When the refrigerator ran out of food and the family funds were low, I had Marcel order Chinese food.
“Um, how exactly do you EAT with that thing on your head?”
Mia wanted to talk to Aurora, so I had her invite her over. I haven’t played Aurora in college much, but I played long enough to give her some cool blue hair and some new make-up.
“Wait, you made the dean’s list? I thought you were a punk, a rebel, a ruffian!”
While I was busy paying attention to the Sims downstairs, I heard one of those bad sounds, the ones that go “Boinnnng!” They usually indicate that someone has gotten ticked off at someone. When I glanced upstairs I saw that Marcel was reaching for Mia to hug her romantically while Chase was painting a few feet away. Even though Chase hadn’t really been speaking to Mia, he was still heartbroken. He fell out of love with her instantly.
“Hey Chase, does this mean you’re available?”
In his misery, Chase decided to throw another toga party. This time I sprang for a bonfire out in the front yard as well as the juice keg. Everyone seemed to gather out there to drink juice, play kicky bag, or chat.
“Mmm…fire…”
I noticed that Darren had a relationship of 98 with Aurora (!), I think from when she visited the dorms and she and Darren spent all night hanging out in the TV lounge. Since Darren, a Family Sim, wanted to fall in love, I figured he might as well woo Aurora.
So in the picture above, that’s Darren and Aurora falling in love during a make-out session, Mia near the house talking to another possible pledge named Heather Huffington, Pao (red hair) talking to Suzie Alioto (who pledged that night), and Marcel, of course, pondering the bonfire. The guy on the far left is someone named Castor, who Heather brought over earlier in the day. It wasn’t a particularly wild party or anything, but it was the most successful one they’ve had, and I was glad to get a decent party pic, finally.
Everyone had a good time, and there was very little group research, if any. I even got to see Marcel and Heather do the “bonfire dance”.
“No, Marcel, you gotta lift your knees up higher, like this!”
I have to say, moving Mia out of the dorms made this game a LOT more fun. I also didn’t think I’d get into the whole Greek house thing, but I’m really enjoying it so far. I look forward to seeing future generations of Shanleys live in Hoh-Cham-Hoh house and gradually turn it into something luxurious. :-) Mia has about a semester to go before graduation, and then I’ll be able to move her onto her 5X5! And I still have no idea who her husband will be…
Loved the update! I’ve checked your site a few times over the weekend and was happy to see it. My daughter walked in and she thinks Mia is pretty too.
Great job! I can’t wait to see how her life turns out.
Under his suit, Marcel looks just like Joel (my Sim’s llama love interest), I wonder why the name is different. I wish I’d remembered to start a Greek House with my Legacy founder.
Oh well, even though I won’t get the points for it, I think I’ll start one during the next generation.
Hi Jen. Great update. Wow so how did you come up with the Greek House name? Does it mean anything? & Do you get Greek Letters? So many questions and so little time.
Gotta love that llama. lol Marcel is funny character to see always wearing that llama head. I wonder how they get to be a mascot? (sp?)
Anyhoo, I’m loving your Uni updates, can’t wait for the next one.
I love all your updates – they’re such fun to read! But I gotta say, this one made me feel so SAD for Chase! I thought he and Mia looked so cute together.
But, aside from that, I loved it! Can’t wait for the next update. :D
Awesome. I love this game!
Holey Moley!
Boy I had even forgotten about the greek house points. Hmmm….reminder to myself get more familair with the rules.
Boy it sure looks like they are having a blast.
Can’t Marcel take off that llama head?
I think next time I send one of my legacy kids off to campus, I must try for the greek house.
So why not Mr. Llama head to help sire the next generation? Oh and Aurora I didn’t recognize her…love that look.
Awesome idea to get predges to do the term paper^^ and really unique name for the greek house aswell^^ btw… is a greek hosue teh same as sororities/fraternities? and wow… you’re predging/moving in so many sims! That’s gonna make it wild^^ When you pledge a sim and they move in, does that mean they become controllable? mm… That’d be a bummer for me cause my computer runs too slow when there’s too many sims.
