_____ _ ____ _ ____ |_ _| |__ ___ / ___|(_)_ __ ___ ___ |___ \ | | | '_ \ / _ \ \___ \| | '_ ` _ \/ __| __) | _____ | | | | | | __/ ___) | | | | | | \__ \ / __/ |_____| |_| |_| |_|\___| |____/|_|_| |_| |_|___/ |_____| ____ / ___| ___ __ _ ___ ___ _ __ ___ \___ \ / _ \/ _` / __|/ _ \| '_ \/ __| ___) | __/ (_| \__ \ (_) | | | \__ \ |____/ \___|\__,_|___/\___/|_| |_|___/ Author: Warfreak Version: 1.4 Date Started: 1/5/07 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Table of Contents [1] Introduction, Read it Punk [1.01] Introduction [1.02] Version History [1.03] Riverblossom Hills [2] The Seasons, The Name of the Game [2.01] The Concept [2.02] Summer [2.03] Autumn [2.04] winter [2.05] Spring [3] The Careers, There are 5 + 1 of them [3.01] Gamer [3.02] Education [3.03] Law [3.04] Journalism [3.05] Music [3.06] Adventurer [3.07] Job Analysis [3.08] Update from Uni [3.09] Teen Gamer [3.10] Teen Education [3.11] Teen Law [3.12] Teen Journalism [3.13] Teen Music [3.14] Teen Adventurer [3.15] Teen Job Analysis [4] Career Rewards, Pay for your Work [4.01] Books First for Learning: A Bookshelf of Education [4.02] The Rock Hammer [4.03] The Gootentaugen Award for Excellence in Journalism [4.04] "I Object" Litigator Podium [4.05] Golden Skull of Jumbok IV [4.06] Tribal Flame a la Coconut Pinball [5] Chance Cards, Russian Roulette Style [5.01] Gamer [5.02] Education [5.03] Law [5.04] Journalism [5.05] Music [5.06] Adventurer [5.07] Teen Gamer [5.08] Teen Education [5.09] Teen Law [5.10] Teen Journalism [5.11] Teen Music [5.12] Teen Adventurer [6] Food and Drink, Lifeblood of SimCity's Economy [6.01] Bass with Squash [6.02] Blackened Catfish [6.03] Stuffed Rainbow Trout [6.04] Stuffed Golden Trout [6.05] Apple Juice [6.06] Beauty Cocktail [6.07] Eggplant Juice [6.08] Lemonade [6.09] Orange Juice [6.10] Orangeaid [6.11] Pepper Punch [6.12] Pureed Boot [6.13] Strawberry Juice [6.14] Strawberry Lemonade [6.15] Tomato Juice [6.16] Vegetable Cocktail [7] Fishing, Overrated says Fluffy the Cat [7.01] Starters [7.02] Bait [7.03] Percentages [7.04] Catch [8] Growing Produce, 100% Organic [8.01] Starters [8.02] Bronze [8.03] Silver [8.04] Gold [8.05] Greenhouse [8.06] Trees [8.07] When to Grow [8.08] Harvested [9] PlantSims, Tax Reduction in SimCity Tax Claims [9.01] PlantSim 101 [9.02] Mutation [9.03] The Effects [9.04] The Pros and Cons [9.05] Cure [10] Aspirations, Up in the Sky [10.01] Weathernaught 57X [11] Gardening Club, Not too Exclusive [11.01] What is it? [11.02] Joining [11.03] Point Scoring [11.04] Rewards [11.05] The Wishing Well [12] Composting, Do the Right Thing [12.01] Composting [12.02] Things to Shove In [13] The Weather and the Temperature, Now With 50% More Accurate Forecasts [13.01] The Weather [13.02] Temperature [13.03] Weather Forecasts [14] Shopping, Open for Business Only [14.01] Selling Food [15] Leftovers, Not Ditched [15.01] Leftovers [16] Gift Giving, Merry Christmas [16.01] Gifts [A] Contact Information [B] Webmaster Information [C] Credits [D] Sites FAQ is on [E] Copyright ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [1.01] Introduction "Bristling winter cold, crisp fall mornings, rainy spring afternoons, and hot summer nights are now all a part of your neighbourhoods! Bundle your Sims up in warm outerwear clothing or have them drink a cool, refreshing beverage to ward off the heat. Now that the weather is changing, you never know what quite to expect! Send your Sims outdoors, grow fruit and vegetables in a new garden, spend the afternoon in the pool, or heave a snowball at your neighbour! There's plenty to do in the great outdoors! Welcome to Seasons!" Welcome to my, what it seems to be lucky 13th guide. This is about the game The Sims 2 expansion pack, Seasons. It seems that EA has split Unleashed into two, one is Pets and the Other is Seasons. It seems that FAQing is the rage at the moment. As of writing this, I have 5 guides in progress. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [1.02] Version History Version 0.0 [1/5/07] The second time I've used this version number. This is basically the version with the template on it. Version 0.0a [2/5/07] Adjusted Template Version 0.1 [10/5/07] Finally, an actual, proper start. Version 0.2 [20/5/07] Another update. Version 0.3 [27/5/07] Update, nuff said. Version 0.4 [15/9/07] Updated the Education Career and the Job Analysis there. Might seperate that into another In-Depth Guide. Update bits on the seasons itself, another job reward and the templete for the guide is complete. The topics are final for now. Version 0.5 [16/9/07] Chapter 7 is updated with some more info, Chapter 8 is complete. Chapter 4 is fully complete. Chapter 10 is now complete as well. Version 0.6 [17/9/07] Chapter 11 is now complete. Chapter 12 complete. Finally, Chapter 13 is also complete. Version 0.7 [11/12/07] Chapter 14 done. Version 0.8 [13/12/07] Chapter 15 and 16 are complete. Version 0.9 [15/1/08] Chapter 8 updated. Version 1.0 [20/1/08] Chapter 3 is complete. Only the remaining chance cards remain to be finished. Version 1.1 [31/1/08] Doing the Chance Cards. Version 1.2 [14/2/08] Only 3 More Career Chances cards to do. Version 1.3 [15/2/08] One more set of Chance cards to do, next update should be the last and this will finally complete, in my eyes anyway. Version 1.4 [16/2/08] The final version. All is complete, so read till your hearts content! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [1.03] Riverblossom Hills A new neighbourhood has opened out for you to muck around. The new neighbour- hood, in addition to Pleasantview, Strangetown and Veronaville is Riverblossom Hills. Of course, you can just pack everyone up and send them to your own custom neighbourhood, like me. "Many Sims have relocated to the quiet, comfortable countryside, in the hopes that life and family can firmly plant their roots in the middle of nowhere. Fresh crops aren�t the only thing growing in the farming community of Riverblossom Hills � love is in the air and many a relationship is on the verge of blossoming. Unfortunately, problems are bound to sprout in a town this small. Things are looking up, but hearts can always turn cold with the onset of winter." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2.01] The Concept Seasons is the main point of having Seasons. Let me rephrase. The 4 seasons of the year is the main point of The Sims 2 : Seasons. Every single neighbourhood can have a season and what kind of Sim game would you be playing if you don't get to control what season you get to muck around with. There are reasons to mess around with seasons. Think of how you can change the view of the neighbourhood of you get to change the season around. You like snow? Well you can have it. And also, each season has its advantages and its disadvantages. Season will change over time and you have to adjust to each one do that you don't get left behind. After all, since when was winter summer? This can lead to some warm weather in winter and cold weather in summer. Anything is possible, anything. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2.02] Summer The first of the seasons. In this season, the sun shines for your Sims, and by shine, replace with burns. In the season of scorching heat, you don't want to be caught outside when it is burning. Because of the great activities that you can do in summer, like muck around in the pool for hours on end, not only do the body points become automatically acquired, but it is a great time for you to catch up with friends. In Summer, you get an extra relationship boost to all positive interactions towards people living outside your family. It is nice to have a nice boost to keep up to date with friends, especially if you have many friends, thank you Open for Business. Also, it is Summer so be aware that you will heat up faster in the sun and exercising. Your temperature will reach the red far faster rather than other seasons, so you might need to drink some fresh juice to calm you down. Also, during the night time, you can look out for fireflies. These little critters can be collected by clicking the square they are on and by catching them. They will be a miniature source of light that you can use but after a while, the glow will be gone. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2.03] Autumn Autumn is the beginning of decay. Leaves start to fall and the Sun slowly turns off the gas. It isn't too warm in this season and it prone to sudden changes in weather. Of course, with the season of fall, the leaves will fall of any trees that aren't related to producing food, quite quickly which will soon turn to be a chore. Of course, you can rake up the leaves, giving access to cleaning points by simply raking it. After that, you can simply dispose of them, which is rather dull. Of course, you can compost them to give an extra boost to your garden or you can burn them. Yes, BURN!!! Being the pyromaniac that I am, I love burning them, but don't burn them near something that can easily go up in flames, it isn't too much fun to have your house burn down to your pyromaniac urges. The main bonus of the season of Autumn is the boost to the rate that your Sims learn their skills. You can witness this when you see them training their skills and see the leaves flowing around the progress bar. This is extremely handy, since it can nearly halve the time needed to learn a skill. This is even more handy when you use it with some of the juices and learn the final skill point to max out a skill. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2.04] winter Ah, the Season of Wintery Death. Winter is basically what it is, the freezing cold. You will notice the most unique feature of Winter. The floor will become white due to the snow. And this will be due to the weather. And since it will, WILL, be cold in Winter, you must buy some outerwear for your Sims to wear. This way, it will prevent them getting cold too quickly outside. Just like Summer on the way it rapidly increased the temperature guage, Winter does the exact opposite. Luckily, since all trees will be dormant for the winter, you can purchase a hot chocolate maker. Just a cup of this glorious stuff will warm your Sim up from the blue to the green. The next thing is the snow and the chill. You will need a roof over the green house to ensure that your plants will grow, and a roof over the head of your own Sims. Why? Well, would you like to sleep in the snow while being tucked in, nice and cozy, in your bed? Don't think so. Of course, it will snow and this will make everything outside covered in snow. Of course, everything will still work, its rather more decoration than anything else. And then there is the opportunity to make snow angels and snowmen, if you don't have the Holiday Pack. The look of the snowman, according to the Maxoids is depending on whether your Sim is nice or evil. Nice will have a friendly looking snowman while evil Sims will have a nasty looking snowman. With the snow that will pour down in the winter season, there will be the opportunity to have snow angels. It is literally an angel, where your Sim gets down on the snow and spreads their limbs. The snow can be seen through when you clikck with your cursor, however, the grass will be snow. This is why you should invest in a greenhouse. Another feature of the Winter Season is the penguin. This little fellow will come along and will act as a semi-pet. You can shoo him, pet him, but can't form a relationship with him. If you have a snowman, the penguin can go and communicate with him, somehow. Of course, he can come along in the other seasons and if you leave some fish for him, he'll eat it. With the fish, along comes another point. Your pool will be heated, this is probably why my Sims go for a dip in the pool while walking from A to B, until I did some reconstruction. Its obviously warmer than walking if the pool is heated. Ponds will be frozen over unless it is covered by something, meaning that there won't be fresh fish for a season. Of course, since there is ice, you can have ice skating. Its basically the roller rink being run into a ice skating rink. It basically the same except for the interactions that you can perform with friends and family. You can try to spin and jump while working up those body points. Wow, Seasons make body points more fun to achieve. Although your interactions with the other Sims is rather limited, it will provide large relationship boosts to your totals. And on the note of family, this is the best time for your Sims and their family to get together. While friends will yield a slightly lower amount of relationship points, it will be different for your family. This is the time to renew and build up those family bonds. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2.05] Spring All your gardening will be back to life, with fruit tree at the sickly level. Do not dispair, for it will be back to normal sooner or later, after the necessary amount of pruning. This is also the time to start some planting of crops will be in Spring. It also allows you access to your pond again, when the weather decides to pick up again. Of course, with spring, the Season of life, there will be some butterflies to catch. You can do it as you would do with fireflies, you click on the square they are located on, and then catch them. Of course, they just add to the decor of the place, but if you have Open for Business, it looks cool to have some jars of insects on the shelves, even if you can't sell them. Spring is the Season for Love. All romantic interactions will yield more relationship points and is perfect to catch up with the flames which are the boyfriends and the girlfriends or level up with a spark that you think will provide eternal happiness. Of course, marriage is for the life of the Sim, since the SimCity Marriage Council does not believe in divorce. Damn old, conservative council, though it does limit the ability of Sims to become gold diggers. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [3.01] Gamer ****** *Noob* ****** Description "You've been accepted into one of the most elite gaming circles on the net. You need to think fast, be creative, and always up for a challenge if you intend to win. Job Level: 1 Carpool Arrival: 9am Work Hours: 10am to 4pm Salary: �123 Requirements for Level 2: None Job Days: Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday Free Days: Monday, Friday *************** *Button Masher* *************** Description "The controller naturally fits in your hand and your fingers fly over the buttons, but you'll need to be a little more creative with your strategies if you plan to move up." Job Level: 2 Carpool Arrival: 8am Work Hours: 9am to 4pm Salary: �147 Bonus for Promotion: �294 Requirements for Level 3: 1 Creativity Point Job Days: Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday Free Days: Wednesday, Saturady ************** *Trash Talker* ************** Description "You have a favorite server and everyone knows your name, probably because you let them know who's best. Keep winning at the game and you'll go far." Job Level: 3 Carpool Arrival: 2pm Work Hours: 3pm to 9pm Salary: �225 Bonus for Promotion: �550 Requirements for Level 4: 1 Mechanical Point 1 Logic Point 1 Creativity Point 1 Family Friend Job Days: Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday Free Days: Monday, Tuesday ************* *Gold Farmer* ************* Description "Having enongh gold to buy the best equipment is the reason you play the game. However, it's one thing to have the best gear and another entirely to use it properly." Job Level: 4 Carpool Arrival: 8am Work Hours: 9am to 4pm Salary: �296 Bonus for Promotion: �592 Requirements for Level 5: 2 Mechanical Points 2 Logic Points 2 Creativity Points 2 Family Friends Job Days: Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday Free Days: Tuesday, Saturday *************** *Flag Capturer* *************** Description "Whether it belongs to the red team or blue team, if it's a flag it'll be captured. Rocket jumping and circle strafing demand a great deal of mechanical skill and creativity - stay focused!" Job Level: 5 [JOB REWARD] Carpool Arrival: 12pm Work Hours: 1pm to 7pm Salary: �325 Bonus for Promotion: �650 Requirements for Level 6: 4 Mechanical Points 3 Logic Points 2 Creativity Points 3 Family Friends Job Days: Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday Free Days: Tuesday, Saturday ***************** *Platform Jumper* ***************** Description "Few can jump quite like you, but that is what comes with the dedication. Enjoy the pay raise and old-school gameplay, but keep those fingers nimble!" Job Level: 6 Carpool Arrival: 1pm Work Hours: 2pm to 8pm Salary: �453 Bonus for Promotion: �906 Requirements for Level 7: 5 Mechanical Points 4 Logic Points 3 Mechanical Points 4 Family Friends Job Days: Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday Free Days: Tuesday, Thursday *************** *Power Leveler* *************** Description "An expert at mindless repetition, you can gain levels faster than anybody else, but you've got to keep your eye on the prize and avoid distraction to stay in the game" Job Level: 7 Carpool Arrival: 9am Work Hours: 10am to 6pm Salary: �763 Bonus for Promotion: �1,526 Requirements for Level 8: 6 Mechanical Points 6 Logic Points 4 Creativity Points 5 Family Friends Job Days: Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday Free Days: Sunday, Monday, Wednesday *********************** *Real Time Strategizer* *********************** Description "Huge ditigal armies are under your control, ready to mine for gold and capture cities at your command. Failure is not an option." Job Level: 8 Carpool Arrival: 9am Work Hours: 10am to 5pm Salary: �950 Bonus for Promotion: �1,900 Requirements for Level 9: 7 Mechanical Points 7 Logic Points 6 Mechanical Points 7 Family Friends Job Days: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday Free Days: Sunday, Saturday ************** *Guild Leader* ************** Description "Lead your guild to glory by battling through the deepest dungeons in search of loot. You'll need to keep everybody happy while maintaining a firm hand to become the top guild on the server." Job Level: 9 Carpool Arrival: 1pm Work Hours: 2pm to 9pm Salary: �1,250 Bonus for Promotion: �2,500 Requirements for Level 10: 8 Mechanical Points 10 Logic Points 7 Creativity Points 9 Family Friends Job Days: Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday Free Days: Monday, Thursday, Friday *************** *Game Designer* *************** Description "It is time for you to design the greatest game ever. Are you up to the task? It's critical you surround yourself with the brightest and the most creative people while honing your own creative juices! Job Level: 10 Carpool Arrival: 9am Work Hours: 10am to 6pm Salary: �1,950 Bonus for Promotion: �3,900 Job Days: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday Free Days: Sunday, Saturday ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [3.02] Education ******************** *Playground Monitor* ******************** Description "Before you rule the classroom, you'll have to rule the playground. Nosebleeds and ouchies are par for the course. Enthusiasm and care will win the day." Job Level: 1 Carpool Arrival: 7am Work Hours: 8am to 3pm Salary: �215 Requirements for Level 2: None Job Days: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday Free Days: Saturday, Sunday *************** *Teachers Aide* *************** Description "Teaching is a stressful job that requires a lot of grunt work, and you're just the grunt to do it. Clean erasers and filled glue bottles will take you right to the top." Job Level: 2 Carpool Arrival: 7am Work Hours: 8am to 3pm Salary: �316 Bonus for Promotion: �632 Requirements for Level 3: 1 Charisma Point 1 Cleaning Point 1 Family Friend Job Days: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday Free Days: Saturday, Sunday ******************** *Substitute Teacher* ******************** Description "Writing your name in chalk and dodging spitballs with ease are two skills at the top of your resume. Patience will determine how well you do." Job Level: 3 Carpool Arrival: 7am Work Hours: 8am to 3pm Salary: �452 Bonus for Promotion: �904 Requirements for Level 4: 2 Charisma Points 2 Cleaning Points 3 Family Friends Job Days: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday Free Days: Saturday, Sunday *************************** *Elementary School Teacher* *************************** Description "From art and crafts to mathematics, you fill your students' heads with worldly knowledge. Just make sure they don't fill their ears with glue. Interesting job..." Job Level: 4 Carpool Arrival: 7am Work Hours: 8am to 3pm Salary: �642 Bonus for Promotion: �1,284 Requirements for Level 5: 3 Charisma Points 2 Logic Points 3 Cleaning Points 5 Family Friends Job Days: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday Free Days: Saturday, Sunday ********************* *High School Teacher* ********************* Description "You're that cool teacher that all the students seem to like, but your popularity alone won't prepare them for college. Their success is your success, so keep them inspired." Job Level: 5 [JOB REWARD] Carpool Arrival: 8am Work Hours: 9am to 3pm Salary: �754 Bonus for Promotion: �1,508 Requirements for Level 6: 4 Cleaning Points 4 Logic Points 4 Charisma Points 7 Family Friends Job Days: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday Free Days: Saturday, Sunday *************************** *University Guest Lecturer* *************************** Description "You can condense a lifetime of study into an hour-long lecture, but that won't mean anything if they fall asleep. You'll need to be witty and charismatic to succeed, Job Level: 6 Carpool Arrival: 10am Work Hours: 11am to 5pm Salary: �1,560 Bonus for Promotion: �3,120 Requirements for Level 7: 5 Cleaning Points 5 Charisma Points 5 Logic Points 8 Family Friends Job Days: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday Free Days: Tuesday, Saturday, Sunday *********************** *High School Principal* *********************** Description "The school's success depends on your administrative skills. Keep the faculty and students happy and you'll climb the ranks." Job Level: 7 Carpool Arrival: 8am Work Hours: 9am to 4pm Salary: �1,640 Bonus for Promotion: �3.280 Requirements for Level 8: 5 Charisma Points 6 Logic Points 7 Cleaning Points 9 Family Friends Job Days: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday Free Days: Saturday, Sunday ************************** *College Senior Professor* ************************** Description "Your position gives you the kind of credentials you need to tell people that you're smart. Stay on top of your research but don't forget about your classes." Job Level: 8 Carpool Arrival: 9am Work Hours: 10am to 5pm Salary: �1,982 Bonus for Promotion: �3,964 Requirements for Level 9: 7 Charisma Points 8 Logic Points 8 Cleaning Points 11 Family Friends Job Days: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday Free Days: Saturday, Sunday ************************** *College Dean of Students* ************************** Description "Every catastrophe on campus comes your way, but that's what makes the job exciting. You'll need to hone your problem solving skills to keep everything in order." Job Level: 9 Carpool Arrival: 9am Work Hours: 10am to 5pm Salary: �2,430 Bonus for Promotion: �4,860 Requirements for Level 10: 8 Charisma Points 9 Logic Points 10 Cleaning Points 13 Family Friends Job Days: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday Free Days: Wednesday, Saturday ******************** *Education Minister* ******************** Description "You finally have the power to make changes to the educational system. Choose wisely and work toward a better educated society." Job Level: 10 Carpool Arrival: 9am Work Hours: 10am to 4pm Salary: �3,450 Bonus for Promotion: �6,900 Job Days: Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday Free Days: Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [3.03] Law ************ *File Clerk* ************ Description "It's time to clean up society. But first, you'll need to clean up the files. You'll need to have good reasoning, organisation, and people skills to get to the top of this industry." Job Level: 1 Carpool Arrival: 7am Work Hours: 8am to 4pm Salary: �148 Requirements for Level 2: 1 Family Friend Job Days: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday Free Days: Saturday, Sunday *********************** *Law Firm Receptionist* *********************** Description "Clients are instantly put at ease by your calm and professional demeanor as you effortlessly juggle telephone calls. Don't lose your cool." Job Level: 2 Carpool Arrival: 7am Work Hours: 8am to 4pm Salary: �215 Bonus for Promotion: �430 Requirements for Level 3: 1 Cleaning Point 1 Logic Point 2 Family Friends Job Days: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday Free Days: Saturday, Sunday ***************** *Legal Secretary* ***************** Description "Your skill in writing shorthand is so good you could fit a novel on a single grain of rice. Rapid multitasking under pressure is a necessity." Job Level: 3 Carpool Arrival: 8am Work Hours: 9am to 4pm Salary: �365 Bonus for Promotion: �730 Requirements for Level 4: 1 Charisma Points 2 Cleaning Points 2 Logic Points 3 Family Friends Job Days: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday Free Days: Saturday, Sunday ************** *Legal Biller* ************** Description "No business expense nor hour of work billed shall go unnoticed when you're on the job. Meticulous bookkeeping will keep both the firm and clients happy." Job Level: 4 Carpool Arrival: 8am Work Hours: 9am to 4pm Salary: �422 Bonus for Promotion: �844 Requirements for Level 5: 2 Charisma Points 3 Logic Points 3 Cleaning Points 4 Family Friends Job Days: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday Free Days: Saturday, Sunday *********** *Paralegal* *********** Description "Working on important cases behind the scenes, you work with the efficiency and speed of a law ninja. Making smart surgical strikes is the path to glory." Job Level: 5 Carpool Arrival: 8am Work Hours: 9am to 4pm Salary: �488 Bonus for Promotion: �976 Requirements for Level 6: 4 Charisma Points 3 Logic Points 4 Cleaning Points 6 Family Friends Job Days: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday Free Days: Wednesday, Saturday ************************** *Personal Injury Attorney* ************************** Description "Citizens injured on the job need a champion, and so you live to win the most difficult cases. Powers of persuasion will get you ahead." Job Level: 6 [JOB REWARD] Carpool Arrival: 9am Work Hours: 10am to 5pm Salary: �725 Bonus for Promotion: �1,450 Requirements for Level 7: 5 Charisma Points 5 Cleaning Points 4 Logic Points 8 Family Friends Job Days: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday Free Days: Saturday, Sunday ********************* *Family Law Attorney* ********************* Description "Dealing with sensitive family matters take the kind of tack and professionalism that few have. Luckily, you're one of those few, but you'll need to tread lightly to stay successful." Job Level: 7 Carpool Arrival: 8am Work Hours: 9am to 4pm Salary: �865 Bonus for Promotion: �1,730 Requirements for Level 8: 6 Charisma Points 6 Cleaning Points 6 Logic Points 9 Family Friends Job Days: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday Free Days: Saturday, Sunday ******************************** *International Corporate Lawyer* ******************************** Description "You travel the world with a fine leather briefcase that lets people know you mean business. The largest companies in the world are relying on you to protect them from bankruptcy." Job Level: 8 Carpool Arrival: 8am Work Hours: 9am to 5pm Salary: �1,175 Bonus for Promotion: �2,350 Requirements for Level 9: 8 Charisma Points 7 Cleaning Points 6 Logic Points 11 Family Friends Job Days: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, Sunday Free Days: Wednesday, Friday ************************ *Entertainment Attorney* ************************ Description "You represent and protect the hottest and hippest celebrities, but don't let the glamour go to your head. You'll need to work hard to protect your clients from the most vicious scandals." Job Level: 9 Carpool Arrival: 9am Work Hours: 10am to 5pm Salary: �1,572 Bonus for Promotion: �3,144 Requirements for Level 10: 10 Charisma Points 8 Cleaning Points 7 Logic Points 11 Family Friends Job Days: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday Free Days: Saturday, Sunday ********* *The Law* ********* Description "You are the law! Criminals tremble in your presence. Dispense judgement with a firm but fair hand." Job Level: 10 Carpool Arrival: 9am Work Hours: 10am to 5pm Salary: �1,912 Bonus for Promotion: �3,824 Job Days: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday Free Days: Wednesday, Saturday ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [3.04] Journalism ************************** *Yearbook Club Supervisor* ************************** Description "Pictures need to be in the right place and names properly aligned. It's a lot of busy work, but every journalist starts somewhere." Job Level: 1 Carpool Arrival: 8am Work Hours: 9am to 3pm Salary: �115 Requirements for Level 2: 1 Family Friend Job Days: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday Free Days: Saturday, Sunday ************* *Blog Writer* ************* Description "The internet is a vast place just screaming for writers to come forth and write about everything on their minds. With a little creativity you can go far." Job Level: 2 Carpool Arrival: 12pm Work Hours: 1pm to 6pm Salary: �228 Bonus for Promotion: �456 Requirements for Level 3: 1 Charisma Point 1 Creativity Point 2 Family Friends Job Days: Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday Free Days: Monday, Wednesday *********************** *Internet Movie Critic* *********************** Description "Perks like free movie passes and buttered popcorn make the business of reviewing films -- both good and bad ones -- a nice gig." Job Level: 3 Carpool Arrival: 1pm Work Hours: 2pm to 8pm Salary: �287 Bonus for Promotion: �574 Requirements for Level 4: 2 Cooking Points 2 Charisma Points 1 Creativity Point 3 Family Friends Job Days: Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday Free Days: Tuesday, Thursday ************** *Fact Checker* ************** Description "Every detail and fact needs to be checked and double checked. In a world filled with lawsuits and libel, you're the paper's last line of factual defence!" Job Level: 4 Carpool Arrival: 8am Work Hours: 9am to 4pm Salary: �385 Bonus for Promotion: �770 