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💜 Underdogs of Kpop Idol Challenge 💜

I love BTS and I got inspired to create a challenge based on how they got started! The BTS aspects are optional so that ARMYs can do them if they want, and others who just want to play a general kpop/idol challenge can skip them and still have fun. This challenge has many rules and guidelines, but they’re very flexible!

Here's a glimpse of the story:

You recently left your old company to start your own record label. In your early years, you were near bankruptcy. Now, you’re looking for some fresh faces to restart your company and keep your business afloat.

**Optional aspects marked with an asterisk* and bolded text.

**Requires Get Famous and City Living. Get Together would make it easier but it’s not necessary.

**I suggest reading through the challenge once before playing so you get a good idea of what’s expected of the challenge and you won’t be surprised by new aspects as they come up.

**Disclaimer: I use he/him pronouns when referring to the trainees because I’m thinking of the BTS members as I write this. However, there are no gender or life state requirements for this challenge!

If you decide to play, please tag me! I would love to see your gameplay :)

Also let me know if there’s anything I should add or change!

Have fun! 💜

You recently left your old company to start your own record label. In your early years, you were near bankruptcy. Now, you’re looking for some fresh faces to restart your company and keep your business afloat.

To start the challenge, you will be playing as the CEO of your own entertainment company.

Purchase a lot no bigger than 30x20. You are starting off small, but you will need to have room for your studio and a place for your 7 trainees* to live and practice.

(You can have between 4-7 trainees, depending on how difficult you want it to be, and if you are playing a BTS based challenge. You can also use mods to increase your household size, but I wouldn’t recommend it as it will be hard to juggle more than 7, plus your CEO).

*BTS lived in dorms near their studio, so you could build a dorm on the same lot but separate from the main building. But you can do this however you want as long as their on the same lot.*

You may start off with as much money as you need to buy yourself the following items AND NOTHING MORE:

Mix Master Music Station

More Views Video Station

A drone (begin with the cheapest one and you may upgrade later)

Start with one of each, you may add more later.

Practice room big enough to fit all 8 sims

A studio for music production and practice

A small dorm with 2 bedrooms that MUST be able to fit all 7 trainees, kitchen, bathroom, etc. using the mediocre furniture and appliances. Think “tiny house for 8 sims challenge” lol.

You can upgrade appliances and furniture as you accumulate money, but try not to make major renovations to the building or dorms yet. Trainees can buy personal items like games, books, etc.

Your own living space - Remember when building, you're on the verge of bankruptcy!

After you’re done building, cheat your money down to 1,000. You are a brand spanking new CEO coming from humble beginnings, so you won’t have much money to begin with.

Next, you will need to recruit your first trainee:

*an underground rapper who although had a bright academic future, decided to pursue his passion in music. You invited this trainee to audition after hearing about him from your friend.

In order to recruit this trainee:

*LOGIC SKILL needs to be at least level 3

MEDIA PRODUCTION SKILL needs to be at least level 2

Get to know him! So you can add him to your household after completing the skill requirements. You may want to develop the CHARISMA skill to help with this

*TRAINEE 1 traits: genius, gloomy, music lover

TRAINEE 1 aspiration: world famous celebrity

He finally agreed to join your company!

Every time you recruit a new trainee, you should do this:

Take pictures of them to post on Simstagram and sell to publishers.

Idols as trainees are generally not allowed to have social media, so you will have to be in charge until they are prepared to manage their own online presence (after all 7 trainees are recruited).

Make sure to become good enough friends with each of your trainees to be able to add them to your household.

If you have Get Together, have him form a group and name it your group’s name (for example: BTS, BlackPink, etc.) He will have to invite each trainee to this group since you are not in the group. It’s a good idea to start gatherings as often as possible while skill building so you can have enough points to add more members.

While you only have this one trainee:

Produce 1 song and 1 “music video” for him.

To make a music video, just use a drone to record the trainee dancing or doing anything you want your music video to be about. You need some money, so don’t forget to edit and release them!

Also take this time to have him practice producing his own music. One day he will be an incredible producer and rapper, so make sure to hone his skills!

Before recruiting the next trainee, make sure he is at least level 2 of the MEDIA PRODUCTION skill.

It’s important to note at this point that each of your trainees should be exercising and eating healthily to prepare for their long days and nights of practicing, so you should work on your cooking skill and possibly your own fitness skill so you can provide them balanced meals and train them properly.

You may change their appearances during training if you want to, but remember they are coming from humble beginnings and won’t have much money to buy fancy clothes.

Also, no relationships until after debut! Trainees have to focus on making a strong debut and securing a loyal fanbase!

You will now hold your very first audition to recruit more trainees. To prepare for this:

Level up your MEDIA PRODUCTION SKILL to at least 3

CHARISMA SKILL to at least 4

While you’re at it, pick up any instrument you want and start working on those skills. You will need to be able to write songs for your trainees eventually.

