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 ;)
More hacking Saturday...and she had an option to hack her grades. I was sorely tempted, but then decided not to, because she could get expelled or her grades could drop again. So, no, didn't do it.
Again, Ali went all around ThirftTea and collected items, and then Nancy Landgraab called to invite her to a pre-prom party. She invited a bunch of friends, and again, they disappeared. Nancy didn't serve any food for the pre-prom party. What a crowd!
Oh my gosh! Wolfgang just gave Ali an autonomous kiss on the neck! I decided to check his bio, and maybe I was wrong about Wolfgang and Ali. They now have a bit of pink in their relationship, and even though he didn't show it, he really liked her promposal. Maybe he was just playing it cool because they were at school, but now...wow...Wolfgang!
Ali sees her friend, Gemma, and heads over there to show off her outfit. I thought this was a friendly interaction, but maybe it wasn't. oops. And...I can't believe it...she has another crush...on Gemma this time! Ali...what is up with you? You are at prom with your hot crush, Wolfgang, who just gave you a neck kiss...and now you're crushing on someone else? This girl is so confused.
Ali votes for Wolfgang as prom royalty, and he actually wins! Greta wins as jester. And unlike Sidney, Wolfgang does not stay up on stage, but comes over to chat with Ali. This prom is so much better than the last one.
Everyone was still there, so Ali decided to have an after-after party and invited everyone back to her place. I wasn't sure who would show up, but they all came.
She ordered pizza and zoomers as soon as she got on the lot, and I bought her a small radio and went on the grid for the party.
Well, after that wild night of partying, I was going to have Ali concentrate on making more simoleons and working on her cheers. Fate had another plan, and she got a call from Wolfgang asking her on a date! Of course, the date was in Windenburg, so she declined. Obviously he wanted to make things up to her for his snaffu in the cuddle carts last night! Ha!
The place is pretty crowded, so Ali pulls out the violin that Geoffrey Osteer gave her and starts playing...badly. She gets some tips...maybe they are tipping her to stop playing. lol
But then she gets this call from Geoffrey again. What? Nancy who are you involved with? I am very curious to find out, so head over to world view and head to the house where Nancy is living, and find out that she has some pink with Kyoshi Ito! Well this figures because Kyoshi's parents are rich and Nancy is materialistic. So then I head over to Kiyoshi's house, and discover that it is actually Kiyoshi who has a crush on Nancy!
The living room and kitchen area. I switched out the loveseat for the high school one. The gramaphone on the table and under the photos is the Prom reward and it plays music.
https://i.postimg.cc/8zM0KZcX/view-of-couch.png
A few pics to add to room score. I moved the bed in Ali's bedroom and gave her some drapes, a small rug and a picture. In the bathroom, I added an off-the-grid light, some drapes, a rug, toilet paper holder, and a towel.
Overhead view. It's a Tier 1 Tiny Living Off-the-Grid House made from roof pieces. If you want to make this a regular house, you just have to add walls to the inside side and back walls of the build, and remove the roof pieces. If she gets enough funds, I may do this, but keeping some funds to buy some items for a party she is going to have on Weds.
Front of the house. I thought it turned out rather well. Wisteria and planter boxes are debug items from Cottage Living. The edging above the door is a debug item from Jungle Adventure.
@Carmine, wow wow super wow, you are so far ;) Welcome Dawn to all our runaway teens. Wow you also making money with photo’s, perhaps I should give that a go too. You are so brave playing celebrity status during this challenge, I have deactivated it in my game LOL. Wow you accomplished so much in week 1. Hahaha the girl that is photo bombing is staring straight at the camera . Congratulations on making it into Uni as a teen. Wow you have achieved a lot in three weeks, I seriously need to start making money in my game. Loved your update and congrats on all you did.
@SoulGal7 how many crushes OMG LOL :D Is Mortimer a teen in your game? Oooh she and Wolfgang look so good together at prom. Mmm what a weird ride in the Tunnel of Luv. What a beautiful pic of the sweetheart dance. Oh wow look at the prices you are getting for your outfits :o And now you doing good on paintings, you are an entrepreneur and a half :) Hahaha Rohan loves the outfits very much :D Ali’s house is looking wonderful. Wow you are so talented with the decorations on the outside of the house.
I am hoping to play a bit tomorrow, here is for wishing ;)
Tuesday and Ali travels to school alone. While there, she deals with some bullies. I am kind of worried on what I want her to do because she has the box clicked for her grade advancement, and I want her to get that A. Well, I take a chance, and have her confront them.
And it was the right choice and she gets a small performance gain.
