Newbie family
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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 Pets for consoles. As former residents of Pleasantview , the now-deceased Bob and Betty 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 teen-aged Bob and his parents Robert and Mags. Despite the impression that might be given by their house and car, the Newbies are rather well-off, if not capital-R Rich. No one knows how Bob became poor in The Sims.
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 Pets for consoles 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's original purpose was to be played by "novice and inexperienced" users, hence their name. When the player first begins the game, they are prompted to go to the Newbie household. Bob's name suits him, seeing as he is famous in the sense that all Sims players are aware of him.
Family tree
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 Newbie is born
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Brandi as a child
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Glitches
- 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.
- If one rushed through the tutorial too quickly you can encounter the section about finding a job before the papergirl arrives which causes the tutorial to end on an error.