This summarizes the author's attempt at a Polyamory Project Challenge in The Sims, where the goal is to romance multiple Sims and earn points. Last time, strawberry juice was effective and Albert became a father of twins. This time, the Sims are left to their own devices, resulting in activities like pillow fights, conversations, and jazz performances. Tragedy strikes when Professor Arianna Miguel, Zenon's old teacher and lover, passes away. The round ends with Corey earning 35 points for romantic interactions.
1. To recap: This is my attempt at a Polyamory Project Challenge,
created by princedeej28. The point of the challenge is to
romance more than one Sim and earn enough points to make
Hugh Hefner jealous.
Last time, we found out that strawberry juice works as
advertised. Vanessa tried to get romantic, but despite the lack of
Furiousness, Bertie wasn’t interested. Albert became the proud
father of twins, and I gained fifteen points.
Now that you’re all caught up, on with the story!
2. Bertie is not currently interested in any romantic interactions
with Vanessa. But Red Hands is just fine.
3. And because Bertie and Vanessa are not currently romantically
involved, this interaction provokes nothing more than an
indulgent smile.
BERTIE: Ow, Cowey! My back!
It was at about this point that I decided to be largely hands-off
for this round and see how my Sims would manage.
4. There were rather a lot of pillow fights.
Fittingly enough, since I personally consider “Pillow Fight” to
be something of a low-level flirt. I find that Sims who have
bolts for each other are far more likely to pull out a pillow and
whap each other in the face with it. It’s actually the interaction
of choice for my Sims who awkwardly have more bolts for an
in-law than for their spouse.
5. Which is probably why Bertie looks so nonplussed at this.
Bertie may like men and women pretty well equally, but Corey
is quite definitely and exclusively gay.
So what else does the household do when I’m not
micromanaging their lives?
6. Well, there’s an awful lot of this.
BERTIE: Hey Cowey, congwatuwations on making aww those
fwiends in cowwege.
7. COREY: Thanks, Bertie! Hey, congrats yourself on getting that
promotion a while back.
BERTIE: Which one?
COREY: Meh, does it matter?
9. Left to his own devices, this is Corey’s favorite activity.
You have no idea how sick I am of the music that goes with the
“Perform… Jazz” option right now.
10. This is Corey’s second-favorite activity.
BERTIE: Ow! Cowey! My back!
11. This is Vanessa’s favorite activity. She’s in front of the TV, but
it’s not on. She’s not even thinking about anything. She’s just
sitting.
12. This is Vanessa’s second-favorite activity.
I’m not entirely sure why I moved her in anymore. I think I
thought she was good-looking, but she hasn’t aged well.
13. Bertie is partial to telling Dirty Jokes.
BERTIE: …“Weww, thewe go Sundays!”
14. Now, although I’m being very hands-off this round, I’m not
playing an ISBI.* I do monitor everyone and tell them to take
care of major needs like eating, going potty, and going to bed.
Plus, I stop them doing things sometimes. (“Perform… Jazz,”
I’m looking at you.)
I also have them take care of smaller needs if they haven’t got
anything better to do. For instance, having multiple phones
makes clearing up everyone’s “Talk to Albert +100” Want very
easy. (If a Sim joins a preexisting conversation, they get the
points as if they’d made the phone call themselves. It’s much
faster that way.)
*An “I’m Surrounded By Idiots” challenge.
15. I exert even less control over the other Sims in the house.
Mostly, I try to make sure that they go to bed: when everyone’s
in bed at the same time, the game automatically kicks into
Speed 3 and stays there until somebody wakes up.
Beverly and Professor Arianna played chess for so long that I
thought they might actually starve to death or wet themselves.
But apparently a Ph.D. allows Sims to stop playing right before
they hit one of those critical marks.
16. When I finally remembered to check on Gerard, this is what he
was doing. This surprised me, since he tends to paint instead of
clean.
17. Zenon goes to work and comes back from work and that’s
about I could tell you. He doesn’t seem to do much of anything
on Free Will. Mind you, his Want panel is full of things like
Call Albert To Chat, Kiss Professor Arianna, Flirt With
Professor Arianna, Play With Professor Arianna, and Give
Backrub To Professor Arainna.
Gerard, Beverly, Professor Arianna, and Corey have similar
Want panels.
18. The only one who ever does anything about it is Corey.
BERTIE: OW! Cowey! My back!
19. He may not be particularly creative, but he’s not shy about
getting what he Wants.
20. Come on, guys! This is entirely doable with autonomous
interactions! Stop moping around and do something!
22. Professor Arianna Miguel, 71 years old. Although Professor
Arianna was Zenon’s teacher for most of his college career,
there was absolutely no improper behavior between them until
after graduation. Then, of course, things got very improper very
fast. Professor Arianna had a “thing” for drummers, which may
or may not have contributed to Zenon’s decision to play the
drums. She also helped Albert with his homework well into
high school.
Goodbye, Dr. Miguel.
23. Zenon took her death very hard.
I know they’re only pixels and not-terribly-sophisticated
programming, but it’s always hard for me when Sims start
sobbing. So I suppose it’s just as well that this was the end of
the rotation.
24. Last time around, I earned 15 points. This time, Corey earned 35 for me.
How pathetic is it that my Sims are better at this than I am?
Until next time, Happy Simming!
Score for this round
Assorted romantic interactions x 7: 35
TOTAL: 35
Score as of last round: 515
GRAND TOTAL: 550
Relationship standings (Daily/Lifetime)
Bertie > Corey: 100/100. Best friends. Married.
Bertie > Vanessa: 98/85. Best friends.
Corey > Bertie: 100/100. Best friends. Married.
Corey > Vanessa: 96/96. Best friends.
Vanessa > Bertie: 98/77. Best friends.
Vanessa > Corey: 82/66. Best friends.
