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Big Brother 2020 Challenge
ryttu3k
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Welcome to the Big Brother challenge! Originally by gizmoman49 on MTS.
Rules
1) There will be 8 Sims in the house to start with. Once the first four have been evicted, there will be one or two wildcard Sims added.
2) Evictions will be every Sunday.
3) Sims will not be controlled. I'm Big Brother here and can modify the house and evict Sims, but will not intervene directly.
4) They're cut off from the rest of the world. No TVs, computers, radios, or books allowed. There will be a mailbox on the premise solely for paying bills - assuming they'll be able to afford them!
5) At the start of the challenge, household funds will be set to 0. Raising money will be on the housemates.
6) While within the confines of the game, I can't take away their phones, they won't technically have them and hopefully... won't spend too much time on them. They have all been provided with journals; the spellcasters have had their glimmerstones taken.
7) Each week will have a challenge. Either the loser of the challenge will be the evictee, or the winner/s of the challenge will be immune from voting.
8) Check out the house here!
Our housemates for the challenge: Cassandra Goth, Malcolm Landgraab, Morgyn Ember, Johnny Zest, Don Lothario, Diego Lobo, Lilith Vatore, Caleb Vatore. Two sets of siblings (one close, one... very estranged), two vampires, two spellcasters.
Morgyn Ember
Ambitious | Bookworm | Outgoing
Former Sage, now reality TV contestant! How will this bookworm last without a single book in the house?
Cassandra Goth
Creative | Gloomy | Loner
From the famed Goth family, Cassandra would rather be left alone with her music. Will she cope with a house full of strangers?
Malcolm Landgraab
Evil | Snob | Self-Absorbed
Heir of the Landgraab family, Malcolm is rich, vain, and well-connected. Will he be able to relate to the others, including his disowned older brother?
Diego Lobo
Art Lover| Hot-Headed | Snob
A critic who knows what he likes and what he doesn't like, can Diego ever learn to play well with others?
Don Lothario
Active | Noncommittal | Romantic
Don is a capital H Heartbreaker! He's almost guaranteed to woo at least one other housemate - will he leave a trail of broken hearts in his wake?
Caleb Vatore
Foodie | Materialistic | Romantic
One of a pair of twins, this gentle-natured vampire loves being around others. Will he be able to keep his thirst in check and not snack on his housemates?
Lilith Vatore
Active | Creative | Outgoing
The other half of the Vatore twins, Lilith is energetic and loves being kept busy. Will she end up suffering from boredom?
Johnny Zest
Ambitious | Goofball | Outgoing
An aspiring and outgoing comedian, Johnny is used to having friends. How will he fare with his evil younger brother in the house?
Week 1, days 1-2
Week 1, days 3-4
Week 1, days 4-6
Week 1, day 7
Week 2, days 1-2
Week 2, days 3-4
Week 2, day 5
Week 2, day 6
Week 2, day 7
Week 3, day 1
Rules
1) There will be 8 Sims in the house to start with. Once the first four have been evicted, there will be one or two wildcard Sims added.
2) Evictions will be every Sunday.
3) Sims will not be controlled. I'm Big Brother here and can modify the house and evict Sims, but will not intervene directly.
4) They're cut off from the rest of the world. No TVs, computers, radios, or books allowed. There will be a mailbox on the premise solely for paying bills - assuming they'll be able to afford them!
5) At the start of the challenge, household funds will be set to 0. Raising money will be on the housemates.
6) While within the confines of the game, I can't take away their phones, they won't technically have them and hopefully... won't spend too much time on them. They have all been provided with journals; the spellcasters have had their glimmerstones taken.
7) Each week will have a challenge. Either the loser of the challenge will be the evictee, or the winner/s of the challenge will be immune from voting.
8) Check out the house here!
Meet The Housemates!
Our housemates for the challenge: Cassandra Goth, Malcolm Landgraab, Morgyn Ember, Johnny Zest, Don Lothario, Diego Lobo, Lilith Vatore, Caleb Vatore. Two sets of siblings (one close, one... very estranged), two vampires, two spellcasters.
Morgyn Ember
Ambitious | Bookworm | Outgoing
Former Sage, now reality TV contestant! How will this bookworm last without a single book in the house?
Cassandra Goth
Creative | Gloomy | Loner
From the famed Goth family, Cassandra would rather be left alone with her music. Will she cope with a house full of strangers?
Malcolm Landgraab
Evil | Snob | Self-Absorbed
Heir of the Landgraab family, Malcolm is rich, vain, and well-connected. Will he be able to relate to the others, including his disowned older brother?
Diego Lobo
Art Lover| Hot-Headed | Snob
A critic who knows what he likes and what he doesn't like, can Diego ever learn to play well with others?
Don Lothario
Active | Noncommittal | Romantic
Don is a capital H Heartbreaker! He's almost guaranteed to woo at least one other housemate - will he leave a trail of broken hearts in his wake?
