Challenge Mash-Up presented by
@EuphorialQueenChallenge Mash-Up
Mash-Up: Something created by combining elements from two or more sources
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mash–up
Most Sim game play challenges focus on making money, finding a mate and creating a family to carry forward the household legacy. Wondering what would happen if several challenges were combined I present to you the Challenge Mash-Up. You may want to combine other challenges but I decided to use elements from the following challenges.
Sims 4 Room Challenge by
@katoregama Building a FortuneLonely Hearts by
@EuphorialQueen and
@Buttonsginger Finding a MateRosebud Challenge by
@EuphorialQueen Another Fortune GoalHighlander Crest by
@Buttonsginger Living a long life via Youth Potion
The Sims 4 Legacy Challenge by
@Pinstar1161 A nod to the Legacy aspect
There may be elements of other challenges as well but these are the foundation of this challenge.
General Rules for the entire challenge:
Normal Lifespan
Aging On
No Money Cheats
Aspiration Reward Potions and Traits are allowed as long as the points are earned to buy them.
Moving to a different lot is allowed after the completion of each stage of the challenge.
My personal choice is to remain free of CC and / or Mods.
CC is allowed per the players choice. Remember to credit the creator when sharing.
Mods are limited to those that help resolve game issues.
Note 27Dec2018: Challenge and comment threads by
@EuphorialQueen {Me} are checked on a regular basis.
Rules for challenges are reviewed for potential updates each time new content is added to the game.
Please feel free to comment if you have questions.
Comments
The rules of the challenges listed will be amended to fit this new challenge.
You may choose a different path but here is my plan.
Starting with the Room Challenge (amended rules)
Create a single YA Sim as the founder of the Challenge Mash-Up.
Male or Female / Aliens are allowed.
Your choice of traits {Except Loner}and any Aspiration.
Sims already in the Gallery may be used with credit to the creator.
*Must be free of Skills and have only basic traits to start the challenge.
Once you have finished your Sim you can move into any neighborhood.
No Money Cheats.
For the first stage start with any size lot with only a single room and NO landscaping.
That will come later as you play the game.
I will be using a space created using the Room Challenge guidelines.
Living space (including any outdoor space for mailbox) is a total 64 squares in any configuration.
One floor - no stairs - no basement to start.
The single floor space is your entire living space for this part of the challenge.
Using a smaller lot to start will keep the bills under control and promote Maximum gain of funds.
Examples:
Sad Box on the Lawn by EQ (Room)
https://www.thesims.com/gallery/F25EFEE2444A11E583C9DD3160E4BD92
One Room Living (Room)
https://www.thesims.com/gallery/F531351EB29A11E48D04633690F25A34
Stage One: Surviving the Room Challenge
Once on the lot send your Lucky Sim into the house/room and remove the door.
There can be a bit of outdoor space as long as it is within the limits of the allowed space.
Do not forget the Mailbox and an outdoor trashcan inside your living space.
Goal: Become Well Off by completing stage three of the Fabulously Wealthy Aspiration.
Well-Off Have earned §75K with §35K in Reserve
Complete at least one other Aspiration.
Reach at Level 10 of at least one skill.
Either complete the Best Selling Author Aspiration
Or achieve Level 10 of a second skill.
FYI:
Athletic, Deviance, Family or Popularity Aspirations cannot be completed in Stage One of #ChallengeMashUp
Aspiration Summary
Only the Best Selling Author or Fortune can be completed during stage one due to game requirements.
You can switch to work on any Aspiration you like to gain Aspiration Points.
No leaving the lot.
No Career/Job at this point.
Make your fortune Painting, Crafting, Writing or anything not involving leaving the lot.
Limited Youth Potions can be used since this is a complex challenge.
Try to stay at YA stage as long as possible to be able to complete the next stage.
Update 26 November 2017 :
Cats & Dogs EP
Allowed:
Start with either one cat or one dog with your single Sim.
Must have the appropriate items to keep your pet happy.
Food dish, pet toy and small bed (cat must have a litter box).
IF you start with a pet you can purchase the necessary supplies.
**Include a Pet Door to allow your Pet some freedom to roam.
*Remember §§ are required to feed your pet or to give them treats.
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Start as usual with a single Sim and the required items.
You must earn enough §§ to buy pet supplies before adopting a pet or stray.
Now your Sim has become Well Off it is time to put their solitary existence behind them and look for their true love.
Guidelines:
Go out into the world and introduce yourself to begin your search.
Get to know them and find a match but they cannot have more than one matching trait.
From the original challenge:
Goal 1: Establish a positive relationship with any Sim of any gender.
Goal 2: Must go on at least 2 dates gold medal rating with your intended.
Goal 3: Become Boyfriend/Girlfriend
Once this goal is completed you are allowed to move in a mate after an accepted proposal
Goal 4: Marry your intended.
Additional comments:
As long as points are earned they can be spent on Potions and additional Traits.
Mood enhancing items can be used if you wish. Examples include paintings, lamps or other items.
Bonus Goals
Maximize a skill.
Complete an Aspiration.
