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 S
Fall 1
Instant City
Household S,
Fall 1

2. - It‘s been a loooong ro-hoad, going from there to here… -
‚ Ehr, Won‘t you to say your usual ‚hello and welcome to the Instant City BaMC‘ stick like all the other times?‘
- hey, It‘s the last household S this Season, and I can say whatever I want… -

3. - … but okay – hello and welcome yadda yadda what TCO said… and here is our last apartment on the island, 2 the Bridge,
again made by itas84 at MTS.com – took some time to fit it in with running out of space and so…and perhaps this time I
overdid it with leaving out the CC, as it retained little resemblance to what the original lot actually looks like… -

4. - … and here is once again TCO‘s favorite Landlord… -
‚…okay, I give up, you ARE the landlord… what did you do, murder the old one…?‘
- TCO! –
‚I was just asking, it‘s not like anybody cares, where these guys come from… frankly, after all the oblivious, the paranoid,
drunk, brainwashed, crazy or otherwise ridiculous explanations for them, I might as well imagine, that they were
spontaneously generated by some computer algorithm, as if all this would be a game…‘

5. -…. And with that, the last 7 servos were placed… -
‚ I‘ve travelled so long with them… feels strange having an empty inventory for a change..‘

6. - … and since his energy was halved – actually, it‘s been this way since household A – TCO took a short recharge… inside,
after blocking the exit…-
‚So you really did it…. Entrapping all the other households just so…‘
- I entrapped some of them, not all…-
‚Doesn‘t matter, you‘re still a horrible person…‘
- Thanks… coming from you, that‘s actually a compliment…-
‚ Yeah, yeah… so, since you‘re gonna do it anyway, may I ask how this household will earn his…‘

7. - *place* -
‚Forget I asked…‘

8. -… and for the last time this season, Servos were activated… -

9. - … and already the first member of the household came with a bronze robot badge… -

10. - … and it‘s worth mentioning, that the first Serva of the household got 4 badges in total… I don‘t think I ever had a Servo
with more than 3 badges… -

11. -… and here another treat: Serva S-2 not only comes with a Silver Robot, but also a Silver Flower badge… -
‚Snapdragons, right? Oh, spare me the answer…‘

12. -… and so everyone started… wait, TCO, there is one left…-
‚ Correct, I reserve that one for later…‘
- Why?-
‚Well, the others already got their numbers for their Serva/servofriends, so this one… actually, I‘ve become used to be called
TCO, changing it to ‚Servo S-4‘… meh, I don‘t know…‘

13. - … and so the robot making really started… -
‚ Ta-Da – a perfect miniature of myself!‘
- Oh, quit clowning around, TCO… you were activated with a silver robot badge as well, so make something appropriate -
‚*grmbl* fine…‘

14. -…. And so, TCO – actually, his name is still Servo… -
‚It‘s TCO and that‘s final!‘
-… TCO built something appropriate to his Silver Robot Badge… though it smoked a bit … -
‚It‘s the second robot I‘ve ever build, cut me some slack…‘

15. -… also, just for fun and to show how often he has moved, TCO‘s memory gallery… -

16. -… and since I just realized, that his single Investment perk- that I activated somewhere along the line but really can’t
remember when anymore…- raised the household income by 108, I decided to even out the risk of actually losing money by
getting everyone the perk… -
‚ To earn even more money, right?‘
- It‘s the last household, let‘s not fight over that now… -

17. - … and while I missed it because of Perk adjusting, we already got a bronze badge… not wonder, with 10 mechanic, robot
badges can be earned much faster… -

18. - … okay, finally, we decided to switch the last Serva on anyway…-
‚ Are you my new Servo friend, oh Chosen One?‘
‚ Ehr…. I don‘t know yet… let‘s make some robots first, okay?‘
- Ouch… that was harsh…-
‚ Oh shut up…‘

19. - …meanwhile, the first silver badge popped up… -

20. - … and then another one…. -

21. -… and on the very first day, another recharge for TCO was in order… inside of course… -
‚ This really IS a prison… ‚

22. - …. And after that, we got our first Gold Robot Badge! Congratulation, S-3! –
‚Yes, congratulations… you know, you can make me a Servo now…‘
‚ I thought, you‘re already have a Serva-friend?‘
‚ … just make it, a guy like me deserves two…‘
- TCO ! –
‚ I explain later… by the way, isn‘t it time already to pay the bills for Tuesday...?‘
- Well… actually…-

23. - … today you are getting paid… now, while there already were Solar panels installed, I added a few more, because I
thought, that with the money needed for robots… -
‚… Wow… that‘s actually cheating… somehow…‘
- Well, since we are using custom-made apartments lots, that can be build with solar panels… and I have already build
entire solar power plants and wind farms this way, so this is actually tame in comparison…-
‚Oh… anyway, I think, the others are in need of a recharge as well…‘
- Okay… solar power is a great thing, isn‘t it? -

