2022 Sims 4 Challenge Tournament Overview

[Metropolis Man]

2022 Sims 4 Challenge Tournament Overview

Welcome to the 2022 Sims 4 Challenge Tournament! The 10-event tournament runs from January 1 to November 20. All events begin on the 1st of a given month and end on the third Sunday of play. Rules will be posted on the 15th of the month prior to an event going live to allow plenty of practice time. Here is a link to the official 2022 Sims 4 Tournament Events Calendar.

General Challenge Rules

Players are responsible for knowing and following the General Challenge Rules. The rules below apply to all 2022 Tournament events (Dynasty challenges are not Tournament events). Any exceptions will be noted in individual rulesets.

Creating Your Scoring Game File
Always create Sims in CAS (not CAS Storymode) from scratch; no gallery downloaded Sims or library Sims. 3rd party Custom Content that alters appearance for CAS purposes is acceptable and can be used at the player's own risk. All challenges begin in a fresh, completely unaltered town of your choosing. Missing community EA lots, such as the spa, must be placed at the beginning of your file. You are free to travel and/or move to any neighborhood or town. Allowed cheats: You are allowed the bb.moveobjects cheat at any time; (ResetSim Firstname Lastname) for stuck Sims, and (showhiddenobjects) for preventing abductions with a satellite dish. Options - all default settings: Autonomy > Full; Auto Age (Played Sims) > Yes; Auto Age (Unplayed Sims) > Yes; Sim Lifespan > Normal; Fill Empty Homes (checked). Holidays: No changes to holidays unless specific rulesets allow them. Neighborhood Stories System: At the start of every new save, unless otherwise specified for a particular tournament challenge, be sure to go into Manage Households to disable all Neighborhood Stories System settings.

Expansions and Game Packs
Any new Expansion or Game Pack content (less than 30 days before a Tournament challenge goes live) must be disabled before starting your scoring file. If there have been at least 30 days after an Expansion or Game Pack, then you are free to use it (unless a specific ruleset says otherwise).

Practicing and Submitting Scores
At the bottom of the rulesets are official starting and closing dates. Playing your scoring file before the starting date or after the closing date is not allowed, but practicing before a challenge officially goes live (live events have a thumbs-up topic icon) is fine. Once you create your scoring file, that’s it—you have one attempt and cannot create a 2nd scoring file. You must submit scores in the individual challenge thread before the closing date has come and gone in your local time zone. Scores submitted after the closing date will not be accepted. After you submit your score, remember not to comment on how you approached the event with specifics until the event is closed.


Banned Content for the 2022 Tournament

Cheats panel. Opening the cheats panel is only allowed in the situations mentioned above in the Creating Your Scoring File section. 
Modifications (mods) are patches that alter some core component of gameplay and are never allowed, including your practice runs.
Tricks to reset Whims, such as reloading a game or traveling/entering CAS.
Editing Non-Home Lots. Personal inventory items can be placed on a non-home lot, but this is the only allowed editing of non-home lots. 
Plasma packs exploit from purchased fish and selling the packs.
Inventory Exploits - removing and replacing inventory items to make Aspiration milestone progress.
Exiting without saving and/or restarting from an earlier save. In the event your challenge file is plagued by a bug, then PM the team with specifics.


The Honor System
The 2022 Tournament is about friendly competition and having fun. It attracts players of all abilities and competitiveness from casual first-timers to seasoned high-caliber veterans. We all want to have a good time no matter what we’re seeking to get out of the Tournament, which means we all need to play honestly — no cheating and no exploits. If you discover an exploit, then you must PM the team (Metropolis Man, sdhoey, MarianT, GlazeyLady, Teresa, and oshizu) so we can quickly edit a ruleset. We have a zero-tolerance policy for cheating.


Prizes
**Champion. The 2022 Tournament Champion will be the player at the top of the World Ranking at the close of the Tournament Finale on November 20 and will receive a 2022 Sims 4 Tournament Championship Plaque and a $50 gift card (player’s choice - Amazon, Steam, EA, etc.).
**Runner-Up. One $25 gift card  (player’s choice - Amazon, Steam, EA, etc.) will be awarded to the runner-up.


We hope the 2022 Sims 4 Challenge Tournament adds new and exciting dimensions to your playing, and most importantly, we hope everyone has a great time. See you on the leaderboard — Metro, sdhoey, MarianT, GlazeyLady, Teresa, and oshizu.

[Metropolis Man]

Note the change in bold. This will cover all Tournament events:

Creating Your Scoring Game File
Always create Sims in CAS (not CAS Storymode) from scratch; no gallery downloaded Sims or library Sims. 3rd party Custom Content that alters appearance for CAS purposes is acceptable and can be used at the player's own risk. All challenges begin in a fresh, completely unaltered town of your choosing. Missing community EA lots, such as the spa, must be placed at the beginning of your file. You are free to travel and/or move to any neighborhood or town. Allowed cheats: You are allowed the bb.moveobjects cheat at any time; (ResetSim Firstname Lastname) for stuck Sims, and (showhiddenobjects) for preventing abductions with a satellite dish. Options - all default settings: Autonomy > Full; Auto Age (Played Sims) > Yes; Auto Age (Unplayed Sims) > Yes; Sim Lifespan > Normal; Fill Empty Homes (checked). Holidays: No changes to holidays unless specific rulesets allow them. 

[Metropolis Man]

This restriction was just added today. Make sure you implement this for all future Tournament challenges:

Neighborhood Stories System: At the start of every new save, be sure to go into Manage Households to disable all Neighborhood Stories System settings.

[oshizu]

This restriction was just added today. Make sure you implement this for all future Tournament challenges:

Neighborhood Stories System: At the start of every new save, be sure to go into Manage Households to disable all Neighborhood Stories System settings.

The above rule about Neighborhood Stories System (NSS) settings has been amended to read:
Neighborhood Stories System: At the start of every new save, unless otherwise specified for a particular tournament challenge, be sure to go into Manage Households to disable all Neighborhood Stories System settings.