My first story thread! A few people have requested this specific one, namely PixieStix back around University Life's launch. I never got around to it, mainly because I had so many projects, and so little pictures to tell a story with. This sim is my main sim that I play the most, and the one I'm most fond of. I even entered him in the Best Fairy contest recently, but he didn't come close to winning. Naturally, the pictures will start off sparse and bland. I had 1500+ screenshots in my folder, and his first picture is around the 40-50 mark, so it should give an idea how long I've been playing him and how I've improved over time, so bear with me please
Ridiculon McSteelman: An Introduction
A long time ago, I was messing around in Appaloosa Plains with the Loveland family (which later spawned a separate story that I'll post some other time, when I got robbed by an NPC burglar. In an effort to save my stuff that I had JUST BOUGHT I shift-clicked him and added him to the family. Some romance and woohoo later, I couldn't stop laughing at the burglar's underwear as it was black and white striped like a stereotypical burglar outfit. Then I noticed his favourites: Sushi, Classical and Black, all black and white too. His swimwear as similarly themed. I got a crazy idea and then rebuilt him as the most crazily ridiculous burglar known to man, hence his name. Black and white is his theme, and early on, stripes were too.
His infamous face that I catch him doing whenever I find him around town as an inactive.
Traits: Proper, Kleptomaniac, Over-Emotional, Daredevil, Night Owl, Rebellious (Social), Adventurous (Graduation)
He has four children, Gardenia, a plantsim girl he grew from a forbidden fruit seed, Jean-Claude, the son of Margot Petit from France, Jamil, the son of Tahiya Shalut from Egypt, and Xiabo, the son of Sun Young Kim from China. I was experimenting with how children are created in the vacation destinations and the effects of the hidden culture traits and the boys were just kind of...there..in his family tree until much later. They come along for the ride when he seperates from the Lovelands and leaves town for Midnight Hollow. I liked him so much I came up with a new plot for him: He would be present in all of my worlds, in some form or another. Midnight Hollow is his "base" world, where he lives proper with his kids, and he travels through time from that point to all points of time, with a different role in each world. Random background character in one, side character in another, crucial role in he next, etc
My earliest picture of him is a rather bad picture of him getting torched by Margot. He also still has terrible original design which had a pirate hat to add to his silliness level. I got rid of that real fast because I took a liking to his everyday outfit which had no such hat.
One time he left on vacation just after his housemate Gracie Loveland woohooed with this sim in an igloo at the fishing hole. She froze, fell over and was still frozen there when I got back (Yes, we know time stops, but still, its pretty funny. She also would not die despite standing there afterwards for 5 days without eating or sleeping, in the middle of raging blizzard.)
My first time seeing Jean-Claude and he's living like a king.
Xiabo was probably the only one with a partially good upbringing; he inherited the fairy occult status, lived in a house with his mother, uncle and aunt, and actually had a crib in the house for his baby and toddler years. Jamil apparantly slept with his mother the whole time, while Jean-Claude had his own isolated little sleepout where he was likely forgotten
Got to love houses that never adapt to their occupants.
University Life came in the mail on launch day and Ridiculon and Gracie got to be the first sims to go there. The mascot is terrifying to this day
I WILL EAT YOUR HEART
I was really pleased with how sloppy the dormies are. Makes a uni life in the dorms a chaotic change of pace from your perfectly clean fully upgraded house with the best items. Its also HIGHLY realistic
I never got the bug where the room-mates never ate, slept, showered or used the toilet, they acted very much like real students. Poor planning, overworked schedules, too much to do, not enough time
Seeing this was a real treat the first few times. I still crack up at the sleeping sims..unless its my own, then I swear murder and terrible vengeance and a possible drag of the bladder need to zero.
Nothing like doing a keg stand with your professor. I really dont understand the whole keg stand thing, its some aspect of american uni culture thats lost to my country
Oh the things you see when people use their backpack everywhere. I really wish children and teens would use these going to school and back while this expansion is installed.
Someone abandoned their skeleton
Back to Ridiculon! He got ambushed by this girl outside a class building. Likely his five-star celebrity status at work. "HEY HEY I KNOW GRACIE CAN I BE YOUR FRIEND!???"
Also, sorry hes been absent so much, but im posting all his pictures in order, lets get this forgotten story SEEN
He took to the Rebel group pretty much right away. While he might be studying to be a better criminal via the Business degree, hes a big fan of herbs, being a fairy thats GOTTA PLANT EM ALL. Besides, as a master thief, he wouldnt pass up a chance to protest the police. When he earned his social trait there was only one viable option: Rebellious
Hes open to the other groups too; who wouldnt want to pull the Lever of Doom?
I have learned that his name is truly fitting; I'll always zoom in on him and find him doing something ridiculous. Here he is having a virtual adventure in the herb garden he planted at the dorm, in his underwear.
He also totally invited the Grim Reaper to his graduation. Amusingly, two guys died there from too much sunlight. They felt the need to play with their skeletons behind the gym all day in the blistering sun, and paid the price. Grim ignored them completely!
Gracie gene-spliced a seed and created a forbidden fruit seed, but had no interest in it. Ridiculon planted it and Bloomed it up to see what would come out of the mysterious seed.
"What the?"
"Its a living plant person..baby..thing!"
"Ive always treated my plants like my children, but this is something else entirely! I'll name you..Gardenia! Gardenia McSteelman!"
The gene-splicing experiment has intrigued him into learning science. He knows every skill in the game expect Gambling and Dancing at the current moment in time, he's gonna see and do everything there is for a sim to do, being an omnipresent immortal time traveller and all.
One of his many burglar themed items in play. He particularly enjoys busting this out on the police station grounds.
He felt it was not wise to remain in that household with Gracie now that he had a child to look after and raise (One that wasnt living with its mother in a foreign country that is!) Gracie was experimenting with cloning and had already cloned herself to produce Gracy, a clone that would take the career path she didnt take and also had none of her inhibitions (If youve ever seen the Loveland household, youll know what I mean ;D), who then cloned herself too to produce Grace! (This household still lives on as the "Inverse Personality Experiment" and will have its own thread in time)
He left Gracy a parting gift
As he was moved in to this house, I realised it was the house of some premades that was oddly empty. Story Progression had utterly ruined this save by now, entire families were gone, half the pets were gone, families had random members arbitrarily deleted, you name it. The town went full-corrupt in time, but not before Ridiculon and his kids were exported, thankfully
Gardenia looks pretty cute after being CASed and dressed properly.
Ridiculon and his many faces of hilarity.
While playing Gracie, Gracy and Grace (confusing much?), I would constantly find him making this face wherever he was in town
Thats all of the "old" pictures accounted for that aren't part of "The Inverse Personality Experiment"
Hope anyone reading this enjoyed his dated pictures and background and will come back for the rest of his pictures and his future exploits..both literal and figurative
Next update: Midnight Hollow, pre-ITF
Comments
When I heard about Midnight Hollow, the dark gloomy world where everything is dark or pale, I knew it was THE place for Ridiculon. I went back to the world he was created in, which was falling apart by now, and risked everything to travel to the three vacation destinations again and collect his other children. In the process I had to clear out his glitching inventory, including to my surprise, so many festival tickets that selling them MAXED OUT THE MONEY COUNTER. Well, look likes he can get whatever he wants at any point of time now.
