Reputation

Reputation is a feature that was introduced in The Urbz: Sims in the City and return in The Sims 2 Apartment Life and The Sims 3: Generations expansion packs.

The Urbz: Sims in the City
Rep is determined by your relationship with Urbz, Urbz can go from Level 0 to Level 100. The maxium Rep an Urb can have is 999. Rep is on the HUD and when it gets to the big Star, the Rep level will go up. Socializing with Urbz to build relationship will increase your Reputation. Rep is needed to get in VIP Rooms, Go to new areas and get new items (Such as a new Skill Builder machine), and as well as seeing your Urb on posters.

The Sims 2 Apartment Life
Reputation is determined by the interactions your Sim does while out and about town, and can be viewed in the Simology tab under Personality: the greener it is, the better, while conversely the more red that fills the bar, the worse off in Reputation the particular Sim is, and is accompanied by a short phrase describing the level of the Reputation they currently have.

Good Interactions, such as Admiring another Sim or friendly banter, will give you better Reputation; whereas Bad interactions, such as any ''Irritate. . . or Fight. . .'' interactions, will slowly lower it. Different Reputation levels can affect your Sim's interactions with others: the Better Reputation they have, the more others notice how good they are and it becomes easier for that Sim to make friends, with more success with certain social interactions. If they have a Bad Reputation, the opposite applies: people outwardly loath being around them and it is harder to make friends, with social interactions becoming less successful. If you get a Romance or Popularity Sim to earn enough Good reputation, you can get a really successful Sim.

A Sim's Personality naturally dictates how they earn Reputation: Nicer Sims will naturally gain Good Reputation much quicker and easier than others, and can even have a Want to have a "Good Reputation". Mean Sims on the other hand, often find it easier to make enemies by doing mean interactions, and get worse Reputations as a result. However, meaner Sims will sometimes actually want to have a "Bad Reputation"!

If a Sim admires other Sims their Reputation will get better, but if they Gossip their Reputation will get worse.

If your Sim has a good Reputation, they have a chance of other Sims "Networking" with them. These Sims will offer a free sample of a product they're testing (Usually an expensive item such as a computer or TV set) guarantee a promotion at your Sim's workplace the next time they go into work, persuade your Sim's landlord to reduce the rent, or hook you up on a blind date with a friend of theirs (Who will immediately fall from the sky and have a boosted relationship score with your Sim)

The Sims 3: Generations
Sims in the Generations expansion pack can attain a romantic reputation. Romantic reputations are given based on what other neighbors think of the romantic interactions that the Sim performs. They'll notice when the Sims have dates, displays affection towards other Sims, or performs other romantic interactions. This is tracked in a scrapbook and may change the Sim's reputation. Once gained, romantic reputations are hardly lost.

The factors tracked in the Scrapbook that determine which romantic reputation the Sim will have are: the number of romantic relationships developed in the Sim's lifetime, the number of times the Sim has cheated on romantic partners and the longest romance the Sim has had. The possible reputations are as follows: Monogamous Options: Non Monogamous Options:
 * None - Sim currently has no relationships.
 * Innapropriate - Sim engaged in intimate actions in public. (Unverified)
 * Faithful - Sim has only had one relationship in their life, which has lasted for 12 days or more.
 * Eternally Faithful - Sim has only had one relationship in their life, which has lasted for 20 days or more.
 * Exploring their Options - Sim has had 3 or more relationships in their life, none at the same time.
 * Player - Sim has had 9 or more relationships in their life, none at the same time.
 * Don Juan (males) - Sim has 15 or more relationships in their life, none at the same time.
 * Man Eater (females) - Sim has 15 or more relationships in their life, none at the same time.
 * Naughty - Sim has 2 or more relationships at the same time and has not been caught.
 * Manipulator – Sim has 4 or more relationships at the same time and has not been caught.
 * Natasha (females) – Sim has 7 or more relationships and has not been caught.
 * Casanova (males) – Sim has 7 or more relationships and has not been caught.
 * Cheater – Sim has one or more betrayals.
 * Dirtbag – Sim has 4 or more betrayals.
 * Slimeball – Sim has 7 or more betrayals.
 * Slimeball – Sim has 7 or more betrayals.

Notes:
 * In order to obtain any of the listed reputations. Your actions have to get noticed by the community. For example, a Sim will not obtain "Faithful" until they have been seen, in public, with their partner for 12 days. To get "Naughty," the Sim has to be seen cheating, but will not become a "Cheater" unless the person who sees them knows the Sim's current partner.
 * A Sim's death does not end their relationship. Beginning a new relationship after a Sim's partner has died is still considered cheating.


 * Sims who have the "Cheater," "Dirtbag," or "Slimeball" reputation have a harder time when trying to seduce others, based on whether the Sim they are trying to seduce knows that they are a cheater or not.
 * "Faithful" and "Eternally Faithful" both provide a permenant moodlet (until either Sim in the relationship cheats).


 * WooHoo-ing with a Sim who is a "Don Juan," "Man Eater," "Cassanova," or "Natasha" will give a sim the moodlet "Incredible Time".