Pleasantview Round 8 - Broke - Dustin and Angela

Here we are at the house of a favorite couple of Simmers everywhere - Dustin and Angela Broke! This is one place where ASimWen's Wishes style of play went with the Maxis storyline.  Now then.  Everyone here is perm plat...and has been for a while. So no wishes to fulfill!  At least for a while anyway.

Introductions:

Dustin Broke

Fortune/Family - Have 6 Grandchildren

Currently a part time EMT

Perm Plat - 74 days old.  Not much to say about Dustin.  He has had a full life.  He has worked through multiple careers and finally retired.  However he was not happy in retirement and went back to work part time as an EMT. 


Angela (Pleasant) Broke

Popular/Knowledge - Have 5 Top Level Businesses

Retired Space Pirate

Perm Plat - 70 days old.  Like her husband, Angela has satisfied several careers.  She has since worked toward several Hobby Plaques and badges, her most recent getting a gold in robotics last round. 

Anna (Broke) Burb

Pleasure/Fortune - Earn $100,000

Currently a Space Pirate

Perm plat - ages up in 22 days.  Anna is the only child of Dustin and Angela.  She fell in love with and married John and Jennifer Burb's son, Joseph.  ASimWen is pleased to mix the genes of the Burbs and the Brokes. 

Joseph Burb

Romance/Knowledge - Become Head of SCIA

Currently a Criminal Mastermind

Perm plat - Ages up in 22 days.  Joseph is the oldest son of John and Jennifer, coming along shortly after Lucy.  He has the classic Burb looks.  Love him.

What happened last visit in Round 7?  It was loads of fun as usual. The week started out fulfilling woohoo wishes for Anna and Joseph as they wanted to do it in the bed, again in the closet.  These two were constant, constant woohoo-ers.  But no pregnancy occured all week long!  The garden had fallen in to disrepair, spurring Dustin to get busy on it and get it back into shape.  He then decided to try for the Film and Lit hobby plaque and started publishing books.   Anna threw a wish for the hobby plaque in Arts and Crafts which was won, then spun up toymaking..busy girl!   Joesph could not get enough woohoo and frequently drug Anna downtown for public woohoo...woohoo in the car...woohoo in the changing booth. This is all in between working and becoming perm plat...just as Anna did as well.  Of course, Joseph kept a fear of getting married and ASimWen was beginning to worry that no wedding would take place!  Finally on Saturday Anna threw "get married to Joseph" during a date...ASimWen took it!  However, it was fortunate Joseph could fit in his tux because he had been abducted the night before whilst working on his hobby plaque in Science.  Well lets get a baby any way we can, ASimWen always says. 

Now then I want to point something out here.  I have been fooling around with/researching the rate of which a Sim ages in TS2.  It isn't as clear cut as it seems.  Dustin and Angela were the same age when they graduated from University. Now there is a four day age difference between them.  I have found that Sim ages are pretty much set in stone until they become an elder.  Then the game starts preparing the Sim for their Grim party.  I checked SimPE, and it shows that both Dustin and Angela will pass in 8 Sim days, as of the start of this play.  That puts them passing away next round.  (how could that be if there is now a four day difference in their ages....) I am going to try to make them realize fears to see if they will pass sooner.  Because, my dear Simmers....the length of time a Sim lives is based on the aspiration points system.  These two have not had any wishes fulfilled for most of their adult lives, having gone perm plat very young, thus no aspiration points were put in their aspiration bank to prolong their lives.  I want to see if I can prove that fulfilling fears will help to shorten their lives as well.  So let's play!

First thing ASimWen did was spend all Dustin and Angela's aspiration points.  They each had over 300K.  All the aspiration rewards went in Joe and Anna's backpacks to give away.

Dustins' fears:  John and Jennifer Burb become a zombie, and he himself becomes a witch.  Well.  Sounds like he doesn't like supernaturals.

Angela's fears:  Become enemies with Jan Tellerman, Brooke Bruty, and Dustin.  Those are more viable.Bruty

The reasonable thing was to invite Jan Tellerman over and work on making an enemy out of her to Angela.  That is harder than it seems.  Argue, argue, argue.  Irritate, annoy, insult....then finally they could fight.  But this did not make them enemies.  Their relationship was totally in the red....and Angela was furious with her.  (See Nichole Dreamer in the second picture rooting them on).  Time to take drastic action, as all this fighting was wearing ASimWen out.

