Goal is to complete High school with a graduation with honours then enrol into university and complete the Academic aspiration. Have a house by the time you start your first job after university. A house has to have at least one bedroom, one bathroom, one kitchen and one lounge, if it’s bigger, it’s a bonus ;)
Start with a Teen sim
Aging on long ( we want to have fun not stress and feel chased so we don't enjoy the challenge)
Academic aspiration and any traits you want to pick
Move into Little Falls Nook in Copperdale
Place a little tent if you don’t have the pack you can place the cheapest single bed and build a 3x2 wall around it and place the cheapest door. This is to protect your sim from seasons, if you don’t have seasons then you can just have the empty lot and sleep on benches.
Testingcheats true and then Money 0
Follow to school on Monday, Wednesday and Friday
Go to the old style school Tuesday and Thursday (sent alone) this is to work around the progress bug we currently have in Highschool ;)
Only stay in Copperdale until you can go to university.
Not allowed in houses and other worlds but can use community lots including the High school
No jobs, but can collect collectibles and sell until you can make your own money with crafts you purchase eg easel or knitting basket. You are not allowed to use Plopsy to sell items and clothing to make money. Thrifty can be used, but you are only to sell outfits for double their amount they are worth, no more simoleons than that at any time. You can only sell one outfit a day.
No cheats for needs, but can use aspiration rewards if you want too
Gameplay options is up to personal preference. I will be disabling dust, the wants and fears and celebrity status.
We might adjust the rules as we play this as I did a quick play through with cheats to see if it can be done, it will be hard without cheating but I am sure we can achieve this with aging long. As with all my challenges, this needs to be fun for you, so if you need to adjust the rules to make it more fun for you feel free to do so.
This is my sim Miranda https://i.imgur.com/Wb6yh9g.png Her money is set to 0 after I gave her the little tent to sleep in to keep her save from season deaths
I hope you guys will enjoy this, I am starting this soon, not today though, I did the testing and setting up today ;)
After an exciting day yesterday, Ali got a head start on her courseload for Term 1. Her schedule is as follows.
Beginning Brushwork M-W-F 9:30 AM - 10:55 AM (Final Exam)
If It Ain't Baroque T & TH 8:00 AM - 9:25 AM (Term Paper)
Go Figure T & TH 9:30 Am - 10:55 AM (Presentation)
Spin, Snag, Swag, Dance T & TH 11:00 AM - 12:25 PM (Term Paper)
Soccer M-T-W-TH-F-Sat 6:00 PM - 9 PM
Dang! Tuesday and Thursday are back-to-back classes.
Now from past experience, it is best to do the homework for the class that is coming up first, and then work on the presentation. It normally takes 2 attempts to do a good presentation, and you can only submit it during certain times during the week. Term papers can be written once, revised, and then submitted on-line anytime. So, yeah, presentations take more time as you travel to a "rabbit hole" to present.
So, since her first class in Beginning Brushwork is on Monday, she starts with that homework first. And with all the desks and tables available in her residence to do her homework, Ali decides to sit on the floor instead! lol
There is a debate competition going on at the quad, but Ali has a lot of work to do before Monday, so she stays in her dorm to work on her presentation instead. Oh gosh...she keeps poking herself with a thumb tack.
Her first attempt at her presentation is poor quality, so she sees one of her roomies, Arjun Gahdi walk by and asks him for feedback. He is in Art History and gives her a few pointers. She re-does her presentation with his suggestions, and now it is outstanding. Yes! She will submit this after class on Monday.
Ali then realized she had a game tonight and needed to practice her juggling. She decides to head outside and calls her teammates to come and practice with her. There are three of them (so far).
And then right before the game, the Spirit Squad set up on the quad again. Ali invites Jacob again, but it must take a long time to get from Moonwood Mill to UBrite. (We need to get Jacob werewolf superspeed so he can get there faster! lol).
It is also the Romance Festival in San Myshuno and Ali gets this pop-up from some mysterious admirer. What? Who are you? Kiss you? How rude! No way! I have a boyfriend! Ewwww!
Ali has no idea who that even was calling her (and neither does the Watcher! lol) To take her mind off of the call, she does a keg stand with her teammate, and is successful! Oh Al! First keg stand and you did it! You rock girl!
Ali does some soccer juggling with the Foxbury mascot. (Ali asked for a selfie with Darby, her own uni mascot and he/she told her no. I almost had Ali stink bomb them. lol The nerve! And Ali is on the soccer team!)
And Jacob does show up, but by the time he gets there, Ali has to head to her game. Oh gosh! So Jacob just gives Ali a high five and wishes her good luck on her first game.
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While Ali is running to the game, she sees that the two uni mascots are in a fight! lol Ali is secretly happy that the Foxbury mascot won! lol Who is that girl under the UBrite mascot costume and why does she dislike Ali so much? Hmmmph!
While eating her sweet corn pizza, Ali hears some fireworks! Oh how fun! It must be because UBrite won the soccer game! Ali thinks of Jacob and wishes he could be there with her to share in her post-game happiness, and have a piece of 'za with her.
