#Bluewater Recap

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As I was looking through my camera roll for my 2023 recap I found this clip from April and I thought it would be a funny post.

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Pleasantview Recap 1

Moving in the bin families, setting up the Bluewater Village families and completing Don's initial round.

The burbs settled into their new house at 95 Woodland Drive. Brandi, Darren and Nina were their welcome wagon, and Mortimer was greeted on his stroll past the house.

The neighbours were NOT behaving themselves. Nina started picking on Darren and John. Mortimer even tried hitting on Nina.

After the uncouth neighbours left and Lucy went to bed, John brought up the idea of growing their family in Pleasantview. While they may not have much money, if Jen gets promoted quickly and John's garden takes off, it could just work.

With their retirement funds, the Oldies were able to rent an apartment. Herb's pension isn't quite cutting home ownership, so it was the only option they had long-term.

On the same day, their new neighbour, Chester, moved in.

As well as Jodie Larson and her brother, Jason.

Over at the Jacquet's, Gilbert threw a luncheon for his neighbours.

But if anything was thrown, it was a glass of water, from Wanda at Gilbert. He's a just a poor man who still lives at home with his over-bearing mother, what could Wanda have against him?

Whatever it is, Stephen better be careful. He met Florence for the first time and couldn't stop flirting with her! Does Wanda suspect that such a dedicated married man has a wandering eye?

Over at Don's, he's taking his break-up with Cassandra well. He still isn't cleaning, so that must be a good sign.

...so Mortimer can kick over his trashcan in vengance in all he wants.

If anything has come out of leaving Cassandra, Don has been more focused on his work. Now that he won't have access to the Goth fortune, he's started to realise he actually needs to work for a living. It's paying off, though. He got promoted!

He's also spent more time on his hobbies. He likes showing off his skipping-rope skills in front of Kaylynn.

And while things around him have changed quite drastically, the one constant he has is Nina.

[annegirl13]

Round 2 is finally, finally over!  It feels like it’s taken forever, and a LOT happened!  

Look below the cut for a recap and maybe some hints for Round 3!

The Landgraab Legacy

Malcolm had quite an eventful round!  Seriously, we started things off with a bang this round!  Malcolm was pretty sure Abby was the one for him, but it turned out she was just in it to get a story. Malcolm’s...not doin’ so hot now.  Is the legacy going to end with him? 

The Delarosa Differences in the Family Tree Challenge

Compared to Malcolm, Florence’s round was completely boring. She mostly spent it running her shop and hanging out with her new sweetie, Herb.  I’m hoping she’ll kick things into gear next time, but we’ll have to wait and see. 

The Tinker Ten Kids Challenge

The Tinkers added two more little ones to their family this round: Bass and Treble.  Little Cadence aged up to a toddler and then a child by the end of the round.  Stephen got abducted by aliens and came back pregnant, and then he got Wanda pregnant too!  We’re almost at that 10 kid milestone already!  At the end of the round Melody moved to college. 

The Ramirez Random Challenge

The Ramirezes learned to love (or hate) grilled cheese sandwiches this round.  (Tessa was going through a phase.)  Also, Checo and Lisa went to their first grown up party in a while and, well, the night had some consequences that have not quite yet made themselves known.  (In other words, baby Ramirez incoming next round!  Woohoo!)

The Larson Business Challenge

Jason and Jodie drove each other (and me) crazy. It was mostly Jason’s fault this time.  He traumatized his sister by making out with his girlfriend on the couch.  Jodie went out and got drunk to try to erase that image from her brain and ended up meeting a nice guy.  They went on a date later. Jason hired his girlfriend to work at his store.  He thinks that’s a good idea. I think it’s time to throw a wrench or two into the works with these guys.  We’ll see what happens.

The Jacquet ROS Challenge

Denise finally started healing after Yves’s death. She got a cat named Hardimos and went back to the bakery with Gilbert.  (There is now cheesecake available at the bakery.  The Tinkers may or may not have purchased some...)  Gilbert officially started going out with Breanna Custer. 

