Poverty Challenge- Fairchild: Prologue
Sorry it has been so long. I am so bad about remaining interested in the legacy challenges. So I'm trying this shorter challenge. It is so fun! I heart it! Please let me know what you think!!
I'm Gwen Fairchild and this is my home, the beach. You're probably wondering about my scars, everyone always does, but I'll get to that in a moment.
I am living here by choice, of course. And spend lots of hours building sandcastles to pass the time.
Or digging for treasure. I heard tales about there being gold somewhere around these parts. I need something because I am in desperate need of money. Of course, that's not my primary want. I want to have fun and be free to fuck whoever I want, which is kind of what got me here in the first place.
See, I wasn't always poor. In fact, I had a family.
And we were loaded. Very loaded. The richest in all of Povertyville, in fact.
My mom and dad prided themselves on this fact.
That's my mom, her name is Giselle and she's the biggest floosey there ever was. She modeled for underwear ads mostly. She's beautiful, huh?
That's my dad, there. His name is Victor. He's all about making money as a big time businessman. What he actually does, I'm not sure. You can be certain that it's something dirty and illegal. I'm a flower compared to them. Sure, the outside world saw us as these mean rich people. I'm sure they still do---minus a daughter. I doubt anyone cares much.
My parents love each other though, in that fucked up way. Neither of them were really that faithful. My mom always brought home "special uncles" as she told me when I was merely ten years old and made the mistake of entering her room without knocking. My dad---well, he had an affair with his work. Either way, I pretty much raised myself.
I tried to keep myself out of their way---because the slightest thing would upset my dad. He was a no nonsense kind of guy. I will never understand that. I love cracking jokes, lazing about and having fun (especially at others expense) so I never got his seriousness. Got me in trouble more than once. Usually ending with bruises.
I tried to run away but the police would always return me. I guess some girl with stupid gawdy clothes, often times wearing glasses and diamond earrings, really stood out.
I always ended up right back where I started. On the couch, trying to soothe myself with music. The angrier the better. Like my soul. I dreamed some charismatic and hardworking young man (gray hair, yuck!) would come and take me away for wild sex and endless parties. And no marriage. Especially no marriage.
My dream---sort of came true---the running away part---one day when my dad went too far.
I was minding my own business when my dad came around---drunk as can be and slurring something about me being worthless. Same old shit. I made a snide comment in return and he attacked.
Honestly, I was terrified. I thought he was going to kill me! But he just beat me around and then knocked me to the ground snarling, "That will teach you some manners, you stupid bitch!"
That was the last straw for me. I waited until he left to allow the tears to fall. I knew that this time I would have to run far enough away that he couldn't find me. I couldn't stand being in that hell hole any longer!
That night, I waited until they were all asleep and got a cab and had them drop me off at the far side of town---farthest I could possibly be. It was also the poorest part. I plopped down on the beach and---well, here I am.
Not without some bruises and of course---scars that will be with me until the day I die. That's my lovely intro---and this is my story.
STEP ONE: Create a CAS Sim to be the founder of your impoverished family.
STEP TWO: Move the sim onto the largest (5 X 5) lot. Spend all of your money on groundcovers/terrain smoothing until you only have 100 simoleans left. Nightlife users should use the familyFunds cheat to reduce the net worth to 15,300 from the get-go.
STEP THREE: Check- are you down to 100 smackers? Okay. The true poverty challenge begins here: survive and thrive as best you can. The challenge ends when the youngest grandchild of your first (CAS) sim dies of old age.
POINT SYSTEM:
+Each simolean (of the family net worth) is worth one point in this challenge.
+Each child is worth 3,000 points (provided you raise them to teenagers).
-5,000 for each child taken by the social worker
-3,000 for accidental deaths (by fire, etc.)
-2,000 for each teen runaway
-1,000 for each promotion, including chance card promotion
RULES:
1. NO REWARD OBJECTS
2. NO PRIVATE SCHOOL
3. Your original (CAS) founder Sim may work ENTRY LEVEL JOBS ONLY.
4. Other sims MUST START AT THE BOTTOM of the career ladder. You will lose points with each promotion, so think carefully about your strategy, and whether you want them to be promoted or not.
