World Handyman Championships II

[Metropolis Man]

World Handyman Championships II

Goal
This event last year saw a whopping 85 participants. I figure players must have liked it, so I am changing very little for this year’s rendition of the popular handiness challenge. The goal is the same — upgrade as many objects as possible in the 4 weeks while trying to fiinish as many unique upgrades as you can.

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 pets).
• You may not add to the household.
• How you go about upgrading an object is your choice.
• You are allowed only 18 total days of vacation. Look in your Adventure Journal to make sure of your total.
• This challenge ends at Week 4, Day 7, 11:59 PM.

Scoring
Open up your Sim’s Handiness Skill Journal and note the Objects Upgraded stat. Jot that down and multiply that by the Percent of Unique Upgrades Completed stat for your final Total. Drop all decimals when submitting your score.

Here’s an example: You get to Week 4, Day 7, 11:59 PM and you pause your game. Your Handiness Skill Journal has Objects Upgraded: 138. The Percent of Unique Upgrades Completed stat is 96%.

138 X .96 = 132.48

Final Total = 132

This Event is Now Closed

Final Leaderboard

Player	Objects Upgraded	% Unique	Total
SimBlip	2406	94	2261
Chuckles_82	2318	94	2178
Roxanne07	2312	94	2173
LenaLJ	2209	94	2076
Nutella	2131	94	2003
saltpastillen	2050	94	1927
drift9999	1907	94	1792
Niana	1876	94	1763
Ricalynn	1862	94	1750
tara1727	1850	94	1739
Twinmum	1997	86	1717
bealeywife	1722	91	1567
GlazeyLady	1721	91	1566
Vesper	1731	90	1557
alyssa.cole	1704	91	1550
Clanander	1646	91	1497
callycat	1632	91	1485
brennan068	1559	91	1418
SassySimmer	1478	94	1389
obligatorysimpun	1530	89	1361
kearn76	1485	89	1321
Sarabi	1458	90	1312
CynKuy	1395	94	1311
ratchie	1375	94	1292
Femke82	1418	90	1276
Teresa	1314	91	1195
MomOfMany	1310	86	1126
Gogowars329	1237	91	1125
heatherliz2002	1183	94	1112
Odie	1144	94	1075
JSBranter	1242	85	1055
rahmbr	1103	94	1036
Turoskel	1066	91	970
gracieoscar	1005	94	944
DrStrange01	1026	89	913
queensabre	1004	90	903
sdhoey	1010	89	898
WJMill	1046	85	889
Chris	911	86	783
MarianT	816	89	726
lila711	812	86	698
Danielle	675	90	607
Veldmuisie	552	90	496
Sarah1992	552	89	491
hitch82	502	89	446
Metropolis Man	460	94	432
Haumoana	456	89	405
xgirlac	420	83	348
Abyshep	355	84	292
NicoleML	301	94	282
Wai	312	94	293
Jafa	283	94	266
Tipi	292	91	265
Sunflower	291	86	250
rrturley	266	83	220
Shirin	233	94	219
Deklitch	247	89	219
smartburn	229	93	212
Noocherenee	312	60	187
sethelD93	166	80	132
eza_possom	152	86	130
Sarleenia	148	88	130
Vinyl	135	94	126
sunshine_2406	141	88	124
sweetpea214	139	89	123
Aratiaiel	140	85	119
Genevive	141	83	117
mithrila	132	85	112
Autumn Morning	129	89	107
PSDuckie	122	77	93
Antalia	120	77	92
Caterina	100	89	89
Bee	102	86	87
ladyaya	89	89	79
SIMantics101	97	76	73
Ditsy1989	79	83	65
Kitty	72	87	63
rubywyld	58	83	48
KayBear	48	83	39
temperie	50	69	34
ilovethesims	52	66	34
wolvie19	65	49	31
miricats	36	70	25
junegem	45	44	19
Silviak	30	46	13
Audren	22	44	8
Cugi-terl	20	40	8
KSalmon74	14	14	1

[Shirin]

Challenge Rules link appears to be broken - or I'm not permitted to consider participating!

