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Runaway Teen Challenge [Updated 03/10/19]
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I had him brush his teeth, pack some sack lunches, take out the trash and bought 4 school projects for him to complete. It took no time at all to get him out of the red and into the green. The projects seemed to make it go towards positive the most.
I thought about just cheating it up for him, but decided that would probably be against the rules. However, I did have to use the debug cheat to get the school projects. I'm guessing that's okay since he still had to buy and complete them? It's better than just using a cheat anyway, he had to work for it!
I don't know what he could do to get his grades up, he's got a D now. But wonder if it even matters. Does their grade count for anything when they age up?
Jerrad has three friends now; Lucas Munch, Malcolm Landgraab and Elsa Bjergsen. I think he and Elsa might end up being an item. It took no time at all for them to become 'good friends.' He's known Lucas longer and had more interactions with him and they're still just friends. Elsa's bar is twice as full and they've only had one chat and cloud gazing session.
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But anyway, Jerrad wants to grow at least one of every plant available. Hopefully to perfect condition, but he might not live that long unless he buys youth potions. So far he hasn't used any of his satisfaction points and I'm purposely trying NOT to use them. I've had a habit of relying on and using those too much in the past.
He has a greenhouse now for out of season plants, in season will always be outside though. They grow more produce that way for one thing, plus that's something else I've never tried before. As soon as my Sims can afford one, I've always built them a greenhouse and put everything in there.
He's working on a goal of catching every fish available too and toward that end he made a trip to Granite Falls. The goal for that trip was mostly to get a Growfruit seed since those are the very best fertilizer, but he also picked up some other seeds and stuck around to fish a little. I decided any fish he catches there he'll mount and display on the wall at home. Jerrad has a Perch above the windows in the kitchen now and he caught some rainbow fireflies. He put those beside his bed.
When he aged up I gave him a couple new outfits, cut his hair so it's back to the original dark brown color and he has a soul patch and goatie now. He looks so different and very much a young adult instead of a teen. I was pleasantly surprised that his voice actually changed on it's own to a deeper tone. Jerrad is the first male teen I've ever had age up in my game so I didn't know that would happen. I love it!
His home/lot is worth around 22000 now with the greenhouse, plus for his birthday since he had the funds I made the house bigger and updated some appliances as well. It still has a very rustic feel to it though which seems a perfect fit for his character.
His friends are all still teens since I didn't turn aging on for townies. Elsa keeps coming over for visits and inviting him out, so I'm thinking about maybe turning aging on for townies, at least until she ages up to young adult so it doesn't feel weird having a teenager pursuing him. If I do that, I'll see if there's anything romantic wise possible for the two of them. Otherwise, he'll just keep looking around for another possible mate. Or, I might not have him marry at all and just adopt. *shrugs*
Soooo, that's where I'm at with this challenge, I think it might be finished? At least as far as the teen arc goes. I don't think there's any rules after they age up is there? He doesn't have to pay for travel now does he? Is he 'required' to get a job? I hope not. lol But if so, perhaps he'll be a Scientist. IF, it's not still currently bugged that is. I heard it's a mess at the moment with co-workers not showing up, or if they do they don't wear the Scientist career outfit, especially the males. There's a trend toward dresses and heels going on for them. lol Could be fun to see what happens I guess.
Scientist doesn't fit with his character though, I just love that career. Perhaps Botanist would be better or something... OH! Chef! He could do that since that is my last goal for Jerrad. I want him to cook/bake at least one of every dish available, including the City Living food stall recipes and the experimental dishes.
If I stick with this, which I'm hoping will happen, I have a tendency of stopping and moving on to something else once my Sims have a somewhat nice house, it's going to take a long time to reach all these goals I've set for him. Maybe it's too much, but I LOVE a challenge.
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Anyway, perfect plants and fish collection alone is difficult enough right? Lucrative though. And no he doesn't need to get a job for you to count it "complete" just a house really. Are you thinking of making it a sort of legacy? The End My Suffering challenge has one gen challenges in a row. It's supposed to start with the ABC baby and then Runaway Teen. I think next was Black Widow. I never got that far because my teen's dog was bugged and I rage quit. One day I'll get back to him.
