Round 1 - Stique
Even the AI understand's Artie immediately - during the move-in clip she immediately beelined towards the easel to paint. 🤣 Apparantly Arts and Crafts is her destined hobby too.
Towniefying the first batch of townies... complete.
First things first: Skilling on creativity the entire morning while waiting on the welcome wagon. And no, this guy is not part of it. The game still randomly generates service Sims, or in this case a garden club member. Low-key considering to replace all generated service Sims with reality show Sims. Though I'd first have to figure out how exactly.
For this guy I'm considering someone like Fungi Ciuperca or Jason Blackland.
Who should I use for this one, the Gypsy Matchmaker? Darleen? XD
... Welp, the welcome wagon arrives just after 12, and it's nearing 13:00 already. Guess not. :C
Look, it's company! Bradley Martinez by Alleenmens is the first person to walk by the humble residence of Madame Stique.
Artie: "Bonjour, je suis Artie Stique, and moi leeves 'ere."
Bradley: "Hello, I'm Bradley. Sup."
Artie: "Make toiselve at 'ome."
After meeting Bradley it was about time for Artie to have lunch. Bradley instead chose to watch the birds though.
Artie: "Allez les bleus!"
Bradley: ".. Sorry, I don't like soccer."
Artie: "Excusé moi, zat eez le football!"
After that conservation went a little awry, Artie focused herself on her painting again, with success.
It helped calm both of them down to be nice again and actually become friends!
Just in time, as the second townie enters the scene. Give it up for Maya Hansen, by WinteryGarnet.
Artie: "Hmm, zat 'air... Eet looks un petit bit familiaire... Moi, I 'ave to frame it."
Maya: "Oh, hello there."
As Artie and Maya start talking, our third townie pops up. Give a warm welcome to Fabio Farfeild, by Paco1200!
Artie invites him in with a boring story about recyclage. Very fitting for him. ;)
As Artie grabs more gelatin for dinner, Fabio is getting closer with Maya.
Fabio: "And then she said, want me to show you my TV?"
Maya: "Hahaha, lool!"
Artie: "....."
... Oh my god, they're holding hands already XD
This BACC is the best idea ever! Think of all the crack ships that will ensue because of sheer townie autonomy!
As Artie is talking some more to Bradley (yes, he's still there), Fabio starts doing insolent things...
Artie: "Hey, tu idiot! Do NOT touche mon eezel du paint, EZEL!"
Fabio: "Sheesh, you mood."
At least Maya was there in the bathroom to cheer him up. :P
BEST IDEA EVER!
After Artie racked in another creativity skill point, she and her guests decided to play some kicky bag in the front yard.
Artie: "Au revoir, Bradlie."
Bradley: "It's Bradley."
How can you see spelling errors?
... and then it's off to bed!
The next morning in La Stique-en-Ardenne...
It's painting time.
Also - Artie earned membership to the art hobby club.
I GOT BILLS
I GOTTA PAY
SO I GOTTA WORK WORK WORK
EVERY DAY
Debby (by Turner): "This house is so brightly coloured I can't look at it without triggering one of my permanent migraines again."
*WAH WAAAH*
Artie: "Bonjour! Je suis Artie Stique."
Debby: "My name is Debbie Downer. Did you know that red lipstick contains cancerous chemicals? Turns out 4 people are already terminally ill."
*WAH WAAAH*
Artie: "Ahemm... Au revoir, madame Downer."
Debby: "Oh. My last name's actually Gloomington, but nobody really remembers that."
Artie: "Oh. Toi neveur tolde moi."
After Debby left to save herself another migraine, two more people walked by side by side. Hello Aiden Hicks (by Mojot89) and Roxy Callahan (by Kaliko103)!
Artie: "Bonjour, je suis Artie Stique
Aiden: "Mah name's Aiden. Ya look really nice."
Artie: "Merci, Aiden."
Despite walking in here side-by-side the two visitors don't seem to get along really well.
*Roxy farts*
Roxy: "Hey Aiden. You stinky redneck!"
Aiden: "Nah-ah! Ah did nawt do that. Ya meanie!"
Artie: "Vut ees going on 'ere?"
Roxy: "Aiden farted oud loud."
Aiden: "Naah, ah didn't. She be lyin'!"
After the commotion Artie managed to kick up her creativity skill to level 4. Almost halfway there!
After painting some more Artie got a call from Bradley.
After that she decided it was time to start expanding the town a bit, by buying herself a plot of land to start her own business on. The Art Lounge is now hers! And with it, La Stique-en-Ardenne has earned a point for the Sim Multiplier, and a new CAS Sim.
