The Hacker Dynasty. Episode 13: Inventing a Tournament

[Orange Iguana]

This is it, it's hall of fame or bust this time around. Using what I learned from last time, and some nifty new items, will the new founder make full use of a once in a lifetime opportunity or will the dynasty end in failure?

There's two big changes in the dynasty: First, there's a whole new founder. Second, I now own Pets and Showtime so yay, I can finally have the pool table from Sims 1 I've been wanting to make a return.
Immortal Progress Report

Episode List
Prologue: The Biggest Change
Episode 1: On Agnes's Terms
Episode 2: Sacrifices are Appreciated
Episode 3: A Birthday, a Marriage, AND a Baby?
Episode 4: The Baby Closet
Episode 5: Tour of the Home
Episode 6: Hacking Buddies
Episode 7: Buster Wolf
Episode 8: The First Immortal
Episode 9: Finally Free
Episode 10: Around the World
Episode 11: Intentional Triplets
Episode 12: Fixed Swings Means Screaming Triplets
Episode 13: Inventing a Tournament

[Orange Iguana]

The Immortal Progress report

Italicized = complete

Justin Hacker: Founder -- IMMORTAL
Traits: Ambitious, Charismatic, Perfectionist, Artistic, Couch Potato
Lifetime Wish: Swimming in Cash
Career: Architectural Designer
Supermax: Painting
Real Estate: Summer Hill Springs (Level 3), Hogan's Deep Fried Diner
Portraits: Young Adult, Adult, Elder
Unique Lifetime Rewards: Motive Mobile, Extra Creative, No Bills Ever
Unique Opportunities: Art Class, Popular Painter, Painting the City, Local Artists Gallery, From One Chef to Another, Swim Into the Grill
Best Friends: Cortney Kim, Christopher Steel, Cycl0n3 Sw0rd, Agnes Hacker, Blair Wainright, Stiles McGraw

Terry Hacker: Second Generation
Traits: Disciplined, Athletic, Adventurous, Charismatic, Workaholic
Lifetime Wish: Seasoned Traveler
Career: Professional Sports
Supermax: Martial Arts
Real Estate: Divisadero Budget Books, Stoney Falls (Level 3)
Portraits: Toddler, Child, Teen, Young Adult, Adult
Unique Lifetime Rewards: Prepared Traveler, Moodlet Manager, Fireproof Homestead
Unique Opportunities: Ticket Counting, The Right Moves, Spiraling Out, Complete Victory
Best Friends: Jerry Wolff, Tyra Rosario, Johanna Grimes, Lourdes Gaines, Monika Morris, Marty Keaton

Keith Hacker: Third Generation
Traits: Eccentric, Insane, Couch Potato
Lifetime Wish: Reniassance Sim [Inventing, Cooking, Gardening]
Career: Self-Employed Inventor
Supermax: Inventing
Real Estate:
Portraits: Toddler, Child
Unique Lifetime Rewards:
Unique Opportunities:
Best Friends:

[Orange Iguana]

Prologue: The Biggest Change


My name is Justin Hacker, I was walking in the park one day when I was asked if I wanted to do an immortal dynasty. I thought to myself "sure" and agreed to do it. I'm hoping that I'll be successful, but let me give you the full story.


53 weeks into the future

Man in yellow jacket: (I can't believe it's over at long last. We did it.)
Man in blue shirt: Hey, David, you might want to take a look this.
David: What's this?


Man in blue shirt: Read the headlines.
David: "Doe Immortal Dynasty Doesn't Count." What the... what do you mean it doesn't count? What is this Marcus?
Marcus: Keep reading
David: "Fourth generation gave birth to fifth generation without moving in the father first. It is because of this that the Doe Immortal Dynasty officially does not count." WHAT!? You mean I sat on my butt for 49 weeks doing absolutely nothing just for all this to not count?
Marcus: Yeah.
David: If she didn't supermax Martial Arts, she would be in for a world of hurt right now....


Marcus: I take it you're going back to the past to warn yourself again.
David: No, I have a better idea, nice knowing you.
Marcus: Hey, what do you think you're--


*poof*



Present day

Young David: Yep, time to start this immortal dynasty. Can't wait to watch everyone around me die while me and seven others live forever.


Out of the blue, some crazy old man came running to David... again.

Older David: WAIT!
Young David: Oh for the love of, not this again.


Young David: Let's just skip the intro, how do I screw this up this time?
Older David: Actually I'm here to tell you that you'll succeed and you should be proud of yourself 53 weeks into the future.
Young David: Oh, really? Why are you here then?
Older David: Because being immortal sucks. It's so not worth the time and effort.
Young David: What?
Older David: Look, trust me on this, take this, and run as far away from this lot as possible. Let some other shmuck do the dynasty.
Young David: A one-way ticket to Starlight Shores?
Older David: Yes, it's for the best.
Young David: Normally I'd say no but... you did travel back in time to warn me about this... fine.