Caleb Vatore
Foodie | Materialistic | Romantic
One of a pair of twins, this gentle-natured vampire loves being around others. Will he be able to keep his thirst in check and not snack on his housemates?
Lilith Vatore
Active | Creative | Outgoing
The other half of the Vatore twins, Lilith is energetic and loves being kept busy. Will she end up suffering from boredom?
Johnny Zest
Ambitious | Goofball | Outgoing
An aspiring and outgoing comedian, Johnny is used to having friends. How will he fare with his evil younger brother in the house?
Index
Week 1, days 1-2
Week 1, days 3-4
Week 1, days 4-6
Week 1, day 7
Week 2, days 1-2
Week 2, days 3-4
Week 2, day 5
Week 2, day 6
Week 2, day 7
Week 3, day 1
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Comments
Settings - all personal items except a journal have been removed. Johnny and Diego, the only two with jobs, have now quit; the household funds are set to 0. It's Sunday, the first day of summer. No challenges immediately, they'll be getting settled in first!
Cassandra, who has already found the pool, is deeply unimpressed by the amount of people around.
"Uuuuugh."
"UUUUUUUUGH."
Lilith fails at doing a swan dive
Everyone is here! Cass still lowkey wants to murder people, but everyone else seems to be getting on fine.
We know, Johnny. We know.
Cass might not want anyone around, but apparently Morgyn and Don have no such issue with personal space!
Side note, I really must find a mod that stops them from using their phone every five seconds.
"GO. AWAY. DON."
Diego randomly gets angry (he has the hot-headed trait), and Morgyn tries to cheer him up!
What a good bby.
He's still pretty cranky.
Harrumph grumble mutter.
Take that, bin.
And what's with those windchimes?!
TIL swimming angry laps is a thing.
Malcolm might be evil, but at least he likes a tidy place.
Morgyn sez: "Wash your hands!"
Autonomously fixing the fridge.
Malcolm sees more of Don than he ever wanted to see.
Malcolm hasn't looked away yet. Cass... still isn't impressed.
Somehow, Don Lothario got embarrassed at people seeing him naked. Don Lothario. Embarrassed.
He's not the only one about to be embarrassed!
Malcolm is Displeased about the state of the fridge. Which has broken. Again.
Johnny grudgingly admits that his brother may be evil but at least he wants to keep them fed.
Finally, Diego manages to chill.
...Really chill.
Malcolm also cooked the grilled fruit! Stop complaining, Malc, the food is literally right over there.
Caleb is a happy vampy! (For now! *ominous noises*)
Points for enthusiasm and civil-mindedness, points off for ignoring the perfectly good kitchen sink and making for the bathroom instead.
And Caleb gets splashed in 3... 2...
The first night. All four beds taken, no one wanting to share.
Diego has even resorted to a sofa.
It's 3 AM and most of the house is asleep, which naturally means Cass is at her perkiest!
"These fish are my friends
So, the Vatores aren't doing so well. I had to have them replace the plasma fruit trees, which, okay, fine. Added some fruits to the fridge, too. But they're not going for them, like, at all. So they're just getting thirstier and thirstier, and spending basically all their time sadly floating on the loungers...
Cass honey that can't be comfortable.
Food situation: not good.
Food situation: improved!
Food situation: slightly chewy, but acceptable.
So they were actually reacting to a smelly cup but honestly I'd like to think it's just a natural response to Don's... Donness.
"We used to have servants for this..."
Sad vampire siblings continue to be sad. So this is the point where I removed the Vampires Can Kill mod and restarted. Look, the fruits are there! They can eat them if they want! But if all else fails, at least it won't be, like, a massacre?
Nearly everyone is out here!
Malcolm thinks that Lilith is hot. First, okay, yes, she is, but she's also literally on fire Lilith you do not have sun immunity and the clouds have gone. Go inside!!
I just love the idea of this super snobby critic going for a hot chocolate with a candy cane in it.
Caleb, meanwhile, pouts in a bathroom stall after being shooed away from the shower he was taking.
"So do you want to bite him or should I?" "He kicked me out of the shower! I so have first dibs."
Food situation has absolutely deteriorated again.
Like. Both Morgyn and Cassandra know Delicioso. That is something they both can do.
It's 11 PM on Monday night. Time for that uncontrollable thirst to kick in. Morgyn is saved by virtue of being asleep on a lounger...
...but Cass is an easy target for Lilith.
Whoops, forgot her dark form.
Caleb finds Diego in the kitchen and attacks.
Aaand they're down.
The guilt has kicked in!
Lilith is feeling good! Caleb is feeling disgusted at himself and probably a bit at Lilith. Johnny is pretending he didn't see or hear anything.
"What unconscious housemates?"
Cass eventually wakes up, and gloomily eats popcorn. She's not having a great time...
...but at least neither is Caleb!
So, the original plan was to keep everything completely autonomous, and that... clearly didn't work for the Vatores. Thinking I might keep it autonomous, except for directing them to plasma fruits so they don't spend literally the entire time miserable. Thoughts?