Just before she was about to walk off, a new townie walks by. Maya Carter by Kittymeow is next to join in!
Artie: "Zees exà mple of model. Moi 'as to frame eet."
Maya: "Maya feels like she is being approached from behind. Maya will go Kung Fu Panda on any attackers."
Artie didn't feel that way, so she instead decided to go to the hobby lot to go skill grinding."
Voilá
She's building more hobby enthusiasm...
... and earning another point!
Artie was getting tired though, so she went to the Art Lounge...
... to actually build the place...
... and then promptly went home...
... To catch some Z's.
Here's where I use a small bug in the game.
Occasionally, when going to an owned community business, the motives will reset. So that explains why Artie's mood is quite good again when she's getting open for business.
First customer: Maya Carter!
Artie: "Oui oui, zhis is moi premiere day of Art Lounge. Toi ees ze first."
Maya: "Maya feels very honoured to be the first one to enter the Art Lounge."
Artie: "Merci."
Also, Taz Middleton, created originally by Smarties100, has entered the game.
He doesn't seem to be too convinced by Artie's words though, as Maya bites the bullet to give Artie her money.
And look, her first Simoleon is on the wall!
As Taz decides to go lounge around, Artie starts playing Red Hands with her third customer Bradley.
As Taz and Bradley try the bubble blower and Artie surprisingly paints again, Maya decides to leave already. Not liking it here Maya?
But then, an unknown woman enters the premise.
It's an undercover journalist! And she's writing a review! I hope she's impressed...
Idea: What if she's replaced with Plum Parsons? Or another journalist Sim?
Artie decides to schmooze a little by showing her the bubble blower. Look at Bradley, he's even flying! :D
WOOHOO, it worked! Best of the Best Award! Now people are more likely to come in!
Like Diane White here (by Tigerblu11). I hope she did not hear what I was shouting up there...
Thanks to Taz' star the Art Lounge is bumped to business level 1. A nice moment to call it quits and go home.
Artie: "Excusé moi Debby, but ze lounge eez now cleaused."
Debby: "Well, that marks the seventh time this month that happened. Guess I'm losing my grip of time quicker than the doctor estimated."
*WAH WAAAH*
Poor Debby. But also poor Maya, who just took off flying.
Artie still had some time to hit the Art Club. She reached level 6 of Creativity there.
And she also finished this cute little Foxy painting... Yip yip! 🦊
Artie: "Il pleut! Betteur go inzide. Or else mon work vill rain wet."
In there Artie also reach level 7 of Creativity.
After that she decided to have a lunch break. At 9.30 in the morning.
She quickly finished her sketch...
... to go walk home...
... where she showered...
... and then called Maya Hansen for a nice chat.
Artie: "I eez part of porte now. Oui oui."
After which it was bed time.
My main goal for now is that shiny Thinking Cap. It could boost Artie's skilling significantly but she doesn't have enough aspiration points yet!
During her morning routine Danny Sharpe, originally from HayloHusky, walked by.
Artie also paid her bills.
Oh look, he caught some butterflies! Better not show Haylo that...
And with Danny, Artie at last found someone to talk sports with.
I then noticed Ben Schiffer (by YJB19299) walk by, but by the time I noticed him he was leaving already so I couldn't greet him. :c
Artie: "Excusé moi, Danny?!?!"
Maya: "Maya sees a Fox playing this game."
Vul: "Oh, hi Maya. Breaking the fourth wall? Crazy isn't it?"
Maya: "Maya does not like crazy people."
Vul: "... I could sic a Cow Plant on you, you know that."
Maya: "Maya knows that the cow plant doesn't come until someone gets halfway through the Natural Science career, and that that career is locked until a garden shop is opened and only for Sims who graduated from university, which at the moment is nobody as there is no university here."
Vul: "Sheesh, you're meta."
Artie did manage to make friends with the other, not so meta, Maya. Red Hands gotta be one of my favourite interactions.
After eating some more gelatin, because why not, ...
Artie got to her painting again and managed to get in the zone by maxing out her hobby enthusiasm! :D That should help her gaining skills points.
After she finished yet another painting Bradley called again, so Artie talked for a bit.
After that she went to the Art Lounge again to get some extra money rolling in.
One of the new customers of the day is Blake, Linda Blake, from x_MG_x. Here she's being framed by Artie.
