Hi forum moderators and legacy – challenge creators; simmer friends; forum members; first of all, thanks sincerely for your work – sacrifice done for simmers, challenge, legacy players. Without your effort for challenges – legacies – stories etc., Sims 4 would be a dull, empty game for me, really appreciated.
Currently playin SimTech Dynasty, Power of 10 and Immortal Dynasty since 10 – 15 days. Have an idea, a personal challenge: (Well, inspired off Karababy52’s challenge on Sims 4 forums, wanted to join to EA - Sims forums to participate, couldnt login because of a stupid error – never resolved.)
My challenge – personal one, is based that “One Month One Sim One World” sthing like that challenge. Start 1st April,(fools day), ends new year day, 31 December.
Fun will be over achievement, no score(or optional, if u prefer to record a score); just aspirations, relationships, skills, jobs, collections, parties and some creative personal stories is emphasized, on first place. Sharing stories and Sims experience rather than competition, unlike our forum’s yearly (monthly challenges)
Simple rules: (Update is quite possible, through your comments and information)
- Create a Teen, any lifestate. Create one pet in CAS, if you like to.
- Set: Aging: OFF For All. (Age up available to good friends, lovers once your sim is YA and theyre teen’s) Autonomy: On – Full. Check fill empty homes: Optional. Seasons: 28 days, Rain, snow and weather effects on. Blizzards – storms optional. Other packs (Get Famous, Eco Lifestyle, Bust the Dust, etc.) content are optional.
- School & Jobs at Start: Aim for A grade, skip some school days, completely ignore school – skip homework, Scout – Drama club, part time jobs, all player’s choice.
- Clubs: As a teen, you can’t create clubs but you can join to an existing one. At YA stage, once u got an university degree, u have permission to create a club. All club’s content are free to play.
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Worlds – house – buildings – manage households etc. - : The idea is, move in to a World, then stay – live there for a real life month. I aim to start Glimmerbrook for April, age up to YA then Britechester. Visiting some YA townies and Britechester library to get to know Sim's next World, is free. You can’t visit worlds if you did not live there before. You can visit a few community lots in your next month’s World. For example; if ure on 4th month on challenge, you can visit previous World your sim lived in first 3 months. (Glimmerbrook, Britechester, Evergreen Harboor in my game, i hope) One of few limitations in this challenge, travelling – visit worlds and lots. You can add a park, museum, bar, restaurant, spa and gym to your starting World. Editing community lots (adding microphone, easel, dj stand, Bookshelf etc.) is free. Maxiscreator and carlsimsguide created lots are free to download from the gallery. You can add 3 – 4 beautiful – handsome townies to existing households, but personal traits must be randomly chosen.
- Move in – Move out: First real life month, sim will live as teen, no additions to household, no helpers, no npc, no roommate. 2nd month, if u move to Britechester, then roommates are available. Once you get an adult job, career, freelance career or odd job’s chaser; friends and lovers as additions are free game. Ask to move in or marriage are the ways of household additions, plus adoption and birth’s, of course.
- Starting funds: i plan to start off hundred (100) simoleons right after moving to an empty lot. (except mailbox) Start with 20k simoleons, set to a reasonable amount at your very first morning (7.5 k, or 10k),is free, your choice. Unique limitation set about starting funds – simoleons: Carrying household Money over next month is banned. And naturaly no kaching, no motherlode.
- Holidays: Permission to one custom holiday per 2 weeks. Popup holidays are completely optional, cancel these or celebrate these.
- Banned gameplay content: i believe “Copypasto” spell of spellcasters destroys the whole balance, meaning of The Sims gaming. So, Copypasto is banned. Rest of spellcaster, vampire, alien, mermaid, clubs, festivals, tiny house, lot traits stuff, wishing well, are all fair game.
- Cheats & mods: Cheats banned. Exceptions: Sims stuck cheat. Aging up your townie teen friends. Setting starting Money. (Never higher than 20k). im not an expert of mods, currently just using 2 mods, logos for clubs and holidays. i suggest cosmetic modes. Free to use mods, as longs as its not been considered as cheat – exploit.
Personal challenge idea:
- One screenshot with an info, and/or comment, mini story; every
real life day or week, on this topic.
- i plan to agingup to young adult in 2nd month, 4t month to adult, last month to elder, as retirement time, resting era. Since aging is off all the time, no rush, no limitations, no competition’s.
- Adding aspirations completed, good friends, pet friends, complete collections, max.ed skills, degrees, careers, crafted masterwoks (bestsellers, masterpieces, perfect plants, outstanding meals, etc.) to the screenshots and ministories is encouraged. (it adds classical challenge taste to this funny (or “so called funny”) activity.
- My motivation to create this challenge: in The Sims 2, i still remember my very first poor sim created has failed miserably at every thing; skills, career, friendships, even got sick, ill. Resurrected her in Sims 4, for immortal dynasty(ambrosia eating) challenge, then the idea of playing this unforgettable sim until the end of year, every occasion i get. im well aware of my weaknesses, cant promise to upload a screenshot, mini story every 24 hours, but im willing to try at least once – twice – thrice per week.
Thanks for reading, thanks in advance for your comments, questions, suggestions and support. Hope to start at 1st April.
