Week 1 - Round 1 - Rainseeker Home

I was bad and forgot to get face shots of the two men of this house in game, so these will have to do for the introductions. This charming old gentleman is Tom Rainseeker.

Aspiration: Popularity
LTW: Celebrity Chef (N/P)
Personality: Pisces (Neat-5, Outgoing-3, Active-7, Playful-3, Nice-7)
Turn-Ons: Formal Wear & Red Hair, Turn-Off: Stinky Sims

This young lad is Aremis. He's actually cloned from a sim I made of my oldest son, I just changed the eye color, handsome isn't he?

Aspiration: Popularity
LTW: Captain Hero
Personality: Leo (Neat-4, Outgoing-10, Active-4, Playful-4, Nice-3)
Turn-Ons: Hats & Formal Wear, Turn-Off: Blonde Hair

Mom, destined to be a ghost before she ever lived, was given a lovely native american buckskin dress and then promptly sacrificed to the flies. It seemed like a good idea at the time.

I missed a few shots here, but as soon as Tom had two cooking points and had met the welcome wagon, I sent him downtown in search of a bride. He's been very understanding of the fact that Aremis can't inherit the house. I personally think he's a very brave man for chatting up the barkeep right in front of Crumblebottom. We were actually looking for the Diva, but time is of the essence with a CAS elder.

Tuesday night Tom helped Aremis with his homework. From the look on Aremis' face I'm not sure Tom's actually making it any better.

And Wednesday night Mom came back to bite me right in the rear. As you can see, Sierra is just dropping off a lovely bouquet of flowers for Tom, but the night's still young and Mom wanders the lot.

First she got her son while he was socializing with his grandfather, and then she got Tom while he was painting. She also managed to permantly occupy the sink but that wasn't discovered till the next day. That is one fast ghost though. She'd scare and then skiddaddle before I could get a shot.

After such a rough night I decided Aremis deserved a girlfriend. I figured he'd like her since she's wearing a hat.

I was very wrong.

Thursday Tom invited Sierra on another date, and they quickly fell in love. Who wouldn't love this guy? He may be annoying with his constant desire for new friends, but he's a sweety.

Sierra Young

Aspiration: Popularity
LTW: Hall of Famer
Sign: Aries (Neat-6, Outgoing-4, Active-7, Playful-5, Nice-3)
Turn-Ons: Fat sims & Swimwear, Turn-Off: Blonde Hair

Sierra wasn't a great catch with no money ($511), no backpack items, no friends, and no job, but she is a really nice person and she came with lots of skills. Besides, Tom likes her. I think even Aremis would like her if he ever got off the phone long enough to talk to her.

So first there was woohoo...

Then engagement....

Then marriage..... I'd love to say and then a baby carriage, but so far no lullabye.

I had Aremis ask Sophie out on a date after noticing that they had a 2L attraction, too bad I didn't know until too late that it's all on her side.

Sierra, what's with the face? "You're leaving me here? In this dump? I thought prosperity families were rich? I don't wanna live here." They are rich, it's just that this is the beginning of prosperity in one or two generations most sims will have so much money they won't know what to do with it. Just tough it out sugar. I'll be back, I promise.

End of Round Review:

Tom: is of course friends with the whole family, and has two other friends besides, one of whom is Debbie Wetstein. Work: he paints a lot, does that count? Skills: Cooking-2, Mechanical-1, Creativity-8.

Sierra: is only friends with Tom, but I'm having her build up a relationship with Neil Pederson (Mr. Big) for after Tom is gone. I mean CAS elders usually die in the second week of play, and hopefully Sierra will need a step-father for a child. Work: Mailroom Technician (athletic wasn't available yet) Skills: Cooking-7, Mech-2, Charisma-3, Body-5, Logic-2, Creativity-6, Cleaning-10.

And now, having spent the better part of 6 hours editing photos, creating family trees and figuring out how to get the photos into the right place in the blog I'm finally free to return to Knowlton. Stay tuned for the Second Round of Week One, which will run from sim Thursday 7pm till sim Monday 8am.

