Winter 2, Group 3

Welcome back to another group of families in Wildwood Heights BACC! This group contains Silva 1, Pangalan 1, and Tortall 1.

We start off at the Silva 1 residence with Monica aging to toddler. She’s adorable.

Here’s the house as it currently stands.

Dagmar out socializing as one or more of them need a friend for promotion most likely. Monica’s playing with a toddler toy.

Thad is teaching Kimberly to study. Tucker is throwing a fit over choosing to write in his diary near the pair doing homework. Josiah is at work most likely.

And the last thing to happen of any significance was Thad becoming an elder.

Up next is the Pangalan 1 residence and there, Quy topped Education and her LTW is now achieved!

Qiu topped logic.

Uwe gets his first kiss with Amina Everett. They’re in the same college grouping so they may last or they may not. I don’t think they have many bolts, but it may depend on who the heir is at the Everett legacy as the heir there has to marry a townie.

Uwe is a Pleasure/Popularity Sim who wants to graduate 3 kids from University. He’s also straight.

Ivy topped Artist career, achieving her LTW.

Yvo is a teenager now as well. He’s straight. His aspiration is Fortune/Knowledge and he wants to be a Game Designer.

And that’s it for the Pangalan 1 house.

Onto the Tortall 1 residence where Volney ages to child. He’s adorable.

Kaia tops the Body skill.

Vereyu ages into a very adorable toddler.

And the rotation here at this house ends with the grandparents teaching her the various skills. Or at least starting it. I don’t know if they finished them or if they have been finished at this point.

Fall 2, Group 3

Welcome back to Wildwood Heights BACC. This update is for Group 3. For this round Group 3 consists of Silva 1, Pangalan 1, and Tortall 1.

Thad being a wonderful grandfather and helping with the twins.

Josiah and Dagmar go for more kids.

And soon Dagmar is showing.

And the twins are now toddlers.

Kimberly is adorable.

And so is Tucker.

Marcelo and Bryon get roped into helping teach them to use the potty.

Second baby bump!

And nothing happened between second baby bump and birth.

Dagmar gave birth to a baby girl named Monica who is a Lycan.

Last thing that happens on the lot is Thad becomes an Ecological Guru and tops Natural Science. He then quits so that others who need it can join the career since he didn’t unlock the career.

At the Pangalan 1 residence, Qiu has become a teenager.

He’s rolled Family/Knowledge and his LTW is to have 50 Dream Dates.

Uwe also soon ages to child.

And then I catch Ivy cheating on my Simself with Benjamin Long in front of the kids.

Even accepts his first kiss.

But starts rejecting his advances as soon as my Simself gets home.

Last thing that happened at the house is Qiu started a fire.

The computer broke at the Tortall residence so I had Uuosae fix it as she had the highest mechanical skill.

Uuosae and Kaia then get to work on the third required kid for the generation.

The virtual twins are soon toddlers.

Volorin here is adorable.

Volney is also adorable.

Kaia and Uuosae teach the toddlers their skills.

Or at least attempt to. Uuosae’s not having the easiest pregnancy and none of the Tortalls are behaving well and doing what I say either.

Here’s what the current house looks like.

Uline comes over and attempts to help by bathing Volney.

I’m really having trouble getting these guys to do what I want, especially with regards to the toddlers so Uline is helping, but not.

Uuosae goes into labor!

And gives birth to a girl named Vereyu.

Vereyu is named after a member of the raka conspiracy in the Trickster’s Choice stories.

Last thing that happened in the round was Volorin aged to child.

Summer 1, Group 3

Welcome back to Wildwood Heights! If you’ve noticed the title format change, I have changed up how I’m posting my BACC. Sometimes in a period of 5 days, nothing really interesting happens in the scheme of the BACC. This is a challenge about the neighborhood, not individual families.

So at the beginning of each rotation, I will be dividing the neighborhood into smaller chunks. Currently that’s 3 households. The final group will be a bit larger as it will have the University round, the University Candidates post, and the end of rotation summary.

For this round, Group 3 has the following houses: Silva 1, Pangalan 1, and Tortall 1.

At the Silva residence, Josiah is back and has made his moves on Dagmar Bertino.

That night a burglar made the bad mistake of trying to rob them. Werewolves passively get their Body skill maxed so they’re very likely to win fights.

Josiah eventually proposed and got married to Dagmar.

They are loving the bathroom for life events. Dagmar got pregnant and has given birth to twins Tucker and Kimberly. Both are werewolves.

This was the end of the rotation at the Silva residence.

