Building a Metropolis Challenge (BaMC) - based on the original rules for the Build a City Challenge (BaCC) by ClintCasey85, found at: http://boolprop.net/viewtopic.php?f=52&t=45 - Difference: reach a population of 500.000!
3. - ā¦The E household, also known as the guys visiting the Far East, also also known as the Oceanographers, also also also
known as the right hands of Poseidonā¦ and also known as the household I donāt really know what else is there to say
about themā¦ ā
āHEY!ā
- Well excuse me, but itās not my faultā¦ well it IS kinda is my fault, but that is totally beside the point, that you have no
personalityā¦-
ā:.. If this is your best defense to not giving us characters, why even bother to argue?... *sigh*ā¦ okay, all Skills maxed, letās
get back to work as the oh so highly respected right hands of a real god(!)ā¦ā
4. -ā¦ and we start right of with the oh so well respected chance card of the boss having an ugly picture hanging in his office
and whether or not to say somethingā¦ of course, since the boss is Poseidon, this chance card suddenly sounds quite
remarkableā¦-
5. -ā¦. Unfortunately, the pay off is still as laughable, and not just because the boss finally admits, that the picture is ugly, and
we suffer a decrease in hobby enthusiasm because we were too chicken to say it firstā¦-
āHey!ā
6. -ā¦ oh well, the rest of the season is now completely free, so after delivering a few last roses from last seasonsā datesā¦-
7. -ā¦ and adding our last additional skills, like how to talk to babiesā¦-
āIām already afraid, why you make all Servos learn themā¦.ā
8. -ā¦ and finally taking one last sunbath while waiting for the postman to give us our next billā¦.-
9. -ā¦. itās finally time for ā¦. VAAAA-CAAAA-SHUUUN!!! ā
āOh goodieā¦ thatās actually a nice idea, to have anotherā¦. Waitā¦ this is going to be another āooh, get this vacation perk, and
another and another andā¦ā-vacation, right?!ā
-ā¦ *whistles innocently* -
10. -ā¦ and so another trip into the mysterious Far East startedā¦-
11. -ā¦ and we even invited someone from the F Household to share into the experienceā¦-
āOh thank you, how thoughtfulā¦ā
12. -ā¦ to gift him the obligatory bookcase of education, before we switch him off for the rest of the vacationā¦-
āWait, whaā¦?ā *Switched off*ā¦
13. -ā¦ and then itās time forā¦ the way of the ninja! ā
āā¦. Ooh, now I get itā¦ weāre gonna spent the entire vacation this time running around from lot to lot just to learn
teleporting from that randomly appearing guy, without having a single hour of relaxation andā¦ā
- Shut up, and focus on answering the ninjaās riddle correctlyā¦-
14. -ā¦ like the riddle what was first, the ninja ā or the sword? -
15. -ā¦ and we answer correctly with the sword, and learn how to teleport - yay! -
16. -ā¦ then we failed, not answering correctly about whether courage or wisdom is more importantā¦-
17. -ā¦ but then we succeed again with answering correctly, that you should listen to your heart, not just your mindā¦-
18. -ā¦ and another failā¦ *sigh*ā¦ okay, just to explain the ninja riddle: it is just another chance card, with a 50/50 chance to
answer correctlyā¦ or actually, it is a 50/49/1 Chance with 1 being the chance to be always wrongā¦ I have to speculate here,
but I guess, this 1 percent would in a normal chance card be the āignoreā option, and since it doesnāt exist here, always ends
in failureā¦ with that said, always choosing option 1 is preferable, because it is the 50 percent option, while 2 only has a 49
percent chanceā¦-
26. -ā¦ and after some exercise - because everyone in the household had gained so much weight due to eating at the
restaurants and snack machines of the other households to raise their community business levelā¦-
27. -ā¦ and some more trying out the new teleportation, because after running around so much itās just fun to use it for ā¦ forā¦
well everythingā¦-
28. -ā¦. I also decided to take a risk and let the household dig for treasureā¦ well, I guess, all these tries with the ninja somehow
brought me into a space of mind where I can even endure all the rocks and bones and rocks and bones and Tiki statues and
rocks and bones and amphorae andā¦-
29. -ā¦ okay, to make it short, after many many many maaaaaany tries, I was able to find at least 2ā¦.-
