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From the Hart: An OWBC - Interlude! [6th April 2021]

Posted: October 18th, 2015, 5:19 am
by Sam
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I started the challenge in 2015 after binge-reading Fuzzy's Flaming O'Leery and Gin's Evil Susan's Worst Nightmare. I based my founder off of a sim I remembered from the Bustin' Out playstation game, although I never got that far enough in Bustin' Out to ever play Randy Hart!

Welcome to the colourful little world of the Hart family!

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Part 1.1: One Groovy Guy
Part 1.2: Practise Makes Parents
Part 1.3: Brian, Bees and Business
Part 1.4: Mum! You Ruined My Life!


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Part 2.1: Love and Bubbles
Part 2.2: Sparks Fly
Interlude: Spares, Spares, Spares!
Part 2.3: Operation Wolf Party
Part 2.4: Come Together
Part 2.5: Circles of Life & Death
Part 2.6: Musical Edition
Part 2.7: Tantrums & Tours
Part 2.8: Kiss Me Quick!


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Part 3.1: Life Choices
Part 3.2: Floats Your Boat
Part 3.3: Leaf Explosion
Interlude: The Quad Pod
Part 3.4: Wishing You Well
Recap: Who the Heck is That?
Part 3.5: Sandcastle Addict
Part 3.6: Customer Loyalty
Part 3.7: Love is in the Air

:!: Interlude: The Couch in the Void :!:


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coming soon!


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Bonuses & Mini-Challenges:
Spoiler:
Base Game
- Have a gnome guard your flamingos, and don't lose him - DONE!
- Go a whole generation without promotions - DONE, Baby B to Baby L!
- Obtain an alien through a legitimate abduction - DONE, Onyx!

University
- Each heir must graduate from university (in progress), Onyx, Strawberry,
- Each heir must be able to perform the xylophone trick (in progress), Onyx, Strawberry
- Obtain a zombie - DONE, Onyx!

Bon Voyage
- There must be a vacation once a generation - DONE!
- One member of the bloodline must collect all the vacation mementos - DONE, Basil!
- Obtain a bigfoot- DONE, Brian!

Mini-Challenges
- One Bad Apple - DONE, Orchid, Paul, Patrick
- Boolprop Clubhouse - DONE!
- Family Scrapbook (in progress)
-Bug Me Not- Failed :(
-Quad Pod - DONE, Canary, Sunset, Inchworm & Cerulean!
-Boolprop Naming Scheme - DONE, Blossom, Orchid, Onyx...Lennon, Paul, Ringo...Oli, Patrick, Craig...

Super Mini-Challenges
- Monster Mash - DONE, Onyx!
Family Tree:
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Re: From the Hart: An OWBC - 1.1 [18th Oct]

Posted: October 18th, 2015, 10:55 am
by Ani-Mei
Spoiler:
So uhh, what happened to your other OWBC? I know you had another since I was reading it. I've already done three so I don't want to do another, I have a multi-challenge hood to do anyway so it's not a problem. I never had Bustin' Out, I figured sims on the computers was much better than the console versions so I never bought them. But anyway, let's hop you can join the Flamingo Club too.

Re: From the Hart: An OWBC - 1.1 [18th Oct]

Posted: October 18th, 2015, 1:07 pm
by Anne
Great start!
Spoiler:
Randy is hilarious! And quite disgusting, haha. I'm looking forward to see how Kana will handle being a mother while also being a vampire. Do you plan on keeping her a vampire forever?
Blossom is adorable! Can't wait to see more of their kids, and what other shenanigans Randy'll get up to. You also make me want to start my own OWBC, especially now I'm done with my Apocalypse... I think I'll focus on my BaCC for a while first, though. :)

Re: From the Hart: An OWBC - 1.1 [18th Oct]

Posted: October 18th, 2015, 5:57 pm
by Sam
Ani-Mei:
Spoiler:
I searched my back-ups but couldn't find a trace of it, so no idea what happened there. I'd forgotten just how many you've done! And Bustin' Out wasn't as good as PC sims, but still a staple part of my childhood :)
Anne:
Spoiler:
I do love Randy so I'm glad you do too - even if he is gross! I do plan to keep Kana as a vamp, mostly as it'll help with the Monster Mash mini-challenge.
I love Blossom, and the other kids too, I can't wait to share more of them all. :D
I say do it, haha! I've been meaning to catch up with your stories for ages now!
Thanks, guys! I'll post the next chapter soon!

Re: From the Hart: An OWBC - 1.2 [20th Oct]

Posted: October 20th, 2015, 5:06 am
by Sam
:tea: It's update time!

Re: From the Hart: An OWBC - 1.2 [20th Oct]

Posted: October 20th, 2015, 11:41 am
by Ani-Mei
Spoiler:
Well don't go crazy looking for that 30th bug, you won't find it. Apparently there's some sort of programming error in FT that makes the 30th bug never show up no matter how maxed the Nature enthusiasm is. I believe once you find 29 consider it completed, at least that's what the official rules said when FT came out. Sometimes it works to be an Old Boolpropian who remembers when all the EP's first came out. Onyx is adorabubble anyway, I stilll like my default replacements for my PT's. Nice chappie. :thup:

Re: From the Hart: An OWBC - 1.2 [20th Oct]

Posted: October 20th, 2015, 2:38 pm
by Sam
Spoiler:
I have a fix in that makes the 30th bug findable, so all I need Blossom to do now is find it! :) I didn't join the community until AL was already out! Onyx is so cute - I have a multi-PT hack in, but I can't remember who made it. I'll have to double check! Thanks for your comment!

Edit: I use this multi-PT set! I found it!