Anyway. Back to the house! Since the Vatores going on their slight rampage wasn't actually meant to be happen, I cancelled out Diego and Cass's negative moodlets from being attacked. Caleb rides out the last of his tension on his favourite pool float.
Cass is A-OK again!
And Lilith is full of energy, as usual.
Morgyn honey I can't help but feel this is an act of supreme futility.
Caleb is still in the pool, but at least he's not sulking any more!
Lilith chooses a spectacularly inappropriate area to do sit-ups. Just be glad that towel texture is like that!
Everyone goes to bed. Well, most people go to bed. Cass goes to pool float.
Bit more direction. I prompted Morgyn to plant an apple (no one had touched the seeds), and, very obligingly, they planted everything else too!
Don takes the opportunity to come over and flirt.
Astonishingly, Morgyn happily flirts back! I imagine Don is surprised but pretty pleased?
What a good boy
Caleb looks unsure about his sister chatting with the evil dude.
Morgyn, having stayed up literally all night, finally gets into the low reds with their energy. Do they go to bed? Nope! They climb into the hot tub and fall asleep there!
It's okay, he doesn't bite now.
Caleb discovers the Diary Room. I actually thought he was talking to the camera but it turned out Lilith was just offscreen.
So I got this alert and... um... well, I can't actually share caps, so here are some caps of the aftermath. Despite the fact that she got a positive moodlet off it, I'm not sure how impressed Cass was.
Crying it out in the closet. I think it's fair to say she has regrets?
So this conversation between Johnny and Malcolm actually started pleasant but before I could grab a cap of it they started yelling at each other.
Morgyn has discovered the bed! Alas, they have yet to discover this thing called 'sleeping under the blankets'.
Good boy continues to be good
I have no idea what Malcolm and Don were talking about but they were doing it VERY ENTHUSIASTICALLY!
Morgyn this is still not a bed.
Adorable sibling interactions. Lilith naturally gets Energised from her Active trait, and Caleb got Energised just by chatting with her!
They're super cute and put Johnny and Malcolm to shame.
"Are you kidding. Why do so many people think this is a bed. This is a hot tub, it is not a bed!"
"Oh wait you're hot. Carry on."
Cass is like, "Aww, you're sweet! I'm going to bed. Alone."
Another good boy.
Morgyn has discovered sleeping in a bed!!!!
It's 3 AM and the vampires are out and about and... playing basketball. Totally normal creature-of-the-night activities.
Speaking of creature-of-the-night activities... Cass looks like she enjoyed this one a bit more than her earlier, uh, activities with Don! The hot tub: still not a bed, but pretty fun nonetheless.
Johnny is like, "Okay look you of all people actually have no room to judge what constitutes a normal breakfast okay?!"
Popcorn: breakfast of champions.
"HECC."
Okay, here starts this chain of everyone's hygiene dropping around the same time and a chain of embarrassment. Diego walks in on Malcolm. Diego is amused. Morgyn walks in to wash the dishes, because what is a kitchen sink.
Sink breaks. Morgyn looks like they're considering forbidden words again.
Diego decides to shower. Lilith immediately walks in. Diego looks like he tried to salvage things with a, "Like what you see? ;D" and Lilith has just laughed.
Diego walks out. Morgyn walks back in. Lilith and Morgyn go off into one of the toilet stalls. Johnny and Cass walk in. Johnny and Cass start showering. "So are you aggressively ignoring the noises coming from that stall?" "Yes. Yes I am."
Morgyn cheerfully washes up after their activities with Lilith...
...and Lilith wanders out, looking extraordinarily pleased with herself.
Meanwhile, at the pool...
...Caleb attempts to deathglare whoever just splashed him into submission.
Diego doesn't think Malcolm is looking too good.
He's actually not doing so crash-hot himself! Malcolm is dazed and dizzy, Diego is now running a fever, and Morgyn is all stuffed up...
...although that still doesn't stop Lilith giving them the eye as they cross each other's paths in the kitchen ;D What is social distancing?
Johnny continues to eat popcorn and be quietly pleased he's not part of the Disaster Squad so far. Drama-free life, baby!
That done, let's see what everyone is doing. Cassandra has just made a plate of burgers! Thank you, Cass! Malcolm is ignoring them in favour of another bowl of popcorn, Diego is making fruit salad, Caleb is chatting to him. Morgyn and Don are flirting oh god. Johnny is napping on the sofa, Lilith is swearing in frustration due to her need for activity.
Check back with the others, and Morgyn is now flirting with Diego. Better choice, bby. "Like what you see?"
"Yes. Yes I do."
Personal space, guys!!
Now Lilith and Morgyn are flirting. Do I need to saltpetre the water, guys?!
Lilith: on the hunt. Diego: uncertain where this is going. Johnny: completely oblivious.
Finally, two Sims that aren't flirting!