Requirements for Level 5: 3 Cooking Points 3 Charisma Points 2 Creativity Points 4 Family Friends Job Days: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday Free Days: Saturday, Sunday ***************** *Obituary Writer* ***************** Description "In time every Sim must part with the world and it's your job to honour them ... or at least write something interesting. Work on your Creativity to move onto bigger beats." Job Level: 5 Carpool Arrival: 10am Work Hours: 11am to 5pm Salary: �457 Bonus for Promotion: �914 Requirements for Level 6: 4 Cooking Points 4 Charisma Points 4 Creativity Points 5 Family Friends Job Days: Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday Free Days: Monday, Tuesday ****************** *Horoscope Writer* ****************** Description "Sims around the city read your column every day to see what their future holds. What will the day bring according to you?" Job Level: 6 [JOB REWARD] Carpool Arrival: 9am Work Hours: 10am to 3pm Salary: �668 Bonus for Promotion: �1,336 Requirements for Level 7: 4 Cooking Points 6 Charisma Points 5 Creativity Points 7 Family Friends Job Days: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday Free Days: Saturday, Sunday ****************** *Sports Columnist* ****************** Description "The city is full of great teams and readers want to know your take on them. Stay Charismatic and cook up a few more stories to stay on top." Job Level: 7 Carpool Arrival: 12pm Work Hours: 1pm to 7pm Salary: �874 Bonus for Promotion: �1,748 Requirements for Level 8: 5 Cooking Points 8 Charisma Points 6 Creativity Points 9 Family Friends Job Days: Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday Free Days: Wednesday, Friday ************************** *Investigatory Journalist* ************************** Description "You're on the case and nothing bad will cross your desk without investigation. Blow the whistle and keep your readers informed!" Job Level: 8 Carpool Arrival: 11am Work Hours: 12pm to 7pm Salary: �1,168 Bonus for Promotion: �2,336 Requirements for Level 9: 5 Cooking Points 9 Charisma Points 7 Creativity Points 11 Family Friends Job Days: Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday Free Days: Tuesday, Friday ***************** *Magazine Editor* ***************** Description "You're the editor in charge of the hottest magazine on the market -- if it's stylish, interesting, or worth reading about, your staff is on it." Job Level: 9 Carpool Arrival: 8am Work Hours: 9am to 4pm Salary: �1,460 Bonus for Promotion: �2,920 Requirements for Level 10: 6 Cooking Points 10 Charisma Points 9 Creativity Points 13 Family Friends Job Days: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday Free Days: Sunday, Thursday *************** *Media Magnate* *************** Description "It isn't easy being the owner of countless media outlets, but the power and wealth that accompanies the responsibility is more than enough compensation." Job Level: 10 Carpool Arrival: 9am Work Hours: 10am to 6pm Salary: �2,350 Bonus for Promotion: �4,700 Job Days: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday Free Days: Sunday, Saturday ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [3.05] Music ******************** *Record Store Clerk* ******************** Description "It's your job to promote good music and harass customers for their poor musical tastes. Every musical genius must start somewhere." Job Level: 1 Carpool Arrival: 9am Work Hours: 10am to 5pm Salary: �135 Requirements for Level 2: None Job Days: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday Free Days: Sunday, Wednesday ************* *Piano Tuner* ************* Description "A finely tuned piano is music to your ears. Keep honing your Mechanical skills -- they'll pay off in the long run for your musical career." Job Level: 2 Carpool Arrival: 9am Work Hours: 10am to 5pm Salary: �186 Bonus for Promotion: �372 Requirements for Level 3: 1 Mechanical Point 1 Family Friend Job Days: Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday Free Days: Tuesday, Thursday **************************** *Coffee Shop Sound Engineer* **************************** Description "Customers sipping hot java need great tunes to soothe their souls -- it's your job to engineer the music so that it plays just perfectly." Job Level: 3 Carpool Arrival: 12pm Work Hours: 1pm to 8pm Salary: �223 Bonus for Promotion: �446 Requirements for Level 4: 2 Mechanical Points 1 Charisma Point 1 Creativity Point 2 Family Friends Job Days: Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday Free Days: Tuesday, Thursday *************************** *Summer Camp Music Teacher* *************************** Description "A lover of campfire tunes and camaraderie, you are the leader of the campground's music class. Keep your Charisma and Creativity high to maintain a strong level of camp memories!" Job Level: 4 Carpool Arrival: 7am Work Hours: 8am to 3pm Salary: �335 Bonus for Promotion: �670 Requirements for Level 5: 3 Mechanical Points 2 Charisma Points 2 Creativity Points 4 Family Friends Job Days: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday Free Days: Saturday, Sunday *************************** *Battle of the Bands Judge* *************************** Description "Musicians come from near and far to show off their stuff, and it's you who decides who goes on to record greatness, and who goes back to the garage." Job Level: 5 Carpool Arrival: 1pm Work Hours: 2pm to 8pm Salary: �452 Bonus for Promotion: �904 Requirements for Level 6: 5 Mechanical Points 3 Charisma Points 2 Creativity Points 5 Family Friends Job Days: Sunday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday Free Days: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday ******** *Roadie* ******** Description "As good as the band is, they wouldn't be anywhere without a dedicated group of Roadies. Practice your Creativity a bit more and that could be you on stage." Job Level: 6 [JOB REWARD] Carpool Arrival: 7am Work Hours: 8am to 3pm Salary: �535 Bonus for Promotion: �1,070 Requirements for Level 7: 6 Mechanical Points 4 Charisma Points 4 Creativity Points 7 Family Friends Job Days: Sunday, Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday Free Days: Tuesday, Wednesday ***************** *Studio Musician* ***************** Description "Recording artists come and go, but you're here to redefine the face of music. It's no small task and you have your work cut out for you." Job Level: 7 Carpool Arrival: 8am Work Hours: 9am to 3pm Salary: �1,030 Bonus for Promotion: �2,060 Requirements for Level 8: 7 Mechanical Points 5 Charisma Points 5 Creativity Points 8 Family Friends Job Days: Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday Free Days: Monday, Thursday ***************** *Concert Pianist* ***************** Description "Audiences flock to see your fingers fly over the ivory keys of the grand piano. Woo them and refine your craft to reach the next step." Job Level: 8 Carpool Arrival: 10am Work Hours: 11am to 6pm Salary: �1,950 Bonus for Promotion: �3,900 Requirements for Level 9: 7 Mechanical Points 6 Charisma Points 7 Creativity Points 9 Family Friends Job Days: Monday, Friday, Saturday Free Days: Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday ******************** *Symphony Conductor* ******************** Description "With a furious flash of the conductor's baton your symphonies delight and astound. Your passion for music shows that perhaps you are destined for something more." Job Level: 9 Carpool Arrival: 2pm Work Hours: 3pm to 9pm Salary: �2,100 Bonus for Promotion: �4,200 Requirements for Level 10: 7 Mechanical Points 8 Charisma Points 9 Creativity Points 11 Family Friends Job Days: Sunday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday Free Days: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday ********** *Rock God* ********** Description "Nobody before has rocked as hard, played as many solos, or dived into crowds of adoring fans quite like you. You rock in everything you do. You are the music." Job Level: 10 Carpool Arrival: 4pm Work Hours: 5pm to 11pm Salary: �2,830 Bonus for Promotion: �5,660 Job Days: Sunday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday Free Days: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [3.06] Adventurer ********************* *Ambassador's Intern* ********************* Description "Your life of adventure has begun! You'll need to head to the gym if you want to move out of the office for some real adventure!" Job Level: 1 Carpool Arrival: 8am Work Hours: 9am to 4pm Salary: �172 Requirements for Level 2: 1 Body Point Job Days: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday Free Days: Sunday, Thursday *********** *Spelunker* *********** Description "You are fearless as you explore the deepest caves throughout the world. Your co-workers hold their breath every time you attempt another dangerous expedition." Job Level: 2 Carpool Arrival: 2pm Work Hours: 3pm to 9pm Salary: �225 Bonus for Promotion: �450 Requirements for Level 3: 2 Charisma Points 2 Body Points 1 Family Friend Job Days: Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday Free Days: Monday, Wednesday ************************************ *Multiregional Sim of Some Question* ************************************ Description "People are asking questions about your adventures though there's always rrom for more. Work on your Charisma and Mechanical skills to get out of tricky situations." Job Level: 3 Carpool Arrival: 1pm Work Hours: 2pm to 8pm Salary: �375 Bonus for Promotion: �750 Requirements for Level 4: 1 Mechanical Points 2 Charisma Points 4 Body Points 2 Family Friends Job Days: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday Free Days: Sunday, Wednesday ******************** *Deep Sea Excavator* ******************** Description "There is no depth too deep or sea creature too scary for you. The adventuring is picking up and your fame is spreading." Job Level: 4 Carpool Arrival: 8am Work Hours: 9am to 3pm Salary: �415 Bonus for Promotion: �830 Requirements for Level 5: 2 Mechanical Points 2 Charisma Points 5 Body Points 3 Family Friends Job Days: Sunday, Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday Free Days: Tuesday, Wednesday ***************** *Relic Liberator* ***************** Description "If there's a priceless relic that isn't captured, it will be soon. Your nimble fingers and ridiculous acrobatic skills have foiled many an ancient tomb." Job Level: 5 [JOB REWARD] Carpool Arrival: 1pm Work Hours: 2pm to 7pm Salary: �580 Bonus for Promotion: �1,160 Requirements for Level 6: 3 Mechanical Points 3 Charisma Points 6 Body Points 4 Family Friends Job Days: Sunday, Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday Free Days: Tuesday, Wednesday ************** *Dread Pirate* ************** Description "Arrr! The Seven Seas belong to your fleet of terror -- no merchant ship crosses the ocean without the fear of conquest and piracy!" Job Level: 6 Carpool Arrival: 8am Work Hours: 9am to 4pm Salary: �870 Bonus for Promotion: �1,740 Requirements for Level 7: 6 Mechanical Points 3 Charisma Points 7 Body Points 5 Family Friends Job Days: Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday Free Days: Monday, Tuesday ****************** *Warhead Disarmer* ****************** Description "Few adventurers risk their lives for the good of others like you. Your Mechanical prowess guarantees no warheads will go off on your watch." Job Level: 7 Carpool Arrival: 9am Work Hours: 10am to 4pm Salary: �1,050 Bonus for Promotion: �2,100 Requirements for Level 8: 7 Mechanical Points 5 Charisma Points 7 Body Points 7 Family Points Job Days: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday Free Days: Sunday, Friday ******************** *Hostage Negotiator* ******************** Description "When it comes time to talk the bad guys out of doing something stupid, you're the Sim they call. Keep working on your Charisma to handle these situations." Job Level: 8 Carpool Arrival: 8am Work Hours: 9am to 3pm Salary: �1,560 Bonus for Promotion: �3,120 Requirements for Level 9: 8 Mechanical Points 7 Charisma Points 8 Body Points 9 Family Friends Job Days: Sunday, Monday, Friday, Saturday Free Days: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday ****************************** *International Sim of Mystery* ****************************** Description "The unanswered questions surrounding your person has crossed borders -- you're now international. You'll need to be in top shape for your next assignment." Job Level: 9 Carpool Arrival: 1pm Work Hours: 2pm to 10pm Salary: �1,910 Bonus for Promotion: �3,820 Requirements for Level 10: 8 Mechanical Points 8 Charisma Points 9 Body Points 11 Family Friends Job Days: Sunday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday Free Days: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday ************** *Space Pirate* ************** Description "You're the galaxy's most feared, and noble, pirate. You know every wormhole to use and moon to hide on -- adventuring like this has never been seen on the galactic level." Job Level: 10 Carpool Arrival: 2pm Work Hours: 3pm to 8pm Salary: �2,730 Bonus for Promotion: �5,460 Job Days: Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday Free Days: Monday, Friday ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [3.07] Job Analysis This section is built to analyse all the jobs in the game. As you expect, there will be comparsion now to the University and Base game jobs, taken off my FAQ of course, since I did right them. Warning, this will be a long section to view. BASE GAME JOBS ********** *Politics* ********** Campaign Worker - �34.22 per hour �1540 per week Intern - �70 per hour �2100 per week Lobbyist - �84 per hour �2520 per week Campaign Manager - �68.89 per hour �3010 per week City Council Member - �113.16 per hour �3395 per week State Assemblyperson - �108 per hour �3780 per week Congressperson - �140 per hour �4200 per week Judge - �284.5 per hour �4552 per week Senator - �136.11 per hour �4900 per week Mayor - �219.67 per hour �5260 per week ********** *Medicine* ********** Emergency Medicial Technician - �46.67 per hour �1400 per week Paramedic - �64.16 per hour �1925 per week Intern - �68 per hour �2380 per week Nurse - �63.78 per hour �2870 per week Resident - �96 per hour �3360 per week General Practitioner - �96.25 per hour �3850 per week Specialist - �145.33 per hour �4375 per week Surgeon - �163.33 per hour �4900 per week Medicial Researcher - �193.72 per hour �5424 per week Chief of Staff - �214.14 per hour �5996 per week ********** *Business* ********** Mailroom Technician - �28 per hour �840 per week Executive Assistant - �36 per hour �1260 per week Field Sales Representative - �50 per hour �1750 per week Junior Executive - �64 per hour �2240 per week Executive - �93.33 per hour �2800 per week Senior Manager - �80.89 per hour �3640 per week Vice President - �115.5 per hour �4620 per week President - �175 per hour �5600 per week CEO - �237.86 per hour �6660 per week Business Tycoon - �350 per hour �8400 per week ********** *Athletic* ********** Team Mascot - �25.66 per hour �770 per week Minor Leaguer - �39.66 per hour �1190 per week Rookie - �53.66 per hour �1610 per week Starter - �70 per hour - �2100 per week All Star - �89.83 per hour �2695 per week MVP - �148.83 per hour �3572 per week Superstar - �170 per hour - �4760 per week Assistant Coach - �297.6 per hour �5952 per week Coach - �291.66 per hour �7000 per week Hall of Famer - �505.5 per hour �9099 per week ********** *Criminal* ********** Pickpocket - �32.67 per hour �980 per week Bagman - �40 per hour �1400 per week Bookie - �55 per hour �1925 per week Con Artist - �81.67 per hour �2450 per week Getaway Driver - �74.375 per hour �2975 per week Bank Robber - �92.75 per hour �3710 per week Cat Burglar - �149.33 per hour �4480 per week Counterfeiter - �177.33 per hour �5320 per week Smuggler - �262.2 per hour �6300 per week Criminal Mastermind - �320.83 per hour �7700 per week ********** *Military* ********** Recruit - �58.33 per hour �1700 per week Elite Forces - �75.83 per hour �2275 per week Drill Instructor - �93.33 per hour �2800 per week Junior Officer - �105 per hour �3150 per week Counter Intelligence - �116.66 per hour - �3500 per week Flight Officer - �128.33 per hour �3850 per week Senior Officer - �135.33 per hour �4060 per week Commander - �140 per hour �4200 per week Astronaut - �182.33 per hour �4376 per week General - �189.66 per hour �4552 per week ********* *Slacker* ********* Golf Caddy - �25.2 per hour �630 per week Gas Station Attendant - �25.67 per hour �770 per week Convenience Store Clerk - �35 per hour �1050 per week Record Store Clerk - �42 per hour �1260 per week Party DJ - �77 per hour �1540 per week Projectionist - �78.4 per hour �1960 per week Home Video Editor - �102.67 per hour �2452 per week Freelance Photographer - �157.6 per hour �3152 per week Freelance Web Designer - �186.6 per hour �3732 per week Professional Party Guest - �350 per hour �4200 per week ***************** *Law Enforcement* ***************** Security Guard - �56 per hour �1680 per week Cadet - �74.67 per hour �2240 per week Patrol Officer - �69 per hour �2760 per week Desk Sergeant - �102.67 per hour �3080 per week Vice Squad - �114.33 per hour �3430 per week Detective - �126 per hour �3780 per week Lieutenant - �137.67 per hour �4130 per week SWAT Team Leader - �125 per hour �4375 per week Police Chief - �113.75 per hour �4550 per week Captain Hero - �204.16 per hour �4900 per week ********** *Culinary* ********** Dish Wisher - �15.75 per hour �630 per week Drive Through Clerk - �42 per hour �840 per week Fast Food Shift Manager - �36.4 per hour �910 per week Host - �40.33 per hour �1210 per week Waiter - �61.6 per hour �1540 per week Prep Cook - �78.16 per hour �2345 per week Sous Chef - �116 per hour �4060 per week Executive Chef - �201 per hour �4824 per week Restauranteur - �166.25 per hour �5320 per week Celebrity Chef - �434 per hour �6510 per week ********* *Science* ********* Test Subject - �36.16 per hour - �1085 per week Lab Assistant - �53.66 per hour - �1610 per week Field Researcher - �74.66 per hour �2240 per week Science Teacher - �75 per hour �2625 per week Project Leader - �90 per hour �3150 per week Inventor - �84 per hour �3780 per week Scholar - �179.2 per hour �4480 per week Top Secret Researcher - �148 per hour �5180 per week Theorist - �380.5 per hour �6088 per week Mad Scientist - �583.25 per hour �6999 per week UNIVERSITY JOBS ************ *Paranormal* ************ Psychic Phone Pal - �36 per hour �1260 per week Conspiracy Theorist - �53.57 per hour �1875 per week Tarot Card Reader - �75 per hour �2625 per week Hypnotist - �96 per hour �3360 per week Medium - �120 per hour �4200 per week Douser - �156 per hour �5460 per week Police Psychic - �231 per hour �6930 per week UFO Investigator - �300 per hour �8400 per week Exorcist - �415.67 per hour �7482 per week Cult Leader - �675 per hour �9450 per week *************** *Show Business* *************** Screen Test Stand-In - �60 per hour �2100 per week Body Double - �82.43 per hour �2885 per week Bit Player - �102 per hour �3570 per week Commerical Actor - �95.67 per hour �4305 per week Cartoon Voice - �144 per hour �5040 per week Supporting Player - �165 per hour �5775 per week Broadway Star - �187.43 per hour �6560 per week Leading Man - �367.5 per hour �6615 per week Blockbuster Director - �435.86 per hour �9153 per week Icon - �1255.5 per hour �15066 per week ******** *Artist* ******** Canvas Stretcher - �33 per hour �1155 per week Street Caricaturist - �51 per hour - �1785 per week Souvenir Whittler - �62.57 per hour �2190 per week Comic Book Penciller - �90 per hour �3150 per week Wedding Photographer - �115.43 per hour �4040 per week Art Forger - �191.29 per hour �5356 per week Fashion Photographer - �255 per hour �7140 per week Acclaimed Muralist - �318.86 per hour �6696 per week Conceptual Artist - �375 per hour �7875 per week Visionary - �909.8 per hour �13647 per week ***************** *Natural Science* ***************** Ratkeeper - �46.43 per hour �1625 per week Algae Hunter - �69 per hour �2415 per week Clam Wrangler - �96 per hour �3360 per week Scatmaster - �112.43 per hour �3935 per week Soil Identifier - �135 per hour �4725 per week Rogue Botanist - �162 per hour �5670 per week Animal Linguist - �192 per hour �6720 per week Unnatural Crossbreeder - �222 per hour �7770 per week Dinosaur Cloner - �326.14 per hour �9132 per week Ecological Guru - �499.86 per hour �10497 per week SEASONS JOBS ******* *Gamer* ******* Noob - �20.5 per hour �615 per week Button Masher - �21 per hour �735 per week Trash Talker - �37.5 per hour �1125 per week Gold Farmer - �42.28 per hour �1480 per week Flag Capturer - �54.17 per hour �1625 per week Platform Jumper - �75.5 per hour �2265 per week Power Leveler - �95.38 per hour �3052 per week Real Time Strategizer - �135.71 per hour �4750 per week Guild Leader - �178.57 per hour �5000 per week Game Designer - �243.75 per hour �9750 per week *********** *Education* *********** Playground Monitor - �30.71 per hour �1075 per week Teacher's Aide - �45.14 per hour �1580 per week Substitute Teacher - �64.57 per hour �2260 per week Elementary School Teacher - �91.71 per hour �3210 per week High School Teacher - �125.67 per hour �3770 per week University Guest Lecturer - �260 per hour �6240 per week High School Principal - �234.28 per hour �8200 per week College Senior Professor - �283.14 per hour �9910 per week College Dean of Students - �347.14 per hour �12150 per week Education Minister - �575 per hour �13800 per week ***** *Law* ***** File Clerk - �24.67 per hour �740 per week Law Firm Receptionist - �26.88 per hour �1075 per week Legal Secretary - �52.14 per hour �1825 per week Legal Biller - �60.29 per hour �2110 per week Paralegal - �69.71 per hour �2440 per week Personal Injury Attorney - �103.57 per hour �3625 per week Family Law Attorney - �123.57 per hour �4325 per week International Corporate Lawyer - �146.88 per hour �5875 per week Entertainment Attorney - �224.57 per hour �7860 per week The Law - �273.14 per hour �9560 per week ************ *Journalism* ************ Yearbook Club Supervisor - �19.17 per hour �575 per week Blog Writer - �45.6 per hour �1140 per week Internet Movie Critic - �47.83 per hour �1435 per week Fact Checker - �55 per hour �1925 per week Obituary Writer - �76.17 per hour �2285 per week Horoscope Writer - �133.6 per hour �3340 per week Sports Columnist - �145.67 per hour �4370 per week Investigatory Journalist - �166.86 per hour �5840 per hour Magazine Editor - �208.57 per hour �7300 per hour Media Magnate - �293.75 per hour �11750 per week ******* *Music* ******* Record Store Clerk - �19.29 per hour �675 per week Piano Tuner - �26.57 per hour �930 per week Coffee Shop Sound Engineer - �31.86 per hour �1115 per week Summer Camp Music Teacher - �47.86 per hour �1675 per week Battle of the Bands Judge - �75.33 per hour �1808 per week Roadie - �76.43 per hour �2675 per week Studio Musician - �171.67 per hour �5150 per week Concert Pianist - �278.57 per hour �5850 per week Symphony Conductor - �350 per hour �8400 per week Rock God - �471.67 per hour �11320 per week *********** *Adventure* *********** Ambassador's Intern - �24.57 per hour �860 per week Spelunker - �37.5 per hour �1125 per week Multiregional Sim of Some Question - �62.5 per hour �1875 per week Deep Sea Excavator - �69.17 per hour �2075 per week Relic Liberator - �116 per hour �2900 per week Dread Pirate - �124.29 per hour �4350 per week Warhead Disarmer - �175 per hour �5250 per week Hostage Negotiator - �260 per hour �7800 per week International Sim of Mystery - �238.75 per hour �7640 per week Space Pirate - �546 per hour �13650 per week ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [3.08] Update from Uni For those with the University expansion pack, jobs were linked with the majors that one can undertake from University. As such, I have linked up the 6 new career paths with the majors that it is linked with as well as the skills that are prominent in the career path. --==Gamer==-- Skills: Logic, Mechanical, Creativity Majors: Mathematics, Physics --==Adventurer==-- Skills: Body, Mechanical, Charisma Majors: Drama, Literature --==Music==-- Skills: Mechanical, Charisma, Creativity Majors: Drama, Literature --==Law==-- Skills: Charisma, Cleaning, Logic Majors: History, Political Science, Psychology --==Journalism==-- Skills: Charisma, Creativity, Cooking Majors: Art, Philosophy --==Education==-- Skills: Cleaning, Logic, Charisma Majors: Biology, Psychology ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [3.09] Teen Gamer ****** *Noob* ****** Description "You've been accepted into one of the most elite gaming circles on the net. You need to think fast, be creative, and always up for a challenge if you intend to win. Job Level: 1 Carpool Arrival: 2pm Work Hours: 3pm to 6pm Salary: �45 Requirements for Level 2: 1 Creativity Point Job Days: Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday Free Days: Monday, Friday *************** *Button Masher* *************** Description "The controller naturally fits in your hand and your fingers fly over the buttons, but you'll need to be a little more creative with your strategies if you plan to move up." Job Level: 2 Carpool Arrival: 2pm Work Hours: 3pm to 6pm Salary: �74 Bonus for Promotion: �148 Requirements for Level 3: 2 Creativity Points 1 Family Friend Job Days: Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday Free Days: Wednesday, Saturady ************** *Trash Talker* ************** Description "You have a favorite server and everyone knows your name, probably because you let them know who's best. Keep winning at the game and you'll go far." Job Level: 3 Carpool Arrival: 2pm Work Hours: 3pm to 6pm Salary: �107 Bonus for Promotion: �214 Job Days: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday Free Days: Sunday, Monday ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [3.10] Teen Education ******************** *Playground Monitor* ******************** Description "Before you rule the classroom, you'll have to rule the playground. Nosebleeds and ouchies are par for the course. Enthusiasm and care will win the day." Job Level: 1 Carpool Arrival: 2pm Work Hours: 3pm to 6pm Salary: �64 Requirements for Level 2: 1 Cleaning Point 1 Family Friend Job Days: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday Free Days: Saturday, Sunday *************** *Teachers Aide* *************** Description "Teaching is a stressful job that requires a lot of grunt work, and you're just the grunt to do it. Clean erasers and filled glue bottles will take you right to the top." Job Level: 2 Carpool Arrival: 2pm Work Hours: 3pm to 7pm Salary: �86 Bonus for Promotion: �172 Requirements for Level 3: 1 Charisma Point 2 Cleaning Points 2 Family Friends Job Days: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday Free Days: Saturday, Sunday ******************** *Substitute Teacher* ******************** Description "Writing your name in chalk and dodging spitballs with ease are two skills at the top of your resume. Patience will determine how well you do." Job Level: 3 Carpool Arrival: 2pm Work Hours: 3pm to 6pm Salary: �116 Bonus for Promotion: �232 Job Days: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday Free Days: Sunday, Wednesday ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [3.11] Teen Law ************ *File Clerk* ************ Description "It's time to clean up society. But first, you'll need to clean up the files. You'll need to have good reasoning, organisation, and people skills to get to the top of this industry." Job Level: 1 Carpool Arrival: 2pm Work Hours: 3pm to 6pm Salary: �74 Requirements for Level 2: 1 Logic Point 1 Family Friend Job Days: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday Free Days: Saturday, Sunday *********************** *Law Firm Receptionist* *********************** Description "Clients are instantly put at ease by your calm and professional demeanor as you effortlessly juggle telephone calls. Don't lose your cool." Job Level: 2 Carpool Arrival: 2pm Work Hours: 3pm to 7pm Salary: �98 Bonus for Promotion: �196 Requirements for Level 3: 1 Cleaning Point 2 Logic Points 2 Family Friends Job Days: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday Free Days: Saturday, Sunday ***************** *Legal Secretary* ***************** Description "Your skill in writing shorthand is so good you could fit a novel on a single grain of rice. Rapid multitasking under pressure is a necessity." Job Level: 3 Carpool Arrival: 2pm Work Hours: 3pm to 7pm Salary: �145 Bonus for Promotion: �290 Job Days: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday Free Days: Saturday, Sunday ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [3.12] Teen Journalism ************************** *Yearbook Club Supervisor* ************************** Description "Pictures need to be in the right place and names properly aligned. It's a lot of busy work, but every journalist starts somewhere." Job Level: 1 Carpool Arrival: 2pm Work Hours: 3pm to 6pm Salary: �57 Requirements for Level 2: 1 Creativity Point 1 Family Friend Job Days: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday Free Days: Saturday, Sunday ************* *Blog Writer* ************* Description "The internet is a vast place just screaming for writers to come forth and write about everything on their minds. With a little creativity you can go far." Job Level: 2 Carpool Arrival: 2pm Work Hours: 3pm to 6pm Salary: �84 Bonus for Promotion: �168 Requirements for Level 3: 1 Charisma Point 1 Creativity Point 2 Family Friends Job Days: Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday Free Days: Monday, Wednesday *********************** *Internet Movie Critic* *********************** Description "Perks like free movie passes and buttered popcorn make the business of reviewing films -- both good and bad ones -- a nice gig." Job Level: 3 Carpool Arrival: 2pm Work Hours: 3pm to 6pm Salary: �115 Bonus for Promotion: �230 Job Days: Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday Free Days: Tuesday, Thursday ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [3.13] Teen Music ******************** *Record Store Clerk* ******************** Description "It's your job to promote good music and harass customers for their poor musical tastes. Every musical genius must start somewhere." Job Level: 1 Carpool Arrival: 2pm Work Hours: 3pm to 6pm Salary: �52 Requirements for Level 2: 1 Creativity Point Job Days: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday Free Days: Sunday, Wednesday ************* *Piano Tuner* ************* Description "A finely tuned piano is music to your ears. Keep honing your Mechanical skills -- they'll pay off in the long run for your