30. -ā¦ I mean 3 treasure chests ā and as for the question, how many plumbing's I broke, and how many times the digging Servo
or Serva went amok, saw the social bunny or simply stood around complaining from the bad environmentā¦ well, again, my
patience has somehow increased ten times with this $&%Ā§ ninja, so I didnāt even shoot a picture of them making @$$es
out of themselvesā¦-
āHey! You forced us! Youāre the @$$...ā
- ā¦Again, a state of complete patience so I already forgot what unpleasant things you just told meā¦-
31. -ā¦anyway, the vacation ended all too soon...-
āYou mean, before all of us could discover treasure chestsā¦ā
- Ommmmmā¦.!-
32. -ā¦ and since it was a great vacation, everyone got their three vacation perks, including Servo F-1, who therefore had the
easiest vacation just standing aroundā¦. -
33. -ā¦ and since it was so much fun, itās time for ā another VA-CA-SHUN! ā
āAnother one? Now donāt get me wrong, I donāt mind the vacation ā but itās not really a vacation when all we do isā¦ā
- Shush ā now go buy a vacation homeā¦.-
36. -ā¦ okay, the chest pounding and slap dancing out of the way, itās time to visit Bigfoot, Armin Bigfoot to be preciseā¦-
37. -ā¦ and here is, where the idea of multicultural really comes into play, as for the ābefriend Bigfootā vacation memento, the
easiest way to do so was to tell him the dragon legend from Far East overā¦-
40. -ā¦ so eventually bigfoot became everyoneās friend, and it was definitely easier than to play kicky bag with him for two
daysā¦-
āPLEASE ā stopā¦ Iāve been awake for three days, I need sleepā¦ come on guys, I thought we were friendsā¦ā
āNegative, Hairy Meat bag, you still need to become friends with E-1ā¦ You will be befriended, resistance is futile!ā
41. -ā¦ unfortunately, we couldnāt invite Bigfoot into the household, as the household is fullā¦. Well, maybe another timeā¦ for
now, we still have some vacation mementos left, like looks at tree rings, throwing axesā¦-
42. -ā¦ and make other Sims go splashā¦ okay, so sometimes the household lost and the bath drained their energyā¦.-
43. -ā¦ but eventually, everyone won a game at log rolling, so after a fun day in the mountains, we went home and then learned
the hula danceā¦-
āAw, come on, this is now really inappropriate ā this is the mountain vacation, and we learn hula?!ā
-ā¦ again, multicultural experience, deal with itā¦-
44. -ā¦and itās another beautiful day in Three Lakes, and a good time to get the ātour tripā vacation mementoā¦-
āAll you care about I donāt care aboutā¦ā
45. -ā¦ and time for some chance cards: As the expedition begins clearing the logging trees, a family of beavers emerges from
the river, angry about all the chopping. Should the group offer the beavers food to appease them or try to scare them away
with loud noises?-
āThey can have our food, we donāt eat anywaysā¦ā
- Remember, how fat you were in Takemizu village?...-
āThat doesnāt count!ā
-ā¦ oh well, perhaps the beavers will explode from eating all your stocksā¦-
āHEY!ā
46. - And: The beavers quickly forget about the trees when they see the food, munching happily as they watch the expedition
makes its way down the river. Everybody gains a logic skill point! ā¦yay, if we hadnāt already maxed all skillsā¦.okay, next
tourā¦-
47. -ā¦, and next card: The bird watchers find the nest of an extremely rare seven-toed robin, but the mother is no where to be
found. It looks like one of the eggs has fallen out of the nest and lies intact on the ground beneath. Should they put the egg
back into the nest or leave it where it is? ā
āLet nature take itās courseā¦ā
-ā¦AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWā¦-
āBut if I touch itā¦ā
- Please donāt tell me the same myth my parents drilled into me for years, that the egg wonāt be accepted for its smell ā
birds generally have a bad sense of smell, and even if the egg is dead, itās worth the try, as long as youāre carefulā¦-
48. - They carefully place the egg back into the nest. Moments later, the mother returns to the nest, surprised and overjoyed
to find the egg. Everybody gains a charisma skill point! ā
āHow? Itās a bird, it wonāt tell the story to a paperā¦ also, egg is probably dead anywayā¦ā
- Oh shut upā¦-
49. -ā¦ rather do the next chance card: At the impressive Biyefo Cave, the hikers get their cameras out to take some pictures