I just really dig the difference in sibling interactions here. The Vatores are just hanging out and enjoying each other's company, and Malcolm is... autonomously yelling at Johnny.
Cass is above all this nonsense and just wants a working sink, guys.
LILITH NO.
She knows what she wants, at least!
Morgyn conducts some important research. More important than the trash behind them, apparently!
Johnny and Morgyn crash...
...while the girls get their sports on.
Malcolm is in the can, Diego is showering, and Caleb is in the pool. Don has discovered Cass's burgers and has... promptly put it down to complain about the trash.
Don attempts repair work while Diego is literally *popcorns*
The house makes its first money! There was 10 simoleons in the trash! Don still is deeply unimpressed.
TIL evil Sims have a 'laugh maniacally' option.
Don isn't too sure what to make of these veggie burgers.
Morgyn departs for Reasons...
...while Diego stares creepily at Cass. Dude there are literally two free beds?! And - holup.
Five of the eight are out for the count!
SPLASHED.
"NOT. FUNNY. LILITH." "lmao are you kidding it was hilarious."
Morgyn is quietly enjoying some late (or early? It's 2 AM) dinner...
...when Caleb disturbs the peace.
"Ooh, parts!" Morgyn honey is that sanitary?
Caleb has just spent 9 of their 10 simoleons on some nice calming tea. (Lemon honey ginger detox tea, if you're curious!)
This is how Lilith prefers to finish a long day, herself.
While Morgyn cleans up the now-foul burgers, Caleb gets his flirt on.
*Jaws theme intensifies*
It's now Thursday proper! Morgyn continues their research.
Breakfast of champions.
Cassandra is most pleased to not actually be breakfast!
Caleb tells a gross joke...
...and gets very different reactions.
Cass does the adorable popcorn toss. Lilith likes the look of that snack.
Caleb: "They're showing off again, aren't they?"
"If I become one with the wall, no one can bother me."
Intense activity!
Meanwhile, Diego and Johnny... uh, have their own activities. Okay sorry make that Diego, Johnny, and Morgyn. They're playing Monopoly, you know how that gets!
Caleb knows what happens with Monopoly, yes.
Some nice healthy socialisation.
Lilith makes an ill-advised decision to investigate.
"Oh my Watcher, guess what I just saw!"
"And they didn't invite me?!"
Further reactions!
Morgyn...
M o r g y n . . .
I find it a little sad that every time Caleb talks to someone autonomously about vampirism, he immediately goes straight for talking about a cure
More sickness! Caleb has a headache, Lilith's head feels all stuffy, and earlier Morgyn was feverish, although they seem to have thrown it off for now.
This is not social distancing.
Lilith has a rare sleep. Which is good because Basketball Cannot Be Denied and she keeps going out in the sun.
Sicknesses continue! Cass has a rash, and now Diego has a stuffed head, too!
Which absolutely does not stop Don from flirting.
"Do you think maybe we'd see the fish better if we were standing on the side with the glass?"
Oh my god they're so cute. It's not like they're my main save OTP and it fills my heart with sunlight and happiness when they interact or anything.
Don shows up, Johnny immediately walks off and Caleb gives Don this look.
...oh okay it's because of his headache. I like my interpretation better, but okay!
After playing some basketball and showering, Caleb goes to chat with Don (willingly). "No hard feelings?"
Well here's a conundrum! Does Don have a good enough relationship to share with anyone out of Lilith, Morgyn, Johnny, or Malcolm?
Nope. He wakes up Johnny, who has an almost full energy bar anyway. Go eat a food, Johnny.
"HECC." (He's feeling very tense both from his weird leftover Ambitious debuffs even though I changed that trait to Romantic, and from his now pressurised head.)
You know what not the most clean or spacious location but I'll go with it. Have fun, boys
(Mods, they're both clothed. It's all good. Just some smooching.)
...well that's one way to get out of the house! (Teleport mishap. Back in you go, bby!)
Morgyn is tense (lack of employment), Johnny is... splotchy. Both are still very into their popcorn.
(Alas, I had a tragedy of a failed cap not properly saving, but Morgyn was sharing a bed with Diego earlier!)
It's 10 AM and Diego and Cass are still sleeping. Come on, guys, it's Challenge Day!
And they're up! I'll give them a bit of time to get their needs in order. Also, Don, Lilith, and Morgyn are currently. Busy. Playing Monopoly. On the bedroom floor. Okay it's literally 7 PM. Little bit of intervention - I'm going to teleport everyone to the pool area, put them in their swimwear, and remove the door. Time for the diving challenge!!
Big Brother 2020 - Challenge 1
This is going to be a two-part system - a challenge first for immunity, followed by voting. That's where you come in! I'm going to be including a strawpoll at the end with the losing team - have a vote, and you'll choose who goes home on Sunday!
So I'm doing 1-week seasons, so we'll be getting two... 'years', I guess, throughout the course of the series. The Sims is just kind of like that. It's summer at the moment, so let's go with a summery challenge! I'm dividing the housemates into two teams, and they'll be using the diving platform for points!
