Uberhood Challenge (Sims 2)

[aledstrange]

(I posted this on tumblr last week, but completely forgot to post here too and rather keep it on this journal too. Imo, it's easier to find posts here than over there)

Uberhood Challenge (Sims 2)

The main idea of this challenge is to make one premade sim live in the different Maxis hoods, and have at least one child with another premade from each

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[kalisasims]

I want to try this so much! Maybe if I start right now I'll be done by tomorrow? :D

[aledstrange]

XD XD I'D LOVE TO SEE YOU TRY!! XD

But really, I'd love to see you try the challenge. It can be played in so many ways, it'll be great to see more people attempting it :D

[kalisasims]

Well I am pretty serious about starting today :D

[aledstrange]

When in the community lot, you spawn it with your sim (in the same menu you spawn the ACR controller) and choose the banning options you want to add. And JIC, you must spawn one in each community lot you visit. It doesn't work globally, only lot by lot.

There's a bunch of options to ban NPCs, or townies, or sims by gender, gender prefs, age, etc. One of them says something like Non-local, that should be the one that only allows sims from the hood you're playing.

However, you must keep in mind that the visitor controller simply deletes the sims that you're banning, it doesn't attract sims that you want, so if you add too many banning options it may cause your lots to be pretty empty and slow, but it helps so the lot isn't filled with sims from other neighbors, or older lovers or friends from previous towns you have visited. (in my experience, the game will tend to send known sims to comm. lots instead of new ones, especially after your sim already has a long list of acquaintances)

[superfr0g]

Yay for writing up the 'rules'!

:)

[aledstrange]

:) Thank you!

I was a bit hesitant, because it's not much of a typical tightly-ruled challenge with a long list of restrictions and points system, so it felt a bit pointless, but after receiving a couple of encouraging comments about it, I decided to go for it, even if just as a guideline to play. It makes it more official in a way, and therefore more welcoming for everyone to try -instead of fearing like they look like "copying" me for doing so. (which I would never think, btw, but we all know how things get taken sometimes)

[strange_tomato]

I'm so glad to see you made the rules official. :) I think it's an interesting challenge and I think I'd try it myself if I had more time. Maybe one day...

[aledstrange]

Thank you. :) Your comment on tumblr was the last push I needed to finally make this for real. I had been hesitating about it for while before, mainly because it's a lot lighter that most challenges out there, so doesn't really have many "rules" to list --but personally I suck at following strict games, so I'd never have the head or the interest to create a challenge with a long and complex list of rules lol

[strange_tomato]

Ah, I'm so glad to hear that. :) I will have to track down your tumblr post on this, because I missed it. I'll reblog it to help get the word out.

The lack of elaborate rules is what I like most about this challenge. As you'll likely recall, I'm also pretty bad with rules. :P I've been a bit of a turd about a couple of your maxis_taste rules in the past. Sorry about that, once again. :)

I love seeing so many simmers taking this challenge on. A new challenge can be reinvigorating for the community. I think it's great!

[anonymous]

Can you move the baby-daddy in with you? Or (if relationship is high enough) move in with the baby-daddy?

[chillyzgrrlsims]

Ooos. Sorry! That Anonymous was me. Didn't realize I wasn't logged in until after it posted. :-(

[aledstrange]

Lol, don't worry! :)
And yes, yes you can (for both). I mentioned getting married was allowed in the post, but I should add living together too. In short, it doesn't matter how you handle your sim's relationships. He/she could even move-in or get married with someone completely unrelated to the children, it doesn't matter.

The only thing that does matter is that, by the time your sim moves to the next neighborhood, he/she must move with all the children born during the challenge, and of course the next challenge baby must be with someone different, but whatever if your sim also have a partner living and/or moving along with them, doesn't matter.

Hope that answers your question. :)