Halloween 2020 ..... Black Widow Challenge

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Halloween 2020 ..... Black Widow Challenge

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Halloween Black Widow Challenge.

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It is Halloween, so let's all get wicked with our Halloween Black Widow Challenge!!

On completing this challenge you will earn yourself this creepy Black Widow Medal .... Image

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Black Widow Challenge
While there are many versions of the Black Widow Challenge floating around, we have taken the basic premise and developed one set of rules that can be used for any version of Sims.
The basic, underlying objective of the challenge is to have one sim outlive a certain number of spouses. Only one spouse can die from Old Age and they must have been an Elder at the time of the wedding.
For this challenge, the Black Widow must outlive ten spouses.
There are no money cheats allowed. The Black Widow should be gaining something from each marriage, whether a house or a fat bank account.
The Black Widow should not have a job. Her career is marrying the wealthy and spending their money. The spouses must all be homeowners as the Black Widow is wanting to move into bigger and better homes with each marriage.

Children
The Black Widow should try to have at least one child with each spouse.

Before the Wedding
Before the Black Widow can get married, she must be BFF and Soulmates (TS2 must have 2 bolts attraction; TS3 must have compatible signs) with her intended. Both friend and romance must be maxed out (TS2 “in love”).
Each wedding should be a Wedding Party/Event – so plan accordingly.

After the Wedding
All marriages must be consummated after the wedding.
Any other household members that are living with the spouse at the time of the marriage will need to die, disappear, or move out.
Children and younger are safe until they become teens unless there is another parent that can take them when moving out.
>TS2: send the teens to university or move them out with the other parent.
>TS3: teens will need to move out with the other parent.

Having an Affair
The Black Widow should have an affair with a service sim. This is not a future spouse, just someone to play with. She can have multiple affairs, or she can have one long-term lover.

The Beginning of the End
As the Black Widow grows tired of her current spouse, she begins looking for her next spouse. This should be an improvement over the current spouse either with a better house, higher career, or more money in the bank.
In TS2 use the ask feature to find the level of their career and how much money they have (will come up with the $$$ signs 1,2 or 3) (NPC in the Sims 2 don't have homes)
It is time for the current spouse to die. Have fun with that. Only one spouse can die from Old Age and they must have been an Elder at the time of the wedding.
Begin with “Before the Wedding” and repeat until the Black Widow has outlived ten spouses or until the Black Widow dies.

End of the Challenge
The challenge ends when the Black Widow has outlived ten spouses or when the Black Widow dies.

Scoring
+50 each partner that dies
+10 each career level achieved by a spouse in their lifetime
+30 each unique death
-30 each time the partner dies from Old Age after the one allowed
+30 each kid with unique parent (for each daddy, count the first kid born)
-20 each child in the active household removed by Social Services
+25 earning Pristine reputation by the Black Widow (TS2 good reputation; TS3 eternally faithful)
-25 earning Atrocious reputation by the Black Widow (TS2 bad reputation; TS3 naughty/cheater reputation)
+5 each marriage broken up by the Black Widow
+50 each completed aspiration – Black Widow only (TS2 and TS3 +100 for each completed aspiration as they don’t change once completed)
+10 per §100,000 in total value* when the last spouse dies
*house value + family funds
-50 if the Black Widow dies before the death of the tenth spouse

Mini Challenges, Bonuses
+5 all traits are randomized
+5 traits randomized for the Black Widow (TS2 use family/fortune aspiration)
+10 all woohoo is Try for Baby
+5 document the challenge in some manner
+10 for each spouse and each child – without using life extension, how many spouses and children before dying of natural causes
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I forgot to post my link here!
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Sims 3: How do teens move out with an adult if all adults have to be killed off?
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They can't. Sims 3 does not allow teens to live on their own unless they have a YA who moved out with them die off after the fact. Probably should get that changed, as I've had tried it before and the game wouldn't let me do it.
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The NRaas Mover mod lets you abandon teenagers in TS3 when you move out/kick them out, should that be of concern for any of you.
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I don't think I have that one. :hmm: Ah well, I kept my Black Widow's first kid and he's nearly a YA now anyway.
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I have a way to move out teens. It specifically says teens have to move out with an adult, which is not possible if we have to kill everyone off.

Otherwise, I can move out/kick out teens just fine.
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I actually figured out what was meant. It was a facepalm moment.

Here is the first of 10.
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When it says consummate the marriage, can they woohoo before and then marry once they're BFF and soulmates? I just started I must of missed or miss read that part and she already woohoo and got pregnant before moving in with the first spouse. Still working on there BFF and soulmate status before marriage.
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Technically your supposed to wait after marriage but if you already started the challenge carry on.
UPCOMING EVENTS:


JUNE
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DECEMBER
CHRISTMAS 2024



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peachy123uk wrote:Technically your supposed to wait after marriage but if you already started the challenge carry on.
That works out! That save became super buggy when I tried to have them marry and I hadn't saved it yet so I just started over. This time I waited lol
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Ivory was knocked up by all three before the wedding. I do have auto-woohoo going and she's a hussy. I just shrug and called it a shotgun wedding.
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I have started this but am still only about half way through the first post. Soon, soon, I will join the fray.
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I've started this and enjoying it!

Here is the link to Vera, the Black Widow
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Finally got my first update posted.

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Five spouses down and I realized I glossed over the "widow can't have a job" part of it. Put me over the fire for a Halloweenie roast :(

EDIT: Never say never, even when it means "do this challenge in one week from scratch"

EDIT 10/29: Honored to be the first one done? Final score broken down there but unless my math's off: 2,000pts
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Oops. I got sick and just ran out of time. I think I made it to spouse 3. Maybe next year.
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Jenn; There is no time limit on this challenge, you can still carry on with your challenge.
UPCOMING EVENTS:


JUNE
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JULY
SIMNANO

DECEMBER
CHRISTMAS 2024



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Ok, I just finished this challenge. So much fun!
Read about it on my blog here.
Score:
Spoiler:
5 pts Randomized the Black Widow's traits
5 pts Documenting the challenge
5 pts All traits were randomized
500 pts 10 dead husbands
300 pts 10 unique deaths (freezing, starvation, drowning, overheating, pufferfish, fire, cowplant, laughter, rabid rodent fever, sauna)
270 pts 9 children with unique fathers
25 pts Pristine reputation
45 pts 9 marriages broken up by the Black Widow
450 pts 45 career levels reached by spouses
190 pts 10 spouses and 9 children
50 pts Fabulously Wealthy aspiration
50 pts Friend of the World aspiration
50 pts Serial Romantic aspiration
50 pts Body Builder aspiration
50 pts Soulmates aspiration
50 pts Mansion Baron aspiration
240 pts 2,420,935 in total value when the last spouse died

Total score: 2,335 points
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