Newbie family

Description 'Newbie Family in The Sims' Members Bob Newbie, Betty Newbie Other Information Neighborhood Neighborhood 1

Members Bob Newbie, Betty Newbie, Buddy Newbie (Dalmatian) Family connections Possibly Oakley Family

Description They may be new in town, but they feel like they've found the place they were destined to live. Will their son stay and make his life in Riverview? Or will he find somewhere more... pleasant? Members Robert Newbie, Mags Newbie, Bob Newbie. Family connections Broke Family, Simovitch Family Other Information Neighborhood Riverview

The Newbie Family was used in the in-game tutorial with The Sims . The tutorial home, located at 7 Sim Lane in Neighborhood 1, included Bob Newbie and Betty Newbie, and could be played after the tutorial was complete. Bob and Betty do not appear as playable Sims within a neighbourhood in The Sims 2 games apart from The Sims 2: Pets (console). As former residents of Pleasantview , the now-deceased Bob Newbie and Betty Newbie appear in the family tree view of playable Sims Brandi Broke and her sons, teen Dustin Broke and toddler Beau Broke. Brandi is their daughter, who was married to the late Skip Broke.

In The Sims 3, the family lives in Riverview, and consists of teenaged Bob and his parents Robert and Mags.

Onomatology

Newbie -- "a newcomer or novice, an inexperienced user of computers in general" A parody of the word "newbie" meaning that they are new to the game. It is for this reason they are used in the tutorials of multiple games.

Buddy -- Implies friendliness, and the Newbie Family is very much friendly - everyone knows them for they are the tutorial family in The Sims 2: Pets (console) where Buddy appears.

Brandi -- Simply means "brandy" from the English name of an alcoholic drink.

Bob(Brandi's father) -- Short for Robert, meaning "bright fame".

Betty (Brandi's mother) -- Short for Elizabeth, meaning "my god is oath".

Mags (Brandi's paternal grandmother) -- Short for Margaret, meaning pearl.

The Newbie Family was the one used in The Sims and The Sims 2: Pets (console) by "novice and inexperienced" users of the Sims. When the player first begins the game, they are convinced by the game to go to the Newbie household. It was the tutorial family of the game. Bob's name fits, seeing as he had fame since every novice Sims player eventually played him (that is, if they followed the tutorial and the arrow pointing toward the Newbie lot). Mainly, this family has been added so that players could relate to The Sims.

Family tree

File:Newbie Family Tree.png

Members

• Buddy Newbie (dog)
• Bob Newbie (Deceased)
• Betty Newbie (Deceased)
• Brandi Broke
• Robert Newbie (Deceased)
• Mags Newbie (Deceased)
• Fatima Simovitch (Deceased)
• Vadim Simovitch (Deceased)
• Skip Broke (Deceased)
• Dustin Broke
• Beau Broke
• Unborn son Broke
• Flat Broke (Deceased)
• Flo Broke (Deceased)
• Ruby Broke (Possibly Deceased)
• Buck Broke (Possibly Deceased)
• Mary Lu Broke (Deceased)
• Trigger Broke (Possibly Deceased)
• Susie Broke (Possibly Deceased)
• Bernard Broke (Deceased)
• Pat Newbie (the default name in The Sims Bustin' Out, could be a relative)
• Chris Newbie (the default name in The Sims 2 for consoles, could be relative)

Gallery

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  The Newbies move in

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  The Newbies daily lives

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  Brandi New is born

• Brandi as a child

  Brandi as a child

Betty Newbie 'glitch' in The Sims 1

In TS1, the player can start the tutorial at 7 Sim Lane and end it before the introduction of Betty Newbie so that life goes on for Bob without her. Bob can be played as a normal Sim character then, free to marry another Sim.