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Re: The Paraverse - Rotation 8.3 [May 6/23]

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Rotation 8.3 (DiCarlo) has been posted in full, and can be read here. :)
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Re: The Paraverse - Rotation 8.3 [May 6/23]

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YAY for updates:
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8.2: Awww, I love the idea of Casper being the flower dog. Oh dear, I hope this drink with James goes well. Aww, so while James would still like to see him cured this isn't immediately, you need to leave Jeff. I mean I get why Alec stops it, but at least James seemed reasonable about it all. That picture of Jeff and Aunt Kass going down the aisle is so cute! You did such a great job with this wedding, it's so pretty. Oooh, steamy hottub. :) Aww, they brought Casper with them? So cute. This honeymoon has been so much fun to follow. How lucky that the festival of light was happening. You have squeezed in so much already! What fun! Loved it, and I really want to go have a trip there myself now!

8.3: LOL, Carlotta and the trainer was too funny! Carlotta's look is really cute. Tartosa makes a lot of sense for her! It's really quite beautiful. I love the tan lines showing while she's doing yoga. Really shows how tan she actually got. The vacation was lovely, and the grades are much better! Love it!
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Re: The Paraverse - Rotation 8.4 [May 13/23]

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I may or may not have had them adopt Casper pre-wedding just so that he could be a part of it! James may be an over-protective big brother, but he's not unreasonable! Thank you, it was worth playing through it a few times to make sure I got all the pictures I wanted. :) (And luckily, it ran fine each time!) I felt too bad leaving Casper for a full week so he got to tag along too, yes. I like to make itineraries for my sims prior to vacations, so that I can plan all the activities I want, and then have some bonus days for whatever the game throws at me - the ice festival falling during their rotation was a bit of great luck!

I did not intend to have her pick any fights when I sent her to the gym, but then the trainer waltzed up and I thought 'What Would Carlotta Do?' Start a fight, obviously! Love the sass that particular trainer had though. I thought a nice weekend in Tartosa would suit her! Carlotta is the type to want to enjoy some beautiful scenery, and look good while doing it. ;) Sometimes I find the tans can look a little too dark or orange-y on some of my paler sims, but it really does suit Carlotta! Sadly I do not think those good grades are here to stay. :P
Rotation 8.4 (Galloway) has been posted, and can now been read in full here. :)
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Re: The Paraverse - Rotation 8.4 [May 13/23]

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Winchester:
Casper as a flower pal! Absolutely melted my heart. I'm glad Alec put James in his place over Jeff being a werewolf, but also glad they were able to put it behind them in time for the ceremony. Both the boys having family to escort them down the aisle :heart: The wedding was absolutely gorgeous, I'm so jealous given my last attempt :lol: (Jared & Alice) I did see you put the lot up for download, you'll probably spot it in a Culpepper update eventually :lol: I loved spotting familiar faces in the background of the wedding too, love the suit you gave Morgyn. The whole thing was absolutely gorgeous :heart: I loved their honeymoon too. The pop ups for Jeff's buddies & their relationships!! It really makes it feel like time is passing.

DiCarlo:
I just love Carlotta :lol: Alec's smug little smile when she was arguing with the vending machine! There's something about Carlotta in a void critter outfit that's just hilarious. Oh man, she mocked the human statue til he left?! I've never seen that before! :lol: Gosh the woohoo buddy having other woohoo buddies! What a week she's having! Love her Tartosa look, and the rustic interior of her rental home :) I totally forgot how pretty Tartosa is, there's so much more to it than I remember too. The tan lines when she's in her yoga gear :lol: love that! Her entire vacation was great :)

Galloway:
Leo and Scott's entire home and lifestyle is just so nice. Their home is so cute, I love it so much, and the pair of them are so sweet together. I did see someone on your tumblr describe Leo as a seahorse dad, that's so perfect! Granite Falls is the perfect vacation spot for them. And for a werewolf rampage! The werewolf-bear confrontation made me laugh. The pair of them napping together in front of the fire :heart: Welcome little Waverly! I love her name. A new addition to the family and a first place ribbon, a great week! I also saw the outtake, that's so Scott :lol:
Looks like I accidentally wrote an essay :shifty: I absolutely love seeing your gameplay, and I can't wait to see more :)
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Re: The Paraverse - Rotation 8.4 [May 13/23]

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I may or may not have downloaded a mod just to let him participate! I'm pretty sure I started this save around the time MWS came out, so having family to eventually participate in the wedding ceremonies was a big part of my reason behind making them! Thank you! It worked surprisingly well, so hopefully the venue will work well for you, too! The guests were fun to dress for the wedding, I felt a lil bad about Alec only having his brother, so the sages got an invite too! (I actually wanted to have one of them officiate the wedding, but apparently sages are unable to be assigned wedding roles?) The new story progression is exactly what I need for my extra sims, and I love seeing his bros pop up to ask him for advice, too!

