commander30

To my LJ friends:

I've been trying to get back into fanfic writing, and it's not... exactly... forthcoming. However, my itching for storytelling can still be fostered through the Sims 3. And I've always kind of wanted to attempt a legacy challenge. :)

To everyone:

So... I'm attempting a legacy challenge! It'll probably be good for me to actually attempt to play Sims without using mods/cheat codes. ^^; I can't guarantee that I'll complete all ten generations, but no matter how far or how little I get, I'll still be storytelling, and that's all that matters. :)

The expansion packs I'm playing with are World Adventures, Ambitions, Late Night, Generations, and Pets. I have little interest in Showtime and Supernatural, so I doubt I'll ever be getting those, although I do hope to get Seasons... eventually. In the meantime, since I got Generations only very recently, I'm just having fun exploring that one for now.

And now... for my founder. My founder, of course, had to be Commander, the physical representation of my online handle (the name came first, the character came a few years later). But as for her last name, seeing as it is officially "Doofus" (long story and all, but yes, my online handle is officially short for Commander Doofus), and I didn't want to be playing "The Doofus Legacy", I needed to find a different one. I asked my husband for last name suggestions, and twenty seconds later he was at his laptop, going through suggestions on an online name generator. After three or four names, he hit upon this name: "Commander Sexsmith".

My legacy had its name.

So, day one. I moved Commie into 1007 Pomona Promenade, in Appaloosa Plains, and built her a little starter house:

...and furnished it:

I'm not used to building houses in the Sims--in any version of the game. In the original Sims, and even in Sims 2 before I left for college, my younger brother liked to build houses and then I'd move families into the houses he created. And after I moved out, I just used the houses that came with the game or downloaded ones created by others online. So it was a nice change of pace for me to go into build mode and create and furnish a house from scratch. I'm pretty happy with the result.

However, Commie didn't stay long. Apparently aware of the ramifications of her name, she immediately rolled a wish to join the military career. (Well, okay, so her first wish was to get a motorcycle, but she's gonna have to wait on that one.) So I sent her off to Appaloosa Plains' civic center.

Commie: Money... whoo...

I then sent her off to the community pool, hoping to meet Sims that may be prime pickin's for getting her started on her lifetime wish. Unfortunately, there was only one other Sim there when Commie arrived, and it was this lady:

My thoughts exactly, Commie.

So I sent her to the pool to start working on her athletic skill, but... nothing happened. There was no progress bar above her head, nothing. (She barely even swam, in fact. She mostly just tread water until I directed her to "swim here".) I thought swimming rose athletic skill? Apparently, all it did was help Commie kill some time before more people arrived.

Commie: But I don't WANNA talk to them!

Me: Do you want to get laid or not?!

Commie then talked about nothing. Literally.

Becky: I thought you were supposed to be dramatic.

Commie, however, continued to talk about nothing, even after Becky's mother left.

Commie: _______________!!!!!!
Becky: ...wut

Well, this clearly wasn't going well, so I sent off to meet Lady in Red instead.

I am amused by the fact that this pool apparently lets horses just wander in. Hope they have a janitorial staff willing to clean up the dung he's sure to leave!

I skip the small talk and have Commie get right to the point and ask Lady in Red--Vallari--if she's single. She is! And Commie has a moderate attraction to her.

She even enjoyed the same conversational topics.

As it turns out, Vallari is a snob, so I had Commie lay on the flirtatious compliments pretty thick, and Vallari ate them all up. I believe we've found WooHoo partner number 1.

It was getting late and Commie was getting hungry, so I sent her home to make some autumn salad since I'm a wuss and didn't want to watch her burn the house down.

Either she's got a bottomless bowl, or I've got a graphics glitch.

I then sent Commie to work on raising her athletic skill, for real this time, before sending her off to bed.

Commie: I'd rather carve my eyeballs out with a scythe.

Uh... no duh, Commie. IT'S NIGHTTIME AND YOU'RE ASLEEP, OF COURSE IT'S DARK.

The next morning, all dressed and ready for work, instead of working on her athletic skill, Commie instead decides to play football on her computer. Virtually working out doesn't count, Commie!

Anyway, her day at work was uneventful, and while she called Vallari when she got home and invited her over, the jerk decided she'd rather go out on the town on her own, so she spent the rest of her day still trying to get one athletic skill point.

Taking a short break to feed this stray dog that tugged at my... uh, I mean her, heartstrings.

This scene is bizarre because 1. that's a paparazzi hanging out on Commie's doorstep, and Commie's not even a level 1 celebrity, and 2. the paparazzi wasn't there to take pictures... she was trying to get in to DANCE with Commie. Da hell?!

The next morning, Commie's pre-work game of choice seems to be Grand Theft Auto.

When Commie got home from work, she invited Vallari over again, and this time she accepted. Then... Vallari called to chat. And Commie was on the phone with Vallari when Vallari showed up in... this ridiculous getup. I don't even know, guys. Just roll with it. Commie sure did.

Vallari, again, ate up all the attention Commie lavished on her. You'll note that there's a stray cat on the porch this time, who seems to know what's happening and is wisely getting out of their way.

First kiss: success!

I send them in to WooHoo, but apparently this mirror is blocking Commie's access to the bed. Uh... oops.

That's more like it!

Vallari: Despite the fact that I'm a snob, and your house is very basic and built by an amateur, I'm impressed by it!
Commie: That's all the foreplay I need!