To hold auditions, travel around your world, looking for sims you want to come to your audition. Make sure you have a high enough relationship with them so you can invite them to hang out with you. For rappers and singers, use the karaoke machines. For dancers, try having a dance battle or have sims dance to music.

You will hold an audition looking for another rapper. Choose the best auditionee.

*He was also an underground rapper who struggled to make his mark known. Thanks to you, he will have that opportunity!

*TRAINEE 2 traits: perfectionist, loner, music lover

TRAINEE 2 aspiration: world famous celebrity

Produce TWO SONGS and TWO MUSIC VIDEOS for each trainee

Make sure to keep honing their skills!

Both trainees:

MEDIA PRODUCTION level 3

Pick up an instrument each to be able to write songs and lyrics

*The second trainee should pick up the piano skill.

DANCING level 2

It’s audition time again! This time, you’re looking for a dancer.

If you have Get Together, find a way to get the auditionees to show you their moves. The sim with the best dance moves will be your next trainee! (If you don’t have Get Together, you can decide who your next trainee from the audition will be in any way you want).

*TRAINEE 3 traits: dance machine, cheerful, music lover

TRAINEE 3 aspiration: world famous celebrity

Produce TWO SONGS and TWO MUSIC VIDEOS for each of them.

Keep them honing those skills! Before recruiting new members:

Trainees 1&2:

DANCING level 2

MEDIA PRODUCTION level 4

Trainee 3:

DANCING level 3

MEDIA PRODUCTION level 3

Auditions season has passed, but you’re still short 4 members for your group!

Travel around your world and see if you can find any sims with that star potential.

Find someone that has star-worthy looks and convince him to join your company.

Before he can join your company:

MEDIA PRODUCTION level 4

CHARISMA level 6

*You may also want to work on your COMEDY skill along the way, but this is not required.

Make sure your INSTRUMENT SKILL is high enough to write music, and why don’t you get started on your SINGING SKILL too? You’ll need to be able to write lyrics for your singers!

He trusts you enough and has decided to join your company!

He had no skills prior to joining, however, so you will have to work with him on his singing and dancing skills a little more closely. *He’s also extremely handsome. But this is neither here nor there :)

Before moving on to the next round of auditions:

Trainee 4:

SINGING level 3

DANCING level 3.

*TRAINEE 4 traits: foodie, goofball, music lover

TRAINEE 4 aspiration: world famous celebrity

Remember to keep up their fitness skill and healthy diet!

This is where things start to get a little interesting:

Trainees 1-3:

Produce two songs each and release them

Trainee 3:

MEDIA PRODUCTION level 4

DANCING maxed out

As for you:

Produce TWO SONGS for each of your trainees

Produce TWO MUSIC VIDEOS TOTAL before you recruit more trainees.

While watching TV, you spot a young boy with so much potential that you just had to have him in your group. Go travel around your world and find him to be your next main vocalist.

Before recruiting him:

SINGING level 6

MEDIA PRODUCTION maxed out

CHARISMA level 8

Continue working on your instrument skill! A CEO should be good at every aspect if he wants to succeed.

Your 5th trainee has finally joined your company!

This trainee will be your Center, the Face of your group, your big money maker, if you will.

*This trainee and all trainees moving forward will still be teenagers and will need to go to school. Trainee 5 is the youngest member. You can implement this or not, up to you.

If you choose to implement this, make sure all the teenagers have an A grade in school before debut.

Before moving on to the next round of auditions

Trainee 5:

SINGING level 3

DANCING level 3

*TRAINEE 5 traits: dance machine, good (musical genius when he ages up)

TRAINEE 5 aspiration: world famous celebrity

Before the next audition:

Trainees 1-3:

Produce THREE SONGS each and release them.

All trainees:

Continue practicing DANCING and SINGING.

As for you:

Produce TWO SONGS for each of your trainees

Write TWO SONGS total on your instrument.

SINGING level 8

This is the second to last audition of the year! Hold auditions for another vocalist. The sim that sounds the best to you will be your next trainee!

Trainee 6:

SINGING level 3

DANCING level 3

*TRAINEE 6 traits: clumsy, music lover, (cheerful after aging up)

TRAINEE 6 aspiration: world famous celebrity

Trainees 1-3:

Produce 3 songs each and release them

If their INSTRUMENT skill is high enough, they can WRITE ONE SONG each; if not, continue having them practice until they can before the last audition.

If their SINGING skill is high enough, have them WRITE LYRICS on their instrument. If not, continue having them practice until they can before the last audition.

MEDIA PRODUCTION maxed out before the last audition

Trainee 3

DANCING maxed out before the last audition

All trainees

SINGING level 5 before the last audition

As for you:

Produce TWO SONGS for each of your trainees

Write TWO MORE SONGS on your instrument.