This entire rotation I pretty much just fought anyone who looked at Carlotta wrong, and honestly I had a blast doing it. Alec being there while she fought the vending machine was simply perfect timing. :lol: I believe he actually left because she cast a mischief spell on him, but I like to think it was the booing that really did him in. Thank you (again!), her rental was a build I found on the gallery, and redecorated just for her vacation. I really love Tartosa, so this vacation may have been a thinly veiled excuse to show people that there's more to it than you'd think! I personally really enjoyed watching her watch those hot air balloons. <3 And as I said to Cindy, Carlotta really looks good with a tan!

They really are living the dream life! Their home is still a bit of a work in progress for some rooms (I'm just not quite satisfied with that living room yet!), but Waverly's nursery and their own bedroom are my favourite spots in the house. They really get on like a house on fire in every save, and I'm glad they finally got the opportunity to start a family in this one! They'll be seeing quite a bit of Granite Falls over the new few rotations, Scott's aspiration progress is slow going. :lol: Scott confronting the bear as a proper werewolf also gave me a good giggle. The werewolf ability to nap anywhere is my favourite! Waverly's name is courtesy of a suggestion on the Boolprop discord, and quite honestly she is an early favourite of mine...
Oops, I have accidentally written an essay in reply as well. :eyes:
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Re: The Paraverse - Rotation 9.1 [May 27/23]

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Rotation 9.1 (Collins) has been posted, and can be read in full here. :)
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Re: The Paraverse - Rotation 9.1 [May 27/23]

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Andy and Isla look like they're twinning in terms of colour palette in that first shot of them together :heart: Turtle on the playmat was too cute. Love the makoever for Jess's apartment! It's amazing to me how adding just a few extras gives a room so much more personality. Turtle knocking over the changing table bin :lol: Bruno, the Holiday family's cat, is forever knocking the bin over. Andy, Miko & Isla are such a cute little family, I loved seeing their gameplay this season! :heart:

Just curious, how are you handling aging now that we have infants? And that adulthood is longer? :)
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Re: The Paraverse - Rotation 9.1 [May 27/23]

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It's somewhat intentional for them to match, but also I'm just a sucker for how light blues and purples look with that skintone! I intentionally gave all Jeff's teammates very bland starter apartments with the hopes Miko could come in with some more personal touches, and it's been working out quite well so far! Turtle is a fucking menance with that garbage can, I just did not bother keeping count of how many times he has knocked it over! I was so stressed taking care of Isla for the first time I feel like I did not get to sit back and enjoy the cuteness as much this week, but next rotation, oh man, there are some pictures that really melted my heart. :heart:

I have aging off entirely for the moment so I can control exactly when they all celebrate birthdays, but I'm doing two weeks for my infants, because I found I was struggling to hit all the milestones I wanted in just one week of gameplay. Keeping my tots at two weeks as well, and I'm bumping both my kids and teens up to three weeks, so I'll have plenty of time to focus on both them and the parents still. My adult defaults have wrinkles, so I think I'll be aging the gang up when the kids start hitting their teens. I may or may not have mapped all my birthdays out on a spreadsheet to keep track of this all... :shifty:
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Re: The Paraverse - Rotation 9.1 [May 27/23]

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Infants are so stressful :lol: I accidentally ended up with a set of twins in my game and it was overwhelming trying to take care of them & hit the milestones!

Love that you have a spreadsheet for this! :heart:
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Re: The Paraverse - Rotation 9.1 [May 27/23]

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Oh my god, I've planned to give one of the families a set of twins since I first started the save (I'm sure you can already guess which couple, but I'll keep it vague :lol:), and twin infants are really a challenge all on their own! I fear the day I accidentally get thrown triplets...