Week 1 - Round 1 - Belleosi House

What do you mean Dad's dead? Grimmy, this can't be right, I'm a teenager, what do I know about childcare? Sure I can charge $5/hr to watch other people's kids, but who cares about those kids, this is my brother we're talking about!

Welcome to the Belleosi house. It's actually pretty well furnished even if it doesn't have any wallcoverings.

And this is Samantha and Eddie. They're actually pretty close which is a good thing since they're on their own.

Samantha Belleosi

Aspiration: Popularity
LTW: Hall of Famer
Sign: Aries (Neat-5, Outgoing-8, Active-6, Playful-3, Nice-3)
Turn-Ons: Blonde Hair & Underwear Turn-Off: Facial Hair

Samantha will be inheriting this house. I'm also pretty sure I'm going to make her a lesbian. I'll just have to use a hack so that she and her significant other can have children. The kids in the adoption bin are pretty scary.

Eddie Belleosi

Aspiration: Grow-up (will be Knowledge)
LTW: unknown
Sign: Sagittarius (Neat-2, Outgoing-3, Active-9, Playful-7, Nice-4)

I love the chess table! Probably one of the safest way to make friends with a sim, especially since the won't leave it until you quit playing. Plus, skill building! Samantha has 2L chemistry with Lauren here, so I think we've found her highschool sweetheart. This girl will be spending little time sleeping if I have anything to say about it.

This is Cadence who came home with Samantha today. Sam and I decided that she should be Sam's girlfriend since they've got that extra relationship boost, plus, she's hot!

Sam's date with Cadence ended prematurely, but she was in a great mood and decided to help Eddie with his homework. She's actually not a horrible sister, she's just got better things to do most of the time.

Once Eddie's homework was finished and he was safely planted in front of the easel, Sam called Cadence for another date, this one ended early too, but at least she got her first kiss.

I swear we didn't influence him to do this, once Sam was finished making friends with him he just went out and started filling this in all on his own.

Wednesday night the ghost of Dad showed up. Since I knew he was going to be a ghost quickly, I decided to make him an interesting looking ghost at least. Of course that was before he scared Eddie four times in one night. Sorry, forgot to get the pics to prove it.

He did scrub the toilet for them though.

End of Rotation Review:

Samantha: is almost best friends with Eddie, is head over heels with Cadence, and has managed to make friends with Aremis, Ricky, and Lauren. Not bad for four days. School: A+, Skills: Cooking-3, Logic-2, Creativity-3, Cleaning-1.

Eddie: hasn't managed to make friends with anyone but his sister, but he hasn't brought anyone home either, whereas Sam brings someone home everyday. School: A+, Skills: Cooking-2, Creativity-5.

Week 1 - Round 1 - Wetstein House

Let's do things right this time. This is the Wetstein family. I swear I use a name generater so it's really not my fault! With a family this big they are REALLY poor. They live on the grass. There's only one crib.

This is Debbie and her granddaughter April. Debbie is a Knowledge sim whose LTW is to Max Out 7 Skills. She's a Sagittarius (Neat-2, Outgoing-3, Active-9, Playful-7, Nice-4). April is a Libra (Neat-2, Outgoing-8, Active-2, Playful-6, Nice-7) who is destined to become a Family sim.

Here we have Debbie's daughter Serena and her daughter Kirsty. Serena is another Romance sim only she has the dread 20 Woohoo want. Serena is a Scorpio (Neat-6, Outgoing-5, Active-8, Playful-3, Nice-3). At least she has good stats for the Military or Athletic careers. Kirsty is a Libra with the same stats as her twin sister, but she's destined to be a Knowledge sim.

And finally we have Serena's daughter Amber. She's a Gemini (Neat-4, Outgoing-7, Active-8, Playful-3, Nice-3) who is destined to become Knowledge. Again, I swear I used a randomiser to create this 'hood. Yet still I ended up with and abondance of females, and lots of Knowledge sims, who are my favorites!

This should pretty much sum up the next few days. I figure the adults will train the toddlers and that's about it, while poor Amber paints constantly to earn some cash. I had to sell some of the little furniture they had to buy the missing crib.

