My Dreamweaver Legacy Challenge

[Pam]

I just want to brag a little here.  I'm playing the Legacy Challenge and I'm up to the 8th generation!!  Woot!  I've followed the rules as best as I can.  The founder, Cari Dreamweaver, was practically a hobo.  She only had a bed sitting on her property at the beginning.  She showered and ate at the gym.  She found seeds to start a garden, fished, and got a job at the Bistro.  Now her decendants live in a $650,000 mansion and have $2.5 million in cash!  I'm not very creative with designing fancy houses, so I just built the basics and added to it as the need arose and money allowed.  It's three stories tall now and has as much stuff as I can think to cram into it.  And I have 73 Legacy Points so far.

Anyone else playing the Legacy Challenge?  It really is a lot of fun.  There are a whole set of rules you have to follow and a point system for various things your family members achieve.  It's a nice way to play the game a little differently than you might be used to.  The rules of the Sims 3 Legacy Challenge can be found by visiting the official Sims 3 forum at http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/39862.page.

[Carl]

You've got me interested. After just taking over the Landgraab estate with my Gold Digger, I'm saving this game to begin her bloodline. I think I'll take the opportunity to resurrect Geoffrey, or have the black widow marry little Malcolm Landgraab when he grows up. I guess I should get to plantin, cuz that's gonna take some life fruit.

But oh yes, I'm excited to do this. I'll play this challenge when I'm not writing

[Pam]

You won't be able to do the Legacy Challenge with the Landgraab estate.  Nor will you be able to use life fruit.  You start with a custom created Sim who is dirt poor, then build up a dynamic family.  By the way, my 9th generation was just born!!   

[Carl]

You're right, I forgot those two fundamentals. We need to get all the fundamentals down for people who aren't in the know, like me, who haven't done it yet I know sort of how it goes but if I do it I want to be sticking to the rules.

[Pam]

I added the link to the rules in my first post at the beginning of this topic.

[Carl]

Thanks. I'll start my legacy after I finish this last batch of lifetime wish walkthroughs. Maybe I can complete a couple more of them from within the legacy. I think the first generation's story could be good. I might make them a jack of all trades (a LTW I haven't covered), that goal of getting multiple promotions to level 5 could be helpful for getting cash flowing early on.

[Kreathyr]

Awesome, this challenge seems worthwhile.

And Wow, 8th generation... is it hard to accomplice? I'm thinking of starting my own legacy today.

Edit: Nice how everyone here is a newbie

[Pam]

The 10th generation is about to be born, which will be the end of the challenge.  It's been really fun for me.  I wasn't addicted to using all the cheats, so I didn't have a problem letting the founder live in poor conditions.  You just set your mind to it and do it!  I highly recommend it for anyone who plays Sims 3.

[Kreathyr]

awesome, I've tried this and love it.
The beginning is kind of sad, only $34,- left and no shower 

[Pam]

Here's a picture of Winter, the 9th generation heiress.  She's so beautiful and looks so much like the founder, Cari Dreamweaver.  You can see elderly Cari's portrait over Winter's shoulder.  (Click for full size image.)

[Pam]

I'm so excited!  I did it!!  The 10th generation was just born and that means the challenge is over.  What a huge accomplishment and what huge fun it has been!  With the birth of the 10th generation, the restrictions are life.  My 8th and 9th generation have been working on a plan to bring Cari Dreamweaver, the founder, back from the grave.  Read about it on my blog:  http://spoopssims3world.wordpress.com

I'd love to hear comments from anyone!

[Kreathyr]

I've read the resurrection story and find it amusing.

The rules of the legacy challenge state that you can resurrect your sims, but they cannot take part in the legacy itself.
Would be interesting to see granddaddy ghost flying around for 250 years. 

[Pam]

Lots of people have ghosts of the ancestors haunting the family home.  I kept mine on a separate lot across the street and it became the family cemetary, but it was still a public lot.  Once my 10th generation was born, though, the challenge is over.  So, now I can do whatever I want with my 10 generation family.  So far, I've resurrected two more ghosts.  I plan to bring back the entire blood chain through all the generations.  What I mean is, all the ancestors who are the direct blood relation to the 10th generation heiress will be brought back to life.  I'm just waiting on the opportunities from the science lab.  I'll feed them ambrosia and/or life fruit as long as it takes for me to have a Sim from all 10 of the generations alive in Sunset Valley at the same time.  Can you imagine??  Lol. 

[Kreathyr]

I imagine that would be an amazing sight.
Be sure to post some screens of the entire family, that way we can see the changes is appearance over the generations

[Carl]

Grats on completing your legacy, Pam! You were wise to move the graveyard off your main lot. That would be crazy-annoying to have ghosts from 10 generations running around. 'My' ghosts are always running around making meals and breaking showers. If you had all those tombs on one lot just how many ghosts could come out in one night? Surely if there's a limit every night it would hit it...