That's Quite an Achievement!

[Metropolis Man]

That's Quite an Achievement!

Goal
Game developers know how fun it is for players to be rewarded with achievements, so we're tossing you a simple challenge where your single Sim tries to rack up as many achievement points as they can by the time they turn Adult.

General Challenge Rules
The General Challenge Rules always apply. If applicable, exceptions will be noted below.

Specific Challenge Rules

• Create 1 Young Adult Sim.
• No household additions and no moving.
• The Outdoor Retreat GamePack is allowed for this event.
• No life extension methods allowed.
• If your Sim dies then you are done with the challenge. Post in this thread that you are DNF.
• The team is requiring all participants to write down all achievements and their value to make sure everything adds up if questions arise.
• This challenge concludes when your Sim ages up to Adult.

Scoring

Achievement Points — When your Sim ages up to Adult, immediately pause your game and go to Options > Achievements and note your total score accumulated. Please take a screenshot indicating the amount in case the challenge team needs verification. Do not include the screenshot when you post your score in this thread.

Ch-Ch-Changes
The team does not want to edit and make changes to the ruleset once this event goes live, but we may have to. If an exploit is brought to our attention or we discover something else we reserve the right to ask affected players to redo their effort.

Have Questions?
Please think hard before you ask in the challenge thread because it may be strategy. What you may consider an innocent question could cause another player to go — “oh, I did not think of doing that.” It’s always safer to PM everyone on the team (Metro, ratchie, Nutella, LenaLJ, Trip, and Blackrosea) for clarifications. Thanks.

And the Winner is...
After this event has closed everyone is encouraged to discuss how they approached the event, but the winner especially is expected to do so in detail.

This Event is Now Closed

Player	Achievement Points
ClayMask	1520
LenaLJ	1505
christinal3106	1135
Nikitachi	1075
Makenziegma	1060
Ginj	860
MissZoef	810
alyssa.cole	795
callycat	705
HelenP	655
december22	620
mayayeti72	615
IronicBeauty	585
Metropolis Man	580
CynKuy	545
Noshien	535
krzyman21	435
MarianT	435
KTK10	430
agamble	410
WriterJunkie	385
Nettlejuice	385
smastbrook	385
kirkbysims	370
fluffyj00	370
oshizu	350
thefaeriesgirl	310
sugrnspic2b	310
white_crane	290
sdhoey	285
Ravencloud999	285
Shewolf13	285
PSDuckie	260
KayBear	210
Alexandra88	185
rrturley	110
Deklitch	DNF
MischaMusic	DNF

[ClayMask]

The possibilities are endless!  I'll have to think hard about where to start on this one.

[LenaLJ]

The possibilities are endless!  I'll have to think hard about where to start on this one.

Did I write somewhere, that it is really good to have you back? Its a blast playing against you.


This one most be my new favourite, I simply adore challenges and achievements

[ClayMask]

Did I write somewhere, that it is really good to have you back? Its a blast playing against you.

It made me very happy to read this.  I enjoy playing against you, too.  I'm always wondering if my score is good enough to beat yours.  It's a real challenge to be able to do well enough.

[Nutella]

NOTE:

There are a few aspirations out there with the premature completion bug.  The game will complete one of the requirement for you, even if you clearly hasn't reach the goal yet.  If this happens to you in your game, you can't count the aspiration as complete until you actually finish the requirement (keep track manually).

[sugrnspic2b]

Can we use a single sim already made and used for another challenge? Of course it would be a new game, just the attributes. Or does it have to be a brand new fresh sim? Thanks for the info.

[Nutella]

You can use the sim as long as you satisfy the following:

1) Age must be at 20 young adult.
2) Must not have any skills already.
3) Must only have 4 traits (1 from aspiration choice and 3 personal choice)

[december22]

I think I'm really going to struggle with this one. So many possibilities and racking up aspiration points is a skill I have yet to master 

[ClayMask]

I think I'm really going to struggle with this one. So many possibilities and racking up aspiration points is a skill I have yet to master 

You actually want to get achievement points for this one.  Maybe you already knew that, but if not you wouldn't want to make that mistake.

[december22]

You actually want to get achievement points for this one.  Maybe you already knew that, but if not you wouldn't want to make that mistake.

Thanks for that ClayMask. That's what I get for skim reading! I get way too excited for my own good 

[Metropolis Man]

Thank you for clarifying that, ClayMask. Yeah there are many concepts in the game - Satisfaction, Aspirations, Whims, Achievements, etc. This event is all about obtaining Achievement points which are found in the Options menu in Live Mode.

[ClayMask]

No problem.  I have a couple of questions. 

1.  Should we count the older and wiser achievement for aging up for their adult birthday, or would that be considered to happen after the end of the challenge?

2.  I know that last I heard, a few of the achievements were bugged.  Should I list any relevant ones here that I've heard of as being bugged?

[Metropolis Man]

No problem.  I have a couple of questions. 

1.  Should we count the older and wiser achievement for aging up for their adult birthday, or would that be considered to happen after the end of the challenge?

If it's a question of aging up and then ...bam...you get it, then I guess everyone can count it lol.

2.  I know that last I heard, a few of the achievements were bugged.  Should I list any relevant ones here that I've heard of as being bugged?

First please test and verify on your own that they are indeed bugged and then we can make a list in the rules.

[ClayMask]

I know it was true before that achievements from other games didn't carry through to your new games, but now it seems like the achievements and their points do.  Is there a workaround for this that you want to use?

[Blackrosea]

I know it was true before that achievements from other games didn't carry through to your new games, but now it seems like the achievements and their points do.  Is there a workaround for this that you want to use?

I looked at a few test files I have done recently and they all started with a clean slate. The test file I was working on now, I did the achievement "All Nighter" and it showed 25 points as my total like it should. I do not have the new game pack, so I do not know if this might be a reason it is not showing up properly for you..