strangetomato | Other Sims Stuff: Prosperity Challenge

I took a little detour on my way to the next Strangetown update, and I've decided to start a prosperity challenge neighbourhood. I'm not entirely sure where I will go with this, but I'll be posting updates on it in a looser story form, as a bit of a palate cleanser when I'm struggling with Strangetown and could use some time to think.

Since I know that you all love Strangetown, and the Maxis sims, I have a feeling that you'll have some interest in these characters.

Let us gaze into the future, and observe the residents of the prosperity neighbourhood, which, for now, we will simply refer to as "The Cove".

There are 6 houses in The Cove. We have the single and mysterious James Davenport, The Wolfe family (you may have heard of the daughter, Virginia Wolfe), Richard "The Dick" Cole and his alien children, The Snow family, the beautiful Catherine Lamb, and all of the Fishers.

In total, 22 residents. But wait... some of these people may seem familiar to you.

Yeah, that's right. Everyone in The Cove is a Maxis clone, or the offspring of Maxis clones. I do love those Maxis sims. I'm pretty predictable like that. I'm also a huge fan of alternate realities (like Peculiar, created by

madame_ugly). These are mostly Strangetown clones, but I threw a couple of my favourite Pleasantview characters in there too, and a couple from La Fiesta Tech (see if you can name them all).

They've gone through some cosmetic changes, since I used this sim randomizer, and I took the suggestions for their colouring from that. Personalities and aspirations are also random, though some did influence the Maxis sim that I chose for that character (The Dick is a good example of that - his stats were very Ripp-like, so I couldn't resist).

All of the names were taken from that randomizer too. Virginia Wolfe - I nearly died. And she's the daughter of a cloned Nervous Subject. Too perfect. I instantly love her. But really, I love all of my sims. (I clone Nervous a lot, don't I? *snicker*)

Also, check out the awesome matchmaker! She's a female alien Komei Tellerman!

This is just a sneak preview. I will set it up and give more details later.

And about that update... I'm going to try for a post tonight.

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I love she Nervouses. And that hair is so great.

Why am I not surprised you used Maxis clones? Love it.

So that update? Prosperity or Strangetown?

Yeah, me too. I had a very Nervous-looking daughter from him when I first played him, and thought she was just so great looking. I've been devising ways to make more female Nervouses ever since. So now I have that clone in Strangetown, and these "daughters" (Nervous was cloned for CAS, but he's not seen in this story - his wife is a cloned Circe. *snicker*)

Which hair? The tucked bob? I like that one too, and it's a different shade of red than most of the Maxis hairs. Virginia Wolfe looks a lot like Nervous, and she's a popularity sim, so I'm going to have her writing bestselling novels, just like her namesake. Too fun.

You shouldn't be surprised. This will give me more opportunity to do fun things with breeding that I can't do in Strangetown. I'm free from limitations of what "makes sense". And I just love 'em. Can we have too many different versions of Maxis sims? I think not. And it was super fun giving them different hair and eye colours.

I like making my own sims too, but there were so many to make that it would have taken ages, and this is more amusing to me anyway.

The update should be Strangetown. I'll get a post on this prosperity challenge after I post parts 2 and 3. While I'm working on the next chapter.

The she-Nervouses hair, that kind of greasy one that shows a lot of forehead (I use it on Rocky Khillian). That hair is one of those that when it looks good on a sim, it REALLY looks good.

I'm excited to really get to use all the townies. I'm aging up child townies that I've never used before. And the college sims, too.

I loved making random sims. Really, just randomized until I found something I liked. I don't think I tweaked any faces (or if I did, it was just a tiny bit, like re-size eyes a bit or fix a goofy mouth).

Ahh, that's the way I do it, too. I hate breaking up a run of Peculiar with other updates (and I forgot your last Strangetown was a multi-parter).

That hair does look a little lank, doesn't it? It just seems really fine to me. I like how it shows off the ears. It looks good on Rocky. I'll bet it would be great for an alien with pointy ears too.