musical career." Job Level: 2 Carpool Arrival: 2pm Work Hours: 3pm to 6pm Salary: �75 Bonus for Promotion: �150 Requirements for Level 3: 1 Mechanical Point 2 Creativity Points 1 Family Friend Job Days: Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday Free Days: Tuesday, Thursday **************************** *Coffee Shop Sound Engineer* **************************** Description "Customers sipping hot java need great tunes to soothe their souls -- it's your job to engineer the music so that it plays just perfectly." Job Level: 3 Carpool Arrival: 3pm Work Hours: 4pm to 7pm Salary: �98 Bonus for Promotion: �196 Job Days: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday Free Days: Sunday, Monday ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [3.14] Teen Adventurer ********************* *Ambassador's Intern* ********************* Description "Your life of adventure has begun! You'll need to head to the gym if you want to move out of the office for some real adventure!" Job Level: 1 Carpool Arrival: 2pm Work Hours: 3pm to 6pm Salary: �72 Requirements for Level 2: 1 Body Point Job Days: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday Free Days: Sunday, Thursday *********** *Spelunker* *********** Description "You are fearless as you explore the deepest caves throughout the world. Your co-workers hold their breath every time you attempt another dangerous expedition." Job Level: 2 Carpool Arrival: 4pm Work Hours: 5pm to 9pm Salary: �95 Bonus for Promotion: �190 Requirements for Level 3: 2 Charisma Points 2 Body Points 1 Family Friend Job Days: Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday Free Days: Monday, Wednesday ************************************ *Multiregional Sim of Some Question* ************************************ Description "People are asking questions about your adventures though there's always rrom for more. Work on your Charisma and Mechanical skills to get out of tricky situations." Job Level: 3 Carpool Arrival: 4pm Work Hours: 5pm to 9pm Salary: �125 Bonus for Promotion: �250 Job Days: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday Free Days: Sunday, Wednesday, Saturday ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [3.15] Teen Job Analysis This section is an analysis of all the teen jobs in the game, and compare those added in Seasons. ********** *Politics* ********** Door to Door Poller - �17.67 per hour �265 per week Campaign Worker - �24 per hour �360 per week Intern - �37.33 per hour �560 per week ********** *Medicine* ********** Nursing Home Attendant - �21.67 per hour �325 per week Orderly - �29 per hour �435 per week Emergency Medicial Technician - �41.67 per hour �625 per week ********** *Business* ********** Gofer - �17.33 per hour �260 per week Mailroom Technician - �25.33 per hour �380 per week Executive Assistant - �24.5 per hour �490 per week ********** *Athletic* ********** Waterperson - �32.33 per hour �485 per week Locker Room Attendant - �36.67 per hour �550 per week Team Mascot - �41.67 per hour �625 per week ********** *Criminal* ********** Street Hawker - �16.67 per hour �250 per week Numbers Runner - �20.66 per hour �310 per week Pickpocket - �35 per week �525 per week ********** *Military* ********** Paintball Attendant - �19 per hour �285 per week Recruit Training Corps - �19.25 per hour �385 per week Recruit - �33.33 per hour �500 per week ********* *Slacker* ********* Golf Caddy - �15 per hour �225 per week Gas Station Attendant - �23.67 per hour �355 per week Convenience Store Clerk - �32 per hour �480 per week ***************** *Law Enforcement* ***************** School Crossing Guard - �15 per hour �225 per week Parking Lot Attendant - �25 per hour �375 per week Security Guard - �31.25 per hour �625 per week ********** *Culinary* ********** Dish Wisher - �21 per hour �315 per week Drive Through Clerk - �21 per hour �420 per week Fast Food Shift Manager - �18.2 per hour �455 per week ********* *Science* ********* Lab Glass Scrubber - �21.33 per hour �320 per week Test Subject - �35 per hour �525 per week Lab Assistant - �38.33 per hour �575 per week SEASON JOBS ******* *Gamer* ******* Noob - �15 per hour �225 per week Button Masher - �24.67 per hour �370 per week Trash Talker - �35.67 per hour �535 per week *********** *Education* *********** Playground Monitor - �21.33 per hour �320 per week Teachers Aide - �21.5 per hour �430 per week Substitute Teacher - �38.67 per hour �580 per week ***** *Law* ***** File Clerk - �24.67 per hour �370 per week Law Firm Receptionist - �24.5 per hour �490 per week Legal Secretary - �36.25 per hour �725 per week ************ *Journalism* ************ Yearbook Club Supervisor - �19 per hour �285 per week Blog Writer - �28 per hour �420 per week Internet Movie Critic - �38.33 per hour �575 per week ******* *Music* ******* Record Store Clerk - �17.33 per hour �260 per week Piano Tuner - �25 per hour �375 per week Coffee Shop Sound Engineer - �32.67 per hour �490 per week *********** *Adventure* *********** Ambassador's Intern - �24 per hour �360 per week Spelunker - �23.75 per hour �475 per week Multiregional Sim of Some Question - �31.25 per hour �500 per week ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [4.01] Books First for Learning: A Bookshelf of Education "Books First, the revolutionary new education system sweeping the community is now ready to enter the homes of working educators with A Bookshelf of Education. Knowledge can be obtained for any discipline via the Golden Book of Cornelius von Schtoop. Taking the first step to a life of learning is like the first step in a candy store - delicious." Books First for Learning: A Bookshelf of Education Job Level: High School Teacher [Level 5] Increase Skill: Charisma, Logic, Cleaning, Cooking, Mechanical, Creativity, Body Increase Motive: None Bonus: Increases Skills Faster This is the best reward ever. It allows you to increase any skill you want, even ones that normally cannot be researched by the bookcase, such as body and charisma. This means you can learn anything from this wonderful reward. With the Season elements, in the Fall, you can learn any skill with ease while the decay of your needs will fall as if you were researching skills from a normal bookcase. This makes it invaluable for future success. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [4.02] The Rock Hammer "The guitar that defined the music of a generation is now yours to thrash, own, and rip up on stage. Every musician dreams to touch, nigh, smell the catgut strings of this blessed weapon of rock. You are lucky to be chosen for the Rock Hammer - do not defy the rock, lest you find yourself jamming to country." The Rock Hammer Job Level: Roadie [Level 6] Increase Skill: Creativity Increase Motive: Fun - 5 Bonus: Performs for Tips This is a super cool version of the University guitar and looks much better. It is currently unknown if there are any differences between the two, but I would hazard a guess that it will increase creativity faster than a normal musical instrument. You can also perform the three styles as well as perform for tips. It is quite nifty and cool looking really, with a massive loudspeaker in the background. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [4.03] The Gootentaugen Award for Excellence in Journalism "The Gootentaugen Award is reserved for those who demonstrate an excellent gift with the written word, or for those who show great potential for greatness. The finest writers, as they lay dying on their death beds, can point to a shelf full of Gontentaugens, and say, "I have written great things." Then their pen drops, and only the Gootentaugens remain. Stand in the presence of this fantastic award and watch your mood improve!" The Gootentaugen Award for Excellence in Journalism Job Level: Horoscope Writer [Level 6] Increase Skill: None Increase Motive: None Bonus: Burst of Comfort, Energy. Social, Fun and Hygiene This award for excellence is available for those who excel with the pen. It is a tiny trophy, which you must place on a table of some sort for best usage. It is best placed on a desk where kids do their homework as this will give bursts of comfort, energy, social, fun and hygiene every now and then. It has a small radius and you have to be in near it in order to gain its effect. Imagine it as the weaker version of a Snapdragon that can boost energy as well. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [4.04] "I Object" Litigator Podium "The ruthless and justice-filled oak from which this podium was built has served three generations of brillant lawyers. Passed down over the years, this podium is regarded by many as both sacred and lawful - a powerful combination. Few lawyers who've had to privilege to speak from this podium find themselves on the losing side of a jury's decision. As far as Charisma building goes, "nobody can object to the "I Object" Litigator Podium. "I Object" Litigator Podium Job Level: Personal Injury Attorney [Level 6] Increase Skill: Charisma Increase Motive: Fun - 6 Bonus: +�5 Simoleons This is similar to the existing podium that you will receive from the Politics career track. However, there is a good side to this reward though. You will gain fun from this reward, which is an added benefit to learning Charisma from the machine as well as gain 5 Simoleons every few seconds while making progress to your Charisma. It is a double benefit, therefore, this will have some uses. Have some fun practicing some cases. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [4.05] Golden Skull of Jumbok IV "The Golden Skull of Jumbok IV was liberated from the ancient ruins discovered just outside Riverblossom Hills. Jumbok IV, conqueror of the ancient ruins Pleasantview and Veronaville, was known as a cruel, loud and smelly ruler. Nevertheless, his skull, which has been coated in gold and enlarged to enhance its aesthic beauty, is fitting for any home and inspiring to all. It can definitely be said that standing next to Jumbok's golden skull is better for you than standing next to the conquering Jumbok of old!" Golden Skull of Jumbok IV Job Level: Relic Liberator [Level 5] Increase Skill: None Increase Motive: None Bonus: Burst of Comfort, Energy, Social, Fun and Hygiene Don't worry, the ruins of Jumbok will return in The Sims 2: Vacation. Anyway, this is the same as the Award for Excellence in Journalism where it will raise the skills over a period of time. Whereas the award for excellence is small and on a table, this Skull is a massive object and has to be on the floor. If what we see here is the skull, I want to see how big this Jumbok really is. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [4.06] Tribal Flame a la Coconut Pinball "Boom! The flames lick skyward as the metallic ball races for points and ultimately, the high score! Ding! Ping! Clang! Be careful, as your may anger the Tiki spirits! They demand the ultimate high score. That volcano will ooze the lava of your demise. Hiss. Sizzle. Crackle. Enjoy, have fun and earn some Simoleons!" Tribal Flame a la Coconut Pinball Job Level: Flag Capturer [Level 5] Increase Skill: None Increase Motive: Fun - 10 Bonus: +�5 Simoleons This is the Pinball machine that I would want. The fun rating of 10 is nothing really special, several items that you can buy have a fun rating of 10. The reason why I want this machine is that you get paid to play pinball. Every 2 Sim Minutes, you will get �5 for playing it. That is why everyone would want it. Paid to play. Well, thats the Gamer profession for you, paid to have fun. Sigh, I bet a lot of people wish it was real. The �5 Boost is automatically added to your household funds, however, your computer might lag a bit when the Simoleons are being added. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [5.01] Gamer ****** *Noob* ****** "____ is the newest member of the Online Puzzle Gamers Club, the fastest growing casual gamer community. She is enjoying a game of Destroy Blue Blocks with More Blue Blocks! when CrzyPzl3r, the Club's chairwoman, challenges her. Challenge is the way of the club, as guideline #1 dictates "Strength Decides Leadership". Is ____ ready to challenge the best, or should she spend more time in practice mode? "Challenge CrzyPzl3r" 85% Chance ____ steadies her hands and enters "Let's go" in the Chat channel. Blue blocks begin filling the screen and ____ clicks furiously to destroy them with other blue blocks. Things aren't looking too good, until ____ completes a Super Blue combo, awarding her the Omega Blue Block. ____ hurls the block at CrzyPzl3r's screen which causes an instant Game Over. CrzyPzl3r quickly logs off before she can be teased -- ____ is promoted to Button Masher! "Challenge CrzyPzl3r" 15% Chance ____ is better at Red Circle Madness, but she is pretty sure she can beat CrzyPzl3r, The game begins with a furious avalanche of blocks. Neither player makes any mistakes and the outcome is in the air. Just before finishing a huge game winning combo, ____ is distracted by the words "Watch Out!" in the Chat channel. One of CrzyPzl3r's lackey's, BluBl0k3r, is spamming the chat window and it distracts ____ enough to give CrzyPzl3r enough time to win. CrzyPzl3r enters the words "Game Over" into the chat channel -- ____ has been fired! "More Practice" 15% Chance ____ is honoured that CrzyPzl3r would challenge her, but she isn't stupid. "Maybe later, LOL!" she enters into the chat channel. CrzyPzl3r does not like to be refused and she demands ____ accept the challenge. ____ agrees, but only if they can play a game of her choosing - Red Circle Madness. CrzyPzl3r agrees with remembering ____ is the club's de facto Red Circle Madness guru. The match is no contest and CrzyPzl3r flees the server in shame. The rest of the club emails a flood of compliments to ____, but one message in particular is the best -- ____ is promoted to Button Masher! "More Practice" 85% Chance ____ is terrified of facing CrzyPzl3r, but luckily, emoticons can hide her fear. With a smiley face, she messages CrzyPzl3r that she has to log off for dinner - a lie. CrzyPzl3r is no fool -- she logs on with another screen name and asks ____ to a game. ____, believing it is someone else, accepts. CrzyPzl3r then announces herself, her quarry caught. ____ doesn't have an excuse and she is subsequently ejected from the Club -- ____ has been fired! *************** *Button Masher* *************** "____ is about to enter the final round of the Martial Arts Fighting 2 Tournament and she is worried. Her opponent, Grigor Mason, is a cold, calculating, combo mashing video game ninja, whereas ____ worries that she is merely a button masher. There are two fighting characters that suit ____'s unique style of keypad flailing: Bobby Kitaki, the bamboo wielding sushi chef, or Johnny O'Shea, the charismatic musical theatre star turned fighter out for revenge. ____ mashes with both characters equally well - who should she bring into the fight?" "Bobby Kitaki" 45% Chance ____ has always perferred the long reach of Bobby Kitaki's bamboo weapon and it seems to be paying off. Grigor Mason can't get close enough to pull off any of his devastating combos and the game is getting close - both players know desperation brings about brilliance and spontaneity. ____, hoping to pre-empt Grigor Mason, begins mashing buttons furiously, unleashing a stream of deadly combos she didn't even know existed. Grigor Mason throws up his hands in defeat as the video game announcer says "Unscathed Victory!" ____ feels something she has never felt before - the urge to talk trash! ____ is promoted to Trash Talker! "Bobby Kitaki" 55% Chance ____ knows Grigor Mason can control his character to a finer degree than she could ever hope, so she opts for long range superiority of Bobby Kitaki and his bamboo weapon. Unfortunately, Grigor Mason's is relentless and without mercy, his hand movements faster than all of Brandi's fingers mashing the keypad at once. Grigor Mason showcases every move possible, belittling ____'s very existence. The end of the second round arrives with ____ not landing a single hit. Grigor Mason begins talking trash, but it's the last phrase - you're fired - that stings the most. "Johnny O'Shea" 55% Chance Johnny O'Shea has a few wickedly simple moves, most notably the Understudy Crunch and the Take Two Jab, so ____'s decision is pretty simple. ____ begins mashing furiously once the match begins and she lands so many combos that the game announces she is in Super Star mode. ____ takes full advantage and begins spamming the simple two button combo that deals Grigor Mason more Take Two Jabs than he can stand. The judges' panel is quite impressed with ____'s simple elegance behind the keypad! ____ earns a Creativity Skill Point." "Johnny O'Shea" 45% Chance ____ has never lost with Johnny O'Shea, plus, she has always liked the story that comes at the end of the game when you beat it with Johnny. Grigor Mason takes an early lead, but is quickly beaten back with a few of Johnny's classic moves, such as the Blockbuster Roundhouse and the Rodeo Chop. The final seconds are ticking down and Grigor Mason orders his character to perform a devastating uppercut. ____ reacts, but her clumsy fingers accidently mash the jump button instead of block and Johnny takes a fist to the face. It's all over, as is ____'s short career as a Button Masher. She is demoted to Noob. ************** *Trash Talker* ************** "____ puts down her headset after finishing another round of her favourite game, Interstellar Cyborg Marine - but not before talking trash to the defeated. One opponent, Dem0nGurl, isn't so quick to accept defeat and she issues a challenge: if ____ can beat her 1 vs 1, she can have the server bragging rights for a month. If not, ____ must change her gamer tag to "Loser". Should ____ play Dem0nGurl in a round of the nets hottest game, IC Marine Tag, or Stomp the Alien - a game at which ____ excels?" "IC Marine Tag" 25% Chance ____ picks her lucky green laser suit and starts a round of Interstellar Cyborg Marine Tag. Dem0nGurl is definitely quick, but ____ is far quicker. She tags Dem0nGurl, then runs past the waterfall entrance to find the invisibility shield. Dem0nGurl never sees her again and she quickly racks up the tags, with the round culminating in the announcer yelling "Obliterating!" The server administraters are extremely impressed with ____'s usage of the map's enhancements and upgrades. ____ earns a Mechanical Skill Point. "IC Marine Tag" 75% Chance Interstellar Cyborg Marine Tag is the hottest game on the net right now and ____ wants to be the best of the best. The match begins at a normal pace with ____ and Dem0nGurl racking up a few tags each, but the real damage begins with Dem0nGurl gets the speed boost - a hidden suit enhancement known only to the most elite online players. She starts moving too quickly even for ____ and she soon has more than enough tags to end the match. Dem0nGurl cuts ____ off before she can ask for a rematch and everyone knows it's over - ____ is demoted to Button Masher. "Stomp the Alien" 75% Chance ____ likes the head to head competition of Interstellar Cyborg Marine Tag, but she truly excels when it comes to stomping aliens. Early in the match, ____ runs to her favourite spawn point and squishes a few aliens instantly, knocking Dem0nGurl to second place. Dem0nGurl starts to comfort herself by talking a little trash, but ____ turns on her trash talking on full and Dem0nGurl never recovers. The match ends with ____ the clear victor and before the server closes down, the administrator asks ____ to join his online guild -- ____ has been promoted to Gold Farmer! "Stomp the Alien" 25% Chance Stomp the Alien seems like the obvious choice, as it's a crowd favourite and a mode ____ is extremely good at. Things are going well and the two competitors are neck and neck, when suddenly ____'s framerate begins to drop -- drastically. With such terrible lag, ____ is unable to stomp a single alien and Dem0nGurl quickly pulls ahead. When all is said and done, ____ announces her new gamer tag is Loser, but the server administrater tells her not to even bother -- ____ has been fired! ************* *Gold Farmer* ************* "____ and her group are gathering gold and ridiculously cool loot on one of their favourite hills when a group from the ogre faction shows up. The ogres begin taunting ____'s group, because they outnumber her group and they simply aren't nice people. ____ can order her group off the hill, or they can stand and fight for the loot they've rightfully earned. Should they run, or is it time to stand and fight?" "Flee" 15% Chance ____ is a Gold Farmer, not a raid leader, so she orders her group to stand down and retreat from the hill. The ogres immediately move up to taunt ____ - which doesn't go over too well. ____ orders half of her group to stand down and taunt them, while she and the rest of them move around the hill. With the ogres distracted, ____ orders a charge and the ogres fall to a classic flanking maneuver. ____'s guild leader happens to be online watching the chat and he is really impressed, enough so, that he promotes ____ to Flag Capturer! "Flee" 85% Chance Guild reinforcements will be in the region before too long, so ____ orders her party back and they retreat from the hill. The ogres begins dancing and taunting, but ____'s party begins gathering gold and loot from their new spot. In fact, they are so busy ignoring the ogres that they fail to notice their own guild mates trying to retake the hill and therefore are unable to assist them in the attack. The ogres beat back the attack and the guild leader begins searching for a scapegoat. ____ is forced by the guild leader to pay �650 Simoleons in monthly subscription fees. "Stand and Fight" 85% Chance ____ hates it when others profit from her favourite looting spots, so she orders her group to stand their ground. The heavy warriors begin moving to the front and the spellcasters move to the back. Then, they sit back and wait for the ogre charge. The ogres charge without any thought devoted to tactics and ____'s group quickly beats them back, but not after taking all of the loot the ogres themselves carried. It's a brillant victory for ____! ____ earns a Logic Skill Point! "Stand and Fight" 15% Chance ____ isn't quite sure her group can repel the attackers, but they have to try - it's their gold not the ogres'! ____ organises her group so that the members with the best gear are in the front and the weaker ones in the back to act as a reserve. The ogres, anticipating ____'s lack of experience, put their weaker members in the front to deceive her, giving the stronger ogres breathing room to do some real damage. The ogre plan works marvelously and ____ is forced to retreat from the hill in shame. Her guild leader just so happens to be watching the event, and he furiously informs ____ that she has been fired! *************** *Flag Capturer* *************** "The minutes are quickly counting down in one of the most intense Capture the Flag matches of ____'s gaming career. Her red team is playing a really solid game, but they are still 1 flag down from beating the blues. ____ has only one more spawn before the time will be up, so she must pick the right class and pick it fast. Should she play as the Rocket Launchito and blast her way to the flag, or as a Reconnoiterer and run past everyone to capture the flag? The seconds are ticking down and ____ must choose!" "Rocket Launchito" 45% Chance ____ figures brute force always trumps finesse, especially when she has a few tricks up her sleeve. She quickly moves through the blue base, only to be stopped in the final flag room. To avoid the two blue players and guard bots, ____ rocket jumps to the top of the room, then drops down behind them, captures the flag, the rocket jumps back out before they even figure out what hit them. With mere seconds left, ____ returns the flag and wins the match. Even better, her high flying skills have earned her a promotion to Platform Jumper! "Rocket Launchito" 55% Chance There's little room for finesse and speed - what the reds need is a Rocket Launchito on their side! ____ begins blasting her way into the blue base, but meets stiff resistance just before the flag room. The blues, expecting a massive rocket assault, fill the room with guard bots too fast for the Rocket Launchito to outrun. ____ confidently bursts into the room, only to be stunned and taken out of the game instantly. The final seconds tick away and the blues win the match. Unimpressed, the red team leader kicks ____ off her team and demotes her back to Gold Farmer. "Reconnoiterer" 55% Chance Speed has always been a friend of ____, so she suits up as a Reconnoiterer. With blazing speed, ____ runs through the blue base, using sleeping darts on every blue team member she encounters. Before long, every member of the blue team is snoozing around the map and ____ grabs the blue flag and returns it to base unopposed. The red team leader is beyond impressed at ____'s map knowledge and gamer skill - a solid reputation is everything! ____ gains a Mechanical Skill Point!" "Reconnoiterer" 45% Chance ____ could blast her way into the blue base, but she much rather prefers taking the flag from right out under their noses. After suiting up as a Reconnoiterer, she bursts into the blue base and sprints for the blue flag as quickly as she can. Unfortunately, red teammate D4rgM0nster reaches the flag first using rocket jumping, stealing the glory from ____. The whole team rallies around D4rgM0nster after the victory, leaving ____ nothing more than the �950 Simoleon server fee. ***************** *Platform Jumper* ***************** "The all time point record for Platypus Jumper is about to be broken by ____, who's just 5,000 points from the perfect game. There are only two ways left to get 5,000 points in the level: ____ can collect the Platinum Squash by jumping to the top of the hill, or she could jump on 8 platypi before time runs out. How should ____ gather 5,000 points?" "Collect the Platinum Squash" 65% Chance ____ like squash, especially Platinum Squash that award her 5,000 points, so she rushes up the hill, jumping from one floating platform to the next to reach the squash. Just before the Platinum Squash is reached, a mini-boss, the Platypus Emperor's Evil Step Cousin Twice Removed appears. Using lightning fast reflexes honed through hours of gaming, ____ jumps on top of the mini-boss which bounces her to the Platinum Squash to earn the 5,000 points. ____ earns a Mechanical Skill Point! "Collect the Platinum Squash" 35% Chance The hill to the Platinum Squash is pretty large, but jumping on 8 platypi leaves room for too many timing mistakes. ____ makes her character run and jump like never before, carefully avoiding every hole, spike and lava pit lining the hill. Just before the final pit, ____ decides to check out a secret cave, only to find it is filled with water spitting platypi! The platypi quickly knock ____ down the hill with no time to grab the Platinum Squash. The Game Screen says Game Over, which is exactly what ____'s boss says - she is demoted! "Jump on 8 Platypi" 35% Chance If she gets the timing down just right, ____ can squash 8 Platypi just in time, netting her 5,000 points. Her character slides down the hill and bops the first platypus, landing directly on a vine, then swinging to a second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh platypi. The 8th platypus is walking down the hill and ____, with perfect timing, jumps off the elastic spider web, rockets herself into the air, and lands squarely on top of the 8th platypus to earn 5,000 points for the coveted perfect score. Sirens begin screaming in the arcade and employees rush forth with ___'s award - she has won �2500 Simoleons. "Jump on 8 Platypi" 65% Chance ____ has been practicing the timing and she thinks she can hit the 8 platypi. ____ starts running just as the first platypus crosses over the top of the hill and she nails the first jump. Unfortunately, 2-8 don't go nearly as well, as an unaccounted ice spot throws off her rhythm and sends her into a spin. The last platypus crawls away as ____ slowly jumps up off the ground. The people watching ____ sign and groan in disappointment and begin filing out of the arcade. ____'s boss strolls up and explains that Simoleons are tight, and that ____ will need to cover her own expenses for the day at a cost of �1235 Simoleons! *************** *Power Leveler* *************** "____ has been grinding through the levels at an astounding rate at work recently. In fact, she has been leveling so quickly, the game administrators are forcing her to stay out of the game world for a few hours to allow the rest of the players to catch up. ____ can spend her day studying botany in the office, or she can head to the park to observe the flight patterns of kites. What's it going to be?" "Study Botany" 15% Chance ____ prefers to staying inside studying plants. After a few dull hours studying chlorophyll and other basic plant things, ____ realises that the material is perfect for researching the upcoming new strategy game Plant Wars: The Mulch Campaign. She learns so much about plant battle tactics that the Plant Wars Competition team ask ____ to join their squad - she has been promoted to Real Time Strategist!" "Study Botany" 85% Chance Studying plants seem like an easy enouch way to pass time outside the game world, so ____ dives right in to the pages of chlorophyll and roots. ____ becomes so interested in plants that she puts down the book to play the educational botany game, Plants are Fun! All is well until ____'s boss enter the office to find his star Power Leveler learning about plants on company computers, long after the game administrators lifted ____'s ban. ____'s boss is furious and he demotes her to Platform Jumper! "Observe Kites" 85% Chance ____ thinks it'll be good to go outside for some sun and kite watching, so she heads to the local park. Strangely enough, her biggest rivals from the game world is in the park flying a kite. Sensing an opportunity, the rival challenges ____ to a kite flying contest and she quickly accepts. The competition is fierce, especially with the fantastic wind, but ultimately ____ rises to the top to beat her rival in the real world. Hand-eye coordination earned in the real world is great for video games! ____ earns a Mechanical Skill Point! "Observe Kites" 15% Chance ____ knows it's probably best to give her wrists a break from video games, so she heads to the park to fly kites instead. The gentle motion of the kite floating in the wind is soothing for ____'s sore muscles, but bad for ____'s reputation - her online rival just so happens to be at the park and he's quick to head back online to spread ____'s new nickname, Kite Geek. ____'s company is too busy laughing at the Kite Geek moniker to offer any