The AWESOMESAUCE Bachelor Challenge!

[orikes]

(Yeah, more sim stuff. When I get obsessed, you know I get OBSESSED. This one is bordering on lasting as long as the Everquest one did.)

Ladies and gentlemen, I am proud to present the cast of the Awesomesauce Bachelor(ette) Challenge!



From left to right in the back, we have Dwight Familiar, Dean Whedonberry, Miranda Legacina, Cecil Goodytwoshoes, and Lancelot Locks.

On the ground, we have Farnsworth Gibson, Lipschitz Subject, and Scott Penguino.

Miranda graduated from college with flying colors and ended up making my graphic card scream in protest as I invited all 35+ of her friends to her party. There were a couple who didn't get invited because story wise, they're supposed to be out of town (Elijah and Shelby, of course), but otherwise, everyone she had a happy little smiley face for got invited. I thought my computer was going to DIE.

I got her moved into the Bachelor Pad and immediately set about equalizing her relationship score with all her new housemates. The game automatically gives a random relationship score with all new housemates. All of them were under friendship, but it still seemed rather unfair. I set her to 10/6 with all of the guys, just so they all got a fair start.

One of the first things Lancelot queued up was a 'Flirt/Suggestively (ACR)' with Miranda, so I quickly realized that this was going to get really messy really quick if I played this with ACR. So, it got turned off for the lot. Someday maybe I'll play a BC with it on, but this is the real thing. This is in the main neighborhood and Miranda's relationship with these guys is what's going to carry forward.

So far, I've played to about 9pm on the first day. There is one clear front runner, two not too far behind him, and four tied for last place. I set all their turn-ons to be positive for Miranda (red hair and fitness) and hers to be neutral towards all of them (fitness and hats). With that, we have one strong three-bolter (he's the one in the lead), two at two bolts, one at one bolt, and three showing a negative bolt. Not that I believe the negative bolt all that much. Brody and Heather had a negative bolt when they first met.

What's interesting about the three front runners is who they are. No, I'm not going to tell you that, but one of them is quite the surprise to me. His personality points don't exactly speak to it, but he's obviously playing to win. The other two in the lead don't surprise me, and while I don't want to play favorites, I am leaning towards one of them.

This is going to be tough because I like all of these guys. They were all chosen from legacies I absolutely adore and they're all characters I adore. I really don't want to see any of them go home.

For those that don't know, I basically took a look at all my favorite legacies and narrowed it down to seven. Some favorites weren't chosen because their sims are already having a major roll in the legacy neighborhood (Ten Ceasars, Fitzhugh, Piratical), and some weren't chosen because of prior relationships (Puritanical Green Thumb married in Brody). I sent a PM to each creator and asked them to pick who they'd want to be in it. That got me a really interesting mix that I'm delighted with. I kept all of their stats and aspirations the same and only changed the turn ons.

This is going to be fun. :)

Comments

[smoothiesims.livejournal.com]

I can't wait to read this, Ori! The pic isn't showing up right now for some reason but I'm still really excited just hearing about what's happened. Is this going to be out soon?

[penguingirl03.livejournal.com]

Yay! I can't wait to read this. Nice group picture there. Here is another CC question from me: what posing hacks do you use? I'm going to guess that Scott has a negative bolt based on their personalities and aspirations. And you turned off ACR. I was wondering if you would do that or not. Release soon plz?

[ndainye.livejournal.com]

Yeah you got it started! Defiantly interested in seeing how things go with this. Of course I'm rooting for Dwighty, but I doubt he'll be around that long, shy + mean don't normally do that well in a BC.

With that group make up Dean's my guess at the 3bolter in the lead.

*psst* Dwight should have black hair. That's not an issue he just looks really different to me because of it.

[profbutters.livejournal.com]

My computer *would* die if I had 35+ sims at a time. The picture cracks me up. Of course, now I'm really curious to see what's up. I do have a guess--probably not very difficult--as to who two of the front-runners are. The third who is playing to win, I genuinely don't know who that could be.

I was wondering if you'd turn off ACR. Even with jealousy turned off for the lot, it seems as though it would make things less interesting, not more so. Part of the fun of a BC anyway is the hands-off development of relationships, and at some point they do start stalking each other and doing stuff like "Leap Into Arms."

Anyway, I'm really looking forward to seeing this!

PB

[profbutters.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm guessing Dean's gotta be in the lead, too.

[avidreader7.livejournal.com]

I'm so excited for this! I can't wait to see it when you start uploading the story. Miranda is the perfect Sim for a bachelorette challenge. I'm not going to take any guesses on who is in the lead, though. I'm bad at that stuff. :)

And I can see why you chose to turn off ACR. I love it, but it could complicate things immensely in a challenge like this.

[orikes13.livejournal.com]

ACK! I'm sorry! I'll try and fix Dwight's hair asap. I'm guessing CAS defaulted him to brown, and I didn't notice the difference. :(

(And yeah, Dean's the three bolter.)

[orikes13.livejournal.com]

Can you see the picture now? It's weird that it wasn't showing up for you.

AS for when this is going to be out, I'm not 100% sure. I kind of wanted to have another regular update out before this so Miranda could graduate college in the main legacy story first. So I'll probably play the first day and then stop as I finish up what I need to for the other update. Then we will see.

[orikes13.livejournal.com]

I use Hula & More, which gives all the basic stuff that you see in the loading screens plus some other stuff. For this one, I also used Decorgal's model poses hack, which is what you see Scott, Dwight, Lipschitz, and Lancelot doing. That's located here: http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=272312

It's a little trickier to use since they tend to snap back to their original spot you posed them in even after you've used moveobjects to move them, but it provides a nice variety.

[orikes13.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I decided the 24 hour timer was going to cause way too many problems if I didn't turn off autonomy on the lot. I mean, Lancelot's FIRST queued action was to flirt with Miranda. Poor little Romance sim was getting desperate.

It's been funny watching to see who stalks who so far. :)

[wtsims.livejournal.com]

Yeah, ACR can get a little... aggressive... and that's definitely not a good mix with a Bachelor challenge. Plus you probably really don't want any autonomous try for baby in the middle of one...

(Actually I've thought a few times about seeing if I could fiddle with the timer. I'm not really very up on the ins and outs of Sims hacks, though, so I'm not sure I could find all the relevant bits. But it's tempting to try... I'd probably double the times, if I could figure it out.)

Anyhow, I'm really looking forward to seeing the outcome of this! I would laugh so hard if Cecil won, though.

[swhedonberry.livejournal.com]

Dean's the three-bolter! Yippee!! It's beyond dorky how excited I am about this. Miranda has to be in heaven being in a house full of potential new friends!!

You know I'm pulling for Dean (I'd love to put Miranda in the family tree), but I can't wait to see who the other two front-runners are. This is going to make my day when it comes out!!

[ahrubyblue.livejournal.com]

I can't wait to see this! It's going to be such fun to see what happens. And I aboslutely love the way you're incorporating it into your legacy.