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I also played a challenge called Living off the Land and the Eco Existence Challenge, which are both similar. I play a lot of challenges. lol I am toying with the idea of making a legacy type game play with Jerrad. Not officially though if I did, I wouldn't follow Pinstar's rules. I don't like to play challenges with a lot of complicated rules with points for tasks you're required to do or deduct if you don't. I've tried a few like that, notably the Homeless Challenge which was a lot of fun and though you did get points for certain things, it wasn't that hard to tally. I've actually played that challenge numerous times in numerous ways, including the Homeless Elder Challenge.
The Rags to Riches style of starting any game play is my absolute favorite, probably around 95% of my saves start out with a Sim on an empty lot with no funds. lol There's just something so satisfying about starting with nothing and working to help my Sims become rich. I love it!
I've never heard of The End My Suffering challenge, is it listed here on the challenges board or do you have a link to the rules? I'd love to take a look at that, it sounds interesting. Especially since I've never tried the ABC or Black Widow challenges either. I checked out the Black Widow challenge, but it involves killing Sims and I normally try not to do that. The one time I did for a challenge was in the Random Legacy challenge (not completed yet). My founder rolled to have three ghosts on her lot. She ended up woo hooing three elder gentlemen. I didn't like doing it though, but at least they died happy!
EDIT: Oh no! How was the dog bugged? I actually rage quit a challenge involving bugged dogs too. It was the Wolf Pack Challenge and my dogs kept getting stuck on a pile of rotten fish. Gah!
I did the first gen of End My Suffering with the ABC baby which I called Alphababy. I'd taken the final child from that, which, incidentally ended up being number 26 since she had triplets in the end. I called it The Runaway and it ended up branching off into this idea I had of him adopting these ghost dogs. Which ended up being completely bugged. I have no idea if ghost pets have been bugged all along and I'm the first to actually think to adopt some as pets or what? I plan to get back to him eventually.
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When Greta aged up to YA, the Chance family moved out, so it was just Gloria & Greta. But, Greta rolled to have four children and two helpers which would've been even more Sims in the house. I put it on hiatus. I should revisit that legacy again now that I have a computer that could most likely handle it. I miss them, played them ALOT!
Same as my Time Lord challenge. I loved playing that with my Sim - First Artist. She regenerated twice to Third Artist before I had to put it on hiatus as well. The Tardis had just become way too big for my laptop to handle.
Never tried the Drifter challenge. Wow, I can't imagine having 26 children, in one family right? Must've taken a long time. Bummer the ghost dogs didn't work out. Did you intend to bring them back to life with ambrosia treats? I had thoughts of adopting the German Shepherd Captain, but never went through with it. Kind of glad I didn't now if they're bugged. I don't know if they're bugged for anyone else or not. I haven't had Cats & Dogs very long or played that pack very much myself.
Good luck when you do get back to them, I hope it works out better for you!
I've never done Time Lord. I think I've read the rules a few times but it wasn't what I was looking for at the time. Drifter is one of my all time favorites. It's the reason I started doing the whole starting from nothing thing. Each generation starts with §0 on an empty lot.
With the Alphababy I had her take a youth potion in order to get the kids all in one generation. She had two sets of triplets and only two single births (I think) so it wasn't too bad. Nothing like the torture that is the 100 Baby Challenge.
I wanted to leave the dogs as ghosts. Make him earn the money to eventually bring them back to life and maybe breed them. But they were sick. And you can't give a wellness treat to a ghost dog. I couldn't even check him in at the vet clinic. I had no choice but to cheat him the money for the ambrosia treat so he could give the wellness treat. Then when he traveled home with the dog it was a ghost again! I ended up fixing it with MC Command Center but by then I was just too frustrated to even go back and adopt the second dog.
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The Time Lord challenge is a lot of fun. What I liked about it the most was how you're 'almost' playing with a different Sim after each regeneration because you're supposed to remodel them to be completely different, they have a new aspiration, traits, change appearance, and/or gender, redecorate the Tardis, etc. I think I need to take another look at the Drifter challenge. It's been a long time since I read the rules. I like the sound of starting out with nothing on an empty lot. That's right in line with my modus operandi.
