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#1 Old 17th Jan 2015 at 11:11 AM Last edited by IWANTMODSNOW! : 12th Feb 2015 at 10:38 AM.
Default The Sims 3 - The Unpaid Housekeeper Challenge!
This will be the second challenge I've posted. Hope you all enjoy!
Backstory:
Your sim was enjoying a peaceful life in a luxurious home, single and unemployed after winning the lottery. Then their parents called. They said they were selling their house and were looking for a place to stay while they looked for their dream home. Your sim had been living away from their parents for a while, and was happy to have them. Then their elder sibling called. They said they needed a place for their kids to stay while they took a holiday with their partner. Your sim was very close to their sibling, and said it'd be fine if they stayed with them. Next your sim's grandparents called. They said that they were looking for a place to stay in for their last years, and asked the sim if they could stay at their place. Your sim didn't mind. But now your sim had a problem. They had to take care of their grandparents, parents, two of their nephews and their niece. Oh no...
CAS Arrangements:
You will need to make eight sims. Make them however you want besides the traits. For making seven of the sims, here is what you will need to do: As long as the seven sims have the slob trait that's the main thing that matters. But for other traits to fill in the gaps (you don't have to do this) :Slob, Clumsy, Absent Minded, Easily Impressed and Unlucky. You can make these seven sims these ages: Two sims are Elders, two are Adults, three are children.
Now make the other sim. Make them a young adult and give them these traits: Neat, Natural Cook, Green Thumb, and Handy. The other trait is up to you, but they don't have to have a fifth trait.
House Arrangements:
Make or move your sims into a very large home that will fit all of them in comfortably. Make any breakable objects in the home as cheap as possible, but make any unbreakable objects as expensive as possible. Make/plant a garden that will be difficult to maintain. Be sure that if you have Ambitions you have a laundry room.
What to do:
Your housekeeper sim (the one with the Neat, Natural Cook etc. traits) must maintain the house. They have to do all the chores. These include:
-Cooking
-Cleaning
-Repairing
-Laundry (If you have Ambitions)
-Bringing the newspaper in as it is delivered and putting it in the trash once it's brown
-All grocery/book shopping
-Must escort the other sims to any places they might go (see the kids off when they get on the school bus, take the grandparents to the Summer Festival etc.)
-Must help kids with homework until it's completed
-Cheer any sims with lots of bad moodlets up
-Tend garden
-Pay bills

Rules/Restrictions:
-Make sure sim lifespan is either normal or epic (depending on how long you want the challenge to go for)
-Only the housekeeper can do the chores
-The housekeeper cannot be in a Disliked relationship with anyone in the household
-The housekeeper must let other sims use items first if they need them (e.g. If one of the parents needs to use the bathroom when no other ones are available, but the housekeeper does at the same time, the parent goes first)
-The newspaper must be taken inside as soon as it's delivered
-If a sim needs to use an item, but it is broken, the housekeeper must fix it immediately
-No sims are allowed to use an object unless it is fully clean (except for the housekeeper :p)
-No sims can eat anything besides what the housekeeper prepares or buys for them
-Plants in garden must stay alive

You are done when:
-The grandparents have passed away with at least one happy moodlet each (they have to have it right before they die)
-The kids all graduate with As in elementary and high school
-The parents move into a beautiful, large home (done after the other two)

You lose if:
-The grandparents die without at least three good friends each
-The kids graduate elementary and high school with grades lower than As
-The parents don't move into a wonderful home
-All plants in garden die
-The repoman comes

I hope I've explained everything clearly. I think I've seen other challenges similar to this, so I will try to edit it a bit. Please let me know your progress on the challenge if you're playing it.
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#2 Old 18th Jan 2015 at 1:52 AM
What!? So.. if the grandpa was hungry and the maid was serving the rest of the family and he was walking so slow because he just was goddamn sleeping, then he died.. when he arrived at the end of the stairs because I never seen any of my sims fall. Anywho, I updated my game before yesterday and I'm excited to do so many challenges, working on many right now but I added yours, they all are the same sim (main characters since most people get attracted to my sim before of her bootiful traits and her varry bootiful yass varry bootiful erm.. lifetime rewards?)


Nice challenge! Keep up the good work, -miu..
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#3 Old 18th Jan 2015 at 9:39 AM
Quote: Originally posted by miurabbit
What!? So.. if the grandpa was hungry and the maid was serving the rest of the family and he was walking so slow because he just was goddamn sleeping, then he died.. when he arrived at the end of the stairs because I never seen any of my sims fall. Anywho, I updated my game before yesterday and I'm excited to do so many challenges, working on many right now but I added yours, they all are the same sim (main characters since most people get attracted to my sim before of her bootiful traits and her varry bootiful yass varry bootiful erm.. lifetime rewards?)


Nice challenge! Keep up the good work, -miu..

Thanks for the feedback! I'll try and make something else up for the grandparents instead of the dying with one good moodlet thing.
Test Subject
#4 Old 18th Jan 2015 at 10:05 AM
This sounds cool!
Instructor
#5 Old 18th Jan 2015 at 3:47 PM
Great challenge! It's been awhile since any new challenge has caught my eye, but this one has. Well done! Bookmarking it for later.
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#6 Old 30th Jan 2015 at 9:33 AM
It's nice to see some really positive feedback on this challenge!
Field Researcher
#7 Old 16th Feb 2015 at 1:08 AM
I'll try this!

I'm thinking all through the night
I could be yours just like before
Rewrite another try
'Cause we've had the loneliest time
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