I moved him into the empty house next to Olive Spectre, which over time received extensive upgrades. One of the first was getting a celebrity gate installed in that giant wall
The place came with a mini playground outside the wall, which I have expanded with Generations content recoloured to fit the rest. First time you see Jamil in any of my shots too.
The sandpit stands out quite a bit. Its like their in a bubble that blocks the colourdraining of MH.
Simagon Alley at night on a snowy day.
Well uh, this is interesting.
If your going to make an evil snowman, best time to do it is when the snow looks bloody..
Ridiculon upgrades his TV by repeatedly stabbing his screwdriver THROUGH THE SCREEN. What on earth!?
I downloaded some lots from the sharing thread, and this arcade will have to go, its not really textured for MH in any way or form. No offence to its maker, but MH stuff really does need to be made "in world".
Side note: I met up with the other family I placed in Midnight Hollow, who will one day have their own thread. Some of them were entered into the Best Occult competitions recently.
Found Zommy and his IF-turned-real, Peanut, having an argument. BFFs? Yeah right...
"Oh come on ghost lady, were trying to bowl!"
Ridiculon challenges her to some juice pong. He wins of course
Family bonding through bowling.
Fastforwarding a little, I return to Egypt to get some cherries, the one WA harvestable I was missing, and to reconnect Tahiya Shalut to the family tree via Master Controller. Jamil is wandering the market in his formal wear after having a tea party with his mummifed bear
Three kings sitting around the oval table discussing diplomacy
Scratch that; Three kings, a queen and a lowly manservant.
"Oh come on dad, why aren't you helping?" "I am not your 'manservant', Jean-Claude"
Ridiculon is snorkelling in the egyptian river.
Ridiculon is having paparazzi troubles in his vacation home, so some anti-paparazzi measures were taken.
Well, uh, thats one way to "reconnect" with Tahiya..
I gave his kids max visa levels in their town of origin...afterall, they were born there! The special merchant rewards are mostly dull, but I do like this supertent. EVERYONE fits inside!
"Those annoying paparazzi will never find me now! HAHA!"
"BLAST! how did this even HAPPEN?"
It never ceases to amaze me how far paparazzi will go to get their pictures. This one went a bought a sailboat to follow him in his snorkelling adventures. I wonder, do they follow in tombs? One followed me into ITF's crashed ship, so I assume so.
Back home I learned that plantsims can indeed wet themselves if terrified sufficiently. Its nasty, their water need drops to zero. That must be really uncomfortable. I wish there was actually a point to that water need though, its just a renamed hygiene bar with a different set of moodlets. Should have been a combined Dehydration death shared with mermaids.
One of my favourite Midnight Hollow objects is this painting. I cant help but see it as a stylised Namine from the Kingdom Hearts series
Gardenia harasses Ridiculon while he sleeps..
I don't know how he manages to sleep through this.
Next up: Time Traveller meets Emit Relevart
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Later that week, Ridiculon experienced something he'd never seen before: A time traveller aside from himself!
A much cleaner design than he was used to, and seemingly much more stable
"Emit Relevart at your service, fellow ti..do I hear an ice cream truck? I'll be with you in a minute"
"I am amazed you have done so much without one of these; this is the Almanac of Time, and it is essential for time travellers."
The portal is repaired and Emit returns to the future, knowing Ridiculon cant resist seeing an as yet unseen piece of history
The team really worked hard to make your first view of Oasis Landing memorable. I love it, even in Dystopia.
Xiaobo (which is how his name is really spelt, curse you chinese names! I might just rename him to how ive been spelling it all this time) is still tired and goes straight to bed. Way to ruin the fun!
"Your son with the wings doesn't seem interested in the future. Anyway, take this jetpack and give future travel a try!"
Oh, you show-off
"A jetpack? While it is probably great fun for everyone else, I can fly just fine without it, see?" I really wish they let fairies fly without jetpacks, huge missed opportunity
"Please, just humour me, you need to learn the intricacies of technology here" I really love this chess table btw
Another typical Ridiculon face
Emit failed to mention that the device could fail
"I KNEW I should have just used my wings!"
"That could have killed me, especially if I landed on the platform!"
Xiabo is very pleased with the view from his bed, now that hes woken up
Ridiculon goes to sleep off the aches of his landing. His ears have glitched and gone huge. This happened again recently, I don't know why it does this.
Surprised this is allowed, normally sharing beds are off-limits for all but YAs and up. Dream sharing!
"I have a rocket!" "I hate your rocket, why dont I get one? Stupid science"
The first Plumbot appears.
Sonic showers? Uh, okay. Gardenia cant use them at all, but at least Jean-Claude has a way to clean himself without crying about it afterwards
Speaking of Jean-Claude, hes found some new ball-like device and is prodding it
"Oh wow, its a floating computer!"
"Haptic holographic displays...ahh, its just like Mass Effect"
"I can barely see this TV! Who placed it in front of glass!?"
Fortunately people still have water-based cleaning in the future. Plantsims and Mermaids would die without them! (Okay, plantsims dont die from lack of water ingame, but they probably would normally)
Trust Ridiculon to give a formal greeting to a non-sentient plumbot.
It just responds the usual way though..despite the fact I see them regularly bowing
Ridiculon is trying out all the new items, and this was one he wished he didnt. He ordered plumbot oil by mistake
Xiabo has found a new type of easel to use; holographic!
These things are kind of cool. Shame that girl is like the only decent looking future sim there is, Emit excluded
Emit decided to give Ridiculon a hoverboard to speed up his learning of advanced technology. I love these things so much, slower sims like mummies get the most use out of them though. Never again will I see a mummy shambling to work only to get to work when work hours are just about over
Off to the wasteland for a task for Emit. Now THIS is cool.
Rummaging through trash just like in the vacation destinations, only this time, hes collecting about 6 "mysterious fragment 4"s
If theres anything that gets a fairy's attention, its a new harvestable
Jamil and Gardenia are having great fun back at Emit's house. They discovered the game function of the TV
Although I have no idea how they managed to see anything
That controller looks nasty
Ridiculon's excitement over the new plant is ruined by this graceful dismount from the hoverboard
He finds that the plant absorbs his rage somehow. Fascinating..
Of all the times to find your parasol broken, while in the scorching wasteland.
Thats enough wasteland adventures for now. To Emit!
Next up: Future Adventures Part 2
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AS Ridiculon travels home, he notices that people are finally paying attention to the environment. A little too late if the dried up ocean is anything to go by
"Oh I have got to get me a hovercar"
I was amazed to see him hover down the stairs. Even more so that he didnt crash.
But then he goes and crashes over here anyway
Lets go report to Emit
Fabulous exit.
It was a long night out there, Ridiculon is quite tired
Tired enough he complains about not being able to get to Emit because Emit is in the way. Sims *sigh*
Apparently neither of them got any sleep.
His last quest out of the way at last, now its just assisting with research. "Go greet a descendant" Sorry Emit, nobody has any :[
Meanwhile these two are playing with old tech in a future setting. Looks weird.
Pong still exists on the future, albeit lightly modified
Even the kids are falling out of the elevators.
No matter the time period, theres always room for a dance to classical music
Awesome, you can hover UP stairs too. And kids can do it too!
Gardenia still leaves flower trails while hoverboarding, but their much more spread out.
Great, virtual pets are still around
In the future, zombies are still around, and they do not discriminate between humans and robots
I like these holographic displays.