Hey everyone, thanks as always for the comments! To answer some questions:
Mary – There are 7 or 8 buyable Simlish/Greek letters that you can hang on the wall (either indoors or outdoors). I just picked a few that sounded good together. Plus they look like they spell the word “HUH”. ;-) I’ll take a pic so you can see them.
PRMami – I think Marcel would lose the llama head if I just had him change into a different outfit. I haven’t done that yet since I kinda like having a llama living in my Greek house. It’s something different. ;-) And I decided against having Marcel sire 2nd gen because he looks too much like someone I know, and it’s just weird!
Janice – Yep, sororities and fraternities are also known as Greek houses or organizations. I’ve never been a part of one, so I don’t know much about them, but they’re loads of fun in the Sims. You don’t have to move in every Sim that you pledge, so you can have as many members as you want! And yeah, when the pledges move in, they become controllable. I think I’m going to just have 6 people in the house, because it’s already getting a bit hard to control. I realized that’s what I was missing when Mia lived in the dorms — I was only controlling one Sim when I was used to running a full household, so no wonder I was bored with it!
Wow! I never knew about the pledge thing, I was looking to see how Greek houses work. And you’ve basically told me here! The no influence cost sounds amazing! I might even move my sim away from the lounge, well my other sims.
The ‘bonfire dance’ got to see that! Sounds like fun in the greek houses, thanks for the help even though you didn’t know you’d given it.
Awesome. Fun. Totally killer sweet, dood.
That looks like so much fun…ya know, it’d be cool if the regular readers all got together, made a sim for college game, and set to a random house–hoyes. That’d be awesome. t-t
Hey! Sorry I haven’t posted in a while. Busy Simming (and loads of work)! Great job Jen, and I await the next post!
What do you think about changing Marcel’s look? As in hair, beard, and maybe glasses? I just think it would be so cool if they got married.
Maybe Chase can get together with…a professor?
If you want to change Marcels look you can buy a vanity and change it!
Hi Jen!
I’ve got the University pack too, and I don’t really play in the dorms…the Greek houses are really fun!
I’m glad to see that the Legacy is going on fine…I don’t bother inviting the Professors over, I don’t know why, but it seems like they’re just average Sims!
E-Liz :)
VERY cool! I read all of the posts from the very beginning. Your picture quality is AMAZING. Do you have that on the highest setting?
Your blog is quite humorous and I found myself laughing out loud a lot. Great job! I look forward to reading more!
Thanks for the comments! I plan on updating as soon as I get home from work tonight. :-)
And Mieko gave me a great idea! Starting with Generation 2, the rules say that we can send CAS-created Sims to join our Legacy campus households. That means you guys could make a teen or young adult in CAS and upload it to The Sims Exchange. Then I could download them, have them join Hoh-Cham-Hoh, and post updates about them along with my Shanley heirs. You could see what kind of mischief they get into. What do you guys think? Maybe I could ask for two CAS-Sims per generation?
Vivi – You’ve made me rethink my stance on Marcel. If I can actually move him into the lot (there have been problems with the mascots and cheerleaders), I might just go for it. People seem to like the idea of Mia marrying the llama guy. :-) And maybe I’ll get used to him being the doppelganger of someone I know.
Jen is you dislike Marcels looks then you can get the baby from him then move him out, never to see him again ;) just a suggestion.
WOW! I have just spent HOURS reading just the updates from starting the University Legacy Challenge and I’m already intrigued. You really DO get great picture quality, don’t you? I can’t seem to get it quite that good, but I’ll have to fiddle around with the settings some more and see if I can clear up the pictures once I have a trial of Paint Shop Pro 9 (I haven’t used 9 yet and I’m not sure if I want to spend $120 for it — if anybody knows where I can get it less than that without getting it second-hand, please let me know!).
Great work! I’ve bookmarked the site so I can come back and keep up with your legacy!