Time to bring the big guns in.  Dustin flirted with Jan..and oooh boy did this irritate Angela..and ASimWen as well.  Dustin had zero intentions of doing this.  The devil made him do it.  But still...no enemies were made here.  Nothing but hurt feelings.

Well, I could clearly see this wasn't getting anywhere.  While Angela was slapping Dustin around, Jan ran inside the house to the bathroom talk to fellow romance Sim Joseph Burb.  Joe told her goodbye...and this is what they did???  Checking their relationship, daily was at a 4, and lifetime was zero???  OOoo what is Joe's wife Anna doing...?  She was in the kitchen juggling cups, oblivious to everything.  This was screwy!

Everyone was tired of fighting and arguing, and Anna noticed her pregnant husband was hungry and made omeletes for dinner.  Yum!  He scarfed it down eating for two after all.

On his way to put his dirty plate away, it happened.  It was time for the alien baby to be born!  Yippee!

Aww now that wasn't too ruff was it, Joe??

Joe:  Nope,  I think I will name her Neytiri, Ney for short.

The men in the house were the only ones interested in the new alien baby.  Anna and her mom Angela were off doing other things.  No acknowledgement at all that Ney had joined the family.

Joe fed Ney and put her down to sleep, while ASimWen found Dustin and Angela making up.  These two are so meant for each other.  Hate that they now of memories of cheating, but maybe that will help spur the aging on.

Well it was a bust for realizing fears for anyone on Monday.  But Anna managed to get a nice bonus at work.  Go you, Anna!

Tuesday Fears

Dustin:  Cats Tad or Brittany get sprayed by a skunk, and get rejected for play catch

Angela:  Be enemies with Jan, and death of Anna or Dustin.

Well, It is apparent that Angela doesn't want Jan for an enemy, and she is afraid of her family dying.  Hm.  Dustin's look like it could happen.  Let's work on that.  Although Death is -5,000 points. 

Dustin asked a random townie walk by to play catch, which was refused and he realized the fear.  However he also had a wish to ask someone to play, so they cancelled each other out.


Then he asked this townie Vamsi Toymoy to dance, which was rejected.  Yay!  A fear realized.  haha  Thought to see if Angela could realize a fear of Dustin dying.  However when he finally stabbed himself and Grim came...just him merely laying on the ground dead didn't do it.  His tombstone had to appear...so Angela begged for Dustin's life to keep him ticking for a while.  Letting him die would defeat the whole experiment.

Wednesday Fears

Dustin:  Sill fearing the cats getting sprayed, and getting rejected for play catch.  (locked in)
Aspiration points:  2,670

Angela:  Be enemies with Jan (locked in)  and death of Anna or Dustin. 
Aspiration points: 3,600

The day is started with Anna helping out with Ney's care.  After all, she needed the practice.  She was showing signs of morning sickness.  She still hasn't shown much interest in Ney otherwise.  Dustin started on his quest to get turned down to play catch.  He didn't know this lady.  At all.  She agreed to play catch.  Strike one.

He didn't know the two random walkbys on the right either.  They both agreed to play.  Strike two and three.  Yer out!  Dustin's ride for his part time job in Medical came and he left for work.  In the mean while Angela called Jan to come over so she could torture her some more. See them on the left?  They are getting ready to fight.  Again.

In fact....they actually lost enemy status after this fight???  It looks like???  Not sure when they became enemies, but the fear was locked in for Angela....and it was still there, as not being realized.

By now, it was Ney's cake up day.  Anna was at work, but the two walkbys were still there, as was Jan.  

Hi Ney-Ney!  Aren't you a cute little Alien!  Joe immediately gave her a bottle of smart milk and got toddler training started.

Ney's wishes:  All this for daddy Joe:  Be played with, tickled by, and snuggled by...and then learn to walk.  All for daddy realized, then he put her to bed.

During Ney's potty training Angela and Jan fought again...the fear of making Jan an enemy spun away as if realized:

Was instead replaced by a fear of Dustin dying.  Her total aspiration points had in fact increased to 4,100.  She must have had a wish fulfilled.  And Jan is not labeled an enemy in Angela's friends list.  Is it because they are BFFs?

I think this fear system is borked. The aspiration points for realizing an enemy was not deducted because the Sim in question was a BFF...therefore my feeling is the the fearing Sim should not be fearing their BFF to become an enemy if the aspiration points will not be deducted and enemy status won't be realized when achieved.

