Ultimate Sim Challenge - 2020-2021 Edition

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Brittany is supposed to turn at least one Sim into a werewolf and what better choice than a roommate. This way he can help with hunting.

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She has also been continuing to hunt and work on her alchemy skill. It is a free skill so she has a long time to finish it.

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Thursday morning, Brittany went to the festival and got her picture taken. Hardly anyone was there so I had her leave to do an opportunity.

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Returning to the festival, Brittany participated in a hotdog eating contest. The rules don't say you have to do this but the challenge creator did mention to do as many things as you can think of that a Sim can do. She didn't win but didn't vomit until 2 hours later.

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Later that evening, she took a trip to China for a few reasons. One reason was to buy books she'll need later in the challenge but also to buy items she'll need. The main thing was to get several chests to store her collectibles and other items in, and to do some hunting.

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Speaking of hunting, Brittany found all the gems from all EP's I currently have. Now she needs about 16 insects and 5 metals. I bought her some shower-in-a-can's and a tent so she could stay anywhere I choose. She doesn't need the bathroom though as she has a steel bladder.

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Lastly, her rebel influence skill went down so a quick rant fixed it. She has to maintain a level 10 in all influence's eventually, although the other two will come in later seasons. For those of you who don't know, each season has it's own goals as well as a different town. Currently, I don't own all towns but I plan on trying to get them. If not, it's no big deal as I can just combine two seasons or find a custom world. Any world will work as long as it has townies she can marry.

***That's it for tonight. Going to play tonight then this story takes a hiatus so I can play other saves. I should return with another update sometime next week or over the weekend possibly.

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Brittany continued to hunt in China and she found all the gems there. She found a few missing metals but hardly any of the insects I don't have. I still have some items that are in Showtime and Island Paradise but I'll get those items when I get new copies of those EP's.

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I could have had her talk with a local when her social meter went down but I decided to have her call her friend, Christopher Steel, instead. She seems very happy to be talking with her future husband.

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Brittany found another of the missing metals and now I only need to find Iridium (at least until I get the two remaining EP's).

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I decided to give her a bit of a vacation for her remaining time. She can't do tombs until season 19 which will more than likely be the end of the year or first part of 2021. It all depends on how fast the seasons go in the near future, I think later ones will go faster though. Anyway, she seems really happy that China makes her favorite food: steak.

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Back at home, I set up all the chests like I did in the other attempts. The tip was from the challenge creator and is a nice way of keeping everything she has to keep. From the left we have, adventure items, ITF items, insects, metals, gems, university items, fish, and kids stuff. There are two others not pictured and they are for elixirs and something else.

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Brittany had several Tiberium gems to cut so I sent her to the alchemy store. I could have gotten her a machine for the house but I got to consign them anyway so might as well do it at one place.

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Next, I sent her over to the Weather Stone and asked it to bring a Hunter's Storm successfully. This makes it easier to find the more rare items.

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For the next three hours, Brittany ran around searching for items but the only thing she found was a butterfly she is missing. This makes 13 or 14 remaining, at least for now.

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Afterwards, I sent her to the Bistro for a celebrity opportunity and for supper. She met Morgana Wolff and they talked about a variety of things. Currently, SP is off and is running on EA's version. I will be turning the NRaas one after Brittany and Christopher start dating. I just don't want anyone snagging him before she gets with him.

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Then Leighton Sekemoto invited her to his pool party. He doesn't have a pool and the Hunters Storm brought snow in summertime but Brittany chatted with him anyway. It also looks like Boyd Wainwright followed her from the Bistro to attend the party.

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And look who else showed up. Christopher was at the party so Brittany had a nice chat with him. She even hinted that he should move in with her and he said yes! They are only friends but he'll be a big help with the daycare profession. I'll probably give him a job with open hours so he'll be free when I need him.

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Christopher did his own thing for a bit while Brittany brewed a Potent Invigorating Elixir. She mostly sleeps but sometimes I'll let her use one of these to stay up 24 hours. It's just a good way to get things done when I need her to have more time.

