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I couldn't do it. Number 4 just isn't as fun as the Sims 3 is and it started to feel like a chore even opening the dang thing. It's a watered down, "app-like" game that feels like it should be attached to Facebook and just hasn't got the depth or feeling of Number 3. So, here I am, attempting terrible love stories once more but in the more FUN version of the game. š
I admit that Number 4 has various pros, despite many cons, but it's just not for me.
Without digressing into ranty babble territory, allow me to break down my intentions for this Legacy (Bad Romance) Challenge. First off, you can find the "proper" rules and regulations at the following link:
https://www.simslegacychallenge.com/legacy-challenge-rules/sims-3-legacy-challenge-rules/
I'm... a terrible person. I am NOT following the rules to the letter. This is what I am doing:
- My Founding Sim will begin her legacy on the largest, expensive property, leaving her with a whole 1800 moneys.
- No cheats except for the odd resetSim.
- No Ambrosia/Longevity/Immortality things, until generation 10 has been reached.
- The first-born shall be known as Heir! Unless a second-or-third-born has the red hair. Then they shall be Heir.
- All traits will be rolled randomly.
- I'm playing on custom life-spans; average of 150 days per sim-life.
- I'm playing on custom time-spans; a sim-day is twice as long as normal.
- I'll be kicking out all household members upon the Heir's ascendance.
I have also downloaded a metric shit-tonne of mods, some of which are cheap in the house-builder. I will utilise them. SHRUG. I use a bunch of NRAAS mods to enhance gameplay and eradicate most bugs. SHRUG.
ONWARD! š
All screenshots in this post were taken by me,
Before we can begin playing the Sims, first we must download the Sims to the new laptop! Pretty straight-forward... until this happens:
I am in Australia, regional Australia, and we have awful internet. Awful. But this really took the cake. My download speed is usually around 1.5MB/s... as you can see from the above screenshot, it was much slower than that. I started this download on Friday afternoon. I didn't actually manage to open the Sims and begin playing until Monday afternoon. Typical. But it did give me the chance to acquire all the necessary mods and extras whilst waiting. š Silver lining.
Meet Alexandria Kael. Generation One. Founder of the great Kael Legacy. She is a kleptomaniac, book worm, natural cook, green thumb, and gatherer. I went with these traits because I intend for her to become a five-star Michelin chef - I need her to read recipes quick-smart - she can 'swipe' things and sell them for much-needed money - and she needs to garden to obtain perfect fruits and vegetables to assist with her amazing cooking skills. Naturally, her Lifetime Wish is to reach Level 10 in the Chef career. She can do eet!
KAEL! (Because... Kael, Kaelci, ahem...) - Just my little proof that she is indeed a Kael.
Fresh off the boat and into her new town, Alexandria Kael decides to stumble her way up the great hill-side of Sunset Valley and purchase an inordinately expensive tract of land. Upon her huge tracts of land, she plops down all that she can afford. A shack that is dwarfed by neighbouring manors. One day this shack may exceed the glory of those beside it!
As though to add insult to her inept lodgings -- lodgings that don't even have a bathroom or kitchen -- it begins to rain! Umbrella-less and unwilling to get saturated and possibly sick, Alexandria begins to better herself and her future prospects by reading a vast array (one) of cook-books. Those Michelin stars await!
It soon becomes evident that she is quite stinky and has no means of rectifying the situation. Luckily, downtown lies a park with a toilet! She can now relieve her bladder and brush her teeth. She brushes her teeth about ten times before beginning her first day of work - with such minty breath, no one will guess that she hasn't bathed! She'll be visiting here quite often...
...that is, until she discovers the gym nearby has toilets, and baths! Crisis averted! Who needs a house with all the amenities when you can just pop downtown and bathe, relaxing in soapy bubbles while people grunt and groan outside the door as they lift weights and burn their fat away on the treadmills. Or dance along to horrible music.
Because this is the Legacy Challenge, obviously dear Alexandria needs to find a mate ASAP. She has to go to work first, scrubbing filthy dishes that the townsfolk soiled and slobbered over, but after her shift she finds a paparazzo taking photos of some lady. Ignorant of societal expectations and celebrity statuses, she decides to interrupt the paparazzo and chat him up. And soon regrets such choices as is evident by the look on her face.
Alexandria says: "Yes, that is so very interesting. Truly. I... I have to go now."
