Night's Sims: March 2012

Yes, that's right. I've done an asylum! And it's grilled cheese! And it's doomed!

This fantastic grilled cheese house is made by longdaysend at MTS. Here's the link: http://tbudgett.modthesims2.com/download.php?t=215627. It's amazing, but of course I modified it a bit for my purposes.

I thought maybe the grilled cheese aspiration would be easy (man, was I wrong) so I decided to set up a super-hard asylum. There's only two rooms including the bathroom, which means the TV and beds are in the same room. This'll be fun.

Here's my controllable sim, Cheddar Cheese. She has the grilled cheese aspiration (of course) with the LTW to eat 200 grilled cheese sandwiches. She's a Scorpio with a personality of 8/4/8/1/4.

Now let's get a tour of the house! Because of a computer crash and a rebuild, things will look different, but mostly it's the same.

Here we have the cheese couch and a TV. When I rebuilt, I accidentally bought an expensive TV...Sorry :)

Here's Shredded modeling the karaoke machine. There was a bit of a debate over at Boolprop over whether or not it was legal, since it raises fun, but I decided to use it anyway.

Here we've got the chess table and the dance machine thingy.

Here's the bathroom, which wasn't changed.

Here's the kitchen, which was later changed drastically.

And the four beds.

There was an adorable little office thing, but don't worry, I took out the door after the interviews with the patients were over.

Here's a full view of the house (Sorry, tiny picture).

Now let's meet the patients!

"What's your name?" Cheddar asked, taking notes diligently.

"American Cheese."

"Yes, I see. Reasons for admittance?"

"Apparently I have too much patriotism. Sheesh."

American Cheese, Family, Virgo 4/10/4/4/3

"Name?"

"Monterrey Cheese."

"Reason for admittance?"

"Apparently being goth is enough to put you in an asylum."

Monterrey Cheese, Romance, Scorpio 8/6/10/1/0

"Man, this is so boring. Blah blah blah, name."

"Swiss Cheese."

"Hey, did you know that Abhijeet has a pet cat?"

Cheddar! Stop chatting online!

"Okay, okay. Reason for admittance?"

"Yargh, I'm a pirate!"

Swiss Cheese, Pleasure, Libra 1/8/4/8/4

"Name?"

"Goat Cheese."

"Um...Okay. Reason for admittance?"

"Hyperactivity, I think. Hey, is there a swingset on this lot?"

Goat Cheese, Family, Leo 4/9/3/6/3

"I am SO good at this game! Name?"

"Pepperjack Cheese."

"I won! Reason for admittance?"

"Uh, like, too shallow? Whatever."

Pepperjack Cheese, Popularity, Aries 5/8/6/3/3

Get back to work, Cheddar!

"Okay, okay. Name?"

"Shredded Cheese."

"Reason for admittance?"

"Apparently I'm conflicted."

Shredded Cheese, Fortune, Aries 5/8/6/3/3

"YES! I hit a bullseye!"

CHEDDAR!

"Yes, yes. Name?"

"Provolone Cheese."

"Why are you here?"

"Shh...But, you see, I'm a mime in disguise. No one can know I'm here."

Provolone Cheese, Popularity, Aquarius 3/3/3/10/6

So now you've met everyone! The actual challenge will begin next time.

Welcome to the asylum!

-Night

(I made the pictures extra large, but I don't know if they might be too hard to see. If so, just let me know!)

Meet the beginner of my Homeless challenge, Maximus Matthews. Why Maximus Matthews? Because Maximus sounds like such a regal name and I like irony, and I like alliteration.

His traits are...um, ur...Mooch, Animal lover, Loves the outdoors, and some other ones that probably aren't important. His lifetime want is to find 30 minor creatures in the wild.

This is his home lot after buying enough trees to reduce his money down to $26. I was going to just familyfund it down, but for some reason the cheat didn't work. Any ideas why?

I put him in the little lot right near Stoney Falls, because it's got fishing and plants and stuff, but I don't want him to really visit his home lot too much so I guess he won't stick around here.

He heads to the library to get a head start on charisma. I was planning to have him play guitar to earn money, until he got enough aspiration points to buy the collection helper, and then I could start on his lifetime want. Because seriously, how do you find minor animals without the collection helper?

I have Maximus head to the Langerak household to find someone he can date. But this just goes to show how little I know about sims 3, because I was planning on having him marry Kaylynn (sp?) Langerak. Turns out, she's still a child. Whoops. Instead he finds Zelda Mae, who he's discussing unicorns with. (And she apparently knows he's a hobo, because of the flies circling him ;)) I thought she was Parker Langerak's girlfriend, but apparently she's single. Can someone explain the family relations in that house?

