Just yesterday I was wondering where did this thread had gone lol! I like the new name of the challenge, gotta remember to change it in my links!
Anyways, while I can't say anything official or talk about sims 3 because I've never played it, I can try to help with some questions for what I've been doing with this challenge
llamazing wrote:Do the career sims have to be at the top of their career or is that just for bonus points? Because I'm pretty sure my townies never get there.
Drama Club (TS4) isn't available to adults, it's an after-school activity.
If you're wondering (like I was) what a Weirdo and Veteran Hermit are, it turns out they're hidden traits some NPCs have. The Weirdo sims are the guys who wear wrestling masks around San Myshuno. I think the only Veteran Hermit is George Cahill in Strangerville.
Finally, I don't know if you can still romance the Grim Reaper in TS4. I know it used to be possible, but I had a Sim try earlier this year (I wanted some Reaper Babies) and it didn't work. I read at the time that they'd patched it.
Townies ocassionally end up randomly asignated to level 10 careers! It doesn't happen too often because there are many options while randomly getting them jobs, but it does happen! Also, thanks for the info about the weirdo and veteran hermit! not sure if the hidden titles also count for this challenge, but it's good info to have!
And about Grim, I had a friend confirm to me that you can't have a relationship with him, but she said she doesn't remember if you can at least kiss him. So far my sim Jace had been trying and even with half the romance bar full the First kiss option is not there so yeah, he may be off-limits. I'm gonna keep trying out of curiosity though!
Jesslb429 wrote:I have a few questions/clarifications for this. Most are TS3 related. With my current computer unable to play most things, I wanted to try a challenge that was fairly minimal in terms of adding stress to the game. I know that this challenge is in need of some clarification if previous responses to questions are any indication. But I have a few new questions. Most of them are just little gaps in the rules that I'm wondering about how ethically gray it would be to slide through said gaps.
1) There doesn't seem to be any rules about life-extending elixirs or potions. As far as I can see, all I can tell is that it is limited to a single lifetime and that there are to be no extend lifespan occults. The assumption I have is that they aren't allowed, but with TS3 there are different ways to extend a life. Things like ambrosia, fountain of youth elixir, young again, and age freeze seem a no brainer to be disallowed. However, what about life fruit? In its raw state, it grants an extra day. Theoretically, a sim could bulk on life fruit and extend their life for quite a while allowing for extra kisses.
2) On the topic of elixirs, what about the friendship elixir? The rule states no love spell for TS3, which makes sense since it grants an almost immediate kiss. However, the potent friendship elixir puts you at about the same level without the romantic interest status. So you still have to do some interaction between the sims to get to a kiss. And what about the regular friendship elixir? It barely grants enough friendship to become actual friends. Would using one on a sim then spamming interactions be that big of deal?
3)The rules about jobs and university are a bit unclear. For TS3, sims can attend college at any time after turning into young adults. And while they can go straight to college if they buy a cheap lot or empty lot, it might be a problem if the lot they buy is on the more expensive. Also, are sims limited to one career until they top the one they're in? Also, if a sim does not aspire to reach the top of a career, are they unallowed to go into any career or are they then able to do whatever they want?
4) Another university-related question. Shouldn't kissing a sim from each social group count for points? If this challenge is similar in a way to a WYDC in terms of "collecting sims", it seems like a low point goal as well.
I know that I ask a lot of questions and some might be fairly obvious, but I will exploit loopholes for all they're worth. But I don't want to be seen as a cheater for exploiting them.
While I can't be much help with your questions, I can say that I had assumed the life-extending objects are out of the question for the challenge, but we'll need an official answer to that.
About the career, I think part of the rules is that the sim
has to try top reach the top of a career, so you can chose whatever you want to top, but must top one or take the point loss. I don't see anything wrong with going throught multiple careers, my own sim started as a detective and then turned into an actor to max the npcs he could meet.
I think that's everything I can say about this xD I hope an admin can help get more official answers!