[JSBrantner]

the link to the general rules is set to the wrong page. The General Rules can be found here: http://www.carls-sims-3-guide.com/forum/index.php/topic,13756.0.html

I'm looking forward to these challenges, thanks to everyone who is working so hard to run them for us and to those who are putting up their hard-earned cash to reward us for them as well

[Metropolis Man]

the link to the general rules is set to the wrong page. The General Rules can be found here: http://www.carls-sims-3-guide.com/forum/index.php/topic,13756.0.html

Oops. My bad. Thank you.

[simchuff]

I know generally if there is no specific rule against an action then it is okay. However, looking at the rule for vacation time, it would lead one to believe that the young adult only had the time of his usual life span to finish the challenge. My question(s), are we allowed to prolong his life? Or is this more like the baby boomer challenge where everyone is on equal footing with the same lifespan, and amount of sim time to achieve the goal?

[Ricalynn]

I know generally if there is no specific rule against an action then it is okay. However, looking at the rule for vacation time, it would lead one to believe that the young adult only had the time of his usual life span to finish the challenge. My question(s), are we allowed to prolong his life? Or is this more like the baby boomer challenge where everyone is on equal footing with the same lifespan, and amount of sim time to achieve the goal?

Check the General Rules and the rules above.    Everyone is on the long lifespan and everyone has to stop playing on Week 4, Day 7 at 11:59 AM.  You shouldn't need to prolong the life because you shouldn't be anywhere near death after such a short amount of time so it's really up to you if you wish to take the time to do that.

[simchuff]

I guess my confusion was in my interpretation that the end time was at week 4 in real time since it was a 4 week challenge, though it sounds like with your last post it is actually sim time?

[ratchie]

In all challanges there will be a start date and a finish date,this is in real time. You can submit a score at anytime between these two dates.
Within each challange will be a time frame for the Sim to complete the challange. Usually four Sim weeks for a mini challange and twelve for a major. There will be exceptions it is best to check each challenge for information.

Rachel

[Ricalynn]

I guess my confusion was in my interpretation that the end time was at week 4 in real time since it was a 4 week challenge, though it sounds like with your last post it is actually sim time?

Yes.  All times used in the Challenges are in Sim time.   To find Sim time, you just need to mouse over the spot on the UI under the lifetime wish panel.

[WJMill]

I would like to participate in this one!

[miricats]

Quick question: 

Are there *any* store items that allow upgrades?  Is there any way to change the number of available upgrades?

What if someone doesn't have all the expansion packs?  Then there are fewer upgrades available, allowing for a higher percentage with less work.

Just trying to fully understand the rules and scoring.

Thank you!

[Metropolis Man]

Quick question: 

Are there *any* store items that allow upgrades?  Is there any way to change the number of available upgrades?

What if someone doesn't have all the expansion packs?  Then there are fewer upgrades available, allowing for a higher percentage with less work.

Just trying to fully understand the rules and scoring.

Thank you!

I can't do anything about someone having fewer expansions...the bottom line is obviously you want to try and get 100% with whatever expansions you do have.

[Andy_555224]

If the decimal of your score is over .5, do you round up?

Say you got a score of 124.68, would you round that up to 125?

[Ricalynn]

If the decimal of your score is over .5, do you round up?

Say you got a score of 124.68, would you round that up to 125?

There is no rounding up in the challenges.   You always keep the decimal or drop it unless otherwise stated in the rules.

[miricats]

On having done some research online, there is at least one upgrade only available on store items.  According to sims3.wikia.com, there is a "more efficient" upgrade available on solar panels and windmills.  At least one of these, the solar panels, is definitely available for free in the store in either the toyota prius city-friendly pack or the toyota prius archive pack (I have both and am not sure which contains the solar panel, but both packs are free in the store, in branded content).

I am not sure how this will affect my number of upgrades available or whether it will change my precentage, and as store content seems to be partially banned, I wanted to know how this affects my game playing.  I don't want to have to uninstall the content, but will if I have to.

Thank you!