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[leelatea]

Who's ready to hear about Round 3?!?!?

Definitely got a good flow starting. Kids aging up. Kids being born. Plants being harvested. Needs constantly in a state of chas! Good stuff, good stuff.

Here we go!

Red Team, Go!

Round 3 at the Pamadan hut/cave/thing went... smoothly, kind of... had our first fire... (I thought the baby was on fire, and I was not okay for a good while. 😅) Right, welcome to baby Aalur! (they did not catch fire. just to confirm). Gniba reached level 10 in the cooking skill. I don't know how they reached it so fast, but, congrats nonetheless!

Over at the Lumesh Tribe, there are still marital problems. They got absolutely nowhere, but! I found that if I just keep them separated... it doesn't get worse?

Anyway, Rozun aged up into an adorable toddler! So, there's that...

Another baby was born over at the Zival Tribe. Welcome, baby Nerbo! Iso... Iso is not a fan. I hate watching the siblings get jealous of the babies... makes my heart hurt...

I'm going to be honest... I don't have single good picture of the new baby. I'm terribly sorry.

But, anyways! The Rhosh Tribe is doing beautifully as always! Dhiygo aged up into a toddler, rocking that gorgeous head of hair. And, we got a new baby: Naba!

The Murad Tribe also welcomed a new baby. Welcome, Ghollan!(probably my favorite name of the round 3 babies) As usual, Umli showered naked in the rain, cooked meals in the nude, and switched into their birthday suit AT THE MOST INOPORTUNE TIMES! WHY, UMLI?!?!? Anyways, Sosal aged up into a toddler. Looks adorable.

Our ending totals for this round are as such:

Murad (black): still in the lead with whopping §3,833!

Zival (blue): comes in second with §2,997!

Pamadan (red): slides into third place with §2,778!

Lumesh (yellow): barely nabs fourth place with §2,481.

Rhosh (green): is right on their tail with §2,463.

Our total sim count is 19. And, I'm getting hyped for where this is going! Next round will add more babies, more chaos, and more fun!

I'll see you next time. Bye!✌️

[leelatea]

Round 2 is complete! And.... its totally fine... there isn't a whole family that's crumbling and totally driving me insane with worry... its fine... its fine... *long sigh*

So, here we go!

So. We. Have. Some. Issues... Um... so... when it was time to play this family for this round... I encountered... They were feeling...

CHEDU THINKS IRRIG CHEATED!!! and I don't know what to do... they just kept getting angrier... and angrier... Chedu was mad at Irrig. Irrig was mad at Chedu. Any conversation, any at all, ended in utter catastrophe.

I really don't know what I'm going to do... Chedu has the fear of being cheated on. And, to get rid of it, they have to talk, which isn't going well at all, and so, now, Chedu wants to divorce Irrig!

... I don't know what to do... do I divorce them? do I make them continue to live together even though they hate each other? Absolutely no more babies are being made... which... isn't a problem, but also isn't good...

I'm stressing out... moving on!

Everyone got a baby this round! Welcome to this challenge baby Poko, Rozun, Iso, Dhiygo, and Sosal! They are all small and cute and doing baby things...

Otherwise, everyone else had a pretty usual time. Doing some planting, some fishing, some friendship making.

Here are some numbers for anyone who wants them.

Ending income:

Murad (black) = §2046. They had a good round. Lots of fishing. Ubod came over to visit almost everyday, and baby Sosal has my favorite name of the new babies. 💕

Zival (blue) = §1504. Etu cannot stop digging in trash cans. They won't stop. They got a bunch of cool stones during the few thunderstorms that rolled through their area.

Rhosh (green) = §1189. They caught a cowplant berry and had fun when Cror came over to visit. Twas a good round for them.

Pamadan (red) = §1179. Found out that Jiall hates gardening... so... that's not fun. Baby Poko was my first of the round. Was so excited to get the baby train rolling. 💕

Lumesh (yellow) = §1047. They... I struggled. I kept trying to get the two of them to talk so that their relationship could improve, but nothing was working. Now they despise each other... but, at least there is baby Rozun. If they have no more babies, at least Rozun is there to carry on the gene pool... Also! Ubod texted Irrig and asked if they wanted to go on a date!?!?!?!?! I was shooketh... I declined... but now I am suspicious of everyone...

I'll end this round here. Hopefully Irrig and Chedu can work through this, otherwise, I will give Chedu what they want and divorce the two... ugh... I don't know...

See you next time. Bye!✌️

[leelatea]

Round 1 has been completed!

Uh... so, my goal for this round (mainly the round without any babies) was to have them fish for their lives. They would keep the less than §10 fishies to use for food, and would sell the more expensive ones.

With the big fish money, each tribe gets to buy 1 starter pack of fruits, veggies, and herbs. (I never really use these for food. Also so few of them are even in season for the never-ending summer the neanderthals have to survive through. They are more for the income.) Right now, each tribe only gets one of each, so hopefully they get a plant in season, or else they're... uh... they don't get any...