When Ali gets home...she gets an A! Yes! She also gets a pop-up that she can graduate early, but I cancel that because I want her to complete the Teen Academic Goal Aspiration and not sure if she would age-up right away if I said Yes.
She does some cheer practices...and...oh gosh...she is not going to get a promotion at this rate. Her Solo Cheer Routine didn't go so well. Her mind must be on other things. Or maybe thinking about all those crushes she has. Note: I did find a way to get rid of some of those crushes. You click on your sim, and they have the interaction "Try to Get Over Crush", so she did that for Bella, Eliza and Gemma, and poof, gone :) So, her only crush left is Wolfgang, although Sidney still shows up even though the crush sentiment is gone.
In the meantime, she is going to have a Spooky Party tomorrow night after Cheer Practice, and she decorates the place a bit. I moved her apple trees back, so she has a small dance floor, some hay bales as seats, a pumpkin carving station, a food table, a bar and a card table and chairs. Her portable stereo is in her inventory and she will put it out at the party and go on-the-grid at that time.
The morning of the party, there is a thunderstorm. Oh my gosh! This isn't good, as I had planned for her party to be outside! Well, I just placed an invisible roof over the party area, moved a few items, and that should work. If the thunderstorm doesn't stop, they will all be scared and want to run inside! lol Now that will be some Spooky Party alright, although I am not sure where they will all fit inside, because Ali invited the max sims she could.
I actually made an error today and sent her to school alone. I couldn't cancel the action before I realized it, so I will just join her tomorrow instead.
She again gets a notice that she can graduate early. This time from Wolfgang's mother. What? Does his mother know something is going on with Wolfgang and Ali and wants Ali out of the picture? Gee...I hope not.
Ali comes back from Cheer practice and she has been promoted to Cheer Captain! Yes! That is the top of the Cheerleading after-school-activity.
Of course with all that excitement of her promotion and jumping about, she slipped and fell in the mud. lol But the good news is that it had almost stopped raining.
Ali has just enough time to get washed up and change into her costume. She calls for pizza delivery and puts out whatever food is in the fridge (leftovers from the other night when she ordered zoomers and pizza). She had also made some drinks between coming home from school and Cheer practice (free water). hehe She also got a pop-up that she likes Mixology. She also puts out her small stereo and chooses Spooky music.
The party starts at 6pm. The game had given her a Star Wars costume, but I had already created her zombie costume, so changed her into that. And just in time, because the guests start arriving.
Everyone looks great in their costumes. As soon as Ali has finished her pumpkin, she starts discussing costumes and asking for treats (party goals). Kiyoshi, as a Space Smuggler, is standing beside her, Rohan is the pirate behind her, Iggy Pancakes is the gladiator, Morgan is the blue fairy, and Liam (Maxis made football star) is the Llamacorn Mascot.
Both the caterer and mixologist showed up. The mixologist is Mila Munch, Wolfgang's mother! lol She must have decided to chaperone the party.
Some party guests autonomously play cards. Cassandra Goth is sitting on a hay bale and Rashida Watson is also wearing a zombie costume. {Note: I didn't get "play a game together" as a party goal, but sometimes you do, so that is why I bought the card table. Plus, she needed some extra seating for the party with all these guest.)
Food served at the party...Halloween cookies and cheesy eyeballs.
Ali carves another pumpkin (party goals), and this is Jeb in the Darth Vadar costume. (Note: Poor jeb later on has a "pee accident" on the dance floor, but I didn't get that screenie in time.)
I had forgotten what the gold reward was for the Spooky Party, and it unlocks the Super Llama costume. I chose the male body version for her because it gives her more muscles! teehee!
And this is Ali's Cheer Team Reward (taken later in the evening). A gold group competition mat and a trophy. I really want Ali to join another after-school activity, but because she needs to attend Career Day for the Goal Oriented Aspiration, I will probably wait until after she gets this aspiration to change.
And with that, Ali has completed the Admired Icon Aspiration. (Note: The last goal is to get 250 followers on Social Bunny, which she had. She receives the Iconic trait.)
These are the other new traits that Ali has, the Cheer Champion, Knowledge (from completing the Entrepreneurial Skill), and Relatable, which comes with the Teen Aspiration. She is also going through a Loud stage right now. As already mentioned, I bought her the Free Services trait for free food delivery. When you plan a social event, though, you don't get that for free, so this party cost her $250 simoleons.
And yep, the party is definitely over because Wolfgang autonomously just stomped on the pumpkin that Ali carved. lol But he does play in it afterwards. Maybe he needed some fun. Um, Wolfgang, there is a card table you know...you couldn't just play cards with someone? Sheesh!
