#widespot college

[n8eulchen-sims2]

Widespot: 20 Jahre später (1)

Widespot ist die chaotischste Nachbarschaft, die ich je gespielt habe. Jeder hat irgendwie mit jedem Affären und Babies, sodass aus Widespot quasi eine große Familie geworden ist:)

Fam. Weiss:

Skye Weiss (Senior) lebte mit seinen Alienkindern Penny (Erwachsene) und Woody (Teenager) allein.

20 Jahre später:

Inzwischen wurde das Haus mehrfach renoviert und umgestaltet.

Skye erreichte die Spitze der Wissenschaftskarriere, maximierte seine Logikfähigkeit, erlebte eine kurze Romanze mit einem weiblichen Townie und starb schließlich an Altersschwäche.

Penny hat zwei Söhne, Alfred und Cornelius, von zwei verschiedenen Vätern. Neben Alfreds Vater Rhett Hart hatte Penny Affären mit Valentine Hart (Vater von Rhett), Rocky Beech und River Land. Letztendlich entschied sie sich dafür Rhett zu heiraten und seinen Namen anzunehmen. Außerdem nahm sie eine Stelle in der Bildungskarriere an und ist inzwischen Hilfslehrerin (Lvl 3).

Woody ist inzwischen Erwachsen und hat als Romantiksim trotz seiner Verlobung mit Goldie Hart einige Romanzen am laufen: Virginia Beech, Goldies Schwester Candy Hart, Lana Mann, Dixie Land und einige Townies. Kein Wunder, dass bei all seinen Abenteuern irgendwann einmal ein Unfall passiert. Sein Unfall heißt Phil Hart und der Grund, warum er sich mit Goldie verlobt hat. Woody ist außerdem Ritter der Tafelrunde (Lvl 6 der Unterhaltungsbranche)

Alfred Hart wurde zu Beginn des Spiels geboren und ist inzwischen junger Erwachsener und auf dem College. Er hat bereits dir Körperfähigkeit maximiert. Sein erstes Mal hatte er mit Mary Land. Sie war bereits erwachsen, er noch ein Teenager und das ganze ist durch einen autonomen Bootycall entstanden.

Cornelius Hart ist Pennys zweites Kind und der Sohn von Valentine Hart, der Vater seines Stiefvaters. Er ist inzwischen Teenager und 3er-Schüler.

Außerdem hat die Familie den Rüden Buddy adoptiert.

Rhett Hart ist nach der Hochzeit mit Penny in den Weiss-Haushalt gezogen. Er ist der Sohn von Valentine Hart. Auch er hat einiges an Affären aufzuweisen: Sandy Beech, deren Tochter Virginia Beech, und drei weibliche Townies. Er ist der Vater von Alfred und außerdem von Florentina und Bobby Beech. Er ist freiberuflicher Webdesigner (Lvl 9 der Faulenzerkarriere) und damit kurz davor seinen Lebenswunsch zu erfüllen.

[widespot]

"Shelley, why are you here eating my food if you hate me now?" "Food is food."

There's a new artsy coffee shop opened up across from the Art Museum, so Hi goes over to check it out.

"So it's open mic tonight, right?" "Sort of. You have to submit a poem and get approved."

This is nice - a little patio, roses all around - just the sort of place the classy chicks would like.

And whoa, there are some classy chicks. He should say hi to his neighbor Sandy - but who is that blonde bombshell?

That is one phone number he is determined to get!

"Excuse me, did you go to LGU?" "Now, you base flatterer, you have to know looking at me that I was well past college age before it ever was thought of!" "No, I'm sure I saw you on campus!"

"Oh, hi, Dot! Good to see you!"

Turns out Lana is performing, so he pledges to listen attentively and then buys Sandy a coffee. Just to be neighborly.

"I could see this getting to be a regular hangout." "Into poetry, are you?" "Not as such."

"That was awesome! The metaphors, the imagery, the passionate delivery!"

"We should go get breakfast." "I should go on back to Widespot and my husband." "What sort of a husband doesn't come support his wife's art?" "The kind who works very, very late."

[uberhood]

Meet Woody Weiss.

Woody is ravaged by hormones and a fear that he's not ever going to be compatible with anybody.

Woody's going through it right now. For one thing, he feels overlooked-- Skye spends so much time running around after Penny (trying to convince Penny to bother with college, trying to convince Penny to stop getting herself into trouble, trying to bail Penny out when Homer picks her up after picking someone's pocket) that he has very little time for Woody. For another thing, Woody feels like all Skye's expectations are falling onto him-- he has to be the overachiever, get into college, have a family, and Do Things Right. (in actuality Skye just wants him to have a good life, and in TS2 you need a college degree to be an artist. but details.)