Suffice it to say, the girls were a little difficult and everyone's needs were always bottoming out because it takes soooo long to take a bath. So the twins were forced to grow up a day early. Both at the level of Miracle Mite of course! They both got all toddler skills plus 7 charisma each and two none family friends each. And of course the barely know each other, and Amber isn't even friends with Kirsty because she was always sleeping when she got home from school.

The house now has two and a half bathrooms, and we're one bed short, but that's okay. Debbie uses the energizer so she can keep skilling.

With all the girls finally off to school the ladies of the house can start building their skills, with Deb's cooking skills and Serena's romancing skills the whole headmaster thing would be a sinch if it weren't for the fact that they live in a hovel still. And since it'll be kinda hard to fulfill Serena's LTW if she has a live in lover I can't go that route.

Here's a face shot of Kirsty, poor kids wicked stinky, nobody in this family ever has a healthy mood. Oh well, with another promotion or two we should be able to buy a dining table and chairs and maybe more than one easel.

I couldn't even get one of April with her eyes open, she was exhausted.

So the rotation end review, which I've decided is a great idea! Kinda lets everyone know what's going on between pics, especially since I forget to take pictures half the time, sigh.

Debbie:

Is friends with all 3 of the girls but needs to work on her relationship with Serena. She doesn't have any none family friends yet, but there are a couple in the works. Skill wise she's up to 9 Cooking and halfway to maxing it out, but that's it.

Serena: Is friends with the twins but needs to work on her relationship with Amber and Debbie. She's friends with Tara Luworld, but hasn't had a single Woohoo yet. Holden is almost ready and in the meantime she's building friendships with some future conquests. Skill wise she's at 1 Charisma, 2 Body, 1 Cleaning. She's currently employed as a Minor Leaguer.

Amber: Is only friends with her grandmother, so she has a lot of work to do in the family area, but she is friends with Tara and Grayson. Her grandmother taught her to study, and she got her first A+ today. Skills: Cooking-1, Logic-2, Creativity-2. Don't ask.

April: Is friends with the whole family except Amber and is also friends with Grayson and Marisa. She learned how to study today from her mother, so I expect her to start doing really well in school soon. Skills: Cooking-3, Charisma-7, Logic-3.

Kirsty: Is friends with the whole family except Amber, and is friends with Randy London and Aremis Rainseeker. Her mother taught her to study tonight so her grades should skyrocket. Skills: Charisma-7, Logic-2.

Week 1 - Round 1- Luwolrd Home

Monica and Tara Luworld. After another one of Monica's famous one night stands she's left with a suprise package. How will this romancing sim deal with having a family, and should we warn her that she's expected to have at least one more?

Monica's actually a pretty good mother. She settled right down to teaching Monica all her toddler skills without the aide of smart milk with no complaint what-so-ever. She even spins up wants about her daughter.

On the first day in town, Monica received a call from a mysterious downtownie inviting her on an outing. She turned him down, but liked the sound of his voice and so frequently called him to chat whenever she had a free moment from skilling her daughter. Eventually she decided she should ask him on a date to get to know him better. After a whirl wind romance date she was platinum with enough points to buy some smart milk and finish teaching Tara to talk.

I'm a little slow on the pictures today. Okay, so here is the Luworld Home. It's small, but efficient and has no wallpaper/paint whatsoever. It is however placed on a 4x4 lot. I've decided all of my sims must start on at least a 4x4 lot because doing multiple generations on anything smaller is a pain in the backside.

Overhead shot, you know we have to have one. As you can see the home is sparsely furnished for now, although once Monica gets a job it should get better quickly. Monica also seems to have a bit of a thing for pink. Poor Tara is sleeping in the kitchen and they don't have a table, but they have the essentials and at least the tv and phone won't wake her in there. In fact, they don't even have a stove so I don't need to worry about a fire alarm either. Monica actually had about $1000 left after buying this fixer-upper which is why she's able to stay home with her daughter for now.

