Today will be packed with events and surprises. It looks to be a good day for Ona. She is today's Super Sim, and this morning she was playing away a few hours in the library.
9 AM - Morning meeting
Ona welcomed everyone to the meeting, stating that she is today's Super Sim, and Otto, over there, is today's Loser. At 4 PM the huge event will take place, as each contestant's Satisfaction Score (also referred to as Reward points in these reports) will be added to the points. More on that at 4 PM.
Yesterday everyone's pockets were emptied at the morning meeting, and today and tomorrow on day 20, items can be sold for points only at the morning meeting. If you forget to bring your items, bad for you. You get only 50% of the value, and the other half is added to the common account.
And here's some new info... on day 20 there will be some Grand Contest, and the winner gets all the common account - Simoleons converted to points!
Ochana explains that the balance is only §62 right now, but will increase before that contest.
Now to the pockets! Anyone finding or creating something must wait to sell until these meetings, or there will be no points registered. Morning meeting on day 20 will be the last chance to sell anything.
Ochana: 2325 points. Empty pockets. New score: 2325 points.
Toby: 2241 points. 1 Surrealism Painting (§433), 1 Surrealism Painting (§216), 1 Pop Art Painting (§78), 1 treasure map (§80). Toby can only sell 1 painting per day, so today he sells 1 Surrealism §433, and earns 217 points. The common account gets the other 50% of the original value, §216. New score: 2458.
Ona: 2195 points. 1 treasure map (§80), that she wants to keep for the upcoming Super Sim digging. New score: 2195 points.
Fiona: 2177 points. Empty pockets. New score: 2177 points.
Quatore: 665 points. Empty pockets. New score: 665 points.
Fabian: 543 points. 10 Snapdragon (§40), 40 Mushrooms (§50), 30 Onion (§130). §110 to common account. New score: 653 points.
Sissela: 378 points. Empty pockets. New score: 378 points.
Otto: 322 points. 10 Spinach (§10). §5 to common account. New score: 327 points.
It will certainly be one exciting day, Ochana just lost the lead to Toby, Ona will dig up some treasure and Toby might find some extra value at the boys' scavenger hunt, thanks to his treasure map...
- And here's today's schedule!
10 AM - Chores & Skills
11 AM - Boys' Scavenger Hunt at Upperton hood
12 AM - Girls' Interviews
1 PM - Lunch wherever they are
4 PM - Satisfaction Score tallied
7 PM - Dinner
11 PM - Moods & Scores
Meeting ends.
10 AM - Chores & Skills
With her treasure map, Ona hopes to dig up something a little more valuable than those common dolls. But no... the map had no effect, Ona digs up some Alabaster crystal worth 50 points, and she still has the map in her pocket. Maybe the map is not meant for the ordinary dig sites?
The 8 contestants go to their chores as usual, but because the session will last only about 60 minutes, and there won't be much to gain point wise anyway, some are taking easy on their task today. Ona has nothing to repair, so she walks upstairs to box a little. Ochana checks the mailbox (empty), and chooses to play "Sims Forever" on the library computer. Toby is in doubt whether he should spend 75 points on starting a new Surrealism Painting, he already has one painting that will secure him 108 points tomorrow, but with some luck he might paint a better painting, although his emotion is nothing special. Quatore has nothing to clean, so he decides to study cooking. Fiona runs to the garden to harvest as much as possible, but there are only a few flowers, so she will water instead, hoping there will be a final chance to harvest something tomorrow. Fabian tends the kitchen garden (no harvestables there either). Sissela runs off to catch a fish or two, with some luck there might be another Salmon. Otto doesn't feel like wasting 60 minutes bar tending while everyone is busy with their chores or skills, so he reads a book about Charisma instead.
It's so great they actually place the book on the table, instead of just holding them in their hands... But why does Quatore choose to read in the dining room, when the book was picked up in the library?
Sissela caught a fish...
11 AM - Scavenger hunt for the boys
They travel to Upperton hood. The girls emptied Gloom Garden yesterday, and although the idea was to send the boys to Desert Bloom of Oasis Springs, it turns out a hood/lot needs to be actively played for a while for dig sites and harvestables to spawn.