SINGING level 9, or you can max it out at this point if you wish. You yourself are not a singer, but you will be expected to write and compose songs for your trainees, so it’s important!

The time has come for the LAST SimHit audition of the year! Your goal is to find the last trainee for your rookie group; the last piece of the puzzle.

Have each auditionee sing and dance for you. The best sim will be your next and final trainee!

Make sure this trainee gets along well with the other trainees. In fact, make sure they all get along well. They’ll be working and living together every single day!

*TRAINEE 7 traits: dance machine, perfectionist, (music lover after aging up)

TRAINEE 7 aspiration: world famous celebrity

For the final phase of training:

Trainees 1-3:

Produce TWO SONGS each

Write TWO SONGS each

Write lyrics once each

All trainees except trainee 3:

DANCING level 4 (trainee 3 should be maxed out by this point)

Trainees 1-3 except trainee 2:

INSTRUMENT level 5

Trainee 2 should be maxed out in *piano at this point

Trainees 4-7:

Write ONE SONG each on the computer or their instrument

Write lyrics once each

All trainees:

SINGING level 8

As for you:

Produce ONE SONG for each trainee

MEDIA PRODUCTION, INSTRUMENT, and SINGING maxed out if not already

FINALLY! You finally have all your trainees ready to debut as a rookie group! Your trainees are ready to become established idols now. All there’s left to do is produce some pre-debut content...

Go busking 4 times, once at the beginning of each season. Take pictures to post!

You may buy busking equipment if you wish but I don’t think it’s necessary.

Take updated pictures of each member individually to sell and post to Simstagram.

At this point, your trainees can post to Simstagram and dive into their social media presence.

No sponsorships, no brand deals, no merchandise, etc. until after debut.

Try to take a group picture of all 7 members together to sell and post.

If not possible:

First 3 trainees together

Last 4 trainees together

Produce 3 songs, write 3 songs, and produce 3 music videos, one for each of these sub-units:

*Trainees 1, 2, and 4

*Trainees 3, 5, and 7

*Trainees 3, 5, 6, and 7

All trainees - SINGING and DANCING maxed out

Before the fan meeting, make sure your trainees are at least level 7 in the CHARISMA skill.

Host a fan meeting to announce your debut! Make a good impression on your fans, they’ll be with you guys through thick and thin.

This can be done by having one of the members hold a meet and greet but have all members attend.

Use fan meetings to increase your reputation; idols should always be good influences for their fans, and your idols are the best around!

At this point, you can update their looks in CAS to prepare them for their debut. Your trainees have been preparing for hours and hours, working on their singing, dancing, and music making so they can have a strong debut. They’re no longer your doe-eyed trainees. Now they will be the monster rookies that all the other idol groups are jealous of.

You may also renovate your building and the dorms with the money you have accumulated at this point.

You could have also done renovations as you accumulated money if you prefer it that way, but for the sake of the “underdog” storyline, renovate all at once at this point!

For the debut:

Have your idols busk from 12-8 and produce 2 music videos with all of them in it.

You should produce TWO SONGS.

Trainees 1-3 produce ONE SONG EACH

Hold a fan meet and greet (this will be the debut showcase).

Merch, sponsorships, brand deals, etc. can begin after the debut showcase.

Congratulations! You’ve created an idol group that will exceed everyone’s expectations!

*You can end this challenge after their debut, or you can choose to keep playing. The final end to this challenge will be when all your idols reach level 5 fame and the highest good reputation possible.

Should you choose to continue, you should follow this schedule for future comebacks and promotions:

Each season is a new comeback season. You need to schedule 4 things to do at the start of every season:

Have the whole group go busking from 12-8 in their home world (ex. if your lot is in Willowcreek, busk somewhere there).

Have the whole group travel (or vacation) in a different world and busk from 12-8 (ex. vacation in Mt. Komorebi and busk somewhere there). Give them a day or two to have fun and explore if possible!

For these, 5 new songs must be prepared and 2 music videos must be produced.

You may produce one for them if you want to, but trainees 1-3 should produce the rest.

Being an idol is definitely rewarding, but it is definitely not easy. Sims are lucky that they only need to do this once a week.

Host a meet and greet some time during the year, every year. This will be like the fan meetings.

Attend the Starlight Accolades whenever they come up, despite being nominated or not.

After doing 2-3 years with this schedule, you may renovate your building and dorms again. Or you can renovate as you go, like before.

After a few more years, you can move your idols into their own homes. Add yourself to the group to be able to start club gatherings everyday on your lot.

For those of you who are ARMYs, you can continue the challenge even after reaching the highest level of fame and reputation. You already know what each of their passions and interests are so you can change their traits and aspirations as you see fit (Namjoon would love the outdoors, Taehyung would be interested in art, etc.) and continue playing their story.

Enjoy!