when a very angry bigfoot comes running out. Should they run away or stay and try to take some pictures of the bigfoot? ā
āOh hi, Armin ā wanna hear the dragon legend again?ā
55. -ā¦ by the way, if you ever happen to try the treasure chest memento with a Servo, be sure to have a bed nearbyā¦ if youāre
lucky, their energy will recharge there fast enough that they wonāt run amok anymoreā¦-
56. -ā¦ unfortunately, one sad discovery I made by taking them to recharge via sleep was that Servos canāt sleep in tentsā¦
which means that Servos can never ever ever get the sleep in a tent vacation memento *cries* -
āSeriouslyā¦ youāre upset aboutā¦. this??ā
-ā¦ oh to never be able to sleep in a tent, to never experience the joy from freezing in your sleeping bag or almost drown
because your tent isnāt really waterproof, all the bugs, needles, stenchā¦-
āYouāre not helping your caseā¦ā
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57. -ā¦ anyway, while the tent doesnāt work, at least we were able to get a few snapshots for our photo album vacation
memoryā¦-
58. -ā¦ and what a lovely album it isā¦-
āYou pointed the camera into every friggin direction and then just included everything in here! Heck, you bought each one
an album with the same picsā¦!ā
-ā¦ sorry, got tired from all the digging, plus every album has to start somewhere, right?-
āWell, true, but couldnāt you at least try to include something more noteworthyā¦?ā
60. āā¦.the gipsy delivering a genie lamp to us, the first ever in the entire BaMC Challenge so far, and on our vacation home in
the mountains no less?!ā
- Hoooā¦ okay, that was impressive, wasnāt it? Unfortunately, I didnāt notice and couldnāt order someone to shoot a pic in
timeā¦ oh well, look at it that way, I can still copy and paste later, okay? -
61. -ā¦ anyway, the vacation was almost over, so there was only thing left for us to practice ā how to hang loose! ā
āAnnnd multiculti again right? Seriously, youāre obsessed with this, doing hula and Twikki greeting in the mountains,
torturing Bigfeet with dragon legendsā¦ā
- Ups, vacationās over, better go homeā¦-
62. -ā¦ and get your three vacation perksā¦ unfortunately, while some of the household members still had their perks left from
the Far East Vacation, they didnāt add up to the new onesā¦ pityā¦-
63. -ā¦ oh welllā¦ time for a another Va-CAAA-SHUUUN!-
āAnotherā¦? Oh come onā¦!ā
67. -ā¦ and then ordered room service for everyone ā yay, room service vacation memento! ā
āWhy do I even bother to say something to thisā¦? Wait, seriously, why do I botherā¦?ā
- Nag, nag nagā¦ letās go on a tour you grumpā¦.-
69. -ā¦. And chance card: As the passengers admire the exotic fan corals, drum fish and sea horses they notice a strange shape in
the water. On closer examination they see it's an underwater camera! It doesn't appear to be damaged but no one seems to
be around to claim it. Should the tourists pick it up and take it to the lost and found or leave it alone? ā
āMine, Mine, Mineā¦ā
- ā¦ fortune Servosā¦-
70. - A short while after pulling the camera from the water the passengers start to notice tiny red dots on their arms. The
captain informs them that they must have fallen prey to insidious sea lice and they head home itching all over! Good
thing, youāre Servos, so donāt have any skin that couldā¦-
ā*Scratch* *Scratch* *Scratch*ā
-ā¦.-
71. -ā¦ okay, so due to the constant Scratching, the next trip left Servo E-1 behindā¦-
72. -ā¦ which instead of a chance card, ended with the household just finding another map to the witch doctors house ā first
time, that I get such a resultā¦-
73. -ā¦ so Servo E-1 had to take on the trip single, which produced avacation chance card again: The helicopter is flying over a
live volcano when the pilot yells something to the passengers, points to a panel with two buttons and turns back around.
The roar of the rotors is so loud they can't hear what he said, and he doesn't respond when they ask. Which button should
they press? ā
āWHAT?! I CANāT HEAR YOU, WHAT DID THE CHANCE CARD SAY?!ā
- Oh stop pretending and just push the right buttonā¦-
74. -ā¦ And: Holding their breaths, they press the red button. They're relieved to find that it turns on the air conditioner. They
enjoy a hot view in cool comfort. Everybody gains a mechanical skill point!...ookay, why is the air conditioner button red?
