Hope and Desperation, Part I

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I’m still going strong with the Wishful Living Challenge and having a total blast. However, my actual progression with the challenge has been fairly slow. This is not due to lack of playtime, as I’ve been playing nearly every chance I get (even staying up until 2 AM on work nights, because I’m an idiot), but due to various unexpected difficulties, mostly self-imposed. I’m just way too picky when it comes to my Sims.

Last we left Hope Shanley, I was trying to find her a suitable marriage partner and not having much success (because of aforementioned picky-ness). Well, that was only the beginning of the trouble I was to have getting my poor Gen 2 heiress knocked up.

But first…a little side trip to Egypt! Hope received a random opportunity from the military, which is odd because she’s in the culinary career track. But World Adventures wants everyone to travel as much as possible, so Hope was tapped to learn a game called Senet in Egypt and report back to military headquarters in Riverview.

Wishful Living Challenge
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Living Wishful

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I hadn’t planned on blogging this, because I thought it might be another thing I start and never finish, but I’ve actually made it to the YA stage of 2nd generation (my first time ever with a Sims 3 family!) and am still going strong with it. Plus one of my Simming friends asked to see pics, and I thought I might as well just post them here. So, introducing the umpteenth project I’ve undertaken in TS3, the Wishful Living Challenge!

Wishful Living Challenge

This is my founder, Zuzu Shanley. The name may be familiar to those of you who followed my very first Legacy Challenge for TS2 way back in 2004-2005. She was the first daughter of the 4th generation heiress, Fiona, and her husband Robi, and the twin sister of the 5th generation heir, Patrick. This was during the “have 10 babies” madness, so she ended up being shipped off to Uncle Liam’s house to make room for more kids. I always liked her and almost wrote some stories about her a few years back — even had her grow up to an adult and moved into a house — but it never got off the ground.
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Farr and Away

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Woot! I finished my Seasoned Traveler Challenge. That’s right, I actually FINISHED something. This doesn’t happen too often, folks. ;-) But I wanted to get it done before I got completely sucked into Simsville, and thankfully it wasn’t all that hard to complete (not compared to a 10-gen legacy, anyway). While I’m at it, I should probably finish Plumbridge, too. And all those other projects I’ve started and not finished over the years… *sad laugh*

Anyway, I thought I’d share some more pics (of stuff you’ve all seen if you’ve played World Adventures, hah). I have a ton of them, so I’m splitting them into two posts. In the next one I’ll talk a little more about my thoughts on the project and list Felix’s post-challenge stats.

Felix went back to Egypt for his second trip…and finally got to visit the Sphinx.

Felix Farr
“Ahh, the Sphinx. Majestic, eternal, mysterious…just like me. OK, I’m kidding, but you can see a resemblance, right?”

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The Newbies of Simsville (With a Side Trip to Egypt)

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It’s official: I am in love with CTNutmegger’s Simsville. Part of it is the nostalgia factor – it’s a hoot to visit these 3-D renditions of the Sims 1 homes and think back fondly on the fun I had playing that game. But all nostalgia aside, Simsville is just a beautifully-crafted world, with many of the features I wanted to put into my own world before I settled on making an island. It has distinct residential neighborhoods, a very urban-feeling downtown, rivers, bridges, coastline, woods (even a cabin in the woods!), farmland, and about a bazillion lots, which is nice for builders.

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The Prince of Plumbridge

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(Quick note: As you can see, I’ve switched over to a different WordPress theme. I haven’t figured out how to get my “Recent Comments” working again, but otherwise I think everything is here. I liked my old template quite a bit but wanted to update to something more recent and also make my archives/categories easier to navigate — they now show the posts as excerpts instead of full posts, and there are five per page instead of one. Anyway, let me know if anything looks weird or wonky or if you’re just having a bad day and need a cookie.)

Plumbridge Island

Work continues on Plumbridge Island in little bits and pieces. Building lots and creating Sims in between tinkering with Create-a-World breaks up the tedium somewhat. Plus it helps me to develop the atmosphere of my world a bit more. So over the past week I’ve been working on the Royal Palace, home of the Mittendorf family. I’m still not done with all of the decorating, but I’ve finished the exterior and most of the landscaping. Much like the Plum Point Lighthouse, the Palace is one of the major landmarks of my world, so it was extremely satisfying to see it take shape.

As you can see in the first pic, I overdid the foliage a bit, but I wanted to convey a sense of mystery and privacy. The trees get in the way when I’m playing though, so some of them might have to go. It’s too bad, because I love me some trees!
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Felix Farr, Tomb Robber

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I’ve been taking a bazillion pics of my “Seasoned Traveler Challenge” Sim, Felix Farr, on his many adventures abroad. I thought I’d share some of them just for fun.

Felix Farr
Felix starts out on his 60 x 60 lot. Right away he calls the travel agent and books a trip to Egypt. Who needs a house?
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Shuffling Along

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Plumbridge Island

Work continues on Plumbridge Island, even though I didn’t get as much time to putter around with it as I hoped over my long weekend. I have finished the terraforming and the roads, at least, and done some preliminary terrain-painting. I’ve placed a few more lots as well and even added some trees. (LOOK! TREES!)

I reshaped the southwestern peninsula a bit and added a beach. There’s also a “harbor walk” (dunno what else to call it) made out of the France bridges. I’m not sure if I want to keep it yet or not, but if I do, I’ll post some pics.

I’ve also decided that Plumbridge Island is now a country unto itself, albeit a tiny one, kind of like Monaco or Liechtenstein, only much, much, MUCH smaller. It has a constitutional monarchy as well as an elected governor who oversees a group of councillors. I know, sounds a bit weird, but I decided I wanted some royalty on my island, so there you go. The military rabbithole will be located on the training grounds of the Royal Guard, near the Palace (a Victorian mansion that I am REALLY looking forward to building).
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