Age Progress Chart

Some prosperity players play this challenge for the storyline. Actually, a lot of them. When I started this challenge, I did so with the plan to finish the challenge. At the time I started, no one had finished it not even the creators of the challenge. The challenge had been around for a while, so I found it odd that no one had seen it through to the end. I decided I wanted to finish it. Not for the glory, fame, or fortune, because there isn't any. It was just something I wanted to do. There were several things that helped me finish this challenge. For one a sim friend at the time, told me that I would never finish it. Another were several players who were teasing each other about the score. If I remember correctly, I was the one who started the score teasing. Not that I wanted or needed to have the highest score but in hopes to inspire others to finish the challenge. To bring fun into the prosperity group, and personal inspiration to finish the challenge.

I began the challenge with high hopes and great plans. Once my town grew to a really large amount of houses, I realized I needed a different focus. I decided to focus on one family to be the one to bring in the last generation. In that house, the objective was 5 generations of offspring as fast as possible. The below chart shows the progress of that house and how I was able to finish the challenge in 9 sim weeks.

At about the third generation, I realized why no one had finished this challenge. It is insanely long. The more houses you add the longer it takes to get through them. My rounds went from lasting less than a week to more than a month. That was without blogging the challenge. At some point, I started this blog as a place to keep track of my points from update to update. I'm glad I did, otherwise the posts would have been lost to time.

Anyone who finishes this challenge or any long challenge has my respect. It takes a lot of work and dedication to finish Prosperity or Legacy. In the end, the points don't matter, just that you finished it.

baby (3 day) toddler(3) child(8) Teen (14) Adult (29) Elder (varies)

Most stages can grow up a day early. I took advantage of that when it worked out best for me. My ultimate goal was to finish the challenge quickly and with ok points. I know at least 4 simmers who plan to out score me and I hope they do. I've done my best to motivate them with boastful arrogant comments. I will be greatly disappointed if they don't out score me. I've promised to act upset when they do. (practices upset face)

Several of us have shared a lot of laughs over "who will have the top score." It has all been in fun. It will always be my favorite memory of this challenge and my time playing it. I will forever remember them with a happy smile.

I've been saving this picture to post at my final. If you kill off all the sims on a lot there are a couple different pop ups you get. This is just one of them. I had about 7 sims die from the cow plant. All visiting sims. My G5 sim died of old age.

What to do now that I'm finished with Pleasantview Prosperity? I've decided to make a prosperity strategy blog to share with anyone interested. I probably wont start on it for a couple weeks. My first stop is HACK shopping. I've been hack free for so long, I'm ready to explore some of the new hacks that players have talked about. If you want me to send you a link to the strategy blog, be sure to email me your email address. ;-)

Final Score: 2775

week 9 Final Table

Week 9 Final Final Score. I was so close to finishing that I didn't bother to score week 8. Here is the table break down for the final score for Pleasantview. It shows the individual sim point per sim lot. I also listed what lots I used the DRED technique on.

Retirement center #1 (R1) networth (52 pt) was from moving sims in (ask to move in). R2 - sims were merged onto the lot from the sim bin. The second retirement center was open in round 8 when I ran out of room in the first one.

Total Comparison per week

Total for each sim week

wk 1 - 31 pt (31 sims on 8 playable Lots not counting uni)
Wk 2 - 85 pt (49 sims on 16 playable lots)
Wk 3 - 149 pt (67 sims on 16 playable lots)
Wk 4 - 228 pt (84 sims on 21 playable lots)
Wk 5 - 363 pt (127 sims on 34 playable lots)
wk 6 - 596 pt (157 sims on 36 playable lots)
wk 7 - 1428 pt (228 sims on 33 playable lots)

*Each round = 1 sim week
**Special Note** Open For Business EP was added late in round 4. Official Rules Pending.
***OFB rules released prior to starting wk 7. No meditating on venue lots were played after release of rules. The lots that would have gained networth from that would have been lost in my lock up problem mid way the first time through wk 7.

GRILLED CHEESE SANDWICH (GCS) ASPIRATION: I've completed 2 grill cheese sandwich sims in my challenge. I've scored the 3 points for them and would encourage anyone else to score theirs as well. I can't recall what EP added Grilled Cheese. (?NL maybe) The original rule around GCS stated it was possible to play it per a FREE Orb use. Since the orb is the only way to get a GCS. If you change your mind, then you take a -10 deduction (double the normal -5 pt orb use). No mention in the original rules saying there would be no scorable IW for the GCS aspiration. If the creators of the challenged intended there to be no scorable IW, then it should have been stated when the aspiration was added. Changing the rule in this fashion is no different than Pinstars elixir rule change. I, for one, didn't honor pinstars mid-game elixir rule change and will not honor this mid-game rule change. (Feel free to deductd the 6 points I earned from GCS in about week 3 of my challenge.)

Someone came up with a wonderful strategy with GCS. I wish I knew who it was so I could give them proper credit. The strategy was to change a CAS elders to GCS. Then you score their LTW and IW in one BANG. Giving the player, who can pull it off (in such a short time) a 20 pt increase. For anyone who is able to pull this off, then by all means score it. I find GCS to be a challenge and to pull it off with a CAS elder. WOW!!! I never tried this with a CAS elder, that sounds like more of a challenge than what I want. So if you did then... Score it and BRAG about it. You earned it!!!! To the player who came up with this strategy. GREAT WORK!!!

Week 7 Final Score

End of Week 7 Balance - 1428 pt