Re: From the Hart: An OWBC - 1.3 [25th Nov]

Posted: November 25th, 2015, 9:27 am
by Sam
Hi guys, it's been awhile. Update, anyone? :)

Re: From the Hart: An OWBC - 1.3 [25th Nov]

Posted: November 25th, 2015, 5:02 pm
by Ani-Mei
Gotta get that medal sometime right?
Spoiler:
I remember doing a Bad Apple once in one of my OWBC's, can't say I miss it at all. Anyway, updates take time and for those trying to delay the inevitable they take longer. *cough* I'm sure you can figure out what that means right? Anywho, nice chappie.

Re: From the Hart: An OWBC - 1.3 [25th Nov]

Posted: January 2nd, 2016, 5:33 pm
by Chase
I'm so glad I started reading this, I'm loving it :P I've only read the first chapter so far, I'll have to catch up at some point!

Re: From the Hart: An OWBC - 1.3 [25th Nov]

Posted: January 3rd, 2016, 4:06 am
by Anne
Okay, so I only noticed this update more than a month after it was posted... Oops!
Spoiler:
I love this family! Randy is still hilarious, and his bromance with the headmaster made me giggle.

Re: From the Hart: An OWBC - 1.3 [25th Nov]

Posted: January 5th, 2016, 6:06 pm
by Sam
Thanks guys, I'm hoping to have another update up soon! :hug:

Re: From the Hart: An OWBC - 1.3 [25th Nov]

Posted: February 1st, 2016, 12:56 am
by Palmer
This has been stickied for winning a Golden Plumbob award! In four weeks it'll become a regular topic once more. Image

Re: From the Hart: An OWBC - 1.4 [4th Feb]

Posted: February 4th, 2016, 5:15 pm
by Sam
Update! And an heir poll! :)

Re: From the Hart: An OWBC - 1.4 [4th Feb]

Posted: February 4th, 2016, 6:42 pm
by Little White Comet
Sam
Spoiler:
I love all your stories Sam but this one is definitely my favorite. Randy is hilarious and while I love the girls I'm going to have to admit that Onyx is my favorite of the kids.
Looking forward to when you can update again.
Happy Simming!

Re: From the Hart: An OWBC - 1.4 [4th Feb]

Posted: February 4th, 2016, 8:17 pm
by Ani-Mei
Spoiler:
Good to see the heir poll is live, means this is really moving along nicely. Anyway, cast my vote and I'm sure you can figure out who I picked...it's obvious. Soon we'll see if the next heir will be just as awesome as the founder.

Re: From the Hart: An OWBC - 1.4 [4th Feb]

Posted: February 4th, 2016, 11:30 pm
by MichelleCYoung
I just binge-read this, and it is HILARIOUS!
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OMG, the kids are all so cute! I love them all! Hard to pick an heir. What will happen to the spares? I hope you play them and keep up posted, since they're all awesomesauce. Randy is so much fun, and I love Kana. She's just so determined to make her family all be vampires. Well, it works for her, after all.

That's so funny that Brian and Binare (I like the name) are as unhelpful as they are, when they have the personalities they do. All those neat points. I never heard of such a neat Bigfoot, but it doesn't seem to matter, anyway.
I've never done an OWBC, but it just looks like a frustrating, scary, blast to play. Hmmm, maybe next time I need to punish someone?

Re: From the Hart: An OWBC - 1.4 [4th Feb]

Posted: February 6th, 2016, 9:49 pm
by mysterymusic7
Binge reading is fun!
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Enjoyed this Sam...Onyx is cute.
I also really like Orchid. Too bad her mom's trying to ruin her life.
At moment's like that I would have been tempted to find a cc mod that would allow vampires to sleep on their own.
I guess that's cheating too, but dammit Orchid's awesome. Her mom shouldn't get to kill her.
Guess moving her to college early is a better way to "cheat".
But come on really?

Re: From the Hart: An OWBC - 2.1 [8th Feb '16]

Posted: February 7th, 2016, 7:55 pm
by Sam
:disco: LittleWhiteComet:
Spoiler:
Aw, thank you! I'm really enjoying this one, so I guess it shows! I truly love all the kids, so I don't envy you guys having to choose between them! I really like Onyx - and I can't wait to turn him into all of the creatures!

Thank you!
:pacman: Ani-Mei:
Spoiler:
I do feel like I'm getting somewhere once the first heir moves home in an OWBC. Onyx seems to be a popular choice - people just can't resist cute aliens! Thanks for your comment, and your vote!
:smirk: MichelleCYoung:
Thank you so much!
Spoiler:
Yeah, I definitely don't envy you guys having to choose between them! I'm planning to play the spares, and there will be a spare update soon, so they won't just fade away. I love Randy, and Kana's biting habit can get annoying but it's still quite amusing!

Sometimes they'll clean, but I guess there are just too many distractions in the Hart household!
They are a lot of fun, I definitely recommend the challenge. :)

:cookie: Mystery:
Spoiler:
Thank you! He's so adorable, and quite popular with readers, it seems!
Orchid was so funny once she'd been bitten though. I felt bad, but it was so funny watching her freak out about it.
I should consider looking into it, for the future - there will be vampires and bad apples for a while yet. It was the best solution I could come up with. Y'know, other than letting her die!
Thanks for your comments, guys!

Have an update!

Re: From the Hart: An OWBC - 2.1 [8th Feb '16]

Posted: February 10th, 2016, 4:58 pm
by Ani-Mei
You do know that Simselves are like Bad Apples, can't give them more than 8 commands a day right?
Spoiler:
Ah yes, the cute alien won. Also I see some of Hex's wardrobe is still kicking around. Always like that on him, I just could never find it. Anyway, new generations are fun let's hope we get lots of cute alien baybeez.