The Supernatural Roomies Challenge

Chester and Cyd went on vacation to Takemizu Village.  Cyd didn’t get all the vacation memories he needed (no ninjas, for instance) but he’s made a good start toward his goal.  I’m not sure Chester really did anything significant.  Maybe he learned to make more robots?  I don’t remember...

The Crazy Kat Lover Challenge

Tara Kat’s household expanded with three kittens, and there are more kittens on the way!  Also Tara got a bit more serious with her boyfriend Jareth, who seems to be pretty okay with all the cats.  I’m just not sure there’ll be room for him to move in next round.  It depends on how many kittens we get!  Yay kittens!

The Wacky Kim Officially Wacky Boolprop Challenge

The Kims got the (dubious) honor of bringing the plot back around again.  Cynthia and her best friend, Sylvia Marie Mashuga, heard about what happened to Malcolm and began plotting to set him up with someone new.  Malcolm wasn’t on board with the idea.  Meanwhile, Robert began making robots and Justin made friends with a couple neighborhood kids. 

Melody Tinker at College

Melody moved into a dorm with a bunch of premade college students turned dormies, which provided me with a lot of drama to watch while Mel was at class.  Melody decided to major in math and went looking for friends around campus.  She passed her first year of college with flying colors!

And that was the end of Round Two! We’re going to have a bit of an interlude before we go into Round Three.  

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Phew we made it! 10.5 months after I started posting my Uberhood we’ve finally finished the first round. Well I finished playing the last family in the first round back in March but tehcnicalities.

Anyways I thought it would be fun to see some stats on each Neighbourhood, next time I’ll do this between neighbourhoods so if you’re interested they’re below the cut! Otherwise Round 2 will start posting shortly.

At the end of Pleasantview’s rotation there were:

9 Households

28 Residents

5 Births

0 New Residents Moved In

0 Deaths

§10,600 in Taxes Collected, Current Treasury Balance = §10,600

At the end of Strangetown’s rotation there were:

4 Households

12 Residents

2 Births

0 New Residents Moved In

0 Deaths

§2,700 in Taxes Collected, Current Treasury Balance = §2,700

At the end of Veronaville’s rotation there were:

9 Households

24 Residents

1 Birth

2 New Residents Moved In

0 Deaths

§9,200 in Taxes Collected, Current Treasury Balance = §9,200

At the end of Bluewater Village’s rotation there were:

6 Households

20 Residents

5 Births

0 New Residents Moved In

0 Deaths

§4,400 in Taxes Collected, Current Treasury Balance = §4,400

At the end of Riverblossom Hills’ rotation there were:

8 Households

24 Residents

2 Births

0 New Residents Moved In

0 Deaths

§12,600 in Taxes Collected, Current Treasury Balance = §12,600

At the end of Desiderata Valley’s rotation there were:

8 Households

22 Residents

3 Births

0 New Residents Moved In

0 Deaths

§13,600 in Taxes Collected, Current Treasury Balance = §13,600

At the end of Belladonna Cove’s rotation there were:

14 Households

37 Residents

2 Births

0 New Residents Moved In

0 Deaths

§117,700 in Taxes Collected, Current Treasury Balance = §117,700

At the end of Downtown’s rotation there were:

6 Households

16 Residents

2 Births

1 New Resident Moved In

0 Deaths

§17,100 in Taxes Collected, Current Treasury Balance = §17,100

At the end of Mission State University’s rotations there were:

5 Occupied Households

10 Students Living on Campus

5 Students Enrolled

37 Students Graduated

0 Student Dropouts/Expulsions

2 Student Deaths

At the end of Round 1 there are 40 sims in the Sim Bin awaiting placement in a new neighbourhood, 37 in the main neighbourhood and 3 in the university subhood.

[lurking-lilibeth]

The Jacquet - Larson household is next, the real rich family of Bluewater Village ever since they mastered serfing the waves of the stock market. And Guilbert and Jodie haven’t even received the money old Denise left them yet, the legal process moving slower than expected.  

