Zyffyr, that is so kind of you! I would like to take you up on the offer as I am on a Mac and can't seem to manage it on my own. I can get into various programs through mono and know what needs to be done, but actually tweaking the parameters just won't work as far as I can see and I'm tired of trying to figure it out.
My primary concern is to cut *all* the disgraces and rumors to zero - I don't see anything on the list of disgraces I'd want to preserve. And since my rogue Sims are total evil cads and actually doing the deeds (cheating and so forth), the false rumor squashers don't solve my problem. But you could go ahead and kill those completely as well, if you don't mind. As far as star gain goes, I like the parameters that are on the Ultra Hard mods at MtS fine - Just start with those and adjust the rumors and false rumors down to zero. Freebies and discounts don't really concern me - whatever is on the Ultra Hard versions will be fine.
You are so kind to offer, please take your time. I don't really have any skills to return the favor, so please just accept my thanks and feel good that you did a good deed.
I don't know what the rules are here about posting the end result, so feel free to email me the file at simpenguin at aol dot com if you don't have a better way of sharing it.