Arenāt red buttons supposed to be the ādo not pressā buttons everywhere? ā
āMust ā press ā red ā buttonā¦!ā
-ā¦ oh right, makes senseā¦-
75. -ā¦ and with having fulfilled the āgo on all tripsā vacation memento, itās finally time to go see the witch doctor *cues
chipmunk music*ā¦-
77. -ā¦ and getting the little Mr. Mickles Voodoo doll as rewardā¦ which is sometimes a hard thing to do, and I advise everyone,
that after repairing the witch doctors microwave, dish washer, TV and bathtub to switch off free will, because if your Sim
gets ideas before the witch doctors reaches him, the entire action of handing over Mr. Mickles will be cancelledā¦ also, only
one Mr. Mickles per vacation possible, which since I want every household member to get the Mr. Mickles dollā¦-
ā*GROOOAAAAAAAN*!ā
78. -ā¦ okay, so with this foreshadowing, we can now take on the last vacation mementosā¦-
80. -ā¦. Making a few friendsā¦ okay, not a memento, but itās fun just befriending people by queuing up the dragon legendā¦.-
81. -ā¦ or eating somethingā¦ please donāt get fat again, guysā¦-
82. -ā¦ oh, and E-3 even got a little reward from the god for his offerā¦-
83. -ā¦ and then a little trip to get the last massage learnedā¦-
84. -ā¦. While the locals continue to greet us with their hang loose gesture autonomouslyā¦ sorry, girls, we already learned how
to hang loose in Three Lakes, but how about a chest poundā¦ or do you like to hear the Dragon legend? -
85. -ā¦ eventually, we learned all the last hot stone massage, so letās go on the last tripā¦-
86. -ā¦ and on to the last chance card: As soon as the boat picks up full speed, the rope that connects the boat and the
parachute starts tearing and a few seconds later, the parachute is sailing freely. Should the group try to steer the chute or
let the wind determine the destination? ā
āWEEEEEEEE- IāM FLYYYYING!ā
-ā¦ Iām not worried about flying, itās the landing that will hit hardā¦-
87. -ā¦ oh well: The parachute isn't really meant to be steered and every attempt to guide it, maneuvers it away from the beach
and into the mainland. Landing in the jungle, the group has to fight its way back into civilization. The hard work in the heat
gets everyone a point of body skill! ā¦again, never mind, we are already maxedā¦.-
88. -ā¦ letās just get out of hereā¦ oh hello, random tourists who offers a hang loose greeting to learn.....-
89. -ā¦ and hello, random native girlā¦ yes, we still know the hang loose greetingā¦-
90. -ā¦ now a short trip to the pirate ship, dig out some seashells to get the expenses for the vacation backā¦ -
95. -ā¦ and then he starts to sing us a shantyā¦ and on a totally unrelated topic: why did nobody ever try extracting this squeeze
box and also try to add these animations to it to make it a usable object? ā¦-
āYou know nothing about Sims animation and you complain about this?!ā
-ā¦if I donāt, will anybody ever think about making such an item? ā
āAfter Sims 4 came out? Dream on, loserā¦ā
96. -ā¦ okay, the shanty was so enthralling, nobody including the captain realized that the sun came out, and when it did, he
burnt to little crisp andā¦-
āHeās a ghost, not a vampire!ā
- In the sunlight? ā
āEver seen Ghost busters?ā
- Point -
97. -ā¦ so one more stop nowā¦ oh hello, other random native girl greeting us to do hang looseā¦-
98. -ā¦ where we learn the fire dance, closing in on the last vacation mementos neededā¦-
99. -ā¦ and hello again, tourist who greets everyone with hang looseā¦-
100. -ā¦ and also hello, charlatan inā¦ native clothingā¦ seriously, I just realized how silly this looksā¦ okay, I also want to know,
where these natives keep their walletsā¦?-
āHey, weāre done with the fire dancing, what now?ā
-ā¦actually, I guess, weāre doneā¦-
102. -ā¦ hello, third random native girl that offers us hang looseā¦-
āOkay, thatās it ā what is it with you and constantly showing pictures of hanging loose?...ā
103. āā¦ I mean, we all can do it, see?ā *Hangs loose*
- I know, that you can do it, and a lot of other inhabitants in Instant City tooā¦ in fact, perhaps everybody in Instant City
should learn it, what do you thinkā¦?-
āIs this going anywhere?ā
-ā¦ okay, okay, itās an inside jokeā¦ if you donāt get it, youāre not inside of itā¦ letās just get home nowā¦.-