5. All children must have the money aspiration. Grandkids can be anything.
6. NO UNIVERSITY- you are poor, remember?
7. NO ADOPTION- you are poor, remember?
8. NO REWARD OBJECTS (We mean it!)
9. Only NPCs or service sims may join the family. Nightlife users may not ask them how much money they have.
10. Sims may only visit approved "Poverty Legal" community lots, NO OTHER COMMUNITY LOTS allowed!
11. Hacks and custom content are allowed, but not if they are against the spirit of the challenge. Any custom careers must be BALANCED (eg. travel is okay, and OTR sales is okay because of the insane hours; richest sim and stay-at-home careers are not).
12. The poverty challenge stays on the poverty lot- if a sim moves out, they are no longer considered part of the challenge. This means a sim may not receive an inheritance, or any money or gifts/inventory items, from off-lot sims. See posts below for ways to get rid rid of inheritance money.
13. Teens may move out with an adult, but not alone. Kids and younger may not be moved out, period. Otherwise you will lose the 3,000 child points from raising them.
14.Nightlife dating objects must be kept in the inventory- not used or sold.
15. Sims may not purchase real estate, or order/sell deeds with OFB.
16. Sims may not run a home business- unless it is the lemonade stand.
17. Poverty challenge sims may not be hired as employees by another business.
18. NO SNAPDRAGON and NO SERVO
19. Poverty Challenge families must be played using all four seasons. You may arrange the seasons in any order, and you may start in any season, but you MUST have a winter, spring, summer, and fall.
BONUS:
LONE TEENAGER: No points for this, since you have longer to find a mate. But it is difficult in its own way, and we will all admire your fortitude. Start the family with an adult, then kill them off, or use a hack to turn your CAS sim into a teen.
PREGNANT TEEN (+1500 points) Use the insiminator or other hack to start the challenge with a pregnant teen sim- but no points for the unborn child.
OLD MAID (+35000 points) Your sims do not marry/move in anyone, ever. All new family members must be born. You may have children out of wedlock.
I'm Gwen Fairchild and this is my home, the beach. You're probably wondering about my scars, everyone always does, but I'll get to that in a moment.
I am living here by choice, of course. And spend lots of hours building sandcastles to pass the time.
Or digging for treasure. I heard tales about there being gold somewhere around these parts. I need something because I am in desperate need of money. Of course, that's not my primary want. I want to have fun and be free to fuck whoever I want, which is kind of what got me here in the first place.
See, I wasn't always poor. In fact, I had a family.
And we were loaded. Very loaded. The richest in all of Povertyville, in fact.
My mom and dad prided themselves on this fact.
That's my mom, her name is Giselle and she's the biggest floosey there ever was. She modeled for underwear ads mostly. She's beautiful, huh?
That's my dad, there. His name is Victor. He's all about making money as a big time businessman. What he actually does, I'm not sure. You can be certain that it's something dirty and illegal. I'm a flower compared to them. Sure, the outside world saw us as these mean rich people. I'm sure they still do---minus a daughter. I doubt anyone cares much.
My parents love each other though, in that fucked up way. Neither of them were really that faithful. My mom always brought home "special uncles" as she told me when I was merely ten years old and made the mistake of entering her room without knocking. My dad---well, he had an affair with his work. Either way, I pretty much raised myself.
I tried to keep myself out of their way---because the slightest thing would upset my dad. He was a no nonsense kind of guy. I will never understand that. I love cracking jokes, lazing about and having fun (especially at others expense) so I never got his seriousness. Got me in trouble more than once. Usually ending with bruises.
I tried to run away but the police would always return me. I guess some girl with stupid gawdy clothes, often times wearing glasses and diamond earrings, really stood out.
I always ended up right back where I started. On the couch, trying to soothe myself with music. The angrier the better. Like my soul. I dreamed some charismatic and hardworking young man (gray hair, yuck!) would come and take me away for wild sex and endless parties. And no marriage. Especially no marriage.