Woody's also having The World's Most Awkward, Awful Teenage Bi Awakening right now. Mostly, he's discovering that he likes hot people in various states of undress and furriness. And that most people are hot. And that the Teen-Age Werewolf Alien movies he's been a fan of his whole life have an interesting internet fandom. And that he'd like to live out some of that interesting stuff for himself.

Right now, he's mostly occupied with trying to convince his new internet friend not to move to Strangetown (if you have to move to the middle of nowhere, why not Widespot???) , drawing hot people in various states of undress and furriness, and trying desperately to make Skye proud.

[natteryaktoad]

Beech, Day 86, Part 5

This was all autonomous. I decided I wasn't going to force Jason into having an affair, but he does seem quite keen.

Jason: How have I lived in Widespot for six years and never knew this place existed?

Dot: I guess you haven't been getting out much.

Jason: I'm glad you called me last night.

Dot: I'm glad you called me this morning.

It wouldn't be right to come to the Makeout Spot and not makeout, now, would it?

Autonomous, again.

Jason: Can I call you sometime?

Dot: Sure. Now my son's in college, you could come to my place. I've got a hot tub...

So they took a walk down to the Makeout Spot for a bit of privacy.

[penig]

For many practical reasons, posting sim stuff is less convenient right now than it has been before, or will be again, I trust. I am deliberately putting off playing Widespot until then. But I am still playing Depression Riverblossom Hills regularly.

Isaiah (Fortune) and Tina (Family) dated throughout high school despite the difference in their social class. They hung out a lot with Xander Roth and Gabriella Newson, whose similar class differences didn't deter them. It helps that Gabriella works for Stella and they have a very good relationship; Stella plans to retire after a couple of grandkids and turn Riverblossom Dry Goods over to her.

Tina and Isaiah single bolt; Tina and Xander double bolt. Xander and Gabriella single bolt; Gabriella and Isaiah double bolt. Tina and Xander went to college; Gabriella and Isaiah stayed home. You see where I, and most of the town, thought this was going. But nope; Isaiah, who grew up before Tina, showed no interest in dating anyone until she went to college, and in the interim rolled lots of wants to talk to, play with, and dance with her - chastely, since I don't have age disparity mods. So, okay, I let him take her into Bigg City to the movies.

They never did get to the movie part.

[profesionalpartyguest]

the specter household ends early because of ophelia going to college, olive is 2 days away from death so i want ophelia to not have to rebuy to house so she keeps the graves

Ophelia moves into college with Sadie Wilkie from widespot (who i've unofficially decided is daniella lerner's sister), while the driver makes the creepiest face possible at sadie

Sadie's interest in Crime, Enviroment and Politics means she's a political science major, and Ophelia's Fashion, Culture and Enviroment means Art

Ophelia also gets an artist makeover!

[smallcatsims]

The widespot families so far have had shorter and more simple intro rounds. The weiss and land families had almost nothing happen at all except for Circe and Vidcund doing some more flirting at the Land household and Dixie going to college. Mary did propose to Junior and they had a wedding on the first day of the Mann intro round. Mary got her baby bump right after their first woohoo and Junior doesn’t seem smart enough to realize the timing is off. Oh well. At least Mary will have a comfortable home for her child.

[penig]

Nothing comprehensive. For one thing, I've used versions of Bigg City in my regular Widespot (a playtest version that doesn't have modified terrain or all the lots), my 1930s Riverblossom Hills (with all the lots appropriately modified and new ones added, particularly to replace places like The Worn Wire that are totally inappropriate), and various other more or less undocumented hoods.

The populated version is about half-finished and has been for almost, yipe, ten years now. It was to contain the Founding Family, living in the castle house in the Enclave, and its offshoots; including a criminal, Robin House, who is the illegitimate half-sister of the current mayor and his full sister, the current chief of police. Robin would be Fagining the Firewall Gang, a group of thrownaway teens squatting in the Abandoned Warehouse who have recently accepted into their midst the mayor's rejected gay son and his boyfriend from a poor family on Domestic Drive. The mayor's ancestors - the Bigg Family after whom the town is named - would be in the graveyard of the San Simeon Chapel along with some dead townies with backstories, and the Old Graveyard next to the library would contain the graves of people who died of old age, but would be at least theoretically resurrectable because there'd be characters who knew some of them in life, including relatives and a vampire. Character names I intended to use included Bill Payer and Donny Brook. Robin's mother's name was Hedda House and she might have been still alive in one of the shotgun shacks on Domestic Drive.

I was a little too ambitious with it. No wonder my executive function suddenly shut down on me!