Maximus: Just because I'm a hobo, doesn't mean I'm a criminal.

I think Zelda looks pretty creepy. But hey, their signs are compatible, so I'll go for it.

Maximus borrows the bathroom, but at least he's polite enough to wash his hands. Except you'd think he'd take his gloves off first.

Luckily Zelda makes food so I don't have to mooch.

Then Maximus is getting tired, so I'm sending him to the park when Parker comes to the door, and I get a pop-up bubble: "Maximus is acting inappropriately. If this behavior continues, I'm going to have to ask him to leave." What? He was leaving!

He starts fishing, but his first attempt doesn't go so well.

Luckily he soon learns.

I love the sims lighting, like at dawn when the water's kind of orangey-pink. It's so pretty.

Maximus has to nap on a bench, which takes a while to get his energy up.

On the bright side, now he looks like a real hobo.

I thought these shoes were just perfect for a hobo. But maybe I shouldn't be saying that, because I have a pair that looks kind of like that.

I don't know who the mom is, but that little (girl/boy) there is named Dusty. (She/he) looks like a girl, but I thought Dusty was a boy's name? And Sims 3 does have some pretty trans-gendered clothing...Hmm, I wonder.

Maximus rolled the want to find a coupon, so I fulfilled it. Of course he doesn't have enough money to buy anything even with the coupon, but still.

Maximus met up with Zelda again, and used a pick-up line. These were the first words out of his mouth.
"Hey baby, wanna kiss me?"

"I'm so glad they made the Sims 3, because without it you would have never been created."

Seriously, what does a CD have to do with flirting?

Maximus finally got enough money for a fishing book, which we'll sell in the morning.

I bought him a sleeping bag too, which may be against the rules, but it says nothing about them, so...Oh well. And the other thing is the notepad downloaded from MTS that lets you write novels without computers, but then I didn't want Max to use it so I sold it.

I made Maximus kind of nocturnal, which was mostly accidental. Anyways, he fishes mostly during night now.

This is the reason why I love Sims 3.

So by the rules I was permitted to buy a fire pit but no chairs. So I did, and now...

He looks even more like a hobo. Although he is really irresponsible, leaving a fire going while he's asleep in a (probably) flammable sleeping bag.

In the morning, this townie wearing a horse-riding helmet starts laughing at Maximus. Look at yourself, dude!

And then he keeps poking our fire and burning himself. Idiot.

I tell Maximus to go warm himself by the fire, and he goes and warms his butt. Ah, Maximus.

And then townie guy starts laughing again. Shut up.

I took this picture for two reasons: a., it looks really pretty, but I'm sure you guys have all noticed that. b., Maximus had an opportunity here that gave him some money.

Okay, so I cheated a little bit. I wanted Maximus to cook his fish over the fire, but you can't without a chair...And the rules say you can't get a chair. I bought one anyway, because I figure if you can carry around that giant bonfire then you can carry around a plastic chair.

But can you say hobo???

You think you'd remove the scales first, Max.

The only thing I don't like about sims pets: Really? A wild horse would be running around the town, past people, and still stick to the sidewalk? I don't think so.

Hey lady! Stop stealing our fishing spot!

(Yes, Maximus is there...On the far dock, fishing in the same place the lady is fishing!)

Maximus tries his hand at ocean fishing too, catching a lobster!

The next day Maximus was at the public pool, taking a shower, when my camera zoomed over to the pool. This random old guy (Buster Clavell) was drowning. Again, why I like the Sims 3. People can die of their own accord.

But what interested me more was this guy, who swam over the the wall and pulled himself up! I didn't know they could do that!

Random guy: Frowny face.

Other guy: Man, I'm hungry.

Nice to see people cared.

Here Maximus catches his first shark. I wouldn't keep my hand so close to his mouth, Max.

I think I found where the wild horses hang out. Right next to the booze. Nice one, EAxis.

I just realized how small sims can look. That little black dot right near the center? That's Maximus. I'm not even in map view here.

This charming little dog's name is Lao. There's a kid I don't like at school named Lao...Thank you EAxis for giving me entertainment.

What book is he even reading?

Ok, this is a bit weird. He's toasting an egg. On a stick. I thought maybe he'd pull out a pan and stick it in there, and everything...Nope. He pulled it out and speared it, somehow without breaking it.