24. - … so the others recharged too… -

25. - …and in the meantime, Tco got his Gold Robot Badge… -
‚Great – and it only cost me all of my social reserves, after being imprisoned here, working like a slave and feeling like I‘m
about to talk to a hand puppet just to have the illusion of social interaction…‘
- Look, soon we‘ll have snapdragons… eventually, at least.. -

26. - ... So another day slowly passed – and the investment perks were once again paying off… -

27. - … and finally, it was actually TCO making the first Servo… hey, S-3 care to explain, why it took you longer then TCO to make
one? –
‚… ehr, you never switched my routine working routine from Guard –Robo to Servo, that‘s why…‘
- Oops… -

28. - … anyway, we got another Gold Robot Badge… -

29. - … and another one… and hopefully a Gold Flower Badge too soon.. –
‚ I‘m working as fast as I can, for crying out loud!‘

30. - … and then it was TCO‘s turn to get zoned out… -

31. ‚ do I have to make Robot Quotes now… because I‘m not feeling any desire to..‘
- Nah, that joke has a beard now, lets leave it at that.. -

32. -… and then finally, finally… we got the Gold Flower Badge … -
‚ Oooh… I don‘t feel so good… soooo Lonely…‘
- Oh noes… Quick, make Snapdragons, fast! -

33. -… drat… -
‚ EEK. ALIEN BUNNY INVADERS FROM OUTER SPACE!‘
‚ *Sigh* are we still doing this joke? Look, it‘s just one…‘

34. ‚… oh.‘
- Yeah, well apparently, this time, it‘s not just scouts…. We have an all-out invasion here! –
‚…. This is all your fault for letting us not socialize in time…‘
-Yes, and I don‘t regret it one bit, ‘cause otherwise we‘d never have an Alien Bunny invasion…XD !-
*Groan*

35. - … ín short , we ended up with 7 Bunnies, all intent on nibbling us to death.. –
‚ Oh please, they are just harmless little bunnies, what could they…?‘

36. ‚…EEKS!‘
- Yep… I warned you, but did you listen to me? Oh, no, you knew it all, didn't you? Oh, it's just harmless little bunnies, aren’t
they? Well, it's always the same. .. –
‘Oh man… just go back to work, Serva S-1, the Social bunnies won’t attack you if you don’t interact with or get pranked by
them, everybody knows that...’
‘ Do the bunnies know that, too?’
‘…. Oh for… S-2, do you finally get the Snapdragons ready, we need a social boost…?...’

37. ‚ I‘m working as fast as I can, give me a minute…‘
‚ That was a minute…‘
‚ … I mean a real minute, not a Sim-Minute, so I mean a Sim Hour… or perhaps 5…‘
‚ Well, hurry! These bunnies won‘t stop…‘

38. - … yep, the bunnies fought viciously… apparently, there were several warring factions among their troops, who decided,
now was the best time to settle their supremacy over the other groups… perhaps they would have gone after the
members of this household as well, but fortunately, the Servos used their Secret weapon… their ability to become
completely invisible to the Outside world if they deactivate themselves…-
‚ This is just a giant load…!‘
- *Ahem* Do you mind TCO? I‘m trying to bring some excitement in here…-
‚…S2…?!‘

39. ‚ Aw, come on, why are you picking on me all the…..OoooOooh…groovy!‘
‚ If that isn‘t an Evil Dead quote but just a stupid reaction to getting zoned out, I…‘
- Look! Something‘s happening! –
‚Oh great, what is it now…?‘

40. -… well apparently, some of the Alien bunnies… are a more peaceful fraction… and are trying to appease the others with
hugs and kisses…Bunny Hippies!-
‚ I don‘t see anything..‘
- … yeah, they seem to have some cloaking ability, that makes them partly invisible… but it is a rose bunny hugging a blue
bunny… -

41. - … ah, and now they are kissing and making up… yes, give peace a chance…-
‚How about : give intelligence a chance for once? This whole Alien rabbit thing is ridicolous…‘
-…. Okay, then how about this: all Servos Social motives had become red, so Social Bunnies appeared. The Servos are
switched off except the one that makes Snapdragons to get the Social back in the green. The yellow bunnies start fighting,
while the blue and rose ones start hugging and kissing – which in a legacy challenge would bring 2 Legacy points! … There,
happy now? –
‚ … let‘s go back to the Alien Bunny invader thing…‘

42. - … aah, the alien bunny peace movement is starting to get the better of the invaders…-
‚… go on…‘

43. -… and is steadily spreading to all the troops…-
‚ … come on, I want to get this over with…‘

44. -… forming alliances, founded through friendship and love…-
‚…. Go-on-Go-on-Go-on-Go-on… GAH!’

