Building a Metropolis Challenge (BaMC) - based on the original rules for the Build a City Challenge (BaCC) by ClintCasey85, found at: http://boolprop.net/viewtopic.php?f=52&t=45 - Difference: reach a population of 500.000!

1. Instant City , a BaMC-Challenge
Household H
Fall 1
Instant City
Household H,
Fall 1

2. - And once more Hello and Welcome Back to Instant City , a BaMC Challenge – and would you look at that, we‘ve still
have some way to go, but slowly this is really developing into something like a city… okay, perhaps I‘m reminiscing a bit
here, because after all, I‘ve already played ahead much further… but yes, the fundamental outline is slowly taking
shape… -
‚ Get on with it!‘
- yes, yes okay… by the way, I love your ‚Tim the Enchanter‘ impersonation here, TCO… -

3. - This time, the Apartment ist from TSR.com called Sunshine Apartments made by Loopyproductions. I placed it a bit more
down the road, because I had intended to use it as some kind of lighthouse structure… things will turn out differently, but,
ah memories… also, this is, not counting the military base, the tenth building on Instant City – in other words, we‘ll have an
architect soon… -

4. - But first, the usual activation and moveout… Hello paper girl, do you want to say something? –
‚ Yes… and boy, do I have a story to tell… did you ever wonder , why ‚I‘ am on this – previously deserted – island? Or the postman for that
matter?‘
- Ahah, I see what you‘re trying here – trying to come up with an explanation for certain things that don‘t really make sense in the Simsworld…
but don‘t bother, I already know, who you are! –
‚W… who I am?‘
- Yes. You and the postman – you‘re both failed government experiments to create the perfect soldier, starting with delivering messages,
even in a war zone or on a deserted island for that matter, but then the cold war was cancelled…. !–
‚Ehr, excuse me.. TCO here, and your little chat is rather irrelevant for this chapter, isn‘t it?‘
- Yeah well, it‘s not easy to pad all these pictures out… but okay, very well, get on with it…-

5. - … and after Rod delivered his obligatory computer, right on the first try we got a job in architecture – Okay Serva H-3,
you‘ll take it! –
‚Why me?‘
- Because you‘re the only one activated without a single Badge – shame on you! –so start making something out of your
useless existence! –
‚WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH *tears* *BRRRRZL*‘
- *sigh* ... And this is why being mean isn‘t fun at all for me… -

6. ‚ *snif*… and what will the others do while I work my spare parts off?‘
- Oh, they will be writing to earn money… -
‚ Restaurant guides again?‘
- No, this time I‘ll try normal novels, just to have something different… hey, how do you like this idea: an UFO approaches
earth, but accidentally abducts another alien, which will get pregnant, and the baby will then become a sumo ringer
that brings world peace! Huh? What do you think?‘
‚…. Sounds on par with ‚springtime for hitler‘, only more boring….‘
- Everyone is a critic… *sigh* -

7. - … anyway, time to build up your logic skill, H-3 – chess in the morning… -

8. - … watching the stars in the evening … -

9. - … and here the first novel is being put out – oh yes, of course I bought everyone a computer and desk and let them all type
away. Interesting fact – it took 16-20 hours (sorry, didn‘t remember when I started) for one novel to be written by a Servo,
which I think is actually shorter then a Sim, where it seems to take 28 hours, or at least that‘s what I remember from the
stats for the Basegame… -

10. - … also, the thing already witnessed with the restaurant guides is that Servos just seem to earn more money from writing
by default… because 2000 is about what an author gets in the beginning for writing a novel at Creativity 10, and here… 4
creativity points, and we‘re already scratching at the 2000… -

11. - … oh anyway, first day of work for Serva H-3… -

12. - … meanwhile, the delivery guy unloads book after book after book at the door… also he‘s another perfect soldier
experiment… -
‚GET ON WITH IT!‘
- Oh, anyway… -

13. - … Chance Cards!: After work a colleague approaches Serva H-3 whom she doesn‘t really like and asks, if she would be
interested to watch the stars together. Serva H-3 likes to watch the stars, but with a colleague she doesn‘t like? – okay,
first , it is not after work, but still in the middle of it, second, it‘s daylight… don‘t do it, H-3, that guy is cuckoo… or
worse…-
‚After insulting me as useless, I will go with him just to spite you…!‘
- …touché… -