Time to move to the next stage.
Here is where the Legacy Challenge component comes into play.
Congratulations! You have made it this far and only have a bit more to go.
Allowing your Founder to age will be your choice. You can also choose to include the Highlander Crest component and keep slamming back the Youth potion.
Children are next on the agenda with as few or as many as you wish.
Traits can be random or chosen with a purpose.
Throw in a touch of The Wonder Child Challenge by @ImagingMystic and make your child/children as perfect as possible.
Continue to grow your family for Five generations.
When the Fifth generation heir reaches YA you have completed the entire gauntlet of the Challenge Mash-Up.
Tips for Choosing an Aspiration in Stage One
Update 06November2017
Coming Soon The Sims 4 Cats & Dogs - Release date 10 November 2017
Please feel free to add #TS4CatsAndDogs to your households.
Aspirations, Lot Traits and Veterinarian Career are allowed in this challenge.
Update 09 March 2018
A word about the #TS4JungleAdventure
Going on vacation to the Jungle will be allowed after Stage One is completed and you are allowed to travel.
*Money must be earned to pay for lodging and supplies.
*Recommended skills - Charisma, Fitness, Gardening, Handiness and Logic.
The higher the better but at least beginner levels for better success.
Selling relics can be quite lucrative with very quick financial gains.
Using the (City Living) Yard Sale Table is allowed with any rate of Mark-up.
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Aspirations List for Base Game and All Current Packs Updated 10June2020
01 Animal - Friend of the Animals (Cats & Dogs)
02 Athletic - Bodybuilder
03 Creativity - Painter / Writer / Musician / Master Actor (GF) / Master Maker (EL)
04 Deviance - Public Enemy / Chief of Mischief
05 Family - Four choices (Including Super Parent & Vampire Family)
06 Food - Culinary / Mixology / Grilled Cheese (Unlocked)
07 Fortune - Wealth / Property
08 Knowledge - Three choices plus Master Vampire / Archaeology Scholar (JA) / Spellcraft & Sorcery (ROM) /Academic (DU)
09 Location - City Native (City Living) / Mystery of StrangerVille (StrangerVille) / Beach Life (IL)
10 Love - Serial Romantic / Soulmate
11 Nature - Botanist / Fisherman / Curator / Outdoor Enthusiast (OR Pack) / Jungle Explorer (JA) / Purveyor of Potions (ROM) / Eco Innovator (EL)
12 Popularity - Joker / Friend / Party / Leader of the Pack / Good Vampire / World Famous Celebrity (GF)
Pascal thinks she won a special prize in a contest. Boy will she be surprised! #ChallengeMashUp #EQCreations #RosebudChallenge #theroomchallenge #LonelyHearts #highlandercrestchallenge #Legacy
Well Off Stage 3 Fabulously Wealthy MET
Earned §78,284 Bank §80,282
Best Selling Author Complete
Writing *10*; Cooking 8; Comedy 7; Handiness 6; Painting 7
One Youth Potion used.
#ChallengeMashUp Stage One Complete
Mini Micro Builds Challenge
Sprucer Upper Challenge: A Play to Build Challenge
The Sims Creators' Consortium
#ChallengeMashUp
http://tinyurl.com/ChallengeMashUp
These may be used when sharing your Mash-Up creations.
Now to have him meet as many Teens as possible to find a Mate. He also needs to decide his career path. More to come later.
Mini Micro Builds Challenge
Sprucer Upper Challenge: A Play to Build Challenge
The Sims Creators' Consortium
Mini Micro Builds Challenge
Sprucer Upper Challenge: A Play to Build Challenge
The Sims Creators' Consortium
You can put in a door then remove once your Sim is inside. Or use testingcheats to teleport them inside. You can also redecorate as you see fit. The open floor plan works since there is only one Sim.
Mini Micro Builds Challenge
Sprucer Upper Challenge: A Play to Build Challenge
The Sims Creators' Consortium
In that challenge you kept whatever money you had left over. So, is that what we are going to do? I already have a house I can use. Just a box really.
Update: Actually, I decided to use one from the one room challenge since it was cute and fit all the criteria. It has an outdoor mail box that is totally fenced off.
Rosebud Challenge
My Drifter Challenge II
Orgin ID: Glimmer50
My Sims usually start out Rosebud style with Zero Simoleons. They depend on collecting and harvesting wild plants in the beginning. However in this challenge they are confined (in Stage One) to one room. I kept the beginning funds and also had about §9K after placing the room. I used the smallest 20x15 lot in Newcrest for the start.
Meet Milly Wheeler.
She is just an average looking gal who really wants to lose some weight. She was told that if she spent time in this house, it would help with that goal. She looked a little bewildered when they told her that she would be on a BigSims Brother show and would be watched day in and day out through the use of little cameras. "Maybe I should have read the fine print on that form they had me sign," she thought. "Don't worry, there are none in the bathroom," said the bigsims brother spokesperson.
"Are you serious? Is THIS the house you want me to live in. But, but, you said it would have everything I needed." "It does", the spokesperson said. "Don't worry you will be fine."