Works like this: each housemate will try to perform the three dives, the cannonball, the backflip, and the swan dive. For each dive performed correctly, they'll get one point. For each one done incorrectly, they'll neither gain nor lose points. For each lost swimsuit, they'll lose a point ;D In the end, the team with the highest number of points will gain immunity, and the losing team will be up for elimination!
To divide the teams, I used Random.org, which has a list randomiser. Listed everyone alphabetically, then shuffled the list. And we have!
Team Pineapple: Cassandra, Diego, Johnny, Malcolm.
Team Banana: Don, Morgyn, Lilith, Caleb.
(Just quietly, with two athletic Sims, I suspect Banana will be winning.)
And may the best housemates win!
First up is Lilith for Team Banana! LOOK OUT BELOW!
Cannonball: successful! Backflip: successful, but oh no, a lost suit! Swan dive: fail!
Johnny looks like he's volunteering to go next!
Cannonball: successful! Backflip: successful! Swan dive: fail! "OH WATCHER THAT SMARTS!!"
And so on!
Cass does a cannonball successfully! Fails the backflip! Aaand fails the swan dive!
This is not a happy group.
Malcolm is too uncomfortable to dive, mostly because he's just peed himself, so I'm going to intervene to give him a bit more energy. Still, even after that, he refuses to jump, so... y'know what? I'm gonna call that a forfeit!
Four down, four to go! Next up is Diego! Somehow fails a cannonball, successfully backflips (of all things!) but loses his bathers, and is the first to make the swan dive!
Over to the bananas and Morgyn! Cannonball is successful, backflip is a fail, and swan dive is a success!
Caleb autonomously does a successful backflip, so I guess he's going next
Last but not least, Don! He nails the cannonball, nails the backflip, and nails the swan dive, and is the first to get a perfect score! Now go take a shower you smelly man!
And here is the scoreboard!
Team Banana
Lilith Vatore: 1 / 1 (and -1) / 0 = 1
Morgyn Ember: 1 / 0 / 1 = 2
Caleb Vatore: 0 (and -1) / 1 / 1 = 1
Don Lothario: 1 / 1 / 1 = 3
Total: 7
Team Pineapple
Johnny Zest: 1 / 1 / 0 = 2
Cassandra Goth: 1 / 0 / 0 = 1
Malcolm Landgraab: 0
Diego Lobo: 0 / 1 (and -1) / 1 = 1
Total: 4
Team Banana is ridiculously victorious, not just due to Malcolm's forfeit (he would have had to get 3/3 to even tie), and will have immunity for the next elimination! And that means the four members of Team Pineapple - Johnny, Cass, Malcolm, and Diego - are now up for elimination.
Here is the poll. Only your votes can save your favourites! (Just quietly, I think we know who's getting voted out, heh.)
Now for this Big Brother challenge...I'm LOVING it. You've chosen some great contestants and I was SUPER happy to see Malcolm in one of these things. He's a complex kid. When I've left them in a completely autonomous situation, I've always found that as long as he has Johnny's CONSTANT ATTENTION (I cannot emphasize the "constant" aspect of that enough) their friendship bar is maxed out in less than 2 days. After that it gets boring because they just want to hug and give each other aromatherapy or foot/hand massages all the time. (Which, it's XD but also kind of beautiful. I hate their parents.)
So I voted for Cassandra but it looks like Malcolm will be out. I miss him already. :( But I'm still really excited to see what happens next! This is probably my favorite Sims 4 challenge I've ever seen anyone do.
(I'm new to the forums here, so maybe I'm not supposed to post on your thread? Remove it if it's not supposed to be here, and sorry if that's the case.)
Yeah, the relationship between Johnny and Malcolm is really interesting - I'm considering trying my runaway teen challenge again with Johnny, but it might also be interesting for him to try and save Malcolm by bringing him along? See if that actually manages to change their dynamic, especially away from Nancy's influence.
I've been unwell the last week or so, so I haven't had a chance to play much, but I hope you continue enjoying it! And welcome to the forums!
I take a different approach with Geoffrey, in that I had a mother who did unspeakable abuse to me and my brother, but she was mentally ill. My dad, who stood idly by and let horrible things happen to us, was a rational, mentally healthy person, who should have known better. So I figure, hey, an evil person like Nancy obviously has a skewed perspective on right and wrong, so we expect that from her. Geoffrey is supposed to be good and family oriented, so he is, if anything, as culpable (and maybe moreso) than Nancy, because he KNOWS it's wrong and goes along with it anyways. I'm not sure if he really chose her over Johnny's health and safety or if he felt he had to stay with her for his job, but the result is the same.