14. - … Since Serva H-3 doesn‘t want to go alone with the colleague, she asks another colleague, if he doesn‘t want to come
with them. Soon a few Sims come together who are all excited by the idea and Serva H-3 stops worrying about spending
time alone with the disliked colleague. Everyone is having fun to watch the stars in the night sky (the non existent night-
sky , because it‘s in the middle of the day…) and Serva H-3‘s enthusiasm for Science receives a boost... and I still say, you‘re
crazy… night sky, yeah right… oh well, as long as you don‘t make star quotes… -

15. - … and promotion – considering that you were not platinum, I didn‘t expect that, but congratulations… seems like you‘re
not as useless as I thought…-
‚WAAAAAAAAAH….!*tears* SRZTSSST*‘
- … Ah come on, don’t you realize by now that all I’m doing here is padding out bad jokes? -

16. - … so after drying her electric tears, H-3 continued stargazing, and by buying furniture round about 10.000 which we‘ll later
sell again, got into Platinum. Everyone else eventually rolled the want to write a great novel and eventually wrote one…
among the novel written were such great stories like : Alien Sumo Ringer baby returns , Alien Sumo Ringer baby forever,
Alien Sumo Ringer Baby Begins, Alien Sumo Ringer Baby – the Legacy , or my personal favorite, Alien Sumo Ringer Baby’s
Alien Sum Ringer Baby… -

17. - … and now it‘s friend making time for the job again – unlike the music household, I just got them in one row, while staying
at the Simiety Vintage Theater as in forever… here we get another network bonus, I think it was getting promoted next
time… -

18. - … and here we compliment Professor Disc on his fantastic city… -

19. - … and this one was I think a furniture bonus… -

20. - … eventually we got the 10 friends needed together, and with the ‚one friend less‘ perk we‘re now ready to get the
remaining skill s… seriously, is anyone still reading this? I really need to introduce some more variety than skilling and
befriending into this… well perhaps once we got into the third year… what‘s this yet? Fall 1? Oh bugger… -

21. -… okay, one more perk, lets go with less comfort and fun needed… *snore*…-

22. - … and zoned again… now start doing quotes! –
‚No.‘
- What? -
, No!‘
- Why not? –
‚ Because that joke is old and boring…‘
- Oh please….-
‚ *Sigh*… very well: Life […] is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury , signifying nothing.‘
-… that was soooo unfair…-

23. - … oh well, Serva H-3 finally got herself 10 Logic points needed for Architecture… -
‚… fascinating…‘

24. - … so now to build creativity – and being far behind the rest of the household who has worked hard to actually earn
money with their skill building and write all these novels unlike… -
‚WA…‘
- JOKE! JOKE! Okay, so H-3 also earned some money by opening the doors for all the neighbors who have apparently
nothing else to do but come in uninvited and tip her… -

25. - … meanwhile, the rest of the household got all these plaques hanging around here delivered… come to think of it, I think,
this was one of the last households where I actually got plaques… somehow the plaque thing stop working later in the
game… not that it is really important, but if anybody has an idea for that, feel free to leave me a message… also ,this is a
good way to see if anybody actually reads the stuff here … ;) -

26. - … furthermore, Outing rewards… -

27. - …. Maxed Creativity … -

28. - … and more maxed enthusiasm in movies and novels… yeah, this is a pretty boring household…-
‚HEY!‘
-…. Again…-
‚HEY! (everyone in the neighborhood)‘

29. - … and another promotion… I never thought, I would actually miss the Chance Cards, they somehow lightened the
atmosphere… -

30. - … and another promotion… -

31. - … and finally we have all the skills needed to top architecture. Also at this point I was frantically looking for a job opening
in Intelligence as I had just realized, that topping Criminal with Michael Bigfoot in Household F-2 actually unlocked one job
that career as well… -

32. - … and short before it became winter, we finally found one. However I decided to let H-3 take the job instead of H-4… -
‚Why me?‘
‚Because since your Servafriend H-3 has worked so hard to get her skills ready for Architecture, it would be an insult if she
has spent time with such a useless existence as you unless you… -
‚WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!*Tears* *Sprrzzl*‘
- Nobody gets my jokes… -

33. - … just need to adjust the perks… -

34. - … followed by some logic skilling as well… -

35. -… and then one additional friend is needed compared to architecture… you, neighbor who walks in uninvited all the time,
you‘re a friend now…. -

36. -…. Annd winter again… yes, I know, that wasn‘t a really fulfilling chapter, except the novel writing I didn‘t really know what
to do with this household… it actually got better in winter, but for now that‘s it… see you (hopefully) in household I… this
time it will be magical, promise! -