Artie talked to her a bit while the rest of the business was minding it's business. And there we have a reporter again. :)
After Artie's energy ran low she bought an espresso machine to keep going.
She used the caffeine shot to paint some extra parts, after which...
... she called it a day and went to bed.
The next morning I noticed the phone lying outside somehow. Sims logic. XD
Unfortunately her rerolled wants don't involve anything about the creativity skill specifically anymore - time to work on cooking instead for a bit of easy aspiration points.
After that Artie calls Linda over, and bonds college memories. Despite the fact neither of them actually went to college in this incarnation.
Ooooh, nice! Furniture discount! Thanks Linda!
As Bradley walks by, Artie reaches friendship levels with Linda. Good!
Not soon after, Bradley himself calls Artie up again.
When Artie returns to the Art Lounge, her attempts to persuade people to hang around this place earn her the Bronze Sales Badge! Hoopla!
When everyone's settled, she gives her painting a finishing touch.
And that is how Chandrika Sakhawaih got involved into this game. A small tribute to the one who got most top spots in the founder poll.
Although I missed the star, the Art Lounge leveled up to 2.
Which means the default number of customers goes up a bit. Hello there Maya!
While Maya is still considering whether to hang out here today, the journalist decides to write a good review. Yay for good media coverage! :D
And the effects of said review show themselves at once!
Oh crap. Artie got supercooled a bit and now she's got a cold! She better not infect the rest of the people here.
Artie: "Vell, eet's not un maladie contagieuse."
Ben: "What contagious malady?"
Artie: "Heuu, notzing."
Despite her cold the stars keep rolling in...
... and soon Maya Hansen gives the star needed for business level 3. Which means Artie can buy 2 more money perks.
Enough business for the day, time to go home and take it easy.
Artie: "AH-CHOOOO! Oh, excusé moi."
Artie has a want to talk about a hobby. Too bad Maya Carter's making up excuses about "baked icebergs". Boo her!
At least the other Maya is nice enough to do come over.
Artie: "Bisous! Mwah! Mwah!"
Maya: "Er, mwah mwah?"
After Maya left again, Artie decided to read some more cooking, when she's suddenly declared healthy again. Yes!
The next night Artie spends behind her easel. Level 8!
And when the morning crawls by she has a new painting of a lovely Fox hanging in her house.
After a morning shower Artie cleans up her house a little...
... gives Linda a call in the morning...
And then goes back to business. Luckily the review's still in effect. :)
As I hear the PING from a customer star, I also noticed this...
THIS CHALLENGE IS THE BEST IDEA EVER XD XD
I missed the interaction, but the hearts confirm things...
Also showing up is Diane White. :)
Oi Ben, telling dirty jokes to Aiden are you? Maybe Debby's not such a good influence for you. :o
Artie, in the meanwhile, has earned a Silver Sales Badge.
Diane and Debby doing some bisous of their own as the former dons her neat fur coat.
Meanwhile, Fabio also seems to have an eye on Maya. The Maya he's not been flirting and kissing on day 1. Maybe he's got a Maya fetish?
Debby: "Well, I guess eating a hamburger isn't very nutricious, but it's better than starving. At least dying of a heat attack is quicker.
*WAH WAAAH*
I do hope you realise that hamburger is spoiled? Since food poisoning is deadly if not treated in this game...
Artie then ended the day at the Art Lounge and decided to bring the Art Club a visit instead.
With good result, 1 more point needed! :D
Next stop is back home...
... To catch on some much needed rest.
Artie: "Eeks, une moufette! Shoo shoo!"
Just don't pet it, then you'll be fine Artie.
Diane: "Ugh, a skunk. I do not apreciate such vile creatures."
Esme: *... aww, why hooman so mean?*
Linda: "Oh look, Kicks got here. Maybe I can get my shoes polished?"
Artie: "Aah, eef zat eesn't ma amie Linda moi see!"
Linda: "Hiya, did you know that Animal Crossing's taking over?"
Linda and Artie soon got into a conversation about their skills. Turns out Linda also got some creative talent, in addition to body and charismatic skills. I do wonder... Those skills are linked to the criminal career...
Oh no, she's working in the military instead, as a counter spy.
You know what this means? Yes, I finally bought the thinking cap!
Artie: "Oui, moi can feel ze nouveux energies in mon cervaux! My brains 'ave new energie!"
Atie decided to use this new energy for painting.
And almost 6 hours later...
... and then go to sleepy sleep. Bonne nuit!
With pretty much only 1 day left before the season ends and with it the end of Artie's round, she still has a few goals I want to reach.
