Nuts for Collections

[Metropolis Man]

Nuts for Collections

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Goal

It's probably not just me that is a bit nuts for collections. I know a few Sims that feel the same. So put on your shoes and search the world for all the collectables that are out there.


General Challenge Rules
The General Challenge Rules always apply.

Specific Challenge Rules

• Sims 4 - Nifty Knitting is not allowed for this challenge
• Create 2 YA Sims.
• Spellcasters are allowed to be used. But the spell CopyPasto is not allowed
• No adding to the household. Except for adopting pets.
• No moving.
• You are allowed to use the Buydebug cheat for the sole purpose of purchasing a satellite to prevent abductions.
• Only the Nature Aspirations are allowed, but you can switch between them as you like.
• All collections must be displayed on the lot. How you do it is up to you.
• To counter that some people are very unlucky in getting the last item in a collection, you can buy a Knight of the Octagon Table as a replacement, but you have to deduct 5 points for each Knight.
• You can only gain money by selling duplicate collection items.
• It's not allowed to move a moneytree to the family inventory to gain multiple money tree seeds.
• This challenge ends on Week 3, Day 1, 8 a.m.

Scoring

Spreadheet can be found here

CC (Complete Collections)** -   Give yourself 100 points for all completed collections. Please do not specify which collections you finished when posting.
**A complete collection means obtaining every possible item of any given type with all the expansion content you have installed. More expansions installed may mean you have more items to obtain for a certain collection.

AM (Aspiration Multiplier). This is a multiplier for finishing any of the components of any of the different Nature Aspirations. For level finished you add 5% to your starting multiplier of 1.00.

Total — Just multiply your Complete Collections and your AM together for your Total.

Here's an example:

It's week 3, Day 1, a.m., so it's time to stop playing. At that point, you have completed the Crystals, Elements, Metals, MySimTrophies, and Postcard collections (again, do not mention specific collection names when posting).But also bought 2 Knight of the Octagon Table to finish one of the collections.  You have also finished 3 Nature Aspirations (12 components) and 2 components of the remaining Aspiration.

5 complete collections = 5 X 100 = 500 pts
Minus 5 points for each Knight of the Octagon Table = 500-10 = 490 pts

AM = 1.00 + (14 components X .05) = 1.00 + .70 = 1.70

Total = 490 X 1.70 = 833

(In case 2 have the exact same score, the number of Knight of the Octagon Table will be used as tie breaker.)

Ch-Ch-Changes
The team does not want to edit and make changes to the ruleset once this event goes live, but we may have to. If an exploit is brought to our attention or we discover something else we reserve the right to ask affected players to redo their effort.

Have Questions?
If you have questions and need clarifications, ask away — you can either post your questions in this thread or if you feel a question might reveal a particular strategy you are considering, then feel free to PM the team. Choose the My Messages tab > Send Message > Send to Group (show membergroups) > Check the Challenge Board Moderator group.

And the Winner is...
After this event has closed everyone is encouraged to discuss how they approached the event, but the winner especially is expected to do so in detail.

This Event is Now Closed

Player	CC	AM	Total
Sruixan	1665	3.00	4995
Nikitachi	1570	3.00	4710
LenaLJ	1475	3.00	4425
GlazeyLady	1385	3.00	4155
Elinoee	1170	3.10	3627
Turoskel	1365	2.10	2866
Eighty8Keys	1075	2.35	2526
Teresa	985	2.40	2364
ratchie	980	2.40	2352
Metropolis Man	790	2.40	1896
TimSim101	480	2.40	1152
Cuji-teri	590	1.90	1121
Noyo	490	2.25	1102
CynKuy	395	1.10	434

[Metropolis Man]

Lena wrote this rule set, so I just wanted to give her some props. Thanks, Lena.


Changes:

• Sims 4 - Nifty Knitting is not allowed for this challenge
• Spellcasters are allowed to be used. But the spell CopyPasto is not allowed

[ratchie]

Sounds fun I am definitely going to need some help with the scoring apparently 5 months in quarantine has broken my brain lol.

Rachel

[Nikitachi]

We can add holidays this time, right?

[Teresa]

I love collecting, so am looking forward to this one.

[LenaLJ]

Sounds fun I am definitely going to need some help with the scoring apparently 5 months in quarantine has broken my brain lol.

Rachel

I will make up a spreadsheet to help out with the scoring.

We can add holidays this time, right?

Nothing preventing you from doing it in this ruleset.

[Teresa]

Question...  all packs allowed or will knitting be disallowed?

[ratchie]

Question would disabling packs be considered cheating or strategy.

Rachel

[reggikko]

Can both Sims work on the same aspiration for the multiplier or does each aspiration count only once? I assume that by components you mean that each individual part of an aspiration milestone is counted? So, for Angling Ace, Catch 5 Fish and Fish at 3 different locations each count for .05 or do we only count each milestone once it’s completed?

[LenaLJ]

Question...  all packs allowed or will knitting be disallowed?

@Teresa, The stuff pack will not be allowed as it comes out less than 30 days before the event starts, so according to the general rules it will not be allowed.

Question would disabling packs be considered cheating or strategy.

Rachel

@ratchie, Strategy

Can both Sims work on the same aspiration for the multiplier or does each aspiration count only once? I assume that by components you mean that each individual part of an aspiration milestone is counted? So, for Angling Ace, Catch 5 Fish and Fish at 3 different locations each count for .05 or do we only count each milestone once it’s completed?

@reggikko, Yes both can work on the same aspiration.
By components we mean milestones, or levels.

[Mionax]

"This challenge ends on Week 3, Day 1, 8 a.m."   Just to be sure, this is the 3rd Sunday?

1st day of challenge where we begin = Week 1, Day 1, 8 a.m.
The 2nd Sunday = Week 2, Day 1
The third Sunday = Week 3, Day 1 (ends at 8 a.m. this day)

[LenaLJ]

@Mionax Exactly

[Highlander]

Do you have to gather everything or can you buy/trade items? I generally complete the Snow Globe collection by buying them at the Flea Market. Same with the MySims trophies.

I would guess that the Scientist career is also out since you can only gain money from duplicate items.

[Metropolis Man]

Do you have to gather everything or can you buy/trade items? I generally complete the Snow Globe collection by buying them at the Flea Market. Same with the MySims trophies.

Buying/trading is fine.

I would guess that the Scientist career is also out since you can only gain money from duplicate items.

Correct.

[Nikitachi]

Since one of the Nature aspirations is spellcaster-based, do I assume that everything spellcaster-related is allowed, as long as it doesn't bring money?

Can we sell collected goods that aren't part of any collection (you usually get a lot of these while fishing, etc.)?

Can we sell harvest we've grown? What about the Money Tree - can we sell its fruit as well?