Simmers come in all shapes, sizes, backgrounds, and complexions. EA's franchise, The Sims, debuted back in 2000 with a suite of semi-realistic avatars intended to mimic the appearance of their real-world players, or at least give those players the option to design an avatar they wanted to play as. But over the last 20 years, it's largely fallen on the Mod community to refine The Sims appearance options, especially when it comes to skin tones and hair styles for people of color. A new petition may be about to change all that; hat tip to Polygon …