Baby Boomer II: 50 Days of Extreme Parenting

[Metropolis Man]

Baby Boomer II: 50 Days of Extreme Parenting

GOAL:

Quantity and quality both factor into this kid-focused challenge. You definitely want your household to have lots of children, but you’ll also be scored on the kids achieving important milestones in their development. This is going to be one of the hardest challenges in the entire Tournament. Are you up to it?

RULES:

• Stating your intent to participate is mandatory. You will be added to the leader board after posting your intent to participate.
• After stating your intent you may practice ahead of time as much as you want to get your bearings and your strategy down. But, once you create characters for the real deal, that’s it — you are allowed a single attempt for score.
• You must be patched up to the most current EA patch.
• No cheats or modifications allowed with ONE exception...the drops traits bug. If you experience this, follow these instructions:

        1.  Enable testing cheats with ctrl+shift+C and "testingcheatsenabled true"
        2.  Shift+click on the Sim missing the trait
        3.  Select "Modify Traits for Active Sim"
        4.  Add the missing trait from the list of traits
        5.  Disable testing cheats with ctrl+shift+c and "testingcheatsenabled false"

• Create 2 Young Adult Sims (Married w/Normal Lifespan) in a brand new neighborhood. Make sure to leave Freewill on at all times.
• Move your Sim into an existing house or build one yourself to start. You are never allowed to move and cannot switch Active Households in the Edit Town screen.
• You are only allowed to Move Out a Sim when a LTW is achieved or if a Sim turns Elder.
• No Sim can eat Ambrosia or Life Fruit. Steer clear of the Bistro or you may accidentally eat Ambrosia.
• Use of the Moodlet Manager is banned.
• No birthday cakes.
• No adoption.
• No traveling.
• No babysitters.
• The Challenge ends on Week 8, Day 1, 11:59PM. You'll find the game clock in the white rectangle directly below a Sim's LTW box. Your challenge can also end prematurely in the event a Social Services worker shows up to take one of the children due to neglect. In that event, pause your game and total your score.
• As always, discussing strategy on how to achieve certain goals in this thread is not allowed. If you're unsure — don't say anything.
  
  

SCORING:

Anyone living in your household can be scored, but only spouses and their offspring can live in your household.**

**This rule was added after start time.

Toddler — For every Toddler that learns at least 1 Toddler skill (walking, talking, or potty training) before they age up to Child, receive 1 point.

Child — For every child that got on the Honor Roll AND had a non-family member Friend (or better) before they aged up to Teenager, receive 2 points. No partial credit.

Teen — For every Teenager that got on the Honor Roll, AND had a non-family member Good Friend (or better), AND acquired at least 1 skill level in any skill before aging up to Young Adult, receive 3 points. No partial credit.

LTW — Receive 4 points for all Lifetime Wishes completed. Note: all LTW must be different from each other.

Add all 4 scores up for your Total.

Challenge Begins: March 26
Challenge Ends: June 6

There are several resources that will aid you in this challenge: Check out the Parenting Skills article and the Surrounded by Family LTW Walkthrough. Finally, reading through the first Baby Boomer Challenge could provide you with some insight. Good luck to everyone!

This Event is Now Closed

Final Leaderboard

Player	Toddler	Child	Teen	LTW	Total
LenaLJ	10	14	21	48	93
omega2alpha	6	12	18	48	84
Delgar	6	12	18	48	84
Jonna	10	12	18	44	84
wildredchild	12	14	21	36	83
MirandaX	11	12	18	40	81
simone23	6	12	18	44	80
Metro	12	12	18	36	78
Zylphe	10	14	18	36	78
lianne	9	14	18	36	77
NancyJ	10	12	18	36	76
TheCub	9	12	18	36	75
Arecinium	8	12	18	36	74
annieb	12	10	18	32	72
Schipperke	8	12	18	32	70
Royaca	9	10	18	32	69
delta33	10	8	18	32	68
LivvieLove	7	14	15	32	68
Wova4	7	14	18	28	67
Anri	8	12	18	28	66
tosho	6	12	18	28	64
Thoughtfairy	9	12	18	24	63
Pam	8	12	18	20	58
curlybennett	6	10	18	24	58
coletite	7	10	15	24	56
Chelkey	6	10	15	20	51
momofmany	7	10	18	16	51
SaltyPaws	8	10	15	16	49
AriaGirl77	8	8	18	12	46
malteser60	6	4	18	16	44
Eftyen	6	6	15	12	39
Abyshep	6	2	12	12	32
CarlaluvsSims	7	12	0	8	27
rokrchik	3	4	9	0	16

[Metropolis Man]

Here it is. The challenge everyone has been dreading!   Yes, it's going to be tough. Pam and I have been ironing this out for the last two weeks. I'm posting the rule set a day early simply because it is so involved and I want to make sure everyone is crystal clear on the rules and scoring.

I highly encourage anyone that will be doing this to be done with all other challenges to avoid any game length setting mishap. I'm not requiring it. I'm just strongly encouraging it because playing this at a Long setting would disqualify you, and playing other challenges at a Normal setting would greatly handicap you as well.

[Pam]

Add me!  Add me!

[TheCub]

Here it is. The challenge everyone has been dreading!  

Dreading? I've been looking forward to this. It doesn't seem so hard.

I'll start this one as soon as I'm done with the career challenge. I only play one challenge at a time so lifespan settings won't be an issue for me.

Can the kids score points for each life stage if they meet all of the objectives? That would mean up to 6 points for each kid, or 10 if they complete their lifetime wish.

[Metropolis Man]

Dreading? I've been looking forward to this. It doesn't seem so hard.

Okay, I'll add you to the table.

Can the kids score points for each life stage if they meet all of the objectives? That would mean up to 6 points for each kid, or 10 if they complete their lifetime wish.

Correct. One Sim can receive a maximum of 10 points if you'd be starting with a Toddler.

[TheLostGirls]

I'm in. Yes remember my fantabulous score on Baby Boomer I.

[Metropolis Man]

I'm in. Yes remember my fantabulous score on Baby Boomer I.

I remember. I also remember you pulling your hair out at that one. Have fun Miss Dislikes Children!  

[Pam]

I remember that Cub likes the nooboos. 

[Metropolis Man]

Since this is essentially a vanilla challenge, I'm busy pouring over the Prima Guide and Carl's Guide and trying to figure out my initial traits/LTW for my starting couple. Decisions, decisions....

[LenaLJ]

I'm in on this one, too. I've been looking forward to it.
But about questions.
Do we get points if the parents complete their LTWs?
Can one of the parents get a job?