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!

1. Instant City, a BaMC-Challenge
Household Disc
Fall 2
Instant City
Household Disc,
Fall 2

2. Hello and Welcome back to another episode – and another season, fall to be precise, of Instant City – a BaMC-Challenge! To
recapitulate: I’m going to try a BaCC-Challenge, where instead of mere 50.000, I’ll try to reach a population of 500.000! And
I’m determined to reach that goal and not get sidetracked by too many subplots and intrigues and… -

3. -… anyway, subplot… I mean recap, recap! – So, this Challenge started out with Professor Disc, who wanted to conquer the
world for good with an army of Servos, a big city as support etc.… seriously, there are much worse plans and bad people out
there who would be much more terrible – or competent – world rulers, so I guess he actually had a chance at pulling it
off….-

4. -…. Unfortunately, the Professors plans were kinda undermined by the fact, that he has a family now, and a family always
means trouble… so yeah, so ultimately, he kicked everyone out of his house who didn’t agree with him, leaving him all
alone….-

5. -… oh, and then there was that accident….-

6. -… and to top it off, one of the Professors many Servos, S-4, decided to dethrone him and become the new world ruler or
whatever himself…. Well, he’s in the politics career, so that’s expected and I would actually vote for him considering the
alternatives…-

7. -… in the end, the Professor was kinda down and utterly devastated…-

8. -… but thankfully some of his creations had a really good idea to cheer him up…-

9. -… by telling him to go on vacation and stop worrying about his life works being utterly ruined… now some might say that is
a terrible advice, you can’t run away from your problems.... But I had to playtest these new unowned community lots,
soooo….-

10. -… anyway, enough of this silly recap, it’s present time again, and here isssss Professor DISC! –
‘Aah… Home, sweet home, I’m glad I went on this vacation, it was fun and enjoyable, and I didn’t even have a single one of
these cramps I got after being on this UFO that looked similar to the one that knocked up my ungrateful son and…’

11. ‘:..urghhhh…. Curses, here they are again….’

12. ‘…. Phew, feeling better now…. Perhaps I should eat something to calm my stomach…. *munch*… bah, this cake taste really
bad…. Oh, right, my son bought this one… and ate a bit of it before his alien toddlers were born… I really need to clean out
my fridge more…’
*car horn*

13. ‘Jeez! I almost forgot the car pool…wait for me, I can’t be late first day after vacation, or I’ll loose my job… it’s already
difficult enough to have more money than any Sim in recorded Sim history just to realize that the game thinks you’re dirt
poor and doesn’t let you buy anything, I need the extra hunger and bladder refilling…!’
- … you know, I’ve been silent for the last pics mostly because you really act much more relaxed after your vacation…
buuut, you know… there’s still all this broken family / Servo Usurper / Myssssteriuous Stomach Cramps thing….-
‘…CURSES! Forgot about that… gah, I feel soooo lonely, so depressed, soooo crampy….’
-… me and my big mouth…-

14. -… okay, we can fix that…. Hey, look Professor, you never opened your presents! –
‘*Snif* presents?’
-Yeah, the presents you acquired last season from some of your Servos… we have a magic oil lamp and a bookcase of
education… and the Servo said he had marked a few books in it for proper child raising techniques….!-
‘… well the oil lamp looks nice, but I’m not really in the mood for magic humbug… I am a Professor, a Man of Science… and
also a wizard…… aanyway, the last time I read a book about child raising, it destroyed my family, so not interested…’
- READ! NOW! BECAUSE SUBPLOT! –
‘*Gulp* Yessir…’

15. -…and so…-
‘Mhmm… oh… aha… okaay, so bottom line, the last book I read about child raising basically told me how NOT to raise
children… at least not adult children…. ‘
- Well, all child raising books tell something different of course, but let’s go with the oversimplification that the book Servo
S-4 – the Servo that usurped you and is now Mayor of the city – gave you was crap….-

16. ‘… mhmm, aha, mhmm… ‘
- And so the Professor read and read… meanwhile the newspapers were rotting away and the bills were piling up, while
the Professors wealth grew even more… right now, we just broke the 300 Million Simoleons mark!... –
‘…Aw man… again! And I can’t spent it on anything… and I am going to miss my carpool again…. Wait for meee…!’