Young David: HEY! YOU WANNA DO AN IMMORTAL DYNASTY ON THIS LOT?
Justin: Sure!


Young David: Here's the deed, have fun.
Justin: Is that man dying of old age?
Young David: Too complicated to explain, some time travel thing, ignore it. Do you want to do the dynasty or not?
Justin: Um... sure.
Young David: I'm off to Starlight Shores then, later.

And that's how my immortal dynasty began. I happened to be at the right place at the right time and now, me and seven others are going to live forever. Hopefully, my last name means something and isn't there because someone stared at a screen for an hour lost in thought before clicking the randomizer and having the name come up.


[Author's Note: This is the part where I start a whole new file and have only Justin this time. Unfortunately, due to the equestrian center taking up the dynasty lot in Sunset Valley, it has to be deleted in edit town.]

Italicized = Complete
Justin's Immortality Progress
Traits: Artistic, Charismatic, Perfectionist, Ambitious, Couch Potato [Surprise surprise]
Lifetime Wish: Swimming in Cash [Yes, again]
Career: Normally the second generation does this one buuuuuut...
Supermax: For the author's own personal sanity, immortals aren't getting sculptures and photos this time which means... that's your hint.
Real Estate: Gee, I wonder who he is going to marry for the money to buy it. Text is a pretty bad way to express sarcasm.
Portraits: Being the founder, a non-immortal has to do it. Bummer.
Unique Lifetime Rewards: You already know what the first one is going to be.
Unique Opportunities: Patience, the dynasty hasn't officially begun yet.
Best Friends: He doesn't have any, what a sad man.

[Widonja]

I like it! I didn't read any of your previous attempts, but this sounds cool! Will be following it!

[JudesSims]

Very nice! I have faith that you'll go all the way with this one!

[ratchie]

I loved your intro to the story so amusing.

Good luck Justin.

Rachel

[alex51299]

It was cool to see David and Marcus one last time! Good luck Justin! 

[Ricalynn]

Here we go again!  Good luck Justin.   He should take his 53 weeks downtime to think of a better reason for his kids to do this though =P

[loveSims]

Awesome start! This time you make it into HOF.

[sethelD93]

Your last Dynasty was great! I really hope you get into the HoF this time!

[Orange Iguana]

Episode One: On Agnes's Terms

Justin is a new founder when it comes to immortal dynasties. Unlike the previous founder, Justin has no idea what will happen in the future. He has no future self to warn him of his mistakes, it's his first time doing anything. It should certainly make things interesting for Justin.


The first thing Justin needed to get out of the way was a financial aid. Being a native of Sunset Valley, he had heard about the tale of Agnes Crumplebottom. Rich girl, living by herself, every man being afraid of her because her groom died before she got married. Justin was no different when it came to the fear of sharing the same fate but if he wanted to get a good start, he had to gamble with his life.


Justin: H-h-hi, m-my n-name i-is J-J-Justin H-H-Hacker.
Agnes Crumplebottom: Agnes Crumplebottom, what are you doing wearing a T-Shirt when it's 35 degrees fahrenheit? Come on inside.
Justin: O-o-o-okay.


Justin: Thank you, it was freezing out there.
Agnes: So what brings you here?
Justin: Funny story, some guy in a yellow shirt with a mummy on it gave me a deed to an empty lot offering to let me do an immortal dynasty on it.
Agnes: Wait a minute, HIM!?
Justin: What do you mean?
Agnes: He's the worst husband I've ever had in my life! If he came back, I was going to reject him and have him find some other person.
Justin: Ohhh... (I don't like this is going)
Agnes: You came here wanting me to help you with an immortal dynasty I take it?
Justin: Well, yeah.


Agnes: I'll help.
Justin: R-really?
Agnes: You're the first male sim that's ever been honest and flat out said "Hey, I'm doing an immortal dynasty, can you help me?" I have three conditions though
Justin: Okay, how bad could they be?
Agnes: Number one, I am not doing any sculpting or photography whatsoever.
Justin: I wasn't planning on having sculptures or photos.
Agnes: Number two, we get a butler.
Justin: Yeah, that'll work.
Agnes: Number three, I get to join a career and max it.
Justin: What did you have in mind?
Agnes: All I'm telling you is that I'm not being an architectural designer.
Justin: I was gonna be an architect so that's fine with me.


It seems it all went well with Agnes. Of course, in order for it all to work, Agnes needed to be at Justin's lot so Justin left her house to head home. Hopefully Justin doesn't share the same fate as Agnes's late fiancee. On the way back, he joined the Architectural Designer profession for that 40% discount on build/buy mode. Justin's going to be doing this profession as the founder.