Thursday Fears

Dustin:  Be rejected for both toss football and catch, and Brittany the cat gets sprayed by the skunk.
Aspiration 2,670

Angela:  Be rejected for dance, and make enemies out of son in law Joe and Joe Carr. 
Aspiration 4,100

Dustin flagged down several walk bys and asked them to play catch or toss football. Every single Sim agreed.  His fears were not realized.  This is Debbie Caliente, Nina's daughter in law.  Deb is married to George Caliente.  She even agreed to play catch. She is a moody Sim with everyone except for her husband George.

 Dance was rejected with both Anna and Joe.  Good deal.  Deb didn't stick around long enough to reject Angela as well for dance.  She got the heck out of there.  These people were nuts!

In between all the crazy fear mongering, Anna did manage to show her first baby bump, then proceeded to be Joe's mentor in Arts and Crafts.  He has no desire to learn pottery, but ASimWen thought it would be a good thing for him to spend his time doing.  There is no pottery hobby plaque in the house.

Friday Fears

Dustin:  Finally rolled Be Rejected for Dance. Locked in.  That one I think can be done!
Aspiration 2,670

Angela:  Is back to worrying about all her BFFs being enemies with her.  Makes sense, she is foremost, a Pop Sim.  Don't think the fears are going to happen for her.   Losing friends is the worse thing that could happen to her.  Even Dustin fooling around didn't bother her...haha...
Aspiration 4,100  Spent 2,500 points on a money tree, balance 1,600.  This doesn't make sense either..my game is showing that money trees are 3,000 points.  *sigh*

Joe and Anna's aspiration points did go down from being rejected for dance.  So at least that was accomplished.

 Woohoo!!!!  Finally got a rejection for Dustin.  He hung around outside with the stereo blasting waitin' for a random walk by.  This fear brought his aspiration balance down to 1,920 and was replaced with "Tad Caliente is Removed."  Ah-ha.  That one is worth 2,000.  If that can be realized Dustin should go into the negatives.  *save game*  Tried giving Tad away to this townie, but Dustin didn't realize the fear.  Calling Animal Control didn't do it either.  After reading the description of the fear, poor Tad would have to be starved and forcibly removed by Animal Control.  Eh that doesn't thrill ASimWen.

 

So what was the cute Ney-Ney wanting?  This child every day wanted to do things with her dad Joe, and skill up creativity points.  Neytiri is a Sagittarius, which means she will be a Knowledge Sim.

Here is a great pic of the next generation, poised to take over.  Now since Joe had been doing all the pottery work, he threw a fear of selling a bad painting.  Locked in.

Saturday Fears

Dustin:  Be rejected for catch, lose a dance contest, and be rejected for dance
Aspiration 1,920

Angela: Still afraid of everyone dying
Aspiration 1,600

Ah.  Off to the My Muse for Dustin.  Let's just hope he is such a miserable dancer that he loses.

FINALLY.  Dustin gets rejected for dance.  Phew.

He also lost the dance contest which was locked in....his aspiration point total was now 500.  Woo.

Joe took a page out of Dustin's book and hung out in the front yard to see if maybe he could get rejected for dancing, but no.  Everyone danced with him whom he asked. Aww, looky.  Saying hello to his child.

Anna went inside to have the baby.  Very faupax to have it in the front yard.

Is it a boy or a giiiirrrrl???

Meet Gaston, Anna and Joe's first child.  He has the Burb brown eyes, but has his Granny Jennifer's black hair, with blond recessive.  Good looking little boy!  Anna fed him and put him down to sleep in Ney-Ney's bed.  That was rough on Ney cause she was crying to be put down for a nap.  But her cake up day was in just a couple of hours, so she was kept up.

Happy birthday to yooouuuu Neytiri!

As mentioned earlier, Neytiri is a a Sagittarius and will be a Knowledge Sim.  Aspiration is something I used to roll for, left over from my days playing Prosperity.  However I learned that there is reason to the Simbology madness, and the aspiration is actually linked to zodiac behind the scenes. 

Grow up wishes:  Buy a lemonade stand, make a friend and be friends with both of the cats, Tad and Brittany. She had gotten in her wishes for the day as a toddler, so none of these were realized.

Sunday Fears

Dustin:  Be rejected for play catch or toss football, be rejected for dance.