17. *SPROING*
‘… ! … uh-oh… I knew, there was some kind of catch with this child raising books…’
- … you can be really oblivious sometimes, Mr. Myssterious Cramps…-
‘Oh. Right….self denial coupled with going through a phase…yes please?’
- …. Hm, we can work with that… so I guess, you have some more time to learn about child raising…-

18. -… and so the Professor read and read… not just child raising, but also the last missing skills… until now, he had been
actually the last playable adult sim who hadn’t maxed all his kills…-

19. -… and with one more bump…-

20. -… we finally added the last other missing skills… it seems, your last one was fixing broken relationships, Professor? –
‘Yes… though the book was a bit more comprehensive, as I learned a few things how to fix other than just romantic
relationships… coupled with the child raising knowledge I got from this, I think I know what to do now….’

21. ‘… and the first thing I need to do is to call my children… thankfully we’re still considered to be friends by the game…’

22. ‘ Hi. This is the Answering Machine of Son-1. Unfortunately I’m not at home, try it again later
*Mumble*unlessyou’remydadinwhichcasedieinafire*Mumble* . Thank you!’
‘THIS UNGRATE… ehrm… okay, sorry, sorry, I guess I deserved that…. ‘
- Amazing, you really made progress with your child raising skills, Professor….-

23. ‘… *sigh* one left… please don’t be an answering machine, please don’t… Oh Hi, Daughter! It’s your old man, the Professor,
how’s it going?!’

24. ‘….no, no, no, please don’t hang up, I’m not prank calling… no, I’m not calling because I want something, could you let me
please… *sigh* look, we can now yell at each other for all the things we did wrong… okay, that came out wrong, you have
the right to yell, I’m not, but please give me one minute, okay? Okay, thank you… so this is really hard for me, but I deserve
that…. In short, I just said, I wanted to say: I am sorry! I apologize for being a rotten Dad , a bad example of fatherhood for
all generations, for every time I yelled at you, wasn’t there for you, didn’t care for you or your brother… and I know I don’t
deserve a second chance, but please, if possible, could you find it in your heart to forgive and let me at least try to make it
up to you and try to better myself in the future? P-L-E-E-E-A-S-E?’

25. ‘… … … that was the sappiest, sentimental crap I’ve ever heard from you, Dad… unfortunately, it’s the kind of crap that
makes me gushy all inside, so while I seriously doubt you have changed, I give you props for pretending…’
‘Oh… okay… soo… any chance you could come over so we can…. talk… in person, I mean?’
‘… whatever… better than keeping the gushy feeling… see ya…’
‘… thank you…’

26. ‘Hello, my dear… ooof, is the sun so bright, or just your presence…?’
‘…hi Da…OooooOH *hugs*!’
‘Woah… okay, I know, that first sentence was another crappy sentimental one … and not really good, I admit, but..’
‘Don’t care! Must! Feel! Pregnant! Belly!’
‘… okay, so this is awkward right now… I had a few things I have to say prepared, but now I’m not sure how to go from
here…’

27. ‘… ah never mind, Dad, but I just love-love-love children…. I love my little brothers kids, and I’m secretly dreaming of being a
mommy one day…!’
‘Oookay, that’s a lot of info to digest for me right now… though I faintly remember you being the only one caring for my
grandchildren last season…. And me not caring for them at all, rotten grandfather that I am… sooo, this might be a big jump,
but… is there anyone special in your life right now? No parental surveillance of course, you’re an adult, I have no right…’
‘Oh, no I don’t have anyone, I’m a Romance sim after all… also, I like women, so no worries about unexpected pregnancies…
like yours…’
‘Ouch…that was… even more awkward, and kinda painful… not because of the gay, nothing wrong with that, but…’

28. ‘…Ouch, ouch, OUCH, OUCH, OUCH – AGAIN, THE PAIN!’
-… smooth way to escape the gay thing, Prof…-
‘OUCH! OUCH! I’L KILL THAT ALIEN WHO DID THIS TO ME…and to my so…OUCH!’
- Shut up and give birth Prof…-

29. -… and it’s twins! Again! Yay! Population is rising again…! -
Population:
Playables = 181
Households = 80
Community Lots = 163
Business Districts = 7
SM = 1[Starter] + 1[1st Bus.]
+ 35[7 BD] + 32[163 Bus.] =
69
= 181 x 69 = 12489

30. -… aaah, so kyute…-

31. -… and it’s a boy and a girl, which we name…. Son-2 and Daughter-2? PROFESSOR! –
‘Hrrng… I’m sorry, I panicked… I really wanted to give them better names this time, but then I thought that this would have
been unfair to their elder siblings…’
‘I agree with that, and we got our own special names later after all…I’m ‘Rose’ because of all the Rose bouquets I got from
my dates and my brother is ‘Robinson’, because he sang in one chapter or so… also nice twist with the ‘son’ in the name…
by the way dad, do you remember our original names you gave us?’
‘I’m sorry, I forgot… but they were crappy, I am a crappy dad after all… like right now, where I only can hold one child… Rose,
could you please…?’

