The Ten-Gen Townie Dynasty Challenge

[reggikko]

@reggiko, @oshizu, we haven't reached a consensus yet, but we probably won't allow early age-up for heirs. It makes sense for the Rival Dynasties because those Sims are in a race, and also for the Life States Dynasty because the player's score is based on the length of time.

Fair enough. Thanks!

[Annabec]

since the Cats and Dogs expansion, we were given Brant and Brent Hecking, another childless married couple. Are we allowed to use them together in the same way that we are allowed to use the Pancakes?

[oshizu]

Thank you @MarianT for letting us know the decision on and reasoning against early age-ups.

I have two more questions.

(A) Restricted to free days?
For the actions below, I have been waiting until free days. Is that the correct timing?
*Claim beds
*Adopt as caregiver/adopt as dependent <--in case of other non-parent adults in the house
*Lock/unlock doors or fences by non-heir sims

(B) Butlers
What is the scoring for a butler? Do I tally -1 for each day the butler's around, unless it's after the fifth free day?

[Tipi]

Please correct me if I'm wrong, but I've also set two other Game Options settings as follows:
Auto Age (Played Sims): Yes
Auto Age (Unplayed Sims): checked

Yes, it was these Auto Age -settings that I meant in my earlier question. These have not been specified in the rules. So, is @oshizu right with her interpretation?

[MarianT]

Please correct me if I'm wrong, but I've also set two other Game Options settings as follows:
Auto Age (Played Sims): Yes
Auto Age (Unplayed Sims): checked

Yes, it was these Auto Age -settings that I meant in my earlier question. These have not been specified in the rules. So, is @oshizu right with her interpretation?

Yes. I added Auto Age all Sims to the rules.

@oshizu, Yes, it's -1 for each day you have a butler except on free days. The other actions are restricted to free days, too.

[reggikko]

@MarianT , I think this part of my question may have been overlooked:

Are we strictly tied to moving the elder Sim into Crick Cabana or could we possibly move them into any available house or apartment they can afford in any neighborhood?

Also, I was thinking about your Straud Dynasty a bit last night. Assuming we take the 10 point hit for a controllable vampire, are we allowed to turn Sims? I know your Straud Dynasty was an unofficial attempt, but that would solve the problem of running out of occupied houses. If we can't, it's fine, but I had to ask!

[Tipi]

@MatianT, thanks for the clarification regarding the Auto age -settings.

I have another question about the challenge set-up:

You MAY NOT bulldoze the Willow Creek Archives

Since we can use buildings by Maxiscreator_01, would it be allowed to replace the Willow Creek Archives with the Maxiscreator_01's version which has battle stations etc form the Kids Room Stuff?

[MarianT]

@MatianT, thanks for the clarification regarding the Auto age -settings.

I have another question about the challenge set-up:

You MAY NOT bulldoze the Willow Creek Archives

Since we can use buildings by Maxiscreator_01, would it be allowed to replace the Willow Creek Archives with the Maxiscreator_01's version which has battle stations etc form the Kids Room Stuff?

Yes

[MarianT]

@MarianT , I think this part of my question may have been overlooked:

Are we strictly tied to moving the elder Sim into Crick Cabana or could we possibly move them into any available house or apartment they can afford in any neighborhood?

Also, I was thinking about your Straud Dynasty a bit last night. Assuming we take the 10 point hit for a controllable vampire, are we allowed to turn Sims? I know your Straud Dynasty was an unofficial attempt, but that would solve the problem of running out of occupied houses. If we can't, it's fine, but I had to ask!

We put in Crick Cabana because it's a small house that you probably wouldn't want a future heir to move into and also to prevent your founder marrying your "starter" Sim. So I'm going to say that the Crick Cabana rule stands.

As for vampires -- sure, you can turn anyone.

[oshizu]

Thank you for your responses regarding restricted actions and scoring, MarianT!

@reggiko
Your question took me a while to think through, but what a brilliant strategy--putting your prospects "on ice" until later.

[reggikko]

Your question took me a while to think through, but what a brilliant strategy--putting your prospects "on ice" until later.

@oshizu Well, it's Marian's strategy, actually. I can't believe it took me until our PM conversation last night to think about using it in an official attempt.

[christinal3106]

That vampire strategy almost makes me want to start over!

[oshizu]

@oshizu Well, it's Marian's strategy, actually. I can't believe it took me until our PM conversation last night to think about using it in an official attempt.

Oh, you're right! Until you said that, I'd thought that MarianT's creation of all the vampire spouses was a narrative device.
Truly clever in both respects. *doffs hat to MarianT

My simverse is already dwindling so I will march on with pollinating. I look forward to see what results you gain, reggikko!

[dontmindme]

Hi, I have a random question: can we age down an adult to become a founder? Thanks!

[MarianT]

Hi, I have a random question: can we age down an adult to become a founder? Thanks!

That's a good question, and I'm going to refer it to the team for an answer.