Oh cool, I figured that must've been what you did. Boy, you got that right with the 100 Baby Challenge! Pure torture! I started a save file for that challenge but didn't last very long. I think my first Mother had two toddlers with two babies and I quit, running into the night screaming whilst pulling what was left of my hair out. LOL I couldn't stand listening to the babies crying all the time! I could've muted it, but then how would I know when they needed attention? I couldn't keep an eye on them constantly or she would've gotten nothing else done. It was awful! If I could figure out how to get by that annoying feature, I might try it again or continue the first save.
Aww, man that just bites big time. I'm sorry it happened to you but I'm glad I know now. Don't think I'll adopt a stray ghost pet if that's the case. I can barely tolerate all the sick strays that are living as it is. Makes me so sad, I just want to adopt them all! I haven't had as much fun with Cats & Dogs as I was hoping I would. It was fun creating all my real life pets though. Collecting the feathers was fun too. I actually was able to do that without even having a pet at first. My Sim lived on the lot with one of those hunting bushes on the free area behind her lot. All the strays would jump in that thing to fight the birds and then drop the feathers when they came back out. She simply walked over and grabbed them. Free simoleons! Lastly, I just LOVE Brindleton Bay, it's a beautiful world!
Anyway, Jerrad's doing well. He just needs the red-tailed black shark & batfish to get all the base game fish, then he just needs the rest of the ones in Granite Falls, JA and a few from other packs to have them all! The garden is going to take the longest I think. He has a good number already, but only about half of every plant in the game. Plus, only a few are at the 'excellent' level, most are just 'nice.'
Also, with grafting borked, I'm a bit worried about getting an orchid. Jerrad's grafted for one, but I've tried getting an orchid in ALOT of other saves since the update and still haven't been successful. Might try sending Jerrad to Geekcon so he can use the rocket to get one that way. Or build his own rocket. He'll need to go to space anyway for the UFO plant.
Not too worried about having him cook one of every dish, that'll be easy once he starts focusing on it. He's at level 7 in cooking now, hasn't started gourmet or baking yet. He's only tried I think 4 or 5 of the 27 food stall recipes and none of the experimental dishes. Oh well, I'm taking it slow on purpose. With my Super Sims, I spent a lot of time just grinding skills, they had no life. I don't want that for Jerrad.
I apologize for always writing so much OT stuff in your thread, I hope you don't mind. I'll try keeping it to a minimum from now on. I tend to ramble at times.
haha well you are mentioning the challenge with the updates on Jerrad! Are you on Twitter or Facebook?
If you follow my blog link you'll find all of the challenges I maintain in the top menu. Easier than sorting through forum threads trying to find updates. Time Lord sounds awesome. Maybe I'll try it when I get bored of my current project. Although, I don't see that happening anytime soon.
I absolutely love pets! I have at least 2 in most of my households in my current save. A few have like 5. I've had a mod almost from the beginning that stops all of the strays from being sick and dirty. I have another that adds dog walkers and strays to the non-Brindleton 'hoods. I think adopting a ghost pet would be fine as long as you planned to immediately use the ambrosia treat... which is super expensive.
Good luck with that grafting. I did manage to get some dragonfruit. I was pretty shocked.
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I am really excited to start this challenge soon.
I just have one question I cant seem to find an answer too within these 19 pages...
If your teen has the money for a guitar, can she use it to make money? I thought about the part where you have to remain 'out of the picture' and if performing with a guitar would help.. haha!
I find that using the guitar is more realistic then painting, but I am also wondering about that skill.. like public easels or when you have the money for your own..?
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> @Lisamango0 If you want to perform for tips you can. I think most people don't because they're trying to keep any adults from noticing their teen, ya know? Painting is something you can do without interacting with other sims unless you're selling them at the market I suppose. But, you're right, it's not realistic if you just sell them to the air. That's why I've always preferred playing with the consignment shop in Sims 3.
Thank you so much for your answer!
It really depends on the backstory I guess. Now I want to play more then one runaway Teen challenge haha!
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> @Lisamango0 A friend of mine @Onyeka001 made a new challenge that you might be interested in. It fits right into the performing for tips idea you had. Townie Life Challenge
OOH sounds interesting!! I am checking this out later!
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