January 11, 2023

House 7: Writing and Social Networking - Part 1

Pulmari arrived to her new home on Twinbrook. This time I did build her house, something I hadn't done since house 4. I tried to create something that goes with the other buildings in the town.


This another two skill household, writing and social networking. 

At first, I thought about doing just writing but, even though it's one of my favorite skills, I thought that watching my sims writing all day would be a bit boring. So, I added social networking since they go hand in hand, blogs benefit from high levels of writing (or so says carl's guide which has been an invaluable help in this challenge so far.)


But before starting with the skills of this generation, Pulmari needs to make a couple more sculptures to top her career. Which she achieved by selling about 5 sculptures in the consignment store.

In the midst of sculpting statues Pulmari met Bill Copperfield, Twinbrook policeman. 


Pulmari was going to the consignment store when she saw Bill walking by and immediately invited him to her house. He was one of the possibilities that I had thought of as a possible husband for her. The reason is his red skin.

Thinking that I couldn't lose this opportunity, I set Pulmari on a mission to win him over.


A few hours later Bill joined the household as Pulmari's husband.

Before the day was out, Bill left for university.


Before starting this house, I had already planned that Pulmari's spouse would take the Journalism career. Since Bill is halfway through his adulthood, he would benefit from a degree in communications.


I played Bill's university days mostly on speed 3. The man dedicated himself to studying and attending classes, working on his skills in between. 


During his off hours he toured the campus meeting sims to increase his charisma and in the evenings he practiced writing.


Something to note is that one night he was visited by a thief, whom he arrested thanks to his Can Apprehend Burglar hidden trait.

And that's basically all that happened with Bill in college. 


He did a second period very similar to the first one, I hardly took screenshots except for when he maxed charisma.


Bill graduated with a A and gained a new trait, I chose workaholic to help him with his career. 


Then it was time to return home. Bill uploaded his resume and got a job in Journalism at level 4. From now on, Bill would be known as a journalist who has no problem saying the bad things about Twinbrook residents that everyone knows but no one says.


A few days later, Pulmari was expecting their first child.


Tupungato is friendly and excitable. He is the heir because he is red. 😜 


A couple of days later, his brother Bermejo was born neurotic and couch potato. The brothers are only four days apart in age.


Bermejo is the designated sim to supermax writing, so he is learning it since his first day as a toddler, while Tupungato is practicing his socials skills with his mother to help him supermax social networking in the future.


I don't know why I took this screenshot, maybe because the whole family was skilling? I don't remember but I share it anyway.


There were three birthdays one after another, first Pulmari aged to adult in her studio, at least Bill to cheered for her.


Tupungato aged to child and gained the ambitious trait.


Bill aged to elder the same day as his son.


The next day Bill completed all of his requirements. First, he topped his career and completed his lifetime wish. 


As soon as he got home, he began to write a new article and with that he maxed the writing skill.


And because this sim is a super achiever, the next day he also maxed social networking out.


Not to be outdone by his family, Bermejo also had a birthday, he has the bookworm trait now.


To my shame, I didn't take any screenshots of Bermejo after aging up and on top of that I sent him directly to the computer to start with his first book.


What a bad watcher I am.


December 28, 2022

House 6: Sculpting - Part 3

Calingasta and Pulmari are now teenagers and both received the Savvy Sculptor trait.


Calingasta spent her teen years tied to the sculpting station. My intention was for her to max the skill before her young adult birthday, which she did, so that afterward she could devote herself entirely to her career.


Instead, her sister combined her time between sculpting and cooking, since I have chosen for her The Culinary Librarian Lifetime Wish.


Speaking of LTWs, Lashon reached level 10 of his career and fulfilled his wish while being kicked out of his own presentation. It took a few minutes for the wish to register after he finished his concert, which worried me for a moment, but as he started to walk offstage the game seemed to register that the recital was over and that Lashon had maxed out his career.


The next day, and not to be outdone by her husband, Lileo also topped her work and completed her LTW.


Pulmari hates the outdoors but she automatically chooses this place to do her homework. Sims.


A few days after completing her Lifetime Wish, Lileo made her 25th ice statue and supermaxed the sculpting skill.



Now that Lashon has met his requirements, I've been using him to win a few medals, so instead of retiring he continues to sing, sometimes with not-so-good results.


Right after this, a recital was starting so he didn't have time to go home to take a bath and he had to perform burnt. The public seemed to love the presentation. It was very hot. 😆


That same evening the girls had the prom dance, since I was dealing with Lashon I only have a screenshot of them in the dark.


Although their dresses can be seen in the following photo. Just a few hours after the prom they both maxed out the sculpting skill within minutes of each other.


The girls aged to young adults two days later and Lileo to elder the day before. Graduation came the next day. Lashon seemed a bit confused as to where he was and walked the other way.


Calingasta was voted Most Likely to be a Millionaire, with she already is, and Pulmari was selected Class Valedictorian and Most Likely to Never Leave the House.

Calingasta last trait is Natural Born Performer which I chose to help her in her career as an Acrobat. This is the last requirement for this house before Pulmari can move to the next one. In case it's not clear, Pulmari is the heiress.


Calingasta was a very fun sim to play. She had a lot of problems with her performances, including a dog interrupting her in stage or sabotaging herself by slapping her audience.


I've never played around with the diva trait much and after seeing how much fun it's to see Calingasta doing these things I've realized that I've been missing playing with a great trait.

