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Mesa Vista - My BaCC for fun: Week 6 15-18 (Aug 19 2023) 9758

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Here is my stab at the Build a City Challenge. I'm playing it more as a goal-oriented challenge than a means to tell a story, so the population may grow faster than what some might consider realistic, but hopefully not too much so.
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Week 1: LiveJournal Jan 8 2012

Week 2: LiveJournal (Part I & II) Jan 13 2012

Week 3, Part 1: LiveJournal (Parts 1a and 1b) Feb 20 2012
Week 3, Part 2: Live Journal (Parts 2a and 2b) Feb 23 2012
Week 3, Part 3: Live Journal Apr 27 2012
Week 3, Part 4: Live Journal Apr 29 2012
Week 3, Part 5: Live Journal (Parts 5a and 5b) May 6 2012

Week 4, Part 1 (Messlot): Live Journal Jun 4 2012
Week 4, Part 2 (Newson): Live Journal Jun 19 2012
Week 4, Part 3 (London): Live Journal Aug 25 2012
Week 4, Part 4 (Shin): Live Journal Nov 25 2012
Week 4, Part 5 (Korben): Live Journal Dec 1 2012
Week 4, Part 6 (Goodie): Live Journal Dec 23 2012
Week 4, Part 7 (Mazza): Live Journal Jan 26 2013
Week 4, Part 8 (Homeless): Live Journal Feb 3 2013
Week 4, SPECIAL FEATURETTE! First glimpse at Uni My first Sims 2 video! Apr 20 2013
Week 4, Part 9 (Outside): Live Journal Aug 11 2013
Week 4, Part 10 (University): Live Journal Aug 18 2013
Week 4, Part 11 (Gainsborough): Live Journal Sep 22 2013
Week 4, Part 12 (Adams): Live Journal Dec 15 2013
Week 4, Part 13 (Ng): Live Journal Jan 13 2014
Week 4, Part 14 (Sims): Live Journal Jan 22 2014
Week 4, Part 15 (Burns): Live Journal Jan 29 2014

Week 5, Part 1 (Messlot): Live Journal May 14 2014
Week 5, Part 2 (Shin): Live Journal Jun 1 2014
Week 5, Part 3 (London): Live Journal Jul 13 2014
Week 5, Part 4 (Tan): Live Journal Nov 1 2014
Week 5, Part 5 (Ramaswami): Live Journal Nov 16 2014
Week 5, Part 6 (Mazza): Live Journal Dec 27 2014
Week 5, Part 7 (Korben): Live Journal Feb 4 2015
Week 5, Part 8 (Outside): Live Journal Feb 21 2015
Week 5, Part 9 (Burns): Live Journal Mar 23 2015
Week 5, Part 10 (Wendland): Live Journal Apr 4 2015
Week 5, Part 11 (Goodie): Live Journal May 5 2015
Week 5, Part 12 (University/Outside): Live Journal Nov 8 2015
Week 5, Part 13 (Green): Live Journal Dec 27 2015
Week 5, Part 14 (Adams): Live Journal Feb 21 2016
Week 5, Part 15 (Ng): Live Journal Mar 14 2016
Week 5, Part 16 (Wing): Live Journal Mar 20 2016
Week 5, Part 17 (Planter): Live Journal Mar 26 2016
Week 5, Part 18 (Zarusoba): Live Journal Jan 3 2017
Week 5, Part 19 (Fleig/Johnston): Live Journal Feb 8 2017
Week 5, Part 20 (Homeless): Live Journal Mar 17 2017
Week 5, Part 21 (Gainsborough): Live Journal Apr 6 2017
Week 5, Part 22 (Newson): Live Journal Jul 29 2017
Week 5, Part 23 (Deppiesse): Live Journal Sep 23 2017
Week 5, Part 24 (Sims & La Belle Adobe): Live Journal Oct 28 2018
Week 5, Part 25 (Zarubin): Live Journal Nov 24 2018

Week 6, Part 1 (Crystalbotham - TEXT ONLY): LiveJournal Mar 18 2019
Week 6, Part 2 (Shin): Live Journal Dec 29 2019
Week 6, Part 3 (Pederson): Live Journal July 18 2020
Week 6, Part 4 (Kerrigan): Live Journal July 18 2020
Week 6, Part 5 (Goodie): Live Journal July 31 2020
Week 6, Part 6 (Fleig/Johnston): Live Journal Oct 25 2020
Week 6, Part 7 (Planter): Live Journal Dec 15 2020
Week 6, Part 8 (Homeless): Live Journal Sept 25 2022
Week 6, Part 9 (Messlot): Live Journal Mar 11 2023
Week 6, Part 10 (Deppiesse): Live Journal Mar 12 2023
Week 6, Part 11-14 (Burns, Green, Outside, Ramaswami): Live Journal Aug 19 2023
Week 6, Part 15-18 (Nickols, Stark, Gieke, Cruz Legacy): Live Journal Aug 19 2023


