The Sims 2 | "Mencken" Legacy Challenge: Surrounded by Idiots (Participation Welcome)

[Skwink]

We really need to get to the next page, I hate scrolling down this whole page!

 

[PlutonianEmpire]

We really need to get to the next page, I hate scrolling down this whole page!

You just did with that post.

 

[Smellincoffee]

...

I don't recall...

._.

Ok, which mod made the sims 2 game for you...A bit...Eh..."Censor"y?

It's been so long since I downloaded them that I don't recall exact names, but there are at least two different mods at work -- one which eliminates the pixel-censor, and custom nude defaults. I imagine I downloaded them both from SexySims 2, which is the 'adult' version of ModtheSims2. Not safe for work.

Christmas responsibilities and occasions have had my attention the last few days, but here's a nice, big update for you...spoilered to help with scrolling.

Mencken Legacy 3.1

Spoiler :

It's time for Barbara to have a family, but the usual contenders are all dismal in one way or another...so I have her propose to a uni student instead. I had to go and speed her through university before the marriage, but she has green eyes and blonde hair. Roxie is one of the Maxis-made uni sims I enjoy playing (along with Jimmy Phoenix, who was my test subject during my first play with University.

And in no time at all...

Roxie doesn't have much in the way of skills, but I use her one order to get her a job, anyway.

Time to stop putting the inevitable house rebuild off!

I kept the design simple -- one room on the left, one on the right, bathroom in the back.

The upstairs is similar.

And, just in time..

Meet Rolfe!

What's this? Douglas, making himself useful?!

..he's complimenting her on the first time they had sex. In front of their daughter-in-law. Oookay.

Apparently that put them in the mood.

Knowledge sims are so easy to please.

Again?! Now we're going to need TWO cribs.

Oh, nice, Douglas. Barbara is having a happy moment here and you decide to steal the attention by DYING.

Sophie didn't exactly notice.

...and Rolfe's a toddler!

It's hard being pregnant and the one who has to do everything.

More to come...

 

[Smellincoffee]

Mencken Legacy 3.1, Continued

Spoiler :

..smart kid.

I left all their lights and wall-mounted stuff out in the middle of nowhere.

I can't see a Mencken being very tolerant.

:-/ That's nice, but it won't get her promoted...she needs two mechanical points for that.

Well, hello, Wolfbane.

Not letting that pudge come back, are we?

...hm. Maybe I shouldn't have her spraying pesticide while she's pregnant.

Speaking of which --

It's another green-eyed, black-haired child...this time in the model of Girl. I named her Wanda.

:-/ This one again.

B-but..her off-time! She had vacation days saved up!

(This is the same chance card that got her fired LAST time. )

Hmph. Well, I'm going to use this as an opportunity to try something that might get Roxie her next promotion.

I'd ask you to give her some advice, Kurt, but if memory serves you spend YOUR nights passed out on the street, too.

....

How responsible of you.

Wolfbane, I'm pretty sure that salad has been out a couple of days.

Rolfe and Wanda survived their grandmother long enough for Barbara to get another promotion, bringing me closer to what I want.

I think he's a bit too old for those, Barbara.

...thanks, Wolfbane. The hedges had been a bother recently, but Barbara has been busy.

The basketball goal seems to be a bit more popular now that it is in the front yard..

Worry? Why worry? Kids sleep in the floor...all the time...

And there's a bit more to come.

 

[Smellincoffee]

Mencken Legacy 3.1, Continued

Spoiler :

Barbara, you're missing your carpool - oh. Looks like Sophie's leaving us.

That unlocks the career reward object, which Barbara can use to improve her mechanical skills...or someone else's.

RUN, Wanda!

Heheh. We'll get that promotion.

The next day, nine am found Roxie sprawled in bed. Her carpool comes at seven.

Checking the geriatrics in always seems to be the right choice, in my experience.

The Prima guide says the safe or morally right option in any Maxis scenario has a slightly better chance of being the correct choice, though that's not very helpful when deciding between Sporks of Steel and a Blend-and-Send.

Oops.

On the bright side --

It took a while, but we managed to take care of Rolfe's three overdue homework assignments.

This could be useful.

Skipping work AGAIN?!

..oh, wait. She was off today. And er..yesterday.

He DID have a D...

Poor Wanda. She's been sort of...neglected.

We'll do better now that Christmas is over.

Next time...the teenage years?

 

[LucyDuke]

Is it just me, or is this a freakishly adult head?

 

[Skwink]

I've been wondering about this for a while, why do so many people turn green and plantlike?

 

[Smellincoffee]

I've been wondering about this for a while, why do so many people turn green and plantlike?

Once a garden plot (or an orchard tree) has been sprayed with insecticide so many times (I don't know the exact number; it may be 100), then there's a chance that every successive time someone sprays it, that someone will turn into a PlantSim. I don't know if the Sim themselves has to have sprayed the insecticide 100+ times, or if the risk applies to everyone. In my neighborhoods, gardening is the norm -- I make every household maintain a five- or four-by-two bed so that they'll be somewhat self-sustaining, so I can't say for sure. Hasn't happened to Barbara, but she's only had two seasons of gardening. There's a potion to cure PlantSimism, but the best way to make sure you never have to spray is to put your plants in a greenhouse. Greenhouse plants almost never need spraying. You can also buy a ladybug house to cut down on the insect numbers.

@LucyDuke Not to me, but I'm rather used to the way sim-kids look. I've been playing this game since 2004.

 

[Skwink]

Ah, I see.

 

[Tlc2011]

I wonder how smellin would do with The Sims Medieval...

 

[Synobun]

.. I'm confused. How did she get pregnant?

 

[Lord_Iggy]

My first thought at seeing his head is a tiny white Barack Obama.

 

[Smellincoffee]

.. I'm confused. How did she get pregnant?

I have a pregnancy for all genders mod. Whichever sim initiates Try for Baby gets pregnant.

I wonder how smellin would do with The Sims Medieval...

That might be fun one day.

My first thought at seeing his head is a tiny white Barack Obama.

There's actually a Barack Obama sim available for download. Back in 2008 I created him as "Hari Seldon" and made him the immortal town librarian.

 

[Tlc2011]

That might be fun one day.

There isn't exactly any legacy challenges that work with it, but it's worthy of a Let's Play!

[also, for some reason go advanced/edit button comes up with a blank, unable to be edited, text hole thing]

 

[Choeimok]

One semi-related question: Reading this got me in the mood for some Sims 2, and now I encountered a mid-sized annoyance/minor problem: Because that necromancy telephone (whatever its name was again) is so obnoxious to get the normal way, I let Family 1 get one by sending one member to university, joining a secret society and stealing the one that was there. Now I tried the same thing with a completely different Sim, some random former grocery store Clerk I decided to shadow this challenge with. Not exactly the same thing since, as it turned out, that Sim already had a bunch of skill points, but whatever. So, that Sim joined the same secret society, and - I should have expected it - the phone is gone, I thought it would regenerate since i expected the secret society lot to behave like a community lot. Is there any way of getting more phones or will I always have to let one Sim per family go to University (which i dislike doing often as it takes eternally) and get that obnoxiously rare paranormal career just to get that damn phone?

Also, enjoyable read as always

 

[Smellincoffee]

Is there any way of getting more phones or will I always have to let one Sim per family go to University (which i dislike doing often as it takes eternally) and get that obnoxiously rare paranormal career just to get that damn phone?

Also, enjoyable read as always

Modders have made hacked versions of the aspiration and career awards for people who wish to purchase them in Buy Mode...either because they don't want to have to earn the points or go to uni, or because they want to incorporate the objects into a community lot. If I wanted to design a gym, for instance, I'd probably want the punching bag that is available through the Athletic career.

Additionally, you could also use this "job seeking noticeboard" to let your Sim choose the Paranormal career directly, without having to go into uni. Because I have so many custom careers, I almost always use the noticeboard to get my Sim into the job I want.


Update to come tonight -- I finally managed to play the game today. There were two deaths.

 

[Smellincoffee]

Mencken Legacy 3.2: Idiocy Supreme

Spoiler :

While Barbara uses one of her few off days to repair every appliance in the kitchen (which broke down at the same time ), the kids amuse themselves.

Wanda, like Rolfe, is into sports.

Babara rolled a want to learn all skills, so I'm going for it -- only a few more to go!

Katherine's genes must be in this family, because Wanda decided to jump her older brother.

The front yard looks rather bare, so I planted a line of flower bushes to add some color to the place. The brats didn't approve. (And I say brats lovingly, because they're always throwing temper tantrums and yelling at me because they're not fulfilling any wants on their own. I can't help that it's the weekend and they can't manage to fulfill that "Get A+ Report Card" want! )

Of the two, Rolfe seems most well-adjusted.

This stationary bike is the best way I know of to earn body points, so I'm buying it despite knowing it's sure to cause problems.

Wanda may be small, but she knows EXACTLY where to kick.

Rolfe finally managed to get in one win, though.

You, madam, are a sterling role model for your children.

RUN, WANDA!

Oh, but she deserves it.

She's had quite a weekend...

Roxie, just because you have a home gym and you're a gym trainer DOESN'T MEAN YOU CAN WORK AT HOME.

..unless you bring your clients over, I guess..

Ta-da!

Why do I have the feeling that Roxie is to turn into a tombstone without me noticing?

I only entered Barbara into medicine because I wanted that career reward object, but I figure she might as well finish it off.

This is almost the biggest lot size in the game. 40+ tiles and you choose one with a bush blocking the exit?!

Roxie finally gets her promotion, after skipping a few days of work...

...and Rolfe grows up!

More to come.

 

[Skwink]

Who's Rolfe given the arm to?

 

[Smellincoffee]

Mencken Legacy 3.2: Idiocy Supreme, Continued

Spoiler :

Rolfe is into fat people in swimsuits, but they can't stink. Ookay.

To prevent Roxie from starving, I had Barbara cook some salmon. Rolfe ate enough to get himself a spare tire...

...and was subsequently too tired to go to school the next day.

He fell a grade, but that didn't stop him from jumping right back on!

At least Wanda has the good sense to work out and have fun at the same time.

Teens are a more worthy investment; they'll be around longer to buy more overpriced shoes.

And that'll get her a promotion.

He's been too tired for Barbara to help him with the homework.

But who cares, right? I'm going to hazard a guess and say Rolfe is headed to fulfill the dumb jock stereotype..

Roxie is doing really well -- I might consider having Barbara switch into Politics or Law to get a way of teaching Roxie charisma to keep advancing.

..especially seeing as Barbara's done with medicine now.

Keep up the good work, Rolfe.

Let's see if we can't get that Lifetime Want first, though, shall we?

Ooh! Gumbo. I recently had gumbo over a bed of rice. Delicious.

(Not so much for Barbara, though. She chose wrong and was fired. )

Looking spectacularly pathetic there, Rolfe ol' boy.

I had Barbara cook this lobsterfest and call the household to eat several times. WHY IS NO ONE EATING?

While she was saving Rolfe from the Reaper, Barbara was scared by one of the ghosts -- her grandmother, I think.

Oh, FOR WRIGHT'S SAKE, ROLFE!

Barbara was by this time asleep in bed, so by the time I'd gotten her downstairs, Rolfe had already been beamed into a funeral urn.

..and then Barbara danced, which *I* thought was a wee bit inappropriate, but maybe he was that poor of a dinner conversationist.

Wanda didn't really notice.

...and soon Roxie came home with a promotion...

...and Wanda grew up, so no one really mourned Rolfe. Poor, idiot Rolfe.

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She's into old people who can cook, and they have to be employed.

The results leave me wondering what to do, and I put the question to the audience. Shall we name our solitary prospect heir, since the competition earned a Darwin award? ...or should I arrange for another baby?

 

[Skwink]

I think Wanda will make a good heir.