Angela:  Be enemies with her new grandson Gaston, Dustin or Anna.  heh

What did Ney-Ney want this day?  Go fishing, get A+ Report Card, jump rope, and play with cat Tad.

She jumped rope, played with both Tad (pictured) and cat Brittany, and then rolled max Creativity.  The bookcase came in real handy.  She is a fast learner, as most TS2 Aliens are.

Creativity being maxed spurred a visit from the dancing lady...with an offer for membership to My Muse.  Neytiri accepted!

Sunday night was Gaston's cake up day.  Mama Anna arrived home from work just in time for the ceremony.  Grampy Dustin was at work.

Woohoo!  Look at that strapping young man.  Classic Burb appearence.

First wishes:  Toddler stuff:  learn to walk and talk, then be tickled by both mom and dad.  Gaston is a Gemini, meaning he will be a Fortune Sim like his grandpa Dustin.

Gaston is one cutie patooty!  He learned to walk and talk before he had to be put down for the night.  He managed to win all five wishes before.

Before bedding down for the night Joe checked for his next desired career as he had done every day, and it finally came up, he grabbed it.  Looks like he is still on night shift, but won't be working until the wee hours!

And that is where we end this visit with the Broke/Burbs!




Summary

This is been one wild ride.  Dustin and Angela have one day of life left.  So none of the fear mongering that was done in this round did anything to affect that.  In order for it to have any affect at all, the Sim would have to gain much less aspiration throughout their lifetime, and NOT be in platinum aspiration at age transition.   That is not possible with wishes being done at the rate of 5 a day.

After 8 rounds of playing 5 wishes a day, I have a pretty good handle on how the wish system works.  Time to switch it up.  It is important that Sims not be in Platinum all the time if they are not Perm Plat.

1. If a Sim is showing Platinum mood, NO wishes will be fulfilled.
2. Wishes will only be realized at the rate of 3 a day, or a maximum of 1,500 points a day.  That is, if one wish is fulfilled worth 2,000 points, then it is done for the day.  If three wishes worth 250 points each are fulfilled for a total of 750, then it is done of the day.  This will put an end to tons of aspiration points being given out per the "Ask Sim On Date" wish.
3. Woohoo will still be honored, even if all wishes are in for the day.
4. It is important for checks and balances to fulfill fears as well.  At least one fear per Sim will be attempted, even perm plat Sims.

I have found out it is very difficult to realize Sim fears.  If anyone has any tips on this, I am open to ideas!

My goal will be for the Sims to NOT go perm plat until AFTER they age up to elder.  This is going to be tricky.  This means that career based LTWs will not be taken until close to aging up. 

Dustin:  Not much to say about him.  He never did finish a book he was working on.  ASimWen was busy trying to make him realize fears.  He will pass early on in Round 9.  He is 81.

Angela:  Fought with her BFF Jan Tellerman a lot at the beginning of the week to try to realize enemy status fear.  We found out that even if the fear is fulfilled and rolls away, the BFF status does not change to Enemy, and the points are not deducted.  She is 77.

Joseph:  Gave birth to his alien daughter Princess Neytiri.  Who knows what movie this name is from?  Not one of my favorites, but a great movie none the less!  Joe worked in the Criminal field most of the round, the finally got his next desired career in Intelligence on Sunday.  He will age up in 15 days.

Anna:  Wants to earn $100,000 as her next LTW.  She should be close to it as the household realized TONS of money in the stock market this round.  She will age up in 15 days.

Princess Neytiri:  Love this little girl, but on the other hand ASimWen loves Aliens in TS2!  Like any Alien, she has extreme traits.  One point each in Neat, Outgoing.  She scores full 10 in Active, Playful, and Nice.  For once, a nice Alien!  She has already maxed Creativity, has 6.27 logic points, and 1.5 points in body.    Ending Wishes:  Go fishing, get A+ Report Card, play with cat Tad, and get Logic 7.  She will age up in 7 days...or cake up in 6.

Gaston: A cute little toddler. Gained walking and talking, still needs potty.  Ending wishes:  Play with and talk to dad, play with and talk to mom.  He has 4 days to age up, or 3 to cake up.

ODD PICS OUT

Almost lost the Koi pond....the cats would have been sad!

Cats gain lots of "fun" watching the fish.

And that is it!  Next is the Lucy (Burb) and Komie Tellerman home!  Thank you for stopping by...leave your ideas on fulfilling fears below!

Keep on Simming....and spay or nueter your pets!

~ASimWen