There are currently 3 households to focus on here at Upperton hood. The group already visited the Crumpleton family (house to the left, originally the Goths' residense), the Bootwig family can be seen straight ahead next to Upperton Fair that they visited the other day, and finally, the von Kaching family resides the house that can just about be seen to the right in this overview picture.
Toby has a treasure map in his pocket, and he ranks first, so he runs over to the first dig site he sees. It turns out he must choose a specific "dig for treasure" option to benefit from the map, I think Ona missed that pie menu option this morning.
Toby digs up a mysterious time capsule, then he opens it to find a rare doll worth 75 points! Hm, he was somehow expecting something more... Toby can also fulfill one whim, his number is 2, so it's obviously whim number 2: "Become friends with Sissela". Well, that can't be done here and now...
Quatore is next. He digs up a Rose crystal, worth 50. Whim number 2 (4-2=2) is becoming friends with Ochana, which can't be done without traveling.
Fabian digs up a fossil rock, and extracting it results in a common Prehistoric Rock, worth only 15. Fabian is quite disappointed. His number is 5 and his whim number 1 (5-2-2=1) is "Insult Quatore!" Now we speak, Quatore is right here! So, Fabian keeps telling mean stuff to Quatore, it's quite hilarious as it seems like Quatore is rather surprised by this all.
Now, for the last, Otto will dig up something. Hi finds a mysterious time capsule, and opening it reveals some uncommon doll worth 35. Not the bigger treasure, but still some points for Otto, who currently has the lowest score of them all. His whim number 2 (8-2-2-2=2) is: Start a new career. Sorry, that is not possible right now!
12 AM - Girls' Interviews
While the boys are gone hunting, it's time to have a quick talk with each of the girls!
- Ochana Mox, you are a favourite to the win. Are you nervous?
- Yes, this is going to be a thriller! I would rather have an early win instead of this last minute thing.
- How did you like being part of the Sims by Numbers Show?
- It's been good, although my chore doesn't earn my any points, I was lucky to get the Sim in Spot's Romance day. And I was very lucky with my rommate. All fine!
- The winner get's this place and will found a family here. What's your take on that?
- Don't know... the house is big for just a couple. Maybe parts can be rented by others?...
- What will your life look like 10 years from now if you settle here?
- Uhm, I will definitely share this place with a handsome man, maybe a child too. Or a garden gnome, even. I might work in Entertainment, might give weekly shows at Captain Blue Nightclub... and yes, this house will be painted pink!
- Ona Rosewood, you are currently ranked 3rd, would you like to win?
- Of course I'm in for a win, but let's see today and tomorrow. It might be too hard beating Ochana and Toby.
- How did you like being part of the Sims by Numbers Show?
- I liked it here. I missed spending more time at the gym, but repairing stuff was a lot more fun than I expected. I missed having a regular job though.
- The winner get's this place and will found a family here. What's your take on that?
- I could like to live here, sure! Like the others I don't have any money though, so question is whether I can afford staying here...
- What will your life look like 10 years from now if you settle here?
- If I win and if I get a well paid job allowing me to stay here, I'll build up my own private gym in the house. Probably in the library, as I don't read much. And I'll marry a body focused man, maybe we could also grow some ecological food. And well, one child - if he insists?
- Fiona Robberton, you are neither top 3 nor bottom 3. Still in with a hope?
- I don't know. In the beginning, when I saw the lovely garden produce, I thought I could win the whole thing. But lately I know it's way too hard work out there, and not enough points. Being exhausted gave me the Loser title more often than anyone else, you know! I think Sissela would have deserved the Loser title more than me!
- How did you like being part of the Sims by Numbers Show?
- I love gardening, but I can't forget that I lost the Chef chore to Fabian. Bad for me. And I must say the room I got is horrible! Why did Ona and Ochana get a much bigger bathroom? And why did they have to place a Loner in my room?
- The winner get's this place and will found a family here. What's your take on that?
- I wouldn't mind living here... I think I would adjust some parts of the house though, keeping the hobby room of course, giving room for a greenhouse in the garden...
- What will your life look like 10 years from now if you settle here?
- Oh... maybe I had a successful culinary career, and maybe I opened a home based restaurant? With a nice hubby, and 2 or 3 kids. And perhaps a cat. Forget the cat, I'd prefer a chicken coop!
- Sissela Morck, you are currently bottom 3. Are you fine with that?