help, and she is forced to pay �3000 Simoleons to transfer her character to a different server. *********************** *Real Time Strategizer* *********************** "____ orders her digital star fleet to blockade her opponent's planet, Orgnath XI. Orgnath XI's unique planetary orbit allows ____ two choices for her invasion: she can attempt the stealthy approach by navigating the treacherous asteroid belt, or the overt approach of classic planetary assault. ____ has a large collection of resources and units and the time for action is now - how should she advance?" "Through the Asteroids" 75% Chance ____ believes she has numerical superiority, but her fleet doesn't have as many capital ships as she would like, so stealth via asteroids it is. A few scout ships are lost in transit, but an overwhelming majority of her fleet emerges at the rear of the planet unscathed and her assault begins in earnest. Her opponent never expected ____ to be bold enough to sneak through the asteroids and the enemy base is quickly overrun. ____ took a calculated risk that impresses her supervisors greatly! ____ earns a logic skill point. "Through the Asteroids" 25% Chance All great star fleet commanders are risk takers, so ____ decides to up the ante by approaching the planet via the asteroid belt. Not all risks pan out according to plan as ____ soon discovers, and before long her fleet is diminished to 50% fighting status and she is forced to halt her advance. Unfortunately, this leaves ____ stuck in the middle of the asteroid belt, unable to advance, and she is forced to yield the battle. ____'s online battle group hasn't been performing too well lately and they need to cut some members to bring in some fresh commanders -- ____ is demoted to Power Leveler! "Planetary Assault" 25% Chance ____ hates deceitful assault tactics and instead orders her fleet directly into the maw of the planetary defences. Her lead ships take a pretty stout beating, but the determination of her assault repels the defenders' counter-attack and sets them on the run. Hailed as the greatest star fleet commander her online battle group has ever seen, ____ is promoted to Guild Leader! "Planetary Assault" 75% Chance There's nothing wrong like bursting through the atmosphere with pulse cannons blazing, so ____ orders her fleet to approach the planet directly, with shields raised. Her opponent offers light resistance at first, until she launches a massive group of fights at ____'s fleet. ____ initially laughs at the hundreds of tiny, armoured gnats approaching his great capital ships, but then realises her fighter support pales in comparsion and capital ships aren't very good at destroying fighters! The battle concludes swiftly with the defenders losing only a few strike fighters and ____ forced to withdraw in shame, at a cost of �11000 Simoleons for tournament fees. ************** *Guild Leader* ************** "____ has amassed a great deal of popularity as the new Guild Leader, especially after her sting of victories that place the guild at the top of the net's rankings. The year's biggest tournament, Super Gamecon, is fast approaching and the guild must pick a game in which to compete. Two games quickly come to mind: Laser Fiesta, the guild's favourite game, and Knights with Swords, the game the guild is undeniably best at. Should they play the game they love, or the one they are best at?" "Laser Fiesta" 15% Chance ____ quickly decides to field a Laser Fiesta team, because even if they lose, the guild will have a lot of fun. Fortunately, the ideal situation occurs and the guild's Laser Fiesta team blast their way into first place, earning the guild top honours amongst all gaming guilds for the year. ____ is enjoying the festivities, when a company approaches her with a new job offer -- ____ has been promoted to Game Designer! "Laser Fiesta" 85% Chance It's a tough decision, but ultimately games are about having fun -- ____ would hate to be the guild leader that made decisions purely based on the chances of winning or losing. The guild's Laser Fiesta team crumbles under the pressure of actual competition and they approach ____, furious that she would hurt their love for their favourite game by making them play it in a competition. ____ is completely taken aback and the guild agrees she should learn a bit more about morale and strategy as a Real Time Strategist. "Knights with Swords" 85% Chance The guild is out to win and ____ knows it makes the most sense to go with their best competitive game, Knights with Swords. The first few teams they encounter provide no challenge, though later teams ultimately make the guild work a bit harder for their inevitable victory. After bring crowned Gamer Champions, the guild splits a large reward check, �17000 Simoleons of that going directly to ____. "Knights with Swords" 15% Chance Even though ____ stacked the odds in the team's favour by ordering the guild to play Knights with Swords, she couldn't predict the maps the judges would use in the offical tournament. The map named Stinky Swamp just so happens to be the guild's least favourite map, which shows in their tournament performance. After sitting comfortable in first place for the entire year, the guild must accept the sub-optimal fourth place. Morale plummets and ____ is forced to buy everyone a game of their choice, at the cost of �12000 Simoleons. *************** *Game Designer* *************** "____ has a brillant idea for a video game about running the lives of people in their homes, but she is having a difficult time finishing up the storyline for one group of characters. One couple needs to be broken up, but ____ doesn't know how to do so in a creative way. Should ____ write a story so that aliens take the wife away while looking at the stars, or something else?" "Aliens" 55% Chance Alien abductions fascinate ____, plus they leave a suitable large gap for fans to guess "what if". She writes the abduction into the offical neighbourhood storylind and sends the game off to her publisher - they love it! The game is made and goes on to be one of the most popular games ever. For designing the game, ____ is paid �65000 Simoleons! "Aliens" 45% Chance ____ thinks aliens will add a bit of mystery to the game, so she writes them in and sends the final design off to the publisher. The publisher likes it, but the fans don't, and ____ is slammed on the community message boards. Conspiracy theories begin to pop up left and right, and all of them range from the positively absurd to a bit too realistic. The publisher isn't happy with the negative publicity and they order ____ to pay �45000 Simoleons from her pocket to cover the cost of the public relations repair campaign. "Something Else" 45% Chance The appeal of aliens is huge, but ____ thinks it's a little too easy to use aliens to explain the disappearance. Instead, ____ merely sets the story and leaves it up to the players to decide the outcome. The publisher loves her creative direction and releases the game to mass appeal. Sure enough, theories begin filling the community message boards and the game does extremely well. Pleased beyond measure, the publisher rewards ____ with �53000 Simoleons! "Something Else" 55% Chance ____ is tempted to just stick with aliens, but she worries that is too much if an easy escape, so she works to find another story ending. However, an obvious answer fails to appear, so she scribbles a random ending and sends it off to the publisher. Things go decently and the game sells well enough, but it never dominates the sales charts. The publisher, fed up with the sluggish sales, tell ____ she must pay �47000 Simoleons to cover future advertising for the game. ^ Guess what game their talking about. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [5.02] Education ******************** *Playground Monitor* ******************** "It's an uneventful day on the playground for ____, when suddenly the unmistakable scent of trouble makes its presence known. The Big Kids enter the playground just after their lunch with a sweet tooth for bullying. ____ knows the younger kids don't stand a chance, as there aren't enough slides and tunnels in which to hide! She must act quickly with the tools at her disposal. Should ____ offer The Big Kids a delicious tray of fresh orange wedges to distract them from the younger kids, or should she stand up to them with detention slips at the ready?" "Offer Them Orange Wedges" 75% Chance ____ steps up to The Big Kids with a tray full of oranges, and not a moment too soon, as their eyes have just begun to wander the playground for peers to pummel. With the choice between the instant satification of ripe, delicately sliced fruit, and the labourous toil of playground bullying, The Big Kids form a line with outstretched hands eager for oranges. The rest of the children immediately spot their opportunity and rush back to the safety of the classrooms. ____ earns a Creativity Skill Point. "Offer Them Orange Wedges" 25% Chance ____ cautiously approaches The Big Kids with the fruit tray held warily before the seething throng of bullies. Sensing weakness, the leader of The Big Kids, Mikey McMicken, grabs a handful of oranges with one hand and tips the tray over with the other. "Wedgies for all, boys!" he yells to The Big Kids. Helpless to stop the scene before her, and sticky from the orange pieces scattered on her outfit, ____ flees to the teacher's lounge in search of help. For failure to stop The Great Wedgification (as it grew to be known), ____ is Fired! "Threaten Them with Detention" 25% Chance ____ notices the slience has befallen the playground and sees the look of utter dread on the younger children's faces - she knows the time for action is now. ____ reaches into her fanny pack and grabs a thick wad of detention slips, more than enough for every Big Kid to spend the next month in detention. ____ and the leader of the Big Kids stare each other down until ____ wiggles her fingers and pulls forth a pen from her back - The Big Kids know she means business and they back down. Word spreads quickly of the deed and before the end of the day ____ is notified that she has been promoted to Teacher's Aide! "Threaten Them with Detention" 75% Chance ____ has little tolerance for bullies and playground disturbances, so she quickly launches a pre-emptive salvo and sends the leaders of The Big Kids straight to detention. Madder than mad, The Big Kids take it upon themselves to coat the detention room with a fine layer of spit wads and gum, making it unhabitable for quite some time. The principal finds herself standing in front of ____'s desk at the end of her search for a scapegoat, and ____ is politely informed that she has been fired! **************** *Teacher's Aide* **************** "____ is taking the role sheets to the front office just after the morning announcements, when a frantic mother bursts through the front door with her son trailing behind her. "Stop right there!" the mother yells at ____. "You cannot turn in that role sheet!" Taken aback, ____ informs the woman that, yes, she can turn in the role sheet. Flustered, the mother reveals that if her child is tardy once more, he'll have to repeat the third grade and it just isn't right, because it's her fault he's always late. With the pleading mother on her knees before her, ____ is faced with the choice of turning in the role sheet as is, or fudging it a bit to give the young boy just one more chance." "Turn in the Role Sheet" 20% Chance ____ is of the opinion that she is the ethical steward of the children in the school, and as such, the modification of the sacred role sheet is simply unacceptable. She politely informs the mother of her decision and deposits the role sheet in the plastic red bucket on the secretary's desk. Inspired to right her tardy ways, the mother speaks with the principal, who she tells all about ____. Impressed with ____'s dedication to accurate role sheets, the principal tells her that she would like to see ____ on a Substitute Teacher's position -- ____ has been promoted! "Turn in the Role Sheet" 80% Chance Still insulted by the mother's overly forward demands, ____ brandmishes a smirk and smartly drops the role sheet into the secretary's basket. Flustered beyond comprehension, the mother takes matters into her own hands and begins falsifying the document. ____ moves to stop her and a brief scuffle ensues, after which the role sheet lies ripped on the floor. The principal, who has watched the entire scene, storms in furiously and grabs both ____ and the mother by the ears. A lecture follows, and ____ is told she is to be demoted so that she can return to the playground to learn proper crisis management with children. "Alter the Role Sheet" 80% Chance ____ has no desire to see children suffer because their parents don't use a watch, so she decides to challenge the child for a chance to get back into class. Using the names of the children on the role sheet, ____ designs an algorithmic word problem that must be deciphered using basic fractions, long division, and spelling. The student takes a minute analysing the facts then takes another few minutes to jot down his answer. ____ is delighted to see that he has answered the question perfectly, but even more delighted when she realises the principal saw her teaching skills in action. For handling the situation like a true educator, the principal promotes ____ to Substitute Teacher! "Alter the Role Sheet" 20% Chance ____ thinks back to her days in school and admits to herself that she wasn't always on time, either. With a shrug of her shoulders, ____ whips out a pencil and begins to erase the child's absence from the role sheet. Unfortunately, the school librarian, a stickler for the rules who will do anything for a promotion, observes the incident and quickly runs to the superintendent to tattle on ____. Caught between a rock and a militant librarian, the superintendent is forced to take action - the child is forced to repeat the grade, and ____ is shown the door. ____ has been fired! ******************** *Substitute Teacher* ******************** "____ is called to substitute for Ms. Moorington, who has won the Teacher of the Year Award for the past 3 years. A bit intimidated, ____ takes a deep breath and arrives in the classroom to find its inhibitants have gone insane! She pulls a child down from the ceiling and demands to know what is going on. It appears that Ms. Moorington never actually taught, she just bribed the children with candy and falsified their report cards. Ms. Moorington has a lot of power with the school board, making it risky for ____ to reveal the conspiracy. Desperate times call for desperate measures -- what should ____ do to get the classroom under control?" "Report Ms. Moorington's Scheme" 75% Chance The children are out of control and there's nothing in ____'s training to prepare her for such a disaster. ____ grabs her desk phone and calls in backup. Instantly, hall monitors and the gym coach burst into the classroom with the principal bringing up the rear. "This is what your teacher of the year has created!" shout ____ from underneath her desk. The small army of educators get the situation in hand before too long, and ____ is able to spill the beans. Though some have a hard time grasping the truth, the principal is quick to recognise ____'s efforts and she promotes her to Elementary School Teacher to replace the disgraced Ms. Moorington. "Report Ms. Moorington's Scheme" 25% Chance ____ rolls her eyes - they simply don't pay her enough to deal with the situation on her own. ____ jogs to the principal's office, only to find the principal drinking tea with who else, but Ms. Moorington. ____ informs the principal of the situation and points an accusatory finger at Ms. Moorington. No spring chicken to deception and saving one's skin, Ms. Moorington quickly spins the truth and redirects the blame squarely on the shoulders of ____. Clearly out-foxed, ____ is left with nothing to say when the principal tells her that it's probably best she find another job. ____ is fired! "Eat Lots of Candy!" 25% Chance One must fight fire with fire, or a sugar rush with another sugar rush. After one final warning, ____ begins shoving candy down her throat and is instantly energised. With hyper fast reflexes and sugary responses, ____ bounces around the room, the entire time putting a stop to the mayhem and mischief surrounding her. The kids are caught completely unaware - they've never seen an authority figure move with such blindingly sweet speed! Other teachers are drawn to the commotion and it isn't long before word gets around that ____ is a no-nonsense educator that will do whatever it takes to teach the children, ____ earns a Creativity Skill Point! "Eat Lots of Candy!" 75% Chance Desperate to fix the situation, ____ convinces herself that the best way to take control of the sugar-powered chaos is to become a sugar powered teacher. However, not everyone is built for massive quantities of candy, and ____ soon finds herself bouncing off the walls uncontrollably, with a bit of a tummy-ache to boot. Shocked by their substitute teacher's actions, the students calm down and watch as ____ becomes one Sim wrecking crew. When ____ jumps atop her desk and declares "pop quiz", the students run terrified from the room to warn the others. The school officals lock ____ in the room until she calms down enough to receive the news that she has been fired. *************************** *Elementary School Teacher* *************************** "____ really wants to impress the administration with her students, and the school district science fair looks like the perfect opportunity. Two of her students' projects really stand out: Harry Monroe's model that hypothesizes the result of hot cocoa brewed in a volcano, and Sally O'Minky's holographic gelatin projector. Both are top notch and cutting edge for the elementary scientific community, but ___ can only send one student. Who should she send? "Harry Monroe" 45% Chance Everyone loves gelatin, especially the holographic kind, which makes ____'s decision to go with Harry Monroe's volcano cocoa model that much more difficult. Nonetheless, it was the best choice and ____ sends Harry to the science fair with her full support. Such shrewd decision making pays off, as two of the three judges are not only cocoa fanatics, but volcano enthusiasts as well. With magma brewed cocoa exploding into well-placed cups, the judges are not only satified, but impressed beyond measure. Harry Monroe walks away from the competition with the Grand Prize, and ____, as his sponsor, happily drives home with a bonus of �970 Simoleons. "Harry Monroe" 55% Chance ____ decides to send Harry Monroe to the competition, convinced that no judge could resist cocoa brewed within simulated piping hot magma chambers. Assumptions have little place in science, however, and Harry and ____'s spirits plummet when they are informed that, oddly enough, all three judges have a strong dislike for all things chocolate. Despite ____'s demand for an alternate opinion from a second judges panel, Monroe's Volcanic Cocoa theory is pronounced deal on arrived. For such a poor showing in the district science fair, the school decides to not reimburse ____ for money spent sponsoring Harry, and she is forced to pay �475 Simoleons out of her own pocket. "Sally O'Minky" 55% Chance As much as ____ loves cocoa, especially the volcanic kind, she knows her best bet is with Sally O'Minky's holographic gelatin projector. After mere minutes at the show, Sally has a huge crowd surrounding her booth, salivating over the prospect of fresh, delicious gelatin. Corporate representatives are also at the show, and it isn't long before the Pleasentview Gelatin Company offers O'Minky a healthy incentive of Simoleons to sell the device to them, to be used in advertising in grocery stores. O'Minky agrees to sell, and as her sponsor, ____ is entitled to a cut. ____ receives a bonus of �760 Simoleons. "Sally O'Minky" 45% Chance ____ thinks long and hard, but she decides that holographic gelatin is a safer bet than volcanic cocoa. Things are progressing well, until Jerome Greaves, a student from the competing school district, unveils his holographic hamburger projector. With a choice between projected gelatin and beef, the judges decided unanimously for the latter, and soon leave for hamburgers at a local restaurant. For failure to inspire her students beyond holographic gelatin, ____ is demoted to Substitute Teacher! ********************* *High School Teacher* ********************* "Spirit day for the high school is approaching and everyone is expected to participate - even teachers. However, things aren't so simple for ____, who is up for evaluation before the school board on the same day. It's one thing to be spirited on a normal day with face paint and a crazy outfit, and another thing when paint and a crazy outfit may cost a teacher dearly for not taking evaluations seriously. ____ doesn't want to be criticized for a lack of school spirit, but she would also like to keep progressing as an educator. What should she do? "Dress for Spirit Day" 75% Chance ____ has never missed a spirit day, and she won't start now! Wearing her favourite war paint with her ultimate spirit uniform -- the disco clown costome -- ____ treads the halls with spirit fingers flying in the best of moods. Already a popular teacher, ____'s commitment to spirit and self-expression is a big hit with her co-workers, who've openly discussed making spirit day mandatory for faculty and staff. With much bravado, ____ sashays into the room full of waiting board members, who are delighted to see someone who approaches their job with so much spirit. It doesn't take long before a unamimous decision is passed down to send ____ off to the local university as a Guest Lecturer -- ____ has been promoted! "Dress for Spirit Day" 25% Chance ____ is almost late for work because she can't decide between her football player on stilts or robotic cheerleader costumes. Evertually, robotic cheerleader wins out and ____ heads to work. With spirits high, ____ bursts into the school, only to find she is the only one in costume. A student walks up to ____ and tells her that spirit day was canceled at the last minute, and to check the memo in her email inbox. Humiliated, ____ trudges into the evaluation to face a stone-faced wall of professionally dressed board members, all of whom received the memo. Luckily for ____'s pride, the board members cannot see the look on her face through the robotic cheerleader mask when she is told she has been demoted to Elementary School Teacher. "Wear Normal Clothes" 25% Chance ____ debates the issue all night in her mind, but falls asleep knowing the safest course is to dress normally. Little does ____ know that this year's theme for Spirit Day is the uneventful, but ironically convenient "Dress Like You Always Would for Spirit!" Wearing her typical duds, ____ wins favour with both camps - the spiritists and the school board - which results in her winning the costume of the day award from the former and a raise from the latter. ____ heads home with �1200 Simoleons. "Wear Normal Clothes" 75% Chance ____ hates backing out of a Spirit Day, but the career must come first! The principal immediately notices the distraught look on ____'s face, and comforts her by telling that she made the right choice by wearing normal clothes. Both, however, were quite wrong. The chairman of the board, Edgar Louie, is devoted to Spirit Day in a rather fanatical way and he refuses to see ____ for her evaluation when he notices her that she isn't in costume. Confused and a bit angry, ____ is sent home for the day with a fine of �960 for not showing enough spirit. *************************** *University Guest Lecturer* *************************** "____ is requested by Sim State University's meteorology and sociology departments to lecture on the growing complexity of weather control devices, and the ethical and moral consequences of using the machines for its "When Lightning and Ethics Collide!" lecture series. The presentation moves along at a fine pace, with facts and opinions from both sides of the argument being presented. At the conclusion, ____ opens the floor to questions, when a rather smarmy looking graduate student in the front row asks "What do you think?" Should ____ say she is pro-control or pro-natural weather?" "Pro-Control" 75% Chance ____ knows that she can't please everyone, so she just picks a side. "Personally, I hate waiting for my plants to grow, especially when I'm in climates with far less rain," explains ____. "With weather control, I have fruit much faster! Don't you like delicious fruit?" The student who asked the question follows up with the accusation that ____ is mad to think she can control the elements, but the crowd, too busy imagining delicious fruit faster, laughs at the student's paranoia. ____'s old high school, impressed with her ability to stand firm on controversial issues, invites her to come back to serve as the Principal -- ____ has been promoted! "Pro-Control" 25% Chance ____ begins sweating profusely, because she honestly doesn't have an answer. she never thought to form an opinion, as she was always too busy studying both sides of the argument. ____ blurts out a hesitant "pro-control" and the crowd erupts with furious questions and accusations that ____ is a mad scientist bent on world domination. ____ quickly flees the scene to avoid further verbal abuse heaved forth from the angry mob. For causing a ruckus within the Sim State University crowd, ____ is asked never to return and is demoted to High School Teacher. "Pro-Natural" 25% Chance To a reception of mixed groans and nods of approval, ____ announces she is pro-natural weather. When asked "Why?" ____ calmly explains that her fear about how, in the wrong hands, the weather control device could be a devastating force from which the world may never recover. With acceptance from the majority of the crowd and even respect from the Pro-Control opposition, ____ leaves the podium to a standing ovation. The University calls ____ on her way home and requests she return - she is the best speaker they've had in years! With several more speaking engagements arranged, ____ returns home with an unexpected bonus of �2460 Simoleons. "Pro-Natural" 75% Chance Without replying directly, ____ begins describing a utopia in which the weather is naturally perfect, plants grow on time, and winter storms never leaves Sims frozen in the back yard. People begin cheering, thinking ____ is pro-control, but stop abruptly when she pulls a 180 and says "I think the unexpected is more fun!" Not enamored with her "let it be" attitude, the crowd begins shouting at to "get off the stage before the unexpected happens." Not willing to wait around, ____ flees, more than willing to accept the �1800 Simoleon fine levied against her by the University for failing to complete her lecture. *********************** *High School Principal* *********************** "____ is becoming increasingly worried about students falling asleep in class. Teachers can bearly teach the students anything and morale is at an all time low. ____ brings in a group of consultants and they offer two solutions to the problem. The first is to use Ombutronic Generators to cool the school to near freezing temperatures, making it impossible to fall asleep. The alternative is arming every teacher, aide, and gym coach with a personal bullhorn to wake drowsy students. Both choices are rather extreme, though desperate times call for desperate measures. What plan should ____ implement?" "Chill the School" 65% Chance ____ pulls the speech, turning the school into a veritable cave of ice. Though certain changes had to be endured, like increasing the size of lockers to accommodate parkas and hooking up hot cocoa to flow from the water fountains, the renewed alertness of the students makes everyone forget the sacrifices being made. ____ completes the transformation by changing the school's mascot to the mammoth and is in the crowd when the Mammoths defeat the Fightin' Llamas in the high school ice hockey tournament. ____ earns a Logic Skill Point. "Chill the School" 35% Chance Convinced a limited version of the ice age is the only solution, ____ pulls the switch to begin the Ombutronic Generator's cold reign. The experiment is successful initially, but it isn't long before the generator creates an internal blizzard and the inhabitants of the school are trapped inside. ____ quickly organises the school into survival teams to gather around fires of term papers, which keeps everyone alive until help arrives. However, the damage is done, and the administration is quick to inform ____ that she has been demoted to University Guest Lecturer. "Bullhorns for All" 35% Chance ____ decides it will be noise or nothing to keep the students awake. The teachers love the idea and ____ is quick to encourage creativity. It isn't before long before the teachers cast aside their bullhorns in favour of steel drums, trombones, grandfather clocks on wheels, and remote control cars with horns that play "La Cucaracha." The students, not wanting to miss out on the fun, quickly form several musical groups. Surprisingly, the school becomes known as the best music school in the district and ____ is invited by the local college to join their staff as a Senior Professor. ____ has been promoted! "Bullhorns for All" 65% Chance ____ think it's best if the teachers use bullhorns to keep the students awake. It isn't a big surprise when students stay awake for lectures after one or two bullhorns are unleashed, though the teachers feel a bit foolish when the majority of the students suffer temporary hearing loss. Unable to teach students who cannot hear, ____ is forced to admit failure, and the classrooms are once again filled with snoring students who for the time being also cannot hear. To help recover the cost of the bullhorns and for ear treatment for the students, ____ is forced to pay �2340 Simoleons! ************************** *College Senior Professor* ************************** "____ could really use the grant money offered with the London Scholarship for Immense Brains, but she hasn't published a paper in quite some time. There are a few topics of interest about which to write, most notably The Effect of Vegetables on the Sim Physique and Frostbite: A World Without Toes. Both subjects are quite compelling and will make excellent papers, so it isn't an easy decision. What subject should ____ write about to win the London Scholarship?" "The Effect of Vegetables" 50% Chance The current health crazy revolves squarely around vegetables and healthy eating, so it's a no-brainer that ____ choose to write about Tge Effect of Vegetables on the Sim Physique. Most of ____'s research reveals nothing