So the only way I can explain why I could collect the mysims is that I played before the patch on the 26th. My time zone is 10-12 hours in front of a lot of you. In this case it looks to have given me an advantage, which I do not really like, so if you feel like Metro, we should maybe ajust my score. To even it out?
I played the first 3 weeks of the challenge on the night we where allowed to start, I had a sleepless night because of pain in my hands and needed distraction. Then I went on a weeks vacation by my moms and forgot all about that I still needed to finish this challenge, until Metro sent the reminder a few days back.
About strategy, the male sim learned gardening, handiness and fishing, where the female sim mainly did the collecting around the lots and some fishing.
The first 3 weeks, I spent with my sims visiting the neighbourhood lots, each 2-3 days, collecting everything. The days they spent at home I had the female work on the microscope, rocket and observatory, while the male focused on his plants and handiness skill.
Post Cards, Mysims Trophies, Frogs, Fossils, Gems, Metals and Elements where nearly completed in these weeks, I was only missing a few pieces.
The last 3 weeks where speeded through, I got the fish, plants, aliens, spacerocks, microprints and spaceprints.
I think because I speeded it so I did not catch that many insects, I did not even get half of them, I simply had a hard time seeing them.
So that's basically it. Im very tired right now, I hope its understandable what I wrote.