In my current Widespot I'm using it the same way I used the Maxis downtown in Drama Acres - college graduates who have ambitions or lives not suitable for small towns go live in Bigg City instead. So most of the LGU parents live there, and most of the ALT students, and anyone pursuing a glamorous professional LTW like Prestidigitator or Icon. River's living in Bigg City hoping to be a rock star and Delta will probably live there, too, since she wants to be an Oceanographer and there's no ocean in Widespot. Dormies I grow up and turn back into townies or downtownies should be assumed to live there, too. Candy moved back to Bigg City with Arden, but Arden (despite his Rock God ambitions) wants to live in Widespot again, a project Rich and Lana support, but they haven't been able to lure him into the Mannsion away from his mom.

Many of the buildings are suitable for conversion to apartments or single-family rental properties. Industry Street is ripe for gentrification. And of course I left you lots of room to add your own venues or hood deco. The place could use a few roller rinks and beauty parlors, and a humane society, don't you think?

I love @penig's Bigg City downtown. It has no Sims, but it has so much character! The environmental storytelling is amazing and makes me want to make Sims to put in it.

Speaking of, Peni, do you have a post or something that lists what Sims you put where in yours? I'd be curious to see it. I'd be curious to see what anyone did with this downtown, actually, because it is begging for lots of stories.

[katatty]

For some reason they spent like half the dinner talking about how how Mary Hart (from Widespot) is. Gabriel is gay, and surely hasn’t even met her? But I’m sure she’d be flattered a bunch of college students think she’s a MILF, lol

[asimplevampire]

Penny has a plan. She isn't sure yet if it's a good plan, or a smart plan, or even a workable plan. It involves talking Skye into doing Things To Make Money, and that in and of itself almost never ends well.

But she's wanted to be a city planner since she was a little girl, and you can't do that if you don't go to college. Penny missed that boat hard- but she thinks she can do something in Widespot that will give her as much joy.

With the highway coming into town, kids from LGU and even some folks from the big city are coming into town to pick up groceries and gas. Penny smells an opportunity- if she can convince Skye for help, they can start another shop in Widespot. One that'd cater to tourists and maybe put the town on the map a bit more.

The rest of the MoonTV money would make a great starting investment.

[n8eulchen-sims2]

Widespot. Familie Weiss. [01-02]

Jahre 21-25

Vorsicht laut ab 06.34

Penny maximiert die Fähigkeit Kreativität, und wird zur Oberstufenlehrerin (Lvl 5 der Bildungskarriere) befördert.

Rhett erreicht die Spitze der Faulenzerkarriere und erfüllt damit gleichzeitig seinen Lebenswunsch Partyknaller zu werden.

Woody datet und datet und kann sich leider für keine der Ladies entscheiden.

Cornelius hat so eine Art Situationship mit Ivy Beech, wollte eigentlich zum College gehen, aber da ich seinen Geburtstag verschlafen habe, ist er jetzt ein unglücklicher Erwachsener, der einen Job in der Geheimdienstkarriere angenommen hat.

[penig]

Unless you get a strong influx from college or something, it doesn't take long for everyone in Widespot to be related to Valentine Hart!

Welcome to Round 6! It is especially exciting to welcome in-game born sims into LGU for the very first time.

The families of Widespot said goodbye to Misty Weiss, Forrest Shores, Artie Hart, and Cole Mann. Funnily enough, all four were related to the late Valentine Hart: Cole was his son, Candy’s son Artie was his grandson, and Misty and Forrest were Rhett’s children.

[widespot]

Fortunately, Lana has not forgotten how to network. She has a wide acquaintance among the young, virile, male element in Bigg City. It was very nice of Willard to include her in his outing; but she's waiting for another call from that blond boy she met at Artistic Coffee the other night.

Cultivating Willard, however, is a sufficient occupation for tonight.

She's not looking to cheat on Rich, per se. But when he's not around a personable young man is welcome company.

"Excuse me, how well do you know that Roseland fellow? It's just that, not living in Widespot proper, you may not be aware of how shady his behavior can be."

(Lana has managed to make enemies with Cyd! Just because she doesn't approve of Junior dating Candy doesn't mean Candy's allowed to date anyone else.)

Cyd aside, most of Willard's acquaintance seems to be college age. Lana doesn't mind that.

[uberhood]

Worldbuilding/Lore/Notes Masterpost

...and I said I was gonna keep it simple this time.

Okay so here's a quick outline of what ~the world of this Uberhood~ looks like, because everyone has different headcanons about Sim geography (fuck, mine vary save file to save file!) Any other notes about worldbuilding will go here eventually.

The World

SimNation

Most of the action in this game takes place in SimNation, a prosperous but messy country located in SimEarth's Western hemisphere. SimNation is divided into four states:

Sim State, aka: "the green one". The eastern end of SimNation is dominated by SimCity, aka Downtown, and its suburbs; the western side of Sim State is mostly rural farming communities.

