Rep group

A Rep group is a group of like-minded and styled Urbz. Rep groups exist in The Urbz: Sims in the City for handheld.

Not all Urbz are part of a Rep group, some of them are unclassified, such as Bayou Boo, Crawdad Clem, Sharona Faster, etc.

Each rep group has an exclusive Xizzle, exclusive Rep group object, their own unique walkstyle, their own unique greeting, a gold plaque and silver plaque, and a statue representing their rep group in front of the rep group clubhouse. All these rewards can be earned per Rep group if the player maxes out their Rep with another group and joins them.

In the DS version, there is a second exclusive Xizzle available to each Rep group. Unlike other Rep group rewards, the player is locked to one of these per playthrough.

List of Rep groups

Miniopolis has given rise to four Rep groups, each of which features three members and a king or queen. Each group also has a nemesis group and a part of town it deems unacceptable. The player's Urb is sorted into one of them with the questionnaire at the beginning of the game.

• Streeties: Darius (King), Crystal, Ewan Watahmee, Kris Thistle
• Richies: Luthor L. Bigbucks (King), Lily Gates, Lottie Cash, Misty Waters
• Artsies: Roxanna Moxie (Queen), Cannonball Coleman, Pritchard Locksley, Theresa Bullhorn
• Nerdies: Polly Nomial (Queen), Lincoln Broadsheet, Maximilian Moore, Sue Pirnova

Each group also has a mission that, if completed, earns the player two crucial Rep points with that Rep group. The Rep mission is obtained by talking to a group's king or queen once the player amasses enough Rep points with the group (3 if it is the player's own Rep group and 5 if it is another Rep group). See the game guide for help on how to complete these.

Streeties

King	Darius
Members	Crystal, Ewan Watahmee, Kris Thistle
Nemesis	Richies
Disliked District	The Sim Quarter
Lost Trophy Location	Cemetery, on the path to the Mausoleum entrance. Search the bottom wall of gravestones, where Earl's ghost hangs out at night.
Rep Object	Ultimate MP-DEE Stereo System
Rep Xizzles	Street Signs (all Urbz react to social interactions with +1) Quick as a Flash (run 10% quicker)
Favored Skill	Body
Rep Magazine	"Streetie Smart"

Rep Goals

• Seriously annoy Daddy Bigbucks (Rel -50)
• Convince someone to join the Streeties
• Get the highest promotion in Basketball

Richies

King	Luthor L. Bigbucks
Members	Lily Gates, Lottie Cash, Misty Waters
Nemesis	Streeties
Disliked District	Urbania
Lost Trophy Location	Glasstown megamall, second floor, between the water heaters and the computers.
Rep Object	Sensory Deprivation Chamber
Rep Xizzle	Gratis, Baby (check for §400 weekly income) Genial Behavior (reduces chance of passing out due to low energy by 75%)
Favored Skill	Charisma
Rep Magazine	"The Glasstown Journal"

Rep Goals

• Get best promotion in Moogoo Monkey Minigame
• Own §30,000 of items
• Have §10,000 in cash

Artsies

Queen	Roxanna Moxie
Members	Cannonball Coleman, Pritchard Locksley, Theresa Bullhorn
Nemesis	Nerdies
Disliked District	Glasstown
Lost Trophy Location	In the Bayou, behind a pair of man-eating plants. Appears only after completing the first three objectives in Mission 4.
Rep Object	Bod-Mod Booth
Rep Xizzle	Djinn Genius (genie lamp arrives in the mail; portable storage living space with built-in bed) Night Owl (energy decays 50% slower at night)
Favored Skill	Creativity
Rep Magazine	"Artsie Forum"

Rep Goals

• Get best promotion in Comedy Club Minigame
• Bake a Strawberry Tiramisu
• Clean up the city! Recycle 100 piles of trash