Trying to keep all the kids aging up together in groups, so it was a necessity!
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Re: The Paraverse - Rotation 9.1 [May 27/23]

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Heather wrote: May 31st, 2023, 10:08 pm I fear the day I accidentally get thrown triplets...
I'm surprised this hasn't happened to me yet :lol:
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Re: The Paraverse - Rotation 9.1 [May 27/23]

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Heather wrote: May 31st, 2023, 10:08 pm I fear the day I accidentally get thrown triplets...
I may not have posted the update with this in it yet, but this has happened to me... I ended the rotation with the triplets still babies, but I'm dreading having to play them through the infant stage
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Re: The Paraverse - Rotation 9.1 [May 27/23]

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8.4: Those looks when they come out of the barn are too cute. Awww, Scott and Olive might be able to move forward maybe! Yay for a baby being on the way! I think they will have adorable kids! What a nice time to have a full moon for Scott! Love that he was able to run around in the "wild". Their house, especially that living room, looks so cozy with the fire! Waverly, what a beautiful name for a little girl! YAY for a first-place ribbon! The cottage living festivals go so much longer than I ever think.

9.1: Isla is an adorable toddler! Aww, grandpa is the first visitor, that's so sweet! A good baby shower! Kind of funny to want a walk-in closet added to an apartment. I don't know about everywhere in the world, but I'm pretty sure any of my apartment places would have been quite upset at me if I fully renovated my apartment! lol Well that's good that Jess accepted the work! I still love these guys apartment, and the park trip was super cute! Awww, bye Whiskers, but I guess I can't blame them for not wanting another right away. Adorable that Isla has started crawling. Good job!
What fun updates, as usual. :D
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Heather wrote: May 31st, 2023, 10:08 pm I fear the day I accidentally get thrown triplets...
OMG, I am waiting for this too. I have never had triplets thrown at me in the game, I have had effective triplets due to the way some things have worked out, but never born together. Now with infants I just keep waiting for it to hit, I know it will one day!
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Re: The Paraverse - Rotation 9.2 [June 3/23]

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I'm surprised as well, it seems like exactly the type of thing your game would throw at you!
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Sending my thoughts and prayers your way, best of luck!
Cindy:
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Perhaps I'm a little biased, but they make such cute kids! May have had some fun in CAS rolling to see a few possible kids for each of the couples. What better time to wolf out than in the woods, with seemingly no one else around? With his wolf ability to sleep anywhere he wants, I really enjoy letting them have cozy nights in front of the fire - whereas my other sims almost never use their fireplaces. :lol: I think I have Iota to thank on the discord for that suggestion! It really is a beautiful name. The cottage living festivals are a little too long in my opinion, considering how little there is to do at the festival.

She's a little cutie! I've had some of my other infants get some interesting first visitors, like npc service sims, so I'm glad Isla had her grandpa as hers! Yes, I was pretty amused by the thought of someone wanting to add an entire room to their apartment, as if any landlord would sign off on that! Luckily sims don't seem to care what you actually do during the design jobs, as long as they like the items you use. ;) My heart melted when they went to the park and Andy decided autonomously she was going to dip Isla's toes in the water! In the end not replacing Whiskers was the right move, because I would not be able to keep track of the rat and an infant for another week.
Rotation 9.2 (Winchester) has been posted in full, and can be read here. :)

Also, it's now been a year since I started blogging this save again! Incredible that in that full year, we've only just reached the point where they've started having kids (but at the same time, I've proud of having made it so much further than my last attempt)!
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Re: The Paraverse - Rotation 9.2 [June 3/23]

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Congrats on hitting the one year mark! That year went by so quickly :eek:
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The boys at GeekCon! :heart: it's been ages since I've sent a sim to that festival, and it's good to know that the geek con rocket fulfills the aspiration because I may need that knowledge for a sim in my save :lol: The rain at the beginning of the paranormal gig really adds to the atmosphere! And I love that the moodlet is a ghostbusters reference :lol: Casper joining in with the wolf howl absolutely melts my heart. Alec and James have a really interesting relationship, I'm curious about where that'll go. San Sequoia is going to be perfect for them! :heart:
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Re: The Paraverse - Rotation 9.2 [June 3/23]

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Woo, congrats on the full year! It's pretty wild it's been a full year.
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9.2: I just love all the times they bring Casper places, he's such a good dog! HAHA, I love the message about how sci-fi horror starts! lol Oooo, Alec's first paranormal job!! I'm excited to see how he does! HAHA, I love that it's Bustin' Makes Me Feel Good!! The moodlets for sack lunches are cute. I never use those and I really should for my active career sims. Oh goodness, the howling of Jeff and Casper is just too cute! I'm glad Alec and his brother patched things up. Nice use of the ice spell there Alec! Good idea. HAHA, yeah Casper is not yet good at the course, but that's ok, he doesn't need to be on the first try. :) HAHA, it makes a lot of sense that Jeff would jump at the chance to get out of a haunted house and into an area with trails.
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Re: The Paraverse - Rotation 9.3 [June 10/23]

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Thank you guys! Excited to have made it this far!