1) Get the Art Lounge to level 5
2) Get Linda as a roommate and have her open a business
Artie: "Ahem, Fabio. Ever 'eard ov space personalle? Merci."
Fabio: "Don't. Block. My. View!"
Next Artie, Danny and Aiden are enjoying some nice hot dogs.
Danny: "Hot diggety dog! Aiden, your feet are NECKED!"
Aiden: "Hey, dat's mah line buddeh."
Artie: "Ah-HEM... do you gentilmen zhink zat moi should plant les fleurs 'ere?"
Thanks to stars from both Roxy and Danny the Art Lounge jumps to level 4.
Aiden is shaking hands with Artie. I wonder what networking bonus he'll give me?
Ooh nice, a reputation bonus. :) Those little side rewards will come in handy on the long run.
Bwahahahah! Fabio and Maya are at it again, behind Artie's back! :D
At last, Linda finally shows up. After some talking Artie's needs are low already though. :/
My two goals:
1) Get the Art Lounge to level 5
2) Get Linda as a roommate and have her open a business
Linda needs some progress on her lifetime relationm but the business to level 5 is going fine.
So let's get home...
And then get back to reset the motives. Yay game design bugs!
And we're back at convincing customers. Danny gains another star.
Artie: "Who eez zis 'enfant en bas âge nouvelle année'?"
Toddler New Year? Nope, NOT gonna do that! I don't want this game to become a BFBVFS! Are you crazy, Maya?!
Maya: "No, Maya does not like crazy people."
At least Linda can come over immediately now. Woohp!
And thanks to Rox-Fox we reach level 5 of the Art Lounge!
As Diane enters and shows off her fur coat again, Debby kisses up Ben's arm. Definitely an item together.
BEST IDEA EVER!!!
Diane wisely chooses to ignore them.
Artie and Linda meanwhile enjoy the smell of a hot dog baked by Maya.
And then, completely out of nowhere, the Art Lounge got an extension.
Artie and Linda immediately put it to good use.
Danny.... also put it to use.
If only Aiden was here at the moment...
Meanwhile, Debby shows that she as well has a creative bone in her. Hmm...
Diane, meanwhile, is flying around in her fur coat. I hope she doesn't realise some people can look up her skirt that way...
Maya: "Jesus, there's a dirty plate right there on the lawn. That is gross!"
Maya, you just put that right there. How about stop being lazy and throw it out in the bin that is literally 2 meters away from you?
After a small break at home to clean up the place...
Artie goes back to the Art Lounge with her motives reset. Yay bugs! This time Linda showed up immediately.
The two of them started talking behind the lounge, while business is still thriving inside.
Going to the back did help their relationship - Besties!
Ben and Debby still going at it - also noticing that all their romantic activity seems to be on Debby's initiative. :o XD
After a day of talking to Linda and tending the business, Artie earned herself the Golden Sales Badge. Not one of my goals, but always a nice bonus. :D
That's the last we'll see of the Art Lounge for this episode though. Time to go back home.
Artie tidies herself and the house up a little...
Because she invited Linda over for a visit, and hopefully it'll be an extended one.
After some more actions Artie pops the question...
... And Linda accepts! Nice, quite a bit of cash she brings in too!
Linda is a Pisces with the Pleasure aspiration.
Her personality is 3/3/3/10/6
And her Lifetime Want is to have 50 first dates... yikes. That's a hard one this early in the BACC.
Speaking of hard Lifetime Wants, Artie wants to reach the top of the Natural Science career. I use a mod that adds the uni careers to the list of potential Lifetime Wants. But since Artie didn't go to uni she can't enter that career.
Since her LTW isn't career-related anyway, I open up a business for Linda too. Say hello to The Arcadium and a second CAS Sim!
First things first: buy all the things to unlock the Gamer Career for Linda. All she needs is a pinball machine, a video game console, an arcade machine and the expensive computer.
Next: build the actual Arcadium. Not only can Sims play games here, they can also BUY them on the left side.
Now that she's ready for a new career, Linda should also drop out of her old career for good.
After checking the newpaper ads at home she couldn't find a job opening though. Too bad.
For now I'll just have to entertain Linda in her own way. At first I thought darts would be helpful.
But then I decided on chess instead, while Artie is asleep in the background.
Linda needs to make a friend though to get an aspiration boost, so she decides to call up Bradley to try and befriend him.