I love the idea of Johnny "rescuing" Malcolm, because I think he would, especially when he got to a stable place himself. In the runaway situation I put them in, they couldn't leave their home for a while, and Malcolm literally would wait outside the bathroom until Johnny flushed so he could barge in to chat. Johnny literally couldn't eat or play guitar or dance or ANYTHING without Malcolm 3 pixels away, socially un-distancing himself. I figure Johnny wanted to grab his face and say "oh my GOD do you ever stop talking??".XD But they've never had more than a couple of negative interactions before they get to be friends enough that Malcolm seems to forget he's even evil and dastardly and wants to make enemies. He's angry and lonely but deep down he's a good boy.
Anyways, thank you for giving me another reason to play Sims 4.:D I'm inspired to set up my own version of a Big Brother challenge to entertain my kids while we're all stuck at home. Take care of yourself, and I'll be around when you're feeling well enough to update the challenge.:)
Poor Malcolm. Have you found the What Happened In Your Game Today thread? I'm working out an aged-down save that I could re-try the challenge in, see how things go there! Going to make it a big group project if you want to join in!
I'd love to see your take on it the challenge
The Caleb and Mortimer thing was a surprise, but strangely compelling. But you just KNOW Mortimer wants to be a vampire and he has to start somewhere? XD
I'm just now learning where everything is on the Sims 4 side of the forum, but I've found the WHIYGT thread and I'll be diving right in for sure. Sims + fanfiction, my favorite new OTP.
(In my main save, that's part of the backstory, actually. Johnny's original name was Malcolm, and who we know as Malcolm was originally Sebastian. When Johnny was disowned, he changed his name, and Sebastian's name was changed to Malcolm, with Nancy pretending that he was their only child, their heir, Malcolm Landgraab, all along.)
Anyway. Conspiracy theories are fun.
Mortimer definitely seems like the kind to find the nearest friendly vampire and go, "Hey, you. Bite me." XD I wonder if it makes it better or worse than the Goth I see Caleb paired with the most is Cass...?
Have a great time on the thread!
...sometimes really uncomfortably.
Refueling...
...staring at fishtanks...
Okay, Caleb, since you're in the greens and also doing absolutely nothing, you can do some gardening! Harvesting some plants, and selling the rest!
Food is in the fridge, and the housemates now have a whopping 179 simoleons! Things in the kitchen, alas, are still a bit chaotic...
Johnny, finally free of the tyranny of barbeque, quick meals, and popcorn, is making a superfood salad. You get those health points, bby!
Time and a place, Lilith.
Caleb and Malcolm were having a pleasant conversation until, like, two seconds ago...
"Man, what is your problem?!"
Much nicer company!
Diego is just like, "...cute, but weird."
I'm very amused that no one has even been near the pool since the diving challenge, ngl.
Caleb, Diego, and Don decide that as a deliberate defiance of the fact that there are cameras everywhere, they're going to... play Monopoly in front of the very prominent camera in the Diary Room. Lilith and Malcolm are shocked at the aftermath!
*stares directly into camera* "Wow, it's a good thing I don't actually have a phone in here! Otherwise I might have got a text from my mother asking me to be her wingman at the Romance Festival!"
Alrighty, time to get the first farewell party started! (Late. Thanks, Caleb, Diego, and Don...)
Party attire!
For the party, they get a low-quality wall speaker! If they manage to get bronze or better, they can keep it!
Excellent dance moves
Huh, the 'host socialises with guests' thing doesn't seem to be worki-- oh.
Yeah this party is going great.
Well, that'd be a fail! No stereo for you guys.
(Intervention here with pose player because oh my god have you ever tried to get eight Sims to sit at the same time.)
The housemates are gathered!
With six votes to be sent home...
"It's time to go..."
"...Malcolm."
And because I didn't put in an external door, he unceremoniously gets yeeted out the house.
"Oh thank watcher," thinks Johnny.
Next time: week 2, and autumn, begins!
You really made me think about this Mortimer and Caleb thing. (In that save, I had intended Mortimer for MY sim, but I had to move quick because Caleb was already up on it). Once my sim and Mortimer were married, I let Mortimer carry on as he wanted, and finally I divorced him and watched Caleb pull an autonomous wedding proposal (which was actually incredibly romantic).
I hadn't really played them since then, but I decided to play as Caleb, cure his vampirism, have him ghost Mortimer, and go to the magic realm to learn magic (and meet Morgyn). I have a theory as to why he's obsessed with magic, but anyways. Morgyn has been quite aloof with all of my sims but took a shine to Caleb with little to no effort on my part. I stepped down Caleb's relationship with Mortimer so they were no longer engaged (they still have a high romance bar but that doesn't come into play until later). Morgyn autonomously asked to go steady and then Caleb autonomously asked Morgyn to marry him, so it's all taking care of itself. Not sure Morgyn is ready to leave the Sage role and Caleb spends a lot of time laying in bed with Johnny emo'ing about how he's going to get married and STILL be lonely and Johnny plays Love Guru (he's very wise, especially lying in bed in the dark).
BUT, and here's the big but: Morgyn's hair is all wrong because now I only see them as you've pictured them. I need that undercut!