Paper books are gone in the future, everything is holographic now.
No Jamil, that is not a giant magic 8 ball
I love the reactions when people use these for the first time.
Oh come on, you cant get to the computer because the desk in the way?
Got to love the way you can sit down, gesture, and have your favourite meals delivered. And they never ever spoil either!
After all this time, I finally see some native future sims...and oh god they are ugly!
Luke Skywalker parody
I really like this building.
Jamil has gotten himself suntanned while swimming.
Xiaobo too
Oh Jean-Claude, you could have put your clothes back on before doing that
Last entry today features horrible hair
Next update: The strange paparazzi
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While I generally intended an update a day, regardless of whether anyone even reads this thread or not, sometimes you too busy to do so.
Xiaobo and the other kids brought home a paparazzi. I guess they still annoy the hell out of people in the future too. One day they will be purged from the earth, ONE DAY.
This one however, isnt too bad. Shes not that bad to look at, lack of clothing not being counted. She has a strange obsession with Jamil and refuses to put her clothes back on.
She just stands there in his room, writing reports while he sleeps O_o
And is apparently having weird fantasies in the process.
His thoughts tell us what he thinks of this whole situation. I think Jamil becomes some super-awesome ultimately-manly legendary celebrity, because that would certainly explain her reaction to a minor celebrity thats looooong dead in her timeline. (Unless he gets immortality like Ridiculon)
FINALLY, she puts some clothes on and leaves poor Jamil alone. You'll love that kind of attention one day, kid, trust me.
Then she realises the biggest prize has arrived, Ridiculon himself. Love hearts even sparkle. I may make her the future love interest, since its almost tradition by now for him to have one strictly one lover in each world and timeline.
I catch these two ordering bizarre foods. Too bad you cant make them normally!
Hackysack never goes out of fashion, no matter what timeline your in. Just a quick visit to the Bot Emporium.
I dread to think what kind of robot shes looking for.
Chubby robots
Somethings not right about this attendant..
In the mall I see this odd fellow. He looks like hes part plantsim. I'll have to use this look when I eventually make a full plantsim family for Moonlight Falls.
Awww yeah, I gotta get him one of those.
Now the game has TWO electric guitars! Well done Store team, you can be highly incompetent at times. (And don't use the excuse that its not in the base game, anything included in a Stuff Pack is coded into the base game or coded into it right after)
I really wish their were future version of the other instruments, but EA people in suits are 🐸🐸🐸🐸 and don't realise that selling EP specific sets would actually make money, as proven by you know, the pet section.
The clothing section is a little creepy. The figures are actual sims that move. Technically speaking.
Sadly no, that is not an awesome helmet.
Instead it is a new instrument, which sadly isnt something dreamed up by the ITF team. Its based on something that actually does exist..
At level 1 it makes quite the haunting melody. Level 2 onwards...unpleasant.
"Is learning a new instrument really that news worthy?"
Uhhhh....
SWEEEET, A GIANT CANNON TO FEND OFF ZOMBIES AND PAPARAZZI. Oh, its a hoverbike. ****.
Gardenia is ignoring everyone else in the mall and reading outside.
Xiaobo is busted trying to prank the bathroom.
Try and futurise it all you want, thats still a dirty old pickup truck
It annoys me how people just walk up and imitate whatever these display. Sheep mentality much?
Jean-Claude gets futurised, and looks like a complete pansy in the process. But this IS Jean-Claude afterall.
Since theres no future outerwear, I improvised by recolouring the spacesuit from Generations
Best waiter ever
Gardenia kind of likes this one, it'll be perfect with a few edits.
The Ridiculon of the future
I wish the coding for owning beds wasnt broken/ignored for Dream Pods. Emit just climbed into Ridiculon's one!
"I am so unlucky.."
Shower failure
Hoverbike epic failure!
Xiaobo dodges the flamethrower attack of a fembot assassin. Or at least thats how he'll imagine it.
"Take all the pictures you want, beautiful" He loves attention from the ladies.
Futurama!
She sure gets around fast. Its like shes taking photos of everyone all at once
The new death by falling ghost. Reminds me of pizza.
Time Anomaly looks rubbish in CAS, but is pretty cool outside of it.
Ghosts whipping out hoverboards?
Zombie bears still exist in the future, with all of their usual power
Singed Gardenia looks hilarious
Back at Emit's house, Ridiculon is furious, Xiaobo will NOT leave the bathroom!
Shes still around and has her camera upside down taking pictures of the wall.
Ridiculon writes her a lover letter while she gets star-struck.
Now that thats done, its time to get the rest of the key fragments.
Lightning strikes! First time that's ever happened legitimately.
"How the hell did that happen!?"
Magical canned shower to the rescue! Heals burns, shocked organs, urine soaked pants and sweaty armpits/*******. Why cant these exist in real life? You dont even remain wet afterwards!
Nanites are always worth stopping for.
With assembled key in hand, he heads to the crash site...
...and ruins the dramatic event by falling off his board
"Insert like this, and twist.."
*DRAMATIC EPIC MUSIC*
Into the depths!
Look who I found in here!
Hey, dont blame me, blame Ridiculon's Skivvies powers. Now get out of here.
*foreboding silence*
Next update: Gethulon
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Huge update, containing all of the remaining pictures currently uploaded
After his spaceship adventure, Ridiculon rests up and then returns to the mall the next day. Hes thinking of heading back soon, with a bunch of gear in tow.
"I definitely wont be impressing any girls with this. I'll pass on a hovercar for now."
Creepy eating face
"Xiaobo...you were practicing your Hot Head prank again, weren't you?"
Gardenia's no longer falling off this thing. That skill levels pretty fast when you hoverboard everywhere in the future.
Mall furniture purchases complete (I prefer it this way, buying stuff in the past via regular means is silly. Its also more expensive!) Its time to head to the bot shop. Gotta bring home a plumbot.
Okay thats it, I will get to the bottom of this
Skivvies power ACTIVATE.
Look at that, it was a human afterall. The game assigned a townie to the role and gave them a plumbot outfit
Time to get to work on the Bot Building skill. Love the interfaces
CRITICAL ERROR!
Ridiculon must destroy this nanite hes had since his first day in order to learn how to create many of them.
It was for a good cause, Ridiculon.
Now, into the plumbot making interface! Now this default model wont do at all
Oh my, a head that looks like a Geth. Design = set
"Awaken, creation of metal!"
"You will be a great asset to the family"
"I name you, Gethulon"
I entered him in the plumbot competition, but he didn't get a single vote :[
Gethulon ponders its new existence. Nice advertising there EA
Your Designation is Gethulon, and your purpose is to assist me and my children"
While he has no trait chips yet, he still seems to have character. Thus he is more like the Geth than I expected.
The battery icon is great, you can tell at a glance how full the battery power motive is
I love how reflective his black chrome plating is.
Time to upgrade his trait chip slots and give him a chip or two...
..then tune him up to get a boost in quality
He went from level zero to level 5 real fast in here. I made a level 2 plumbot and it left at level 4
I really don't get this.
"So this is what I look like.."
CHARGGED PAAARTICLEE BEEEEAAAAAAAAAMMM! Sorry, no, its just power syphoning
Two other plumbots having conversations
Hah, robots catching taxis
"Why do you make me do this?"
He looks rather annoyed by something
Ah, he doesnt like the look of Electro Bolt.