She also gets a networking benefit from him. How the hell she instantly received the TV through the phone is a mystery to me, but I can't say nay to it. :D
Woohp woohp! She's made it to friendship! Speaking of friends, Linda's got quite a few of them. Oh, and she's apparantly repulsed by most of the guys, and slightly attracted to Maya Hansen. I guess that she is bi then. Which makes it more interesting to see who she'll end up with?
Linda: "I KNEW IT! I knew we are in a Sims game! I can see you right there playing!"
Good night Linda!
Artie has finished this painting of a very cute and fluffy Fox. How she did it with the lights turned off is a mystery to me, but she worked it out somehow. Maybe she used a new technique?
And that marks the end of the Stique Family in round 1.
Since I got 2 CAS Sims I'll play a new family of two in the next round. I already planned out who they will be, so no poll or vote. I can confirm that it's a new real life player being represented.
I'm also seriously considering moving Artie and Linda to a new lot next season, so that they'll have more space to build a bigger house. Thoughts?
STATISTIQUES
SIM STATS
Playable Sims: 2
Graves: 0
Sim Multiplier: 2
Population: 4
(Playable Sims + Graves * SM = Population)
Households: 1
Available CAS Sims: 0 out of 2
Available CAS Sims: 0 out of 2
NEIGHBOURHOOD STATS
Business districts: 0
Downtown: 0
Universities: 0
University fund: §0
LOT STATS
Occupied residential lots: 1
Occupied residential lots: 1
Community lots: 2
- Sim owned: 2
- City owned: 0
DISASTER STATS
Fires: 0 (every 3 unlocks Law Enforcement spot***)
Electrocutions: 0 (every 3 equals Science spot)
Burglaries: 0 (every 3 unlocks Law Enforcement spot)
***Only the following fires count:
- House fires
- Repair failure fires
- BBQ fires
- Business fires caused by controllable Sim
JOB STATS
Adventurer: 0 spots
(1 spot unlocked with museum worth 250.000, career unlocked when career is topped)
Artist: 0 spots
(1 spot unlocked at level 5 art gallery, unlocked for Sims with 10 creativity and 10 sold masterpieces, Uni degree)
Architecture: 0 spots
(1 spot unlocked per 10 buildings and per new subhood (uni, dt, business)
(buildings: 4)
(buildings: 4)
Athletic: locked
(unlocked with a sports themed community lot worth 250.000)
Business: 0 spots
(spot unlocked at every level 10 business, career unlocked when topped)
Culinary: 0 spots
(1 spot unlocked per level 5 restaurant, unlocked with career topped)
Crime: 0 spots
(1 spot unlocked at 100 pop, additional spots opened with career topped)
Dancing: locked
(spot unlocked at level 5 dance business, career unlocked at level 10)
Education: 0 spots
(1 spot unlocked per 250 pop, always available for Sims with a Uni degree)
Entertainment: 0 spots
(unlocked for Sims who grew up into adulthood with max Charisma)
Gamer: 1 spot (Stique Family)
(unlocked for Sims who own the expensive pc, gaming console, pinball machine & arcade machine)
Intelligence: 0 spots
(1 spot unlocked per criminal, military or science career topped)
Journalism: 0 spots
(1 spot unlocked per 1000 pop, 1 spot unlocked per topped criminal, law enforcement, or showbusiness career
Law: 0 spots
(unlocked for Sims with a Uni degree)
Law Enforcement: 0 spots
(1 spot unlocked when 1) pop reaches 500; 2) per 3 fires; 3) per 3 burglaries)
Medicine: 0 spots
(first spot at 1.000 pop, additional spots per 5.000 pop, unlocked when there's a university. Until topped all woohoo = try for baby)
Military: locked
(unlocked with military base community lot)
Music: locked
(unlocked when there's a community lot with a stage and 3 musical instruments)
Natural Science: 0 spots
(1 spot per level 5 flower or landscaping business, unlocked for Sims with a gold gardening badge)
Oceanography: locked
(open for Sims with a gold fishing badge, unlocked when career topped)
Paranormal: 0 spots
(1 spot unlocked per 5 human graves on community graveyard lots, more spots per 10 additional human graves)
Politics: locked
(unlocked at 1000 pop, only 1 mayor allowed)
Science: 0 spots
(unlocked for Sims who aged up into adults with max logic, 1 spot per 3 electrocutions, unlocked when Sim graduates from uni)
Showbusiness: 0 spots
(1 spot per Sim who tops entertainment or slacker careers)
Slacker: 1 spot
(1 spot unlocked per club community lot, unlocked when downtown is unlocked)
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