terribly noteworthy, until she stumbles across a startling fact - the rare combination of pesticides and just a pinch of luck can turn a Sim into a living, breathing, chlorophyll loving creature of nature! The paper hits the London Scholarship commitee like a blizzard in Strangetown and ____ is awarded the grant of �4000 Simoleons. "The Effect of Vegetables" 50% Chance Eating healthy and Sim well-aging are huge topics throughout the community, which makes The Effect of Vegetables on the Sim Physique the obvious choice of ____'s paper. After hours of detailed research, ____ feels she has enough material to present a fantastic paper. Unfortunately, Donald Somersby, another talented professor vying for the grant, presents his paper - Celery and You: How Peanut Butter Will Change Your Life - to greater acclaim. ____ never had a chance against the deliciousness of celery combined with peanut butter. Worse, she has been demoted to High School Principal for failing to win the grant. "Frostbite" 50% Chance Because of the threat of winter storms, Sims everywhere are clamouring for more information on the subject of frostbite, make ____'s decision to publish her paper - Frostbite: A World Without Toes - an easy decision. ____'s paper is filled with an in-depth analysis on the causes of frostbite, preventive measures, and how to look stylish while wearing snow boots. ____'s unprecidented work on the subject is honoured by the committee, but it doesn't receive top honours. Fortunately, virtually everyone who reads the paper rushes out to buy new snow boots and Snowzen Bootzen, the world's largest manufacturer of Snow Boots, compensates ____ with �6000 Simoleons for promoting their product so effectively! "Frostbite" 50% Chance ____ thinks long and hard about her choices, but ultimately, Frostbite: A World Without Toes is what she decides is her best option. After all, people love keeping their toes! ____ spends an entire afternoon researching, but she fails to come up with anything conclusive, other than the common sense notion of wearing warm clothing when it's very cold. Without a decisive thesis, ____ has no chance to win the London Scholarship and she withdraws from the competition. The university is not happy with ____ and she is ordered to pay them �4000 Simoleons to cover the cost of research. ************************** *College Dean of Students* ************************** "Dean ____ is having trouble with a particular fraternity on campus, the Zigga Bugga Goos. The young men have a tendancy to conduct pranks on facility members, throw obnoxious parties, and crash the homecoming parade every year with unnecessary fireworks and gaudy rock music. ____ has had enough! There are only two ways to deal with a fraternity this misbehaved: Kick the charter off campus, or pay a sorority to sabotage their social status. ____ is pretty sure both methods will work, but she isn't sure which one is best. What should ____ do?" "Kick them off Campus" 55% Chance ____ is so confident in her decision that she drafts the Zigga Bugga Goos expulsion notice immediately. After a short lunch, ____ returns to her office to find the leaders of the fraternity gathered around her desk. All of them being begging ____ in the hopes she will reduce their punishment. ____, sensing an opportunity, agrees to reduce their punishment to probation if every member of the fraternity agrees to a semester of community service, to which they agree. For diplomatically resolving such a troubling situation, ____ is promoted to Education Minister! "Kick them off Campus" 45% Chance Dean ____ is so frustrated by the Zigga Bugga Goos that she decides the best course of action is immediate expulsion. ____ quickly drafts the expulsion notice without consulting any of her advisors and sends the letter off to the fraternity. Unbeknownst to ____, the fraternity just held a conference with campus press, renouncing their devilish ways and promising a student life dedicated to community service. ____'s letter arrives at the end of the conference and the student paper instantly publishes an editorial titled "Dean ____ Closes the Door on Charitable Fraternity". The administration is broadsided by student protests and finds that the easiest thing to do is to fire Dean ____. "Hire the Sorority" 45% Chance ____ needs to put a stop to the Zigga Bugga Goos' reign of juvenile destruction, but she wants to keep her hands clean. Therefore, the best sorority on campus is recruited to destroy the fraternity's social status with better parties, cooler t-shirts, and the best bonfire the campus has ever seen. The Zigga Bugga Goos try to mount a counter-offensive of social events, but ultimately fails. Defeated, the fraternity begs for a cease fire. By stopping them, Dean ____ becomes the first dean in history to tame the Zigga Bugga Goos. For such a momentous triumph, Dean ____ is promoted to Education Minister. "Hire the Sorority" 55% Chance ____ hires the sorority and tells them to do whatever it takes to destroy the Zigga Bugga Goos. Unfortunately, the Ziggas have already infiltrated every other house on campus, so they know about Dean ____'s Plan A before she could even imagine a Plan B. The plan backfires completely when the Ziggas release copies of the contract and recordings between the Dean and the sorority to the school newspapers. What becomes knowns as Zigga Gate ultimately ends in the downfall of ____, as the board of regents is left with little choice but to demote her to Senior Professor. ******************** *Education Minister* ******************** "The country is not happy with test scores for children in neighbourhoods throughout the country. Polls indicate that the children just aren't learning, and drastic, unorthodox measures should be taken to put the nation's youth back on the right track. Secretary ____ proposes to the government a new curriculum of educational video games. Ideally, she proposes, children can learn and have fun at the same time. Two games really stand out: Bixby Rabbit and the Great Spelling Carrot, and Hunting and Fishing: Scavenging for Algebra! The budget only allows for one of the two games. Which one should ____ choose? "Bixby Rabbit" 75% Chance Maybe it had something to do with the delicious carrot she was eating, or perhaps it was the compelling story of Bixby saving the rabbit community through good spelling that led ____ to choose Bixby Rabit and the Great Spelling Carrot. Nonetheless, schools across the country are soon filled with the compelling Edugame and grades begin to skyrocket. ____ is praised by the Government, her peers, and educators everywhere for picking such a compelling spelling experience that is so effective spelling bees are no longer held - they are just too easy! For saving the education of Sims everywhere, ____ is awarded a bonus of �45000 Simoleons by the Government! "Bixby Rabbit" 25% Chance ____ considers the two games for quite some time, but ultimately settles on Bixby Rabbit, believing cute bunnies who spell are more effective than algebra games. ____ is almost correct, except for one tiny detail - earlier the same day, the president decided to approve a law, making New Simlish the offical language. Unfortunately, Bixby Rabbit teaches what is now known as Old Simlish and children across the country are instructed in a dead language. For setting children back years in their education, ____ is demoted to Dean of Students. "Scavenging for Algebra" 25% Chance ____ always loved the idea of algebra in the great outdoors amongst a running brook or deer trail, so she approves a copy of Hunting and Fishing: Scavenging for Algebra for every child. ____ made the right choice, because not only are algebra scores at an all time low, but the country's desire to fish is at an all time high. Scavenging for Algebra hits the spot so perfectly that ____ goes ahead and orders the developer's second title, Trapping Some Fractions. The adminstration is awed by ____'s brillant handling of the situation and decides to reward her with a bonus of �5000 Simoleons! "Scavenging for Algebra" 75% Chance Sim everywhere won't stop talking about fishing, so ____ thinks it's only right to combine that love with the dire need to improve algebra scores. Unfortunately, the fishing craze dies down as quickly as it starts and children everywhere begin to talk incessantly of carrots. With a small mountain of Scavenging for Algebra unopened and unwanted, ____ is forced to sell them back at a loss, resulting in a hit of �37000 Simoleons on her personal bank account! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [5.03] Law ************ *File Clerk* ************ "____ quickly gathers the files for Mr. Vanderseaux's big case. He will be arguing before the Grand Court of Sim City and his paperwork must be all ready in perfect order, else he may lose the case. Just before ____ plans to turn in the files, she realises that Mr. vanderseaux will only accept his files if they are ordered in a particular way. But how? There's the obvious choice, alphabetical order, but ____ also seems to remember something about Mr. Vanderseaux perferring his files to be ordered by colour. How should ____ organise the files?" "Alphabetical Order" 15% Chance ____'s alphabetising skills may be a bit rusty, but her common sense isn't. Alphabetical order is obviously the way Mr. Vanderseaux wants his files, because he's always yelling at his employees to "keep it simple!" ____ delivers the files just as Vanderseaux is leaving - perfect timing! He takes one quick look at the files, lets forth a satisfied grunt, and utters a "good job." ____ earns a logic skill point! "Alphabetical Order" 85% Chance Mr. Vanderseaux receptionist phones ____ and demands the files immediately. ____ is still busy to figure out the best way to organise the files, but time is running out and she decides alphabetisation seems to be the simplist, most obvious fit. In her haste ____ made the wrong decision. The receptionist, furious at the improperly organised files, throws them back in ____'s face and tells her it may be best if she works elsewhere. ____ is fired! "Order by Colour" 85% Chance ____ was always a visual person, so she decides colours would be the best way of organising the files. When she arrives in Mr. Vanderseaux office with the files, he takes one look at the files and excitedly exits his chair to greet her. He wasn't used to receiving files organised by colour, but his recent memo indicated he wanted File Clerks to being doing just that - apparently, ____ was the only one to read the memo. Mr. Vanderseaux is so pleased with ____ that he decides to promote her to Law Firm Receptionist. "Order by Colour" 15% Chance ____ hates to see multi-coloured papers scattered about, so she organises the files by colour, hoping Mr. Vanderseaux approves. He doesn't, which ____ quickly discovers after delivering the file stack to him. Apparently, a concentration of colour makes his head hurt quite a bit. ____'s mistake keeps him from working for the rest of the day and he loses his case before the Grand Court of Sim City! Vanderseaux aims to appeal the courts decision, but for the meantime, he fines ____ �125 Simoleons to purchase headache medicine. *********************** *Law Firm Receptionist* *********************** "____ picks up the phone, only to hear Allison Bersowitz on the other line. She's been calling for weeks asking for legal representation, but ____'s boss, Mr. Vanderseaux, has no interest in representing her. ____ is sick with dealing with the lady every day, so she thinks of two possible ways to handle the situation. She can convince Mr. Vanderseaux to represent her, though he may not be happy about it. Or, ____ can find Bersowitz another lawyer, though Vanderseaux may not appreciate her helping his competition. How should ____ get Allison Bersowitz out of her hair? "Convince Vanderseaux" 75% Chance Mr. Vanderseaux is extremely busy, but ____ would hate to see him pass up a potentially good case like Allison Bersowitz. After a bit of convincing, Vanderseaux agrees to take on Bersowitz v. Sim City, only to find that he may have the biggest case of his career before him! It appears Bersowitz is the victim of an elaborate repoman scam where the civil servents would remove household items, even though she had been paying her bills. Vanderseaux presents her case and wins, earning the law firm a healthy portion of the settlement. Vanderseaux feels obligated to reward ____ and he gives her a check for �320 Simoleons. "Convince Vanderseaux" 25% Chance ____ figures the law firm may be able to earn some money from the Bersowitz case, so she convinces Vanderseaux to finally take it. After a brief consultation, the law firm realises that it won't earn anything from Bersowitz, as she is suing the snow for killing her garden. Greatly peeved at the waste of an afternoon, Vanderseaux summons ____ into his office to yell at her, after which he tells her to head back to the file room, ____ has been demoted! "Recommend Another Lawyer" 25% Chance ____ has been listening to Allison Bersowitz for weeks, and frankly, she just wants to be rid of her. ____ grabs the phone books, flips to the Lawyers section, and randomly chooses an attorney named Sam Hogan. Bersowitz, thrilled somebody finally spent a minute to help her, thanks ____ and hangs up the phone. Later in the day, the phone begins ringing off the hook, apparently, Bersowitz recommended the Vanderseaux office to all of her friends in need of legal representation. Vanderseaux is delighted to have the new business and he promotes ____ to Legal Secretary to deal with all of his new clients. "Recommend Another Lawyer" 75% Chance ____ is so tired of Allison Bersowitz that she opens the phone book and gives her the number of the first lawyer she finds. Bersowitz thanks her and hangs up the phone. Later during break, ____ and Mr. Vanderseaux see Bersowitz and her new lawyer on television, announcing their victory in a landmark court case. The settlement is huge, which means big money and prestige for the law firm. Vanderseaux is so angry with ____ that he fires her without even asking for an explanation. ***************** *Legal Secretary* ***************** "The day is proceeding quietly and smoothly until ____ receives a phone call from her boss's wife - Mrs. Vanderseaux. The woman has zero patience for others and demands her husband be put on the phone immediately. ____ is about to comply, until she remembers Mr. Vanderseaux is currently meeting with a very important client and he doesn't need the stress from talking to his wife. Should ____ patch Mrs. Vanderseaux through, or keep her on the line until her husband is finished?" "Patch Her Through" 25% Chance ____ knows Mr. Vanderseaux won't be happy to hear from his wife, but she also knows angering her boss is the lesser of two evils. She patches the woman through and hears the expected sounds of grief emanating from Mr. Vanderseaux's office, followed by a call for her to enter his office. He explains to ____ that she has made the right choice, as much as it pains him to speak with his wife, and that she is doing an excellent job. ____ earns a Charisma Skill Point! "Patch Her Through" 75% Chance ____ quickly patches Mrs. Vanderseaux through to her husband, because she has no desire to speak with the woman. Mr. Vanderseaux is none to happy to hear from his wife and he immediately forwards her back to ____. The passing game continues for the remainder of the morning, tying up the phone systems and ultimately causing the computers to crash. Mr. Vanderseaux is furious with ____'s behaviour and he charges her �410 Simoleons to repair the phone system. "Keep Her on the Line" 75% Chance ____ decides to take one for the team and distract Mrs. Vanderseaux long enough to let her boss do his job. The evil wife wastes no time in being mean to ____, but she expected as much and easily pushes the comments to the back of her mind. Mr. Vanderseaux finishes his meeting just in time to rescue ____ from the onslaught and he immediately picks up the line. At the end of the day, Mr. Vanderseaux apologises to ____ for having to deal with his wife, and to make up for it, guarantees she will never have to speak to the woman again, because ____ is now a Legal Biller! "Keep Her on the Line" 25% Chance Mrs. Vanderseaux calls to yell at her husband daily, so ____ figures it won't hurt to stall her a bit and give her boss a chance to finish his meeting. Meanwhile, Mr. Vanderseaux is patiently stalling his client, because he's eagering awaiting his wife's phone call - she has important information for him regarding the case! After quite some time, the client leaves the meeting frustrated and Mr. Vanderseaux leaves his office to find ____ stalling his wife on the phone. Needless to say, he's furious that ____ would tamper with his business and personal life and he fires her immediately! ************** *Legal Biller* ************** "____ is busy collecting money her boss earned in various legal settlements when the oddity on one billing statement catches her eye. It appears her boss, Mr. Vanderseaux, was never compensated for his work on the Landgrabb v. Sim City case. Vanderseaux is entitled with 25% of the settlement, but a bit of time has passed and that money is most definately worth more. ____ can give the Landgrabbs a call to demand the 25%, or take the risk and sue them for more. What's her move?" "Ask for 25%" 35% Chance ____ is sure the Landgrabbs merely overlooked the fees in their case, so she gives them the benefit of the doubt and leaves them with a friendly message that they owe the firm. The Landgrabb's personal assistant immediately calls back, clearly embarrassed for forgetting about the fee. He does have good news - the money was set aside in an investment fund and the amount has grown quite a bit more than the original 25%. He explains to ____ that the Landgrabbs feel obligated to make amends, so they transfer the entire fund over to the firm. Mr. Vanderseaux, feeling extra belevolent and giving, rewards ____ with �560 Simoleons! "Ask for 25%" 65% Chance ____ places a call to the Landgrabb office and is placed on hold. Meanwhile, Mr. Vanderseaux pages her and asks about the 25% the Landgrabbs owe him. Not wanting to admit she overlooked the billing, ____ lies to him with a cover story. However, he senses that something fishy is up and he heads down to talk to ____ in person, only to find her discussing the 25% fee with the Landgrabbs. Before she can explain. Vanderseaux accuses her of stealing from him and he orders her out of his office -- ____ has been fired! "Sue for More" 65% Chance It isn't right that the Landgrabbs "forgot" to pay Mr. Vanderseaux, so ____ files a claim with the court. The Landgrabbs immediately counter-sue but the judge, who is trying to leave for vacation, settles in ____'s favour because it's the first argument that landed on his desk. Vanderseaux, impressed with ____'s incredible luck decides it's best if she works more closely with him and promotes ____ to Paralegal! "Sue for More" 35% Chance ____ has wanted to flex her admittedly limited legal muscle and the Landgrabb issue is the perfect case. She carefully files all the paperwork and drops off the claim with the court. Upon her return to the office, ____ is greeted by a very angry Mr. Vanderseaux who demands to know why ____ would sue his business partner. Apparently, Vanderseaux asked the Landgrabbs to hold onto his 25% fee for taxation purposes and ____'s lawsuit will trigger an investigation into the whole matter. Vanderseaux appreciates ____'s cuttroat initiative, but ultimately think it's best if she is demoted to Legal Secretary. *********** *Paralegal* *********** "____ is reviewing the statements obtained in a series of witness interviews, but one of them seems to be a bit strange. The witness, Carmen Eggers, refused to answer many of the questions asked to her. In fact, based on her reported location at the time of the crime, some of the answers may fill in some of the gaps in the case. Of course, she might also not know anything. Should ____ subpoena her for additional questioning, or look elsewhere for answers?" "Subpoena Carmen" 80% Chance Facts and instincts are two good things a paralegal should never ignore, so ____ grabs her telephone, obtains a court order, and brings Carmen Eggers back into the office for questioning. Though a bit standoffish at first, Carmen soon warms up and provides ____ with all the answers she was seeking. All the gaps in the case aren't filled, but they are getting that way, thanks to ____'s instincts and the ability to clean up the evidence. ____ earns a Cleaning Skill Point. "Subpoena Carmen" 20% Chance ____ is convinced Carmen Eggers is hiding something, so she places a call to the court and orders the woman back to the office. Eggers isn't pleased with her treatment and she refuses to offer any new material. ____ refuses to back off and the two end up in a fairly rowdy shouting match. Eggers leaves the office, only to return later with a lawsuit in her hands -- ____ is being sued for "Undue stress and personal frustration" and she is forced to settle out of court for �750 Simoleons! "Look Elsewhere" 20% Chance ____ thinks about placing a call to Eggers, but thinks better of it and digs deeper into the evidence before her. No further clues emerge, until ____'s eye focus on a comment made by another witness - there were security cameras observing the whole crime scene! ____ make the phone calls and has the camera tapes on her desk within hours, effectively answering all the unanswered questions with the case. The firm is quite impressed with ____'s analysis of the evidence - things are looking up! ____ earns a Logic Skill Point! "Look Elsewhere" 80% Chance The idea of calling Carmen Eggers for another interview crosses ____'s mind, but she casts the thought aside in favour of looking into the other pieces of evidence first. Hours pass by with nothing new popping up and ____ is ultimately awaken by a phone call. It's the police - Carmen Eggers has fled the country! ____ can't believed she misjudged the situation so badly, and apparently, neither can her boss. ____ is demoted back to Legal Biller. ************************** *Personal Injury Attorney* ************************** "____'s latest client has a particularly nasty injury - his foot is stuck to his head after messing with some industrial glue at work. ____ can settle for the cost of her client's medical expenses, or sue her client's employers for the medical expenses plus compensatory damages. ____'s client is mostly at fault for the accident, so the evidence is shaky at best. Then again, it is quite a lot of Simoleons. Which settlement should ____ pursue? "Medical Costs" 80% Chance ____'s client is a clumsy fool and she would hate to punish the company for her client's mistake. The company is more than willing to settle for the medical costs, and just to be good sports, they offer to cover ____'s legal expenses as well. ____ is delighted and she is quick to exchange business cards and keeps up contacts with the company. ____ earns a Charisma Skill Point. "Medical Costs" 20% Chance The client is mostly at fault for the glue accident and ____ isn't interested in pursuing compensatory damages. However, ____ probably should have put up a more threatening claim, like the defence was expecting. The company's lawyers sense weakness in ____'s case due to her bare minimum demands and they counter-attack with full force. ____ finds herself ill-prepared to present what she assumed was an open/shut case and the defence rolls over her case. ____'s client isn't amused - he demends ____ can pay �1125 Simoleons to cover his medical expenses! "Compensatory Damages" 20% Chance ____ can smell a large pile of Simoleons to be earned by winning the case, so she files a claim demanding compensatory damages. The company lawyers weren't expecting such an aggressive case from their injured employee and they quickly seek a settlement. Though ____ doesn't receive quite as many Simoleons as she initially demanded, the amount offered in the compromise is more than enough for all the recipents' "needs". Satisfied, ____ heads home for the day with a bonus of �1350 Simoleons. "Compensatory Damages" 80% Chance ____ is overcome temporarily by the thought of the increased legal fee she would receive if compensatory damages were awarded and she files the claim. The company's lawyers are not amused by ____'s bold demands and they quietly forward a videotape to her office showing ____'s client completely and utterly at fault. ____ realises she has no case and she rescinds the lawsuit. Word soon spreads around town that ____ doesn't know what she is doing and, unable to obtain new clients, is summarily fired! ********************* *Family Law Attorney* ********************* "____ scratches her head in confusion, unable to decide the course of action to take. Greg McPear is suing his mother, ____'s client, for not raising him properly, even though he is a multi-millionaire businessman. ____'s client simply wants the issue to go away and she has given ____ free reign to resolve the issue. ____ can settle with Greg, or counter-sue for slandering the mother. It's a difficult decision and McPear has more than enough money to hire a stellar legal team. "Settle out of Court" 25% Chance The easiest way to get the case out of the way is to settle quickly and out of the public eye. ____ calls Greg McPear and invites him to her office to see if they can come to an agreement. Greg arrives with his mother, both of them sporting huge grins. Unbeknownst to ____, the McPear's pull a prank on one of their lawyers every year and it just so happens to be ____'s turn. ____ doesn't exactly find it amusing, until Greg McPear invites her to start working on his international cases -- ____ has been promoted! "Settle out of Court" 75% Chance ____ decides to settle the case with Greg McPear outside of court and she gives McPear a call. Her client's son promptly arrives and immediately demands his mother to come at once to apologise to her. ____ calls her client, but she refuses to apologise to her "sniveling son" and ____ is left alone. After a few hours of pleading with Greg unsuccessfully the son stomps his feet on the floor and leaves the office. What a terrible waste of an entire day! ____ loses a Charisma Skill Point. "Counter-Sue for Slander" 75% Chance ____ has little patience for those who sue her clients so she quickly files a counter-suit. Greg McPear's office is quite stunned at first, because Greg and his mother have been fighting for years and Mrs. McPear has never had a lawyer that fought back so decisively. Greg McPears rescinds his lawsuit and calls his mother to ask for an emotional settlement instead. Mrs. McPear, glad to be finally rid of the foolish quabble, rewards ____ with the �3000 Simoleons she would have earned had she finished the case in court. "Counter-Sue for Slander" 25% Chance ____ has little interest in listening to Greg McPear whine about his mother, so she counter-sues, hoping that scares him enough to close the issue. Unfortunately, the opposite occurs and Greg ups the ante by offering evidence that his mother conducted illicit business dealings when he was but a boy, "corrupting his ethics permanently". Unaware of her client's business dealings, ____ has little choice but to back down in the face of superior evidence. Mrs. McPear is less than pleased with ____'s ineffectiveness and she informs her that she can find a new client -- ____ has been fired! ******************************** *International Corporate Lawyer* ******************************** "While visiting the country of Hartson on business, ____ meets a young couple - the Mazovs - who tell her that their hotel just stole their luggage and is holding it to ransom. They plead with ____, an international corporate lawyer of great renown, to help them in their time of need. ____ is familar with the laws of Hartson and could lend a legal hand, but then again, she also has work to do for her clients back in Sim City. Should ____ help the Mazovs? "Help the Mazovs" 65% Chance ____ has little tolerance for those who tamper with the law of any country and she immediately agrees to help the Mazovs. An investigation reveals the Mazovs were indeed robbed and the hotel, thinking it is invincible from foreign tourists, openly admits to the theft. ____ places a call to the local magistrate and reminds her of the business her clients will bring to Hartson, the asks the magistrate to correct the current situation. The police sweep in, rescue the luggage, and return it to the Mazovs, who turn out to be movie stars by the names of Natalia Crenshaw and Nigel Seamus. They are looking for a new lawyer -- ____ is promoted to Entertainment Attorney. "Help the Mazovs" 35% Chance ____ jumps into the legal fray and orders the local police chief take action against the hotel. The police chief, a member of the luggage theft ring, ignores the Mazovs and ____ and calls the magistrate to have them evicted from the country. This is unfortunate for ____, as she is removed from Hartson before she can complete her business. The firm back in Sim City is not pleased to hear the news and they refuse to cover the cost of the trip -- ____ must pay �8000 Simoleons out of her own pocket. "Get Back to Work" 35% Chance ____ feels bad about leaving the Mazovs without legal counsel, but she really needs to focus on her client's case instead. Some time later, a co- worker cracks a joke about tourist con-artists, which grabs ____'s attention. Apparently, the Mazovs are really locals who try to deceive foreign businessmen with an elaborate scam about luggage. Relieved, ____ heads home with all her work completed, as well as the satisfaction of not being sucked into an elaborate luggage scam. ____ earns one Logic Skill Point. "Get Back to Work" 65% Chance ____ fights with her conscience for some time and ultimately decides she must focus on her work ahead. The Mazovs leave, furious, and return some time later with the ambassador at their side. The old diplomat is amazed at ____'s selfishness and phones ____'s clients back in Sim City - who just happens to be old friends with the ambassador. They are also displeased, so much that they immediately recall ____ and order her off the case. ____ is demoted to Family Law Attorney. ************************ *Entertainment Attorney* ************************ "____'s client, the world famous actress Natalia Crenshaw, was recently caught smooching her long rumoured boyfriend, Nigel Seamus. ____ received a tip that the tabloid that caught them, The Weekend Star, has doctored the photographs so that it looks like Natalia is slapping Nigel, not kissing him. After all, scandal sells more papers than love! Natalia asks ____ to fix the