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How I play...

I first want to say I have been inspired by many awesome sims
blogs, and recently I discovered the Sim to Sim sites out there.
I have kind of made my Prosperity Hood into a Sim City Society
type game.

(In my own head atleast!)

I am meticulously keeping records of each sim as soon as they
are born, I play in 3 "year" rotations, (days of the week in game)
and I imagine each family is played for a 2 month time period.
Confusing? Yup, a little!

I have 18 families I play now, including a University round.
Each family is played for two "months"so I can change the seasons
with each family more often.

For example, if I'm on Year 3016-3018, which is one rotation,
I will play one family for three days, marking September and
October. This family will celebrate these holidays (or not) for the
first year. Six families get played in each year, so at the end of 3
days play for each house in the neighborhood I assume/imagine
everyone has aged 3 years.

Sounds more complicated than it is, but I have it all figured
out in my head! I am just neurotic about aging up cousins that
were born on the same day, and occasionally celebrating wedding
anniversaries and such.

I'm a geek, who knew? LOL
I have dozens of spreadsheets just to prove what a dork I am,
because I don't use hacks to keep them the same age or in the
correct season.

If I mess up or miscalculate (or move someone into a different
home) I just use the ingame weather machine or the sethour
cheat. Every round also begins at 7 am, but I'm not so neurotic
if something good is happening I'll go a little longer.

So, for example, 7 am Tuesday would begin Year 3016, Wednesday
7 am would begin Year 3017 and Thursday would begin Year 3018.
I would begin each home at 7 am Tuesday, and end the round on
Friday 7 am.

I keep track of this with good old pen and paper, because it changes
so much. I figure out ages at the end of the last round, and how old each
sim should be at the beginning of the next one.

Sorry for being so long winded, it helps me to write this stuff down
too! I am working on figuring out which grade and age I want each
sim to appear tobe in, so I'm still fine tuning that. I know it doesn't
all correlate perfectly time-wise, but it's fun for me and that's all
that matters, right?

Also, I am intending to start rolling for a Random Occurence every
other round, I think. I may break it up into General and Extreme
Occurences, because I enjoy having some that really shake the game
up sometimes. ;)

ETA: I am actually going to attempt keeping score from here on out, as of the end of Year 3015, I have 50 sims, 4 are deceased. The neighborhood net worth totals over $800,000. I have managed to get two IW, 5 sims graduated Summa Cum Laude, 3 shrink visits, one BSOC, one college dropout and one use of the Renu Yu Orb thingy. According to my calculations (50 + 8 + 6 + 5 - 3 + 1 - 1 - 5) I have 61 points. :)

ETA: Ok, as of Year 3019, I have 7 more sims, 4 top of career's, and minus 1 for sim losing a job due to work performance (stupid vampires!) So, the newest total is 71 points.

ETA: At the end of Round 13, end of year 3023, I have 4 more sims, and 2 top of career's. No minuses that I can remember! So, 77 points now.

ETA: At the end of Round 14, end of year 3027, I have 4 more births, (Lina, Susannah, Piper and Adley), plus 2 more new sims from college. (Orlando Bertino and Johnson Zhang. So that's +6. Four TOC's, (Gavin, Lee, Christine and Daniel). +4 more. Plus 3 for 3 platinum sims. Minus one sim due to death. Almost forgot, 3 sims in Uni became Big Sim on Campus, and 7 graduated Summa Cum Laude. 99 points. I think. Heh. I don't feel like figuring out the money just yet. Next time. :)

ETA: At the end of Round 15, end of year 3031, I have two more births, (Zachary and Darren), plus one new sim (Kaylynn). So that's +3. Seven sims reached their TOC (Jessie, Tucker, Maria, Ethan, Belle, Melissa and Karen) +7. Five more sims are platinum, (Maria, Ethan, Belle, Melissa and Karen). So, 15 more points this round, brings me to 114. Go me.

ETA: At the end of Round 16, end of year 3035, my only new points are through new sims. The births of Johnson's twins Babette and Brigette, Jane and Nicholas' son Boyd, Jette and Orlando's daughter Cookie, Dick and Renny's daughter Clarice, and the engagements of Pammy and Helga (to Charles and Richard) bring me 7 more points. The deaths of Sara and Katherine, however, bring me back to 5. So 119 points. OK, another edit. Plus 5 for sims graduating summa cum laude, Millie, Jaden, Carl and Shane all reached their TOC, so that's 4 more. Millie, Jaden and Michael all achieved their LTW's, so that's 3 more. 17 new points brings me to 131. I just realized I haven't been tracking or taking points for hobby plaques, so I will be trying to remember to do that soon. Also, my hood was really messing up, so I had to relocate them all via simpe to a whole new Rainbow Ridge, and I'm working on building up their relationships and friendships all anew. :( Yeah, I can extract them with simpe but any more than that scares and confuses me, hehe. I've been doing it the old-fashioned way, ie the looooong way. *shrugs* Not that anyone pays attention anyway, but my census' and other 'hood information may not be as exact as it was. No biggie. :)

Weekly Updates -- Find out what's happening now!