The paparazzi girl is back, and is unclothed again.
Gethulon seems to be pleased by what he saw before she remembered her clothes
And saddened by her new look
"If only I was more human.."
"Hey, dont look at me, Jamil was like that when I came in here!"
The water resistance test. Finally, a robot that can get wet!
As he prepares to go home, Ridiculon checks out the mall one last time, and one lucky person gets a photo of a celebrity from a long lost time.
Back home in Midnight Hollow, Gethulon is fitting right in. Sort of. Just dont let him outside to scare the residents. He also needs a a place to charge..
All this new tech that was brought home and nowhere to put it. Lets make this house more of a place fitting a time-fairy. Add a room to the outer wall, with a mysterious door that only unlocks for the family, with tube elevators going down into the basement..first things first, dream pod, and charging station. Not to mention the stasis chamber!
Gethulon glitched up really bad. In the homeworld, to this day he cannot intereact with anyone or himself. All his trait chips were deleted too and his inventory broke. I put him in stasis for a while as he was now a waste of space
Awesome
I'll keep you in there till I can figure out how to fix you. In theory anyway, the stasis wears off on its own! Poor decision EA.
I love the quantum power suit btw. Mass Effect!
As the underground techbase builds up and gets textured, Ridiculon dreams away.
Thats much better, now I can see the TV!
Group exercise session
The best way to recolour: Set every segment to some wild bright colour, so you see exactly what each part does
Whoops, lost a child to stasis ;]
"That was terrifying, but oh wow do I feel refreshed!"
On the other side of the room however, Gethulon has had a forced shutdown. I wish I could power him down manually, but that too is broken
Ha, he has no limitless learning chip, but he can still manage the bar.
The look of this underground techbase is coming along nicely. You wouldnt imagine this being under a gothic mansion.
Gotta have the new plant in the garden.
Miniature chocolate gnomes for dessert!
They fall over with a half-eaten head
And leave angry face crumbs behind
Looks edible. I think.
Gardenia isn't afraid to use future tech around the present day people.
Windsurfing it up in shark infested waters.
This are NEVER loads for me, I customised the pub and cant see my changes
Plantsims always have an exception to the no eating thing when chocolate is involved
Xiaobo and his chopsticks
I wonder what thats made out of?
Off to France to reconnect Jean-Claude and Margot. Travelling restored Gethulon's interactions, but messed up his face and voice
Xiaobo demands his attention once more
This is why I love Island Paradise, you get to actually explore the rivers in these old worlds and see new things
What the? Plantsim guy from the future is here as a tourist. EMIIIIT!
Gethulon's jetpack is awesome, looks like its a part of him.
Hovermode Engaged!
A different kind of hover mode.
And another kind.
Ridiculon and Margot get reacquainted in the store's display tent. I hope noone is buying it later on..
Mood lamps demonstrating the plantsim leaf overlay
Xiaobo has had too much countryside.
French zombie bears!
I dont know how a fire started, but its a good thing the vacation worlds generate service NPCs for you if you need them.
Snow in France. I love Traveller.
Back home, a pool is built in the base. This was the prototype design. I forgot to take a picture of its final design until much much later. I wanted a walkway over he pool, but thats not happening underground.
Hard at work on the nectar making, this will be Jean-Claude's future passion.
"Anyone up for some pure Banana nectar? No? Oh well"
And with that, it was off to China. I put a lot more effort into China than the other vacation worlds, so expect there to be a LOT of content there
Next update: Shang Simla
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Well, its been a long time. I stopped updating due to a combination of things; photobucket outlived its usefulness when it started throwing bandwidth complaints at me, then fully crapped out during the middle of my beta-testing job. Also wasnt sure if anyone was even reading it.
Anyway, by request of some users, heres one part of the Shang Simla visit.
Ridiculon waste no time buying a vacation home and napping off the jetlag.
These two are pretty close as you'd expect.
Gethulon is annoyed at something.
Uhhhh, yeah...this is what happens when a kid sings a romance song. You'd think it'd use the kid animation that already exists. Lazy EA.
Scenery abounds. Great use of the kite from MH Gold.
Ridiculon was close to mastering his martial arts, so I figured I'd send him to the academy to get it out of the way..level progression anyway. Skill challenges for martial arts are so amazing time consuming I dont think anyone can complete them all on a normal lifespan with again on. Without abusing travel and uni anyway.
Success!
Aliens are about...
Always get some computer time in.
At least until the game pushes him to whip this out. No! This is the martial arts academy! Get back out there.
Sneaking past Xiaobo
So sinister
....and then he goes zooming around on the jetpack. So much for stealth!
Another Ridiculon Face for the collection.
"Dont mind me!"
This thing is pretty amusing when it doesnt fail.
Gethulon bonding with the kids back home.
Due to the rainfall during his flight, hes now quite soaked, and quite cold.
Also quite hungry. Wait..isnt that a...
...plasma fruit? He doesnt look too pleased. Good thing hes immune to nausea.
Back to the academy. No more slacking! Okay maybe a bit more.
Oh my. A failed conversation, yet her heart says yes. Ridiculon has always been an extreme ladies man, but he has a rule of one girl per world. Will he break it for her?
Heckling, ha
Oh my. Now hes taking her for a jetpack ride!
A jetpack DANCE actually. Oh wow.
This is seriously amazing
This not so much.
"Wow, that was..indescribable. Unforgettable!"
Your choice Ridiculon. Where does this go?
He needed to cool down and refresh himself. Good idea.
Something to remember him by.
Too bad the image doesn't actually appear on the phone.
He gives her a copy of the photo. Now she'll be able to look back when shes old and remember the aerial dance with the mystery man. To Ridiculon shes just another encounter in the sea of time, but he might have been the most notable thing in her entire life.
Now its time for a sparring match. Whoah, intense from the get-go!
Martial arts matches between pros are jaw-dropping the first few times you see them. So much effort put into the animations! She won btw.
Even so, she gets straight back to her training.
A bit of destressing.
VRRRROOOOOOOM! The Timemobile!
These guys have been taking care of themselves quite well. No raging fires.
Xiaobo thinks himself the leader now that hes in his birthplace
Ridiculon is quite amused. And not wearing pants.
The amusement dies off fast. He drowns it out with nectar.
"Hey, if hes the king, does that mean the plates belong to him and are his responsibility?"
Amazing views in this house.
Flipping pomelo pancakes. Embrace the local fruits!
Ridiculon has offended the king somehow.
Time for royal punishment. "Whats that up there?"
:twisted:
"Xiaobo! What on earth are you doing? Dont make me embarrass the King with a timeout!"
Oh dear god, this was too perfect.
Gethulon to the rescue.
Why must you play THERE?
Plantsims and waterpuddles. She'll be able to absorb it through her feet later in life. (Psst, its actually a pee puddle)
Testing out the ice cream maker I got that day on the DD. It spoils WAY too fast, and is the greatest magnet known to simkind.
How its supposed to be.
The king appears to be having a problem.
How embarrasing! *evil cackle*
He doesnt cry. Just rages.
Everyone ignores his tantrum, ice cream is more relevant.
He quietly cleans up his own mess.
Sorry Gethulon, the puddle's already taken care of.
Xiaobo decides to have a bath to clean himself up. He swears he hears a panicked scream as he enters.
"Is someone there? I guess not. This is creepy, im out of here."
Good thing he has a backup plan.