I don't think he likes it.

In retrospect I probably should have made him have some scruffy facial hair.

Maximus makes the greatest faces.

This is just to show you that he's still a successful fisherman. This was about the time I realized he could actually make money off of fishing, and not just get food. So no guitar.

Alright, everyone, all together now...SQUEE!!!

Mostly Maximus has just been eating fruits and such, because they're easy to harvest and quicker to eat than fish.

Here's a picture of Maximus in CAS after I added some scruff...And sideburns! Yay for sideburns :)

Ok, I'm probably like the last person to notice this, but ants go up the picnic blanket and into the basket!

I sent Max to go catch a butterfly. He missed, and then did...this.

Geez dude, it's just a butterfly.

If not for the stupid skill bar, this would be a really cool picture.

I love sims pets. So, so, so much.

See, look. As far as I could tell, it was a pregnant wild horse. Or really fat. I prefer pregnant.

But this seemed a little dangerous.

She/he? made it up safe anyway.

Ew! Maximus, stop eating that onion!

Maximus: Mmm mmm, yummy.

He did this on free will too.

Ouch Max, looks like that hurts. Getting your foot stuck in rock...

Really? Garlic this time?

After this he got a bad moodlet.

Max, don't you think it would be easier if you stood on the platform instead of the lower level?

He caught his first robot fish, which was completely awesome.

And then I was roaming the neighborhood, actually looking at his home lot...When I saw a weird light. I almost went by, and then I remembered reading something about unicorn's "aura"...So I zoomed in, and found one!

AND IT HAS A GOATEE!

The unicorn was chomping on a plant and it turned into trash. Interesting. Her/his name was Ayeshi or something, which makes me think it was a girl...But the goatee throws me off.

And of course I sent Maximus to see it.

Maximus: A unicorn!

Ayeshi: Oh good, I was wanting some meat for dinner!

Ayeshi! Don't eat Maximus!

And because nothing is better than hobos and unicorns, I change Maximus's LTW to getting a unicorn. Which was probably stupid, because I was saving up for the collection helper and possibly the inheritance, which would give him money.

I was actually planning to give the LTW to him, then decided to do it with another hobo. Too bad I changed my mind.

Gosh, unicorns are so cool. If you haven't seen one in game, you have to go find one ASAP.

OMG. The unicorn's thought bubble is the cutest thing ever.

How sweet. The grown man and his pet unicorn.

Maximus: I resent that!

Be careful with that horn there, Ayeshi. Don't want to stab my hobo in the eye.

When they became friends, Ayeshi's eyes went all demon-like and I got a sparkling hobo.

Oh god, this is sounding like a bad YA novel.

Then Maximus tried to invite her into his home, but I forgot that you had to be friends with all creatures first.

Maximus: Maybe I can sell this thing for big bucks.

Ayeshi: Can I destroy this guy?

How come I'm the only one with a violent unicorn? WHY?

And yes, he was rejected. Oh well. I'll try again after the challenge is over.

At dawn the unicorn was summoned away in a blast of light.

YA novel alert again!

I hoped he would stay sparkly forever, but he didn't.

He rolled a want to catch a deathfish, and I knew it was in the cemetery, just not that you had to wait until midnight. So I was confused for a little while.

He also picked up the lifefruit. Maybe I'll make ambroisa after the challenge.

Fishing in your undies at the graveyard at midnight. A completely normal occurrence.

And here was his first deathfish, as he was literally falling asleep.

It was the next morning that he got an opportunity to go to the grocery store and give them 15 fish he caught for money. And when he walked out, he got nearly $25,000.

Here is proof. (And yes, that is my beatles wallpaper.) I don't know if it was a glitch or what, because it seemed like a lot of money...But I don't think so. And actually, he had just bought part of the grocery store, so he would have picked up the profits the next day and probably won. Not to mention he had about $1,000 of fish in his inventory still.

And just like that, it was over. It was so sudden, it was strange.

Final thoughts: This challenge was really fun to play, but it didn't really seem like a "challenge" per say. It was more just like a different way to play, and it helped expose me to more. I really enjoyed it, and I'm thinking about maybe playing it again (but not for a while).

-Night

Night's Sims

Sunday, March 18, 2012

Complete list of challenges done

The Doomed Grilled Cheese Asylum Chapter 1

Thursday, March 15, 2012

Super Quick Uglacy: Gen 1

The Super Quick Uglacy: Founders

Wednesday, March 7, 2012

The Homeless Challenge (Sims 3)