My dream---sort of came true---the running away part---one day when my dad went too far.
I was minding my own business when my dad came around---drunk as can be and slurring something about me being worthless. Same old shit. I made a snide comment in return and he attacked.
Honestly, I was terrified. I thought he was going to kill me! But he just beat me around and then knocked me to the ground snarling, "That will teach you some manners, you stupid bitch!"
That was the last straw for me. I waited until he left to allow the tears to fall. I knew that this time I would have to run far enough away that he couldn't find me. I couldn't stand being in that hell hole any longer!
That night, I waited until they were all asleep and got a cab and had them drop me off at the far side of town---farthest I could possibly be. It was also the poorest part. I plopped down on the beach and---well, here I am.
Not without some bruises and of course---scars that will be with me until the day I die. That's my lovely intro---and this is my story.
STEP ONE: Create a CAS Sim to be the founder of your impoverished family.
STEP TWO: Move the sim onto the largest (5 X 5) lot. Spend all of your money on groundcovers/terrain smoothing until you only have 100 simoleans left. Nightlife users should use the familyFunds cheat to reduce the net worth to 15,300 from the get-go.
STEP THREE: Check- are you down to 100 smackers? Okay. The true poverty challenge begins here: survive and thrive as best you can. The challenge ends when the youngest grandchild of your first (CAS) sim dies of old age.
POINT SYSTEM:
+Each simolean (of the family net worth) is worth one point in this challenge.
+Each child is worth 3,000 points (provided you raise them to teenagers).
-5,000 for each child taken by the social worker
-3,000 for accidental deaths (by fire, etc.)
-2,000 for each teen runaway
-1,000 for each promotion, including chance card promotion
RULES:
1. NO REWARD OBJECTS
2. NO PRIVATE SCHOOL
3. Your original (CAS) founder Sim may work ENTRY LEVEL JOBS ONLY.
4. Other sims MUST START AT THE BOTTOM of the career ladder. You will lose points with each promotion, so think carefully about your strategy, and whether you want them to be promoted or not.
5. All children must have the money aspiration. Grandkids can be anything.
6. NO UNIVERSITY- you are poor, remember?
7. NO ADOPTION- you are poor, remember?
8. NO REWARD OBJECTS (We mean it!)
9. Only NPCs or service sims may join the family. Nightlife users may not ask them how much money they have.
10. Sims may only visit approved "Poverty Legal" community lots, NO OTHER COMMUNITY LOTS allowed!
11. Hacks and custom content are allowed, but not if they are against the spirit of the challenge. Any custom careers must be BALANCED (eg. travel is okay, and OTR sales is okay because of the insane hours; richest sim and stay-at-home careers are not).
12. The poverty challenge stays on the poverty lot- if a sim moves out, they are no longer considered part of the challenge. This means a sim may not receive an inheritance, or any money or gifts/inventory items, from off-lot sims. See posts below for ways to get rid rid of inheritance money.
13. Teens may move out with an adult, but not alone. Kids and younger may not be moved out, period. Otherwise you will lose the 3,000 child points from raising them.
14.Nightlife dating objects must be kept in the inventory- not used or sold.
15. Sims may not purchase real estate, or order/sell deeds with OFB.
16. Sims may not run a home business- unless it is the lemonade stand.
17. Poverty challenge sims may not be hired as employees by another business.
18. NO SNAPDRAGON and NO SERVO
19. Poverty Challenge families must be played using all four seasons. You may arrange the seasons in any order, and you may start in any season, but you MUST have a winter, spring, summer, and fall.
BONUS:
LONE TEENAGER: No points for this, since you have longer to find a mate. But it is difficult in its own way, and we will all admire your fortitude. Start the family with an adult, then kill them off, or use a hack to turn your CAS sim into a teen.
PREGNANT TEEN (+1500 points) Use the insiminator or other hack to start the challenge with a pregnant teen sim- but no points for the unborn child.
OLD MAID (+35000 points) Your sims do not marry/move in anyone, ever. All new family members must be born. You may have children out of wedlock.