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Later that night, Brittany and Christopher had a chat that led to flirting. Soon after, Brittany surprised him with a spur of the moment kiss. Christopher responded passionately and then the two became boyfriend and girlfriend. I'll hold off on a wedding and children for a while for two reasons. Adding Lauren (their daughter in the other attempts) now would add another toddler, which Brittany doesn't need right now with the daycare. Secondly, I'm going with a timeline similar to the other attempts on when she'll be born. This will be one time I'll cheat to ensure the right gender and also to edit the baby to look like the original Lauren Steel.

***And this will be the last update for a few days. I'm playing another save tonight with a Sim similar to Brittany. Her name is Ava Sinclair and she is actually the 'mother' of Brittany. They share the same slider values except Brittany has her 'fathers' mouth (at least before a few slight edits).

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Saturday (Week 1) morning, Brittany worked on her alchemy skill and brewed up some elixirs to use. She needs to get started on throwing 50 elixirs.

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Christopher woke up and he was very happy to find pancakes in the refrigerator. Abraham Finkel must have made them as I know Brittany didn't.

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Since the weather was nice, I had her throw a pool party. She can't use the pool as she doesn't unlock athletics until Twinbrook which is season three of the nineteen seasons.

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I invited Leighton Sekemoto over but I didn't invite any of the children. However, Brittany was very happy to see Sam as she hadn't seen him since he left daycare.

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Nobody wanted to use the pool so I made Christopher do some diving. Later on, a few people did use it but the majority either danced or used the sprinkler for fun.

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I have no idea what was going on that led to this but I later found Beau Andrews fighting with Christopher. Apparently he was complaining about something so I had Christopher tell him to leave. Beau left but said the party wasn't fun and he didn't enjoy it.

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Christopher and Brittany shared some alone time together when the guests decided to leave. They are standing in water because Christopher didn't mop after fixing the sink.

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Christopher went to bed but I decided to have Brittany run around town to do a few things. Here she is cutting more gems to sell as she still has a bunch of leftover ones.

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I had thought all the guests had left but in the early hours of the next morning, Gus Hart was still there playing with the dollhouse. I had something planned for him. :naughty:

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First of all, I had her throw a potent melancholy elixir at him which made him angry. Then she threw a potent bliss elixir at him before throwing Flask of Sleep at him. Fortunately, he didn't fall asleep here but took off.

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Brittany and Christopher had their first breakfast together at the same time. The previous day, they ate separately.

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Unfortunately, Christopher and Brittany's romantic time Saturday caused Christopher to be accused of woohoo with an occult. He headed to City Hall and successfully sued the other party. Afterwards, I sent him to take a few classes around town to make him a well rounded Sim.

***More to come in a bit, working on feedback on another thread first.

Whoops, posted my update on another thread I post on that we all share stories on and forgot to share it to this thread (the full story thread). Anyway, here is the 2nd part to the previous update.

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Since Christopher was gone, Brittany worked a bit more on her alchemy skill. She's getting closer to gaining a skill point, a protest may be in the cards soon to get this done a bit faster.

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I had Brittany take Abraham with her to gain favor with the Weather Stone again. These two then hunted together (well, not really. It was a group hunt but Abraham read a book the entire time) but they didn't find anything that she is missing for her collection.

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One of the skill challenges for social networking says you must meet 25 Sims using the SimFinder app. Brittany met a couple but will meet some more later. I'm only meeting 5 in the first five towns as I don't want all the pudding running around.

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Monday was Brittany's first day back at the daycare career but she slow danced with Christopher while waiting for the children.

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The kids showed up a bit after 9am and Brittany went to work. Christopher helped out too and they got things done a bit quicker than she does alone.

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Unfortunately, I got interrupted when Sue burnt the sink and counter with her flame breath. She ate hot food that caused her to do this. Luckily Christopher and Brittany got it out but I think it may have dragged the childrens needs down. Then, to top it off, Brittany scared the children when the full moon forced a transformation. Brittany had two kids in good moods and only one in great so she didn't get much progress on her bar. I'm just hoping she completes the job before the four weeks are up, otherwise she'll have to continue until she reaches the top.

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The other household members went to bed so I had her do some hunting. Yet again, she didn't find any missing items.

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Lastly, while Brittany hunted, Sue Scotch was abducted. At least I don't have to worry about a pregnancy.