105. -ā¦. So letās do it again! ā
āWhat?ā
- Well, we need 5 great vacations for the 5 great vacation memento, and more Mr. Mickles, so here we goā¦-
106. -ā¦ and hello again, Mr. Witch doctorā¦ *cues Music*ā¦-
110. -ā¦ but even with only one Mr. Mickles and one visit to the secret vacation lot, it was a great vacation again, so now we have
already two Servos, that have all but the sleep in tent vacation mementoā¦ -
111. -ā¦ and finally, to get all the Mr. Mickles mementos for everyone, the rest does a single vacation all by themselvesā¦-
117. -ā¦. And six Mr. Micklesā¦. Okay, seriously, Mr. Witch Doctor, how come, that your appliances constantly break and instead of
calling a repair man, you prepare voodoo dolls? Let me guess, youāre a butter finger, that canāt touch things without
breaking themā¦-
ā*magic voodoo doll looking like me gets pierced*ā
- OWWWWWW!!! -
118. -ā¦ *ouch*ā¦ okay, thatās it, no more Island visits, weāre doneā¦-
āNope!ā
- What now? ā
āOh, I went for one more visit to the island, you know, fixed witch doctorās stuff againā¦ā
119. āā¦ annd now I happen to have a second Mr. Mickles ā see it in my memory block?ā
- ā¦ Whyā¦ would you do that??...-
āOh, no reasonā¦ *recharges*ā¦ā
- Iām warning youā¦ in case, you think you can use that against me, may I remind you, that the season is almost over, and
then youāre stuck in Limbo for a long time again??? ā
āThanks for reminding meā¦.*dials*ā
120. āā¦ and if he ever is making trouble again, just pinch this thing andā¦ā
-HEEY, HEY, HEY ā Canāt we just talk this over? Pretty Please? ā
āā¦ hmā¦ nope.ā
- I will not forget thaā¦*OW* -
āSorry ā slippedā¦ *grin*ā
-ā¦. My wrath will know no endā¦.-
121. -ā¦ and sooā¦-
āā¦ *hff*ā¦ there, a treasure chest, can I stop now?ā
- You perhaps, but we still have 3 more members left, that still need to find a chestā¦-
āWhatever happened with the guy being afraid of getting pinched by Voodoo doll needles?ā
- Oh please, the first dozen times it was painful, but after that it became routine, and sweetened by looking at you
constantly breaking the plumbingā¦ told you, my wrath - and determination to get you all the vacation mementos ā will
know no endā¦-
122. -ā¦ and so we dug out one more treasure chestā¦-
124. -ā¦ and with this one, finally, every household member had found a treasure chest and thereby the maximum number of 44
vacation perks per Servoā¦.-
125. -ā¦ so itās time to occupy Instant City some moreā¦-
132. -ā¦ rinse and repeat for all the other new householdsā¦-
133. -ā¦ and thatās it for nowā¦ *phew* this actually took much longer than expected, and not just because of the treasure
hunting, but also because my hood showed signs of corruption, so I had to do some fixing firstā¦ tons of backups were
needed, but now weāre here andā¦-
āNo Business district for us? The last households all got oneā¦.ā
- ā¦ demanding anything after using Voodoo on me is just boldā¦-
āWell, youāre the one who wants to add Districtsā¦ we would be fairly happy to escape to a deserted island just to get away
from youā¦ā
-ā¦.. Know what? You just gave me an ideaā¦-
134. -ā¦. TA-DA! Here it is, our next and - since we ran out of Business Tycoons for now to add any more ā probably last Business
District for this Season: Coral Island, made by ambers_journey and downloadable here: 14 small SC4 terrains/islands ,
raising our population to almost 8500ā¦.-
New Business District added:
Population: 163 x (47 + New Business District = 5) = 8476
+ 3 new Education Careers opened
135. -ā¦ of course, I modified and decorated it a bit, to make it into a little Atoll island, complete with light tower and ship
wreckā¦the 3x3 street circle is covered under the rocky beach deco by the wayā¦. also, if you think about it, so far I had
added business districts this season with a dirt, a desert, a concrete and a temperate terrain, so I guess I can call this a
āwaterā terrainā¦and since I already discovered ways how to build a āShipā Lot in Numa Key, I might add some more here in
the futureā¦.-
āShow-off!ā
- Iām just going to overhear that for now, thanks to everyone willing to follow this chapter of heavy āVa-CA-SHUNā-ing and
bid you all farewell now until another episode of Instant City ā a BaMC Challenge! Happy Simming!! -