Next update: The Martial Arts contests
See my Sims 3 studio for latest progress.
Cheers!
Mya
That ice cream was... wow. I don't have the ice cream maker, so I didn't know how it worked. It rots rather than melts?
You can get the interactions then lower the influence to zero with Master Controller; you'll keep the unlocked interactions but not the coloured tags. Downside: School cheer will be autonomous unless you tune it out.
So...which of his kids is your favourite? I wonder if that opinion will stay the same when they grow up.
I figured you would enjoy reading this, as its a lot similar to the hilarity I see in your blog. Just wish I could comment on your stuff. The world needs more humour like ours *high five*
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I "won" this bike and bike rack from the Best simbot contest. Ridiculon doesnt like my prize choice.
Hes particularly averse to the bike rack.
Smelly ghost in the bushes.
This ghost is unable to materialise in the base EP. The platform is too small. Dragging it out let her spawn (And let me complete her character data, less glitches the better!)
All that time alone in the urn, unable to wander. Then when she can, shes gets scared by a fellow ghost
Serious business.
Ridiculon is back at the academy, training random people.
He will miss this outfit
No toilet will stand in his way now!
Superserious Kid
And his superserious sister
"What do you mean super serious? I can be cool, see!?"
The superserious father.
You call that a repair outfit?
Gardenia's turn to be royalty. Once again, Ridiculon drowns it all out with nectar
Spicy!
Analysing a pumpkin
How did a horse generate in China?
Speeding off in safety
With the whole gang in tow
Cracking stone slabs to get his Timber Terminator award
"Your next, space rock!"
He reaches his limit and is now highly fatigued. And sweaty. Better clean up then.
This guy can smell you still.
Doesnt stop him from taking a photo!
He teleports over to his kids to check up on them.
He sneaks over to Xiaobo while hes busy talking to his mum on the phone
Oh you troll.
BAHAHAHA.
Facepalm! Well, facesleeve in this case.
Furious about peeing himself TWICE while on vacation.
The torment doesnt end here though. Fairies are such trolls
Xiaobo initiates a counter
Backfire!
You cant troll the trollmaster
Look at that smug face
This is not Xiaobo's day.
Hey! No burning the master simfu robe!
Meanwhile..
Everyone gets back to fishing.
Camping!
The next morning...SCORE!
Nothing like idle fishing chatter.
Thats one huuuuuuuuge black goldfish
Time to go home now, with an inventory full of fish. But first he'll stop by the Zen garden for another campfire snack.
I saw this on Frye's blog and was in tears for about ten minutes. Had to try it out for myself.
Yep, just chew through that thing.
Gethulon's making some cookies
Premium Content testing time! Got Grandpa's Grove and got some oranges for everyone.
It would be nice if you peeled it first, Jean-Claude.
Jamil interrupts his chess game to savour the orangey goodness.
Xiaobo isnt interested.
Gardenia is too busy thinking of the Dragon fish to really enjoy the orange.
"HEY, wheres my orange!? No fair!"
Whoops, sorry Ridiculon. Here you go!
Delicious!
Good thing Gethulon didnt pick it normally. Plumbot/Planstim hybrid? Oh god!
A small tree ring pops up, with plums, pomelos and oranges.
Gardenia is up to no good.
I brought some crystal plants here to liven up the front.
Charge them ALL!
"Im eating the orange now. Are you satisfied?"
He feels nothing when eats it. Nothing!
In fact it seems to have put him in a bad mood.
OH MY GOD
Gethulon has found the VR goggles!
Convincing use of your hovermode.
Ridiculon is amused.
"I make the BEST robots"
"No really, I do!"
He is annoyed at me watching his secret moment of fun.
Ridiculon blogs this moment of course
"Horrifying? Foul? Putrid? nonsense! Its still good. They just lack taste and vision"
"Infact, I'll eat all of it before Gethulon throws it away! HAHA!
Just in time too. The Cleaning Machine is active.
"Oooh, hes distracted, gotta get that last cones worth!"
Who could have done that to poor Gethulon?
Late night martial arts
The best atmosphere for it?
Jean-Claude is not strong enough to handle the Green Death.
Dont mind me!
Studying the local fish.
"Are you eating that dragon fish you caught? Youve been obsessed with it for a while" "Maybe."
Oh now thats just LAZY.
Get in there!
*dies laughing*
"HOW DID IT EVEN GET THIS BAD!? WAS IT THE SUSHI!????"
He is oblivious to your problems.
And now he is somewhere far away from your problems
Only to find someone with problems of her own.
"Shes doing WHAT? My daughter better not see this"
"I cant bear to look anymore...but I cant resist either"
"I cant let my daughter see this! NO way"
Ridiculon sneaks past the crazy lady
I kind of want to see what nightmare shes viewing.
Funniest heckling ever
Followed by a school cheer
He fishes for a while while the lady continues to horrify herself.
I think shes tired of her mum's antics
Xiaobo shows up to distract her with some hardcore chess.
She doesnt stay around long. In fact, her mum gets off the telescope and comes down to take a picture.
Then goes straight back to it. sigh.
Forbidden fruit! Just think, he might be eating Gardenia's sister.
He decides its time to try out the tournament. He invites his first opponent over. He imagines a musclebound macho guy from Street Fighter coming to kick his ***.
The truth hurts.
No caption needed
Thats a newspaper delivery kid. Traveller really shouldn't enable them.
Of course you cant duel there!
Thats better.
He doesnt think very highly of this opponent.
I bet the master robe made her sweat a bit.
She holds up well, but its an obvious victory.
Hes now wary of his next opponent. He decides to lower his "rank" with a lesser belt to make his opponents fight with more heart. Noone wants to seriously duel a level 10 guy!
Its an old frail woman :shock:
With some surprising moves
Still, she falls to the master.
He switches to whitebelt while shes still lingering. "Oh no, hes corrupting the spirit of the competition!"
"What will they send at me next? A hungry smelly mummy?"
Oho! A real challenger!
"Well then, lets do this."
I imagine he let his guard down right away.
He certainly isnt pleased.
He quickly find his opponent is not what he seems.
Victory! This one was a bit cheap.
"I cant believe I fell for that!"
Next update:
Romance and Reconnection
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So many great things in the new update, starting with Ridiculon being so unappreciative of your hard-earned bike rack, then the horse who hates him, kids going fishing with snorkeling gear on, Ridiculon doing a school cheer (really?), poor Gethulon and the whoopie cushion, and of course you know I'd relate to the pumpkin roasting. So sneaky of him to wear a white belt during the competition. :twisted: Good stuff!
Jamil is sort of the out of the way kid thats always missed, Jean-Claude is the unlucky one thats the butt of everyones jokes and always failing (He was born with the Loser trait), Xiaobo is the attention seeker with a temper, and Gardenia is the obvious nerd of the kids. And now I just remembered that I forgot to give her glasses in her teenage life, aging up forgot to assign them, and I did too
Now to finish off the Shang Simla updates and return to Midnight Hollow.
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Ridiculon is blocked by Xiaobo playing in the bathroom. Why do they always go to this spot?
He played so long his bladder erupted. Third times a charm?
He receives a party invitation. Normally he rejects all of these, but the host is Xiaobo's uncle! They are THERE.
Jean-Claude the hoverking.
Silly Gethulon, why arent you on your hoverbike?
Ridiculon IS on his bike.
