Home Sweet. . .Strangerville?

 

The more I learn about the history of Strangerville the more I know that I need to go there, to study there, and learn there.  It's the perfect example of Science and History merging into something that defies explanation.  The crater drew the military for a reason. The crater drew scientists in droves as well. Nothing is resolved?Nothing!  The more I don't learn about the scientific break throughs coming from Strangerville the longer it feels like to graduation.  My family knows my plan is to spend the summer there before University in the Fall.  They aren't thrilled that I'm leaving right after graduation but  I've already found the cutest little house with a view of the crater to rent. 

I did it!  Graduation is in the rear view and a summer in Strangerville starts this weekend!  I got a part-time job at Moondoe's Coffee Shop which gives me access to the locals, time to discover my own secrets of Strangerville, and a bit of income to tide me through the summer.  Tomorrow?  The adventure begins.  I've got 75 days to figure it all out. 
 

A Message from The Almighty Ruler of Everything

So, it's obvious that it's been more than a minute since I created something with my Simmies.  Long story short the computer that housed the Apocalypse Challenge, and Janabel, died an unnatural death.  There was a lot of mourning (more than even for Janabel) and the entire challenge was lost.  New computer was procured but Sims time was not something that happened and as a real slacker I never got around to downloading my Sims games to the computer.  Fast forward about 2.5 years and the new computer started having keyboard issues.  As in I had intermittent access to the R, F, and B keys.  That was obviously an issue so hello computer warranty and yet another new computer.  Within the first couple of weeks I downloaded the Sims because well, it had been entirely too long. 

The Triumph Challenge is toast which continues to leave me mournful as they were so much fun, I mean come on the nose people the nose.  Doo Rag will always come to the front of my mind when I see an absurd Sims nose. Please feel free to visit the family again through the stories that were posted but they will not return.  There will be a new Sims 2 Apocalypse challenge in the future but I don't think I'm going to jump right back into that.  It will be too hard to separate from the glory that was Tiffani and Doo Rag and Janabel and the whole entourage of Sims.  I'm feeling out challenge ideas to get me back in the game and I think I'm going to roll with the Big Brother Challenge for Sims 4 for now. I'm working on the perfect BB house and auditioning for contestants.  Have a Sim you would like to suggest for the house?  Please send an application my way!  In the meantime, be on the lookout for some serious summer time drama to head to this space soon!

Fizzy's Big Brother House Summer 2020 Application

Sims Name:

Gender:

Age:

Aspiration:

Traits:

Current Career (they will need to take time off work to complete this challenge): 

Please provide a short reason on why this Sim is the perfect addition to the Big Brother House:

Please upload with the hashtag #FizzyBB2020

Gemini: The Crime Boss (Chapter 9)

Months have passed since our last installment and Glenna's given birth to baby number three. Another little girl named Lissa.  She was also promoted to #9. Bestselling author. Just one level to go before we unlock the the author career! Our first unlocked career of this challenge.

Ames' and Glenna's fun and social bottomed out during this pregnancy and despite my better judgement...I let them try for baby #4.

Lissa becomes toddler!

 Lissa grew into a really cute toddler and Glenna gave birth to Dominick. The first boy for the couple.

Not that they really care about the gender. They're just trying to repopulate the world and have as many children as they can to unlock careers. These two are all business!

Ames spun the want to try for a baby and Glenna couldn't say no. I'm going to have to talk to that girl because Dom's still a baby and yep...she's pregnant again with baby #5. Remember, we can't even cook food and have to live off harvestables. We can't garden either...I'm concerned about how to feed all of these kids! Luckily, the school feed them during the day but the weekends are difficult. I'm terrified that we're going to have a kid or two taken away by social services.  Somehow, we're surviving. I just don't know if this is sustainable for much longer. Especially if she keeps having more and more kids!

While waiting for baby #5, Cassie grew to teen and Dominick grew to toddler. Ames aged to elder and Glenna becomes an elder as soon as baby arrives. Anyone ready for a bombshell? I have a confession but first, you have to go back and read this chapter of my legacy. Give me guesses as to what the bombshell is and I'll reveal in the next chapter whether or not your guesses were correct. Sorry, y'all, I really did give the story a good go and it would have been far more dramatic but I still think some of you will be surprised.

http://mysimslifelegacy.blogspot.com/2017/02/scarlet-alexa-generation-8-chapter-4.html

Laurel Bloodworth: Gen 1, Chapter 1

A new legacy is underway! You can read an introduction to the Bloodworth legacy here. Can I really call it an introduction when I gave absolutely no information about my sim? I'm telling you, The Maker doesn't have it together these days!

Let me give another quick introduction. Meet Laurel Bloodworth. Since I have a new expansion pack, I decided to give her a creativity aspiration. she is a Master Actress and has the following traits: Cheerful, Music lover and Dance Machine.

Since I'm doing the extreme start with her, she has no money and an empty lot. Did I mention that it is winter? It's important that my sim earns money right away and hopefully, she finds a spouse so someone else can contribute to household funds.

Because things are so dire, I decided to send Laurel down to the club so she could use the bathroom, the mirrors to work on charisma and also look for a hunk of man candy.   The club had Marcus Flex working as a bouncer and  I thought that I would be able to flirt my way inside. Unfortunately, I misread the pie menu. It actually said FIGHT instead of FLIRT.  OI vey.

