Starry Skies Revamped! Chapters 3! 1/16/12

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Starry Skies Revamped! Chapters 3! 1/16/12

PostPosted by LunaBeauty » Sat Dec 31, 2011 2:28 pm

Hell everyone and welcome to my new Apocalypse Challenge. Well, actually it's a revamp of one I had in the old boolprop thread. I decided to bring it back to life as I enjoyed it so much last time. For those of you don't know what an Apocalypse challenge is, the general rules can be found here. http://apocalypsechallenge.kaleiope.com/ It's probably one of my favorite challenges because it can also be considered a legacy as well.

The general theme of this Apocalypse is constellations. Each child will be named after different constellations in the sky. So yes some of them will be named after different zodiacs, but that's what makes it much more fun and definitely more interesting than "Bobby" or "Suzy".

I also hope that this one makes it further than the last one, which was eaten by many bugs. But because I did everything I could to make sure my computer couldn't contract anymore bugs, hopefully this one will survive.

Now on to the chapters!

How It All Began
The College Chapter
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3NEW!


HEIR POLL!
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Re: Starry Skies Revamped! How It All Began 12/31/11

PostPosted by KatieCat » Sat Dec 31, 2011 3:54 pm

I got squee excited when I saw this! :D :yahoo:

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Have I ever mentioned how I love how you write? Well I do. It's just so...professional and you make it really well.
Skye is such a pretty sim you made there. :D
"Your father doesn't want someone to replace him as "Skank King"

XD That made me laugh, and so did pretty much all of the chapter. :)
In my game Thai is just a jerk in my game and compliments EVERYONE on how hot they are. I bet if I played him long enough he would abuse my ACR. XD
Did you steal that house from the Pleasants? But I can't blame you, I've done it too. :?
I for one thought it was a great chapter, and it didn't seemed rushed at all to me. :)
Great job, can't wait for the next one! :clap:
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Re: Starry Skies Revamped! How It All Began 12/31/11

PostPosted by LunaBeauty » Sat Dec 31, 2011 4:07 pm

Katie
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Thank you so much! I don't have ACR because of how many problems it's caused in my game. I do have the triplets and quads hack though, which I will be abusing a lot. Muahahahahaha!
Yes, I stole the house from The Pleasants. The Pleasants are now in the sim bin and will remain there because I really don't play my pre-mades all that much so they'll probably end up being deleted, lol.

The next chapter should be up soon. I just dread the college years because they tend to be boring with just one sim.
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Re: Starry Skies Revamped! How It All Began 12/31/11

PostPosted by Lorinsv » Sat Dec 31, 2011 5:07 pm

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LunaBeauty wrote:The Pleasants are now in the sim bin and will remain there because I really don't play my pre-mades all that much so they'll probably end up being deleted, lol.

You need to read the list of VBTs here before deleting the Pleasants.

Good luck with your new Apocalypse!
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Re: Starry Skies Revamped! How It All Began 12/31/11

PostPosted by SuperFrog » Sun Jan 01, 2012 1:16 pm

You're back with apocalypses again! :)

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I look forward to seeing where this one goes. :) Nice prologue :)
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Re: Starry Skies Revamped! How It All Began 12/31/11

PostPosted by Stekadarr » Wed Jan 11, 2012 7:13 am

:yahoo:
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Asfdgsdshg I think I've just heard of the most amazing naming scheme XD Constellations! Best idea ever :clapping:
Love the prologue, your writing is top-notch :D
I am very excited to see where this goes, I shall be awaiting the next chapter most eagerly :s_biggrin
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Re: Starry Skies Revamped! How It All Began 12/31/11

PostPosted by LunaBeauty » Wed Jan 11, 2012 3:30 pm

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Thanks everyone. :3 The next installment should be out soon. I've had to deal with a lot of stuff and that cut into my sims time, but hopefully I'll get the college chapter out some-time this week, which will probably be boring because it's hard for me to write when I'm playing with only one sim. It does get a little boring, but I'll see what I can do to make it interesting.
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Re: Starry Skies Revamped! How It All Began 12/31/11

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Re: Starry Skies Revamped! The College Chapter! 1/13/12

PostPosted by animeangel1983 » Fri Jan 13, 2012 8:46 pm

Nice.

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I love the seeing the love/hate thing you got with Thai, it's funny. :lol: I don't think I could do one of these, might be too much of a challenge and my itchy maxmotives finger might interfere. Skye looks like she'll be fun to play, even if it is torture to put her through an apocalyse. :drinks: Looking forward to the official kick off and the :bomb:
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Re: Starry Skies Revamped! The College Chapter! 1/13/12

PostPosted by LunaBeauty » Fri Jan 13, 2012 8:55 pm

anime
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Thank you. ^_^ Skye is very fun to play actually. I hate the Founding Generation of the Apocalypse because it's so boring and there are so many restrictions. But I guess you have to start somewhere don't you? I don't really have much of a big plot going yet. I'm better at using plots in normal legacies where there aren't as many restrictions, but Legacies do get boring after awhile because they don't provide that challenge that Apocalypses do.

