Lifestyle of the Rich and Famous

[Metropolis Man]

Lifestyle of the Rich and Famous

Goal
Okay, Late Night celebrity fans, this one is for you...your primary goal is to quickly complete the Lifestyle of the Rich and Famous Lifetime Wish. BUT, there are plenty of other restrictions and a Celebrity Multiplier (that goes up and down) to make things quite challenging — no you can’t just wine and dine a 5-star celeb and be done with this — lol.

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

Specific Challenge Rules

• Create 1 YA Sim.
• You must have the Late Night expansion.
• You may not add to the household.
• If the town you want to play in does not have an empty lot to build a home, then you are free to use Edit Town to make that happen.
• You are allowed one vacation.
• All Romantic socials are banned.
• You are restricted to 2 sources of income: 1) completing Celebrity Opportunities and 2) selling Celebrity Freebies placed in Family Inventory throughout the event.
• No skill is banned but you may not use a skill to increase your Net Worth (i.e. paintings, photos, sculptures, etc).
• Nothing may be placed in Personal Inventory to increase Net Worth.
• Please DO NOT ask for any clarifications if your question hints at strategy. You can always PM me.
• This challenge ends when you have completed the Lifestyle of the Rich and Famous Lifetime Wish. Pause your game when you have finished and note all scoring components.

Scoring

**Household Funds. This is your cash on hand (Simoleans) at the time you complete the Lifestyle of the Rich and Famous LTW. Pause your game, go into Buy Mode and open Family Inventory. Sell all remaining freebie items placed there that you have not sold already and note your final Household Funds. Nothing else can be sold over the course of the challenge than the freebie items received as a celebrity.

**CM. This is your Celebrity Multiplier. Everyone begins the event with a multiplier of 1.00. 2 things affect the final Multiplier — how long you take to finish the Lifestyle of the Rich and Famous LTW and the Celebrities Known stat in your Celebrity Journal.

For every day you take to finish the LTW you must reduce the CM by 5% (.05) and for every Celebrity Known in your Celebrity Journal you add 1/2% (.005).

**Total. Just take your Household Funds and multiply that figure by the CM to obtain your Total.

Let’s walk through an example:

You finish the Lifestyle of the Rich and Famous LTW on Week 2, Day 4. You pause the game and sell any remaining freebies in your Family Inventory. Your total Household Funds now sits at 110,230.

Now you need to compute your CM. First, figure out your time penalty — you finished on Week 2, Day 4 which means it took you 11 days.

11 X .05 = .55
1.00 - .55 = .45

Now figure out your bonus from the Celebrities Known stat. You open up your Celebrity Journal and see the Celebrities Known at 47.

47 X .005 = .235

.45 + .235 = .685

Your Total is 110,230 X .685 = 75,507 (please leave off the decimal places)

My thanks to ratchie for coming to me with the original idea for this event. Champagne wishes and caviar dreams, everyone!

This Event is Now Closed

Final Leaderboard

Player	Household Funds	CM	Total
Chuckles_82	162309	.870	141208
LenaLJ	147156	.695	102273
Blackrosea	134126	.760	101935
Nutella	154212	.655	101009
drift9999	127780	.785	100307
ratchie	122600	.605	74173
lprkaun	125668	.59	74144
MarianT	139806	.495	69203
Metropolis Man	113313	.465	52690
alyssa.cole	127016	.370	46995
CynKuy	177927	.110	19572
Turoskel	198735	.075	14905
saltpastillen	100374	.125	12546
Anjielicka	103039	-.070	7212
SassySimmer	101740	-.030	-3052
gracieoscar	106078	-.105	-11138
kearn76	101004	-.125	-12625
tara1727	100311	-.130	-13040
Anhysbys	102072	-.130	-13269
meova1	132429	-.140	-18540
Abyshep	107055	-.190	-20340
Sarleenia	108508	-.385	-41775
lynyeld	103567	-.470	-48676
MomOfMany	101028	-.495	-50008
Pam	101300	-.790	-80027
rubywyld	109955	-1.245	-136893

[thesweetestpea]

The total value of the wish is $100,000 total value, but I seem to have picked up a glitch that is raising the ceiling to 226k+ (I have it for Swimming In Cash and Living in the Lap of Luxury too). If I give this one a go, can I count the wish as done when it displays as having $100,000 value to the total?

