Thank You for Your Service!

[Metropolis Man]

Thank You for Your Service!

This is a tribute to all the military families out there that work hard for our freedom...

Goal
Can you take one Sim with horrible traits and have them achieve success in the military while their stay-at-home spouse with equally bad traits tries to raise a family? There’s plenty of other restrictions in this very difficult challenge courtesy of Blackrosea. She was incredibly helpful through the whole process — she not only came up with the idea but helped me flesh out all the details.

General Challenge Rules
The General Challenge Rules always apply. Exceptions are noted below.

Specific Challenge Rules

• Create 2 Human Young Adult Married Sims. The Military Sim must have the following traits which can never be changed: Couch Potato, Clumsy, Over-Emotional, Hates the Outdoors, and Light Sleeper. Lifetime Wish = Become an Astronaut. The Stay-at-Home Sim must have the following traits which can never be changed: Dislikes Children, Grumpy, Light Sleeper, Snob, and Over-Emotional. Lifetime Wish = Surrounded by Family.
• For Seasons players before going into Live mode and playing your file, choose summer as your season, and set it to 28 days. Turn the other seasons off. Temperature can be set to your choice via a cheat (turn cheats on > click on the ground > Seasons > Set Temperature. This needs to be done in every town you live in. Turn cheats off when you are done.
• The Into the Future expansion is banned for this challenge. Do not install it or turn it off before playing your file.
• New traits can never be added.
• Lifetime Wishes can never be changed.
• Lifetime Wishes/traits of children are players choice.
• Life states can never change.
• Your starting Sims, their children and any pets are the only household members allowed.
• No household members can be moved out.
• The Military Sim can only earn money from their career wages and any opportunities, and the Stay-at-Home Sim can never have any job/profession/be self employed, but aside from those restrictions on your 2 starting Sims your household can obtain money in other ways.
• Children must be the result of natural pregnancy. No adoption allowed.
• Going on Vacation or to University is not allowed.
• Boarding school is banned.
• The Nerd social group “mind meld” is banned.
• The Sim Finder App is banned.
• The All-in-One Bathroom is banned.
• Island Paradise players cannot own a resort.
• All Lifetime Rewards are banned.
• The Genie is banned.
• Transfiguration is banned.
• Group Science Project is banned.
• All Elixirs, Incense holders, Drinks, Herbs and coffee beans, potions, and the Relationship Transmorgrifier are banned.
• No Maids, Butlers, Babysitters, Bonehilda, and Brain Enhancing Machines.
• We know there are a ton of bans/restrictions in this event, but we want this to be old school — we want it to be hard for the military Sim to advance. We want it to be hard for the stay-at-home Sim to raise kids and to make friends. So, aside from completing certain skill challenges to gain certain advantages anything that would be considered a shortcut to what needs to be done is banned. Period. That includes any possible new content in the new expansion that would cut your time.
• This challenge is over when 1) the requirements listed in the next section have been attained; 2) if any household member dies from something aside from old age; 3) if your Military Sim is fired; 4) if your Military Sim misses a day of work**; 5) if a Child/Teen misses a day of school**.

**You are allowed a slight grace period...as long as your Sim is on their way to work or school within an hour, you're fine. But, more than an hour and it's game over.
NOTE: Adults cannot miss work, not even if they are sick. Sick children can stay home only if they have been sent home from school.

Moving Basics and Requirements for Moving to the Next World

• It is your choice what worlds to move to, but all 4 worlds must be different.
• Use the in-game method of a Sim’s phone to move to a new neighborhood.
• The mom cannot be pregnant when you move.
• For worlds #1 - #3 you may only call to move between 7-9 am because the game clock automatically resets to 8 am when starting in new neighborhoods. Note: there is no moving after world #4, so the day you finish the requirements in world #4 is the day you finish the challenge...no waiting until the next morning.
• Refresh your memory with the 2013 Tournament General Rules section on Creating Your Scoring File — you are allowed limited use of Edit Town for every world you move to in this event. Changes must be made before you go into Live Mode.

Before your military family is allowed to move to the next world the household must complete the following requirements:

World 1:
Stay-at-home Sim must have 5 friends* outside the household
Military Sim must attain career level 3
You must have at least one new child  in World #1 and the firstborn in World #1 must reach child age

World 2:
Stay-at-home Sim must have 5 friends* outside the household
Military Sim must attain career level 6
You must have at least one new child in World #2 and the firstborn in World #2 child must reach child age

World 3:
Stay-at-home Sim must have 5 friends* outside the household
Military Sim must attain career level 8
You must have at least one new child in World #3 and the firstborn child in World #3 must reach child age

World 4:
Stay-at-home Sim must have 5 friends* outside the household
Stay-at-home Sim must complete the Surrounded by Family Lifetime Wish
Military Sim must attain career level 10 (complete the Become an Astronaut LTW)
You must have at least one new child in World #4 and the firstborn child in World #4 must reach child age

You are only allowed to “cake up” a Baby and Toddler only if they have accomplished the following (a Child and Teen cannot be caked up):

Baby: Best Friends with the Stay-at-Home Sim

Toddler: Has finished Potty Training, Learning to Walk, Learning to Talk + maxing one skill

*Friends must show up in the relationship panel at all times for them to count.
Note: Only the parents are allowed to provide any kind of care for a Baby or Toddler.

