👉 Okay, let’s tackle this wonderfully weird little beast of a word. Brace yourselves... we’re venturing into the delightfully obscure corner of internet slang!
What exactly is a "SimProg"? Simply put, a SimProg (pronounced, rather dramatically, as a syllable that sounds suspiciously like a rejected early-2000s boy band haircut) isn't actually a real word. Nope, not even close. It’s a fantastic, aggressively silly portmanteau of the following two concepts: 1. "Simulator Progression": Think those absolutely obsessive, meticulously documented playthrough after playthrough after playthrough that some people subjectively wage upon life-like video games, most famously The Sims franchise. You spend weeks (sometimes months!!) obsessively tweaking every detail of your totally ridiculous little suburbanian's life. Every career path is charted. Every meal meticulously planned and perfectly portioned to the exact nutritional needs of a 60 something retiree who enjoys big hair and oversized tracksuits. It is, at its core, an inhuman level of… investment. 2. The 1% Gamer Trope: Which, as we know from our collective misery, basically describes those intensely competitive, borderline neurotic online gamers who feel they MUST be the absolute, objectively, statistically BEST player in every damn game imaginable. They chase that 1% edge with an almost religious fervour! Therefore, a SimProg is essentially the act of
