Noble wedding - Baron of Verde & Miss Morgan Fyres

(Year 225) This Spring has been packed with events! The biggest is probably the announced wedding of Auphor Saxor, Baron of Verde and Miss Morgan Fyres from Windenburg. Auphor, who is the ex-Duke of Meadows, has decided to start a new house as he is still head of House of Saxor and one house can not hold multiple high nobility peerages. The new house is rumored to be House of Sax-Donnersmalt, a nod to his mother who was of House von Donnersmalt. 

Despite the age gap of 51 years (!) they both look so good together! Guests flocked to the Church of Similius in Gloomville this cloudy morning. 

A baron's wedding does normally not attract the masses like some duke weddings might do, but let's say that Auphor and Morgan got their fair share of cheers :)

Calendar Year 225

It's yet another year in my Region 12, and the high nobility has shared headlights from their events calendars. The year is planned roughly before the previous year ends, making it easier for their busy network to reserve certain dates for the upcoming celebrations, and to avoid that big events conflict. Most events are now set for a season rather than a specific date, details will be shared later in formal invitations. Each district will normally run just one major event with guests per season, and most houses will accept only one invitation per season.

The Sims 4 - Star Wars announced!

 The Sims 4 - Journey To Batuu - new game pack to be released on September 8th 2020.

Just some quick fun in CAS :)

Not decided yet whether my Bon Voyage Retirement Home residents shall be sent on a last journey. Could be fun sending them to Batuu, perhaps making a video from their adventures...

Update: Community Section and Residents Registry

 (Year 225) Isn't it fun how you decide not to build a detailed online community page for your TS4 game, but you just do it anyway? I didn't plan this monster that the registry has grown into, but now I just added even more sections! And - I'm seriously thinking of scripting the family trees, as well *looking away*!

Right now the Residents Registry has been updated with all events that took place in Year 224. I do add them to the script as they happen, but upload the new version to the site only at the end of the year.

But there are loads of brand new content as well! I don't remember everything that was added or improved, but here's a few highlights:

Jespers Jewelry Broker

(Magnolia Promenade, year 225) In previous post Angela Pleasant gave you a tour of the Hotel Roadstead, located at Magnolia Promenade. The exterior is hardly changed, but the indoor is all new. The lot is available on the gallery (by Simmerville). At the northern end of the large building there is a store that the hotel owner allows another business to rent.

Since Year 194 this store was home to Jespers Jewelry Broker, run by the Jespers family for 30 years. This is not an ordinary jewelry shop, though.

Welcome to Hotel Roadstead

(Magnolia Promenade, year 225) I actually have several hotels in my region, some are private lodging (roommates) but Hotel Roadstead at Magnolia Promenade is as close to the real thing that I can get. You can download it from the gallery, info below. I never quite got it how a retail store could have such a splendid location - it's the nicest view in all Magnolia Promenade! This community lot is now categorized as Restaurant. It's not fully functional as such, but at least it attracts visitors making it easier to imagine there are guests at the hotel.

You probably recognize the Receptionist! It's Angela Pleasant. When her uncle, Oliver Pleasant, bought the hotel and offered her a job, she paused her ongoing University studies and moved to San Myshuno (in my region Magnolia Promenade is a hood within SM, between the northern part of the city and Gloomville (aka Willow Creek)). If you've got a few minutes, Angela will now give you a tour!

Reg12 NEWS - Election Day (with Nerd Alert warning!)

(Current year 225) It's finally Election Day, and here is the tv special guiding you through the day! News anchor Paolo Caliente (and reporter Sabrina Grossing?) at your service!

Perhaps you find inspiration to run a similar Council election in your own game?

Oasis Springs: Surprise engagement

This morning Oasis Springs woke up to surprising news as the high nobility Barony of Verde published its first announcement in ages. That is, back on first day of Winter it was announced that Auphor Saxor (83) from San Myshuno had moved in at Yuma Heights right after his coronation - as he was found to be the correct successor to the Verde peerage, but that was already kind of public, following the massive court trial.

Auphor Saxor, Baron of Verde (83) with fiancée Ms. Morgan Fyres (31).

This morning the elderly Baron Verde announced that he is indeed engaged! Local gossip dealers certainly got busy as the woman turns out to be the 52 years younger Ms Morgan Fyres (31), daughter of Dominic Fyres; Lord von Dresden, Lord of Deadgrass and Lord von Haunt. Nobody saw this coming, and locals are now questioning whether the engagement builds on economical interests rather than pure love.

Tumblr trouble

So, I'm having major problems with Tumblr ever since the Weekend. That's already 3 days. I was expecting them to fix it come Monday, but no...