Scoring
Scoring for this challenge is simple. You simply pause your game when you have finished all the requirements in World #4, and look at the game clock to note the Weeks and Days and convert it to Total Days for your score. So, for example if the game clock says Week 3, Day 5 then it took you 2 full weeks (14 days) + 5 days of week 3. 14 + 5 = 19.
 
If you do not make it to the end due to one of the 5 reasons listed earlier (or you simply stopping the challenge for another reason), then simply post that you are DNF (did not finish). Do not submit your day total if you end up being DNF.

This Event is Now Closed

Good luck!

Leaderboard

Player	Total Days
Nutella	30
LenaLJ	30
GlazeyLady	31
Blackrosea	31
Elena	33
Tipi	33
saltpastillen	34
Metropolis Man	34
ratchie	36
Turoskel	38
Femke82	39
rahmbr	39
CynKuy	40
bealeywife	40
Makenziegma	43
Alexandria_	44
heatherliz2002	45
math_chick	53
Shirin	56
rokrchik	58
tiffieleigh	60
SassySimmer	60
Tiamet	64
charliemaybe	64
AbyShep	65
Kirstie	66
lcid.drms	DNF
MarianT	DNF
Tandrael	DNF
rubywyld	DNF
Jiske	DNF
junegem	DNF
epemae	DNF
kearn76	DNF
meova1	DNF

[LenaLJ]

This really looks amazing! Cant wait to play it!

[lvrugger]

This looks ridiculously hard. I love it!

[Turoskel]

I agree it looks both amazing and hard, but should be quite fun.

[Tipi]

Yay, I love these challenges where you cannot use any elixirs, potions, Motive Mobile etc 'cheaty' (IMO) objects! Can't wait to start...

[saltpastillen]

The "can't miss work/school" rule. Does that mean that if we have seasons they are allowed to stay home from work/school during "holidays" or will that count as missing work/school?


This looks amazing! I know I've not really finished any challenges in a long time but I will play this - looks interesting!

[Caterina]

I really like this challenge too.  I think I will give it a try.

[Metropolis Man]

The "can't miss work/school" rule. Does that mean that if we have seasons they are allowed to stay home from work/school during "holidays" or will that count as missing work/school?

Yeah a team member just brought this up in a PM and we'll discuss it, but feel free to voice your opinions too since this has not gone live yet. My only concern is it is an advantage (a small one I admit) to Seasons players who can have the kids and Military Sim stay home one day per season and help out more than they normally would.

[MarianT]

The advantage of having everyone home is offset by the disadvantage of your Military sim losing a day of work. However, if you want to reduce the impact of Seasons, you can have people opt for 28 days of whichever season(s) they choose.

[Schipperke]

This sounds like a lot of fun!  I haven't tried a challenge in ages, but this one just looks too good to pass up.   

[Blackrosea]

I am so excited that people are really liking this challenge so far.  We spent many hours working on this to make it something new and very different.

Thanks for the positive feedback and ideas so far everyone.  The team will discuss your ideas so far and get back to you soon regarding them.

I am really "chomping at the bit" to start this challenge myself. (Does a happy dance)

[Shirin]

Ouch. No LTR for kids, and no help from big brothers or sisters.

I may try this anyway, that sounds frustratingly challenging

[MomOfMany]

I agree with MarianT about the advantage and disadvantage of missing work! My opinion the rule should be left out and be the players choice whether it is worth the day or not! Just my opinion though.
I do have one question though. As far as money goes the stay at home sim I am confused about a little. Are they free to make money from selling items and what not as long it is not employment?

[Nutella]

I do have one question though. As far as money goes the stay at home sim I am confused about a little. Are they free to make money from selling items and what not as long it is not employment?

The answer is yes, as long as she does not hold any job/profession/self employment.

[Shirin]

Ok, my own questions (er, confirmations) since I've only ever done one other tournament challenge (months ago!).

We can start on any lot/house we want. But we cannot move houses, just worlds, and only once the requirements are fulfilled.

The military sim must go to work all days, so no calling in sick and/or taking unpaid time off

No premium content, since it usually provides an advantage. Does this also apply specifically to the changing station that we got with the lullaby set?

Kids can do pretty much whatever they want. Except move a partner/spouse in, and daughters can't have nooboos (but sons can, since they aren't born in the household).