Statistics at the end of Week 5:
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Playable Sims: 101 (100 + 1 grave)
SM: 40
Population: 4040

Community lots: 42 (33 owned, 9 NPC) + military base
Residential lots: 43
Business Districts: 4
Universities: 2 (privately funded)
Earned CAS: 72, Placed: 39, Available: 33

Burglaries: 3
Electrocutions: 2
Fires: 6
Graves: 1

Careers:
Athletic: unlocked, 2 taken
Business: unlocked, 8 taken
Medical: unlocked, 1 taken
Military: unlocked, 1 taken
Music: unlocked, 2 taken
Politics: unlocked, 2 taken
Architecture: 7 openings, 1 taken
Criminal: 14 openings, 1 taken
Culinary: 1 opening, 1 taken
Education: 5 openings, 2 taken
Entertainment: 2 openings
Gamer: 1 opening
Journalism: 5 openings, 1 taken
Law Enforcement: 12 openings, 3 taken
Science: Unlocked
Slacker: 2 openings, 1 taken

Public Uni Taxes collected @ 10% of lot and business values: $530,370
Links to the sub-challenges I'm playing in Mesa Vista:
- Homeless Challenge
- The Messie Messlot Challenge with the Derelict Dreamhome
- Crazy Cat Lover Challenge
- Broken
- Harvest Moon Challenge

Thanks for reading and Happy Simming!
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Re: Mesa Vista - My BaCC for fun: Week 5-3 (July 13)

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Already told you, but again:
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Mesa Vista is awesome!!! :awesome: :awesome: :awesome:

That's all! :mrgreen:
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Re: Mesa Vista - My BaCC for fun: Week 5-3 (July 13)

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I've been following this for a while, and I've really enjoyed it! Lorin, you're neighborhood is da bees knees! :highfive:
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I love how the genetics of the town are very unique, and not cliche attractive. Yet looking at families like the Shin family, we can see a lot of attractiveness. I'm excited to see the future generations.
I want MOAR! :hissyfit: No pressure though, :diablo: I am truly kidding though. Your updates are long enough that they are just too good! :thup:
Call me Micah or Ultimo. Never Mike. Just no.
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Re: Mesa Vista - My BaCC for fun: Week 5-3 (July 13)

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Nemo: Thank you! :mrgreen:
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So is Instant City! :heart: :yes:

But you already knew that. :wink:
Ultimo:
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I've been thinking about your comment, and I have to say I'm pleased with the town's genetics too, they make Mesa Vista seem like any town you might come across. You make a really good point that attractive does not have to mean conventional beauty. To me, personality and getting familiar with their life situations are as much if not more a determination of what's attractive.

Thanks so much for leaving such a nice comment! :D I've started playing the next household (Yvette "the hair" Tan :P), so hopefully it won't be too long before another update.
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Re: Mesa Vista - My BaCC for fun: Week 5-3 (July 13)

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All caught up! Nice updates!
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The Messlot house is starting to look decent!
Fun seeing the Shins take so many vacations. Too bad about the Hang Loose, though. Everybody in Willow Valley does it like crazy after just one vacation.
Rebecka's doing quite well - just moved in and already topped her career! It's always nice when you can hack the community lots that way.
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Re: Mesa Vista - My BaCC for fun: Week 5-3 (July 13)

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Noooo, don't say that! Not fair! :banghead:
Diane has a couple more ideas to learn how to Hang Loose, and Felicia here at boolprop suggested just moving a local in, which I will do if nothing else works.
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Re: Mesa Vista - My BaCC for fun: Week 5-4 (Nov 1)

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Bumping for new update here:
Week 5, Part 4 (Tan)
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Re: Mesa Vista - My BaCC for fun: Week 5-4 (Nov 1)

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Wooo, update! :D
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What a strange week! Yvette certainly is one of a kind. Her hair still makes me laught, though.
I like Meadow and her Art Gallery! That's a really nice set up for the gallery, as well, might have to steal that one in due time from you and Nemo, haha.
How come the customers won't pay for their make overs? I've never had anything like that with my sims' salons... Is it a glitch?
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Re: Mesa Vista - My BaCC for fun: Week 5-5 (Nov 16)

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Anne:
Yes, definitely a strange and difficult week! Lol, Yvette's hair never ceases to amuse and amaze!
You should definitely try the Art Gallery! I just copied it from some pictures, and it worked great! :D
Don't know if you saw, but I finally got my salon problem solved (see here). It'll be a lot more fun playing it in the future.