[CSquared2]

Ooooh, a one sim challenge, that's my kind of thing!

If the town you want to play in does not have an empty lot to build a home, then you are free to use Edit Town to make that happen.

Should we take this to mean we must start on an empty lot?  No preexisting homes?

[Metropolis Man]

The total value of the wish is $100,000 total value, but I seem to have picked up a glitch that is raising the ceiling to 226k+ (I have it for Swimming In Cash and Living in the Lap of Luxury too). If I give this one a go, can I count the wish as done when it displays as having $100,000 value to the total?

I'm guessing you're getting the glitch because there is more than one Sim in your house maybe? You're getting this if you start a fresh file with a single Sim?

Ooooh, a one sim challenge, that's my kind of thing!

Should we take this to mean we must start on an empty lot?  No preexisting homes?

Preexisting homes are fine.

[thesweetestpea]

I'm guessing you're getting the glitch because there is more than one Sim in your house maybe? You're getting this if you start a fresh file with a single Sim?

Hmm, I'll have to check on that. The file where everyone glitched out had three Sims in it, but I have to work in an hour so I'll wait to load the game up.

[Audren]

This one looks pretty interesting! I'm going to have to try this one. One question, though. We don't sell the freebies we earn until we complete the LTW, correct? Will the freebies still count towards the money worth?

[Metropolis Man]

This one looks pretty interesting! I'm going to have to try this one. One question, though. We don't sell the freebies we earn until we complete the LTW, correct? Will the freebies still count towards the money worth?

Yes, please keep all freebies in Family Inventory until you finish the LTW. Then sell everything and that money will add to your Household Funds.

[TheTripWasInfraGreen]

Thank goodness I have a sim lying around that would be just perfect for this challenge. I'll be sure to give it a try.

[Audren]

Thank goodness I have a sim lying around that would be just perfect for this challenge. I'll be sure to give it a try.

I do, too! This challenge sounds fun. Can't wait for October.

[lynyeld]

• You are restricted to 2 sources of income: 1) completing Celebrity Opportunities and 2) selling Celebrity Freebies placed in Family Inventory.

Yes, please keep all freebies in Family Inventory until you finish the LTW. Then sell everything and that money will add to your Household Funds.

I am a little confused.
Are these the ONLY two sources of income? No job, no other opportunities or other means of income?
If you can only sell the Freebies after completing the LTW, then you basically only have ONE source of income which are the Opportunities.

[Metropolis Man]

I am a little confused.
Are these the ONLY two sources of income? No job, no other opportunities or other means of income?

Correct.

If you can only sell the Freebies after completing the LTW, then you basically only have ONE source of income which are the Opportunities.

Well, sort of. I guess. lol. I see what you mean...but it's not over until you add everything up right? And all those freebies will add to your income.

[crth]

When I read the rules, I also took it to mean that I could sell the celebrity freebies as I got them.  If we can't sell them as we go, it will take a looooonnng time to save up $100,000 just by completing opportunities.

Also, can we sell household items to upgrade, such as from the cheaper shower to a more expensive one? Or are we stuck with what comes with the house or what we first buy?

[Metropolis Man]

When I read the rules, I also took it to mean that I could sell the celebrity freebies as I got them.  If we can't sell them as we go, it will take a looooonnng time to save up $100,000 just by completing opportunities.

Okay, you have a point.

Also, can we sell household items to upgrade, such as from the cheaper shower to a more expensive one? Or are we stuck with what comes with the house or what we first buy?

I think it would get too confusing to put a bunch of qualifying items in a list as to what you can sell, so let's say no. Obviously, you can upgrade anything you want, but you can only sell the freebies given as gifts.

[Seabody]

When I read the rules, I also took it to mean that I could sell the celebrity freebies as I got them.  If we can't sell them as we go, it will take a looooonnng time to save up $100,000 just by completing opportunities.

Off the top of my head, I think that the Lifestyle of the Rich and Famous LTW depends on Net Worth, not cash on hand. I do believe that items inside the family inventory count towards Net Worth.

[Turoskel]

This one looks interesting I think I shall give this a go when it starts.

All Romantic socials are banned.

The general rules say high free will so if our sim autonomously chooses to flirt should we cancel that? or does it just apply to user directed socials? just want to know if it's okay if they chose to flirt so long as we didn't push them into flirting or if we should police thier autonomous socials as well.