On the path to Xiaobo's birthplace, Ridiculon nearly bowls into an old man. A crash seems imminent
A masterful dodge! Could this be Ridiculon's final opponent in the tournament?
Oh my, the jetpack girl is here at the party, seemingly dressed to impress
Nope, its just a swimwear party without a pool.
Nice try.
Of COURSE the host is in bed :roll:
She seems fixated on this guy
Hes drunk already? Lay off the nectar!
Awww. There goes any possible drama for Ridiculon.
Who invited the snob to the party?
Well, this is a little awkward.
AWKWARD.
Some annoying guy comes and breaks the tension though
I hope that isnt your idea of swimwear..
"Wait, what am I doing, the party is in THERE"
He convinces her to go for him further. No hard feelings I guess?
That fixes that. ****** off annoying guy, your not part of this!
He isnt too keen. Maybe it was just the booze that let that kiss happen ;]
Negatives all around!
He dares Xiaobo's aunt to streak to take the edge off those negatives. Looks like the kiss was rejected, but it didnt stop him from leaping into her arms anyway.
The snobby guy is examining the goods. Annoying guy is trying to get in there and steal the attention
There she goes! Unnoticed. Mostly.
Aha! There she is! Xiaobo's mother and Ridiculon's lover (in China anyway :twisted: ).
Tired? Thats a sure sign for Ridiculon. Go away annoying guy!
I said go away, not go and be childish with his lover
I think the blue swimsuited woman insulted him. Cant say im surprised
The host woke up, finally. Now please vacate the room
"Come on man, privacy!"
Losing relationship points fast there man! Do you really want to watch your sister? dont answer that
He pulls out a book. The thought bubbles say it all xD
"fine, fine, I'll let you two 'reconnect' after the years." She looks VERY amused with her brother's antics. Ridiculon not so much.
"Now then, where were we?"
Shes just not feeling it now after that business.
So he reignites the fire, oho!
They've been apart for over five years. A lot of catching up to do.
The party ended the moment the woohoo ended, hahaha. He struts to the front door.
Totally worth it.
He seems to have lost his underwear on the way out
He'll just camp outside and find them in the morning.
Whoah, Xiaobo's aunt looks VERY different with that hair untied
Sun Young is up early next morning raking leaves...in her underwear.
"Good morning, beautiful! mind if I help?"
I don't think she expected him to be here in the morning.
And she definitely didnt expect the robot
And Xiaobo's here too to help his family out!
Sigh, they just cant help themselves can they?
The Dip Kiss pleases me.
Real smooth, flowers AFTER a kiss and some woohoo
At it again, I swear.
Routing makes them try to woohoo in the bed again, despite someone already sleeping in it xD
Plan B. "Are you sure this is a good idea? Your brother is awake and could see us!"
"Its fine, I can hear him whining about his stomach from here, he'll be preoccupied with food for a while."
"Well...if you say so. This is something even I havent tried!"
"Well, that was...interesting"
"Xiaobo still busy raking over there? Good"
"I think I have a leaf in my-" "STOP. And then, the magic was gone."
Horrible image in his head.
"I think I hit a rock in there"
She'll remember this one forever.
IM SO PLEASED
A gross video was seen
Her brother has solved the stomach issue and is out to socialise
Oh my, whats gotten her so ill?
A toad?
"What...is my brother doing now?"
Out pops another toad. Unlucky!
A child at heart.
He expresses his disgust over a plate or two left unwashed.
He ponders Ridiculon. Would he accept him as a sort of brother-in-law?
"Who left this tent here!?"
He also wonders how Xiaobo is getting on in his new life..and also ponders a bath
Hes a lot more similar to his nephew than he thinks
His aunt looks much better like that.
ANNOYING GUY? WHERE DID YOU COME FROM!? How....ANNOYING!!!
These leaves are slowly getting sorted.
:shock: Oh no you dont! The nerve!
:x
"You there, how dare you make moves on her in my presence?"
"Come on now, you only pop up randomly every so often, I live here. She deserves someone like me!"
The confrontation is forcibly interrupted by a party invite. A party at this very house starting right now!
A leaf-raking party it seems
Suddenly everyone warps inside. Your not supposed to already be on the party lot when it starts
Celebrity photo time!
Fighting Granny is here too.
Its not a party without...
Annoying guy does SOMETHING useful
Almost done!
Shes turning in for the night, in Xiaobo's old bed no less. Reminding herself of his early years?
Thats hardly photoworthy. "Young kid rakes leaves in china!"
"I really miss having you around, Xiaobo. Even the fairy pranks, I admit it."
Definitely a raking party.
These guys are slacking!
Gethulon's leaving, pleased with a job well done with teamwork. Its always better when he isn't doing it all alone.
Now they can all head inside and enjoy the rest of the night
But first, Annoying Guy has gone too far and needs to learn a lesson.
"You are a social disgrace and need to learn proper etiquette and manners" "Oh really, and what are you going to do about it?"
"This"
"What did you do to me? Argghhhh!!! My face is burning, its shifting under my fingers!"
A truly magical makeover. His face will stay like this unless he can be on his best behaviour. The idea is that with a face like this, you must rely on your INNER beauty to get by. Level 10 fairy magic skill required! The face is different every time, I never get tired of it
He reflects on this as he leaves in a hurry
Holding back the tears
I almost feel sorry for him. Almost. He will be a better person after this though. Hopefully!
Xiaobo has pranked Ridiculon in the meantime.
Returned favour!
Whoah, double standards much?
The morning sky. Reminds me of the sky in Episode 1 of Doom, which was a photo of chinese mountains similar to these
"MUST YOU REALLY STAND THERE JEAN-CLAUDE"
These two cross paths in the rain.
More challengers for the tournament. Dueling over first use of the toilet?
Okay, who let the paparazzi in. Shes photographing your ice cream you lazilly left out! SOCIAL DISGRACE.
Jean-Claude gets pranked for once, while Xiaobo has the creepiest face ever
CREEPIEST FACE EVER
Well, at least it isnt in the bathroom
Now this is news worthy. Ridiculon's face suddenly glitches up again.
...
Jamil shows up for a group breakfast. Where does he disappear to all the time?
Frisbee time!
Jean-Claude, always being a Jean-Claude.
The lack of concern is brilliant
A quick swim and snorkel before the vacation ends. Jamil is off-screen, like always
The last picture of Shang Simla. Ridiculon created some gems to take home.
Next update: Children No More
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:gasp: Could it be that the kids are aging up in the next chapter? I think I'm even more attached to Xiaobo after this chapter, so I'll be curious to see how he (and everyone else) grows up.
P.S. You'd mentioned previously about wanting to be able to reply to my tumblr posts, and I completely forgot to mention that I had enabled Disqus comments back when my mods started getting more popular. But I don't remember how I configured the security settings, so I'll have to take a look and see if people have to register in order to comment...
I figured the remark about the guys stomach would amuse people; we all know how vocal they are when hungry
Did you notice how Ridiculon's wall of photos grew? ;]
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Second to last batch of already taken screenshots left lying around.
Back home, I put my new premium content to use in a second kitchen under the first one. This one specialises in the "other" aspects of cooking.
I wish this thing didnt force you into this costume every time you used it. Other than that, its a decent PC item.
And then theres the deep fried ice cream. I swear this is all anyone cares about.
Back to his nectar maker!
