Season 2 is now airing! (Oct 20 2019)
Main show opens January 23rd 2019!
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"The Free Will Show - Hug Craze Edition"? I thought this idea was quite fun, and there will be more! It will be running as a long term show, and in this thread I'll post updates. The main show is set to air January 2019, but before that there will be 3 more editions to pick the contenders. These editions will be more interesting to watch than the "Hug craze edition", as you periodically get much closer to the contenders, the point system is more advanced, and participants are no longer related which means there might occur free will romances.
Once the 4 winners are chosen, there will be a call for simmers to create and suggest a few additional contenders to the big show, a few specific requirements will be posted here and on my blog,
Simmerville's Sims, in December.
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Oh-oh I forgot to update this section! Season 3 closed 2 months ago, and season 4 opens no later than May 16th.
All episodes are on my Youtube channel
Season 2 - opens October 2019 (8 episodes):
Day 7: (October 20 2019 - voting closed)
Day 8: (November 9 2020 - voting closed)
Day 9: (January 9 2020 - voting closes on Jan 16 at 11:59)
Day 10: (March 7 2020 - voting closes on Mar 14 at 11:59)
Day 11: (February 2020)
Day 12: (February 2020)
Day 13: (March 2020)
Day 14: (March 2020)
Season 1 - opens January 2019 (6 episodes):
Episode 1: (January 23rd 2019 - no voting)
Episode 2: (February 15th 2019 - voting closed)
Episode 3: (March 7th 2019 - voting closed)
Episode 4: (March 25th 2019 - voting closed)
Episode 5: (May 4th 2019, voting closed)
Episode 6: NEW (June 15th 2019, VOTING closes on June 22nd at 11:59 PM)
Hug Craze edition - opens August 2018 (4 weekly episodes):
Part 1: https://youtu.be/CykDApYPDoM
Part 2: https://youtu.be/WkwMuFCvUBg
Part 3: https://youtu.be/0MKEnVpefTE
Part 4: https://youtu.be/5GY8n49SoIY
Cook & Clean edition - opens September 2018 (4 weekly episodes):
Part 1: https://youtu.be/3J5j0gdSoU8
Part 2: https://youtu.be/cRzRYLWxwvw
Part 3: https://youtu.be/aWtKNvhVJxo
Part 4: https://youtu.be/ef6lnoWCOoY
Pets edition - opens November 2018 (2 weekly episodes):
Part 1: https://youtu.be/bF6qBm9-SAs
Part 2: https://youtu.be/fceO2EeTt7k
Monster edition - opens December 2018 (2 weekly episodes):
Part 1: https://youtu.be/E7iLJx92q1U
Part 2: https://youtu.be/Jdo7mcYgwGc
4 new participants, Edvin, Samantha, Tommy and Brenda. The winner gets a spot on the big upcoming "The Free Will Show"! I hate filming with walls down, so from now on there are intervals where you get much closer to the participants, making it more interesting to spy on them
Part 3 of 4 will be out in one week.
The Pets Edition will air in Novewmber, and Monster Edition in December - both a bit delayed and therefore they will both be only 2 or 3 episodes instead of 4.
And finally, there will be a call for Sims for the last 2 contender spots for the main Free Will Show that will air in January. Anyone can create a Sim and upload to Gallery, but please wait until I can post requirements -it depends on who win the last editions. I'll post that call mid December, with deadline Dec 31st.
Here's part 1 of the Pets edition:
In addition there will be a call for 2 sims created by anyone. The required aspirations/traits will be posted mid December.
Now the 1st part of the Monster Edition is available on my Youtube channel. Like always, watch the start and the ending, and feel free to jump during the main parts. 2nd part will be out within a week.
You can sumbit one one of them, see requirements on the video below. Post the gallery link in a comment within December 30th, and the two lucky participants will be announced on December 31st.
Read more about the concept under the Youtube video, or on my blog (post of Jan 22nd).
In this episode the 6 sims get into more chaos as all toilets break, Sonia gets sick, power gets shut off, Emma is starving, there's a lot of peeing selfs, and there is a voting coming up! But hey, no matter what you guys vote, not all problems can get solved; if they hire a Repairman water will be shut off tomorrow due to unpaid bills. If they pay bills, they can still not use the toilets. So maybe getting far away will be the better option?.
Next episode will be the last with 6 contenders, as the sim with less points at 6 AM (end of episode) will be kicked out! (this will repeat in episode 6)
Because it seems quite hard to collect points, especially if everyone will pee themselves again with the water shut off, there will be a new rule starting in episode 3: There will be a voting in EVERY EPISODE, the Sim in Focus will no longer need to have all those points to pay. They will simply get a negative score if they can't pay. So, when Sim in Focus has low or negative score, he/she can choose from the full list, but might pick the options costing less. This will open for more strategies, shall the Sim in Focus help them all by taking a cost s/he can not afford?
Next episode is scheduled to release on March 5th!
And this time it will be crucial to one of the contenders, as the one with lowest score will be kicked out! From episode 4 there shall only be 5 sims in the house, and again from episode 7 there shall only be 4 sims, which will be the group for the rest of this series. I can say as much as nobody on 2 legs ran away, so 1 sim has to be kicked. Who will it be?
Now, I'm off to do some serious editing...
The Free Will Show Episode 3 was released yesterday. At end of this episode 1 of the 6 contestants will need to leave the house - the one with the lowest score, naturally. Who will it be?
There is also a voting! You should see the last 3-4 minutes of the video, but you can also see the 3 options listed in the description below the video. Deadline for voting is 7 days after release, meaning you still got more than 6 days...
As in every episode Sim in focus will pick 3 alternative actions/events, and you can vote for the one to be executed the next morning. Voting is open for 7 days from release.
Now - enjoy episode 5! Will their bills finally be paid? Will there be a fire? I think so...
In this episode one more contender is kicked out - who will it be? From season 2 there will be only 4 contenders + 1 dog, and there will be 8 episodes before end of year.
In season 2, which will span a total of 8 days/episodes, a new feature involving each episode's top/low score. There were also made adjustments to points and events to choose from.
Voting on next episode's event is open for 7 days, starting right now!
But tomorrow there will finally be a new Free Will Show episode. And because I want the episodes to contain a little more than eating and cleaning floors, an extra "directed event" will be added... And well, to avoid that this series ends in year 2025, and the winning sim turns 82 years old, I'll think of some more rules for the 3rd season, that might make the process of kicking out contenders a bit quicker. If you have input, please share!
I'll post more about this in a few days! Here's a screen dump from tomorrow's episode
Remember to vote within 7 days from release - there is the daily vote where you pick one action to be performed by the Sim in Focus, and the additional "social vote" where you decide who will argue with their worst in-house relation. Might get interesting