- Ha, you are too nice, I've been bottom 2 for most of the time here. I'm fine with it, I don't fit in anyway. I'm realistic and I don't deny the truth.
- How did you like being part of the Sims by Numbers Show?
- I learned to appreciate my chore. Fishing is quality time, I like being alone. Worst part was to share a room with someone.
- The winner get's this place and will found a family here. What's your take on that?
- I'm not going to win this place. Hoping the winner will get a happy life here!
- What will your life look like 10 years from now if you settle here?
- You mean if I get 2000 points during the next 24 hours? Ha! Well, I'm too much of a realist to even understand your question.
A little later, Fabian and Ochana are having a pleasant conversation in the kitchen.
I wonder if they are thinking about tomorrow's gifting, where each of them will give 100 points to the household member he or she likes the most. Being popular tomorrow might make a difference...
4 PM - Satisfaction Score (previously referred to as Reward points)
This session is something they all look forward to. Partly because they never quite understood the meaning of Satisfaction Score (or Reward Points), and of course because they understand that this session might be the last one to really turn the ranking upside down.
It's said that they all have some Satisfaction Score, spanning from about 400 to about 800. 400 points might be enough for anyone in top 4 to actually take the lead! Satisfaction Score will will not make much of a difference to bottom 4, though, as there are 1414 points between number 4 (Fiona) and number 5 (Fabian).
The girls are nervous...
So are the guys.
None of them understand the aspiration and whims, and that they were technically rewarded for following their personal wants for all these 19 days. But now it's time to add those points to the Sims by Numbers Show score! The ratio is 1:1.
Super Sim Ona feels some responsibility to bring this session on, and she also got some info in an envelope.
- Let's get this over with!
We'll do this by today's rank, regardless of Super Sim and Loser.
It turns out that the highest Satisfaction Scores were earned by Fabian (875), Ona (875) and Sissela (825), and The lowest by Fiona (325), Toby (425) and Otto (460).
Ochana: 2325 points. Adding Satisfaction score of 715. New score: 3040 points.
Toby: 2383 points. Adding Satisfaction score of 425. New score: 2808 points.
Ona: 2195 points. Adding Satisfaction score of 875. New score: 3070 points.
Fiona: 2177 points. Adding Satisfaction score of 325. New score: 2502 points.
Quatore: 665 points. Adding Satisfaction score of 505. New score: 1170 points.
Fabian: 653 points. Adding Satisfaction score of 875. New score: 1528 points.
Sissela: 378 points. Adding Satisfaction score of 825. New score: 1203 points.
Otto: 327 points. Adding Satisfaction score of 460. New score: 787 points.
There is a new lead! Ona beats Ochana with 30 points, while Toby and Fiona are 3rd and 4th.
Not everyone were happy with the extra points.
Fiona did poorly, while Sissela actually did very well, the gap to the lead is just too big to fill.
Also Toby is not happy with his poor satisfaction score. He tells his best friend, the huge teddy toy...
- I though I had the win in my hand, you know, but then it all went downhill...
In the library Ochana is trolling the forums. She is very excited, she might actually win, it's hard to focus on anything right now.
She thought Toby would run away with the win, but now she is really up for it again, Ona is the only one who can ruin it all.
Also in the library, Quatore thought it was too chilly outside, so he decided to eat his hot dog here. There is no longer any way Quatore can win, and well, he can live elsewhere, maybe at Muggerdale?
I'm not sure whether the teddy toy chat did it, but Toby is now feeling very inspired and walks upstairs to start a large Realism Painting!
Oh well, I hesitated to instruct him to complete the Confident Painting he has already started on the terrace, because painting is his Chore, and he shouldn't be directed to paint unless it's chores hours. But starting by freewill is something else, and it even costs him 100 points to get it started... might actually spoil his chances to win, unless there's a masterpiece coming up. I don't think this was a smart move at all...
Ona and Otto, currently ranking first and last, eat hot dogs on the terrace. They disagree about most things, but that tomorrow will be one exciting day, is not even worth a discussion.
11 PM - Moods & Scores
This is the very last plumbob check! Super Sim for day 20 will reign only until the final party at 6 PM.
There are several green plumbobs in the house tonight! Sissela, Ochana and Quatore are green, and the healthiest plumbob belongs to Quatore! Quatore is tomorrow's Super Sim, and he becomes the very last so!