***I'll return with another update no later than Thursday, unless something happens. I didn't end up playing tonight but I do plan on doing so tomorrow. I hope you all enjoy these updates, there is much more to come in the coming weeks.

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This time, Brittany threw only beneficial elixirs at Gage Briody. She even threw a Jar of Potent Friendship elixir at him to be nice.

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With that taken care of, I had her go upstairs to work on the skill some more. Eventually she'll have to have one of every elixir in the chest marked for alchemy and logic potions but for now I'm using them for the throw 50.

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Then it was off to France to buy some items she'll need later in the challenge. Egypt will be coming up once the 2 day moodlet goes away from this trip to France.

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After that, she spent most of her time running around hunting. She had no luck finding anything she needed so a different approach was needed.

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But before the new approach could be taken, her rebel influence dropped to 9 so I had to have her rant about politics to bring it back up.

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The new approach was to use the Collection Helper to find the items. However, Brittany doesn't have it yet as she needed the points for other LTR's so a trip to Carl's Sims Guide showed me all known spawner locations in France. It's not considered cheating in my books so I'm using that until I get the points. Unfortunately, you don't know what the item is either way so it's not the best option either. She did find the iridium she was missing plus the space rock in the first picture.

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By this time, she was getting tired so I had her set up her tent on a vacant lot to sleep for the night. These two came and bothered her so Brittany threw some elixirs at them.

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Lastly, Brittany found several of the insects she needs but there are still some missing. I also had to let her swim to get to a little island as it had spawners. What I'll do if she gets any athletic skill is to use MC to bring it back to 0, as Llandros said you can do. Athletics is a metric for the firefighting career so that's why he made it where it doesn't unlock until then. Another career uses it too so Llandros uses MC to start the skill over in that career. I'm not doing that though unless I have to.

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Brittany continued to hunt around Egypt but she didn't have any luck finding what she needed. I'll wait until I get the Collection Helper as it's better than using maps online. Anyway, I sent her home early as I wanted her back in Sunset Valley for a better update. Travel pics at this stage are a bit boring.

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Back at home, Brittany met another Sim using the Sim Finder App. She'll meet a couple more here but will save the other 20 for the next few towns.

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I also had her read some of the elixir recipe books, right when it started to pour. I let her finish then had her run inside.

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Christopher decided to use the computer for whatever he wanted to do. I mainly focus on Brittany in the updates but I take control of Christopher some too, but he mostly does his own thing.

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He also spent some romantic time with Brittany. They don't get much of this during the work days.

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Later, Brittany went upstairs to use the alchemy station. She's getting closer to reaching the top but it's taking her a bit to finish learning the recipes.

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Christopher had another celebrity opportunity so I sent him to the hospital to complete it. His wife in another save, Blair Wainwright, just happened to be behind him.

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Brittany did some hunting but she got the same opportunity Christopher had. I sent her over and also had her meet some people around town again.

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Then it was time to buy elixirs and ingredients as well as cutting more gems. She also spent some time throwing elixirs at random people, which she is almost finished on.

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It's a bit dark in this picture but Brittany headed home after the above and read some more of the elixir recipes.

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She wanted to pillow fight with Abraham so I let her do that. She needs to have fun every once in a while.

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Then it was time to take care of the children again. She got four toddlers due to her recent promotion and Christopher helped her again. By the time this was finished, all four kids were in great moods and gave Brittany a hefty boost toward her next promotion.

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Christopher and Brittany ate their breakfast together again, and I mean again as this is part of the day I had to replay when my computer cord shorted out.

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Christopher then went to the third floor to start a small garden. He only planted some ingredients for Invigorating Elixirs.

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Afterwards, I sent Brittany and Christopher to the park. Brittany went skating and Christopher was supposed to as well but Tori Kimura decided to give birth then.

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Brittany ended up getting too cold so I continued their date at Varg's Tavern. Hardly anyone was there so it worked out well for them. After that, I sent them to eat at the Bistro then home for shower woohoo before heading to bed.

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Brittany ate breakfast the following day then I had her immediately work on 150 elixirs. She's getting close, just a few more to go.