I also played the Pangalan household. But it appears I didn’t take any pictures. Uwe aged to child and had learned all of his skills. Yvo aged to toddler as well. Nothing else of importance happened here.

They aged up to have the same underwear.

They wasted no time in trying for a baby.

Even beat the getting married part. Had them do it now instead of waiting for a want to roll as Kaia was the one who got pregnant and I want the kid she has to have the Tortall last name.

And this is where I claim I hate ACR and same sex pregnancy mods.

Because they went and tried for another baby. So both Uuosae and Kaia are pregnant.

Two things of importance here in this picture.

First is that Aeryn has come home wit a promotion to Hall of Famer. He’s now completed his lifetime wish.

The second is that the townie in the background is doing the reaction to labor.

Because at that same moment that Aeryn was coming home, Kaia was giving birth to a boy named Volorin.

Volorin is named after Sergeant Volorin. He was member of the King’s Own and was part of the Third Company which was the Company that Squire Keladry was with when she was squired by Lord Sir Raoul.

Later that evening, Uuosae gave birth to Volney.

Volney is named after Volney Rain. He is an artist of the Tortallan Court.

And that’s all that happened at all three houses!

Instead of doing updates here, the updates will now just happen at the end of the summary page.

Spring 1, University

First round of University Sims have been sent!

This Kaia Tran. She’s the spouse for Uuosae. She’s a Family/Fortune Sim with the LTW to be a Hall of Famer. She’s also bi. She’s also studying Biology.

Spring 1 University Candidates

I have decided that each rotation that I have Sims that will be aging to Adult in the next rotation I will do an entry like this where I decide who goes and who doesn’t and if any get any of the special non-EA scholarships. This may or may not change depending on how many teens I have about to age up at any given time.

And go over any changes to how I play University or if I’ve changed tuition rates or anything like this.

I have re-read over my tuition mod and realized that I could have a college fund set up that earns interest, meaning that families if smart could start adding to college funds for their kids and end up paying less in the end. So I will do that starting with Qiu Pangalan and any future kids when they hit toddler. But like in real life, not all will do that. I will do it for Family Sims, Knowledge Sims, and Fortune Sims and any Sim who rolls a want to graduate 3 kids from University. The aspiration only counts for the primary aspiration.

University Candidates

Randi Briggs

• Family / Pleasure
• Lifetime Wish: Chief of Staff
• SPAT: 17.01
• EA Scholarships
  • SimCity Scholar’s Grant – $1,000
  • Hogan Award for Athletics – $7,50
• Total tuition cost she would have to pay: $48,250
• Total Net Worth: $31,403 – low income tax bracket

Lance Hardy

• Popularity / Pleasure
• Lifetime Wish: Mad Scientist
• SPAT: 14.31
• EA Scholarships
  • Undead Educational Scholarship – $1,500
  • SimCity Scholar’s Grant – $1,000
• Total Tuition he would have to pay: $47,500
• Total Net Worth: $30,173 – Low income tax bracket

Keith Foley

• Family / Knowledge
• Lifetime Wish: Have 6 Grandchildren
• SPAT: 8.41
• EA Scholarships
  • SimCity Scholar’s Grant – $1,000
  • Young Entrepreneurs Award – $750
• Total Tuition he would have to pay: $48,250
• Total Net Worth: $25,855 – low income tax bracket
• Not eligible for the SimNation Poverty Scholarship
  • Lifetime Wish does not require university

Sean Allen

• Family / Knowledge
• Lifetime Wish: Chief of Staff
• SPAT: 15.83
• EA Scholarships
  • SimCity Scholar’s Grant – $1,00
• Total Tuition he would have to pay: $49,000
• Total Net Worth: $41,571 – middle income tax bracket
• Not eligible for SimNation Poverty Scholarship
  • Not in the low income tax bracket

Maxwell Allen

• Knowledge / Fortune
• Lifetime Wish: Celebrity Chef
• SPAT: 10.11
• EA Scholarships
  • SimCity Scholar’s Grant – $1,000
• Total Tuition he would have to pay – $49,000
• Total Net Worth: $41,571 – middle income tax bracket
• Not Eligible for the SimNation Poverty Scholarship
  • Not in the low income tax bracket
  • Lifetime Wish does not require University

Josiah Silva

• Pleasure / Fortune
• Lifetime Wish: The Law
• SPAT: 16.69
• EA Scholarships
  • SimCity Scholar’s Grant – $1,000
  • Hogan Award for Athletics – $750
• Total Tuition he would have to pay – $48,250
• Total Net Worth: $37,339 – middle income tax bracket
• Not eligible for the SimNation Poverty Scholarship
  • Not in the low income tax bracket