We are pleased to wish the following sims a Happy Birthday!
Katherine Mullins wishes to announce the 5th birthday of her son, Goopy GilsCarbo, Jr.
Christy Mullins proudly announces her 54th birthday!
Also in the Mullin's family, twins Piper and Adley had their first birthday!
Melissa Fancy quietly celebrated her 54th birthday at home with long time boyfriend, John Boyd.
Mayor and General Pederson celebrated their 54th birthday together alone at home.
Hannah Marsh and Dickson Danaher proudly celebrated the 5th birthday of their daughter, Susannah. The festivities were attended by many cousins, aunts, and uncles.
Lina Menon, the daughter of Pammy Menon and the late Gavin Menon turned 5 this year. She is thrilled to be able to start school this fall with her many cousins in Rainbow Ridge.
Joshua and Shelley Mullins announce the 11th birthday of daughters Selene and Sabrina. The girls celebrated seperately with family and friends.
Franc and Denaro Fairchild also celebrated their 11th birthdays this week. The twins are the children of Tucker and Jessie Fairchild.
Sgt. Donte Jung and his wife Tricia announce two sets of birthdays this week! Carl and Andrea turned 11, and younger set of twins Robby and Shane turned 5.
Local celebrities Benjamin Phillips and Christine Marsh held a small family gathering for daughter Fame, who turned 11 this week.

We are pleased to wish the following sims a Happy Birthday!
Twins Franc and Denaro celebrated their 5th birthday with parents Tucker and Jessie Fairchild.
Fame Marsh, daughter of local celebrity chef Christine Marsh and our very own Rockstar Benjamin Phillips, celebrated her 5th birthday.
Katherine Mullins and Goopy GilsCarbo announce their son Goopy Jr.'s birthday this week.
Recent widow Pammy Menon is pleased to announce the 11th birthday of her daughter, Helga. The family had a quiet, private celebration.
Also celebrating her 11th birthday, Inn Danger, daughter of Caulfield and Susie Danger.
Family sims Donte and Tricia Jung had a small family party for their youngest twins, Shane and Robby. Grandfather Michael Mullins attended, as well as many aunts, uncles, and cousins.
Hannah Marsh and Dickson Danaher proudly announce the 1st birthday of their daughter, Susannah. Susannah spent the day at the park, with plenty of friends and family.
Twins Emem and Emily Ngai had a small celebration with family for their 11th birthday. They are the only children of Roger and Sara Ngai, and cousins of Susannah and Fame Marsh, who also celebrated a birthday this week.
John Boyd quietly celebrated his 54th birthday this week. He is undecided at this time as to whether or not he will be retiring from his job as a home video editor.

We are pleased to wish the following sims a Happy Birthday!
Sara and Roger Ngai celebrated their twins' 5th birthday with a small party at home for friends and family.
Jessie and Tucker Fairchild spent an uneventful day with their twins on their first birthday.
Ms. Christine Marsh celebrated daughter Fame's first birthday with her sisters in attendance. No word yet on the father of the child.
The Mullins and Boyd families celebrated the birthdays of Selene and Sabrina. A great time was had by all.
Dick and Jane Mullins had a birthday celebration at the local sports club. Many siblings, nieces and nephews were in attendance.
Jette Boyd held a small gathering at her home, attended to by her parents Nicholas and Rose, and cousins Nicholas and Victoria.
Twins Nicholas and Victoria Boyd celebrated their birthday with their cousin, Jette, who lives downstairs from them. Also in attendance were their parents, Ethan and Bell.
The Mayor's step daughter, Pammy Menon and her husband Gavin celebrated the 5th birthday of their only child, daughter Helga this week.
Tricia Jung, founder of Domestically Divine, and her husband Donte, had a fun afternoon of water balloons and firecrackers when they celebrated Carl and Andrea's birthdays. Grandfather Michael Mullins was also in attendance.
Keesha and Renny Randolph, daughters of the recently deceased Robert Randolph and newly married Christy Mullins celebrated their birthday in style; each girl got a new car!