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Later, I had her go looking for more life fruit. It's not so much for her now as it is for Christopher as I'm keeping him younger a bit so he won't be too old when I have them have Lauren. Anyway, apparently Zelda Mae and Jamie Jolina's romantic relationship is in bad shape. I turned up my settings a bit so gender preference is varied.

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Cycl0n3 and Hank aren't getting along either. They are not a couple as Hank is still with Pauline but they do not like each other. I've been reading a story where these two make fun of each other so it's a bit funny they are fighting in my game.

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Sunday came around and with it came the first day of spring. Christopher decided to do this autonomously, I just snapped the pic.

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Fiona McIrish (or as I called her, McSimbot) happened to be at Aleister's Alchemy Store so I had Brittany through a Potent Cure Elixir at her. She sure does seem happy to be back to normal.

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Back at home, Brittany had a wish to hunt with a pack. I don't know why but every time I do that, the other members don't want to hunt with her. I'm not sure if you need to have at least three werewolves or if something is wrong but it at least completed the wish.

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On Monday, Brittany only had one toddler to take care of. That part went very well and the kid was in a swing in no time.

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I was going to have her teach him to walk but his needs went down so I put him back in the swing.

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The part I struggled with was when the four elementary school kids came. You have to try and get them to do homework but there really isn't enough time to do so. Let's hope tonights gameplay goes better or Brittany will have to go for a 5th week of daycare.

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Not a lot to comment on. Brittany found some random things to do before daycare starts. She chatted with someone random then also made some more elixirs.

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Christopher woke up and harvest the wolfsbane. I'm trying to get his gardening skill up so he can grow life fruit. I can also use Young Again Elixirs for Brittany but I want to keep life fruit for Christopher so he lives just a tad bit longer than he normally would.

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She then took care of the one toddler until the older kids came. Brittany gained a nice amount of experience so she may not have to go extra days.

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After the day was over, I sent her off to the restaurant to finish off an opportunity. Here, she is talking with Darlene Bunch for the talking to three people part of the opportunity. It got her $2000 and some celebrity points.

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Then on Wednesday morning, Brittany and Christopher watched TV together before daycare started. Brittany had another successful day and was lucky enough to get her final promotion. She will continue in the daycare career until Saturday then on Week 5 Day 1, she'll start the business career. What I plan on doing is to play through Saturday then take a break to play another save file before returning to this one.

***Short and sweet. There wasn't really a ton of things to take pictures of, hence the small update.

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Saturday morning came around and our young couple ate breakfast together. Today was the day for their wedding so I had them take care of their needs.

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Christopher then took care of the two wolfsbane plants as well as his one mushroom. He is somewhere around level 7 gardening, heading towards 8.

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Then it was time for the wedding. A lot of Sunset Valley's older townies and some of the younger generations were among the guests. Also, Abraham and Sue attended as well as the male maid the family hired.

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Exchanging rings and vows.

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(Re)Introducing, Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Steel! Now that they are married, Christopher is getting cut off from life fruit. He has around a week until aging to Adult so he'll still be around most if not all of Sunset Valley.

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Time to cut the cake. Brittany was a little bit later getting there so Christopher went ahead and cut the cake. Most of the guests should be familiar to most of you.

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Christopher and Brittany were lucky as they got their cake without any issue. Sam Sekemoto decided to sit with his former caretaker and was happy to be invited.

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I had Brittany initiate some fun with the sprinkler and had her invite some Sims to join her. This helped make the wedding more enjoyable for the guests.

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Consummating the marriage, although she won't get pregnant until the following week. It'll be nice to have a kid to develop again in a save, last time there child was pretty much an Ultimate Sim herself (at least in skills).

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We've made it past the first four weeks in Sunset Valley. There are 6 more weeks to finish before the family can move to the next town. Brittany quit the daycare job then uploaded her resume. She will start at level 4 in the Business career when I come back from my short hiatus of the challenge.

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She's also kind of lucky because she is at least acquaintances with her coworkers already. I just used the transmogrifier so she is best friends with her boss and her coworkers. Promotions should come rather quickly as I know they did the last time too.

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And lastly, she found a Trilobite Beetle which makes 7 more insects to go. I sent her to China afterwards to look for a Red Assassin Bug but she didn't have any luck. She'll probably have to go back some time after the hiatus.