Thanks for reading and your comment!

Annnnd I already haz another update!
Week 5, Part 5 (Ramaswami)
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Re: Mesa Vista - My BaCC for fun: Week 5-6 (Dec 27)

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Bumping for new update here:
Week 5, Part 6 (Mazza)
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Re: Mesa Vista - My BaCC for fun: Week 5-6 (Dec 27)

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Lovely update!
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I love the relationship between Nellie and Ryan! So sweet. :) Neil was a bit scary, but I guess it was in his family's best interest...
Daniel is a cutie! I love Mesa Vista. :D
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Re: Mesa Vista - My BaCC for fun: Week 5-6 (Dec 27)

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:starry: :#1: :hearts: :applause: :thup:
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Mazza update was super! I like the fact that Ryan really made an effort to be Nellie's Dad both in social interaction and throwing wants - also lucky chance card is great chance card - and Nellie is a supercute kid and teen...

Also, Ghost-Dad Neil was a nice Ghost. After all he realized that as a ghost, he is forced to scare everyone, including his loved ones... thankfully, there aren't any Plantsims with Science Aspiration, or he'd be the victim.... I would like to point out though, that Neil Mazza should remember the 'till death do us part' clause before judging Maddie... actually, I'm pretty sure, he actually was in the 'yay' stance in that picture with Ryan... naughty Neil... (yes, of course he yahooed because his bed was still here, but lets pretend...)

I also like the community church wedding - question: did you have a community lot wedding hack or did it work just like this?

Daniels 'Fetti' exclamation at his birthday first confused me, than made me grin... in German, 'Fettie' (with -e, but still...) means 'Fatty', but... Con-fetti-gratulations for growing up in such a wonderful family, Danny!
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Re: Mesa Vista - My BaCC for fun: Week 5-6 (Dec 27)

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Updates!
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Tan: I love Yvette's crazy hair, even if she is the weirdest family sim ever. Also, Meadow Pederson! She throws awesome kids (I know, I've got six of 'em), so it's good she's more of a family sim than Yvette.

Ramaswami: I love the look of the house makeover. It's fun sometimes to makeover Maxis houses, although for now I'm limiting that to Uni in my BaCC. I love Priya's new look!

Mazza: Love Ryan and Nellie's relationship, and also Neil's ghost's insistence on making things safe for his widow and daughter. Also, yay for bonus allowing them to upgrade to a bigger house! (As many of my Willow Valley kids would say, "If you don't have enough money, why don't your parents just get $50,000 bonuses at work?")
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Re: Mesa Vista - My BaCC for fun: Week 5-7 (Feb 4)

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Anne:
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Thank you, so happy you liked it! Thanks so much for the houseplan too, I will definitely use it for inspiration the next time I need to build a house!
Nemo:
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Yes, Ryan is such an all-around nice guy, from the moment he picked up Maddie's trash can the first time he stopped by her house.

Nellie's great too! I don't have very many blondes in MV, I think that's one reason she's kind of special to me.

You get exactly where Ghost-Dad Neil is coming from. I'm glad he got to stick around Mesa Vista a little longer, and I'm looking forward to having him haunt MV's cemetery!

I think it was an EP that allowed community lot weddings, no hacks that I remember in my game in relation to that. I read that the only problem is sometimes the rings remain engagement rings instead of becoming wedding rings, but I didn't have that problem.

It's nice to have some normal households to play between my challenge ones, so yeah, Danny's pretty lucky.

Thanks for the lovely comment!
Raebeth:
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I love Yvette's hair too, it's gotta be one of my all-time favorites! Of course, I knew Meadow Pederson seemed more familiar than just one of the common AL townies. Now it'll be even more fun reading about her in Willow Valley. :)

I seem to be doing more home makeovers than usual lately. The Fiesta Fortress was a lot of fun, I immediately saw courtyard potential for the Ramaswamis with the gated entry. So glad you like Priya's new look! It's the first occasion I've found to use that Maxis hair, which I like the style but hate the texture. I may have to take a look to see if it's ever been retextured.

I love Nellie and Ryan's relationship too. He's turned out to be such a great Sim to play. Gotta love the BaCC for making those large chance card bonuses really count!

Thanks for reading and commenting!
I have a new update here:
Week 5, Part 7 - Korben
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Re: Mesa Vista - My BaCC for fun: Week 5-7 (Feb 4)

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:applause: :#1: :woot: :hearts: :party:
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The Korbens are AWESOME - each one of them!

Of course Ethan is best Korben, being a selfmade-hot-stuff-boy and inspiring me to do a car repair business, but the others are a close second...

Being in the politician career and an A+ Student, I expect Cora to be some sort Chaotic-charismatic person - kinda like a punk-chic that surprises everyone knowing more about politics then graduates because she has the mindset to look through the lies and turn it around...