For her part, Pulmari leads a much quieter life, reading recipes and sculpting.


She completed her Lifetime Wish and supermaxed Sculpting a few days after her birthday. Also bought her building (C-Ment Shoe Factory) and her two unique rewards (Teleportation Pad and Born to Cook).

Unfortunately, not everything was good news in the house, while the girls worked to achieve their goals, Grim made his appearance to take two family members.


First was Lashon who implored for a few more days. Lashon died at 94 and short of 3000 points for a large grave.


Paclín only lasted one day after her bar was full.

Despite her grief, Calingasta maxed out her career and completed her LTW.


Then it was time to wrap up this household. Calingasta and Lileo drove a limousine to a new house with the youngest at the wheel and her mother in the back.



Meanwhile Pulmari was leaving Starlight Shores to start a new life.




House 6 Summary
Skill: Sculpting
 
Lileo
Skills: Supermaxed Sculpting, 10 Charisma, 10 Athletic, 6 Logic, 6 Guitar.
Traits: Makes No Messes, Easily Impressed, Light Sleeper, Friendly, Charismatic, Social Butterfly.
Career: Political
LTW: Lider of the Free World
 
 
Lashon LaVelle
NPC: Singer
Skills: 10 Sculpting, 4 Charisma, 7 Handiness, 3 Logic.
Traits: Good Sense of Humor, Bookworm, Genius, Handy, Good.
Career: Singer
LTW: Vocal Legend
 
 
Calingasta
Skills: 10 Sculpting, 10 Athletic, 3 Charisma, 2 Cooking.
Traits: Athletic, Friendly, Diva, Savvy Sculptor, Natural Born Performer.
Career: Acrobat
LTW: Master Acrobat
 
 
Pulmari (Heir)
Skills: Supermaxed Sculpting, 7 Cooking.
Traits: Hates the Outdoors, Loner, Perfectionist, Savvy Sculptor, Bookworm.
Career: Sculptor – Level 9.
LTW: The Culinary Libriarian
Building/Property: C-Ment Shoe Factory
Unique Rewards:  Teleportation Pad, Born to Cook
 
 
Paclín (female dog)
Skills: 10 Hunting
Traits: Genius, Independent, Non-Destructive, Adventurous, Playful.



September 08, 2022

House 6: Sculpting - Part 2

 Lileo is pregnant and is happy to announce it to Lashon. 


And for the next few days is what occupies her mind, even the phone talk with her boss is focused on her future children. Yes, children, I'm trying to get Lileo to have twins.


Meanwhile Lashon is making good progress in his career, he also takes advantage of the people who gather to watch his show to sing for tips.


As I wanted, Lileo had twins. Green baby in Lileo's arms is Calingasta (athletic and friendly) and the baby on the floor is Pulmari (hates the outdoors and loner). The babies have different personalities but both could serve as heiresses for the next house according to my plans. So for now I have not designated one as such.

Time to confess: Calingasta and Pulmari are the first 6 gen sims that I ever had. I'm more of playing short challenges, besides being an eternal challenge starter that I never finish. But this project has me interested like the first day, so I'm confident that I'll finish it no matter how long it takes me.


The birth of their daughters made both Lileo and Lashon want to get married so I fulfilled their wishes.


They had an intimate wedding in a corner of their house, I could have given them a party since it would go well with their personality, but the truth is I was being lazy.

I used the option to age sims early once in their time life with the girls.



The two girls are quite different but share Lashon's eyes and mouth.


I don't remember if I mentioned it in the previous chapter, but Lileo is the designated sim for supermaxing this house skill. Between giving birth and getting married, she has a lot of free time before going back to work, so she seemed like the logical choice to me, plus her work in politics is not very demanding thanks to her level 10 charisma.


She maxed out sculpting very quickly, though I didn't get to capture the moment. That same day Lileo aged to adult.


She was also in charge of teaching the twins their toddler skills.


Although Lashon helped a little too, keeping the girls' needs in green.


A screenshot of the girls interacting at the block table before they grew up to children. I wish there were more interactions between toddlers.


Calingasta is now a Diva, she's going to be the Acrobat in the family.


Pulmari gained the Perfectionist trait. She'll be in the sculpting self employed career. I gave both of them clothes to represent their future professions.


Calingasta likes to compliment herself a lot. I love the Diva trait.


Pulmari, on the other hand, spends a lot of time watching the news channel. She is a very serious girl.


But despite being so different, they spend a lot of time together, mostly in the sandbox. Poor Pulmari have to suffer the outdoors.



Half through their child age stage, both became best friends thanks to a lot of automatic interactions. They're almost in free will so I'm pleased to see them getting along so well.

While the girls weren't very controlled by me, the same can't be said for Lashon, since I'm making him work very hard in his career. And not only that, because now that I have a very new computer that handles being online just fine, I'm making him win some Showtime medals I never completed.


Focusing so much on his career made me forget about his birthday, so he aged to elder in the middle of a show. Sorry Lashon.


At least that incident didn't make his shows any less popular.


A couple of days after his birthday, he maxed the sculpting skill. Now he can focus only in his career, in which he is already at level 9. 

And finishing this update, a visit from a burglar. 


Sixth consecutive house with a thief.


Lileo is more concerned with supermaxing sculpting than the fighting in the background. The policeman seems to have everything in the bag. Or that's the burglar? Neither Lileo nor I are worried.