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 K
Fall 1
Instant City
Household K,
Fall 1

2. - Hello and Welcome back, to another magical episode of Instant City – a BaMC-Challenge… -
‚ Just because you want to try Pottery for making money this time, doesn‘t mean that it has anything to do with Harry
Potter!‘
- … ladies and gentlemen: TCO – sucking the fun and suspense out of of this challenge since Summer 1 of Instant City! -

3. - … let‘s move on, shall we? Today‘s featured apartment lot are the ‚Slum-ber Apartments‘ made by gil_shalos TSR.com – I
placed it next to the military base, because I‘m pretty sure, that a more rundown apartment complex fits nicely to the noise
and stench of fear and despair probably coming out from there… -

4. ‚ Please sign here…‘
‚Who the…. are you?‘
‚ Ehr… the Landlord?‘
‚Listen boy, landlords are old wrinkled coots or hags… you look like you came from grade school…‘
- … just sign the contract, TCO, for crying out loud… -

5. - … okay, while the name slum[...] apartments might suggest otherwise, the rooms that can be rented are actually quite
nice and comfortable… not that Servos would care… -
‚ HEY!‘

6. - Okay, once again: activate…. -

7. - … then move out… -

8. - … annnd – yes, you can probably guess by now – making flowers since Servo K-4 got at least a Silver flower badge… -
‚ What is it with you and Snapdragons, anyway?‘
- They make everything easier, no Servos whining over low fun and social interaction… -
‚… on the one side, you are whining over ‚oh this is all soo boring, nobody wants to read that‘ and on the other side
‚Snapdragons make everything sooo easy, because nothing bad will happen anymore‘… what is it what you actually want?‘
- … Listen, I‘m aiming for a city of 500.000. 500.000! And my updating record was bad even before this challenge. So if I‘d
make this interesting ,I‘d probably not be ready to upload anything before Sims 5 comes out! Now shut up and do the
magic…. ehr, pottery…! -

9. - … and the magic began… -

10. - … and lead to results… -

11. - … some good and some bad … -

12. - … and slowly everyone got their bronze badge in pottery… -

13. - … and their membership card for the secret atelier… yeah, not gonna visit that… -

14. - … with short breaks under the sun…. -

15. - … while the hall of fame & shame was slowly growing (unlike bad toys, there is really nothing redeemingly funny
concerning bad pottery) … -

16. - … then we got silver badges… -

17. - … and more silver…. Also, the friendship levels are dangerously low now – hurry with hat gold flower badge, K-4! -

18. -… finally! Bring in the Dragons! –
‚Wooooo…‘
- ? -

19. -… oooooo…. –
- Great, zoned out again…. And energy ist low too, better recharge him first…. Unfortunately, his social ist so low, he might
be seeing…. better shorten his trip to the outside… -

20. - … by blocking to door the completely! Remember, if a Servo told to recharge outside but can‘t go there because it is
blocked, he will recharge inside, which especially inside a high building takes much less time… -

21. ‚… Waah, why must I be so socially needy? This does not compute.’
- … ugh, too late… here they come… -

22. - … oh wait of course, before they see the … the servos run amok from low social…. Thankfully, the blocked door prohibited
them from running the full mile…. -

23. - … and a little screwdriving will fix their‘problems‘ ….-

24. - … unfortunately it doesn‘t stop the appearance of the …. Social bunnies…. Great… to be honest, my Sims never saw many
social bunnies, because I was always able to keep their social up – and was afraid of all the damage or whatever the
bunnies could cause… -

25. … though actually, neither this guy nor the other one… one blue, one yellow, I think they are the ones that mostly fight with
each other… caused any trouble at all, not breaking things, not fighting…. Boooring… -

26. - … well, probably the snapdragons raised the social need so fast, that there wasn‘t any time to cause trouble before they
vanished into thin air once again… -
‚It‘s an invasion!‘
- … what? –
‚ A secret Alien invasion by Mutant Space Bunnies! These were Scouts!‘
- … what are you…?... This is the silliest thing I ever… -
‚ Of course it is silly! Work with me here, you‘re the one whining about ‚boring‘ while playing it safe, yet you have no qualms to
sacrific our social needs …‘
-… hm, you actually have a point there… okay… ‚ so the Alien bunny invaders vanished, but who knows when they strike again…‘…
great, now the suspense is lost… -

27. -… oh well, since everyone has full social, need to work on the low aspirations… dating time! -

28. - … meanwhile first Gold Pottery badge… -

29. -… and Dream Date! Also, Plaques… -

30. - … then another Recharge is in order, while paying bills…. And I told you to drop the bills outside, not go all the way up
here… never mind…. -

31. - … and another pottery gold badge…. Seriously, guys, this isn‘t working out, I‘m just looking up the last 10 pictures, and
the Mutant Bunny invasion, while being a nice idea, isn‘t mentioned or repeated again, it‘s just you… doing stuff…-
‚Who‘s taking the pictures?!‘
- … -

32. - … okay, just push forward, it‘s only seven more pictures… -

33. - … K-4, trying to catch up with the rest, is getting his silver pottery badge… -

34. - … and finally Gold… hm, 64.000… apparently pottery doesn‘t sell that bad… not that there ever was a single object
necessary to spend it on… -
‚ Why do we have to make so much money if we‘re not gonna spend it anyway?‘
- Community businesses, K-4, Community businesses… -
‚Why can‘t we buy them now?‘
- Once I placed all the households, there won‘t be much space left on this island… we have to wait for Business
Districts…-
‚ *Sigh* … I need a… fridge…and a counter, and a dish washer and…‘

35. - Yes, yes, yes, here, happy now? –
‚ … and I want a trash compactor and a stove…‘
- You do realize, these all go into your inventory, and you‘ll never see them again, right? –
‚…. And we roll the same wants again, till they stay…‘
- … dirty little blackmailers… -

36. - … anyway, one more recharge… -

37. - … and winter again, *phew*… for anyone who still reads this, you are lucky you didn‘t have to write it, because this
chapter dragged on forever, simply because there is nothing happening – at all! –
‚ Why do you insist on one chapter per household anyway?‘
- Because I want anybody to enjoy all the excitement and fun I had…. right before I had to write about it… ehr… anyway, see
you next time! -