The Joe Baghead Show
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Day 11 - date with Priscilla
So, Joe, this is the first time you've had a second date with anyone. How do you feel? "Pretty good. So far she's the only person I've felt any kind of romantic feelings towards. But I also feel like she's mad at me? I mean I kind of always think people are upset with me, but she seems exceptionally upset lately."
Priscilla says, "Well, I really like him. I know I got steamed about him flirting the other day, but I'm trying to remind myself this IS a dating show so obviously he has to flirt sometimes. Hopefully we can rekindle things today."
Speaking of, before the date, Joe decided on his own to confess his attraction to Katrina. She did NOT appreciate this gesture, lowering both their friendship and relationship bars. Rebecca woke up in a confident mood today, and gave Joe a pep talk after that sound rejection.
Rebecca's talk in turn made Joe confident, giving him the courage to try a bold pickup line once he and Priscilla arrived at the bowling alley. This was extremely well-received.
And perhaps because Priscilla is an active sim, she opted to actually bowl rather than sit and talk with strangers for 3 hours once their game started. She even bowled a few strikes on her first try! Joe had this to say, "At this point I think I might like bowling more than the dates themselves." Joe finishes the game with a fantastic score of 219, perhaps proving himself correct.
As Sigrid Funk walked by, wearing only the most appropriate outfit for a bowling alley, the date officially ended on a Gold level, pleasing Joe and Priscilla and earning them both an "opposites attract" sentiment.
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Unfortunately, trouble was on the horizon, as Agnes Crumplebottom appeared and smacked Priscilla for daring to be flirty with her date at a bar. This infuriated Priscilla so much that she couldn't even stand it when Joe tried to flirt with her later, leading to her shouting a string of forbidden words in the toilet.
Joe has this to say, "You know how they say if you smell dog poop everywhere you go, check the bottom of your shoe? Almost every date has gone badly so far, and I'm the only common denominator in each date. It's gotta be me that's the problem. It must've just been a fluke when that first date with Priscilla went so well."
After returning to the house, Joe decided to host a guided meditation session, partly to even out his emotions and calm Priscilla down. However, Priscilla opted not to participate, as did Devon. The rest of the girls seemed to enjoy it, with Gemma and Sienna even striking up a conversation with Joe afterwards. "I guess that's two things I'm good at - bowling and meditating," says Joe. Priscilla stood nearby during the conversation, and opted to do sit-ups rather than participate. "Well, since I'm an active sim, exercising helps get my frustration out. And maybe I was trying to show off for Joe," Priscilla tells us.
Day 12 - date with Rebecca
We can already assume what Joe has to say about his upcoming date, but we asked anyway! "Well, I'm not optimistic. Every day has either ended badly or at least mediocre...ly. I might be a cheerful sim, but being cheerful doesn't change the facts. I do really like Rebecca, though. She's my best friend in the house. So hopefully at least this will be a fun day out even if nothing else happens. And, well... to be honest I've always found her the most attractive in the house, so I can't pretend I'm upset about getting a chance to look at her all day, even though the moonlight bowling makes it hard to see anybody."
And Rebecca? "Oh, I'm stoked. I've gotten like zero one-on-one time with Joe this entire time even though we're such good friends. I’m not happy to have to end up being the next-to-last date. I’m sure he’s mostly gonna remember his date tomorrow with Sienna the most, and then his earliest date this week with Devon he was probably at his freshest and most optimistic. But I’m feeling great about the date. At the very very very least I can’t see myself going home this week no matter how badly this goes – but it won’t go badly at all!”
Before they left, Joe told Rebecca she looked nice, which lead to Priscilla slapping him in a jealous rage. "I don't get it!" laments Joe.
At the bowling alley, Rebecca starts with a trifecta of useful whims/wants for a date - chat with Joe, do something romantic, and have a drink. One of Joe's wants is the much less useful "be mean to a child."
Joe ordered a root beer float for the two of them. “Well, every other date I started by flirting outside for a while, and that hasn’t gone well. So I thought we’d just go in and get a drink and chat instead.” Lucky for him, Rebecca dove head-first into flirting with Joe, which overwhelmed him so much he left to start a bowling game. For the first time this week, both people on the date became flirty at the same time.” Wow, I really like bowling!” Priscilla cheers as she bowls a strike on her first try.
Taylor Swift called during the date, of course, to ask Rebecca if she should go on a date with Layne Bach. The audacity, really. Rebecca has no idea who Layne Bach even is but encourages Taylor to go for it. After all, it’s not like Taylor is harboring any lasting affection for Joe!