situation and punish The Weekend Star before they can publish the photos, which she can do quietly by talking to the editors at their office, or by suing them publicly for libel." "Speak with the Editors" 35% Chance ____ opens her rolodex and places a call to the editors of The Weekend Star to plan a business lunch. The two parties meet at the cafe and enjoy their sandwiches before getting down to business. The editors claim they won't publish the false pictures if Natalia announces her relationship with Nigel. ____ doesn't like anyone making threats, especially at her client's expense, so she threatens to leak information to The Weekend Star's competitor if they do not remove the images and story from their paper. The editors agree, after which ____ goes back to work, leaving the editors with the bill. ____ receives two Charisma Skill Points! "Speak with the Editors" 65% Chance ____ figures an intimate meeting with The Weekend Star's Editors is better than a public trial where anything can go wrong, and a lunch meeting is arranged. The editors arrive armed with all sorts of tidbits about Natalia Crenshaw's personal life, little of which ____ can deny. The editors soon realise they have ____ backed into a corner and they force their hand -- ____ will give them exclusive publishing rights to Natalia's life and they agree to be "nice" to her in the future. ____ has little choice and she leaves the meeting humbled. ____ loses two Charisma Skill Points! "Sue for Libel" 65% Chance Plenty can go wrong in a public trial, but ____ also knows it's the best way to bring The Weekend Star to their knees once and for all. ____ pulls off all sorts of favours and assembles a pile of evidence the editors at the Star have no choice of countering. The judge is far more impressed with Natalia and the trial is largely a breeze for ____. At the end, The Weekend Star agrees to no longer publish any articles about Natalia Crenshaw. Furthermore, they pay Natalia a settlement for damages done to her good name. As her lawyer, ____ receives a fee of �37000 Simoleons for her victory in the case! "Sue for Libel" 35% Chance ____ decides to let a court handle the case, as the editors of The Weekend Star are out of control. The initial proceedings go well, though the judge sides with portions of both sides' arguments. Just before ____ presents decisive evidence, the judge passes his ruling in favour of The Weekend Star - the crooks over at the Star bought their victory from the judge! ____ should have known the crooked editors would do anything to win the case and Natalia, publicly humiliated, has no choice but to seek alternative legal counsel. ____ is fired! ********* *The Law* ********* "____ is walking the city streets to make sure every citizen fully understands the laws, when the clouds darken overhead and a cry for help rings out. ____ quickly moves into action and is beside the citizens within minutes. People are naturally terrified of the storm clouds - rightfully so! - as they are not natural, but created with a weather control device. Some citizens are demanding the weather control devices be declared illegal, while others wish for them to be declared lawful. Only The Law -- ____ - can decide!" "Make them Illegal" 15% Chance ____ thinks long and hard - it isn't every day that The Law is changed. Finally, she announces her decision to make the weather control devices illegal for the common Sim to use. Stating that they pose dangers to society that no mere mortal can face alone. ____ offers the crown protection of The Law. Everyone cheers, even those opposed to her decision initially and a great celebration breaks out in the rain. The city, grateful for ____'s decision, pays her �46000 Simoleons as a consultation fee for amending the law! "Make them Illegal" 85% Chance ____ ponders the implications of her decision, and ultimately decides weather control devices should not be legal for people to use. One furious gardener steps forth and explains to ____ how the weather control device saved his crop, and therefore, his entire family. More gardeners and orchard owners come forth with similar stories, followed by those who own winter resorts. Simoleons sometimes overpower the judgement of The Law and ____ is forced to back down for the public's financial well-being. ____ loses 2 Logic Skill Points. "Make them Legal" 85% Chance Power is used responsibly at best, so ____, putting utter faith in the civilians around her, announces the weather control devices will be legal. The crown rejoices and celebrates by eating vegetables freshly grown by the rain storm. Perhaps because they are filled with delicious fresh fruits, the citizens march on city hall and demand they reward ____ for putting people first in her adminstration of The Law. City hall, also familar with common sense, write ____ a check to thank her amounting to �43000 Simoleons. "Make them Legal" 15% Chance ____ doesn't like to use The Law to restrict others, so she decrees weather control devices can be used by anyone at anytime. The crowd reacts well, until a few pranksters turn the rain into snow, causing several in the crowd to freeze over. ____ tries to address the situation by reciting pages of The Law, but the crowd isn't interested and begins burning the pages for warmth. Chaos ensues and ____ is forced to flee the scene. The city isn't pleased and they inform ____ that she should seek other means of employment -- ____ is fired! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [5.04] Journalism ************************** *Yearbook Club Supervisor* ************************** "____ is just about to sign off this year's yearbook for final printing when one of the editors makes a startling discovery - somebody replaced the principal's picture with an image of a toilet. The joke could cost ____ her job and all the students could face serious detention time. On the other hand, the yearbook is already over budget and the principal may find it funny, especially in light of the money that would be saved. Should ____ recall the yearbook to edit the image, or let it remain and hope for the best?" "Recall the Yearbook" 25% Chance ____ isn't about to face the principal's wrath, so she picks up the phone and recalls the yearbook from the publisher. While waiting for the publisher to email the files over, ____ looks over her versions of the yearbook and notices something odd, the principal's picture is normal, not replaced with the toilet. ____ calls the publisher and they admit swapping out the photos as a joke. ____ brings the school district's legal advisors into the fray and within minutes the publisher agrees to pay for the entire yearbook printing, which leaves enough money in the school budget for the principal to award ____ a bonus of �175 Simoleons! "Recall the Yearbook" 75% Chance ____ places a call to the publisher and recalls the yearbook, then proceeds to phone the principal to ask for a bit more money from the school district's budget. After explaining the situation, the principal is livid - he doesn't care about the picture, because in his words he's "not some silly child". The money spent to recall and re-edit the yearbook will cost the district a bit too much and some jobs will need to be eliminated. ____ is fired! "Leave it in" 75% Chance ____ knows the school district cannot afford a yearbook recall, so she takes a chance and tells the publisher to move ahead with the printing. Knowing it's probably best not to leave things to chance, ____ also calls the principal and tells him about the unfortunate error. The principal is a bit annoyed at first, but he ultimately comes around when ____ makes a normally lame joke about toilets and flushing. Before the phone call ends, the principal thanks ____ for making the difficult decision to save the school district money, even at the chance of losing her job. ____ earns a Charisma Skill Point. "Leave it in" 25% Chance ____ assumes that the principal would rather the school stay within budget than have his picture appear correctly in the yearbook, so she calls the publisher and tells them to proceed with the printing. The publisher, not eager to be blamed for the picture swap, calls the principal up as well and explains the situation from their perspective. The principal isn't pleased at all. He calls ____ into his office and orders her to recall the yearbook at her own personal expense. ____ pays �185 Simoleons for the yearbook reprint! ************* *Blog Writer* ************* "____'s Blog is starting to get a decent amount of website traffic, which means site maintenance costs are going up. There are two ways to cover the cost: ____ can begin using banner ads on the site, or she can begin selling t-shirts. Both options have proven to be successful, though banner ads may anger the readers, and t-shirt sales can be a bit of a hassle. What should ____ do to cover the website costs?" "Host Banner Ads" 15% Chance ____ isn't sure what to do, until one of her favourite companies, the Lazy Beans Bean Bag Company - sends her an email asking for ad space. ____ has written numerous articles about the importance of a good bean bag, so she knows having ads for Lazy Beans is completely appropriate. Readers totally agree - the ads start bringing in a great deal of money and the message boards contain very few complaints. Banner ads are a great win! ____ earns a Creativity Skill Point! "Host Banner Ads" 85% Chance ____ figures banner ads will bring in the most money for the least effort, so she posts a link on the site asking for potential advertisers. No businesses email the Blog, but complaints from readers start flooding in. In fact, readers are not only complaining, but they are offering alternatives, most notably, T-Shirt sales. The owners of the blogging service aren't too pleased with ____'s controversial decision and the staff decide it would be best if she went elsewhere -- ____ is fired! "Sell T-Shirts" 85% Chance ____ has a few great T-Shirt ideas floating around in her head and she makes the call to begin selling T-Shirts. The readers react more than favourably and the initial number offered on the site sell out before ____ can even order them from the manufacturer. In fact, ____ believes t-shirt sales will continue so well, that she may be able to get her own website. A consortium of online writers agree and they ask ____ to join them -- ____ is promoted to Internet Movie Critic! "Sell T-Shirts" 15% Chance ____ proposes T-Shirt sales as the way to cover the cost of site maintenance, but the idea isn't too popular. Apparently, one of the other bloggers already sells t-shirts on her own website and she isn't too keen on the idea of a new competitor. Furthermore, the hassles of T-Shirt sales go well above and beyond the time ____ was willing to spend. Until ____ is able to come up with a better option, the blogging service firmly requests ____ pay �254 Simoleons to cover the cost of the blog's hosting. *********************** *Internet Movie Critic* *********************** "____ has just seen one of the worst films in years and it's time to write the review. Unfortunately, the advertising company that gives her the free press movie tickets doesn't look to favourably upon those who write scathing reviews. If ____ writes an honest review, the tickets may stop coming. Then again, if she writes an extremely positive review, her readers may stop coming. What should ____ do?" "Write an Honest Review" 85% Chance ____ loves free movie passes, but the continued success of the site, bolstered by honest reviews, is what she values most. As soon as the review is posted the advertising company calls to demand the removal of the review from the website. ____ refuses to back down and they threaten to stop sending movie passes. The advertising firm realises that ____ is serious, and they rescind their threat - they need ____ to keep writing reviews for her readers, even at the risk of the occasional bad one. It's a big win for ____! ____ earns a Creativity Skill Point. "Write an Honest Review" 15% Chance ____ posts her negative review and, surprisingly enough, complaints begin filing in from the readers. Many of them saw the movie as well and they think ____ is not only being entirely too harsh, but is probably just writing the negative review to be negative for once. Unable to persuade the readers otherwise on the message boards, ____ is left with nothing to do but sit back and sulk at her desk. ____ loses a Creativity Skill Point. "Write a Positive Review" 15% Chance ____ figures it's best to keep the advertising firm happy, and besides, it isn't like a positive review for a bad movie will end the world. Quite the opposite happens, in fact. The movie has record breaking day one sales - it's the bad movie turned blockbuster hit of the summer - and ____ wrote one of the only positive reviews. Readers flock to her site to read the review and website traffic increases exponentially. The increase in site traffic causes ad revenue to increase as well and ____ heads home with a bonus of �325 Simoleons! "Write a Positive Review" 85% Chance ____ posts the positive review of the movie and her worst fears come to life. 99% of film reviewers panned the film. To make matter worst, the advertising firm that gave ____ the tickets publically apologised for promoting the film, cancelled their television ads and warned citizens not to watch the movie. Unfortunately, this leaves ____ in a very, very small minority and she is discredited as a worthy film critic --- ____ is fired! ************** *Fact Checker* ************** "____ is finishing the final pass of the newspaper before it heads to the printers when she finds an error that may not actually be an error. The article in questions says that Hector Reely finished making his first movie when he was 12, but ____ could have sworn that she read on the internet that Reely was really 15 when the movie was made. There's only enough time to comfirm this fact, or read through the rest of the newspaper - is this fact worth checking?" "Check the Fact" 35% Chance ____ think it's best if the facts concerning Reely, a somewhat famous actor, are correct. It turns out that the internet site ____ read about Reely was actually correct - who would have known? ____ swaps out the information so that it's accurate and sends in the manuscript with her comments. The editors in charge are quite impressed with ____'s machine-like attention to detail detail and faces and they decide to promote her to Obituary Writer! "Check the Fact" 65% Chance ____ has to know if her memory is correct so she dives headfirst into the fact sheets regarding Hector Reely. After an hour or two of searching, ____ finds nothing to contradict what's stated in the article - the internet was wrong! During that time, ____ also forgot about her deadline and the newspaper won't be delivered to the printers on time. The editors unaminously decide ____ isn't quite simply for the newspaper and she is demoted to Blog Writer. "Finish Reading" 65% Chance ____ is torn about the one fact, but she knows from experience that there are surely more egregious mistakes in the rest of the article. Sure enough, an entire page of facts pertaining to individuals more famous than Reely glare at ____ from the paper. These are corrected, and the paper is sent off to the printers just in time to hit the deadline. ____'s boss, who has been observing her work the enture time, steps forward to praise ____ for ignoring the trivial facts and heading straight to the important facts - something he looks for in writers. ____ is promoted to Obituary Writer! "Finish Reading" 35% Chance ____ decides to ignore the fact in question to move on to the rest of the paper. ____ quickly breezes through the reminder of the paper without finding any errors, and without thinking, sends it to the printer before double checking the original fact. Ignoring these spare minutes is quite costly for ____, because the obnoxiously arrogant Reely is furious when he reads the error in the preview final draft. Reely begins to throw a tantrum, so to diffuse the situation, ____'s boss informs her that she is fired! ***************** *Obituary Writer* ***************** "The city endures two unexpected deaths in the same day. World renowned astrophysicist Greg Orachi was killed by a falling satellite. Later that day, the sleazy yet beloved actor James "The Coach" MacGruder finally succumbed to old age. Unfortunately for ____, there's only enough room in the paper for one obituary, and the family and fans of both Orachi and MacGruder are demanding their respective death to be honoured in print. Who should ____ write about?" "Greg Orachi" 85% Chance ____ feels wholeheartedly that the much respected Greg Orachi deserves to have an obituary before MacGruder, a man whose scandal filled life is better detailed in a tabloid. The words in the obituary come naturally to ____, and by the time the article is finished, both families are so wowed by the power of her words that silence fills the office. ____'s editors are equally wowed, so much that they decide to pay her a bonus of �450 Simoleons. "Greg Orachi" 15% Chance ____ was never a fan of MacGruder, mostly because the man wasn't that great of an actor. The obituary writeup for MacGruder proceeds smoothly, until one of the senior editors walks in and tells ____ to write about MacGruder instead. There isn't enough time to write about MacGruder, and now, there isn't enough to finish Orachi's obituary, leaving both families unhappy. The paper looks bad and to make amends, ____ is forced to spend �300 Simoleons of her personal money to pay a competing paper to write both obituaries. "James MacGruder" 15% Chance Although Orachi led a more distinguished and respectable life, MacGruder has led a more interesting life. ____ knows quite well that interesting sells newspapers. The newspaper does a rush print job to get MacGruders's obituary on newsstands and papers fly off the shelves faster than they can be stocked. The editors of the staff are extremely pleased with the sales figures and reader reception, all thanks to ____'s judgement and sound writing ability. ____ earns a Creativity Skill Point. "James MacGruder" 85% Chance ____ thinks it will be fun to cover the life of the shady James MacGruder, so she begins researching the actor's life. The results of the research are not as spectular as ____ hoped - it turns out that MacGruder wasn't really shady at all, he just made himself look that way to sell movie tickets. The obituary ends up bring rather unspectaular and uninteresting. In fact, many of ____'s editors even said that she should have made up a few things just to keep it from being so boring. ____ loses a Creativity Skill Point. ****************** *Horoscope Writer* ****************** "____ is roughly woken from a daydream at work with a startling prediction for her next horoscope - it appears that a once in a lifetime occurrence of the stars being perfectly aligned means everyone should propose marrige today. ____ doesn't begin writing, because horoscope writing isn't an exact science, and if she is wrong, thousands of readers could propose before it's the right time! Should ____ instruct her readers to propose, or should she make up another horoscope to play it safe?" "Tell Them to Propose" 75% Chance ____ wants romance to flourish, so she writes for everyone to propose to their loved ones, best friends - anyone they can find! Though a mass love epidemic does not sweep the town, a few stories and comments make their way to the newspaper office - all of them fantastic! ____ is heralded as the city's cupid and is now one of the city's predominant writers. ____ earns a Charisma Skill Point. "Tell Them to Propose" 25% Chance Love is bold and exciting, so ____ instructs her trusting readers to propose and take their relationship to the next step, or for some, immediately up the next three or four. Much to the city's dismay, love and excitement have nothing to do with alignment of the planets, and a massive pile of written compliants being to flood into the office. ____'s boss, the senior editorm orders the mess to be cleaned up and every letter answered with an apology. ____ sits down and begins drafting the apologies, and in the meantime, is forced to spend �850 Simoleons to hire a maid to clean up the pile of letters. "Make Up Something" 25% Chance The idea of the whole city proposing too soon is a bit frightening for ____, so she decides to make up another horoscope instead, without actual scientific evidence to back it. ____ words the horoscope so that, much like a fortune cookie, doesn't actually provide any real information or life direction. Strangely enough, the readers love it and the horoscope column is one of the best received ever. ____ earns two Creativity Skill Points. "Make Up Something" 75% Chance ____ decides to branch out from the scientific evidence to write a horoscope that isn't necessarily accurate. ____ writes for a random chance for a promotion even throws in a few details about everyone's favourite sports team winning big. Unfortunately, readers don't look too kindly on so many random promises that don't quite add up - they want horoscopes backed by scientific evidence like planetary alignments! The editors aren't happy when they learn about ____'s decision, and the unanimously agree it's best she be demoted to Internet Movie Critic. ****************** *Sports Columnist* ****************** "An inside source tells ____ the Slamball Championship being held in downtown Sim City is going to be fixed by the favoured team - the Demon Llamas. ____ could break the story at the risk of exposing her sources, or she could throw down a few Simoleons down to be on an outcome. Granted, ____'s source may not be correct at all and the Demon Llamas will play the game to win. It's a tough decision for any Sports Columnist to make!" "Break the Story" 85% Chance ____ figures breaking the story is the honourable thing to do, so she rushes her column through the editing process and gets it on the street. The public is shocked to read the new and accusations begin flying left and right., Interestingly enough, the Demon Llamas are also shocked. It turns out the team manager intended to bribe the referees to be overly harsh on the Llamas, causing them to lose. The whole conspiracy unravels and ____ is recognised by the papers's editors as one heck of a journalist sleuth, -- ____ is promoted to Investigatory Journalist. "Break the Story" 15% Chance ____ breaks the story and it hits stands. The public outcry is vicious and swift, but as it turns out, all for naught. The Demon Llamas manager is quick to speak with the press and dispels all rumours and the fans watch as the team not only competes normally in the championship game, but wins outright. ____ is called a journalist hack by the public at large and her editors criticise her harshly for publishing such an unfounded rumour. Before they are finished, ____ is told that she is fired! "Bet on the Outcome" 15% Chance ____ is not about to risk the anomymity of her sources - especially not when there's a large amount of Simoleons to be made. ____ places a fairly large bet against the Demon Llamas and sits back to watch the game. Sure enough, the Llamas play poorly and they end up losing 45-4. The fans are saddened, but ____ and a few lucky others walk away from the game with �4000 Simoleons in winnings! "Bet on the Outcome" 85% Chance ____ places a bet against the Demon Llamas and sits back to watch the game. The game begins, and ____ watches as the Demon Llamas play ridiculously well. The clock winds down to just a few minutes and the Demon Llamas take the lead. Frantic, ____ calls her source, only to discover the whole thing was a joke. The game ends with a Demon Llamas victory and ____ faces a bill of �2000 Simoleons! ************************** *Investigatory Journalist* ************************** "____ is tasked by her editors to investigate the economic advantages and disadvantages for families to hire a nanny. ____'s initial research yields interesting results, most notably the conclusion that nannies are a bit less effective in child raising and more expensive in the long run. Before publishing the article, a representive of the Nanny's Union meets with ____ and threatens dire consequences if the article hits news stands. ____ is faced with a bit of a dilemma - should she publish the article, or withdraw it?" "Publish the Article" 75% Chance ____ stands by her article and informs the Nanny's Union representive it will be published. Flustered, the nanny proceeds to argue some more with ____ before being escorted out by security. The editors are even pleased with ____'s refusal to back down, even in the light of controversy, and they think it's time for a new assignment. ____ is going to be a magazine editor! "Publish the Article" 25% Chance ____ doesn't like threats, so she decides to publish the article to spite the nanny representive. The article has the opposite reaction both ____ and the nannies expected - families all over the city hate somebody telling them their current living practices are wrong and costly! Complaints begin flooding the office and nanny contracts around the city actually increase. ____'s editors are convinced she could have conveyed the information in a more appealing manner and they feel punishment is in order - ____ is demoted to Obituary Writer! "Withdraw the Article" 25% Chance ____'s intent wasn't to anger the noble workers about the city, so she agrees to rescind the article. Instead, both parties agree to develop an in-depth interview feature series aimed at promoting cooperation between parents, nannies, and the city to improve everyone's life. ____'s editors are thrilled with the new development and they allocate a large portion of the budget to support the endeavour -- �27000 Simoleons of which goes directly to ____'s pocket! "Withdraw the Article" 75% Chance ____ withdraws her article to not offend the Nanny's Union, and the representive quietly leaves. Later that day, a competing newspaper publishes an article similar to the one ____ withheld, and the paper is praised for its in-depth, hard hitting and honest reporting on behalf of the citizens of the city. The editors come down hard on ____ for backing down when faced with controversy. Unfortunately for ____, they decide there isn't a place at the paper for someone who does such a thing -- ____ is fired! ***************** *Magazine Editor* ***************** "One of ____'s columnists, Sally O'Neill, submits a story that has a lot of potential, but is full of errors and the deadline is now. This isn't the first time Sally has presented a sloppy column, but it's difficult to scold her - she's the publisher's niece. Should ____ rewrite the column completely, or call Sally into the office to fix her own work?" "Rewrite the Column" 25% Chance ____ grabs her red pen and starts writing. After some time, the column has been properly re-worked enough to type it back up and send it off to design for formatting. The publisher happens to be in the office for a surprise inspection and he reads over the column, only to discover it wasn't his niece's writing style. He storms over to his niece's office and lectures her for letting others to do her work, then praises ____ for another fantastic piece. To sweeten the deal even more, he pays ____ �34000 Simoleons -- the money his niece would have earned for writing the column! "Rewrite the Column" 75% Chance ____ starts rewriting Sally's column and adter a few hours ends up with something she is satisified with. Shortly after ____ sends the piece off to the design department for formatting, Herbert O'Neill, the publisher, gives her a call. Apparently, he read ____'s rewritten column while doing a walkthrough tour of the design department and he isn't pleased. Though he loves ____'s revisions, he informs her that he pays her to be a Magazine Editor, not his spoiled niece's grammar servent. He's decided to wash his hands of the whole affair, which means both Sally O'Neill and ____ are out of a job! "Call Sally" 75% Chance ____ is tired of correcting Sally's screw ups, because such poor writing has no place at the magazine. Sally threatens ____ with her uncle's wrath, but ____ stands firm and orders the girl in to edit her piece. It is soon clear that Sally doesn't know what she's doing and ____ is forced to pull the piece from the issue and fire Sally. Sally's uncle is briefly saddened, but delighted to hear the issue has been resolved and he pays ____ �37000 Simoleons as a bonus to compensate for frustrations involving his niece. "Call Sally" 25% Chance ____ order Sally O'Neill back into the office to clean up her column. The girl is not happy that her typical day at the pool was interruped and she quickly calls her uncle. Herbert O'Neill does not like to see his niece unhappy, but he really doesn't like to see his editors forcing writers, even bad writers, to edit their own work. Herbert decides that it's best ____ is sent back into the field, because she isn't working out as an editor. ____ is demoted to Investigatory Journalist! *************** *Media Magnate* *************** "____ spins in her chair to start at a map covering the wall, with each of her media companies denoted by a red sticker. It's decision time for ____, because the investors are demanding ____ acquire more newspapers and television stations to increase profits. However, members of ____'s staff disagree with this - they want fewer newspapers so they can focus on individual communities and improve profits via quality. ____ needs to make a business recommendation to the board members - what should she advise?" "Acquire More Companies" 25% Chance ____ favours the bold strategy of acquisition, so she proposes a list of five great new media outlets to be purchased immediately. The board agrees, and the staff, though upset ____ didn't side with them, do like the idea of working alongside these new partners. Negotiations begin immediately and ____'s stock starts climbing as press outlets ____ own leak the news to the press. ____ receives a stock dividend of �63000 Simoleons! "Acquire More Companies" 75% Chance ____ is so scared of the notion of downsizing, so she asks the board for funds to proceed with a string of new acquisitions. The board finances the money, but ____'s staff begin demanding higher salaries in protest of the decision. ____ finds herself caught between a very expensive decision and after stalling for too long, the board removes her from her position -- ____ has been fired! "Revert to Fewer Companies" 75% Chance Several of ____'s staff members propose a large list of feature stories to start writing if given the chance to focus on fewer communities. ____, impressed by the great deal of effort and fantastic ideas, gives her staff the go-ahead and she advises the board of her decision. The board isn't 100% in agreement, but they like what they see and give ____ their approval. Local communities immediately feel the warm embrace of ____'s media companies and raings begin to soar across the board. This, of course, translates to profits for ____ to the tune of �48000 Simoleons! "Revert to Fewer Companies" 25% Chance ____ wants to look out for the little Sim, so she gives her staff the go ahead on for more local level stories and features. The staff let forth a whoop of excitement, but it's cut short by the arrival of several board members. None of them look too happy, which is soon explained by the document in their hands that shows what investors think of the new downsizing initiative. Stock prices are plummeting now that ____'s company is shrinking, not growing, and the board is not ready to accept the figures. They inform ____ that she is to immediately step down as head of the company -- ____ is demoted to Investigatory Journalist. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [5.05] Music ******************** *Record Store Clerk* ******************** "____ is daydreaming while lazing organising the country music section of the store when a man walks in and ask to buy a copy of "Love, Forever, Now and Then", a critically panned album that sold well amongst the masses. ____ really doesn't want to sell the album to anyone, but then again, the store owner would be furious if she let her opinion ruin a sale. All eyes are on ____ - she could dig up a copy of "Love, Forever, Now and Then" or recommend something else?" "Sell the Album" 75% Chance It isn't ____'s problem that somebody else has terrible taste in music, so she points the customer towards the Good Lovin' Feelings aisle and goes back to reorganising the country music section. After some time the bell at the register rings and ____ looks up to see the customer waiting with a small mountain of albums. It appears the customer is a Good Lovin' Feelings fanatic and has bought up the entire inventory. ____ earns a pretty hefty commission of �185 Simoleons for her lack of effort! "Sell the Album" 25% Chance ____ is more concerned with keeping her job than helping people listen to quality music, so she points to the Good Lovin' Feelings aisle and goes back to reorganising the country music section. ____'s boss watches the whole thing transpire and storms up to ____ furiously. "How can you let that customer buy that terrible album!" he shouts. ____ doesn't really have an answer and she is lectured to on the importance of only selling good music to customers. Unfortunately for ____ the lecture ends with her being fired. "Recommend Something Else" 25% Chance The success of "Love, Forver, Now and Then" is mind-boggling to ____, an aspiring musician, and she instantly seeks to steer the customer clear of the record. Though the customer stubbornly refuses to consider another album at first, he soon sets his sights on "Distorted Love," a heavy metal version of "Love, Forver, Now and Then" that ____ loves. The customer leaves completely satisified and ____, her rock essence appeased, settles back into reorganising the country music section. ____ earns a Charisma Skill Point. "Recommend Something Else" 75% Chance ____'s musical conscience is screaming for justice! She leaves the country music section and begins to show the customer a great variety of music that is better, much better, than "Love, Forever, Now and Then" album. However, the customer only becomes increasingly annoyed as ____ shows him yet another album that isn't "Love, Forever, Now and Then" and finally he demands to speak to a manager. ____'s boss isn't too happy to hear the customer complaint and she is fired for harassing customers. ************* *Piano Tuner* ************* "____ finishes tuning a piano to perfection when her cell phone rings - the Sim City concert hall is in need of an expert piano tuner to tweak their class grand piano for the concert of the world renowned tenor, Arito Mippaloti. As always, special considerations must be taken into account. Mippaloti demands the piano be improperly tuned to make his voice sound better in comparison. The task is simple enough for ____, but could damage her reputation in the long run. Should ____ tune away or is it time to say arrivederci?" "Tune the Piano" 25% Chance ____ takes pride in her work, but she also enjoys the fame and respect that comes with working alongside Mippaloti's specifications quickly enough and ____ is allowed to sit back and watch the show. Unexpectedly, the chord emanating from the piano are strangely beautiful -- ____'s tuning has revolutionarily changed the sound of the piano into something great, not bad at all! Mippaloti knows a good thing when he hears it, even if it wasn't what he expected, and he asks ____ to work at his coffee shop -- ____ is promoted to Coffee Shop Sound Engineer! "Tune the Piano" 75% Chance The threat of a ruined reputation is overshadowed by the thought of working alongside Arito Mippaloti, so ____ gets to work tuning the piano. The concert comes and goes with the crowd showing little interest due to the sub par sounds emanating from the stage. Mippaloti, quick to save his career, convinces one reviewer after the show that the piano wasn't tuned properly and places the blame squarely on the shoulders of ____. The reviews aren't kind and ____'s career suffers from Mippaloti's treachery - she is fired! "Decline the Job" 75% Chance Tuning the piano for the Arita Mippaloti concert is a huge deal, but being paid to do it improperly just doesn't sit well with ____. Mippaloti is furious to see his request denied, but he has great respect for ____'s integrity and agrees to let her tune his piano properly. The ensuing concert is fantastic and the fans are once again stunned by Mippaloti's brillant performance. Meanwhile, ____'s name is being passed around the musicial circles as someone whose integrity and skill is without question! ____ earns a Logic skill point. "Decline the Job" 25% Chance ____ is confident her integrity will take her further than a quick job with Mippaloti, so she declines the job and returns to her daily tuning duties. Mippaloti does not like having his offer refused and he sends his cronies off at once to make short work of ____'s reputation. By the afternoon, ____ cannot find a job anywhere and nobody will let her near their piano. ____'s boss isn't pleased and she demotes her back to Record Store Clerk until Mippaloti cools off. **************************** *Coffee Shop Sound Engineer* **************************** "____ lets some of her co-workers borrow the Coffee Shop's sound equipment for their rock concert at a local club. Unfortunately, they blew out one of the more expensive amplifiers and don't have the money to replace it. The amplifier is ____'s responsibility and there are only a few options. ____ could simply replace the amp on her own, or put it in storage and hope nobody notices." "Buy a New Amp" 85% Chance ____ knows she messed up by letting others borrow the amplifier, so she heads to the local music store and buys an amp to replace the broken one. Things get a little complicated when the coffee shop owner pulls up behind ____ in line - she knows ____ isn't paid enough to afford an amp for herself and she demands an explanation. ____ comes clean and her boss, impressed with her honesty, decides to cover the cost of the amp and invites ____ to apply her honesty as a Summer Camp Music Teacher -- ____ is promoted! "Buy a New Amp" 15% Chance ____ heads to the local music store to buy a new amp for the coffee shop. Later that afternoon with the new amp safely in place in the storage room, ____'s boss, thinking the amp is still the old amp, throws it away and replaces it with yet another amp. A victim of unfortunate timing and taking care of things herself, ____ is forced to pay �850 Simoleons to cover the cost of the new amp sitting in the garbage. "Look the Other way" 15% Chance ____ feels bad about not buying a new amplifier for the coffee shop, but she doesn't make enough money to replace it. A few hours passes without incident until the coffee shop owner enters the storage room and finds the broken amp. ____ braces for anger and accusations, but the supervisor merely shrugs, takes the amp out to the garbage, and orders a new one on the phone. ____ earns a Creativity Skill Point. "Look the Other Way" 85% Chance ____ cycles through the mental list of options and ultimately decides to just put the broken amp in the storage room and hope for the best. Most of the day passes without incident until the coffee shop owner announces a surprise inventory assessment to appease the company accountants. ____ has little choice but to explain the broken amp when the inspection comes across it. ____'s boss is furious with her for not telling anyone about the busted amp and she fires her for dishonesty!" *************************** *Summer Camp Music Teacher* *************************** "One of the camp sessions is drawing to a close, which mean it's time for the traditional camper music showcase performed for the parents. Most of the program is filled up, but there's still one more hole in the schedule that needs to be plugged with something. ____ really likes the campfire classic "Don't Step on my Smore", but the camp director is dropping not so subtle hints that she would like to hear something a bit more comtemporary like "Bunks are for Spunks". The program fliers need to head to the printers and ____ must make a decision!" "Don't Step on my Smore" 20% Chance The camp director runs the show, but ____ is the music teacher on the ground floor and she wants her campers to sing "Don't Step on my Smore". As it turns out, the song is not only remembered by parents, it's a beloved part of their childhood. Just as the camp director leaves her seat to stop the song, the entire audience stands to join in with the campers. It's a very powerful moment and even the bitter camp director is inclined to stand back and enjoy the memories. ____ earns a Charisma Skill Point! "Don't Step on my Smore" 80% Chance ____ doesn't like to rock the boat, but the parents expect their children to sing "Don't Step on my Smore" at the camper music showcase. The camp directly is clearly displeased when the children starting singing the song, but not as displeased as the parents who've grown to hate the song after hearing it every summer of their life. Parents start booing their children and the campground erupts into a heart wrenching, emotional scene. The camp directly pulls ____ aside at the end of the showcase and tells her she will not tolerate people ignoring her wishes -- ____ is fired! "Bunks are for Spunks" 80% Chance ____ isn't about to go against the wishes of the camp director, even if she rather play "Don't Step on my Smore". As much as she hates to admit it, the camp director is right about "Bunks are for Spunks." The parents love the new song and it becomes an instant campground classic. At the end of the showcase, the camp director approaches ____ and thanks her for singing the new song. She also tells ____ that she has some contacts in the industry looking for individuals with sound judgement -- ____ is promoted to Battle of the Bands Judge! "Bunks are for Spunks" 20% Chance ____ feels "Don't Step on my Smore" is a better song than "Bunks are for Spunks", but she isn't about to argue with the camp director. The showcase goes well until the last song. The parents expected to hear "Don't Step on my Smore", but ____ played "Bunks are for Spinks" instead. Parents begin demanding a full refund, because their children didn't learn to sing "Don't Step on my Smore". ____ tries to explain the situation, but the camp director cuts her off and tells the crowd that ____ didn't want to sing "Don't Step on my Smore". The crowd is shocked and they demand ____ be removed -- ____ is fired! *************************** *Battle of the Bands Judge* *************************** "____ has just finished watching the final band's performance and the time to vote has arrived. Two bands stand out as the best choices for ____, though assigning her vote to one of them isn't so simple. The Green Rhinos, a popular local band, have ridiculously good stage persence but virtually zero talent. The Macho Rockers, a little known band from the next town over, aren't quite as popular but they're extremely talented musicians. Who should receive ____'s vote? "The Green Rhinos" 25% Chance ____ can't stop smiling to the Green Rhinos' stage antics and if she hums it just right, their hit single actually sounds pretty good. The other judges agree with ____ and the Green Rhinos sweep the rest of the competition. The crowd go wild and the Rhinos take the stage once more for a killer encore. At the end of the show. the venue owners pull ____ aside and thank her for picking the Rhinos - the encore caused people to stay at the show longer than expected and the concession stand sales went through the roof. The owners decide to show their appreciation with a check for �2000 Simoleons. "The Green Rhinos" 75% Chance Talent is important, but the love of the crowd outweighs it every time. ____ votes for the Green Rhinos, much to the dismay of the other judges on the panel. ____ tries to convince the other judges by pointing out the adoring fans, but they shoot her down and say talent should override everything. Unable to convince the other judges to vote for the Rhinos, ____ is forced to vote for the Macho Rockers and the crowd is furious! It won't be easy for ____ to get out of here! ____ loses a Charisma Skill Point! "The Macho Rockers" 75% Chance Not only do The Macho Rockers have a killer sound, but they have an awesome band name that ____ really digs. Though the crowd really favours The Green Rhinos, ____ wants to reward talent and the other judges feel the same. Thankfully, the crowd is okay with the ruling. Just before heading home, one of the judges pull ____ aside and praises her for her knack for spotting great talent. The judge puts a word in with a friend of his and ____ is promoted to Roadie! "The Macho Rockers" 25% Chance ____ decides to side with talent over popularity, a crucial mistake in the music business. A few of the other judges disagree with ____, but not enough to overturn a vote in favour of The Macho Rockers. The crowd is really unhappy with the ruling and the local record company, unhappy that they must sign a deal with The Macho Rockers instead of the Green Rhinos, cancels all future Battle of the Bands competitions -- ____ is fired! ******** *Roadie* ******** "While the band performs on stage, ____ and her coworkers take a break back stage after the exhausting work of stage set up. Suddenly a frantic voice chimes in on the walkie talkies -- one of the speakers hanging above the stage is about to break loose. To make matters worse, the lead guitarist has just begun his solo and he's standing underneath the speaker. ____ can risk her life and try to re-fasten the chains holding onto the speaker, or she can interrupt the band and warn them off the stage. Time is running out! "Climb into the Rafters" 75% Chance ____ climbs into the rafters above the stage to re-fasten the dangling speaker. She moves closer to the speaker but it's just out of reach. Suddenly, the band hits a killer note and the soundwaves push the speaker just one step closer to snapping. With time running out, ____ jumps from the rafters, grabs the chain, swings to the other side of the rafters and re-attaches the chain. The crowd sees the whole thing and goes nuts, because they think it's all a part of the show. The band promises to write a song in ____'s honour after they learn about her lifesaving antics from the show. ____ earns a Mechanical Skill Point! "Climb into the Rafters" 25% Chance Though the others urge ____ to just interrupt the concert, she refuses and says "you can't stop the rock" before climbing into the rafters. While working on re-fastening on the chain connected to the speaker, the lead guitarist enters the best part of his solo and districts ____ enough that she yanks on the chain. The speaker falls to the stage, luckily missing the lead guitarist and crushing his amp instead. Silence rips through the auditorium and all eyes are on ____. When ____ climbs down from the rafters, the band's manager meets her with some harsh and unfortunate words -- ____ has been demoted! "Interrupt the Concert" 25% Chance It's bad form to interrupt an awesome rock concert in progress, but ____ knows this is the time to do it. ____ runs to the sound board to kill the sound, then gets on the microphone system just in time to warn the band off the stage. The crowd is temporarily terrified, but after the roadie crew double checks the remaining equipment, the concert resumes and all is well. The guitarist is extremely relieved and he rewards ____ with a bonus of �8600 Simoleons to show his thanks! "Interrupt the Concert" 75% Chance ____ hates the idea of killing the music, but she thinks it's the only way to prevent disaster. ____ kills the sound and warns the band, but unfortunately is too late and the speaker falls on top of the guitarist's boot. The band is furious at the roadie crew for not stopping the speaker in time and blames ____ in particular for shoddy workmanship on installing the speaker. Luckily, ____ is able to keep her job, though the guitarist does inform her that she must pay the �6500 Simoleons doctor's bill. ***************** *Studio Musician* ***************** "____ is asked by Fierce Cars, a multiple platinum selling band, to play piano on a few tracks on their upcoming album. Unfortunately, ____ already agreed to work with the less popular but equally talented band Gato's Fury on their upcoming album. ____ only has room on her schedule to play for one of the bands - either choice could make or break her career. Who should ____ play piano for?" "Fierce Cars" 20% Chance ____ hates to break her agreement with Gato's Fury, but she really can't pass up a recording deal with Fierce Cars. The recording sessions go incredibly well and ___ is really proud of her work on the song. Fierce Cats agree and wants ____ to open for them on tour. The offer is extended and once again, ____ cannot refuse! ____ is promoted to Concert Pianist! "Fierce Cars" 80% Chance ____'s recording sessions with Fierce Cars is going quite well and the band agrees. Everyone is pretty sure the Fierce Cars have another colossial hit on their hands, until the first reviews start coming in - the album is a critical flop! To make things worse, ____'s piano contributions are singled out in some of the reviews as some of the worst parts of the new album. Things aren't looking so good for ____'s future career! ____ loses two Creativity Skill Points. "Gato's Fury" 80% Chance As much as ____ loves the music of Fierce Cars, she agreed to play with Gato's Fury and she would rather not go back on her promise. A few of the tracks on the album are a bit rough at first, but ____ is able to experiment a bit and she and Gato's Fury manage to produce one of the most creative, inventive records of the decades. Fan and critics both agree that the album is the de facto breakout record for the band and ____ is paid �15000 Simoleons from the band for a job well done! "Gato's Fury" 20% Chance ____ is a big fan of Gato's Fury and she doesn't want to cancel her contract, so she declines the offer from Fierce Cars and starts working on the new album. Things don't go so well, as the producers and band members can't agree on the sound for the album and ____ is unfortunately caught in the middle. The album release to little critical fanfare and ____ is credited on the album as the one that led to the breakup of Gato's Fury. ____ loses 2 Logic Skill Points. ***************** *Concert Pianist* ***************** "____ is playing a concert with her long time piano rival, Francesca Luchesi. Francesca wants to perform several duets onstage with ____, and ____ sees this as an opportunity to get even. ____ could make subtle changes to her performance to offset the pace and mess up Francesca, or she can play along as planned and let her rival leave the concert unscathed. How will the concert proceed?" "Alter the Music" 45% Chance ____ decides to change the music just a bit to throw Lichesi off. Remarkably, Luchesi keeps pace with her and never misses a single beat. ____ improvises more and more, but Luchesi never fails to hit the right note, though she is playing a bit more frantically than usual. At the end of the concert, both Luchesi and ____ rise to a standing ovation the likes of which the concert hall has never seen. The improvisation of the two artists simply amazes the crowd and shows the rivals that they might be able to work together, after all. ____ earns two Creativity Skill Points. "Alter the Music" 55% Chance ____ decides to be a bit mischievous and starts altering the musical piece. Luchesi is caught completely unaware and the piano diva immediately stops playing. The crowd demands an explanation and Luchesi points a finger and calls fowl play on ____. The crowd is furious, but it's the critics who are the most merciless. ____ is written up in the paper as a self-serving hack and a failure as an artist. It'll be difficult booking shows in the future! ____ loses two Charisma Skill Points! "Play Nice" 55% Chance ____ isn't about to be a crummy musician, so she plays the piece as it was meant to be played. The performance is flawless and Luchesi and ____ really begin playing together. The audience is so in love with the duet that they demand an encore - before long, promoters from all over the country are asking for Luchesi and ____ to perform in their concert halls. ____ soon begins passing hand and ____ isn't left out in the cold -- ____ receives a cash bonus of �32000 Simoleons! "Play Nice" 45% Chance ____ decides to look past the rivalry that has plauged her and Luchesi's career for so long and plays the piece correctly. Unfortunately, Luchesi hasn't matured quite as much and she begins to sabotage the duet to make ____ look incompetent. The crowd soon begins booing and Luchesi points an accusatory finger at ____ - everyone in the concert hall buys the lie and ____ is forced to flee in shame. The concert promoters are not too happy with ____'s performance and they fire her immediately. ******************** *Symphony Conductor* ******************** "____ isn't sure how to proceed with her final concert piece. The piece, A Bombastic Overture in D Major, has an ending that must be carried out flawlessly, or not at all! ____ is confident there are only two ways to conduct the symphony leading to the final note. The obvious first choice is use a slight crescendo to gently lead the symphony into the fantastic final note. ____ could also conduct a strong fortissimo entrance - begin loud and finish that way. ____ must wow the audience - will it be with a crescendo or fortissimo?" "Crescendo" 55% Chance ____ values a delicate entrance over bombastic fortissimo, so she gently swirls her arms to indicate a crescendo. The symphone complies marvelously and the crowd's breath is taken away as the final note rings true over the perfect harmonics of the concert hall. As the last instrument is lowered, ____ turns about to face a standing audience throwing roses upon the director's podium - what a marvelous evening! ____ receives two Creativity Skill Points! "Crescendo" 45% Chance ____ waves her hands to signal a crescendo and the symphony immediately complies. Sadly, they start the crescendo a bit too low and the sound level is dropped below levels recognisable by human ears. The crowd begins to leave, thinking the concert is at an end. The concert promoters are not to happy when complaints start rolling in and somebody needs to face the consequences. ____ is demoted to Studio Musician to "better learn the execution of the crescendo". "Fortissimo" 45% Chance ____ led the orchestra to begin strong, so she thinks it's only best to finish strong. With an epic surge in upper body movement, the symphony is conducted into a Fortissimo ending. The crowd, not expecting such a vibrant surge of energy, immediately stand to cheer before the music even finishes. The International Panel of Musical Performance convenes to analyse ____'s performance and the only results that she should be a Rock God -- ____ is promoted! "Fortissimo" 55% Chance ____ wants to wow the crowd, so she conducts the symphony into the fortissimo ending. Much to the crowd's dismay, ____ was never told that the sound levels of the concert hall were tweaked to allow for maximum volume. The fortissimo ending causes ear damage for the majority of the crowd and the first law suits hit the stage before the final note is played. Luckily, ____ has a good lawyer and she is only forced to pay a �18000 Simoleon fine. ********** *Rock God* ********** "____ is using her incredible musical power to rock harder than ever before when the crowd demands a stage dive from their favourite Rock God. ____ would love to perform the stage dives, but she has heard some pretty bad things about Rock Gods that leapt off the stage, never to be heard from again. Should ____ leap off the stage into the loving embrace of the crowd, or appease them from the stage with another killer solo?" "Stage Dive" 35% Chance ____ is a Rock God - she fears no adoring fan. ____ starts back at the drum set to get a full running start and rockets at full speed into the crowd. The fans catch her and begin pushing her atop their arms all over the stadium in what soon turns into the greatest crowd surfing ever seen on the planet. Every rock magazine heralds ____ as the beginning and end of rock and concert promoters immediately start paying serious cash to reserve a ____ concert -- ____ receives �48000 Simoleons! "Stage Dive" 65% Chance ____ belives there is nothing to fear from the crowd, so she gets a running start and rockets full tilt into the cloud. However, the crowd wasn't actually yelling stage dive and nobody manages to catch ____. On her way to the emergency clinic behind the stage, ____ is informed that the crowd was actually yelling the name Dave Mide - the bass player for ____'s band. Less popular than the bass player, the band's manager decides that ____ should take a step back and practice a bit more - ____ has been demoted to Studio Musician! "Killer Solo" 65% Chance ____ is a bit worried about the uncertainties of a stage dive, so she instead rips into an incredible new guitar solo the likes of which the crowd has never seen. Everyone in the audience soon forgets about the stage dive request. Indeed, nobody has ever really experienced the full, raw power of a ____ solo and the words "stage dive" are now known as the international call for a ____ solo. Many rock bands around the world want to learn the power ____ wields and her manager hands ____ �36000 Simoleons in rock solo consultation fees! "Killer Solo" 35% Chance ____ decide to kick it into high gear with yet another ridiculously awesome solo, but the crowd, apparently soloed out, doesn't accept the new jams with glee. Instead, people begin filing out of the auditorium chanting the words "____ is a coward". Word soon gets around that ____ the Rock God is afraid to stage dive and venues around the world immediately begin canceling show dates. ____ tries to smooth things over with an encore, but ____'s manager meets her at the end of the show to inform her she is fired. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [5.06] Adventurer ********************* *Ambassador's Intern* ********************* "____ is following her standard morning routine take care of things for the ambassador, who is out of town, when trouble strikes the embassy. The local population is most displeased with the ambassador's dietary habits - apparently, grilled cheese is not an acceptable food for many people in the country, for reasons unknown. ____ must make a decision to fix the situation. Should she remove grilled cheese from the menu to appease the local population, or is it her duty to keep grilled cheese for the ambassador at all costs?" "No More Grilled Cheese" 65% Chance When caught between the appetite of the ambassador, who isn't present, and the angry crowd outside her window, ____ readily chooeses to remove grilled cheese from the embassy menu. To take full advantage of the crowd's passion and emotions, ____ ceremoniously steps on a grilled cheese sandwich atop the embassy roof to great applause. The ambassador returns shortly to find he may no longer indulge in his beloved grilled cheese, but he appreciates ____'s dedication to piece at all costs. The ambassador pulls some strings with a few peers in the Ministry of Adventure and has ____ promoted to Spelunker! "No More Grilled Cheese" 35% Chance The public is thrilled when ____ announces there will never be another grilled cheese sandwich eaten in the embassy. This makes the reality that much harder to grasp when the ambassador returns to paint a clear picture for ____. By agreeing to the demands of the Anti-Cheesists, a minority dringe political party, ____ has forced their agenda before the entire government . Not pleased with the redistribution of political power, or the possibility of no more grilled cheese, the local government demands the ambassador to make amends. He accomplishes just that by firing ____. "Grilled Cheese Forever!" 35% Chance ____ knows the political situation could erupt at any moment, but the embassy stands on sovereign ground and she is not willing to discard the ambassador's right to delicious grilled cheese. ____ addresses the crowd outside and tells them exacly what she is thinking, which initially takes them by surprise. Soon, the crowd dissipates, and only the Anti-Cheesists rabble rousers are left. The local government and the ambassador are delighted with ____ for standing up to the Anti-Cheesists, and both dips into their budget to reward ____ with �350 Simoleons! "Grilled Cheese Forever!" 