Never Say Never Challenge *Updated*
Posted: July 8th, 2021, 5:30 am
[tab=30][align=center]Life is a playground, did you know that? Every day is an opportunity but how many of us let these opportunities pass by? How many times do we say no to living our best lives because of money, work and all that mundane jazz! This challenge is all about saying YES to anything and everything. Your sim has whims? You say YES to all that are possible. They get invited out even though they are about to pass out in the puddle from their broken toilet? You say YES. NO is a dirty word! [/align]
RULES
1. Make your sim however you like. Whatever age, species etc. Play on whatever lifespan you like. Start in whatever season, whatever world, whatever lot you like. I strongly recommend randomising these choices as much as possible however! Use a number generator to pick all the above to change up your gameplay and discover more about the game.
2. The main rule of this challenge is to let your sim guide you with their whims. Whim's are what they want and its your job to say YES to them all. When they get invitations on the phone, you say YES. When a holiday arrives, you say YES to all its traditions. When someone arrives at your door, you say YES they can come in. If a Likes/Dislikes pops up, you always say YES too. Get the idea? You never ever say NO!
3. Try not to control your sims unless it is to fulfil a whim, aspiration, job or goaled events like holidays and festivals. Also try to avoid influencing their emotional state unless necessary for the previous. So no making them confident so they can get that whim to get a career etc. It will happen, you just have to be patient! Avoid using paintings, crystals, postcards and so forth to create emotions you want them to have. You don't get to manipulate in this challenge!
4. For the sake of not allowing toddler/pet cruelty, control your sim as needed to make sure these helpless sims are cared for.
5. Try not to influence their romantic life, again use your knowledge of the sims to take advantage of the whim such as bold pick up line, or whims that come from the flirty mood when your sim happens to be in one. In my first playthrough of this, my sim got married, had twin girls and pregnant again, all from her own whims. This challenge can be one of patience, don't rush, just enjoy and see what happens!
6. Any time you are invited out, if it is not to a timed event, you should stay for at least one sim hour. So no accepting an invitation then immediately going straight home, that ruins the fun!
7. When there is a choice to be made in game but there is no direct yes/no option, I use Google's number generator to pick the choice. For example when my sim got the whim to get a job, I added up the number of careers available and rolled to pick one. She got social media career and every day the pop up comes up to go to work, work at home or take PTO off I roll for that too.
THE GOAL
There is no scoring to this challenge. It's meant to be laid back and fun. When your Sims life comes to an end, you get the satisfaction of knowing they lived their best life (or worst depending on the whims and invites!).
OPTIONAL FUN
* Randomise everything. I randomised my sim completely. All her face and body features, her clothes from the styled looks options, her traits, aspirations, likes and dislikes. I used a number generator to pick which world she would live in
and even what lot. If you can randomise, do it. It changes up your game play so much.
* Don't ignore any options when it comes to making choices. I used a number generator for deciding lot traits and I really didn't want to use on a ley line trait but I went with it and because I did, I discovered it gives your sim a whim eventually
to try for a baby, which is great if you want to do a legacy style play. Go with the options and results and see what you discover!
That's about it, I guess it's like one big combination of an isbi, whimacy, random and more. It is fun though and if you try it, let me know!
RULES
1. Make your sim however you like. Whatever age, species etc. Play on whatever lifespan you like. Start in whatever season, whatever world, whatever lot you like. I strongly recommend randomising these choices as much as possible however! Use a number generator to pick all the above to change up your gameplay and discover more about the game.
2. The main rule of this challenge is to let your sim guide you with their whims. Whim's are what they want and its your job to say YES to them all. When they get invitations on the phone, you say YES. When a holiday arrives, you say YES to all its traditions. When someone arrives at your door, you say YES they can come in. If a Likes/Dislikes pops up, you always say YES too. Get the idea? You never ever say NO!
3. Try not to control your sims unless it is to fulfil a whim, aspiration, job or goaled events like holidays and festivals. Also try to avoid influencing their emotional state unless necessary for the previous. So no making them confident so they can get that whim to get a career etc. It will happen, you just have to be patient! Avoid using paintings, crystals, postcards and so forth to create emotions you want them to have. You don't get to manipulate in this challenge!
4. For the sake of not allowing toddler/pet cruelty, control your sim as needed to make sure these helpless sims are cared for.
5. Try not to influence their romantic life, again use your knowledge of the sims to take advantage of the whim such as bold pick up line, or whims that come from the flirty mood when your sim happens to be in one. In my first playthrough of this, my sim got married, had twin girls and pregnant again, all from her own whims. This challenge can be one of patience, don't rush, just enjoy and see what happens!
6. Any time you are invited out, if it is not to a timed event, you should stay for at least one sim hour. So no accepting an invitation then immediately going straight home, that ruins the fun!
7. When there is a choice to be made in game but there is no direct yes/no option, I use Google's number generator to pick the choice. For example when my sim got the whim to get a job, I added up the number of careers available and rolled to pick one. She got social media career and every day the pop up comes up to go to work, work at home or take PTO off I roll for that too.
THE GOAL
There is no scoring to this challenge. It's meant to be laid back and fun. When your Sims life comes to an end, you get the satisfaction of knowing they lived their best life (or worst depending on the whims and invites!).
OPTIONAL FUN
* Randomise everything. I randomised my sim completely. All her face and body features, her clothes from the styled looks options, her traits, aspirations, likes and dislikes. I used a number generator to pick which world she would live in
and even what lot. If you can randomise, do it. It changes up your game play so much.
* Don't ignore any options when it comes to making choices. I used a number generator for deciding lot traits and I really didn't want to use on a ley line trait but I went with it and because I did, I discovered it gives your sim a whim eventually
to try for a baby, which is great if you want to do a legacy style play. Go with the options and results and see what you discover!
That's about it, I guess it's like one big combination of an isbi, whimacy, random and more. It is fun though and if you try it, let me know!