And... what else...right! Each day, a call is made to all the other tribes to come hang out. So, hopefully friendships can be made, which I plan to use when it comes to their children's marriages. Perhaps...

So... how do I want to do this?... Um... from the beginning? Sounds good. Here we go!

First family up: the Pamadam Tribe. (da red ones) Jiall & Gniba.

Overall, they had a slow start comparatively to other tribes around them. They ended the round with §36 in the proverbial bank. It took them a hot minute to catch anything. They did catch 2 cowplant berries... so, maybe that can come up with future descendants or something.

They got (in their packs): 3 bananas, 3 peppers, 8 parsley, and 3 sage for their plants, and sold 5 fish.

Next! The Lumesh Tribe. (yellow) Chedu & Irrig.

These two: scaredy cats. The big one, on the right: terrified of the dark. So, no night fishing, which... wasn't great. Also, thunderstormed almost 2 out of the four days, so, they wouldn't fish in the rain either. But, they did manage to get enough money to get all their gardening packs.

They got: 3 bananas, no veggies, 4 parsley, and 6 sage. They sold 8 fishies, and ended the round with §135. They have also got to harvest once so far... so, not so bad.

Wow... I got really bad at taking photos halfway through... whoops. Anyways...

Next! The Zival Tribe! (the blue ones) Etu & Croc.

Etu... loves digging in the trash. Loves it. Moving on. These two also had a really good first round. No hiccups really. During one of the thunderstorms, a cool rock was left. Added that to one of the many piles in the house. Kinda cool.

They got: 3 bananas, 3 peppers, 8 basil, and 3 sage for their plant packs. Not bad. Also, sold 9 fish and were able to harvest once for a grand total of §413 at the end of the round! 🥳

Only 2 more familes. We can do this!

This is literally the only one I have of them... I was trying to take a pic of the lump of clay turned into a teapot... I'm terrible at this... by the way, EVERYONE LOVES THE LUMP OF CLAY! Its... like... amazing to them...

The Rhosh Tribe! (GREEN!) Raan & Ubod.

So, Ubod hates children. So, hates the entirety of being pregnant... so... this is going to be awful for them. (I'm so sorry.) Another good round. Not top dog or anything, but not too shabby.

They got: no fruits (I believe they are the only family without bananas), 3 peppers, 8 parsley, and 4 basil. They sold 9 fish, harvested once, and ended the round with §234.

I took photos of these two together... but there isn't one where Umli isn't naked in them... So, I'll settle for this group shot (which I'm actually quite fond of). I will do better next round and get good photos (I will!).

The Murad Tribe! (black) Umli & Dheesi (not pictured).

Umli... is a character. Talks to walls. Takes showers outside. And, enjoys their body. A lot. But! On the plus side! They are super in love with Dheesi! They are adorable.

They got: 3 bananas, 3 peppers, 8 parsley, and 4 basil for their starter plants. They sold 9 fishies, and got to harvest crops once. They ended the round with §347.

So, we'll end this rainy round with that. Next time, many babies are anticipated and I'm sure chaos will ensue.

See you next time. Bye!✌️

[leelatea]

Starting the Test of Time Challenge... (again... but!...) I am in a really good headspace to tackle this beast of a challenge right now... maybe I'll even finish the first era this time, who knows? 🤷‍♀️

So, this is the vibe.

Here is the "village." Started in Newcrest. It's blankness appealed to me.

Meet the starting cast! Actually... it seems I've forgotten one of them. (Whoops. I'll get 'em next time.)

So, here's the rules that I'm taking inspiration from:

If you're interested in the nitty gritty of my gameplay, then here we go.

Rounds are gonna be every 4 days. I am playing family rotations. (also, the MC Command Center really helped here to adjust some minor gameplay things to suit my needs. So, props to them) Uh, what else... Right! I'm considering every 4 days to equal 1 year. So, every day would be, like, a season? If you will? Thought that would be fun when writing histories or tidbits. Anyways!

... uh... Right! The families are color-coded. That's just a little me thing. Thought that would be fun in include when building during later eras. My starter families, or tribes, are Pamadan, Lumesh, Zival, Rhosh, and Murad. (used the Fantasy Name Generator website for inspiration. 10/10 would recommend)

As far as rules, I'm not using skin color as a method of determining status. I'm just gonna base my gameplay on funds that the sims themselves acquire. Also, now, this is just another me thing, I don't do "take the male's last name" thing. Instead I'm either going to go either with a mesh of the parent's last names (ex. Pama-val. Mur-osh) or just go with the one who carried the kid for 3 days. Seems fair to me. I don't see how this will effect how the challenge runs further down the line, but who knows?

Anything else... anything else...

uh... I almost got Round 1 played through. I originally started playing 3 day rotations... so, I've got to go pick up that fourth day and then I'm all set to start Round 2.

Also, planned on including my lot schematic, but didn't like the pics I took, so... imma go redo them.

Anyways, this is getting long and I'm getting anxious.

See ya next time.✌️