I enjoy breeding with Maxis townies (not me personally). They have interesting features and you get those hidden genetics. I've always liked Kaylynn Langerak, so I'll be trying to lure her in (and have you seen her nose on a male? Craziness). I tried to get James Davenport (Tank) to check her out, but he threw up in his mouth. I thought it would work, since he's a knowledge sim in this 'hood, but no. I get way more x-hearts than I do heart explosions so far. Everyone finds everyone else in town repulsive, apparently. Maybe there is hope for the children...

Yeah, the randomizer is very fun, but I little the random pacifier even more.

It's a good way to do it, I think. Especially since this journal has been very focussed on the story so far. I don't want to confuse that or crowd it out.

Chapter 22 is a three-parter now. It got out of hand, and since it is a party, with lots of characters, it can be a headache to shoot. The first part is a little separate anyway, since it's a different party, but the other parts are both at the sorority, so I'll try to post them fairly close together.

I like it for the ear showing, too. But it's bad for the big forehead sims.

I've never checked out a male Kaylynn. I like her for breeding, too. (I don't think I've ever bred my self sim to a npc/townie--I have bred spawn of my self sim to townies though--Ben Long's nose actually defeated the funky Verde schnoze, I was shocked).

I need to get maids into some of my houses. Xavier (or whatever his name is) is one of my favorites (love his squished "Pao The Mailman" face).

You're right. If your forehead is huge, it's best to wear bangs, anyway.

Kaylynn bred with my Michael Stipe sim in my only legacy attempt, and they had 10 kids (is that what turned me off from it, I wonder?). Some of the guys had a formidable nose. It's big and it has a huge bump on the bridge.

I love marrying or moving NPCs into families. They don't bring money or jobs, but they often have a lot of skill points, and can easily get a good job in a short amount of time.

Xavier is only in Strangetown, right? I like Remmington too.
He has such an interesting and lumpy face.

Michael Stipe with 10 kids. *snort* That hurts my brain.

I'm not sure where Xavier pops up. He might be for any of the hoods, you just might have to burn through a few maids to get him (I wish you could pick male/female when you hire a maid).

Yes, it's funny what a surreal little world you can create, isn't it?

Yes, I agree. Sometimes I have to call over and over again to get the maid that I want. I wish you could select between the three of them (but that wouldn't be a very ethical work practice for the maid company *snicker* Unless it's a naughty maid service).

PLEASE! Look at those maid uniforms. It's SO a naughty maid service.

Yes, it is. Just ask Don Lothario. *snicker*

You have a Michael Stipe sim? *laughs* I'd love to see him.

I should post him. I made him in CAS, not Bodyshop, so he isn't perfect, but maybe I should show off the fruits of my abandoned legacy.

I've always been a big R.E.M. fan.

DO IT!

Perfect schmerfect. I like the way linuslover on MTS2 approaches her Star Trek sims -- she says they're her interpretation, not a literal likeness. :)

I've always been a big R.E.M. fan.

Me, too. At least their earlier stuff. They're the only band (besides local bands) that I've seen multiple times. I think I've seen them 6 times or so, starting on the "Fables" tour.

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Heheh. I went into Chronic Town to check it out, and the likeness is even worse than I remembered. I had a crappier graphics card at the time (that's my story and I'm sticking to it). But perhaps I will post him anyway. I added a cowboy hat (Everybody Hurts style) and it looks a bit better.

You saw R.E.M. 6 times?! That's so cool. Good bands never come to Newfoundland. I saw them once during the Up tour, in Scotland (I was visiting a friend). It was great.

And I agree about the earlier stuff (Automatic for The People is the high point, in my opinion). It's sad to see something that you love so much just go to seed, but they aren't what they used to be.

You named the neighborhood Chronic Town? :D

I guess bands always evolve and change. And it would suck to be in a band that never changed (though it didn't seem to bother the Grateful Dead *cough*) I feel like I haven't given their new stuff much of a chance, either. But I still like the early stuff best.

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