A recap [some of it was in this family’s posts before I deleted my old blog and some relates to this rotation]:

Guilbert is nearing his retirement years by now. A long time ago, his mother Denise organised his marriage to her protégé Jodie (neé Larsen); the marriage turned out very successful, making Guilbert into an actual adult. He’s still a himbo at heart, but a handy one. Guilbert’s favorite past time is messing with his wife’s work equipment.

Jodie is the real head of the family. Denise put her through the med school, and by now she’s nearing the top of her medical career. She is mercantile but she’s not ashamed of it - she wouldn’t be where she is now (which is a very good place) otherwise.

Jasper is Jodie and Guilbert’s son. He’s started making his way into the big world by developing a complicated relationship with another wealthy heir, Marion Landgraab.

Jason Larsen is Jodie’s twin and a source of a good chunk of the family’s wealth. A broker bro at work - a soft and somewhat goofy guy at home. Jason is married to Tara (neé Kat), and together they have twin sons, Roman and Peter. Tara is the police’s friendly face. She’s too absent-minded and soft-spoken to actually police anything, so her making captain is clearly a PR thing.

Last but not least, Tara’s cats Samantha and Mickey remain soft and healthy.

Stats:

Guilbert:

romance / family

libra: 1/7/2/6/9

ambitious, couch potato, childish, flirty, star quality

LTW: become hall of famer

+glasses, +makeup, -chubby

OTH: arts and crafts

career: sports

partner: Jodie Jacquet

Jodie:

wealth / popularity

aries: 3/7/5/5/5

charismatic, lucky, frugal, evil, great kisser

LTW: become chief of staff

+swimwear, +facial hair, -hair

OTH: music and dance

career: medicine

partner: Guilbert Jacquet

Jasper:

wealth / knowledge

sagittarius: 1/7/9/10/1

evil, athletic, childish, flirty

LTW: become city planner

+cologne, +glasses, -body skill

OTH: games

career: architecture (end of the rotation)

Jason:

wealth / knowledge

aries: 3/7/6/4/5

loves to swim, family-oriented, computer whiz, friendly, light sleeper

LTW: become captain hero

+swimwear, +blonde hair, -formal wear

OTH: music and dance

career: business

partner: Tara Larsen

Tara:

family / wealth

aquarius: 4/4/4/6/7

absent-minded, cat person, nurturing, heavy sleeper, unlucky

LTW: become captain hero (achieved by the end of the rotation)

+brown hair, +black hair, -red hair

OTH: arts and crafts

career: law enforcement

partner: Jason Larsen

Roman:

aries: 3/7/6/4/5

eccentric, slob, neurotic

OTH: music and dance

Peter:

aries: 3/9/6/4/7

friendly, genius, loves the heat 

OTH: music and dance

Samantha:

cat

female

hooman: Tara

personality: 2/1/1/2/3

career: security

Mickey:

cat

male

hoomans: Tara, Jason

personality: 2/3/3/2/2

career: show biz

[marasims]

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Recap: Veronaville Round 4 (Spring)

Just remembered I haven’t done an recap for the Veronaville round I recently completed yet, oops! Better late than never? For any new followers, this is a summary of everything important that went on during this spring rotation! I have a recap page HERE, if you want to read about what else has been going on in this neighbourhood. More general info here. Once I finish this round of my Hollyhead BACC I’ll be continuing with Pleasantview Plus - next up will be more college, followed by Downtown.

Yikes - this was an eventful round! Feels like it went on forever, haha! It’s actually only been 4 months though, which is a lot better than the 10 months Strangetown took... 

Started the rotation with Chloe and Nina’s house. It’s Spring and Chloe was taking full advantage of the romantic season to finally try and nail down that 20 Woohoos LTW. She went on a bit of a romance rampage including numerous townies, Ripp Grunt, and even her brother’s girlfriend. 