- Congratulations! You chaired the very first Morning meeting, and tomorrow you will lead the very last!
- Thank you! Yes, I can pretend that I managed them all, can't I. But the win will go to someone else.
- You are a family man, was it hard to spend all this time without a family?
- Yes. I thought I would see this crowd as my family, but it's just not the same.
There is no red plumbob tonight, and only one orange. Toby completed his Inspired painting, but drained his energies, so now he has the worst mood, and is tomorrow's Loser. The very last one. He will hand over 200 points to Super Sim Quatore unless he fulfills the midnight challenge within 60 minutes! It's the show's very last midnight challenge!
Toby's number is 2, and this is day 19, giving the number 2+19=21. There are still only 9 alternative challenges, and Toby gets to try challenge number 21-9-9=3. (All the 9 alternatives are listed on the show's thread on the official TS4 forum, see far down on page 1).
3. Walk outside in the street and hug someone!
Well, this might work, unless he falls asleep out there, like Quatore did the other night.
But no. Nobody walks by, Toby gets no chance at all to fulfill this challenge. So, here goes 200 points from Loser Toby to Super Sim Quatore!
Wow, this will be exciting to the very last minute, it seems! Only one more day to go, and although there will be points involved tomorrow, too, the day must be shorter to give room for some closing festivities after dinner. I had not really seen Ona Rosewood as a possible legacy founder, but at the moment she might very well be the one! Only 30 points separate Ona and Ochana, in other words they can both win. Toby is less likely to win now that he both spent 100 points on a new painting, and handed 200 points over to Quatore. He is 500 points behind top 2. It would have been worse though, if he had to hand those points over to either Ona or Ochana. Fiona and Fabian might surprise tomorrow with a good harvest in the morning, but I don't think that will be enough to reach the top, and besides - there is no chores hours before the meeting, so they would need to go harvesting by freewill.
Sissela currently ranks 7th, while Otto is 8th.
Summing it up - day 19
Super Sim: Ona
Loser: Otto
Events: Scavenger hunt, Interviews, Satisfaction score added.
Relations:
Not much changed. It's a bit funny that the only "good friend" relation in the house is between Toby and the huge teddy toy.
Skills:
Toby: 24 total (Painting 7, Violin 3, Mischief 3, Video gaming 3, Comedy 2, Cooking 2, Charisma 1, Logic 1, Fitness 1, Gardening 1)
Sissela: 23 total (Fishing 5, Video gaming 5, Mischief 3, Comedy 2, Cooking 2, Logic 1, Handiness 1, Fitness 1, Programming 1, Gardening 1, Charisma 1)
Fabian: 22 total (Gardening 5, Cooking 5, Video gaming 4, Mischief 2, Comedy 2, Fitness 1, Gourmet cooking 1, Charisma 1, Logic 1)
Ona: 22 total (Handiness 6, Fitness 4, Video gaming 4, Comedy 3, Cooking 2, Logic 1, Gardening 1, Charisma 1)
Ochana: 21 total (Charisma 3, Comedy 3, Video gaming 3, Logic 3, Gardening 2, Cooking 2, Mischief 2, Fitness 1, Handiness 1, Fishing 1)
Fiona: 21 total (Gardening 5, Violin 3, Mischief 3, Comedy 2, Cooking 2, Logic 1, Fitness 1, Video gaming 1, Handiness 1, Charisma 1, Fishing 1)
Otto: 20 total (Video gaming 3, Comedy 3, Mixology 3, Charisma 2, Mischief 2, Cooking 2, Logic 1, Piano 1, Fitness 1, Gardening 1, Guitar 1)
Quatore: 18 total (Video gaming 4, Cooking 3, Logic 3, Comedy 2, Mischief 1, Fitness 1, Fishing 1, Charisma 1, Gardening 1, Violin 1)
Standing score and chores:
Ona has a surprise lead, only 30 points ahead of Ochana! Toby is falling back.
1. Ona: 3070 points, Repairman
2. Ochana: 3040 points, Accountant
3. Toby: 2508 points, Painter
4. Fiona: 2502 points, Gardener
5. Fabian: 1528 points, Chef
6. Quatore: 1370 points, Cleaner
7. Sissela: 1203 points, Angler
8. Otto: 787 points, Party Fixer
Common account: §278
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