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Weekly Stories List – Week of 6/15/2015

LegacyWeeklyStories2-9-2015Hello everyone! Below are this week’s most recently updated Sims Challenge Stories for the week of 6/1/2015!

There are a lot of stories to go through, so if I missed anyone, please let me know in the comments below and I will add you!

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Posted by Mystic in Apocalypse Challenge, Immigrant Challenge, Legacy Challenge Stories, Sims 2 Stories, Sims 3 Stories, Sims 4 Stories, Wonder Child Challenge

Weekly Let’s Play List – Week of 6/15/2015

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Hello everyone and welcome to another Weekly Let’s Play List!

Each week we will post a list of new Let’s Plays and chapters in separate posts so that you can check out what others are doing and stay up to date with them. I will be posting the Let’s Play list today and the written story list tomorrow.

If I missed anyone, please let me know. It can be difficult to make sure I include every Let’s Play related to our challenges as there are a lot of them. So just comment below if you know of one that I missed!

PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT – While compiling today’s list I came across a user that is blatantly copying other Simmer’s videos and not only posting them as their own, but also monetizing them. Not only is this not cool, this is copyright infringement and reportable. Make your own content or get off of Youtube.

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Posted by Mystic in Apocalypse Challenge, Immigrant Challenge, Legacy Challenge Let's Play, Other Challenges, Sims 2 Stories, Sims 3 Stories, Sims 4 Stories, The Sims 4, Wonder Child Challenge

Weekly Let’s Play List – Week of 6/8/2015

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Hello everyone and welcome to another Weekly Let’s Play List!

Each week we will post a list of new Let’s Plays and chapters in separate posts so that you can check out what others are doing and stay up to date with them. I will be posting the Let’s Play list today and the written story list tomorrow.

If I missed anyone, please let me know. It can be difficult to make sure I include every Let’s Play related to our challenges as there are a lot of them. So just comment below if you know of one that I missed!

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Posted by Mystic in Apocalypse Challenge, Immigrant Challenge, Legacy Challenge Let's Play, Wonder Child Challenge

Challenge Accepted! – An Interview with Cristina321

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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

Challenge Accepted! An Interview with Bsifx0692

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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

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

Weekly Let’s Play List – Week of 2/23/2015

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Hello everyone and welcome to another Weekly Let’s Play List! Each week we will post a list of new Let’s Plays and chapters in separate posts so that you can check out what others are doing and stay up to date with them. I will be posting the Let’s Play list today and the written story list tomorrow (which means that the Let’s Play list will be posted each Monday and the writers list each Tuesday).

Please note, with the release of the Apocalypse Challenge, I have changed the name of this series to simply say “Weekly Let’s Play List” as the title would have been too long otherwise. This list is still only for challenges that Pinstar and I have created. We will not be including Let’s Plays of other challenges.

Here are the new episodes for the week of February 23, 2015:

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Posted by Mystic in Featured, Legacy Challenge Let's Play, Sims 3 Stories, Sims 4 Stories

Weekly Stories List – Week of 2/16/2015

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Hello everyone! Below are this week’s most recently updated Legacy Challenge & Wonder Child Stories for the week of 2/16/2015!

Please note: I’ve renamed this series as we have now added the Apocalypse Challenge to the list and that would make the title too long. This list still only reflects challenges created by us, and no other challenges.

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Posted by Mystic in Featured, Legacy Challenge Stories, Sims 2 Stories, Sims 3 Stories, Sims 4 Stories

Weekly Let’s Play List – Week of 2/16/2015

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Hello everyone and welcome to another Weekly Let’s Play List! Each week we will post a list of new Let’s Plays and chapters in separate posts so that you can check out what others are doing and stay up to date with them. I will be posting the Let’s Play list today and the written story list tomorrow (which means that the Let’s Play list will be posted each Monday and the writers list each Tuesday).

Please note, with the release of the Apocalypse Challenge, I have changed the name of this series to simply say “Weekly Let’s Play List” as the title would have been too long otherwise. This list is still only for challenges that Pinstar and I have created. We will not be including Let’s Plays of other challenges.

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Posted by Mystic in Featured, Legacy Challenge Let's Play, Sims 3 Stories, Sims 4 Stories