She and Nina also had some adventures as a couple, inviting the Summerdreams over for some redheaded bisexual action.

Unfortunately all this lovin’ distracted her from work a bit and she ended up getting fired - leading to some insecurity in her relationship with Nina, who was racking up promotions in her job at the Monty restaurant. 

They talked it out, though, and Nina was nothing but supportive. Communication wins! 

After that, Chloe decided the time had come to propose - and Nina said yes!!

There was some trouble brewing, however... 

Next up was Antonio’s branch of the Monty family! 

Beatrice kicked things off by asking Buck Grunt to go steady, which totally threw me for a loop.

Benedick was still going steady with Bo Summerdream.

All was going well between them, until his best friend Hal Capp revealed she’d been seeing him on the side. Ben was not happy!!!

Antonio was exploring his options and starting to date a little, too. Nina Caliente took him on a few dates. 

In the end, though, it was Florence Delarosa who captured his heart.

He took her on a date to a pottery class, and proposed at the end of it!!

Meanwhile her local business was booming, and she hired recent graduate Emily Lee to help out in the shop.

Small bit of relevant college stuff - at Mercutio’s graduation party, Juliette caught Romeo cheating on her with Roxie Sharpe.

However, after talking it through with her and Jonah he decided to put things with them to and end and try and patch things up with Juliette. 

He proposed to her at their dorm and she accepted, on the condition that he took her name when they married. Juliette is savvy! 

At the Monty Ranch, Mercutio returns home to help his grandmother with the llama rearing. He’s now the de-facto heir, as Isabella is NOT happy about the engagement. 

He quickly discovered his Nonna hasn’t been too lonely without him and has befriended some other elder ladies. She, Dora Ottomas and Jenny Smith meet regularly for mahjong. Jenny flirts and little here and there...

His fiancee, Goldie Hart, visits regularly. 

Meanwhile Isabella gets bitten by the local leader of the pack, becomes and werewolf and turns Mercutio for good measure. That’ll keep things even with the Capps...

Then it’s over to the other side of the river... The Capps have noticed the recent expansion of the Monty side and, not to be outdone, have invested in a new set of shops on their side! They hope to attract small business owners and will be approaching a few of their residents about going into business.

The first of these is the Tinkers! Melody is exasperated as always with her parents and can’t BELIEVE they think now is a good time to open a toy shop. It’s not just that Melody hates toys… her little brother Timmy was born recently and she’s worried the new business won’t leave her parents with a lot of time to take care of him. Her parents act like a pair of big kids most of the time, and she often feels like the only responsible person in the house. It’s tough, sometimes! 

Her fears aren’t entirely unfounded. She leaves her parents unsupervised for half an hour, and look what happens! This is the THIRD fire I’ve had with these guys. It’s worth mentioning I play them ISBI style when they’re not at work doing business stuff, haha. 

Melody’s girlfriend Miranda is at college, but Melody misses her like crazy and rolls wants to see her almost every day. They’re in an open relationship for now, at least until they can close the distance gap...

She hangs out with Bo Summerdream a little, who flirts with her a bit...

Wanda and Stephen prove to be fantastic parents as always, ignoring their screaming infant in favor of cuddling for hours on end.

They do an okay job running the shop, though. Mostly.

They don’t seem too worried about the Montys spying on the enemy turf...

At Capp manor, Contessa has a stern word with her daughter Cordelia, who just doesn’t seem interested in taking over the family business.

However, the family witchcraft certainly piques her interest and she decides to start studying it! Good magic, of course. 

Tybalt returns from college and moves home, immediately getting a job in the business. It’s not his passion, but he florishes nicely there, and gets along great with his aunt/boss Goneril.

He also proposes to his boyfriend, Tiave Tricou, and takes him home to meet the family. 

Juliette visits next for another word with dear old grandmother. They’re a little concerned about her engagement to Romeo, but agree to it as long as he takes on the Capp name and gives up his ties to his family.