"But is so SMALL. A TINY House. There is hardly any room." SIGH. Well, she needed to work on her painting and maybe she could get some writing done if she was left alone. Plus, the real bonus was with no access to junk food, she could finally obtain her goal of losing weight and maybe then she would have the confidence to meet someone special. Right now, she just felt BIG.
Probably because for most of her life, she was a thin person. Her father always told her that she was so cute and small. Everywhere she went people were always saying how small she was and how cute she was. But as she grew older and became a YA, she started to gain some weight.
After that, everywhere she went people commented on how they couldn't believe how big she was NOW. OMG what happened to you they would say? You were always so small. Her mother was the worst. She seemed to constantly make remarks about how big she was and how she never thought she would be big considering she was always so little as a teen. She can't even count how many times she went to bed crying about the mean things her mother said to her. When all the world is against you, you always think your mother will be there for you and she just wasn't. She seemed to have turned on her.
She is not sure what happened. Ever since she hit YA age she had steadily put on weight and one day she just woke up bigger. It just seemed to happen over night. Perhaps it was the stress of her job that made her eat all those grilled cheese sandwiches- her biggest weakness. Maybe it was the marriage to her childhood sweetheart that didn't quite work out that made her go for those bags of peanut butter SIMM&M's. But for whatever reason, she was big and she didn't feel loved or wanted by anyone. That is the main reason she chose solitude. To get away from everyone. To not have to hear those words ever again about how she was so big, who would want her? Those were the last words she remembered her mother ever saying to her before she ran away. Big tears welled in her eyes just thinking about it, but being a cheerful person she swallowed her tears, stuck out her chest and walked through the door of the tiny house.
Once she walked in, she heard a noise and when she turned around the door magically disappeared.
She felt a little frightened but she was determined to see this through. What have I gotten myself into she thought. But then she remembered the spokespersons last words which for some reason stayed in her head (why oh why couldn't she think of his name): This will be fun he said and she will be famous when it is over he said. Well, she didn't really care about being famous but she did care about being successful. Oh and one more thing he said, "You can't leave until you make 75,000 Simoleons." What??? Why oh why did she not read the fine print on that paper. She felt so stupid. As she stood alone in the dark, empty room she thought, well I better get started.
Edit: Sorry about the long winded story. Once I got started I couldn't stop.
Rosebud Challenge
My Drifter Challenge II
Orgin ID: Glimmer50
@Glimmer50 Milly is perfect! Ha! I love the backstory, I can't wait to hear more of Milly's adventure. Did you upload her yet?
I'll be posting some of Vector's Shenanigans here.
Vector is moved in and making friends.....what? Yes, they do talk back. He's named them Rainbow Dash and AppleJack
Mini Micro Builds Challenge
Sprucer Upper Challenge: A Play to Build Challenge
The Sims Creators' Consortium
I was happily working towards the painter extraordinaire until stage three....I forgot about having to view paintings at the museum
Mini Micro Builds Challenge
Sprucer Upper Challenge: A Play to Build Challenge
The Sims Creators' Consortium
Thinking about amending that rule. Looking for opinions.
I didn't think about the grilled cheese aspiration....that's a good one.
Nerd brain? Needs a rocket ship.....is there room in the room?? Or can we add a basement?
Mini Micro Builds Challenge
Sprucer Upper Challenge: A Play to Build Challenge
The Sims Creators' Consortium
Also, with Freelance Botanist I am not sure how you would get the cowplant. I know you can graft but you can't get the plants to graft since you are limited to seeds. You need a snap dragon and dragon fruit I think. To get the dragon fruit you need the snap dragon which I don't think you can get from seeds.
So, that pretty much just leaves: Fab Wealthy, Mansion Baron- which requires you to build, not part of the challenge here but I guess you could do it? and The Grilled Cheese one. OH and the Musical Genius I think you can do that one too. Other than that I have looked them over and don't see any others that can be done without a job or leaving the house.
Suggestion: Instead of requiring a completed aspiration maybe you could require reaching level 10 of the painting skill, writing skill, etc. So you could pick X amount of skills to complete to 10. That would have to be tested as I am not sure how many are possible in one Sim Lifetime. I have accomplished two in a regular play through easily but never really put it to the test.
I am enjoying the challenge so far and I normally don't like playing one sim but I have gotten quite attached to Milly. I will put her up on the exchange today #mash. My EA ID is in my signature.
I am motivated to use those youth potions to keep her young, so potentially you would have more than just the normal lifespan to get those done. I am also changing aspirations depending on what she is doing to gain more points so I have enough to buy those potions when she needs them. I really want her to have a young life after the house and find true love.
Oh and just as a side note: When The One Room Challenge started we were not required to visit a museum so that is why it worked then and doesn't now.
Edited to add: I just unlocked Grilled Cheese because I thought it would be fun for her to do it since she has a weakness for them but you have to talk to someone about it so I guess this one you can't do either without socializing? I can't talk to Uni about it.
Rosebud Challenge
My Drifter Challenge II
Orgin ID: Glimmer50