Poor Laurel got her butt kicked. I decided to leave this lot and go to a different lounge. Luckily, they had free chips, a bathroom, AND a couple of cute guys. Which she's busy chatting up.

This guy seems really interested in Laurel. He's not too bad to look at either. Despite some weird name that I can't pronounce. If she marries him, his name is definitely going to be changed. I think EA decided to choose some random letters to throw them together.

However, there's not much time for socializing. I had wasted no time with setting Laurel up with a job and she has an audition scheduled Monday at 7 p.m. After exchanging numbers with Mr. Weird Name, I took a few minutes for her to work on her acting and charisma skills in the mirror. She also grabbed a nap on the couch. Remember? No bed on her home lot.

She was rested enough to go to her first audition and got the part! I was beyond relieved because this girl has no money beyond what she earned by selling time capsules that she dug up. She needs to eat and she needs to pay her bills!

Unfortunately, the pay absolutely stinks. 400.00 is great for one day of work but she has to audition for a new part and then wait for another day of filming before she gets paid again.

This just isn't going to do. She needs a bed to sleep in and still has to purchase four more Knights of the Octagon Table to pay off her loan.

At this rate, it's not going to happen. So, with her best interests at heart, I sent her to the spice festival with the first cute guy who chatted her up, Mr. Weird Name. They hit it off, fell in love, and she proposed right then and there!

Mr. Nameless' new name is Victor LeBlanc. He wants to become a bestselling author. Which is fine with me. Authors tend to make quite a bit of money. They quickly eloped and are now living out of Orchid a Go-Go lounge. Sleeping on the couches, eating olives for breakfast and showering at the local gym.

Between his and her first paycheck, they managed to pay the mortgage on their empty lot. Thank goodness!  To celebrate, I bought them a tent...I couldn't find anything in the rules that said this was a no-no.

Let's just hope that I don't get any "oops" babies due to my risky woohoo mod. Yes, I know that's cheating but I like a challenge and actually find that it compliments the Legacy Challenge greatly. Because, otherwise, I might get my heir and never let my sims "Try for Baby" again!

Laurel is busy at work with her career and I managed to snag a couple promotions. This part of play would be fairly boring for you all to live through but I do want to share Laurel's role that won her a promotion.

and how she celebrated her promotion...

in her first cute little house! Yes, folks, they have a house and I honestly don't care that the rules say that I can't demolish this place and start over...I am not great with building and I really don't see why it's against the rule to buy a new house. I'm straight up warning you all that you will see this house be replaced at some point! For now, I am just happy that we're out of the tent!

The future is looking bright for Laurel. Let's just hope she can keep getting promotions and paying for the bills because...I suspect gen 2 might be in the works. Stay tuned to find out if our promotion celebration resulted in a baby. Cause, the maker "accidentally" chose, "try for baby!"

Bloodworth Legacy Introduction

Another legacy challenge? I know, I know... you're probably wondering why I'm starting a new Legacy when I've never finished my apocalypse challenge. Well, the answer is simple, The Maker is fickle.

So, here's the deal, if you're totally sick of legacy challenges and don't want to read mine? Okay. But, the Maker is going to do what The Maker does. That's make sim's lives as miserable as possible and the new extreme start for Seasons and Get Famous sounds like the perfect way to do that!

So...let's do this thing!

Getting Started 

Meet Laurel Bloodworth. She is a young adult that will be doing the NEW ULTRA EXTREME START FOR GET FAMOUS’S CHATEAU PEAK LOT. 

Start the game in Winter

•         Use freerealestate on cheat to get the Chateau Peak lot for “free” (make sure to choose “Bulldoze lot when choosing Chateau Peak to move into)
•         Move Sim onto the now empty Chateau Peak Lot
•         Purchase the Knight of the Octagon Table and then use the money cheat to bring the Sim’s funds to 0

 Laurel is not happy about having to say goodbye to this lovely mansion and she's a little worried that she might freeze seeing that it is winter. I guess I better change her into warm clothing since she has no money and no house. 


She will also have to buy 4 more Knights of the octogan table befor her death and deal with an embarrassed moodlet from having a "Celebrity Home" trait.

Now we're ready to move on to the next step, Succession Laws.

Gender Law

Strict Matriarchy: The Founder must be female. Only girls are eligible to be named heir. Male children cannot, under any circumstance, ever be the heir to the next generation. 

Bloodline Law

Strict Traditional : To be eligible to be named heir, a child must be naturally born from their previous-generation parents and be able to trace an unbroken bloodline back to the founder. Adopted children may never be named heir.

Heir Law

Random: The title of heir is randomly selected from the pool of all eligible children. Every time the eligible pool changes size, The heir must be re-rolled using the new pool. 

Species Law

Brood – Heirs must be carried in a pregnancy by the previous heir, regardless of the heir’s gender.

 I won't bore you all with the Gameplay Rules but you can find them here! http://www.simslegacychallenge.com/sims-4-legacy-challenge-gameplay-rules/

Ready to play! Let's hope I survive this first generation. I'm not feeling hopeful!