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Perfect Matches

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The season of love has returned!
All of our Sims want to have a happy Valentine's Day and form a happy couple with a partner who truly matches them.
You will use the "internet" (meaning Cupid's Corner and/or the club system) to help them meet compatible Sims.
Get ready to organize dates...and find true love!



Challenge Rules

• Remember, the General Rules apply to all Tournament challenges. Exceptions may be noted below.
• Create a young adult or older Sim (life state, age, and traits are up to you) and move them to any lot.

• Step 1: Use the "internet" to meet partners.
   You must use Cupid's Corner and/or the club system when starting to play with your Sim, and later on with every new Sim you will play (exceptions possible: households with roommates, see below).
          Cupid's Corner: Select as many potential partners as you like, based on your chosen criteria. To meet them, you must then "add to contacts" (no dates until the chosen Sims have been added to your contacts).
          Clubs: Create a "dating club" (and only one, you are not allowed to form any other club). You must choose some club requirements as follows:
             1. Age category: check only one box.
             2. Traits category: check between one and three boxes.
             3. For the remaining three requirements, you can leave them empty or fill them in, but you are not allowed to repeat the "age" or "traits" categories. Each selected requirement must be from a different category. Once the group is created, the requirements cannot be changed. The Sims selected cannot be removed from the club for the next 24 Sim hours (but you can add more if there’s space!).

• Step 2: Organize Dates.
          1. All Sims who have a "good" or "amazing" compatibility with your Sim must have a date with them (it is assumed that the others were not selected after some online exchanges). Edit, for those who have the "Lovestruck" expansion: when your Sims are "attracted" to another Sim, this naturally counts as "good compatibility," and a date is expected.
          2. You can organize a "simple" date (the base game one), or a special date included with the Lovestruck expansion.
          3. If your Sim doesn't meet any compatible partners through the internet (good or amazing compatibility):
                 you can try meeting people in real life: good or excellent compatibility with another sim met = a date to organize.
                 you can also wait 24 hours to select more matches from Cupid's Corner and/or other members for your club (note: the criteria you initially chose cannot be changed).
          4. All dates must be played until the time runs out or until a gold medal is won.
  Each compatible Sim met through "internet" or in real life must have a date, but note: only one date per Sim.
  Edit:You are free to chat/get to know each other, etc., with any Sims eligible for a date before the date takes place.

• Step 3: Form Couples.
  Once each compatible Sim has had their date, it’s time to form a couple.
  A couple can only be formed if a gold medal was earned during the date.
  Choose from the eligible Sims and ask them to "be your girlfriend/boyfriend" or "get into a relationship," then have them move in together.
  If no date resulted in a gold medal, you will need to return to Step 1 and try to meet more compatible Sims.
  Once the couple is formed and living together, delete the dating group (if you created one) and choose another household to play.
  Keep track of the number of dates organized and medals earned for each played Sim.

• Choosing Sims to Play:
  All Sims in the chosen households who are of an age to start a relationship and move in together (young adults and older) can be played to organize dates and form relationships.
  They can organize a date with Sims they already know if they are "compatible" (in this case, it is not necessary to use Cupid's Corner or the club system).
  Sims already in relationships can also be played, but they must form a new couple, different from their current one!
  You cannot return to a household once you have left it, and you can only leave a household after forming at least one new couple.
  You cannot break up the couples you made, otherwise they will not be counted for the final score.

• Pause your game on Sunday, Week 3, Day 1, at 8:00 AM.

Scoring

Your score is the number of couples you formed.
The dates that did not lead to a couple formation (and only those) count for a multiplier:
You begin with a multiplier of 1.00 and add 0.3 per gold medal, 0.2 per silver medal, 0.1 per bronze medal.

Example: Player 1 managed to form 30 couples during the 2 sims weeks. They earned a total of 38 gold medals (of which 30 are required gold medals to form the 30 couples so they will only count 8 medals for the multiplier), 6 silver medals and 2 bronze medals.
Player 1's score will be: 30 couples x (1.00 + 0.3x 8 gold m. + 0.2x 6 silver m. + 0.1x 2 bronze m.) = 30 x (1.00 + 2.40 + 1.20+ 0.20) = 30 x 4.80 = 144 


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 may 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. The winner is expected to provide detailed information on their strategy. Keep notes as you play your file.


This Event Starts Sunday February 9
This Event Ends Saturday February 22

Player	Couples	Multiplier	Total
Elinoee	31	12.0	372

[mismck]

This challenge goes live Sunday, so please get any questions answered before you start.

[Elinoee]

I am anticipating any potential doubts or questions by adding those little clarifications to the rules:

- For those of you who have the "Lovestruck" expansion: when your sims are "attracted" to another sim, this naturally counts as "good compatibility," and a date is expected.

- You are free to chat/get to know each other, etc., with any sims eligible for a date before the date takes place.


Wish you good luck in forming your couples!

[mismck]

Friendly reminder that this challenge ends tomorrow (Saturday) night, so post your scores soon. Good luck!

[Elinoee]

31 couples
33 gold medals (in addition to the 31 which led to the formation of couples)
4 silver medals 
3 bronze medals 

 31 couples x (1.00 + 0.3x 33 gold m. + 0.2x 4 silver m. + 0.1x 3 bronze m.) = 31 x (1.00 + 9.90 + 0.80+ 0.30) = 30 x 12.00 = 360

[mismck]

31 couples
33 gold medals (in addition to the 31 which led to the formation of couples)
4 silver medals 
3 bronze medals 

 31 couples x (1.00 + 0.3x 33 gold m. + 0.2x 4 silver m. + 0.1x 3 bronze m.) = 31 x (1.00 + 9.90 + 0.80+ 0.30) = 30 x 12.00 = 360

With 31 couples I get 372 as a final score.