Joe left to order a drink, and Rebecca followed, surprising everyone by kissing him on his drawn-on mouth! “She’s just so easy to talk to, it’s like everything melts away. Worries, other sims, bar countertops.” After Rebecca narrowly avoided a potty emergency, Joe invited her to dance to the bowling alley’s one loudspeaker that’s next to the bathrooms for some reason. Whoever designed this bowling alley sure made some weird decisions!
Rebecca noticed a photobooth. “I thought, nobody ever goes back to this part of the alley. Seems like a good place to get a fun, quick woohoo in. But I think Joe would probably die of awkwardness if I even suggested it, heehee. I’m not ready to go that far anyway, but I think it could be fun! I did convince him to take a photo with me in there, though.”
After sending the newly minted lovers home, we asked Joe what he thought. “Wow it actually went okay! I mean, it went GREAT. We kissed! I don’t have a lot of experience kissing, and I can’t tell how good it was since I have a bag on my head. But it’s exciting anyway! It felt kind of different from when Priscilla kissed me on our first date last week. I mean, not physically, just… different energy, I guess? I felt like Rebecca was also making the most effort this week during the dates. I still want to give everyone else a fair chance, but to be honest she’s the frontrunner so far. I do still weirdly feel friendlier with Gemma, but I definitely feel the most romantic spark with Rebecca. Even before Priscilla’s jealous anger bout I didn’t feel as romantically close to her.”
And Rebecca? “I am totally smitten. He’s funny, he’s charming. It’s cute that he just keeps ordering root beer when he’s nervous, which is constantly. I can’t wait to go on another date with him! I’m still hoping that it doesn’t turn out that he has like 3 heads under that bag or a portal to another dimension where his eyes should be, but I think if I get to know him better I won’t mind if that’s the case?”
Well, I don't think I have to tell which of "good, great, and mediocre" this date was!
Day 13 - date with Sienna
So, Joe, how ya feeling? “Exhausted. Going bowling 5 days in a row with girls who vary from seeming completely disinterested to mildly interested to very interested… I’m so tired. I really cannot wait for day 14 when I can just stay in. And be around 6 women who have varying amounts of romantic feelings for me and three of them are jealous. Maybe I’ll go to the bowling alley tomorrow after all.” But, the date, Joe? “Oh, right. Well, I like Sienna. She was the one I had my eye on from day 1, even though I found Rebecca the most attractive I liked Sienna the most for the first few days. I’m hoping now that we’ve had time to mingle more that our second one-on-one outing together might go better? As usual she really can’t do worse than Taylor and Katrina did, but it’ll be hard to top Rebecca’s date from yesterday.”
And Sienna? “Saving the best for last, right? I’m looking forward to showing all those girls how a WOMAN gets it done.”
The day begins stormily, literally and figuratively. Joe gets in some quick painting, and Rebecca comes over for a chat. Priscilla feels pangs of jealousy, before Katrina screams at her, once again due to her paranoia brain combined with the fear of thunderstorm. A conversation goes very badly and Joe’s romance bar with everybody decreases dramatically.
Joe starts the date with a bold pickup line due to feeling unexpectedly confident about the date. Sienna is very receptive and becomes flirty immediately. The good times are cut short by the appearance of ol’ Crumpy. She hits Joe with her purse, and Joe yells at her. She then hits Sienna, which Sienna thinks is hilarious, and Joe tells Crumpy to just go away. “I don’t really know what got into me. I guess I was just mad at her for interrupting every single date. Didn’t even give me much of a chance on this one!”
The timed portion of the date earns the pair a Legendary reward. “I thought it started off so poorly, but like… with Crumplebottom hitting us, I just went off on her and Sienna seemed so thrilled… I haven’t felt this strongly so quickly about anyone else. All I can say is that Sienna and Rebecca are definitely not getting eliminated tomorrow.”
Sienna? “I’m totally smitten, but I kind of get the feeling that he’s more into me than I am into him.” Sienna tries for one more bold move to make the day memorable by kissing Joe outside the house.
Joe, Rebecca, Katrina, and Priscilla all head up to bed at the end of the day. Katrina says, “Well whatever happens is gonna happen, no use staying up all night fretting about it.”
And that wraps up the 6 date days in a row! Who could've foreseen any of this?
Up next: Cheerleading! Elimination! Fruit cake! And a plot twist... or is it?!
meta note
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So, Joe, this is the first time you've had a second date with anyone. How do you feel? "Pretty good. So far she's the only person I've felt any kind of romantic feelings towards. But I also feel like she's mad at me? I mean I kind of always think people are upset with me, but she seems exceptionally upset lately."
Priscilla says, "Well, I really like him. I know I got steamed about him flirting the other day, but I'm trying to remind myself this IS a dating show so obviously he has to flirt sometimes. Hopefully we can rekindle things today."
