Winter 2, Group 2

Welcome back to another group of families in Wildwood Heights BACC! This group of families contains Hardy 1, Allen 1, and Montes 1.

The try for baby previously was either a regular woohoo or not successful.

They did however try again this round and were successful. Linda had not given birth before the end of the round.

The house was relatively easy with just the four Sims in it as the youngest 3 got sent to Uni.

Allen 1 household was even slower as it’s just Neville currently. Kaia’s over visiting at the moment and that was the only thing I actually took a picture of this round at the house.

He’s also achieved his LTW of having 6 grandchildren. His grandchildren currently are: Aya Briggs, Isabelle Briggs, Lauretta Briggs, Lucian Briggs, Retha Briggs, and Verner Allen. His kids are still in child bearing years without even considering the fact that youngest two of his are vampires.

At the Montes house, Troy ages to toddler and that’s all that happens here.

I am however going to spend some time going over a new change to my game play. It involves how many kids families end up with.

I looked up various ways that other Simmers decide how many kids a single Sim wants. And I merged a couple of them.

But this is the reason whey Uline hasn’t gotten pregnant again.

Stephen has an Ideal Family Size of 2. Uline has an Ideal Family Size of 1.

For them to have more kids either Uline has to roll a want for another baby or Stephen does. If Stephen does, he also has to convince Uline in order to do so. I’m still letting ACR determine if they actually try for a baby or not.

I will ignore Ideal Family Size for families that have to have a specific number of pregnancies or kids. I will adjust all spouses to at least the minimum required if there’s a challenge that requires a minimum number of kids, but doesn’t prohibit additional kids. Currently that’s Pangalan 1 and Tortall 1. Pangalan 1 has to have a number of pregnancies equal to name size. Tortall 1 has to have at least 3 kids.

Fall 2, Group 2

Welcome back to Wildwood Heights. This is updating on Group 2. For this round, Group 2 consists of Hardy 1, Allen 1, and Montes 1.

Elijah is being a wonderful uncle to Gregory.

Lance and Linda trying for a sibling for Gregory but so far no luck. This neighborhood may break my average of like 4-5 kids per family.

Faye has topped Law and has completed her lifetime wish.

Saul also being a good uncle and helping Gregory age to a toddler.

His nice points put him in the Evil Wizard range.

And more trying for a sibling for Gregory. I can’t remember if they were successful or not.

But we’ll have to wait until next time to see. Here’s a look at the house as it was at the end of the rotation.

And this is the only picture I took at the Allen 1 residence. With it just being Neville, Codi, and Rochel, not much of interest happens beyond typical vampire idiocy of recycling the paper and taking out the trash in the middle of the day.

Back at the Montes house, Stephen and Uline waste no time in trying for a baby.

They then get married which was the initial plan before they ran off.

Typical night at the Montes residence.

And this is not Stephen and Uline

This is Andrew and Sharron. Trying for a baby. They have a 5% chance to try and they rolled a 3 so they were trying. Luckily, they didn’t succeed.

One of them got a genie lamp. Will likely hold on this to use for a Montes who gets a LTW that I don’t like. They don’t need money.

Final thing that happens is that Uline goes into labor.

And gives birth to a single child, a boy named Troy.

Troy, like his father and grandfather, is a vampire and a werewolf.

Summer 1, Hardy 1

Welcome back to the Hardy family! In the last round Loren, Saul, and Elijah became teenagers and came into their witch and vampire states.

Lance Hardy invited over his fiance Linda Barthelet and promptly married her. And based on this picture, she’s already pregnant with their first child.

Linda came in as a Popularity Sim and rolled Fortune as her secondary aspiration. Her personality is 4/10/4/4/3 and her LTW is to be a Hall of Famer.

And it was an uneventful three days as soon Linda went into labor and gave birth to a baby boy they named Gregory. Gregory is a wizard, we’ll have to wait until he becomes a toddler to find out which type he is.

The pair waste no time in trying for a sibling for Gregory. But I don’t think it was successful.

And we leave off with Linda working towards her Athletic skill.

And that’s it for the season!

End of Season Stats:

Businesses:
Green Store – Rank 10 – Owner: Karl Montes
Art Store – Rank 10 – Owner: Karl Montes
Widkova Restaurant – Rank 10 – Owner: Karl Montes

Careers:
Education: 0/2 – Tempie Everett, Quy Pangalan
Gamer: 0/1 – Roxann Briggs
Law: 0/2 – Faye Hardy, Sean Briggs
Athletic: Unlocked
Business: 2/4 – Sharron Montes, Keith Foley
Natural Science: 0/1 – Thad Silva
Entertainment: 1/1
Slacker – 0/1 – Tkaa Tortall
Artist – 1/3 – Sam Foley, Ivy Pangalan
Show Business – 2/2
Culinary – 1/1

Total Net Worth: $77,569
Taxes: $2,257

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, Hardy 1

Welcome back to the Hardy family. We left the house the triplets had been kids for a few days and the family was getting into a rhythm.

Elijah and Saul playing chess.

Faye and Lance pillow fighting one night in their pajamas.

And it was about here that I got fed with Loren’s inability to make friends. So I went to look at her interests to see which ones she liked that may have been in common with Saul and noticed that she was glitched with her interests. She had 0 interest in all but 2 out of 18 interests and those were below 5.

So I found out the average range for each interest for kids and randomized her interests. I also discovered while finding out that range that Marcelo Silva was also affected. He’s been corrected.

Faye studying Charisma in order to progress up the Law career.

With Faye and Lance confined to their coffins during the day, it is up to the triplets to make friends for Faye to a large degree.

Another round of pillow fighting.

Marcelo Silva came home from school one day with Saul.

And so did Codi Allen with Elijah.

And I have instituted a new rule that if a Sim brings a Sim home from work or school, they become friends with them.

Codi ended up playing chess with Saul before she left for the day.

Elijah and Loren doing what they can do to increase the friend count.

Lance and Faye increasing their skills.

Lance also helping out with the friend count. She wasn’t being cooperative with the kids.

And that’s it for this season.

End of Season Stats:

Businesses:
The Green Store – Rank 10 – Owner: Karl Montes

Careers:
Education: 0/2 – Tempie Everett, Quy Pangalan
Gamer: 0/1 – Roxann Briggs
Law: 0/3 – Bennett Foley, Faye Hardy, Rhett Allen
Athletic: Unlocked – Aeryn Tortall
Business: 1/1
Natural Science: 0/1 – Thad Silva
Entertainment: 0/1 – Ivy Pangalan
Slacker – 0/1 – Tkaa Tortall
Artist – 0/1 – Keith Foley

Total Net Worth: $30,173
Taxes: -$983 – They get another refund!

Fall 1, Hardy 1

Welcome to the Hardy family! It is made up of Faye, Lance, Saul (held by Faye), Elijah (held by Lance), and Loren Hardy.

Faye is a Pleasure/Family Vampire with the lifetime wish to Become The Law. Her personality is 6/5/8/3/3. Faye did land on having a degree and she is a Psychology major. She’s lesbian.

Lance is a Popularity/Pleasure Vampire and Evil Wizard whose lifetime wish is to Become a Mad Scientist. His personality is 4/9/4/5/3.

Saul is a Vampire and Neutral Wizard. His personality is 6/3/6/4/6.

Elijah is a Vampire and Evil Wizard. His personality is 4/7/8/3/3.

Loren is a Vampire and Good Witch. Her personality is 3/6/3/6/7.