Gethulon is back to his broken behaviour where he cant interact with anyone or even himself, but at least hes keeping his trait chips. Not even a full reset solves this issue with him.
A bit of inventing to go along with the bot-building
With all of the usual side-effects
Sometimes you just cant stop drinking home-made nectar
Too much and it'll go right through you and onto the floor
Syphoning power WHILE taking out trash. Multitasking!
Got this during a DD or sale when the Library was cheap. Its....okay.
This one feels like its just a collectable summoner.
Heh, glitches
Hardcore domino games
The PC Ive had forever but never used. The censoring glitched up and didnt apply, but its not like theres anything to see. He looks just as happy with the item as I am.
Another new PC item! The daily deals around this time were pretty great.
I love the multi-tabs. Probably the best PC there is.
Everyone gets one!
Back to this one. Some of the animations are amusing. Force feeding!
Another censor fail. Spinning shower jets forcibly clean you
And then you get teleported off. You HAVE to teleport, you cant use the other features alone! Thus, bad PC for me.
Trying out the spellbook's very limited spells, I noticed Jamil's mum had come to town on vacation. Summoned!
*rolls eyes*
He hasnt tried this before
Ha, no Advanced Technology skill leads to many failures in the elevator
Another woohoo location tested.
Why is Kara Carter in his basement? And why does he have options to woohoo with her in various objects, when they are merely friends who have never met each other let alone flirted?
Back to the station for some nanite crafting. Gethulon still needs Sentience and a few more chips
A quick need top-up via cryostasis
Only Xiaobo..
Gardenia has taken a keen interest in invention and bot building.
I finished his pool! I really love this pool.
Bringing about the Dystopian future via giant magnets
Lets pull all the meteors to Earth! HAHAHA!
This guy looks like he might be Ridiculon's BFF in Midnight Hollow
As if he wasnt sad enough, now hes being lied to about the apocalypse
Poor guy.
Ridiculon is pretty convincing though
"Spread the word, the apocalypse is coming!"
THE APOCALYPSE IS ALREADY HERE
Not everyone falls for his theatrics
Time out from doomsaying to use their bath for a good scrub. The censor fully failed until the next save/quit and reload.
I couldnt resist.
BAHAHAHAHA
Convincing people to litter like mad.
Oh my! A hot girl with his sense of fashion!
"Oh my god, you dress like me!"
"This is amazing!"
And then a chin invades their conversation
Do you mind?
Creepy
Ridiculon carries on his conversation with Seema despite this guy absorbing his face
And then he makes her a wonderful cake!
A chat over dinner?
Delicious.
As such, it is the subject of the conversation.
This guy has wet himself in the kitchen. Hes like a zombie!
Braaaaains
Even Gethulon is laughing at him
Gethulon's dystopia transformation quest is halted; today is Jamil's birthday! Jamil was far older than the other kids. Odd, since he was the second or third child conceived!
The first guest is the newspaper girl
Feels like its been forever, doesnt it Jamil?
He looks so happy.
I dont think she appreciates Xiaobo so close
Or Gardenia that close for that matter! And Jean-Claude on the other side! TRAPPED
This kids didnt even bother going through the gate!
This one stands outside in the rain. The party no longer interests her
She found the time machine
Make a wish, Jamil! "I wish to be seen more often!" I cant grant that, sorry
Pretty sad attendance.
Ah, there we go. His siblings and the NPC girl managed to get in just in time
Superstretch!
...ouch.
The three boys were imported from a breaking Appaloosa Plains, so its no surprise they have some glitches
Some CAS later, and hes seemingly glitch free and in his new look. Hes talking to his mum and recieving birthday wishes from her from afar. Hes taken up Photographer's Eye as his fourth trait, he'll be following the Photography career (This is largely why he was absent so much, he was off taking photos, or playing chess)
Ridiculon interacts with most people's favourite MH premade, Nadia Cho.
Convincing everyone to litter like crazy!
Dystopia will be here in no time!
Another victim for the list!
So sinister. I do hope you'll revert your damage at some point.
I'd say this is a pretty good sign that Dystopia is here and that the world is ending.
Master photographer
Second birthday. The rest of them all had birthdays on the same day, or a day apart. Not having four seperate birthdays when im itching to see Dystopia for the first time!
Birthday party in swimwear? with no pool? Technically I have a pool, but only my sims are allowed in the secret base.
Jean-claude is up first. He was the first-born.
OUCH. Glitches strike again.
Somehow Gardenia's birthday took higher priority than Xiaobo's, despite the fact shes the youngest. Oh well!
I'm surprised the ghost kid didn't cancel the birthday! with "A Ghost!"
Streeeeeeetch!
Oh dear. She has Ridiculon's face.
Now he gets his turn.
Really Jamil? REALLY?
The stretching really amuses me. Gethulon was the only one to see him grow up.
He looks incredibly sad.
Your a bit late Ridiculon! Xiaobo has glitching on his forehead.
Gardenia, as a plantsim growing up in Midnight Hollow, a largely sunless world, needed a drastic change to reflect the consequences of her upbringing. Ive made her much paler, an effect which will worsen at YA and above. At least that bright green wont stand out anymore!
She definitely inherited Ridiculon's face.
Jean-Claude's very drastic new look. Hes still a Loser, but he can at least try to hide it.
Much better
Gardenia really fits in now.
Finally, heres Xiaobo. Rebellious look was the only look that would fit a fairy prankster, right? He also grew up with 100% muscle definition somehow, so hes permanently ripped!
Why wont you sit down Gardenia?
Thats better. Family gathering in the lounge
Oh great! They all need to use the toilet at once.
I have absolutely no clue how this happened
Good thing he had a death flower.
And thats it for now. Next batch will be the last one for a while, as its the last pile of Ridiuclon shots.
Next update: Dystopia
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Final update for a while, as I have no more backlogs of pictures. At least this time I have a valid excuse. I have a proper ending for this story planned, even if the story is more or less "random stuff happening" with a couple of serious bits. Will I ever get to that end? Probably not
Jamil pumps iron to get himself ripped like Xiaobo. He also has max muscle definition, but it didnt appear at first, odd.
Gardenia is taking a time-out.
Ridiculon is feeling particulary trollish today. He uses the nectar maker on sale right in front of the shopkeeper
Then leaps in and squishes it all.
THEN DROPS A BOMB IN THE STORE
In the nearby laundromat an annoying paparazzi that keeps trying to invade his home is present. Ridiculon has had enough, so he kills him...temporarily
THEN BLOWS UP EVERYTHING. Hes working on his detonation skill challenge okay
The alchemy store guy is in for a big surprise
Hahaha, karma at work. He blew himself up by getting caught in the blast of his own bomb.
I dont even know how this started.
It gets real big real fast. They have to deal with it themselves, as firemen cant get into the underground techbase.
Xiaobo has always been an artist. Now hes learning how to sculpt
Travelling back to the future results in a huge glitch, one that EA patched in 1.66. Travelling on the same day that a child ages up to a teenager squishes them like this while they are still. Since aging is off, they still counted as the same day.
Pretty terrifying.
Jamil's first thought is "Has the pool table survived the apocalypse?" True jock in the making.
Shes still around, but far smellier. Everyone in the Dystopian Future stinks. Permanently. Cant wash the stink off with polluted water! I assume thats the reasoning anyay. Your sims can still clean themselves though.