Speaking of, before the date, Joe decided on his own to confess his attraction to Katrina. She did NOT appreciate this gesture, lowering both their friendship and relationship bars. Rebecca woke up in a confident mood today, and gave Joe a pep talk after that sound rejection.
Rebecca's talk in turn made Joe confident, giving him the courage to try a bold pickup line once he and Priscilla arrived at the bowling alley. This was extremely well-received.
Spoiler
https://i.imgur.com/gmFDw0v.png
And perhaps because Priscilla is an active sim, she opted to actually bowl rather than sit and talk with strangers for 3 hours once their game started. She even bowled a few strikes on her first try! Joe had this to say, "At this point I think I might like bowling more than the dates themselves." Joe finishes the game with a fantastic score of 219, perhaps proving himself correct.
As Sigrid Funk walked by, wearing only the most appropriate outfit for a bowling alley, the date officially ended on a Gold level, pleasing Joe and Priscilla and earning them both an "opposites attract" sentiment.
https://i.imgur.com/Eq0Mxss.png
Unfortunately, trouble was on the horizon, as Agnes Crumplebottom appeared and smacked Priscilla for daring to be flirty with her date at a bar. This infuriated Priscilla so much that she couldn't even stand it when Joe tried to flirt with her later, leading to her shouting a string of forbidden words in the toilet.
Spoiler
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Joe has this to say, "You know how they say if you smell dog poop everywhere you go, check the bottom of your shoe? Almost every date has gone badly so far, and I'm the only common denominator in each date. It's gotta be me that's the problem. It must've just been a fluke when that first date with Priscilla went so well."
After returning to the house, Joe decided to host a guided meditation session, partly to even out his emotions and calm Priscilla down. However, Priscilla opted not to participate, as did Devon. The rest of the girls seemed to enjoy it, with Gemma and Sienna even striking up a conversation with Joe afterwards. "I guess that's two things I'm good at - bowling and meditating," says Joe. Priscilla stood nearby during the conversation, and opted to do sit-ups rather than participate. "Well, since I'm an active sim, exercising helps get my frustration out. And maybe I was trying to show off for Joe," Priscilla tells us.
Spoiler
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Day 12 - date with Rebecca
We can already assume what Joe has to say about his upcoming date, but we asked anyway! "Well, I'm not optimistic. Every day has either ended badly or at least mediocre...ly. I might be a cheerful sim, but being cheerful doesn't change the facts. I do really like Rebecca, though. She's my best friend in the house. So hopefully at least this will be a fun day out even if nothing else happens. And, well... to be honest I've always found her the most attractive in the house, so I can't pretend I'm upset about getting a chance to look at her all day, even though the moonlight bowling makes it hard to see anybody."
And Rebecca? "Oh, I'm stoked. I've gotten like zero one-on-one time with Joe this entire time even though we're such good friends. I’m not happy to have to end up being the next-to-last date. I’m sure he’s mostly gonna remember his date tomorrow with Sienna the most, and then his earliest date this week with Devon he was probably at his freshest and most optimistic. But I’m feeling great about the date. At the very very very least I can’t see myself going home this week no matter how badly this goes – but it won’t go badly at all!”
Before they left, Joe told Rebecca she looked nice, which lead to Priscilla slapping him in a jealous rage. "I don't get it!" laments Joe.
At the bowling alley, Rebecca starts with a trifecta of useful whims/wants for a date - chat with Joe, do something romantic, and have a drink. One of Joe's wants is the much less useful "be mean to a child."
Joe ordered a root beer float for the two of them. “Well, every other date I started by flirting outside for a while, and that hasn’t gone well. So I thought we’d just go in and get a drink and chat instead.” Lucky for him, Rebecca dove head-first into flirting with Joe, which overwhelmed him so much he left to start a bowling game. For the first time this week, both people on the date became flirty at the same time.” Wow, I really like bowling!” Priscilla cheers as she bowls a strike on her first try.
Spoiler
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Taylor Swift called during the date, of course, to ask Rebecca if she should go on a date with Layne Bach. The audacity, really. Rebecca has no idea who Layne Bach even is but encourages Taylor to go for it. After all, it’s not like Taylor is harboring any lasting affection for Joe!
Joe left to order a drink, and Rebecca followed, surprising everyone by kissing him on his drawn-on mouth! “She’s just so easy to talk to, it’s like everything melts away. Worries, other sims, bar countertops.” After Rebecca narrowly avoided a potty emergency, Joe invited her to dance to the bowling alley’s one loudspeaker that’s next to the bathrooms for some reason. Whoever designed this bowling alley sure made some weird decisions!