Justin: Hey, I'm back home and wow, the weather really warmed up. Ready to get this started?
Agnes: Sure, I'll come over in a little while.


Justin: I had an idea, how about we hold off on the marriage for a little bit and just work together for now. Would you like to move into the home?
Agnes: You're not afraid of what happened to my fiancee are you?
Justin: No, no... okay yes.
Agnes: I'll move in but I'm not going to bring in your second generation until you marry me.
Justin: I'm not quite ready for that yet.

All of a sudden, there was a thud.


Justin: What the?
Agnes: That thing usually appears when people sell my car.
Justin: Oh... eh-heh... sorry...

[Author's Note: By delaying Agnes's marriage and having her just move in, I'm hoping I can get the wish to get married to appear for 5,000+ happiness points.]


Italicized = Complete
Justin's Immortality Progress
Traits: Ambitious, Charismatic, Perfectionist, Artistic, Couch Potato
Lifetime Wish: Swimming in Cash
Career: Architectural Designer
Supermax: Painting
Real Estate:
Portraits:
Unique Lifetime Rewards: Motive Mobile
Unique Opportunities:
Best Friends:

[MoonsAreBlue]

I hope you make Hall of Fame this time! And maybe Agnes gets to be happy.

[loveSims]

Please give Agnes a makeover. Then she will be truly happy lol. Great update.

[Sims3Clacla123]

OMG I almost died from laughter. I really love this , you've got a great sense of humor. 

[Orange Iguana]

Episode Two: Sacrifices are Appreciated

Some of you may be wondering "how does Agnes already know about doing immortal dynasties when Sunset Valley is in a fresh state?" At the end of each dynasty, be it successful or failure, Agnes's is resurrected with ambrosia and sent to the past. Once she is sent back to the past, the spirit of the Agnes from a previous dynasty possesses the current Agnes and becomes happy. So happy that she buys a mid-life crisis and resets her traits to the ones she used to have. The Agnes you see in this dynasty has been possessed by the spirit of an Agnes that's been through many, many immortal dynasty attempts. The cycle repeats itself infinitely. One has to wonder if she actually enjoys doing this.

Now that Agnes is a housemate and the Hackers are $100,000 richer, the first thing that needs to be done is satisfying Agnes's other two demands. She wanted a butler and to join a career of her choice. What would that career be?


Law enforcement, forensics will make good use of Agnes's painting skill. It's not like she's actually joining so that she can have a badge and arrest people she hates, no siree.


Holding off on starting Justin's painting supermax, he went to the library to read up on cooking. Agnes joined a little later to start learning the basics of logic.

Justin: "Cooking is all about following a recipe. If you can't do that, please close this book right now."
Agnes: That's a very good call leaving cooking open for all of your generations.
Justin: This book is insulting me.

While in the library, Justin borrowed their computer to purchase the diner and the park next to the lot. It needed a little bit of renovation for it to bring in money but that's not a problem for an architectural designer.


Justin had done a fairly basic job with Summer Hill Springs. All the citizens really need is a bathroom and some picnic tables. It wasn't enough though to bring it to level 3 however, if you take a look behind Justin, you'll see a little stone pathway and some torches. This pathway leads to...


The Cow Plant Altar. Citizens of Sunset Valley, it is this mysterious creature who guards all of you and prevents natural disasters from happening. This plant is eagerly awaiting your next sacrifice.


Maxing the cooking skill, something that's being left open to all immortals, gave Justin enough happiness points to buy the Entrepreneurial Mindset LTR. He didn't get happy because he mastered cooking though, he got happy because maxing cooking counts as learning all the recipes now thanks to the new wave of vegetarian recipes. As for the LTR, Entrepreneurial Mindset is one of the LTRs that's being left open for all immortals to claim. Once Justin got home, he went to work powerleveling painting to 10 by researching architectural design. With Entrepreneurial Mindset, this will max out his career without doing a single renovation. Speaking of the home however...


No one can really put their mind to it, but it looks like there's something very important missing from the home... running out of money sure bites.


With Agnes's logic maxed out, it's time to switch her focus to maxing painting. The Hackers may be doing a portrait-only museum this time, but Agnes should at least max painting first before doing it. Besides, Justin only has 12 days to get it done.

Italicized = Complete
Justin's Immortality Progress
Traits: Ambitious, Charismatic, Perfectionist, Artistic, Couch Potato
Lifetime Wish: Swimming in Cash
Career: Architectural Designer
Supermax: Painting
Real Estate: Summer Hill Springs (Level 3), Hogan's Deep Fried Diner
Portraits:
Unique Lifetime Rewards: Motive Mobile
Unique Opportunities:
Best Friends: