17
May
2015

Legacy Challenge Rules Clarification: Who Earns Points

All of the Sims here can earn the family points as long as they remain within the Legacy Family house.

All of the Sims here can earn the family points as long as they remain within the Legacy Family house.

There has been a little confusion and a little ambiguity regarding spares, non-primary spouses, cadet branches, and the children of spares in terms of who can earn points for the family. I hope this post will clarify a few things. If this post contradicts any past rulings I’ve given on the subject, this update takes precedence. With Alien pregnancies, adoptions, and the plethora of different succession law choices, having an open rule like this makes it a lot easier to figure out scoring without fundamentally changing the challenge.

Anyone who is living in the Legacy House is eligible to earn you points, period. Be them heirs, spares, primary or non-primary spouses, spouses of spares, children of spares (aka cadet branches)…if they are in the active house, they can earn the family points. Keep in mind that certain distinctions are very important for other parts of the challenge. Who your eligible and ineligible heirs are (based on your succession law) is important for future generations, who your “Primary Spouses” are is important for the Love category of points.

What is important is that they MUST be in the Legacy family lot in order to earn you points. Keep in mind that any mod that allows you to exceed the 8-sims per household limit would be considered cheating, as it would give you an advantage over a player who was limited to 8 sims max.

You may move out Sims (besides the heir) at any time. When you do this, they cease to be allowed to earn you points. Any points they HAVE earned thus far can be kept, and you may do things like spend all their aspiration points for youth potions for points…but once they are out of the house, they cease to earn points. Parts of the family who have thus been moved out but who still live in the neighborhood are known as “Cadet Branches”.

Don’t forget that once a Sim has moved out of the Legacy household, they may never be moved back in.

There is no need to restart your current Legacies with this change. Just grandfather in the new rules as you see fit. If you want to keep the rules more strict, feel free to stick with the old way.

Posted by Pinstar Legacy in Featured, Legacy Challenge Rules, The Sims 4
17
May
2015

Challenge Accepted! An Interview with Fallon of SimNationTV!

Fallon Legacy

Hello everyone, and welcome to another Challenge Accepted! I thought it would be fun to get to know some of the Simmers that play the Legacy Challenge, Wonder Child Challenge, and/or Apocalypse Challenge (and any other challenges that we post here), so I am going to be sending out interview questions to Simmers to learn more about them and how they got into the Sims. If you would like to participate, please let me know!

This week’s Challenge Accepted! features Fallon of SimNationTV. Fallon is one of three co-hosts on the SimNationTV podcast on their Twitch.tv channel and frequently will stream Sims 4 from that channel as well. You can also find Fallon’s and the rest of the SimNationTV crew’s past broadcasts on their Youtube channel. Here is what Fallon has to say:

 

Mystic: When did you start playing The Sims?
Fallon: Started with Sims 1, and have been playing ever since. I think I still have the cd’s somewhere!
What made you decide to try the Legacy Challenge and/or other player-made challenges for the game?
I had never done the Legacy challenge before, I normally don’t play with aging turned on in my games, aha. I wanted to try something new and at the time I had gotten turned off to Sims 3 and Sims 4 was about to come out so I thought it was a good time to try.
What is your favorite game and expansion pack for the franchise?
I really like Sims 4. I think the goofy ways they act are so cute, especially the faces they make sometimes, and I also prefer the way these sims look over the Sims 3 version….I know people don’t like the “plastic” hair but by god, it’s 1000 times better than Sims 3 base game hair. But my favorite expansion of the ones that I played would probably be Nightlife for Sims 2 because you could have the Grilled Cheese Aspiration, which is freaking awesome. Also at that point in the series it was the first time you could have your own car. It was like an updated version of Hot Date which was also fun.
What is your favorite Sims challenge to Let’s Play/Stream/write about?
I must admit the only challenge I tried was the Legacy Challenge. I knew that it was pretty popular by now though. I’m a big baby when it comes to having my sims grow old.
Of all of your Sims, who is your favorite?
I actually don’t have a favorite sim. I always try to make a sim version of myself, and sometimes I make sim versions of my family, but other than that I make random sims with random names. That way I can have them do super awesome and amazing things that I can’t do in reality.
Of all of the Sims games, what is your favorite lifetime wish/aspiration?
Grilled cheese aspiration!!!!!!!! Who doesn’t love grilled cheese?!
Do you have any tips for people that are just starting out playing Sims challenges?
Hmmm, I would say don’t stress about it. I don’t think the challenges are meant to punish you, but give you a sense of direction and an opportunity to play in a way that you might not normally play. I have all the feels for you though if you get sad thinking about your sims growing old and dying, because I hate to see any of my sims die in the game, well….except that one time…..but I wanted some ghosts to haunt my house……anyway! You don’t have to play for points if you’re worried about it =P
Thank you for taking the time to answer our questions, Fallon!
Posted by Mystic in Challenge Accepted!, Featured, Legacy Challenge Stories
10
May
2015

The Mother’s Day Micro-Challenge

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Today is Mother’s day, and in honor for our dear hard working mothers who took the time, effort and strain to give birth to us, I present to you a special Mother’s Day challenge where your goal is to make a momma-to-be (Or alien pregnant papa-to-be) as happy as humanly possible.

This is a “Micro-Challenge” in that it requires very little setup, and only lasts for ~3 sim days. You don’t even have to start a new game or new family to play it, and can do it even while you are playing another challenge (such as the Wonder Child Challenge, Immigrant Challenge or Legacy Challenge)  So how happy can YOU make a mother-to-be?

You can find the rules right here.

Posted by Pinstar Legacy in Other Challenges
03
May
2015

How to Engineer a Death by Laughter Easily

For those of you trying to get this ghost color for your Legacy families, I’ve got a handy dandy Legacy Challenge legal way to engineer it. Take a look at the video below.

 

Posted by Pinstar Legacy in Legacy Challenge Rules, Sims 4 News
25
Apr
2015

Challenge Accepted! – An Interview with Cristina321

Cristina Interview

Hello everyone, and welcome to another Challenge Accepted! I thought it would be fun to get to know some of the Simmers that play the Legacy Challenge, Wonder Child Challenge, and/or Apocalypse Challenge (and any other challenges that we post here), so I am going to be sending out interview questions to Simmers to learn more about them and how they got into the Sims. If you would like to participate, please let me know!

This week’s Challenge Accepted! features Cristina321 a Sims 4 Twitch streamer and Youtuber. Cristina frequently plays Sims 4 challenges created by us on her Twitch channel and will upload the videos to Youtube for you to watch whenever. She has played the Wonder Child Challenge, Apocalypse Challenge, and the Legacy Challenge. Here is what she has to say:

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Posted by Mystic in Apocalypse Challenge, Challenge Accepted!, Sims 4 Stories, Wonder Child Challenge
18
Apr
2015

Challenge Accepted! An Interview with Bsifx0692

Bsifx Interview

 

Hello everyone, and welcome to another Challenge Accepted! I thought it would be fun to get to know some of the Simmers that play the Legacy Challenge, Wonder Child Challenge, and/or Apocalypse Challenge (and any other challenges that we post here), so I am going to be sending out interview questions to Simmers to learn more about them and how they got into the Sims. If you would like to participate, please let me know!

This week’s Challenge Accepted! features Bsifx0692 a Sims Youtuber and Twitch streamer who focuses on several of the challenges found on this site. Bsifx is currently playing a Legacy Challenge and an Apocalypse Challenge (both for the Sims 4) on her Youtube channel, and also streams Sims 4 challenges on her Twitch channel. Here is what she has to say:

Mystic: When did you start playing The Sims?

I started playing shortly after the release of Sims 1, so that would be 2000. I played Sims 1, 3, and 4 on pc, but played Sims 2 on the Gamecube.

What made you decide to try the Legacy Challenge and/or other player-made challenges for the game?

Initially, while playing the Sims, I would just create a self-sim and live out her life. I rarely got past the second generation before growing bored. For me, Sims was extremely fun, but just didn’t have the staying power of other games. I think the main problem was lack of direction.

I used to be extremely active on Reddit, including lurking the Sims subreddit. I first saw the term “legacy” there, but didn’t realize it was an actual challenge. I created my own sort of legacy that I dubbed the rainbow legacy. Basically, I had a generation with hair in every color of the rainbow. I’m not sure if this can be done with Sims 4 due to lack of color wheel.

I eventually started reading up on various challenges and discovered the official legacy challenge and the rules. Since then I have been trying to complete it, but have only achieved generation 8, due to lost save files.

What is your favorite game and expansion pack for the franchise?

Honestly, despite the lost game issues, my favorite game so far is Sim 4. It’s beautiful and I love the emotion system. Sims 1 was enjoyable but extremely hard. Since I had console Sims 2, I didn’t really get the full experience, and never loved that game. I wanted to love Sims 3, but it crashed with even the best of computers, and all the microtransactions were extremely frustrating.

As far as expansions, I’m not really sure. The Sims 1 pet expansion was probably the most exciting for me. I loved traveling to the pet store and having little kittens and puppies. I think Sims 3 Island Paradise had the most potential, but unfortunately, Isla Paradisio was just too intense and crashed my computer. I couldn’t play any Sims 2 expansions due to the console version.

What is your favorite Sims challenge to Let’s Play/Stream/write about?

So far, my favorite my favorite challenge to publish is the Apocalypse Challenge. I like it because each episode has it’s own unique challenges. Legacies are tons of fun, but get somewhat repetitive playing generation after generation while trying to make the most successful sims possible. Plus, the Youtube commenters are more than ready to point out my mistakes and any rules that I may have overlooked.

Of all of your Sims, who is your favorite?

In Sims 1 my favorite family was by far the Goths. Sims 2 was probably my self-sim and her little family. Sims 3 was my color legacy. They had so many funny and touching moments. Sims 4 is my first legacy founder, Mariposa Azure.

Of all of the Sims games, what is your favorite lifetime wish/aspiration?

Renaissance Sim. It may be one of the hardest to achieve, but I love having a well-rounded sim with multiple skills. Plus all the rewards from different career paths are nifty.

Thank you so much for taking the time to answer our questions Bsifx!

Posted by Mystic in Apocalypse Challenge, Challenge Accepted!, Featured, Legacy Challenge Let's Play, Other Challenges, Sims 4 Stories, Wonder Child Challenge
10
Apr
2015

The Sims 4 Get to Work Immigrant Challenge

Just off the boat in a strange new country.

Just off the boat in a strange new country.

It’s challenge time fellow Simmers! With the release of The Sims 4: Get to Work, I knew a retail-focused challenge had to be made. Having been testing and polishing the challenge since the release of the expansion pack, I here by present to you: The Immigrant Challenge.

Written in a similar style as the Wonder Child Challenge, this time limited challenge tests you to build up a retail business while operating under loosening restrictions (though not as harsh as the Apocalypse Challenge). You are also free to use a pre-established young adult sim as your immigrant (Including a #WonderChild if you previously completed that challenge)

Check out the video below for a demonstration on how to get started.

And click this link for a list of the full rules and how the scoring works.

The Immigrant Challenge

Posted by Pinstar Legacy in Featured, Immigrant Challenge, Other Challenges, Wonder Child Challenge
08
Apr
2015

Get to Work Challenge Rules Mega-Update

Welcome back portraits. You have been missed.

Welcome back portraits. You have been missed.

I am updating ALL of my challenges with the new gameplay additions introduced with The Sims 4 Get to Work. If you are playing these challenges and have NOT bought Get to Work, simply continue under the older rules.

The Legacy Challenge

(Want to see some of these new changes in action? Check out my wife’s stream of her new Legacy family today at 2pm EST on her Twitch channel!)

  • Added a new Succession Law Category, “Species”, with the following options “Xenoarchy (Heirs must alternate between human and alien) , Xenophobic (Heirs cannot be a different species from the founder)  Brood (Heirs must be carried in a pregnancy by the previous heir, regardless of the heir’s gender), and Tolerant (The species of the child has no impact on their eligibility for heir status). Legacy families in progress may pick one of these to begin following them. (Even if past generations didn’t follow the rule)
  • The founder is allowed to be an alien at start and alien spouses are allowed under normal spouse rules. If a Male Heir is abducted and has an alien baby, that baby may be eligible to be heir (depending on your succession laws).
  • Funds from owned businesses count toward family net worth for the purposes of the fortune score.
  • If your family owns a business the 10th point of fortune (Needing 5.7 million) can been replaced with “Buy every business perk for a Legacy Family Owned Business”. This can be skipped if you do not have your family own a business.
  • Memorializing a Sim via painting is no longer done with a realism painting, but rather a “Paint from reference” portrait. Even though “Paint from reference” unlocks at skill level 3, you need to have it done by a 8+ skill painter for it to count.
  • You may memorialize a Sim with a photograph taken by a Sim with a 5 photography skill.
  • You are allowed to follow Sims to their jobs if taking the new Doctor, Detective, or Scientist careers. Since these careers do not branch, having a sim reach the top level will satisfy the ‘both branches’ requirement in the Nature category.
  • Baking the highest level baking dish can be done in lieu of gourmet cooking to satisfy the ‘Highest Quality version of Baked Alaska’ point.
  • A single Sim must now max Baking in addition to Cooking, Gourmet Cooking, and Mixiology to earn that point.
  • Reduced the required death types from 11 to 10. The 11th “Death by rocket ship crash” is now the same as death by fire.

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Posted by Pinstar Legacy in Apocalypse Challenge, Featured, General News, Legacy Challenge Rules, Other Challenges, Sims 4 News, Wonder Child Challenge
04
Apr
2015

Challenge Accepted! An Interview with SgtShaf

Shaf Interview

 

Hello everyone, and welcome to another Challenge Accepted! I thought it would be fun to get to know some of the Simmers that play the Legacy Challenge, Wonder Child Challenge, and/or Apocalypse Challenge (and any other challenges that we post here), so I am going to be sending out interview questions to Simmers to learn more about them and how they got into the Sims. If you would like to participate, please let me know!

This week’s Challenge Accepted! features SgtShaf a Sims 4 streamer on Twitch.tv. SgtShaf regularly streams on his channel and will frequently play both the Legacy Challenge and the Block Party Challenge, along with other challenges not made by Pinstar or I (such as the Asylum Challenge). You can find SgtShaf’s previous streams on his Youtube channel. Here is what SgtShaf has to say:

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Posted by Mystic in Challenge Accepted!, Featured, Legacy Challenge Let's Play, Other Challenges, Sims 4 Stories, The Sims 4 Block Party Challenge