Spoiler
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Rebecca noticed a photobooth. “I thought, nobody ever goes back to this part of the alley. Seems like a good place to get a fun, quick woohoo in. But I think Joe would probably die of awkwardness if I even suggested it, heehee. I’m not ready to go that far anyway, but I think it could be fun! I did convince him to take a photo with me in there, though.”
After sending the newly minted lovers home, we asked Joe what he thought. “Wow it actually went okay! I mean, it went GREAT. We kissed! I don’t have a lot of experience kissing, and I can’t tell how good it was since I have a bag on my head. But it’s exciting anyway! It felt kind of different from when Priscilla kissed me on our first date last week. I mean, not physically, just… different energy, I guess? I felt like Rebecca was also making the most effort this week during the dates. I still want to give everyone else a fair chance, but to be honest she’s the frontrunner so far. I do still weirdly feel friendlier with Gemma, but I definitely feel the most romantic spark with Rebecca. Even before Priscilla’s jealous anger bout I didn’t feel as romantically close to her.”
And Rebecca? “I am totally smitten. He’s funny, he’s charming. It’s cute that he just keeps ordering root beer when he’s nervous, which is constantly. I can’t wait to go on another date with him! I’m still hoping that it doesn’t turn out that he has like 3 heads under that bag or a portal to another dimension where his eyes should be, but I think if I get to know him better I won’t mind if that’s the case?”
Well, I don't think I have to tell which of "good, great, and mediocre" this date was!
Spoiler
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Day 13 - date with Sienna
So, Joe, how ya feeling? “Exhausted. Going bowling 5 days in a row with girls who vary from seeming completely disinterested to mildly interested to very interested… I’m so tired. I really cannot wait for day 14 when I can just stay in. And be around 6 women who have varying amounts of romantic feelings for me and three of them are jealous. Maybe I’ll go to the bowling alley tomorrow after all.” But, the date, Joe? “Oh, right. Well, I like Sienna. She was the one I had my eye on from day 1, even though I found Rebecca the most attractive I liked Sienna the most for the first few days. I’m hoping now that we’ve had time to mingle more that our second one-on-one outing together might go better? As usual she really can’t do worse than Taylor and Katrina did, but it’ll be hard to top Rebecca’s date from yesterday.”
And Sienna? “Saving the best for last, right? I’m looking forward to showing all those girls how a WOMAN gets it done.”
The day begins stormily, literally and figuratively. Joe gets in some quick painting, and Rebecca comes over for a chat. Priscilla feels pangs of jealousy, before Katrina screams at her, once again due to her paranoia brain combined with the fear of thunderstorm. A conversation goes very badly and Joe’s romance bar with everybody decreases dramatically.
Spoiler
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Joe starts the date with a bold pickup line due to feeling unexpectedly confident about the date. Sienna is very receptive and becomes flirty immediately. The good times are cut short by the appearance of ol’ Crumpy. She hits Joe with her purse, and Joe yells at her. She then hits Sienna, which Sienna thinks is hilarious, and Joe tells Crumpy to just go away. “I don’t really know what got into me. I guess I was just mad at her for interrupting every single date. Didn’t even give me much of a chance on this one!”
Spoiler
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The timed portion of the date earns the pair a Legendary reward. “I thought it started off so poorly, but like… with Crumplebottom hitting us, I just went off on her and Sienna seemed so thrilled… I haven’t felt this strongly so quickly about anyone else. All I can say is that Sienna and Rebecca are definitely not getting eliminated tomorrow.”
Sienna? “I’m totally smitten, but I kind of get the feeling that he’s more into me than I am into him.” Sienna tries for one more bold move to make the day memorable by kissing Joe outside the house.
Spoiler
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Joe, Rebecca, Katrina, and Priscilla all head up to bed at the end of the day. Katrina says, “Well whatever happens is gonna happen, no use staying up all night fretting about it.”
And that wraps up the 6 date days in a row! Who could've foreseen any of this?
Up next: Cheerleading! Elimination! Fruit cake! And a plot twist... or is it?!
meta note
Spoiler
This happened on the second date, but when I sent Joe back home, Priscilla was in his bedroom for some reason, even though the door is locked for everyone but him. So then she couldn't get out!
And if it wasn't obvious, I'm the one who designed the bowling alley, so the weirdly placed speaker was my fault.
Also by coincidence, as I'm playing season 2 of Joe Baghead, there's a plot twist for season 2's third elimination, which was again all autonomy's doing.
And if it wasn't obvious, I'm the one who designed the bowling alley, so the weirdly placed speaker was my fault.
Also by coincidence, as I'm playing season 2 of Joe Baghead, there's a plot twist for season 2's third elimination, which was again all autonomy's doing.
https://i.imgur.com/75eLd1q.png