Returning home man-less, yet again, Alexandria indulges in a small bit of shopping! And purchases a new book shelf, upgrades her bed, and acquires the beginnings of what will one day be a wondrous kitchen. Unfortunately, she didn't have enough money for a counter in order to actually prep her food, rendering her makeshift kitchen useless. There will be a day when she creates five-star meals in her own home! Unfortunately, that day is not today.
Despite her failed attempt at a kitchen, life is not so bad! By God, she has a plant! Look how happy she is. š
Because I am a kind and benevolent Sims God who indulges in my Sims whims, Alexandria soon has enough lifetime points to purchase something. Due to her lack of money, lack of kitchen, among lack of other things, I decided to choose Discount Diner - All Restaurant Meals On The House! She will never go hungry again! Hallelujah!
Despite now being capable of eating wherever she likes, whenever she likes, for free, there is a rumble in her tummy and there just happens to be a FREE hotdog eating competition happening at the park! How convenient! She didn't win the competition, but she did win the joy of a full stomach... despite vomiting out much of the hotdogs in the nearby bushes. Let's just say that the Kael Legacy is not beginning in a classy manner.
Amazed by Fireman Sam's hotdog eating prowess, Alexandria informs him that she could make him hotdogs anytime. Alas, before he can accept any invitations, he quickly runs away, presumably to extinguish a possible fire or rescue a cat out of a tree.
His loss...
...Because Alexandria spins around in a huff, her hotdog-filled belly billowing about her in a wave of bloat, and trips over another man who had been staring at her in wide-eyed wonder.
Alexandria says: "Hello, pleasure to meet you."
Christopher says: "I saw you eating hotdogs. I've got a hotdog. Wink."
Buoyed by the prospect of a future husband, Alexandria challenges a weak little old man to a soccer match...
...and soon discovers that she is no match for him. How embarrassing.
Later that evening, and unphased by blatant hotdog references, Alexandria soon discovers where Christopher lives and pops by unannounced. She is pleased with his house, a house that is so unlike her own tiny hut, and eagerly knocks at his door. Has she hit the jackpot? A house! She will endeavour to dig her claws into him and never let him go!
After being invited inside, she gets straight down to business and informs him that she thinks that he is attractive. This is the face he pulled when she said she admires his comb-over and overbite. I can almost hear the Goofy hyucks emanating from his sunken maw. Thankfully, his face soon returns to normal after that odd glitch.
One thing leads to another and young Christopher soon has angry knives and forks stabbing speech bubbles above his head. Taking initiative, Alexandria asks him out to dinner. At the very restaurant she works at. And gets meals for free from. š Score. Unfortunately, for the duration of their meal, they were being watched by a guy just standing there, staring, possibly plotting Alexandria's demise...
Alexandria and Christopher soon part ways, in love, with full stomachs, and with the full moon rising overhead which can only mean - ZOMBIES. Definitely home time.
On Alexandria's way to work the next day, she decides to pick a few flowers in the park before her shift starts. Maybe she'll find a few expensive ones with which she can finally upgrade her shack a bit more! As she traverses the park and festival-goers, however, she comes across a crazed madman shouting to himself, to passersby, to anyone who will listen! about how this is his garden, his park, his damned chess table, and to stay away. STAY AWAY.
She takes note, and stays away. And watches from a distance as he miraculously disappears due to routing glitches.
Despite the crazy start to her day, what, with the madman in the park, and the fact she got locked in the work-freezer for half an hour before anyone could hear her screams and release her, her day has been a good one. She walked into the restaurant a dish-cleaner, and emerged a vegetable slicer. No longer will suds and soap bubbles get into her eyes as she curses the towns-people for their filthy eating habits!
The same towns-people cheer and congratulate her as she steps out of the building, fully aware of her new status at their favourite restaurant. Perhaps the filthy towns-people aren't so bad after all. Perhaps she could make a happy life here in Sunset Valley after all.
Perhaps everything will be okay.
Alexandria rushes home and discovers that she has enough money to finally buy a counter! And build a small bathroom! With hideous tiling, the cheapest toilet and cheapest shower!
It might not be grand. But life is definitely looking up for Alexandria Kael and her dreams of becoming a famous chef, and her dreams of transforming her shack into a house worthy of the Kael name! And her dreams of furthering her lineage and creating a brood of red-haired children!
Until next time. ššš
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