45. -… even the yellow fraction, who seemed to be the most verocious fighters, at least among themselves, finally joined into
the peace-lovingness… -
‚ *hrng* S-2!!!!! The Snapdragons…!!!‘
‚ You don‘t have to yell, we‘re in the same room, TCO… also, have you looked around lately, there are snapdragons
everywhere already….‘
- Yes, it was true… Snapdragons, a weapon most feared to the Alien Bunnies, were now slowly reducing their numbers one
by one… -

46. -… some of them seemed to turn insane because of the danger, starting insane actions like juggling little dolls…-

47. - … others started blaming each other, getting into slap-fights which threatened the general peace… -

48. - … yet all their cries were in wane… Alien bunny by Alien bunny disappeared, leaving not trail of their glorious invasion, and
the earth was once more saved … -

49. - … or were they?! –
‚Aw come on…are we still going on with this? I thought the Snapdragons did clean up this stuff?!‘
-… well, apparently some Alien bunny terrorists…-
‚ No,No,No,No – We are not going with this…‘
- … okay, fine…-

50. - … so the Alien Bunnies terrorists, despite desperate attempts to wreak havoc, were powerless against the mighty
camouflage the Servos achieved with their deactivation… -

51. -…. And so they left, beaten, to never return again…-
‚ Finally… I almost thought I wouldn‘t survive that…‘
- So you admit, that they were indeed a deadly threat..? –
‚ NO, They weren‘t, they... GAH!‘
-…. Oh, I love this game… -

52. -… and now back to our scheduled program: more robots! And since Servo templates are paying very good, selling them
gave their creators a big aspiration boost…though to be honest, servos selling servos, that‘s kinda like slavery… or murder…-
‚Aw come on, the chapter is almost over, don‘t start another side story…!‘
- Sorry, I like side stories too much for my own good, I guess.. -

53. - … so the servo making and selling went on… -

54. - … and I decided, that TCO might need a Gold Flower Badge too… -
‚ Yeah, whatever...‘

55. -… also, Serva S-2 was finally getting to work on her robot badge, and we got another payment of 662 Simoleons for more
green energy…-

56. -… then TCO got his bronze Flower Badge… -

57. -… then silver… -

58. -… another financial infusion via the business perk… -

59. -… TCO getting zoned out from flower making… -

60. -… a gigantic financial infusion on Friday, over 3000… to be honest, this is a first glimpse of how powerful this investment
perk is, the more money the household has… you‘ll see next season what I mean… -

61. -… and finally, TCO got a Gold Flower Badge… also, I didn‘t make up any more side stories, aren‘t you proud of me, TCO? ? –
‚…‘
- Heh, what‘s the matter, no insult all of a sudden? –
‚You know, I‘ve just realized, that this is the first week of my existence in this household… and all I did was making robots,
flowers, had to beal with… Alien bunnies… sorry, but I have to pass, this household is not for me…‘
-… woh, mighty harsh words…are you going somewhere with that? –
‚…I‘m going home…‘
- Home?-

62. ‚ Yes, Home…‘
- You‘re moving out? Oh come on, I already said, no more households this season…-

63. ‚ Sorry, but I‘ve made up my mind…‘

64. ‚ for I am… The Chosen One!‘
- … oookay… that was actually a pretty impressive line… well as impressive as it could be for all the sillines so far…-

65. - … and with TCO moving out with an unknown goal, winter began for the household… last thing we did, was to activate the Servo
TCO originally made, Servo S-4, who thankfully came online with a bronze robot badge, so getting him on par with the others will
hopefully be easier… -
‚*wrrt*… are you my servafriend?‘
‚ *Sigh*, yes… too bad, you‘re not TCO… I thought we had something there… well except, that we never spoke with each other after
activation …and that I have three bolts with every Servo on this island… you know, now it doesn‘t feel that important anymore…‘
‚ Sooo… wanna go on a date?‘
‚hm… okay.‘
- But not yet, this season is over, understood?! -

66. -… and with that, the first autumn of Instant City ended…*whew* I can‘t believe I made and wrote about a 1000 pictures for
this season alone…-
‚ And we‘re just getting started…‘
-… yes. Perhaps just reading it is not as much fun as playing it, plus my playing style might be something getting used to…
but I enjoyed it, and I thank everyone who beard with me so far…
So see you hopefully next time for another season of : Instant City – a BaMC Challenge!

67. - Epilogue –
- Current stats for Instant City:
- Playable Sims: 157 Playables (+1 TCO in the family bin)
- Sim-Multiplikator: 3
- Population : 471 (+3 with TCO)
- Careers permanently unlocked: Military, Music, Athletic
- Careers 1+ unlocked: Business, Criminal (x2), Law enforcement, Architecture (x2), Intelligence, Adventure, Education, Slacker
- Other careers unlocked by personal abilities: Gamer, Oceanography, ShowBiz pets