Notable towns in Sim State include:

SimCity/Downtown (capital)

Desiderata Valley

Riverblossom Hills

Three Lakes

Shady Shores

Sim State University

South State, aka: "the orange one." The southwest end of SimNation, mostly full of deserts and secrets. If something crazy happens in SimNation, it's usually happening in South State. However, because of the dark skies and plethora of fossils, South State is also where many colleges in SimNation are located.

Notable towns in South State include:

Copperhead City (capital)

Strangetown

Widespot

Sedona

Natosi

La Fiesta Tech

Cactus Canyon University

Land Grant University

Quaddington University

Sea State, aka: "the one with the palm trees". The west coast of SimNation, home to celebrities, dirty secrets, family feuds, and ever so much drama.

Notable towns in Sea State include:

Belladonna Cove (capital) (not featured in this save)

Pleasantview

Veronaville

Caelestis University

Swamp State, aka: "the one with the swamps". Swamp State is the southeast end of SimNation, and it is warm, humid, and full of untapped opportunity.

Notable towns in Swamp State include:

Bluewater Village (Capital)

Magic Town

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The Tri-State Area is Sim State, South State, and Sea State. Most sims in Sim-Nation live in the Tri-State Area.

The Rest of the World

Notable locations in the rest of the world include:

Takemizu Village

Felicity Island

Twikki Island

Academie Le Tour

Space

The place where no one can hear you scream. Notable communities in Space include:

Moonbase Apollo, SimNation's first lunar colony.

Aileen Landing, SimNation's first space colony.

Sixam, the place where Pollination Tech #9 and his brethren come from.

Groxholm, a mysterious planet that Sixamians speak of with dread and terror.

[natteryaktoad]

Sorority, Day 85, Part 8

Clover: Why did you and Sadie move out into that back room? Sure, it's got a bathroom attached, but it's no bigger than the front room.

Ellie: Yeah, but it's the lesbian room, Sadie says. The last two sets of residents have been couples, so... tradition.

Natasha: Sue? It's your cousin, Natasha.... that's the one. I'm at LGU, and I wondered if you wanted to meet up?

Sue: It's so good to see you again after all this time!

Sue: You weren't quite three the last time I saw you, I think. You had this doll you were obsessed with-

Natasha: Camila. I still have her!

Sue: I was a few months pregnant with my eldest daughter, so I spent most of the visit throwing up... I can't believe how long ago that was now!

Natasha: You know my dad didn't actually go to jail, right? Just spent the night in the cells.

Sue: Yeah, I figured. I know my parents don't see yours much because of it, and I guess I just never tried to visit on my own. I was pretty busy having kids after that, anyway.

Natasha: Yeah, my dad said you got married and moved to Widespot after you graduated, so I thought when I came to LGU I'd look you up - I'm sorry it took so long. What's your husband's name, again? I remember he spent a lot of that visit playing with me.

Sue: Luis. We're divorced now, though. But... Luis has always been good with kids. We've got five - Luisa, Susana, Freddy, Jose and Gaby.

Natasha: Is Freddy short for Federico or something? It's not a very Spanish name.

Sue: No... it's a long story - but basically, Luis had an affair. But Freddy's mum's in jail now, and I've always been his Mami. I'd adopt him if I could. But enough about me - tell me about you.

Sue: ... So I think you'll be graduated before Luisa starts, but her boyfriend, Shawn, will be here next semester.

Natasha: I'll keep an eye out for him.

Natasha: It's been nice getting to know you, Prima Sue. Can we hang out again soon?

Sue: I'd like that. You should come to dinner and meet my kids.

In the morning, I decided it was about time Natasha met her cousin, Sue. (Natasha's dad is Sue's dad's much younger brother, and a bit of a black sheep in the family. Natasha was born about the time Sue went to college).

[101roadtonowhere]

Widespot

Woody has a rough day after his big night out downtown with the cute townie. He arrived back home just in time to get on the school bus, and his school performance takes a hit due to his low needs. It’s his second-to-last day of highschool so Skye helps (forces?) him to catch up on him homework before his last day.  

He leaves for college after school the next day. I think he managed to get the Scholar’s Grant after Skye’s help, but Skye is at work when he leaves so it’s just Penny and Unn there to see him off. 

My sims roll a lot of wishes to call up the college students to chat. Scot is the most popular, and Penny gives him a call just after Woody’s taxi leaves. 

“What’s the weather like at LGU, Scot? Woody just left so make sure you keep an eye out for him!”

Since Unn will be in school soon Penny figures it’s time for her to try out this “job” thing. With the new highway it’s not too far to commute downtown, and she finds herself curious about how sims are affected by the new construction taking place there. She can’t exactly start at the top of the company, but someday she might be able to plan out the entire city. (This is my way of explaining Penny’s become City Planner LTW :-P )