These are the stories of the citizens of Knowlton - A Sims 2 Prosperity Challenge. If you love it, if you hate it, if you saw something you wanted to talk about, PLEASE leave comments. I'm a sad pathetic human, and I live for comments.

For those of you not familiar with what a Prosperity Challenge is, it's a Sims 2 Challenge in which the main focus is to build a prosperous community from scratch. There are a few catches though, everything, including your starting families are determined by the role of a dice (or in my case a randomizer). For the complete rules and setup you have two options the Yahoo! Group or the BBS thread at the official site.

The quick low down on the newly created Knowlton; Knowlton is completely deserted. It's set out in a grid, so at some point in the past it may have even been a city, but that may have been hundreds of years ago, because other than roads for miles around all you see is grass plains. Four daring families have decided (okay have been forced) to make a new start here. So come meet these daring folks, hear their stories, and wish them luck folks, they're going to need it! To start from the beginning click here.

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Friday, October 5, 2007

Week 5 - Round 10 - 10 Oak Square (Belleosi)

A/N: In case I don't get another entry up this weekend, Happy Thanksgiving to all of my fellow Canadians. If you're American you'll have to wait another month, and if you're anything else, well, I actually don't know what harvest holiday you have, but I wish you a happy one anyway!


Last round April actually managed to not get her daughters killed or taken away by social services, which is a minor miracle since she's got to be the worst Family sim ever. Eddie made up for April's short comings by running himself into the ground taking care of the girls, the business, and the garden. Both of the girls grew into beautiful toddlers and we got to see a softer side of Serena. Finally, early Friday morning little Dustin Belleosi made his first appearance. Here's looking at you kid!

Friday (Winter)
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Eddie and April opened the business for a couple of hours in the morning, but then April had to leave for work, which leaves the children at the mercy of Karen. Eddie and I were a little too busy after that for many photo ops.

I don't believe it! April's home and she actually wants to interact with her daughters. The sky is falling, I'm sure of it.

"Must caffeinate self, must stay awake and watch the children..."

Well I never, that's not a very nice thing to think about your mother Dustin.

I swear she's been reading the blogs, she must have heard about Weldon and his little visit with the Mighty Monkey Gods. There is absolutely no other explanation for April suddenly taking an interest in her children. To be fair, Serena wasn't exactly a good example of how to be a Super Mom.

Now that's a bit more April like. Give the kid another bottle while his diaper is stinking up the whole first floor.

Saturday (Winter)
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As I said at the Collin house, at home businesses are a pain in the pootookie, so Belleosi Toys will be moving off site. The property is all ready to go, but first Eddie needs to build up his stock a little bit.

Now that the nanny is here, it's time for Eddie to go check out the business' new location.

So here it is, Belleosi Toys. It's pretty much the same as what they had at home, just a little bigger, and they'll be offering some catalog objects now too.

Hmm, is this a new glitch? For some reason a cab showed up to take Eddie home. Odd. Okay, I canceled the cab and everything and Eddie was still forced to go home. Very odd.

So home and then back to Belleosi Toys again, and who should one of Eddie's first customers be but Rowan. Whatever are you doing here Rowan? You and Grizou don't even have kids yet, and you're not pregnant, remember? *snicker* Rowan insists on believing that she's constantly sick because of bad pizza. Honestly I think she's here to check out Eddie's butt. They have a three bolt chemistry after all, which is why I try to keep them separated, I don't want them to break April and Grizou's hearts.

"Trisha, I'm telling you, you've got to have this kite! Your daughter will love it!"

Blast it! Again with being kicked off the lot! I think I've figured out what may be the problem though. It seems to do this whenever I go into Photo Mode. Arghh!!! My fustration is peaking.

So once I stopped trying to take pictures in Camera Mode the lot ran as it's supposed to, but it means that future pictures taken at Belleosi Toys may not be up to my normal standards. Eddie managed to get the business back up to Rank 3 in one afternoon.

Then it was time to build some more stock. Eddie actually managed to sell all 13 firetrucks that he had in stock. Those things were just flying off the shelf.

Eddie's dirty little secret, he's an Energizer addict. Really it only makes sense with the strange time warping involved in traveling to community lots.

Back home, Eddie's just in time for a little quality time with the girls before their naps.

Stupid Karen! Eddie just put her down for a nap.

Man is she ever awful. I'll be so glad when the girls are teens.

Thank you, thank you, thank you! April's home which means Karen will leave!

"Oh Miss Plumbbob Diety, when will we get to fire Karen? She left Dustin to sleep on the cold tile floor of the bathroom again."
Well technically he's on the carpet, and we'll fire her as soon as the girl's are teenagers so that there is guaranteed to be someone here to watch little Dustin while Eddie's at the toy store.

Goodbye magical glowing bear...

Hello Alannah Belleosi, Child
Neat-3, Outgoing-4, Active-10, Playful-10, Nice-7
Sagittarius

Goodbye little princess

Hello Dana Belleosi, Pirate Girl
Neat-2, Outgoing-8, Active-9, Playful-6, Nice-4
Gemini

The great thing about twins is that all sim children want to make a friend as soon as the become children. With twins you can kill two birds with one stone. For those of you wondering about Dana's hair, her natural color is brown, it's just that the toddler hair she had was binned as brown even though it looks more like blond.

"Happy Birthday Dear Dustin..."

Sunday (Winter)
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Dustin Belleosi
Neat-3, Outgoing-4, Active-10, Playful-10, Nice-7
Sagittarius

For some reason little Dustin grew-up with empty want slots. Stupid bugs!

