Even baby Oz has now joined the ranks of the big boys. He reckons there might be a way to stop the gangsters by infiltration and maybe making the local cops less corrupt. I can't judge, I'm just hanging around the sports ball games.
GAZ NOTE: And my luck continues - Retired, Law Enforcement, Journalism. LITERALLY no choice here - well, I mean I guess I could pick Forensics, but that does very little for me when my elders are controllable for 3 days and die shortly after the 4th.
Sure was good I picked Journalism, so that I could pick the good choices, right?</sarcasm>. I did get Education (which is good) and Military, so once that's lifted I can at least move out the other family members rather than engage in some creative Sim Murder, but I wouldn't have picked literally any of the others. My ideal 2nd generation would have been Communications, Culinary, Education, Master Thief, Medical, Military, Science. I was prepared to believe I wouldn't get quite that good, that I might have to compromise once or twice, but I'm facing down a 3rd generation that still has food problems, still has telephone restrictions, still has no showers. Even Architecture so that I could have built a 3rd level would have been nice. As it is the ending requirement that looks the easiest to get is The Writer's Guild. I could easily get the shinies too, but that will involve some World Adventures Travel that, for maximum efficiency, will need to be delayed until pretty much the end of the challenge (otherwise I am wasting days travelling that I cannot be using to advance careers). I suppose Landlord is doable as well - despite getting robbed twice a week at the moment I am not actually cash poor, and Landlord can be a gradual process. But I've already written best selling fiction and non-fiction books (by Tara and Dawn respectively) so in a sense I'm already on that track.
But again - this is getting way ahead of myself. It's important to plan, but we've already seen how well my plans stack up against events.
Big sis Willow managed to reinvigorate the education system. I was against this, but as I look ahead a bit, to my own sprogs that I will inevitably have, I can see the benefit of getting them out of the house and not eating all our food. Plus, she reckons she knows advanced learning techniques that might mean my kids are not complete losers.
Education lifted. It is week 11, day 4. I should have lifted it the previous day - I misjudged the bar. Never mind, doesn't really affect anything. I'll leave her employed for now so that she can get her LTW, but as soon as Giles lifts Military (he's at level 7, probably another week should do it) she can leave.
They named me the MVP. I don't even know what I'm supposed to do with the ball yet, let alone what that stands for, but apparently it was really inspiring. They used my muscle tissue from my werewolf form to cure muscular degeneration. Sounds dodgy as, if you ask me, but whatever - I'll take the win. Despite my success, I might stick with this just for a little while longer - I'm dying to know what sort of ball we're supposed to be using. And why this game is played in a laboratory, under anaesthetic, rather than on some sort of field.
Athletics lifted - note this is only level 8, but that's all you need. It is week 12, day 3. In 3 more days at most Military will be lifted - potentially in only 1 more day (Education => Mid Life Crisis + Multitasker really helps). Then I can move out 3 of my Sims to start the next generation. Symphonic, Business, and Espionage are going pretty well too; I'm having some trouble with Paranormal, because I apparently forgot how much I hated the Private Readings requirement, but I'll get there - it won't slow my overall progress, even if Xander is the last one to clear. In the interim I might as well get to level 9 Professional Sports and claim the LTW. Incidentally, both Willow and Giles have both achieved their LTWs (so the food situation is not really dire - Slobs are now on the menu, so to speak). It is surprisingly annoying to make friends when you're denied Funny interactions; poor Cordelia (Heartbreaker LTW) has yet to have even a single boyfriend, let alone 10, and I might even wait until she lifts Symphonic, gather enough LTR points, and change her wish.
Anyway that's a decent stopping point for this entry. I won't say things are looking up - I'm still far from happy with this progress - but at least things are progressing adequately.
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