It's already Sunday and high school graduation is tonight and Ali is sadly behind in her homework and getting some term papers written. Gah! It looks like she will be doing homework and writing term papers all day until her high school grad. Geez!
At promptly 6pm, Ali was whisked off to the high school auditorium for her graduation. I had read several articles on this, and dressed her in a high school robe and gown, but when she got there, the game just changed her out of it into a regular black robe.
And then I looked around. Where were all her friends who were going to be here aged up to young adults? The only sims she saw there was Duane, who was in a special gown, and she later learned that he was the Valedictorian. They took a photo together with the grad backdrop.
Other sims she recognized were Kaori, although Kaori wasn't dressed in a grad gown, Jacob was there wearing his grad gown, and another one of her friends, Kenji Ishii (an NPC) was there also wearing a grad gown.. Were these the only ones who were attending graduation? What happened? Why didn't the game age all her friends up? If I had known this would happen, I would have gone around the worlds, and aged everyone up to Young adult before high school graduation.
So, instead, I had Ali just invite her friends to hang out at the current lot, so they would show up and it would look like they were graduating. To say the least, I was sadly disappointed that this had happened.
And it's time for Duane to give the graduating speech and he does a great job of inspiring everyone. One of Ali's uni roomies followed her to high school graduation. I wonder why? Oh gosh, please don't tell me he has a crush on her. (The guy on the right with the black and white top on),
Ali blows Jacob am autonomous kiss before the ceremony.
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Then it's time for the diplomas to be handed out, and Ali's name is called and she heads to the stage. Her principal, Mei Prescott, certainly looks different than she did during her high school days. Congrats Ali! You did it! Woot! Graduate with honors.
I was so expecting something better than what happened at her high school graduation. But, it was fine, since Ali just invited her friends there. After this happened, I did go into all the worlds, and aged-up all the teens there, just didn't age up the ones who were Not In World, so they remain teens. I just looked at what skills they had gotten and what their likes and dislikes were and just randomly chose their Young Adult trait for them. For the ones who had a teen aspiration, I just chose one that was similar, so those who had Goal-Oriented have the Academic uni trait.
When I went to Sulani, Duane Talla had already aged up to YA, so his YA trait was randomly assigned by the game, which was Loves the Outdoors. That suits him.
And the game also created these pairings:
Hugo Villareal with an NPC townie, Saya Matsuda. Ali may have suggested they meet. They are now boyfriend/girlfriend.
Liam Beckett and Morgan Fyres are boyfriend/girlfriend.
Wolfgang Munch had a photo booth pic with Greta Laurent in his inventory. Now that was interesting!!! But when I had Wolfgang go over and try to chat up Greta, they really do not get on very well together. Ali will try to match him up with someone else.
And maybe this was the reason Greta was not interested in Wolfgang, because she and Kiyoshi Ito are a hot item, and are now boyfriend/girlfriend.
Classes begin! It was a fun-filled weekend, and Ali is now an official high school graduate. She somehow managed to finish all her homework for all her classes. She also did her presentation and revised it to outstanding, and wrote and revised two term papers and submitted both of those. Ali is pretty excited about her first class, and heads off to class early.
While she is waiting, she decides to go to the UBrite kiosk stall which is close to the building where her class is and purchases the Fine Arts uni textbook. Gah! Uni textbooks are expensive! Isn't there a used bookstore around here or something? Oh well, she purchases the book and then goes to her first class and takes notes and listens actively.
After her class, she doesn't look too happy. (Cover photo) Yep, she got a sudden mood swing because of her hot-headed trait. Oh geez! Thank goodness it's her only class today. She heads off to give her presentation. Let's hope her mood improves and she gets a good presentation grade.
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When she comes back from her presentation, she is in a better mood. She decides to head to UBrite Commons for some (free) lunch.
After lunch, she does her homework for the class she had this morning. And...her hunky roomie who followed her to her high school grad last night, has now followed her to UBrite Commons. Oh no! Does she have a stalker...or...is he just in the same place she is all the time?
Ali is now a member and starts painting a painting. She also gets an Art Society poster. Um...Ali...one of the Art Society members is looking rather intently at you. Oh gosh...please no...no more crushes...and Ali has a boyfriend. A really great boyfriend, who is also a werewolf, so bro...just don't go there.
And then it's off to her soccer practice. Gosh, it ends late! Ali still hadn't finished her homework from her first class this morning. Um...yeah...she got sidetracked, so she finished it up after practice.
@SoulGal7 Love all the uni pics <3 Ali is having a ball. What an awesim time she is having. Love the fireworks pic as well. Ali and Jacob makes such a cute couple <3 Love all the graduation pics, what a cool night. Oooh your day 44 pic looks interesting. She is such a busy girl but doing very well, Way to go Ali :) Sorry for the short comments, but no laptop its on my phone ;)
@SoulGal7 Thanks for the extra insight into Trendi!
Roommates can have any of a number of quirks. Such as bringing food, or always cleaning, or having a different significant other visit every day. One of the quirks they can have is following you out when you travel, usually with the message "Saw you heading out, so what are we doing?" Sounds like black and white shirt boy is one of those.