Later that night, Caliban and Contessa get into a nasty fight. It’s the latest of many, and this time Contessa isn’t feeling forgiving! 

She casts a curse on him and has him killed by bees. 

Cordelia is heart-broken and immediately suspects her mother, not believing for a moment any of this was an accident. She shares these suspicions with Tybalt and he privately vows revenge, although she’s terrified for his safety and hopes he flees town.

In a complete change of tone, Denise decided to move to Veronaville with her son after their bakery in Bluewater Village went bust. They’re not sure why it flopped… maybe because Yves was the only one who could bake? Maybe because Gilbert was dating multiple employees at once, and they all quit when they found out? Veronaville was Denise’s pick for 3 reasons.

Nobody knows who they are, so they can pretend to be from Champ Les Sims! That way customers are bound to trust Denise’s croissants…

The Capp family are offering excellent business loans, hoping to improve tourism in the area. 

Since there are so many multi-generational families here, women might not be put off my Gilbert living with his mother! Denise is sick and tired of Gilbert playing the “I live with my mother” card whenever the threat of long term commitment looms. 

Their round is mostly all business, with Gilbert dating around a bit. 

He even asks out recently widowed Bella Goth a few times. She keeps saying no initially but when they have a chance meeting on a community lot she initiates things!

Denise, who I gave a romance secondary, also finds time for romance! She dates local criminal mastermind Rich Mann, partially in response to receiving threats from the Montys. 

Denise and Gilbert both keep rolling wants to learn hairdressing and Crystal Vu keeps wandering by, leading to endless makeover disasters...

Sorry, Crystal. They get it right eventually. 

Monica Bratford (Puck’s fiancee) starts renting a place, although she won’t be played until next round...  she’s looking forward to opening her own boutique in town and starting up her new range of cruelty free makeup products.

The house next to her is being rented by fellow graduates Brittany Upsnott & Ellen Frost! Britt wants to be a journalist and Ellen plans on going into law.

At Goneril’s branch of the Capp family, Desdemona and Hal bond on their terrible decisions in love. Des has a crush on her straight BFF Beatrice Monty and Hal has a thing for Benedick, who he worries he’s completely messed things up with forever. 

He needn’t worry, though. To my sheer amazement when Benedick came over they started joking and laughing like everything was totally fine and Hal never stole his girlfriend? I guess they just can’t stay mad at each other...

Des gets a bit of a makeover! To her surprise, Goneril approves. She’s been trying to go easy on her kids, lately.

Hal and Bo continue dating, but the differences between Capps and Summerdreams are starting to show. She’s not remotely impressed or interested in his new job...

Academie Le Tour like what they see, though. Between perfect A+ grades, topping his career in a single day, mastering dance (ballet) and maxing the creativity skill he is moneyed up ready for college!!!  He’s got the “Become the Law” LTW and I’ve no doubt he’s going to be a huge success as the corrupt Capp family lawyer.

So he was off to Académie Le Tour. Hal felt a little sad to be leaving town without fixing things with Ben properly, but maybe the distance would do them good. Bo was coming along to the same university as him, but we wasn’t sure what was going to happen with them. Things had been kind of rocky, understandably, the way they got together was all wrong and it just didn’t feel right without Ben in the picture… ugh.

Perhaps at college he could have a more sensible, drama-free love life? Or, better yet, he could stop worrying about relationships and focus on his studies! Yeah, that sounded great. He’d work hard, graduate with honors, start his own law firm, and worry about marriage and kids later, maybe when the family found a good match for him.

Des does a lot of good big-sister-ing, single handedly raising Lysander and talking Ariel through gender identity questions.

Goneril gets the promotion she’s been hoping for. It was her dream, she’d always thought. It was her dream.

And yet she wasn’t completely satisfied. When she’d imagined running the company, it wasn’t as a co-partner to a reanimated zombie of her mother. And she’d envisaged herself as the owner of the company, not simply doing all the hard work while her niece reaped in the rewards.