All I get is a blue screen, no nothing. If I follow the link from this blog I get to my tumblr blog, but can do nothing. Clicking the archive gives the blue screen again. Still with no info.

I tried going to tumblr.com for possible info posted there, but can't even make that work... blue screen.

I'm obviously no longer logged in, but with no log in button (or info) it's impossible to get access.

N.A.P. voting closed - the results are in!

 

(Current Year 224) Region 12 has a political system with elections every 5 years. The year before the main election, where the 5 Councilors are found, there is a Neighborhood Action Plan voting. Each hood removes their oldest plan (each plan is on for 15 years), and then votes for a new plan to fill that spot. This might make no big difference, or it can get very exciting as these the valid N.A.P.s actually have an effect on the upcoming Council voting!

Each plan represents one of my three political parties, and the party with more active N.A.P.s in a district, becomes that district's dominant party. A dominant party will pick one of their N.A.P.s to be the 4th plan for all hoods in the district. On the Council election candidates will get some bonus votes if representing the dominant party! You could read about these details on this blog previously.

Well, tonight it's time to check the results, and to many hopeful candidates, it might make a huge difference whether they get those bonus votes or not.

Region 12 NEWS - Year 224

Year 224 is complete, and here's the annual NEWS edition!

The clip is just 4 minutes, and contains standard rubrics like News, Finance, Showbiz, Job listings, and of course various Family notes. The Y224 edition features Baron Auphor Saxor, jazz singer Olivia Clump, Plopsy and many more!

Hosts to tie it all together are Paulo Caliente and Antoinette Morck.



You might find a few how I play tips, and most news have more details in the community section/residents registry linked from top of this blog. There is also some info in my As Sims Go By video series. PS: Looks like I forgot to advertise Reg12 NEWS for Year 223. You will find it on the Youtube channel.

Welcome to Dusty Turf Bazar

(Curent Year 224) One of the oldest lots in Oasis Springs is the Bazar at Dusty Turf. This was a busy trading arena from Year 42, and was drastically expanded when Landgraab Retail, Inc. formalized the trades in Year 172. Today it's still owned by Landgraab Retail, Inc. who also run half of the 6 stores, while the remaining are rented by others.

From the start only the front building existed, while the outdoor ground area was the main market with many stalls selling fresh produce or collectives from distant corners of SimNation. The field behind the bazar was used for trading farm animals. In Year 172 Landgraab Retail, Inc. built the 2 stories block, which today is the main part of this business. Come for a tour!

Upcoming Election: 33 Candidates Introduced

(Current Year 224) Today the political parties LEFT, RIGHT and MIDDLE held a joint press conference at Hotel Roadstead (Magnolia Promenade, San Myshuno), where candidates for the upcoming Council election were introduced! Nomination Day was nearly a year ago (1 year before Election Day), and the lists of the 32 candidates went public on 1st day of Fall - but only with names, ages, hood and career. Now most candidates had 5 minutes on stage to share political plans and hopes.

This is the first time all 3 parties support a joint event. One should believe these candidates are rivals, as some are fighting for the same Hood Contact or Councilor position, but they all have a common mission of improving our community. Some candidates are aiming for the local Hood Contact position, and chose not to speech at today's event.

Baron of Verde Crowned

(Current Year 224) First day of Winter is "Investiture Day", the day for coronations and other investitures, and this year the region's main event was the crowning of Baron of Verde, Auphor Saxor (83). It's been busy days for him since court agreed that he is the correct successor to the Verde barony. Despite his high age he accepted, and has been busy moving from San Myshuno to Verde in Oasis Springs, where he will be the head of Yuma Heights - seat of the Barony of Verde.

The coronation took place at Church of Similius in Gloomville.

Lady de Sür-Blyth engaged

Lady Elvira Leonora de Sür-Blyth (40) is not living a very public society life. Her low nobility house, Sür-Blyth Farm, focuses a lot more on raising pigs combined with agricultural science, than red carpets and diadems.

She lived alone and worked real hard, and it’s great news that she is engaged, finally!

Painting collected motives

Not quite sure about that title, but I recently discovered something I never really was aware of. Painting became a lot more interesting, especially having your own atelier suddenly made a lot more sense.

Mandy Rosewood (38), you might recall her from the As Sims Go By video series. She was unlucky in love and traveled to Selvadorada to paint the jungle - and mend her heart - for a couple years. She fell in love mith Mirard Jumba and had a child, but that's another story - ongoing, in fact.

Mandy Rosewood in her rented atelier in Newcrest

When she was out in the jungle I had her try a different methode.