Gethulon needs another tune-up. His quality level is rising ever higher.
Yeah, just sink into the platform.
Upgrade the servicebots too while your at it. Every tune-up gets some money and progress towards a skill challenge
Who let the zombies in!?
Jean-Claude and Ridiculon go fishing for three-eyed fish, a fish type that only appears in the dystopian future. Pretty sure its a Simpsons reference.
Gardenia is officially a Bot Fan. Inventing and Bot Building are her passions now. Gethulon likely inspired this dream.
Speaking of Gethulon, he finally has a Limitless Learning trait chip. Time to catch up on all those skills you missed out on!
She looks like she belongs here with her pale wilted look.
They buy a new house; Emit's place is too crowded and zombie-filled
A place this roomy will do fine for four teenagers, a robot and a timefairy.
I build a wall of food synthesisers to complete the digital chef skill challenge easily.
In addition to the one in the kitchen anyway. Its a bit weird having conventional ovens AND food synthesisers together. Best to go one or the other
A lot of room, but its still entirely random where they will eat.
Family dinners? Yeah right.
Xiaobo adds some actual muscle to his muscles
ERROR! I guess it doesnt like plumbots making plumbots
This is still happening. I managed to squash the bug (heh) later on.
Changes the whole leg joint!
Uh-oh.
The house is ruined! Everyone is dead!
Unless you in The Sims. WHAT.
He never can hold in his urine when scary things are going on. Looks like some rocks zoomed right past his face, a narrow miss! I guess I cant blame him.
Gardenia is using her new photosynthesising ability. While I doubt theres much in the ground to absorb, its better than Midnight Hollow's lack of sun!
Nobody pick this plant!
Jamil is pleased by the intact meteor.
I dont remember how this happened. Gross.
Sun? What sun! Get out of the snow before you go dormant
Gethulon catches on fire from a meteor impact and has yet to realise it.
He does now! Get to a shower!
More fires.
Firebots to the rescue!
Ignore the tree! Save the sims around the much bigger more dangerous fire!
Reinforcements. Hoverboarding, now? REALLY?
And it goes up to the front door and whines. Idiot!
At least one of them found the fire.
Here comes a third.
Xiaobo's bladder decides now of all times is the time to be full.
*headdesk*
They just WATCH while the one bot slowly puts out the fires.
Gethulon is highly annoyed. As is the whole household and me. But he portrays it the best.
Your getting angry at THEM? not only do they have no control over meteors, but you fools hoverboarded around and did mostly nothing. Humans have been replaced by THESE?
Of COURSE his bladder would fail now, after the fire. Nobody would notice during the blaze. In fact, he should have just peed on the fire, that would have been more effective than the fire department.
EVERYBODY notices.
I'd be angry too.
Ridiculon has a new job at the observatory.
Didnt take her long to find where they moved to.
Gethulon is drawn to a light display that night
Crap. Dont go into the light!
Run, Gethulon, RUN
Too late
Oh you evil...
You could have abducted the paparazzi! At least she HAS things to probe!
At least they returned him intact.
But he will always remember this moment.
It's time for some music! Gethulon is on Guitar and Ridiculon on Violin, but one is working, and one is OH GOD WHAT HAPPENED TO MEing
Really Gardenia? The house is hit enough without the magnet!
Her very first plumbot has been sold. Ridiculon could never bring himself to sell a plumbot, each one is a dear friend, sentience or not.
Ridiculon takes Xiaobo out to meet his descendant one day.
Is she even dressed?
Hes having a big mood swing. Thus why hes out of the house.
His one and only descendant. Looks like his line is in danger of fizzling out.
Hes left to talk with her about his family's history...his future.
Heh. It must be so weird meeting someone from your distant past.
She gets a photo to remember this moment by.
Uh-oh, shes whipping out cruel interactions suddenly
Ridiculon was abusing the hotpool all this time.
Lets look up his descendant on the future equivalent of facebook. Mean-Spirited!? So thats why shes so utterly alone. Xiaobo, your screwed unless you find a decent girlfriend to change your future
Ridiculon is tired and whining. Guess its time to say goodbye (forever). Her existence will end. I demand it. Did you know theres a special mean interaction only usable on Descendants? "I Can Erase You!" And I will. I wont allow Xiaobo's legacy to die out because one woman decided to be a cruel loner with no hope of a family.
He couldnt hold it any longer. She rejected it, but still.
WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAT!?
Two in a row in the same bizarre spot!?
*facepalm* All these rocks are attracting aliens like flies.
Another meteor falls.
Thier house would have been amazing had the ocean still been there. Its still pretty cool, but looking out over the water would have been awesome
Big glitch. Emit isnt the only Emit anymore, and another Emit's hologram keeps popping up to talk about Cause and Effect. The game does this in the base neighbourhood to bug the crap out of you to visit the future if you ignore the portal.
Its so annoying that my brother and I have an injoke about it *heads to his facebook page to say "CAUSE AND EFFECT"*
Another visit to the crashed ship. He teleported through the locked door, so for a time, hes alone and has absolute peace and quiet.
Out adventuring with Gardenia. "Dad, look in the sky!"
"Its heading STRAIGHT FOR US!"
*explosion noise*
You would pop up now.
And now zombies are rising from the wasteland.
He pops over to Emit's place for a bit. Emit's suit gives him away as he approaches
Best buds? Right. Ridiculon feels like hes a pawn in some greater game whenever Emit is around.
He cooks the only fish hes got on hand; a three-eyed fish.
Is this really any suprise?
Another creepy eating face. Dried food is better than three eyed fish
Yet more meteors.
Gethulon is abducted a second time, this time outside Emit's house
Ridiculon has taken up a new interest: Bug eating.
The faces he makes eating them xD
Practicing pool skills.
You cant take this home with you, annoyingly.
The special holo-sprite unlocked from the Astronomer career.
*tries to clone cherries* This item is too large and wont fit in the science station!
*tries to clone a gigantic space rock* Success!
Thats what I think too.
Even this is bigger than cherries!
"Not only did you succeed at cloning the <metal>, you also improved it to the highest quality possible" This set off a new completionist in me; get every metal and gem and bug at the ABSOLUTE best quality. THANKS.
Another plumbot sold. I wish they didnt wave goodbye, makes me feel so, SO, guilty
Gardenia meets another teen girl! A Jetsons parody
Ridiculon is now level 10 and obviously chose the star explorer path. Space armour! Hes eating bugs again of course. Honeypot ants, delicious
Hes served some sushi by a member of SG-1 xD
<_< >_>
"CAUSE AND EF-whats that smell!?"
Two more descendants. Jean-Claude's ones, going by the skin colour.
This one belongs to Jamil of course.
Another mean-spirited descendant!?
A nice view to sculpt by. Great for those moments where desolation and hopelessness inspire you.
Remember these? It took forever to master digital chef with everyone, because this keeps happening! EVERY TIME.
Ridiculon finally has what hes been searching for and working towards for a long time.
A Sentience trait chip, handcrafted! No longer will Gethulon be an appliance with personality!
His first truly sentient conversation.
This rude idiot somehow barged into my house and started fighting everyone. GET OUT. And preferably get hit by a meteor on the way home.
Gethulon introduces himself to Emit now that hes sentient.
He doesnt realise his handshakes are rather..crushing.
And this is all of my Ridiculon pictures uploaded and posted. Updates will happen again someday, when I return to his family.
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