Sam:
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GeekCon is the perfect opportunity for completing that goal! He had just enough time to take 5 trips into space, highly recommend. ;) I was delighted by the ghostbusters reference as well! He absolutely would be singing that song in his head after coming home from a successful ghost bust. :lol: They really put so much thought into the werewolves pack, I love that he can howl along with Jeff. (And the werewolf toddlers! Oh my goodness just you wait for that cuteness.) I'm really enjoying their occasional brotherly bonding sessions, since Alec doesn't really hang out with friends outside of Jeff's group. As soon as I saw that one of the new neighbourhoods came with walking trails, I knew it would be perfect for these two!
Cindy:
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I feel bad leaving him at home! Plus he has the active trait, so he requires a lot of walks... I had a good giggle reading his little scenario cards; I forgot how fun sending sims into space is. The haunted house experience really prepared him well for those gigs, aside from the fire he's been killing it! Having a few good spells up his sleeve also really works a treat with taking care of Temperance. ;) I know they're probably supposed to be for sending kids to school with, but they're really great for active careers and now the active high school as well. I just love how proud Jeff looks of his dog's terrible performance, personally I thought Casper did pretty well when I was watching him run it! I mean, who wouldn't give up a creepy haunted house for a beautiful neighbourhood with trails and a splashpark?
Rotation 9.3 (DiCarlo) is now up, and can be read in full here. Also posting 9.4 (Galloway) at the moment, and it'll be a short one, so expect another update to follow extremely soon!
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Re: The Paraverse - Rotation 9.3 [June 10/23]

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Ok, totally here for more Carlotta!
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9.3: HAHA, the idea of Carlotta taking Caleb onto the haunted house ride to woohoo is too fun for me. Um, wow, I did not see Carlotta asking ANYONE to be a boyfriend. She doesn't know about Caleb right?? This could get interesting. HAHA, there is a lot more to Alec than Carlotta realizes I think. lol OMG, those texts are too funny! Oh no, uncleansable stench for an actress would be TERRIBLE! Whew, glad she was able to fix it in time for the gig. Haha, the guru is too funny sometimes.
A fun update as usual.
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Re: The Paraverse - Rotation 9.3 [June 10/23]

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I love seeing Caleb Vatore in your game again! :D Your makeovers for him are great, he looks so much more sophisticated than the goofy boy he is :lol: Carlotta & Alec's rivalry, and their text exchange!! :lol: and the stinky curse on top, brilliant. Lucky she managed to brew a cure up in time, Diego still hasn't managed to learn that potion and is still awkwardly hugging people in my game. It'll be interesting to see what the next season holds for Carlotta and Caleb...!
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Re: The Paraverse - Rotation 9.4 [June 14/23]

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The love ride just doesn't match her aesthetic well enough! ;) She technically needs to have 5 proper exes for her aspiration, so I've been secretly 'dating' and dumping them behind the scenes, but Caleb is the first to make it to actual boyfriend status for the story! I think she suspects he is an occult like her, but she's hazy one the exact details. There definitely is! I was cackling watching those texts come in throughout these two rotations. The timing of the curse was hilarious, but thankfully resolved quickly (unlike Alec, whose curses took forever to cleanse). I don't often visit the romance guru, but I'm glad I thought to do it with Carlotta this time!
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I just can't stay away from the Vatores, I love them too much! (I will admit seeing him in your gameplay definitely may have contributed to wanting to incorporate them into the save again). And yes, he's a very sophisticated boy this time around! I've been using the little bit of lore on them in the werewolves pack to inspire my interpretations of them this time around. I'm so glad I decided to run with the the ex-lovers backstory I thought up for them out of the blue, because I was dying over their text exchanges during their rotations. She managed to figure out the potion cure surprisingly fast, it took me multiple rotations when I needed Alec to learn something to cure his! Oh, it's going to be so interesting. ;)
Rotation 9.4 (Galloway) has now been fully posted, and can be read here. Super excited to start posting the next rotation! ;)
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