What I like about Ynez is that her Dreadlocks are different from her sister - it gives her more of a 'behaved' look, like she's part of the family (and a family Sim), but not totally off to the idea of changing her lifestyle eventually...

Mother Paria again is the hardworking woman that is - somehow - able to cover both family and duty in the army...

The Dreadlock style is defintely a winner: it's somewhere between stylish and grunge... the Korbens are probably never going to a ball, but they will be a hit at any rock concert or other cool stuff I would never be invited to and therefore have no clue what it is... :splat:

- Naturally, being A+ Students and romancing their way through the hood might soon uplift their social status, and then everyone wearing the dreadlocks will be a 'Korben' - like a 'jobs' or a 'Gates', I mean...

The redecoration of the house is also great - I like the clear, strong colors in the rooms and the wooden floor gives this a real desert look - and the stonewall behind the kitchen counters accentuates the 'it's a kitchen' feeling.

The interior decorations works really well, giving the rooms a 'we're living in here' -feeling.

MOAR, MOAR, MOAR! :hug:
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The Korbens have really made a lot of progress in two seasons! And now I want to try this challenge. I think having a teen to start is pretty much a necessity, though - I can't think how a family would survive without one.

Anyway, the house looks awesome! Good for Ethan using his money to help the family out. And I like the idea of him being an auto mechanic - seems to suit him.
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Re: Mesa Vista - My BaCC for fun: Week 5-7 (Feb 4)

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Mr. Outside:
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Thank you for sharing your insights on the Korben family members! :awesome: *takes the ball and runs with it*
The Dreadlock style is defintely a winner: it's somewhere between stylish and grunge... the Korbens are probably never going to a ball, but they will be a hit at any rock concert or other cool stuff I would never be invited to and therefore have no clue what it is... :splat:
I've been to a few back in the day (completely sober, I might add): Most notable were Tom Petty, Yes (my favorite concert) and AC/DC, before Bon Scott's death. They played at the UNR old gym, which was not an overly huge venue, and they were so frickin' loud, my ears rang for four days after! :ouch See the picture on the left underneath "1974-80: AC/DC"? That's EXACTLY what it looked like, complete with guitarist Angus Young hopping around, flinging his head back-and-forth, back-and-forth while he played. I can do that maybe 3-4 times before my head starts hurting, and he did it the entire flipping concert!! TBH, I don't think there's anyone these days I want to see live well enough to go to the hassle.

Good old fashioned sightseeing, on the other hand... :woot: :starry: :#1:

:drinks:
Raebeth:
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I think the only way the family could make it without starting with a teen, is if the parent married in a spouse early on. Someone in the Broken thread at MTS did that, but I wanted my family to make it on their own first, since I'm a sucker for stories about people overcoming adversity.

If I were just playing the Broken challenge on its own, I probably wouldn't have taken advantage of the Restorable Car for the large chunks of cash. Buuuuut, since I'm racking my brains for different business ideas in Mesa Vista, I was more than happy to utilize the car to that end for Ethan, and I felt it was still in keeping with the spirit of the challenge. I'm glad you like the house! I'm pretty pleased with it, considering I built it on the fly as they could afford it.

Thanks for reading and commenting! :) I look forward to seeing you play this when you get around to it! It's one of the better hardship challenges (sans the creator's backstory, which is a bit too grim for how I'm portraying Mesa Vista) especially during the first week, and probably quite a bit longer without the significant cash infusions from the car. It's nice to find some good short-term challenges to shake up the rotation and make my families a bit more unique in my head.
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Re: Mesa Vista - My BaCC for fun: Week 5-7 (Feb 4)

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Oops, didn't comment on this yet! I read it straight away though :)
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I love this family! Such a fun challenge as well. And you've made the house look super cute. I really like your decorating style. :)
Ethan is doing really well with those cars!
Can't wait to read more, Mesa Vista is one of my favourite BaCCs :)
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Re: Mesa Vista - My BaCC for fun: Week 5-8 (Feb 21)

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Thank you, Anne. I love your BaCC too! :drinks:

New update is here: :heavybreathing:
Week 5, Part 8 - Outside
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:hug:
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What a lovely update!

- of course, I'm not allowed to praise the family, since it's kinda somehow in a sense 'my' family so I'm biased... :diablo:

The Power Couple... :rotfl: okay, I can't really say anything about this, just imagine that my cheekbones hurt right now from such a big grin on my face...

Nellie and Neill - the next power couple... :ouch now my cheekbones hurt even more...

Emily - :starry: you also make me smile - girl genius - our statue of Simmerty....

Chloe... AAAK! - *heads to the infirmary because of serious cheekbone pain*...

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