Monday, 21 April 2025

Stats for Round 1.

 The Stats for round 1 are-

Total number of Sims - 276 current living Sims.

6 Deaths (which would have totalled 282 Sims)

36 extra Sims joined the round (either 'grow up's, YA's, Adults or Seniors).

There were 33 babies born, 7 sets of twins included.

A breakdown of Aspirations- (I always roll a dice to pick Aspiration on teenage birthdays).

Knowledge- 57 Sims

Family-  55 Sims

Fortune- 49 Sims

Popularity- 44 Sims

Romance- 26 Sims

Pleasure- 5 Sims

Grilled Cheese- 1 Sim

There was only one loss of name and that was when Sam Thomas married Jimmy Phoenix resulting in the loss of the Thomas name. Johnny Smith married and took Ophelia Nigmos' name of course but there are still lots of Smiths remaining. Alexandra O'Mackey is now Picaso but again still Gabe, Patricia and Jules are O'Mackey's.

Technically Kristen 'Loste' is now Kristen Graham but she was originally listed as Kristen Singles and again there are still 'Singles' in Chloe, Lola and Erin but I suppose to be true I should say 2 lost names.

Having said that then I will play the 'Singles' girls next round as their 'true' names in Chloe & Lola Curious and Erin as Beaker.

I will also mix up my aspiration list for dice rolls for the next round as I have few Pleasure Sims and only one Grilled Cheese but of course there are 39 either babies/toddlers or children existing and quite a few pregnant sims this round due to give birth next, so lots of scope to broaden that list through new dice rolls!

Zoe Zimmerman- Senior Year

 
Here we are for the final household in the round in the Tri-Fruhm Sorority house at La Fiesta Tech University which is in Veronaville for this particular Sim and her housemates.

Living here are Jasmine Rai, Zoe Zimmerman and Allyn McCarthy (who pledged and moved in during DJ Verse's round).

The Sisters' decide to go off lot and let their hair down at the Crypt O' Nightclub where Zoe took over the DJ booth.

They had a great evening and only left because Allyn was stinking so much everyone was starting to make comments. 

The first thing Family Sim Allyn did after her shower was to bring home a desk (not needed so it went into her backpack).

Popularity Sim Zoe really wishes to become The Law one day, but also loves to Tinker and so easily fixed the leaky shower.

Later that night a Burglar came onto Campus...

The girls didn't have an alarm but they all woke up and Allyn rushed to call the emergency services...

Sadly the cop was too slow to catch the burglar (they passed each other on the stairs) and the girls lost 2 valuable paintings.

As they were all awake they each did an assignment for class.

Zoe's first job after that was to fix the faulty pc.

She wished to have someone new pledge and her friend Kay Lam readily agreed,

She worked on Zoe's term paper until it got to 90% then Zoe joined in and got double the reward. :)

With her college bar now being full Zoe could spend the rest of the semester working on skills and friendships.

The next morning Kay had done enough pledging and was invited to move in.
Kay Lam is a Knowledge Sim who wishes to max her skills.
The beauty of moving in an existing student is that they have a full college bar and it seems good moods so until their first exam they can pretty much skill away without really needing anything.

Their first exams over with for Senior Year Zoe and Jasmine plan to celebrate with a party,

The guests start arriving, it's not a Toga party but it seems either this particular YA is wearing a toga as everyday or she has still got it on from whoever last threw a toga party, Guy Wrightley I think it was.

Allyn disappeared to get free pizza for everyone.

The party was a great success and Jasmine got her woohoo wish with her college sweetheart Gavin.

Zoe wanted another outing so they all left for the Lulu Lounge.

Allyn got electrocuted but ran out of shot to the restroom before I noticed then I saw Bianca Monty getting zapped.

It was Knowledge Sim Kay who really wished to be struck by lightning though it didn't feel so good at the time...

She did get a nice mood boost though but they had to quickly leave so she and Allyn could repair their terrible moods.

Poor Allyn's was so bad when she got home that she got her 'sack baby' out to give it a cuddle.
What this Family sim really wants is to fall in love with Shaun Lawson from the secret society, but ever since he came by and got overheated in their hot tub he leaves as soon as he is called over.

She did do some gardening to earn her Silver badge which brought her mood up a little.

Zoe visited the secret society and found Shaun Lawson, he of her housemate Allyn's hearts desire. :D

She offered to give him a makeover- blonde hair is a turn on of Allyn's but his overheated face still remained.

So Zoe stayed a while, did an assignment, worked on her cleaning skill and made breakfast for everyone,

then Shaun finally 'cooled' down.

Back at the home lot Allyn was thrilled that he could finally come over and stay for more than 10 seconds.

She was a little too keen and he rejected her first kiss.

A possible factor being that the evil witch had just flown in and left cockroaches on the lot which Kay was spraying at the time of said attempted kiss.

However a few romantic gestures later they were madly in love with each other. Now Allyn is a very happy sim!

Jasmine graduated with a 4.0 in History.

She threw a great party, invited all the old guard (Monica, Sarah, Jessie and DJ) as well as her old house mate Gunnar and lots of new friends.

Here she is celebrating her final snapshot from college with her crush Gavin.

Her fellow Sisters' (Kay had left for class) just had time to rush out to wave her goodbye as she left for Downtown Veronaville.

The first thing Allyn did was rush off campus and bring back yet another desk... obsessed! Maybe it's a hint for a new pledge?

Not long after Zoe too graduated with a 4.0 GPA in History.

She had a rockin' party and celebrated her final snapshot with the already graduated Almeric Davis.

As excited as she was to be leaving college (finally!) she couldn't help one last look back at the Sorority House.

and this is her new home in Downtown Veronaville, she is a neighbour to her good friend Jasmine, their houses are practically identical and we will see them for sure over the course of the next round until their turns come around again! 


