Tips: Throwing the best parties

~Does the first party always HAVE to be a Birthday Party? 

  I don’t recall any kind of tutorial when I first started playing SM.    Can the first party be a Studio or Foodie?

It's been my experience that the first party must be birthday, but I don't know if that requirement is level-based? If your first part is birthday, rest assured I'll attend anyway! Makes no difference to me!

~Do ALL the Career/ Hobby items HAVE to be out (like from Storage)  in order to get the Orange icons listed & also to entice other players?

I know you have to have at least a couple from each category, but I qdon't know about ALL. I've tried testing this before but experimentation conditions haven't been controlled enough for me to come to any conclusions. Maybe more experienced players could answer this question. @BlueWizardRob @Fuzzernutter @PaQuilter1

~When you’re Hosting your own party, do you still need a gazillion Cake Energies?

Absolutely not. As host, you get unlimited party interactions. That doesn't apply to hobby/career interactions though.

~So the Party Chat sounds Fun/ Crazy/ Scary 

   Are conversations always one-on-one or like a group chat?

Exclusively group chat! There are NO private message options.

Thank you so very much @VintageStarlette. @BlueWizardRob  

for always being so kind with your quick responses to my endless questions!  You are both such treasures on this forum 😘

@katclawsx3 Believe me, @BlueWizardRob is truly the Wizard of SimLand. *insert green plumbob*

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I love to analyze, test and evaluate and share what I find.  I. hope that others find it helpful and interesting.

I'm not nearly so expert in design and fashion.  I simply start with what I like and then borrow heavily from the real experts here on the forums.  

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Hello aga

I have some questions about Leveling Up    at Parties

(hopefully when they are not Crashing 💣  🙄)

Who helps to Level up- the Host  or the Party Guests or both? 

Does the Host need to be at the their own party to help

What causes the party to Level Up- the group interactions, doing the Career / Hobby items, or just interacting with individual guests, and/or giving out Stickers?  

What is the Goal or Rewards of Leveling Up at a party? I assume it must benefit both host & guests?

I usually only have 12 Stickers to give out, because I give out 3 for my Daily-To-Do list.  Sometimes I have to give out stickers that don’t apply ie. Silly or Scary to someone who is neither, but that’s all I have left. Hopefully no one gets offended 😬 or is that not good party etiquette?

I tried to do a party chat, but I can’t type fast enough on my iPad, 

but I did Thank the host & said Hello to those on chat,  I even learned how to say Hello in French (I Think??) 

I don’t mean to be rude or boring, but I’m not sure I’m fast enough to keep up with some of you party animals 😉😂 j/k 

TIA  ~ kat 😘❤️

** Also, these are great tips, shouldn’t it be put on the

“Threads you don’t want to miss out on” ?   Jmho 

Both the host and the guest help the host level up.  Basically any activity that has a party balloon will help the party level up.  In addition, for party guests any activity that has a career or hobby icon helps the party level up.  Guest actions earn more party XP than host actions but they only get 10 and then they have to eat cake.  Hosts actions earn less but they use regular energy, which can be refreshed in the usual ways.  Hosts also get points for social introductions and actions which have no cost.  So hosts earn less per action but essentially can earn unlimited party points for the party as long as they are willing to spend the time.  Guests earn more party points for each action.

All of the actions you listed help the party level up except giving stickers.  We do that just to help each other earn gems.

The party rewards increase as the party levels up.  A level 10 party earns everyone gold, tickets and gems.

People don't get offended.  They need 6 of the "offensive" sticker to get full gem rewards just like they need 6 of the good categories of stickers.

Thank you @BlueWizardRob

I always appreciate your taking time to answer my endless stream of questions!   

I hope someday EA /Sims makes some cool Blue Wizard Clothing 😉