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As for Big Brother. I saw that coming, and it makes me think about how reality show contestants always say "I'm not here to make friends" and I feel like that was Malcolm's thing.XD I never change his traits and he's mostly well behaved, but maybe he doesn't get enough attention in a big group. And I usually have a hard time liking Cassandra but I think she's kind of growing on me. Maybe I'll play her sometime instead of shipping her off to Strangerville. :D
And yeah, definitely XD Unfortunately, being antagonistic with everyone is a good way to get people to vote you out! Seriously, I was legit surprised he had that many votes. And I'm very fond of Cassandra, mostly because I did play with the Goths a lot way back in the TS1 days. When I got Makin' Magic she became a preteen witch, good times.
Cassandra, idk. She always got so mad when I wanted to hook Mortimer and Don Lothario up back in TS2. Mortimer would do just about anything to keep his daughter away from the man he suspected in Bella's disappearance, you know? Like that Meatloaf song, except that he WOULD do that. So Cassandra spent a lot of my TS2 game really angry at me. :(
I'm gonna start posting on the WHIYGT thread. That's what I tell myself that every day! New fandoms are hard; thanks for the encouragement. :D
I mean, fair enough for Cass to be mad, her fiance was hooking up with her dad. That's pretty weird XD Poor Goths, it was a pretty bad situation!
Yeees. Join us!
Fancy banner go!
Excuse me this is illegal.
Some gratuitous teleporting later, and everyone is back inside. No escaping that easily! Drop and gimme 20!
The girls hang out outside...
Caleb is waaay too perky for 6 AM on a Sunday morning...
...and Diego has forgotten what beds are despite all four of them being free.
...oh god it's Prank Day. Pray for them.
Bustin' a move. And yes, Caleb, Cass, and Don all ventured back to the Pool of Doom!
This is the first time I've seen all of the housemates autonomously doing the same activity! I guess anything that can help raise Fun is helpful?
Diego pls.
Hey check it out it's my main household!
I will never understand why Sims love discussing local fishing spots so much, but hey, if the materialistic vampire and the goofball comedian from a desert want to talk fishing, go for it!
It never fails to amuse me just how perky Morgyn is. That Outgoing trait is powerful!
Okay, all done. I'm going to send Lilith to sell all the fresh produce. I'm thinking at this point I'm going to just sell everything so they can buy better food, since they don't seem to be making use of the actual items. They make $229! Also, the cap totally fails to save!
Cass has officially entered A Rage from the windchimes. Interesting how variable the response to them can be, really.
Diego gives up on the apple salad he was making, and starts angrily making another.
He seems spectacularly unimpressed with Caleb's attempts at flirting, oh dear...
Okay I just got an alert that Johnny is burning to death and...? What's in that drink?!
Cass has discovered Morgyn and Don's Monopoly session and apparently is impressed with their technique.
Johnny once again demonstrates how chill he is with like... literally everything.
"WHY ME."
Morgyn to the rescue!
A very excitable vampire!!
Morgyn, did you seriously just spend $20 on fancy coffee? "So what if I did?" Okay okay please don't inferniate me I'm just the narrator!
Oh neat, TIL you actually see and hear planes landing over Del Sol.
Caleb plays a prank on Lilith by giving her a frighten! She's very amused. I think this is the only actual Mischief interaction I've seen all day?
Multitasking.
Things I wasn't expecting - Don and Morgyn developing a bed-sharing habit.
There are literally two free beds?
Cass, what did I just say about free beds?!
She seems to be enjoying her solo spa time, at least! Fair enough, she is a loner.
Much better. All the humans are asleep!
And the vampire twins are hanging out and playing some basketball (and at least one needs a shower).
Lilith hits the showers, thankfully, and Caleb gets in some physically impossible tank-staring time. Sweetheart, that side is opaque...
Johnny *popcorns* over breakfast and tries to ignore Caleb's biceps.
...well, maybe he can think about them a little.
Have none of you heard of a balanced breakfast?!
........okay so apparently Johnny appreciated Caleb's biceps more than I realised.
Oh god the bills have arrived and there's $16,000 worth. Well, that settles it. Someone's gonna have to sell a kidney.
Cassandra is deeply amused at her housemate's dance moves and remain blissfully oblivious about their impending financial ruin.
Some people research. Others try to sell every harvestable in reach to try and pay the bills. $421, yeah, that's not gonna cover it...
Emergency bill meeting, perhaps?
(...No, Lilith and Cass, I don't think Monopoly will help. Not without mods I don't have, anyway.)
Morgyn: "PLANTS!"
Caleb: "omg how cute are they with their enthusiasm
Don: "I can think of better activities..." (Sports. He means sports.)
Cass makes a salad because she's hungry... then immediately ditches it to go to bed. Sims autonomy, everyone!
So a money tree would help a lot. On the downside, while the housemates have enough points combined to get one, no one has enough individually. Lilith is the highest at 3,010.