Well, with the success of the party over, it was back to the grind for Ali, and after the party she did some homework with Iggy Pancakes. I guess Iggy saw "sparks" sitting beside her, because Iggy now has a crush on her.
I sold back a lot of the party decor that she had bought for the party, but kept the game table and chairs, the spooky food table, the dancefloor and the bar. Need these in case she wants to have another party.
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I followed Ali to class on Thursday (due to my snaffu yesterday in sending her alone), and I try to have her prank the whiteboard to get in trouble. It's always a timing issue, and she never gets caught. Although when the other students arrive, they start laughing. So, she attends Business class without incident.
She then goes over to chat with some students. Oh gee, and even though Ali got rid of three crushes that she had, she got another one and is now crushing on Noah Kane. Ali! You just asked Wolfgang to the Prom and you're crushing on someone else! Girl! Your hormones are crazy!
https://i.postimg.cc/nh1yw7Bv/crush-on-noah.png
In the afternoon, I am determined to have Ali get in trouble. Hey! It's for the aspiration checkmark! lol
I decided to have Ali try to get caught skipping class, because she can't time the whiteboard prank properly.
Detention ends at 5pm, and she is already late for Cheer Squad, and decided not to attend. She heads upstairs instead to the art studio and does a small pop art painting.
https://i.postimg.cc/d1DFTK4k/small-pop-art.png
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Friday, Ali aces her exams.
After school and the Cheer Competition, she heads up to the art studio and does a mathematical painting.
@SoulGal7 Love your intro pic for Day 17 and 18 . Congratulations on getting the graduating early option. I also chose to ignore that one. Glad you managed to get rid of all the crushes, they did seem a little extreme (another bug perhaps) Invisible roof, do tell me more LOL. Woop congrats on becoming cheer captain :) It looks as if the ghost light is laughing at Ali after she fell :D Aww Wolfgang and Ali is super cute together, what an awesim party she had.
Aww your day 19 pic is so adorable <3 I think now that our sims has an A @Soulgal we can probably join them at school everyday if you want too, since the progress won’t be an issue anymore. I think that is what I will do. Aww did I say they are a cute couple yet <3 Oof detention LOL
Two AweSim updates :)
I am going to load my game now. I am going to change my strategy completely and also take photo's for money and perhaps even attempt an outfit at the thrift store, however I don't do the social bunny thing so I hope it will still work for me otherwise :)
Miranda had a lovely Saturday, she is pleased to say that due to taking lots of photos and just selling her paintings without plopsy she now has a little bathroom on her lot. She no longer have to rush off to the park or the school to use the bathroom anymore :) She spent a lovely day at the park and went home in a good mood. She started the day with 57 Simoleons and ended it with 52 but a lovely bathroom to show ;)
Miranda woke up super early a bit hungry but very interested in her phone watching something about a runaway squid https://i.imgur.com/87fS3be.png
She took 25 photo's and actually likes photography. She is an A student so homework before hunger ;) https://i.imgur.com/ckCtdfx.png
Actually too hungry, off to the park after she sold her photo's, thankfully yesterday's potatoes are still good. https://i.imgur.com/vuTr1re.png
After a thoughtful shower she went to finish her homework in the new reading nook at Totter park (for those rainy days ;) ) https://i.imgur.com/Blo1tEG.png
Her homeless friend napped on the couch while she painted a painting https://i.imgur.com/AzsXxk9.png
took some more photo's she absolutely loves photography https://i.imgur.com/tUWC036.png
Sold those, but wants some more money to build her bathroom, so she went fishing https://i.imgur.com/dlkHVZd.png
Looking at all her fish while preparing hamburgers, oooh is that two orchids she caught too, awesim https://i.imgur.com/HvYJAxA.png
Such delicious burgers and a nice amount of money too https://i.imgur.com/VPLxpfe.png
Hopefully this is the last time Miranda has to rush to this bathroom for toilet and showers https://i.imgur.com/Wdautio.png
Ooof almost there, just need a little more money https://i.imgur.com/HeSeC9X.png
Sorry Plopsy you took too long, she just sold the paintings instead and made a lovely amount to finish her bathroom https://i.imgur.com/8YBLJG3.png
Sleeping peacefully knowing her house has started taking shape. Next up will be a bedroom. https://i.imgur.com/QRzW1bo.png
@mcrudd - The invisible roof is just a roof piece brought over an area, and a glass roof used on it, so that it is invisible, but can keep the rain away.