Max Villareal had a roommate like that in my Eliza Pancakes Supervillain game. Max was a spellcaster by that point and therefore responded to this roommate by setting him on fire every single time he followed Max out. Did the roommate ever learn? I don't remember.
Checking in. Made a blog with Lindsay’s adventures and a dedicated forum thread. Both embarrassingly under construction and lacking, but it’s a start.
Meanwhile Lindsay is enjoying as normal a life as she can. Cheerleading, prom, Geek con. Deciding on arcs for her story now. And while school is all fine and well I can hardly wait for her to grow up.
Tuesday and the day literally flew by with Ali having three classes. It also might be because this is where I went around the world and aged-up all those teens. (I had to go into each household to do so...took awhile.)
She did complete an Aspiration today. The Fabulously Wealthy Aspiration when she bred and sold a frog. Yes! Never underestimate the power of frog breeding! lol
She sees Wolfgang and Luna on campus! Woot! She did suggest to Wolfgang that he get to know Kaori a bit better. Of course, it might be a long-distance relationship if they start dating. And Ali tried to get Luna and Jeb together again. And Luna keeps telling Ali that Jeb already has someone. What? Could Jeb still have feelings for Ali? Oh Jeb...stop pining over Ali...she has moved on...please, please, please, move on, too and get with Luna. (I will definitely have to see who Jeb is interested in next time I am in game).
Off to soccer, and then Ali came back to UBrite Commons for the "Cram for Exam" night. There didn't seem to be a lot of sims there, so Ali used the ERAM and researched methodologies.
It's Wednesday, Ali has a lighter load. After her class, she heads to UBrite Commons again and sits outside to do her homework. She still has to finish her homework from yesterday! She is joined by one of her roomies, Kentaro, who is studying Biology.
Later in the day, she heads inside, and it must be a Debate Team gathering (4-8PM). But Ali can't really join any other organizations, and heads to the ERAM machine to research methodologies again. But wait...the Debate Team would help her with her Research and Debate skill, right? No! No, no, no, what is Ali thinking? She can't even keep up with what she has going on. She is still supposed to do some painting for her Art Society and also practice violin for her class. Remember the violin? She hasn't practiced since she came here. Oh, and let's not forget that she still has to study for her finals. Oh my gosh! So much to do! Who has time? Ugh!
And off to soccer practice, where she does a good practice. When she's done, she is famished. Thank goodness the cafeteria at UBrite Commons is still open and she grabs some fish tacos.
While Ali is doing her homework, she gets a desperate call from one of her roomies. What? Am I the only roommate out of 8 other potential roommates that you can call? Alright, she'll go back to the dorm. She is pretty tired anyway.
Oops! Okay, well, her roomie might have to wait a bit longer while she takes a quick nap on the floor. (cover shot) This schedule is really tiring poor Ali out!
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It's Thursday and the loud screeching of violin practice wakes Ali up. Well, it seems that some of her other roomies have decided to practice violin this morning. A few roomies are definitely not happy about it.
It's Ali's busy day again. Thank goodness this schedule changes next week because this is intense! Apparently, her professors are encouraging her to attend some lectures on campus. That sounds interesting, but her soccer practice conflicts with the lecture times, so this might be Ali's last week on the soccer team as well. She should be fine financially because she does have a lot of other scholarships.
Ali had bought a few items for her room, and she has spruced it up a bit. There is her Arts Society poster. Maybe she should just join the other organizations for a day just to get the free posters! lol
And as Ali was leaving for her first class, she sees some type of note on the floor. Was that note meant for her or her roommate? She quickly reads it.
What the....? Which of her roomies would leave another roomie such a note? Ali is so upset and has to head to class with an angry moodlet. Lesson learned. Last time I have Ali read any of those notes on the floor. Geez!
She manages to get through those three classes, and then practices her juggling.
The lectures run from 5 - 7pm, and Ali's soccer practice starts at 6pm, so she is going to attend one. Yeah, she'll be late for practice, but she needs to attend these lectures, too! The lecture costs $40 simoleons, and she can afford it.
The lecture was interesting and then Ali runs off to soccer practice, and she also gets this pop-up about Kaori. Oh geez...who is Kaori seeing now? It can't be Kiyoshi, because he's with Greta.
After soccer practice, Ali was going to continue on her homework, but discovered...ack! she must have lost it! She heads to the uni kiosk.
Ali: "Oh, hi, I seem to have lost my homework book. Did anyone turn it in? No? Oh...um...can I purchase another one?" Yep, she does, in fact I have her purchase 2. No idea where her homework book disappeared to. We certainly can't have this happen the night before exams! It only costs $2 simoleons, so well worth it.
It is Poetry and Tea Night at UBrite Commons, so Ali decides to head to downtown Britechester to Laurel library. She needs to study and won't get distracted at the library like she might here. And her hunky roomie follows her again. Maybe he wants to study with her? Okay fine, but we're not even in the same program.
She is still bad. Is that why everyone on Social Bunny keeps telling her to take up guitar? Maybe they are trying to be nice and tell her that the violin is just not for her. Yeah, maybe that's true, but she still has this course to pass. Ugh!