AGGGGHHHHH!!!!! All right, Dustin still has empty want slots. I've even updated my Insimenator (how do you think the same-sex couples get pregnant?). I'm just going to let him play with his toys and hope that after a nap he'll wake up with some wants.






"Kirsty, it's quarter to five in the morning, why in boolprop are you calling?"
"I heard something was wrong with Dustin and wanted to see if you needed any help."
"Something's wrong with Dustin? I just got home, what's going on?"
"Oops! I guess I'll let the Plumbbob Diety and April explain it to you, bye!"

While we wait to see if a nap can cure Dustin, Eddie and April are going to build up some stock while the girls study. I love the Education bookcase! Not as fun to watch as some of the other rewards, but still, very handy.

Yes!!!!! It worked!!!! Hooray! I was worried I was going to have to put Knowlton on the back burner until the bug got fixed.

Now that we have Dustin's attention, it's time to start toddler skilling him. He's a good kid, he wants to learn it all. April? Well, let's just say she's reverting to her old ways. Hasn't spun up one single want in regards to Dustin.

So, Eddie went and ran the business for a few hours and when we got back, Dustin was once again inflicted with disappearing wants. So aggravating!

In the normal course of things I won't direct my sims to toss the toddlers, because it generally leads to tossing their cookies as well, but I'm miffed with April, so if she gets puked on, it serves her right. Who would have guessed that Monica (she's a Romance sim who lives in the first house, remember?) would be a better mother than April, who's a Family sim supposedly?

"I'm so gonna get you Dana! That was MY muffin you ate!"

You will play with your baby brother or I will find you ugly husbands when you grow-up. Even worse, ugly Romance husbands.

Monday (Spring)
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Nothing like a game of catch first thing in the morning to celebrate the arrival of spring!
Dustin still has his glitch even though I completely removed insimenator this time. I do have other hacks, but most of them are to fix things that Maxis should have fixed a long time ago (bird death through buy mode anyone?). On a more interesting note, Family Kiss will earn you a whopping 1000 aspiration points. Apparently to earn the kiss want points it doesn't need to be a romantic kiss, pretty cool!

Ah, Ericka, someday you will join one of my families. I personally think she's one of the better looking NPCs. Maybe she should marry into Aremis' family. Gotta keep the red!

I was so excited when these flag lights came out. The I realized that they don't automatically change to match the season. Total bummer. Anyone know if anyone's made a version that does switch on it's own? It seems a shame to waste $30 every five days to change them.

Belleosi Toys is quite popular with the playable sims of Knowlton. Currently we have Collin Weldon, Billy Rainseeker, and Daisy Rainseeker all browsing the toys. At least they all have kids or are expecting! A/N: Lord I hate having to take pictures without camera mode, this photo sucks!

Yay! It's Monica, my all time favorite Romance sim, not to mention she's famous for her love of pink! She must be anticipating the birth of grandchildren in her home!

Business was so good today that Eddie and I have decided to raise the cost of everything to "Cheap".

"In some towns they even have sims who worship the potty god."
Eddie's a great father, making up for April's lack of interest, and he insures that his children have open minds about all cultures.

Yup, Karen's a great nanny.
*sarcasm for those who can't tell it when they hear it*

This was so Eddie's idea. I would have thought the poor guy had his hands full already, but he kept asking for it, and since I absolutely adore Eddie I caved.

How was your first day of school Alannah?
"I just don't get it"
What part?
"Any of it, sob."

Dana! How could you bring Nery home?!? He's one of the blasted new townies who don't have phones!

Dustin! That is so gross! Put it back for heaven's sake, or find a tissue or something. Just please don't put it where I think you're going to put it!

My gosh! Eddie showed a badge! It's amazing, quick get me a calendar so I can mark it down!

No more bad days at school for you two!

Ah, the family that grows together stays together, lol!

Dustin hasn't been forgotten, he's just keeping Neil occupied.

Gosh! Two badges in a row Eddie? Are you started to feel sorry for me or something?


End of Round Review

Eddie
Friends: Family-6, Non-Family-12
Work: Cult Leader
IW: 7 / 7 Skills Maxed
Badges: Floral-Gold, Register-Gold, Restocking-Gold, Robotery-Gold, Sales-Gold, Toy Making-Gold, Gardening-Silver

April
Friends: Family-8, Non-Family-15
Work: Education Minister
IW: 3 / 10 Children
Skills: Cooking-8, Mech-10, Charisma-8, Body-10, Logic-10, Creativity-10, Cleaning-9
Badges: Sales - Bronze, Toy Making - Gold

Alannah
Friends: Family-3
School: B+, Public
Skills: Cooking-7, Charisma-8, Body-7, Logic-5, Creativity-4

Dana
Friends: Family-3, Non-Family-1
School: B+, Public
Skills: Cooking-7, Charisma-8, Body-7, Logic-3, Creativity-7

Dustin
Friends: Family-2, Non-Family-1
Skills: Charisma-4, Creativity-5

Household Value: $84,872

Belleosi Toys
Rank 4 - Burgeoning Bazaar
Business Value: $25,000
Customer Loyalty Stars: ? (forgot to have Eddie check)

Posted by NightRowan at 9:11 a.m.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Cool, your back! I must say that I've missed your stories terribly, that always bring a smile to my face.

Hope you were having lots of fun in your absence.

I loved the updates btw, your sarcasm is rather humourous.

October 8, 2007 at 9:00 a.m.

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