Nerdies

Queen	Polly Nomial
Members	Lincoln Broadsheet, Maximilian Moore, Sue Pirnova
Nemesis	Artsies
Disliked District	Sim Quarter
Lost Trophy Location	Carnival, in tree just outside and to the left of the front gate.
Rep Object	Mad Skillz Cerebral Data Infuser
Rep Xizzle	Spell Champ (unlocks Spelling Bee minigame) Off the Grid (your bills are 75% cheaper)
Favored Skill	Logic
Rep Magazine	"Scientific Simian"

Rep Goals

• Get best promotion in Dr. Max Stat Minigame
• Create a Petrified Wood Chess Piece
• Sell 15 Giant Bog Frogs to the Deputy

Rep scores

Rep score ranges from -10 to 10 and are particular to each of the four Rep groups. There are only 10 slots shown in the Popularity menu; the player's total is displayed in white if positive and red if negative.

The Rep group to which the player's Urb currently belongs appears at the top of the list. To get to the top of a Rep group, the player must earn all 10 of the positive Rep points and have no negative Rep points. Getting to this peak necessarily means doing things that harm reputation with one other group. The player can't, therefore, have 10 Rep points in all four groups at one time (but it's quite possible to reach Level 10 in each of them individually).

Gaining Rep points

1. Relationship 50 with any of the Rep group's four members (1 point each)
2. Relationship 100 with the group leader
3. Maximum points in the corresponding skill
4. Relationship <0 with the rival group's leader
5. Give their trophy back to their leader (be careful with this, as other Urbz can accept it)
6. Complete the Rep goals (2 points)

Moving in with a member of a Rep group does NOT grant a Rep point. However, moving in with a member of the rival group will take away a Rep point, but kicking them out will return that point to the player.

Losing Rep Points

1. Living in an unfavored location
2. Having a member of the rival Rep group as a roommate
3. Negative relationship with any Rep group member (-1 for each member)
4. Less than -50 relationship with any Rep group member (-1 for each member)

Rep Rewards

There are more rewards available for the group to which the player belongs. If the player later drops in score or changes groups, many rewards are lost (i.e. signature walk, bumper boat, magazine subscription, greeting gesture) but others (Rep objects, Rep mission, clubhouse key, Rep Xizzle, and plaques) belong to the player for life.

For the player's current Rep group
+10	Talking to king bestows group's clubhouse key for clubhouse in Glasstown.
+9	The player's Urb does a group's signature walk.
+8	Talking to king unlocks group's Rep Xizzle. To actually get the Xizzle, however, it still must be traded for beads at the Club Xizzle.
+7	Gold plaque object and members react to interactions at +2. Plaque can be hung on a wall or sold.
+6	Talking to king gets Rep object.
+5	Talking to king grants a special bumper boat for the Yar Hey! Bombard minigame.
+4	All group members greet the player with a special gesture.
+3	Talking to king unlocks group's Rep mission.
+2	Subscription to group's magazine. Arrives in mail periodically and can be sold.
+1	Silver plaque object and members react to interactions at +1. Plaque can be hung on a wall or sold.
-2	Group members reach to interactions with -1.
-5	Group members react to interactions with -2.
-8	No group members except the king will speak to the player.
-10	All group members drop to relationship -100.

For other Rep groups
+10	King invites the player to join the group.
+8	Members react to interactions at +2.
+4	All group members greet the player with a special gesture.
+5	Talking to king unlocks group's Rep mission.
+2	Members react to interactions at +1.
-2	Group members reach to interactions with -1.
-6	Group members react to interactions with -2.
-10	No group members will speak to the player.

Trivia

• According to Lily Gates, there used to be more Rep groups. They were the the Beaties, Dudies, Punkies, Prancies, Gothies, and Jetties.
• Inside the game files, there is another group named "Indies", probably short for "Independents".
• Due to the requirement to talk to Daddy Bigbucks, the Streeties are the only Rep group whose clubhouse cannot be unlocked until the post-game.
  • This can be circumvented through the usage of the 'Nemesis' Xizzle to lower Daddy Bigbucks's relationship with the player sim, however this will result in goals which measure popularity becoming marginally harder due to Daddy Bigbucks being inaccessible during them.
  • All other Rep groups can have their clubhouse unlocked as soon as Glasstown is accessible.