Caleb is a dance star! He's the first to get a dance floor!
Aaand we end day two of week two with Don flirting with a deeply unimpressed Lilith.
"Can you believe this guy?"
Participation time! I have a few ideas on how they can solve their money woes - I'd love to hear what you think!
First, someone can buy a Money Tree. This requires 5,000 points, and currently the highest is Lilith, which just over 3k. It will also take a week to be harvestable and even then it won't even pay off the whole lot straight away. In the mean time, those utilities are going off!
Next, Caleb and Lilith (the only two Sims with over 2,000 points) can get the Frugal trait, which gives a 44% reduction in bills. It will also be a massive setback in getting a money tree.
Third option, start selling items!
Fourth option, temporarily turn the place into an Off-The-Grid property. This will remove bills entirely at the expense of being able to do the dance-off challenge, although honestly, that could be a challenge in and of itself.
Fifth option, cheat. I mean, it's not like Big Brother contestants have to pay their own bills anyway.
Sixth option, cheat, but with an excuse. I can just explain that I'm combining points so they can get the tree!
Seventh option, harvest someone's kidneys.
I'm currently thinking a combination: sell some stuff, then go off the grid. While the housemates attempt to deal with this, either try and raise satisfaction points to buy a money tree, or, if they don't have it after a while, cheat and justify it by saying they pooled their resources.
Thoughts?
If it were me, I'd probably do your last suggestion: sell some stuff, go off the grid, and then figure out the money tree. They're living the good life right now, so the off-the-grid challenge would be a fun twist!
Or let Malcolm use some of that Landgraab money to buy his way back in. XD
Diego's up, Don takes the opportunity to steal his bed. This is an, "I'm awake but at what cost?" look if ever there was one.
I swear Diego's breaking the fourth wall here. "Can you believe this guy?" Actually, given that this is Big Brother, he actually could be addressing the audience...
Everyone starts getting up!
You have a kitchen sink! You were standing next to the kitchen sink!!
See? Kitchen sink!!
Anyway. Regarding money, it was pretty unanimous to just cheat the bills. Once Morgyn is done with the dishes, let's go do that!
And a bit more money-making while they're at it. From $429 to $722!
This is the first time Lilith hasn't given Don an, "In your dreams" look. Progress!
This is technically from a non-forum-friendly mod but this animation is very PG-rated, and also, awww!!
Just. So cute
I swear I need to ban that popcorn machine. How do they not have scurvy.
Cass, in true loner style, is having her own popcorn party - the type where she's the only attendee.
Lilith is so ready for the dance competition.
Apparently Johnny is describing his fear of boredom. Ironically, Lilith looks bored.
Dance dance! Albeit in... really weird outfits. Caleb in everyday, Diego in half of something, Johnny in a towel, Don in athletic, Lilith and Morgyn in swimwear. What kinda dress code is this club?!
Even Cass emerges to get her dance on!
Oh thank god something other than popcorn.
...which Cass firmly ignores.
So I did change settings slightly so they could stay more, ahem, attired, but it's pretty clear from Morgyn's expression that that was a fun Monopoly session.
Late-night gossip sesh, apparently?
Don leaves and these two immediately start flirting.
(Seem to have an irritating bug here - the pink bars just are not happening! Even after actual Romance interactions, nothin'. Try adding one with cheats, nothin'.)
Hmmm.
And then he immediately splashes back down. Glitch with going for a plasma pack while chilling on a float (which he was doing just before), I guess!
And it's the lottery! You know, we almost have $700... once I get Caleb (who's not doing anything) to sell some produce, I'm gonna get him to buy a ticket!
"...and on the offchance we win, I can totally cook us a gourmet meal!"
Okay, we're on $913. Time to get everyone to buy a ticket!
Lilith's fridge repair did not go well.
An interesting angle. Caleb, are you okay?
Everyone has bought a ticket! Breakfast may resu-- oh lord it's Harvestfest tomorrow.
"I swear to Watcher..."
Morgyn lays the compliments upon their Bed Buddy.
Don is pleased. Or on a sugar high. Not sure.
(And now we begin a sequence called, 'Morgyn, are you okay? :-|')
Morgyn stares at the coffee machine, then thinks better of it. That's that self-care, bby!
...or not XD
Good job.
Please help them.
I guess that takes care of their energy needs...?
...Nope, they just stuck it in their inventory and passed out again. Lilith and Don consider staging an intervention.
Wakes up. Makes another coffee.
Outgoing Sims are ridiculous.
"YEAH CAFFEINE."
MORGYN...
MORGYN P L S.
And despite now desperately needing to use the bathroom, now they waddle off to bed (after dropping the coffee on the counter, which at least is better than the one still sitting in their inventory!).
Good night.
"Am I the only one who knows how to take care of their needs here?!"
Actually scratch that he super needs the bathroom and a shower. Actually, unscratch that he because he just immediately went and did just that. Good boy, Johnny.
...of course.
Harvestfest begins.......