And this is Grayson Nott. Monica REALLY likes him, can you tell? *giggle* Unfortunately he's a romance sim too, but hey, they don't HAVE to get married, that or I get sneaky and wait till neither of them is expecting it, *evil cackle*

As is the strange way with attracted sims (2L) FIRST they make out....

And then they become Best Friends.

Monica took a quick break from her date to invite Marisa in to keep Tara company while she had her hands full ;)

So on Thursday morning after having finished only her second date with Grayson, Monica asked him to move in, they still haven't even woohooed, but they'll get there, and maybe Monica will be able to get a job now. Besides we still need at least one baby out of her to inherit this house.

Monica has good reason to look smug. Grayson brought $5,326 to the family, but wait that's not all folks, he also had more than $7700 worth of items in his knapsack, really high skills in cooking, logic, and cleaning, and a high paying job as a Theorist, but his LTW is to become a Hall of Famer just like Monica, so he doesn't have to cheat, AND to top it all he's much neater than Monica with a grand total of 5 neat points to her 2 points. WOOT!!!

As soon as Grayson had moved in, I realised that our date with him had made him late for work, so the first purchase with his cash was a driveway and a crappy car. When he came home he immediately asked Monica on a date. It constantly amazes me that after all the dream dates my sims have with their partners, they still always move in with their aspiration at the minimal level, what's up with that Maxis? Anyway he fell in love with Monica almost right away...

Look at the look she's giving me, I wonder if she's knows that she's the only romance sim I've ever had that I haven't detested?

I missed Tara's birthday because a glitch with SnagIt. I've heard it's a great program and am trying to use it, but I must have something set wrong, because I was trying to get a shot of Monica and Grayson's first Woohoo and it minimized my game to tell me it couldn't get it. Meanwhile while it was loading back up Tara transitioned at the level of Miracle Mite. While a toddler, she managed to get all her toddler skills, make 4 friends other than her mother, and earn 6 Charisma points, what a wonder child!

The house has been slightly expanded since Tara needs her own room now.

All the rooms except the nursery have wallpaper/paint and flooring of the none $1 variety. Monica is still in charge of the decor so everything is still pink although Grayson got her to promise him that the master bathroom would at least be white. Monica loves him so much she even put green carpeting in the livingroom. BTW, I did NOT design the original layout of this house, all the credit goes to Tiko over at TSR, I just use his floorplan as a starting point for most of my gameplay houses. In fact all the families started with versions of his house.

Oh good! At least I got an after-the-action shot! Lord they look smug.

You know, I forgot to introduce Monica and Tara properly before. I've been trying to catch Monica with her clothes on, but she's never wearing them. This picture seems to suit her though. Pink underwear, pink wallpaper, and swooning over a man. Yup, that's Monica alright. So here's her stats:

Name: Monica Luworld (aka The Pink Lady)
Aspiration: Romance
LTW: Become Hall of Famer

Personality:
Neat - 2, Outgoing - 3, Active - 9, Playful - 7, Nice - 4 (that spells Sagittarius)
Her turn-ons include Men, Vampires, Men, Red Hair, and oh yeah, Men! She really hates women who wear make-up though. Too much competition I guess!

Tara's already learned the importance of make-up, short skirts, and using big eyes on the people around her from her mother. She's a Libra (2-Neat, 8-Outgoing, 2-Active, 6-Playful, 7-Nice). She's also destined to be a Fortune sim (I'm keeping the aspirations that the randomiser gave the kids/toddlers, Gen 2 will get the dice), although she's really made to be a Pleasure or Popularity sim with that personality.

And that brings us to Thursday at 7pm which will be our quitting time for this round. Most rounds will last 3-4 days so that I don't have a sim whose childhood friend is still a child after a week. Besides interfamily dating at the teen level makes sense aspirationally speaking. They all have to find new partners at college for now though.

At the end of this round everyone is platinum, Monica managed to earn a few skills in the rare moments when her daughter slept, and has just gotten a job as a Team Mascot, and Grayson is coming for the paper to do the same. We better get a Nanny in here, sigh. Also, I believe I heard a little snatch of music earlier this evening that should prove interesting in the next few days.