Summary-
It feels good to a), finally graduate the Sims that I have rarely played and never graduated and b), to finish the round! 
I will follow with a small post on stats then begin Round 2 back at the beginning of the alphabet! :)





























Wednesday, 16 April 2025

Guy Wrightley- Senior Year

 
Here we are at the University La Fiesta Tech attached to Veronaville for the purposes of this visit.

It's the Oresha-Hoh-Var Fraternity Greek House which is inhabited by Guy Wrightley (whose own relative long ago established this Greek house) as well as his fellows Matthew Hart and Mickey Dosser. One girl also lives here and that's Candice Bruenig who 'accidently' joined. You can see I've altered a bit upstairs to make more bedrooms and one more bathroom, and downstairs I altered a little to make an entrance to the backyard.

Here is Guy, he's a Senior now and has just asked his buddy Frances J to pledge.  hee hee, Guy thinks it'll do the 'posh' Francis good to be a slave for a while... :D
Incidentally Guy is a typical Popularity Sim who has a lifetime wish to have 20 best friends. Thankfully because he's been playing in the background since Mickey and Matthew's turn he has already got 9 and plenty of friends who aren't far off best friend status.

Here are Matthew and Candice, two of Guy's housemates. Both Family Sims with a 2 bolt attraction but Matthew is still in love with Sarah Love even though he never wishes anything for or about her.
Look at Francis J in the background slaving over someone's assignment. :D
Matthew has just begun his Junior Year whilst Candice is a Freshman.

Guy made his 10th best friend by playing red hands with his other housemate Mickey.
Mickey was always a half semester behind his buddy Guy but has worked hard to improve his grades, at one time it seemed Mickey was destined to be booted out of college but he's proved the doubters wrong.

As Matthew returned from class Francis J was still cleaning house. :D

Guy wanted to throw a Toga party and soon invited all his friends, old and new. Guy is in love with DJ Verse but also really likes Kari who works at one of the campus coffee houses.

As so often happens when my back is turned 2 sims fell in love, I think that's Jasmine Rai and a Secret Society student called Gavin Traver.

The next morning was a happy one for Francis J as he could stop writing assignments, cleaning toilets and attempting to cook for the household as his pledge period was finally over and he readily moved in with the guys (and gal).

Mickey the Romance Sim of course hasn't seen a lot of 'action' since his turn (when he was the playable) so instead has thrown himself into Gardening where he's now got a Gold Badge.

Matthew the Family Sim really just wants to have fun and spends all his time 'smoking' and giggling. He wants to be a Celebrity Chef someday but hasn't shown a lot of interest in cooking.

Guy spends some time each day talking to both his Professor's to keep his grades up.

Through a fortunate twist Guy had 5 friends so close to BF status that the opportunity took itself and 5 phone calls later he'd got 15 best friends.

The end of the first Semester once again saw Guy on the Dean's list as he's been since I took the helm. ;))

a 16th best friend for Guy after a stray toga wearer came by, perhaps hoping for another party?

While Candice was being grossed out by the Cow Mascot I felt it a rare but important shot to show that Mickey not only occasionally worked on a skill, but he daydreamed about those all important grades too! :)

Mostly though Mickey does what he loves and harvested loads of fruit and veg, he has a pretty full backpack now.

Here's Darren Chung accepting to be Guy's latest pledge.

Meanwhile Francis J was falling for Holly Gothier.

Candice went and fell in love with Marcel (extremely long and forgettable surname), they have 2 bolts.

Absolutely no real love for Mickey but I allowed him to reach his goal of woohooing 5 service Sims and this one is his Professor, so it was really all about the grades. :D

Guy also really likes Katerina the Cheerleader. Francis J was getting his flirt on with Holly.

The next day when he was halfway through Matthew's term paper Darren's pledge period came to an end.

He accepted Guy's offer to move in.
Darren is a Family Sim who wishes to become Captain Hero someday. 
Matthew went to the pc to finish his paper. 

Which didn't take too long as Darren had made a good start for him.

Mickey served up Crepes without setting fire to anything.

Katerina became Guy's 17th best friend,

and Candice his 18th! I wonder if Guy can complete his LTW before the end of college, which isn't far off...

Guy's best chance of the elusive 20 is Kari, but they are still fairly early into their friendship so they played games while Candice and Darren threw ball, Mickey tended to his plants and Francis J did some stargazing.... Matthew no doubt is smoking something...

oops sorry Matthew he was at his final exam. :D  
He passed though and has seen his Junior year come to an end.

Guy made his 19th best friend over the phone to his secret society friend Jason.

Candice finished Freshman Year.

The 'original' 3 sat down to supper and talked about their favourite subject, the Environment!

Francis J finished his Freshman Year.

Mickey finished Senior 1.... he actually got on the Dean's list for the first time! 

and Guy graduated.... yay! 4.0 in Literature.

Guy decided to hang around a while. He burnt the omelettes but his housemates were just happy that someone had cooked... no one has brought free pizza home for a while.

Kari came over and yay! Guy made his 20th best friend.

Sadly he didn't get a special memory but he does get Permanent Platinum forever!

No Graduation is complete for a Popularity Sim without a proper send off and Guy gladly donned his Graduation robes and invited all his friends.

Out of all the girls he liked it was DJ who clearly captured his heart..

Guy's party was a roof raiser and afterwards the taxi arrived to take him away from his beloved Greek house forever.

to here, a much smaller abode in the heart of Veronaville where he joined DJ Verse.
Who knows what their future holds? We'll have to wait for some time before we find out!

Summary-
I've always liked Guy but never really played him before and certainly not through Graduation so I shall be interested to see how he & DJ fare during the next round until we get to them both on the alphabetical list.