Rainbow Ridge welcomes these new bundles of joy!!
Donte and Tricia Jung welcome their second set of twins; daughter Shane and son Robby. Shane and Robby join siblings Carl and Andrea, who recently reached school age.
Our very own Diva, Katherine Mullins recently welcomed her first child, Goopy Jr., son of Goopy GilsCarbo.

We are pleased to wish the following sims a Happy Birthday!
Jaden Boyd turned 11 with a small party at home. Passersby were welcomed in for cake!
Inn Danger is legally school aged now, she turned 5!
Looks like the Mullins family has a lot to celebrate these days! Not only do they have a new baby girl, Selene, but oldest daughter Sabrina had her first birthday this month. Sabrina's grandmother, Karen Mullins was in attendance for the festivities.
Proud parents Gavin and Pammy Menon had a small party for their daughter, Helga, who turned one.
Detective Donte Jung and his wife, Tricia had a small get together with family for their twins' first birthday. Congratulations little Carl and Andrea!
Emily and Emen Ngai turned one. They had a quiet celebration at home with their parents, Sara Marsh Ngai and Roger Ngai.
Jette Boyd celebrated her 5th birthday with many cousins, aunts, uncles and friends. Jette's parents are Nicholas and Rose Boyd.
Twins Nicholas and Victoria Boyd, children of Ethan and Bell, celebrated their birthday on the same day as their cousin, Jette. All the children will be starting school together.

Rainbow Ridge welcomes these new bundles of joy!!
Joshua and Shelley Mullins welcomed daughter Selene. Selene joins her older sister, Sabrina. Proud grandparents are Michael and Karen Mullins, and John Boyd.
Donte and Tricia Jung celebrated the arrival of twins! Son Carl and daughter Andrea. Proud Grandparents are Michael and Karen Mullins.
Gavin and Pammy Menon welcomed their first child, daughter Helga. Helga is the granddaughter of Maria Pederson, and the recently deceased Robert Randolph.
Tucker and Jessie Fairchild welcomed twins; son Franc and daughter Denaro. The twins grandmother, Emily Marsh is recently deceased.
Christine Marsh celebrated the birth of daughter Fame. Ms. Marsh prefers to keep the paternity of her daughter private at this time.

Rainbow Ridge welcomes these new bundles of joy!
World, welcome baby Sabrina Mullins, first child of Joshua and Shelley Mullins, over on 1 Witchy Way. Sabrina joins a rapidly growing extended family, full of cousins on both the Boyd and Mullins side.
On the other side of town, over at 3 Country Lane, twins Emily and Emem Ngai joined their parents, Sara and Roger. The twins are the first grandchildren of recently departed Emily Marsh.

We are pleased to wish the following sims a Happy Birthday!
Susie and Caulfield Danger are pleased to announce their only child, daughter Inn has celebrated her first birthday this week. Inn is the beloved granddaughter of Tot's Toy's shop owner Michael Mullins.
Twins Victoria and Nicholas Boyd celebrate their 5th birthday with their parents, Ethan and Bell, and plenty of friends and family.
5 year old Jaden Fancy, son of John Boyd and Melissa Fancy, is thrilled to be of school age. Jaden had a quiet celebration at home, where he baked his own cake!
Jette Boyd, daughter of Nicholas and Rose Boyd, celebrated her 5th birthday in style with her twin cousins, who live upstairs from her. The children's grandfather, John Boyd was unable to attend the festivities.

We have Five Grand Openings this week!
Michael Mullins opened Tot's Toys, a children's furniture and toy shop on Main Street this week. Michael says he's always loved children and his new shop is just an extension of that.
Our very own Hannah Marsh started The Lonely Hearts Club in Downtown, Rainbow Ridge on Tuesday."Come on in because this week only we're offering a FREE pre-screening questionnaire to everyone over the age of 18. Find out who you're compatible with, you might be surprised!"
Bell Boyd welcomes all to her new pottery shop, located at 100 Main Street. Bell's Pottery provides both decorative and functional hand made pottery, made by Bell herself!
Maureen McKee opened Rainbow Ridge's first pub, The Slaughtered Lamb, on Friday evening. The pub is located at 1313 Main Street and offers classic Irish fare, although their specialty is the House Draft, it's to die for!
Former Diva and recent widow, Katherine Mullins says "Stop in and sample our fresh baked treats and wide variety of blended coffees" at the new "The Diva's Cafe", conveniently located at 1234 Main Street.

Unfortunate Passings
Rainbow Ridge is saddened to announce the death this week of Thomas Mullins, patriarch of the Mullins family of 4 Autumn Lane. Thomas leaves a wife, Katherine, owner of The Diva's Cafe, a son Michael and his wife Karen, six grandchildren and two great grandchildren. He will be sadly missed by many.