Violeta Silva

• Popularity / Romance
• Lifetime Wish: Hand of Poseidon
• SPAT: 21.06
• EA Scholarships
  • SimCity Scholar’s Grant – $1,000
  • Hogan Award for Athletics – $750
  • Will Wright Genius Grant – $750
• Total Tuition she would have to pay – $47,500
• Total Net Worth: $37,339 – middle income tax bracket
• Not eligible for SimNation Poverty Scholarship
  • Not in low income tax bracket

Uuosae Tortall

• Knowledge / Fortune
• Lifetime Wish: Mad Scientist
• SPAT: 16.95
• EA Scholarships
  • SimCity Scholar’s Grant – $1,000
• Total Tuition she would have to pay – $49,000
• Total Net Worth: $44,034 – middle income tax bracket
• Not eligible for SimNation Poverty Scholarship
  • Not in the low income tax bracket

SimNation Poverty Scholarship Recipients

Only 2 eligible teens this rotation: Randi Briggs and Lance Hardy. Since the reward is given to up to 3 qualifying Sims, those two have been awarded the scholarship and will pay nothing for their tuition except what they received in EA Scholarship funds

Deciding Who Goes and Who Doesn’t

Of the 8 candidates, 6 have Lifetime Wishes that require a college degree.

Those 6 Sims are: Randi Briggs, Lance Hardy, Sean Allen, Josiah Silva, Violeta Silva, and Uuosae Tortall. Therefore, they will be going to college.

Keith Foley and Maxwell Allen are the 2 who do not require university to get into their desired careers. Both do have the want to go to college locked. Maxwell is a Knowledge / Fortune Sim as well.

Since Maxwell is a Knowledge / Fortune Sim, he will be going to University.

So the question really is should Keith Foley go to University? His family does have the lowest net worth.

I looked at his interests to see if he had decent interest in things like School, Work, and Money. And he’s mid in school, high in work, and low in money. So I think he would go to college.

Therefore all teens this generation will be going to University.

Majors

Now I need to decide what majors they should major in. The mod that I have that changes what careers requires a degree also changes it to require specific majors for careers this does limit Sims to a choice of around 4 majors.

Randi Briggs and Sean Allen both want to be Chief of Staff. So they have a choice between: Psychology, Physics, Mathematics, and Biology.

Lance Hardy and Uuosae Tortall want to be a Mad Scientist. So they have a choice between: Psychology, Physics, Philosophy, Mathematics, and Biology

Josiah Silva wants to be The Law. He has a choice between: Psychology, Political Science, Philosophy, History, and Drama.

Violeta Silva wants to be Hand of Poseidon. She has a choice between: Physics, Mathematics, and Biology.

But I didn’t just want to choose, but instead do something that would make sense for them. So I created a new page with how I decide what majors Sims choose – found here. It is a bit of a long read. It also covers how I pick careers for those Sims who do not have a career based lifetime wish.

After going through that process I have decided on the following:

• Randi Briggs – Biology
• Keith Foley – Political Science
• Lance Hardy – Psychology
• Sean Allen – Psychology
• Maxwell Allen – Philosophy
• Josiah Silva – Drama
• Violeta Silva – Biology
• Uuosae Tortall – Mathematics

Winter 1, Silva 1

Welcome back to the Silva family! When we left off the child twins had just learned to study from the teen twins and Thad was working on skilling to get promotions.

Attempting to get skills up in the Silva family by having them fix meals and fix things as they happen instead of having Thad do it. 

Fall 1, Silva 1

Welcome to the Silva family! Comprised of adult Thad, teens Josiah and Violeta, and toddlers Marcelo (darker skin) and Bryon (lighter skin).

Thad Silva is a Fortune/Knowledge Sim whose lifetime wish is to be an Ecological Guru. He has a degree in Literature and he is a werewolf. His personality is 3/7/3/6/6.

Josiah Silva is a Pleasure/Fortune Sim whose lifetime wish is to be The Law. He’s straight and his personality is 6/8/5/3/3. He’s also a werewolf.

Violeta Silva is a Popularity/Romance Sim whose lifetime wish is to be the Hand of Poseidon. She’s a lesbian with the personality 6/5/8/3/3. She’s also a werewolf.

Marcelo Silva is a werewolf with the personality 5/8/6/3/3.

Bryon Silva is also a werewolf and he has the personality 3/3/8/7/4.