Albany, who aged up recently, talks Goneril through her insecurities, and assures her she’ll be on top (lol) some day. 

Ariel and Lysander grow up! Though their party is a total shitshow.

The Summerdreams are very same-old - Bo continues to slack off and the parents continue to make out all the time and neglect their kids.

She and Benedick Monty make the break-up official.

And so she spends a lot of time hanging out with BFF Lucy Burb instead. They dream of becoming criminal masterminds together someday... they do have pretty good chemistry and a slightly flirty dynamic, but neither of them has ever acted on it for fear of messing up the friendship. 

She dates Melody Tinker instead, which goes better than I expected! They fell in love and everything. 

Oberon and Titania got some “new” looks.  These two have centuries worth of clothing in their wardrobe…

Titania has a brief date with Chloe Curious, and asks her about her pregnancy. Chloe is cage-y initially, but is relived when Titania proposes she and Oberon adopt the baby. She and Nina don’t want kids, so it’s a perfect solution! 

Regan and Cornwall have a pretty decent marriage. It never used to be that passionate, sparks-flying-everywhere, can’t-get-enough-of-each-other love, but it’s grown a lot over the years. They’ve both supported each other through thick and thin, things in the bedroom have got gradually spicier, and become true partners in crime - at this point Regan doesn’t want to imagine life without him.

Their son Lear is a very dutiful, studious kid. He’s very moral and justice-oriented, for a Capp, and takes everything very seriously. He’s aware neither of his parents are law-abiding and isn’t too thrilled with it, but he’s sure he can talk them around someday…

It’s mostly quite an uneventful, homely round. 

She does go out for tea with her sisters, though, which leads to a few fireworks. Regan is horrified that her genie-wish has lead to so much suffering, and regrets brining back Contessa. 

Poor Goneril has a lot of pent up jealousy brewing, which she directs at Cordelia. 

They make up eventually, though :)

After a few more promotions and a particularly successful heist which lands Cornwall a hefty $20,000, the married couple decide to relocate Downtown. It’s a little closer to work, and a little further away from the family’s deadly drama...

At the end of the round, Romeo graduates and visits the family restaurant to invite everyone to the wedding. They’re not thrilled, and a shouting match ensues.

He’s very suborn and sticks up for Juliette, but the prospect of being disowned by his entire family rattles Romeo. Despite Mercutio and Bianca giving him their support, when the wedding day comes he’s hesitant.

He ends up running away from her at the altar,

Juliette chased after him, furious, and accidentally curses him. Romeo’s struck by lightning and dies. 

She’s momentarily horrified, but when confronted by Mercutio she quickly doubles-down, reigniting the Capp-Monty feud.

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Uberhood Recaps & Upcoming Sims 2 videos!

Hey all! Just a heads up! As I promised last month, I want to start being more active here on Tumblr and continue bringing you content - both pictures and livestreams for The Sims 2! And we're starting with the recap of my Uberhood!

We are currently playing through Bluewater Village Round 2, but the recap posts will start all the way from the beginning - in Pleasantview! I am aware that when I first started streaming this series 2 years ago, I did post the videos on my Tumblr as well. So this is just a fun little recap, this time with screenshots, of what has happened in my game so far! Lots of queued posts coming from Pleasantview and later Strangetown and Bluewater Village! I'm doing my best to get these recap posts out fairly soon, so we can eventually catch up with what is currently happening during my livestreams! Also, I've started to stream exclusively on my Youtube channel! We have Sims 2 livestreams twice a week, so if you're looking for live Sims 2 content, come on over and join us! My scheduled streams can be found on the front channel page! I will also be posting links to my streams, and the uploaded Sims videos here on my Tumblr! Lots of Sims content coming up, so get ready! Happy Simming! ♥ >>> https://youtube.com/MaraLetsPlay

[thedigitalcrates]

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[annegirl13]

And Melody has passed her first year of college!  There’s a Thoughts on Bluewater, a recap post, and then Round 2 is over.