32. ‘Oh right, sorry Dad… c’mere my little sibling, Mommy Rose is there for you…dudududu…’
‘Rose, that is not the proper way to speak to a child…’
‘Dad, this is an actual baby, not a grown-up Plantsim like me… saying dududu to them is okay…’
‘Oh, is it? And how do you know this?!’
‘…well…*unsure*…’
‘Ehrr, no sorry…sorry, forget what I said… that was mean, I meant: neither of us really knows, how to raise babies… I’m
doing this myself for the first time too…. So let’s try and learn together, okay?’
‘Wow… you really have changed, have you?!’

33. ‘…. Here, drink, my little one…’
‘Ooooh, cuteness overload….!’
‘Didn’t expect that of your old Dad, did you? Though I’m glad, we kept your old trick with the snapdragon protected cribs
leaving the babies happy all the time… Not that I don’t mean that I don’t want to do all the diaper changing and staying up
at night and… okay, I don’t really want to do it, but it’s my first time, and this way it’s safer than me screwing up again…’
‘Right – because right now, you are screwing up, Dad! Making yourself bad… can’t say that I didn’t need to hear that from
you, because I did… but now it’s enough… and yes, I’ll forgive you Dad, let’s start over…’

34. ‘… *sigh* you don’t know how much I needed to hear that, Rose, so…’

35. ‘… here – happy belated birthday! Because we never celebrated a single birthday of you ever, let’s start with that…’
‘… okay…. Awkward again, Dad!’
‘… I know, but I wanted to give you a present and was looking for a clever excuse… panicked again…’
‘… The author made you do it to give me the oil lamp, I get it, Dad…’
- No he didn’t! Nu uh! Nope! No subplot to see here! –
‘Do you even know what subplot you are going here for?’
-… no… now shut up, we somehow need to continue this mess…-

36. -… so ultimately, Professor Disc successfully was able to reconcile with his daughter…-

37. -… and take care of his new children as well… okay, perhaps snapdragon crib sitting is not the most intimate way of caring
for babies, but it is an effective one and definitely gives you more time to really improve family relationships…-

38. -… like the Professor tried – after successfully bonding with his daughter – with his son…-
‘Hello, son? Here is your old Dad… yes, I heard what your answering machine said, but I….look, I am really deeply sorry for
what I did to you, okay? So please just hear me … oh come on, that was mean… listen, I just apologized, and if you don’t
think that’s enough, again: I am sorry what I did or didn’t do to you, that I…’

39. ‘… hey! Hey Stop that! Stop that stupid ‘Dududu’ and… okay, yes, I did that to you, I’m sorry for that and… hey, can’t we
have a normal conversation like to adults and try… YOU… sorry, but you’re really pushing my buttons right now….look, I just
apologized to your sister, and you have two alien siblings now and… what? NO! I didn’t sick that alien on you! Heck, it did
the same to me because I tried to find it so that it… That’s crazy, why would I put an alien on you and…Okay, I tried to be
nice, but you are as stubborn as your old man so shut up and listen: I AM SO..!’
*hang up*

40. ‘…HELLO? HELLO!’
- … Professor, even I’d say at this point: let it go. I believe you that you tried to fix things, but… some things just can’t be
fixed, only thing you can do is not to break them even more….-
‘…*sigh* you’re right… I shouldn’t bother my son anymore, and I have 2 more children to care about now…’

41. - … and so he did, he even threw a party for the little ones…-

42. -… and there were actually many members of our dysfunctional family present: Daughter-1, Vonnie, the infallible good
witch, TCO and Ultimata… okay, the Professor didn’t reconcile yet with them, but Rose persuaded them to come for old
times sake….-

43. -… and here they are, our newest additions to the Disc family, Daughter-2…-

44. -… and Son-2…-

45. -… and we all had a swell birthday party with them…-

46. -… and oh wonder, the Professor actually continued to be a good Dad, teaching his children all alone to talk and walk, way
into winter…. Yep, that was a rather short, gushy episode, not much happened… mostly because all I wanted was to grow up
the alien babies, and add the Professors last skills… but I actually enjoyed writing it, makes me forget that my progenitor
would never call and apologize and… okay, I stop now…
Happy Simming!