Yes, Thai's simself and mine do have a bit of a love/hate relationship and I apparently have a love/hate relationship with my daughter.
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Re: Starry Skies Revamped! Chapters 1 and 2! 1/15/12

PostPosted by LunaBeauty » Sun Jan 15, 2012 8:34 pm

Update! Two chapters for the price of one!
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Re: Starry Skies Revamped! Chapters 1 and 2! 1/15/12

PostPosted by KatieCat » Sun Jan 15, 2012 9:25 pm

Alright. I am officially the worst reader in the world. XD

(In order from how I read them)
College Chapter:
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Awww, little Skye is growing up! ^-^
Her and Houston are just too cute! :)
"Ugh, that judge said I'd have the prize in the bag if I slept with her.
"
XDDD Why are sims police men so naught?
Aww. Poor Skye, all that food falling on her. XD
"Well, yeah. I'm just not sure how to go about it. How did you and Dad fall in love?"
"Ours was more of a CAS romance,"

I SO want to say that to my kids one day for some reason...


First Chapter:
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Awww. Honeymoon in a Shack! How cute! ^-^
Aries is a cute!
But having a crush on his mom? O_o Just a little weird...
Is it funny that I was reading "For the First Time" by the Script when I was reading about Skye having an "old person breakdown?" XD
Trying to make it work but man these times are hard...
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XDDD Aww. Poor thing...


Second Chapter:
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I didn't notice that Aries had elf ears until the front picture...
Audrey is puuuurty! :D
Skye! D': Well...life goes on.
Circinus will bring good Genetics if she is heir!
And the twins are just as cute! ^_^


Great update(s). :good:
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Re: Starry Skies Revamped! Chapters 1 and 2! 1/15/12

PostPosted by animeangel1983 » Mon Jan 16, 2012 1:44 am

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LJ doesn't like those links you put in for the restrictions lifts, it just remains as the code you put in. :D It seemed kinda quick to me, one chapter has Skye just beginning and by the end Aries is all grown up. :blush: But Leo and Virgo are pretty adorable, I love their eye shape. Circi's hair was neat too, I kinda liked it. :aggressive: But you do seem to be flying along with the restriction lifts though, that's good.
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Re: Starry Skies Revamped! Chapters 1 and 2! 1/15/12

PostPosted by LunaBeauty » Mon Jan 16, 2012 3:48 am

Katie
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I love Houston! I wasn't too keen on him at first because he had slightly weird almost froggie lips, but they mesh well with Skye's small lips as you can tell by Aries.

Yes, policemen are such dirty pigs! Law Enforcement will be one of the last careers I lift.

Yes, everything about mind and Thai's relationship is forced in my game. Hehe

Lol, I lose track of my sims sometimes. I had a few close calls with the social worker during the first chapter.

I knew Aries had elf ears, it's just that most of the hairs I have cover part of the ears. I'm kind of limited on male hairs so you may see a few of them reused.

Audrey is one of my prettier townies I've had that isn't Face 1 or Face 2. It's weird though, almost every female townie that's shown up after she moved in has had red hair. I didn't notice she had brown eyes until after she married Aries. There's another townie with the same face as her, but she has green eyes instead.

Circi is gorgeous. I love her, with her one nice point. Mean sims are always more fun to play.

The twins are adorable, but I'm more partial to Leo. He's a sweetheart. Virgo is well...she's a little whiny at times.


Anime
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I do apologize if things seem rushed. In an Apocalypse where there are so many restrictions, it's hard to create a good plot and follow the rules at the same time.

I think that eye shape will last for awhile. It's sort of asiany to me, which I like. I liked that hair for Circi too, but unfortunately Aries is a little anal and overbearing as a father.

Hopefully the next chapter will be out soon. It should be a good one definitely as I am trying to give Gen. 3 each diverse personalities instead of making them all monotone. There will most likely also be an heir poll.
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Re: Starry Skies Revamped! Chapters 3! 1/16/12

PostPosted by LunaBeauty » Mon Jan 16, 2012 6:06 pm

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Re: Starry Skies Revamped! Chapters 3! 1/16/12

