDC HHS NPS etc... Elon Musk is dismantling everything. Anyone who resigns or is laid off now, the word we (I am an agency employee) are receiving internally is that their position will be abolished, not backfilled.

Do you like eating clean, safe food?

Do you like having clean, safe air and water?

Do you want experts monitoring developing infectious diseases?

Do you like getting tax returns?

Do you want your children to have free, quality, public education?

If so, you need to write to your senators and representatives RIGHT NOW. Trump is not obeying the rule of law. He is illegally firing all the inspectors general of these agencies (they are literally being escorted by security out of their offices) so that there is no one left to stop him from doing quite literally anything he wants. He has bypassed the internal structure of all of the agencies by plugging in external email servers to push typo-filled emails and memos written by employees of the heritage foundation directly into the inbox of every federal agency employee in the country, threatening to terminate them.

The rule of law is dead. The only mechanism left to stop any of this is mass public outcry via convincing your state's congressmen & women to do something, because right now they are staying absolutely silent and none of us in these agencies can figure out why. A massacre is happening right now and every single American will feel the material, concrete consequences of this in their daily lives very soon if nothing is done.

Please help me boost this information.

[marbleguard]

The news is largely not reporting on what is happening.

Literally all federal workers are currently using this subreddit as our only anonymous gathering place (we all fear doxing and retaliation) and accurate news source https://www.reddit.com/r/fednews/. If you want to know what is going on, keep up with this.

[marbleguard]

This is current breaking news coming from this subreddit:

We don't understand why no one is saying or doing anything. Elon musk is shoving federal guardrails aside to gain personal access to sensitive government systems and information of American citizens

[petranaradulovic]

here's a good resource i've used before -- i am not sure what the over under is on faxing vs calling, but thought I'd share

FaxZero lets you send free faxes to your congressional representatives with no subscription or sign-up.

and here's an easy way to find all the numbers you might need with built in scripts for specific issues.

All topics ⭑ 5 Calls

Spend 5 minutes. Make 5 calls. Make your voice heard.

[wyndecraeft]

Even if you (like me) have Republican senators and reps who you think won't care about your message, CALL ANYWAY.

This is a numbers game. The idea is not to "change their hearts" or whatever. It's to inundate their offices with calls so that their staffers can't get any work done. Shut their shit down until they stop ignoring this.

As of my call today (2/3/25) Ted Budd's voicemail is already full (send him a message on his website instead!) Lines to other offices sound crackly and weird because theyre being overloaded.

KEEP. GOING.

[dwellington]

many trans people have terrific bird names (jay, wren, raven, robin, piper) but it feels like shorebirds are underexplored territory.

avocet: 7/10 great sound, very elegant. fails the starbucks test

killdeer: 9/10 imagine meeting a killdeer at a party. banger

woodcock: 3/10 probably not worth it but extremely funny bit potential for a trans dude

plover: 10/10 this one's real actually. where are all the plovers

heron: 8/10 you'd get a lot of "hera" but that's good too

dowitcher, godwit: 4/10 but very dark souls

sora: this one's taken actually. sorry.

brant. willet. whimbrel. grebe. we're missing out folks

[macabremoons]

fantasy is so fun until you have to name your countries and make a map someone please end my misery

[halfbit]

all you need to do is come up with 3-4 unique names. then come up with a meaning/translation for those names. now that you know what they mean, you can combine their elements with eachother and add new random sounds in.

eg: "mir/miel" means lake in my conlang, "da" means hill, and "guu" means bear. now that i know that i can name something daguu/guuda (bear hill) or guumir (bear lake). and i can go "hwa" (which means white but in this case pretend i came up with it at random) sounds good with "guu" so what if i name something hwaguu or hwaguumir? and then just repeat the process

some of the things i recommend having words for when it comes to naming locations:

- hill (you can have so many variants that mean hill)

- lake

- river/creek

- valley

- directional words (north, east, south, west)

- road/path

- forest/wood

- clearing/plain

- rock/cliff

it doesn't have to be extremely overwhelming! you can just start with a few small and common words and slowly expand

[mikkeneko]

i'd also add 'bridge' to that short list. there are SO many bridges in japanese place names

[femalepope]

if we want to stop the patriarchal concept of surnames being passed down the male line, we have a few options options that i’d be 100% fine with:

children get whichever surname is cooler, to eliminate uncool surnames over the generations

children get whichever surname is rarer, to achieve a utopian future in a few centuries where all surnames are more or less equally common

children’s surnames are randomly generated: say, heads for parent #1’s surname, tails for parent #2’s surname

parents pick the first names first, and then a court decides which surname fits it better. so if a couple named mr. madison and mr. liu want to name their daughter alison, she’ll get the surname liu, because alison madison sounds ridiculous

everyone stops having children right now

[lostsometime]

6) both parents’ surnames are combined into a new name, in the same vein as portmanteau ship-names

[tolkien-feels]

7) We adopt elvish naming customs and have upwards of three names for each individual, none of which are surnames and all of which may be translated to any other language for any reason at any point in our lives. This has no advantages but will really annoy every government on earth and I just think it’d be really funny to watch them figure out the paperwork for that

[unashamedly-enthusiastic]

I once completed a name change for a Miss White, she was getting married to Mr. Black

They both changed their name to Mr and Mrs. Grey

[sword-and-nightingale]

No one will ever do this better than them.

[nevver]

Six Decades of the Most Popular Names for Girls

[sholace]

What the fuck was with Jennifer holy shit

[stoleyourcarbon]

[in-love-with-my-bed]

im going to take a shot in the dark and say ^that state is Montana

[al-the-stuff-i-like]

the funny thing is that that actually is Montana

[porcellune]

TO THOSE MAKING NATIVE OCS

I see this a lot, no one has actual names, or any reference for names, that are legit Native American, varying among the tribes, for their characters.

Babynames.com and shit like that will give you names made up by white people.

However, I’ve got your solution.

Native-Languages  is a good website to turn to for knowledge on a lot of native things, including native names. If you’re unsure about the names you’ve picked, they even have a list of made up names here!

Please don’t trust names like babynames.com for native names, they’re made up and often quite offensive to the cultures themselves.

[ileniagennari]

Thank you!

[atthelamppost]

Native Languages is a great website. I use it for my fact-checking since it always has reliable links to tribal sites.

[709-404-deactivated20230607]

not to be the guy to go “um actually” but do take some of it with a grain of salt–much of the info and stories there are cited from books written in the 1800s by crusty white men who wanted to appropriate and exotify our culture. I can at least say this is the case for my tribe, the cherokee, where many of our stories as they are online trace back to james mooney, who butchered and cut down many of our tales without our permission.

for cherokee words (which our names tend to be more literal) a better resource is cherokeedictionary.net, and the best source again is to find someone of that tribe and ask if they’re willing to share