PostPosted by EveningSky » Tue Jan 17, 2012 12:54 pm

This is good!
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You make it interesting and engaging even though you don't get too plotty with it and I like that. :) Plus, I really love the name and the gif in your signature!
I like the random jokes you throw in like the one (way back in college with Skye) about the police officer sleeping with the judge to win the contest. :lol:
I would like to see a bit more of them living rough (being stinky, never got to see them eat spoiled food I know you've lifted culinary now though, etc.) You do go a little fast but you make it work. :)
The whole family is beautiful! Audrey is beautiful and she brought some really nice genetics into the family.
I hope Circi wins the poll but it looks like Virgo's winning. The rivalry between the sisters is interesting. I wonder if they'll fight again depending on who wins...
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Re: Starry Skies Revamped! Chapters 3! 1/16/12

PostPosted by animeangel1983 » Tue Jan 17, 2012 1:28 pm

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I half expected Circi to run away, it took a lot to make Lilith Pleasant do that when I opened their house. Nice to see she did get her hair back after all though. Now for the long, long, teenhoods with no Uni...
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Re: Starry Skies Revamped! Chapters 3! 1/16/12

PostPosted by LunaBeauty » Tue Jan 17, 2012 4:55 pm

Sky (Hope you don't mind if I call you that)
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Thank you so much. ^_^
Yes, even though I do try to make it a little plotty and narrative, I like to throw in random jokes to break the ice sometimes. When Aries jumped out of the tub in the middle of his shower and decided to cook while naked, I nearly fell out of my chair.
And as for the spoiled food thing, maybe I should have, but I was more or less busy trying to make sure no one died.
I like Audrey. I'm so glad to get custom townies generated into my game that are beautiful, but not Face 1 or Face 2. The bad thing is, almost every female townie has had red hair and either brown or green eyes and a lot of the male townies have blonde or brown hair. I am hoping to see some red hair in the fourth gen, but I don't know since black hair is the most dominant I think and it's hard to breed that out.
I like both Circi and Virgo. Circi reminds me of myself during my teenage years, how I struggled so much. I realize I made her appearance a bit more gothic than intended.
I'm surprised that Virgo is winning. I thought people would be turned off by her whiny attitude, but she is fun to play. I was a little miffed when she aged up in an outfit that would be perfect for Circi. But since I lived Show Bizz, I can always have them switch outfits via the dresser.
I'm going to let the poll stay up until Friday. In the meantime, I'll probably end up just playing a random pre-made family until then. I haven't played them in awhile.


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I don't think I've ever had sims run away. I've had pets run away. I'm bad at taking care of them. I ended up giving Kim and Grace away, mostly because they took up a bit too much room and kept getting underfoot. Kim would literally lay in front of the toilet each time one of my sims would try to use the bathroom and Grace, because I didn't realize she was an elder when I adopted her...she couldn't get a job so she had to go because she was practically useless even though she was adorable. But now it seems impossible to adopt a pet because I'll get the relationships up to about...55 and it needs to be around 60 for the sims to adopt, but then the pet wanders off the lot and I don't see it again until a generation later.
I think I'm getting off the subjects...Maybe....I don't know. Well with Circi and Leo I'm not worried because one's a Pleasure sim and the other is Romance. All they roll wants for is to go on dates, which they can do. They just can't go to community lots for them, but my sims have fun dates at home. Virgo, I am a little worried because that's all Knowledge sims want to do is go to college, get scholarships, go to private school.
Yes since Circi is now a teen, she can wear her hair how she wants. I will probably change it later on when she becomes an adult because I never like keeping my sims with the same hair for very long.
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Re: Starry Skies Revamped! Chapters 3! 1/16/12

PostPosted by KatieCat » Tue Jan 17, 2012 8:50 pm

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Poor Circi. HE'S JUST TRYING TO LOVE YOU! D:
"Blech! No way! They're girls! They have cooties! I don't want any part of that!"

XDD Sims don't have cooties you silly boy! Or do they? O_o
Circi! So evil, beating up your poor sister like that! D: I never knew that kids could fight with other kids... :aggressive:
How did I know that she would be Pleasure? XD
Houston. :'(
Who will be heir? Who shall it be? :O :s_thumbsup
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Re: Starry Skies Revamped! Chapters 3! 1/16/12

PostPosted by LunaBeauty » Tue Jan 17, 2012 8:59 pm

Katie
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Yes, unfortunately, Circi is that type of teenager where almost everything seems to go wrong for her and it seems everyone is against her.
Don't you know that girls have cooties at least until they reach the age of 13?
Yes, children can beat each other up. It's rather funny if you ask me.
My dice seem to like me. I was kind of hoping she would roll something interesting like 50 1st dates or that Leo would roll something like Have 20 Lovers or Woo-hoo 20 Sims, but unfortunately my sims have to have boring Career related LTWs, but there is a chance Circi might get her LTW because I want to lift Gaming next as one of the restrictions and that's her LTW.
I don't know who will be heir. I still have the heir poll up. So far it's a tie between Circi and Virgo. Poor Leo only has one vote, but I think he'd be happier as a spare, still I put him in the running because it's not fair if he doesn't get a shot.
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