65% Chance ____ refuses to bow to the threats of the crowds - at least, not at the expense of the ambassador's right to consume delicious grilled cheese. The crowd does not take kindly to ____'s announcement and they begin heaving large quantities of melted cheese at the embassy. Before long, the building is covered in cheese and the smell is not too pleasent. The ambassador returns to discover his embassy covered in cheese that is not-too-fragrant and his appetite for grilled cheese quickly disappearing. The ambassador is able to arrange a cease fire when he announces that ____ will be finded �350 Simoleons to cover the cost of damages and emotion turmoil amongst the locals. *********** *Spelunker* *********** "____ stops atop a large hill looking into a vast cave, and perhaps the greatest discovery find by an adventurer in the last century. She is eager to begin spelunking, but unfortunately, a small group of environmentalists are not too happy about her foray into the cave, as they believe is contains a rare species of worm that may become extinct if their habitat is disturbed. ____ doesn't want to hurt any worms, but she also doesn't want to miss out on what could be on of the last unexplored caves. What should ____ do?" "Enter the Cave" 50% Chance ____ has sprelunked for too long and too hard to pass up this opportunity - even if some worms are endangered. After a quick check of her rapelling equipment, ____ leaps into the abyss of the cave. What she finds is nothing short of incredible - waterfalls, ruby encrusted stalagmites, and best of all, a huge thriving colony of two headed glowing worms. ____ carefully takes a few photographs and a sample of the rock within the cave without disturbing the worms. She then returns to the surface a hero of the environmental, science, and spelunking communities - essentially, a de facto Multiregional Sim of Some Question. ____ is promoted! "Enter the Cave" 50% Chance ____ isn't going to miss the chance to do some sprelunking - worms or no worms! ____ is descending into the cave, the environmentalists untie her rope, causing her to fall to the bottom of the cave. As that wasn't painful enough, ____ comes face to face with one of the worms, a huge, 7 foot, stinky worm. ____ lets out a yelp and barely scrambles out of the cave with her life, much to the amusement of the environmentalists. ____ stops by the hospital on her way home, at the cost of �275 Simoleons! "Abandon the Expedition" 50% Chance ____ is incredibly torn, but she knows that spelunking purely for the sake of spelunking, especially at the expense of worms, is bad form. ____ tells the environmentalists that she's abandoning the expedition in favour of preserving the worms. Cheers erupt from the crowd and ____ reluctantly accepts her status as the Champion of Worms. On her way home, ____ receives a call from her boss telling her she will be compensated with �350 Simoleons for saving the worms - not bad after all! "Abandon the Expedition" 50% Chance ____ doesn't like the look in the eyes of the environmentalists - she is a spelunker and tells the environmentalists they may have their worms. Frustrated to the point of carelessness, ____ yanks on her rope, accidently pulling it loose. A gigantic boulder rolls into the cave, which causes a massive cave in. Not only has ____ ruined the cave for future spelunking, she may or may not have killed the worms that may or may not even exist! ____'s employers at the Ministry of Adventure receive so many complaints that they are forced to fire her! ************************************ *Multiregional Sim of Some Question* ************************************ "Around the turn of the century, Gregory Landgrabb, a humble school teacher. suddenly came into a great deal of money and became one of the wealthest landowners around. This was never explains, though many theories suggest foul play and the Ministry of Adventure has tasked ____ with solving the case, once and for all. After a great deal of research, ____ believes one of two people will have the answers she needs: Spencer Oswald, the Landgrabb's accountant, or the local fortune teller, the gypsy. Who should ____ bring in for questioning?" "Spencer Oswald" 85% Chance ____ belives its best to head straight to the source, and you can't dig any deeper than an accountant. Spencer agrees to meet her at his office for lunch. "The Landgrabbs are honest now, though it wasn't always so," explains Spencer. He props up his feet on his desk and begins a tale of love, intrigue, and illegal land dealings. Spencer reveals all -- confident the statute of limitations is long expired on the issue. ____ thanks him for his time and drafts her report to the Ministry of Adventure, who are delighted. ____ receives a Logic Skill Point! "Spencer Oswald" 15% Chance ____ places a phone call to Spencer Oswald to set up an interview, with no luck. After several hours, Spencer's secretary answers the phone and she politely informs ____ that Spencer has no interest in speaking with her. Believing this is a sign of guilt, ____ infiltrates the Oswald home to search for clues, only to find Spencer celebrating his birthday amongst close friends. Spencer furiously explains he knows nothing about his ancestor and promptly throws ____ out, after which he calls the Ministry of Adventure to lodge an complaint. To save face, the Ministry orders ____ back to the caves and demotes her to Spelunker. "The Gypsy" 15% Chance It is sometimes best to question the mysterious for facts, something a Multiregional Sim of Some Question knows all too well. ____ arrives at her appointment with the gypsy to find her gazing deeply into a crystal ball. Suddenly, the gypsy's house begins to shake wildly and a scene depicting Gregory Landgrabb and some shady figures appear in mists above the table. ____ catches the entire story, pays the gypsy, and heads home to draft her report. The Ministry is impressed with ____'s willingness to venture into the unknown and promotes her to Deep Sea Excavator! "The Gypsy" 85% Chance ____ has worked with the gypsy in the past, so she is confident she can help her solve the Landgrabb Conspiracy. ____ arrives at the gypsy's house to find her searching the crystal ball for answers. Hours drag by and answers fail to materialise. To pass the time, ____ shoots a quick phone call to Spencer Oswald. Apparently, Oswald has left town for "business!" Too little, too late, ____ calls the Ministry to issue her report. Displeased, but understanding, the Ministry lets ____ off easy with a demotion to Spelunker! ******************** *Deep Sea Excavator* ******************** "Deep Sea Excavator Pierre Le Foog, discoverer of several sunken ships filled with gold and delicious sea-saly based pastries, disappeared around the turn of the century. The Ministry of Adventure wants him found. Le Foog supposedly disappeared in dangerous waters and ____ will need some help. The Ministry will only finance one team member, should ____ hire a sonar or diving expert!" "Sonar Expert" 75% Chance The waters above Le Foog's final resting place are quite vast, so ____ decides its best to use advanced sonar techniques to locate Le Foog. The sonar expert soon notifies her that he has found something unusual underneath the water - something that's moving. ____ dives into the water and, guided by the sonar expert, comes face to face with Le Foog in a submersible! ____ signals to Le Foog to to to the surface, where the two discuss Le Foog's underwater life and further developments in sea salt based foods. ____'s report is so good that the Sim Broadcasting Channel options the right to make a movie from it, netting ____ �375 Simoleons! "Sonar Expert" 25% Chance ____ is confident that sonar will find Le Foog more quickly than a dive team, so she navigates her ship towards Le Foog's last known position and orders the sonar expert to work. After a few hours, the expert excitedly calls ____ over to point out a promising blip on his display screen. ____ suits up and dives down to find that the blip is unfortunately a small pack of sharks. ____ frantically tries to escape, but the sharks are too fast. Later, bruised and battered aboard the ship, ____ radios a situation report to the Ministry and they inform her that she can pay �265 Simoleons to cover the cost of the expedition! "Diving Expert" 25% Chance ____ thinks it best if she searches with Le Foog in person, so with her diving assistant, ____ dives into the water and begins her descent. Near the bottom they see a strange class dome, and as they swim closer, a Sim wearing old-fashioned diving equipment swims out - it's Le Foog! The old excavator tells them about his underwater life and the life lengthing plant he calls the Kelp of Life. When ____ returns topside with the new, the Ministry reassigns her to dry land - she has been promoted to Relic Liberator! "Diving Expert" 75% Chance ____ heads to the dive location, convinces she can find Le Foog in the water. The initial phase goes well, until ____ entangles herself and dive partner in the air hose. Both begin flailing wildly, when suddenly, a long lost Le Foog emerges from the depth to free the two adventurers and leads them to the surface. The news networks completely forget about the salvage dive and begin interviewing the hero, Le Foog. Embarrassed, the Ministry of Adventure recommends a new career for ____, because she has been fired. ***************** *Relic Liberator* ***************** "____ gracefully leaps from rock outcropping to conveniently placed rope to navigate her latest discovered tomb. The path ahead looks dangerous and is surely filled with traps - perhaps even with spinning blades or poison darts! ____ sees a large stone she can push onto what appears to be a pressure plate. She could also pull the lever inconspicuously hidden behind the one discoloured monkey statue. What's the best way to proceed?" "Push the Block" 15% Chance Pushing blocks onto pressure plates has always resulted in revealed secret areas or unlocked doors in ____'s experience with relic liberation, so she pushes the large block onto the plate. The walls around her groan and steam hisses through the cracks of the stone. ____ is ready to make a run for it, when a stone dais is lowered from the ceiling, upon which the fabled Skull of Aka Moon rests. ____ grabs it and donates it to the local museum to be cherished for centuries. ____ receives a Logic Skill Point! "Push the Block" 85% Chance Her trainers at the Ministry of Adventure told ____ she could do no wrong by pushing a large block onto a pressure plate. Confident in the wisdom of her trainers, ____ labourously pushes the block, only to release a salvo of poison darts - many of which his her body. ____ manages to stumble out of the tomb to radio for help and the Ministry quickly dispatches a rescue force. Though the Ministry is not ready to admit fault for improperly training ____, they are nonetheless displeased. ____ loses a Body Skill Point! "Pull the Lever" 85% Chance ____ considers her options and ultimately decides to lever is the safest bet. Safe is not exactly the result - the floor caves away once the lever is pulled and ____ is forced to use her grappling hook to swing across the gaping hole. ____ dusts herself off and notices a sparkle in the corner of her eye, which turns out to be a room full of ancient gold. Luckily for ____, the ancient must not have thought anyone would survive the trap and she escapes the tomb with several bags full of gold. The Ministry gladly rewards ____ with �500 Simoleons! "Pull the Lever" 15% Chance The worst thing ____ has even seen after pulling a level was a gigantic boulder, which she avoided by running away very quickly. So, ____ pulls the lever. Instead of the expected opening doorway, a great deal of lava begins filling the tomb. Thinking back to her spelunking days, ____ jumps into the nearest hole and hopes the lava flows in the other direction. It doesn't. A wiser, cripser ____ emerges from the tomb, but must pay �360 Simoleons for medical expenses, because the Ministry refuses to cover foolish lever pulling. ************** *Dread Pirate* ************** "____ stands on the deck of her ship, the S.S. Serpent, and surveys the sea before her. Off the port bow is a lovely cruise liner, surely filled with fabulous foods and wealthy tourists. Off to starboard is a cargo freighter that may contain an even richer bounty, though ____ won't know until she can investigate the crates. There's only time to overtake and capture one of the ships - what order should ____ give?" "Hard to Port!" 85% Chance ____'s crew hasn't eaten in days and the thought of jewels plucked easily from the rich is too delightful to pass up. "Arrr, hard to port!" she yells and the crew immediately complies. The skull and crossbones are run up the main mast as the ship pulls alongside the cruise liner, which quickly surrenders. ____'s crew heads straight away to the galley to fill themselves with food, after which they liberate the jewels from the passengers, to be donated to the poor and needy. The public loves ____ for her charitable piracy and she is awarded �1200 Simoleons! "Hard to Port!" 15% Chance "Hard to Port!" yells ____. "Arr, I be likin's the cut of that ship's jib." ____'s first mate tries to tell her that the liner doesn't actually have a jib, but ____ is too caught up in her pirate act that she refuses to listen to reason. The crew, highly amused by ____'s foolishness, fails to properly intercept the cruise liner, which soon escapes over the horizon. ____'s ensuing report places the blame squarely on "insufferable land lubbers'. However, the Ministry, fed up with ____'s antics, decides to demote her back to Relic Liberator. "Hard to Starboard!" 15% Chance ____ dramatically waves her sword in the direction of the cargo freighter, inspiring the crew to action. Soon though, ____ receives an unexpected message from the freighter requesting her assistance. Apparently, the freighter is a military vessel transporting warheads - one of which has unexpectedly activated! ____ rushes aboard and without a second to spare, makes the correct assumption that it is the blue wire that she must cut with her sword. Saviour of the ship, ____ is informed by the Ministry of Adventure that she is to report to her new position as a Warhead Disarmer! "Hard to Starboard!" 85% Chance Although the high value of the cruise liner's goods are assured, ____ decides to take a chance by boarding the cargo freighter. With a gambler's swagger, ____ boards the freighter and orders her crew to begin searching the cargo hold. Some time later, a sombre crew member arrives with a lamp shade in his hand to inform ____ that the ship is full of nothing but lamp shades. Disgusted, ____ searches the seas for the cruise liner, only to find it has long vanished over the horizon. ____ sells the lamp shades to cover the cost of her expedition, but still must pay �800 Simoleons out of her own pocket. ****************** *Warhead Disarmer* ****************** "____'s team takes a fieldtrip to the local ballpark to watch a game -- a well deserved rest after a full weak of warhead disarming. Suddenly, a panic ensues as the announcer warns the crowd of an imminent explosion -- somehow the wires for the gigantic television screen in the stadium became crossed with the wires for the nacho cheese distirbution machine. The whole stadium is going to blow sky high! The seconds are ticking down as ____ assesses the situation - it looks grim. ____ can order an evacuation, or try to dismantle the wiring. What's the call?" "Order the Evacuation" 15% Chance ____ thinks she can dismantle the device, but there's no time and too many lives are at stake. She stays back to attempt to delay the inevitable explosion by using a set of small, timed explosives. ____ destroys the wiring and sends the charge in the opposite direction, which she hopes will buy the crowd precious minutes as the device recharges. This doesn't go exactly to plan, but the result is nonetheless spectacular. Instead of the television exploding, ____ ignites a firework display. The crowd is calmed and the crisis averted. For her quick thinking abilities, the Ministry promotes ____ to Hostage Negotiator! "Order the Evacuation" 85% Chance ____ doesn't like to look of things and she orders an evacuation. Panic ensues when the Warhead Disarmer gives up and the crowd morphs into a Sim stampede. However, order, or in this case, cheese, occasionally emerges from the chaos. The crowd accidently destroy the nacho cheese stand, cancelling the explosion and saving the day. However, the explosion of fire was merely replaced by an explosion of cheese and a large portion of the stadium is "cheesed over". The Ministry isn't too happy with ____'s panic causing methods and she is fired! "Dismantle the Wiring" 85% Chance ____ knows deep down that she can save the day. She calls for some breathing room and order her team to work on calming the crowd. Once ____ takes a look at the nacho-television warhead, she notices that the power generated by the device can be contained. ____ quickly builds a containment device with chewing gum, a seat from the stadium, and generous portions of duct tape, eliminating the threat. The city is delighted to discover the energy contained within the unit is enough to power the city for the month! ____ receives a Mechanical Skill Point. "Dismantle the Wiring" 15% Chance The situation is one ____ has encountered numerous times and she quickly gets to work disarming the nacho-television warhead. Elsewhere, a stadium employee kills the power, effectively halting the countdown sequence. Unfortunately, ____ orders the power turned back on so that she can work, beside considering the consequences of her order. The sudden surge in power triggers the explosion ahead of schedule, which launches the screen into the middle of the field. No Sims are injured by the explosion, but the pristine playing field is now ruined! ____ is ordered to pay �4000 Simoleons to begin repairs. ******************** *Hostage Negotiator* ******************** "____ is leaning on the squad car enjoying a sandwich when the chief calls her on the radio - apparently, the criminals inside have calmed down and are ready to negotiate. ____ qipes the mustards from her lips and calmly strolls inside with her hands up. After a few minutes of talking, the criminals' demands are explained - they want helicopters to fly them out of town, packed lunches for every member of the group, and 1 million Simoleons. ____ isn't sure whether to use reverse psychology or condescension to talk them out of it - how should she proceed?" "Reverse Psychology" 75% Chance It's almost too simple for ____ to manipulate the criminals. "I don't think 1 Million Simoleons is enough money," she says. "Of course it is!" the criminals reply. "If it's that easy, then why not only demand half a million?" ____ responds. "Why not an even nothing?" they reply. ____ then pokes them verbally by saying they don't have the guts to walk out with nothing. Determined to prove her wrong, the criminals confidently march outside, directly into the hands of the waiting SWAT team. The Ministry has never seen a negotiator so effective manipulate criminals - to take better advantage of her skills, they promote ____ to International Sim of Mystery! "Reverse Psychology" 25% Chance ____ begins using reverse psychology on the criminals to foil their plot. Unfortunately, ____ never really learned what reverse psychology is and it doesn't take long for the criminals to figure out they're dealing with a fool. Soon, they are using reverse psychology on ____, who ultimately flees the building with the firm belief her hair is on fire. The Ministry of Adventure is humiliated and they have no time to do anything other than agree to the criminals' demands and afterwards, demote ____ to Warhead Disarmer. "Condescension" 25% Chance After quite some time working for the Ministry of Adventure, ____ has come to greatly value the power of condescension. She immediately begins belittling the criminals by calling them petty thieves, purse snatches, and whining malcontents. The criminals defend themselves initially, but it isn't long before all of them feel crummy with bruised egos. After they begin crying, ____ offers all of them tissues that are saturated in chloroform. The criminals pass out one by one and ____ issues the all clear. ____ receives a Logic Skill Point! "Condescension" 75% Chance ____ believes wholeheartedly that there isn't a criminal on the planet that can't be broken down with some good old-fashioned condescension. She lets loose with her best salvo of belittling remarks to no effect. Time after time, ____ attempts to whittle away at the impenetrable egos of the criminals until she finally collapses from exhaustion. The criminals throw ____ outside, which forces the Ministry to send in another negotiator, who ultimately succeeds in out-negotiating the criminals. The Ministry orders ____ to pay �7000 Simoleons to cover the cost of the extra negotiator. ****************************** *International Sim of Mystery* ****************************** "____, the finest International Sim of Mystery alive, is ordered to the frigid country of Kaltumbra to investigate their rumoured galactic weapons research facility. By using disguises and her expert knowledge of the Kaltumbran language, ____ is able to infiltrate the facility. It is here that she makes a startling discovery - the Kaltumbrans are going to launch a team at any moment to man their Orbital Pulsatronic Weapons Platform on the Moon. ____ can either steal their shuttle, or use a computer virus to cripple their computers managing the launch sequence - time is of the essence!" "Steal the Shuttle" 15% Chance ____ smiles, because there is no vessel that she cannot steal! ____ opens the launch bay doors then quickly maneuvers into the shuttle. A few guards question her along the way, but she is able to convince them that she is none other than the actual pilot. ____ ignites the engines and rockets skywards, radioing the Ministry of Adventure to inform them of her success. Cheers erupt from the Ministry mission control room and they tell ____ can familiarise herself with space - she is being promoted to Space Pirate! "Steal the Shuttle" 85% Chance The obvious course of action for ____ to take is shuttle theft - she always wanted to visit outer space. Her infiltration of the shuttle launch platform proceeds smoothly and ____ even convinces the guards she is the pilot. However, guard dogs are not so easily fooled. One of the larger males catches the scent of ____' s trademark International Sim of Mystery fragance and the chase is on! She is able to escape, but the moment is bitter sweet as she turns to see the Kaltumbran shuttle lifting skyward. The Ministry has little patience for failure and they demote _____ to Hostage Negotiator! "Use the Virus" 85% Chance ____ pulls a disk from her pocket and begins installing the virus when a guard enters the room. ____ manages to attach herself to the ceiling using her magnetic climbing paddles, but she sees no way to escape the room. After some time, a guard lieutenant enters the room and immediately notices the unwanted program running on the machine. He accuses the other guard of treason, which erupts in a brawl that destroys every computer and cancels the launch. ____ escapes the carnage to phone the results to the Ministry, who reply she may enjoy the rest of her day with her bonus of �15000 Simoleons! "Use the Virus" 15% Chance ____ is confident Agent P with the Ministry R&D team made a foolproof virus. Agent P did, in fact, craft a fantastic computer virus, but ____ failed to bring the correct disk. Instead of installing a crippling virus, ____ installs virus protection software, effectively eliminating her chances of stopping the launch with a virus. To makes matters worse, the Help Desk notifies the guards that unauthorised activity is occurring and they quickly arrive to apprehend ____. Forced to watch the launch from a prison cell, ____ is later released to hear the Ministry no longer values her services - she has been fired! ************** *Space Pirate* ************** "____ slowly paces the desk of her solar dreadnought when suddenly, without warning, the ship's klaxons begin to sound and the crew members run for their battle stations. "Situation report Mr. Wu!" yells ____. "Two ship Madame," Wu replies. "One appears to be fleeing, the other is another pirate vessel." ____ faces a tough decision - does she attempt to capture the fleeing ship before competing pirates, or should she act as the valient saviour and attack the pirates to protect the fleeing vessel?" "Capture the Vessel" 85% Chance Pirates should know better than to encroach on ____'s territory! ____ orders her crew to capture the fleeing ship out from under them to teach them a lesson. Her crew triggers the orbital afterburner and they swoop in abreast of their target, quite a ways ahead of the other pirates. The pirates order ____ and her crew to stand down, but ____'s crew merely laugh as they take control of the ship and escape before the opposition can bring their weapon systems online. ____ reports her exploits to the Ministry of Adventure, who rewards her �25000 Simoleons for capturing the ship! "Capture the Vessel" 15% Chance ____ hates to see other pirates profiting in her territory, so she orders her crew to advance on the fleeing vessel. With thrusters all ahead full, ____'s dreadnaught begins to pull ahead of the pirates when they begin firing. Typically, the dreadnaught's shields would easily stop most weapons. However, with all power diverted to the engine room shields are down and every shop penetrates the hull. ____ is forced to retreat and watch the pirates humiliate her by capturing the vessel in her territory. The Ministry isn't happy with the damages and they fine ____ �25000 Simoleons for repairs! "Attack the Pirates" 15% Chance There are always ships to capture, but what ____ cannot abide is another pirate trying to capture ships in her territory. ____ immediately orders the weapon systems online and opens fire on the intruding pirate vessel. Before long, the ship is disabled and ____ and her boarding party raid the ship. The pirates -- cowards, every one of them -- surrender their ship and claim to the other vessel. ____ informs the Ministry of Adventure that they now have two space pirate vessels. Delighted, the Ministry awards her a bonus of �32000 Simoleons! "Attack the Pirates" 85% Chance Wealth and fame, ____ already has. It's a fight she wants. "Bring our solar cannons to bear on their hull Mr. Wu!" ____ yells. "Broadside!" The dreadnaught lurches as bursts of solar energy hurtle towards the pirate vessel. Suddenly, the vessel vanishes and the shots coninue harmlessly into space. "It's a trap!" shouts Wu. The fleeing vessel is the real pirate and the ship they believed to be the pirate was a hologram! Caught completely unaware, the enemy vessel outflanks ____'s dreadnaught and demands her surrender. To spare the lives of her crew, ____ is forced to comply in shame. Afterwards, the Ministry decides ____ isn't ready for a space command and demotes her to Hostage Negotiator. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [5.07] Teen Gamer ****** *Noob* ****** "____ is the newest member of the Online Puzzle Gamers Club, the fastest growing casual gamer community. She is enjoying a game of Destroy Blue Blocks with More Blue Blocks! when CrzyPzl3r, the Club's chairwoman, challenges her. Challenge is the way of the club, as guideline #1 dictates "Strength Decides Leadership". Is ____ ready to challenge the best, or should she spend more time in practice mode? "Challenge CrzyPzl3r" 85% Chance ____ steadies her hands and enters "Let's go" in the Chat channel. Blue blocks begin filling the screen and ____ clicks furiously to destroy them with other blue blocks. Things aren't looking too good, until ____ completes a Super Blue combo, awarding her the Omega Blue Block. ____ hurls the block at CrzyPzl3r's screen which causes an instant Game Over. CrzyPzl3r quickly logs off before she can be teased -- ____ is promoted to Button Masher! "Challenge CrzyPzl3r" 15% Chance ____ is better at Red Circle Madness, but she is pretty sure she can beat CrzyPzl3r, The game begins with a furious avalanche of blocks. Neither player makes any mistakes and the outcome is in the air. Just before finishing a huge game winning combo, ____ is distracted by the words "Watch Out!" in the Chat channel. One of CrzyPzl3r's lackey's, BluBl0k3r, is spamming the chat window and it distracts ____ enough to give CrzyPzl3r enough time to win. CrzyPzl3r enters the words "Game Over" into the chat channel -- ____ has been fired! "More Practice" 15% Chance ____ is honoured that CrzyPzl3r would challenge her, but she isn't stupid. "Maybe later, LOL!" she enters into the chat channel. CrzyPzl3r does not like to be refused and she demands ____ accept the challenge. ____ agrees, but only if they can play a game of her choosing - Red Circle Madness. CrzyPzl3r agrees with remembering ____ is the club's de facto Red Circle Madness guru. The match is no contest and CrzyPzl3r flees the server in shame. The rest of the club emails a flood of compliments to ____, but one message in particular is the best -- ____ is promoted to Button Masher! "More Practice" 85% Chance ____ is terrified of facing CrzyPzl3r, but luckily, emoticons can hide her fear. With a smiley face, she messages CrzyPzl3r that she has to log off for dinner - a lie. CrzyPzl3r is no fool -- she logs on with another screen name and asks ____ to a game. ____, believing it is someone else, accepts. CrzyPzl3r then announces herself, her quarry caught. ____ doesn't have an excuse and she is subsequently ejected from the Club -- ____ has been fired! *************** *Button Masher* *************** "____ is about to enter the final round of the Martial Arts Fighting 2 Tournament and she is worried. Her opponent, Grigor Mason, is a cold, calculating, combo mashing video game ninja, whereas ____ worries that she is merely a button masher. There are two fighting characters that suit ____'s unique style of keypad flailing: Bobby Kitaki, the bamboo wielding sushi chef, or Johnny O'Shea, the charismatic musical theatre star turned fighter out for revenge. ____ mashes with both characters equally well - who should she bring into the fight?" "Bobby Kitaki" 45% Chance ____ has always perferred the long reach of Bobby Kitaki's bamboo weapon and it seems to be paying off. Grigor Mason can't get close enough to pull off any of his devastating combos and the game is getting close - both players know desperation brings about brilliance and spontaneity. ____, hoping to pre-empt Grigor Mason, begins mashing buttons furiously, unleashing a stream of deadly combos she didn't even know existed. Grigor Mason throws up his hands in defeat as the video game announcer says "Unscathed Victory!" ____ feels something she has never felt before - the urge to talk trash! ____ is promoted to Trash Talker! "Bobby Kitaki" 55% Chance ____ knows Grigor Mason can control his character to a finer degree than she could ever hope, so she opts for long range superiority of Bobby Kitaki and his bamboo weapon. Unfortunately, Grigor Mason's is relentless and without mercy, his hand movements faster than all of ____'s fingers mashing the keypad at once. Grigor Mason showcases every move possible, belittling ____'s very existence. The end of the second round arrives with ____ not landing a single hit. Grigor Mason begins talking trash, but it's the last phrase - you're fired - that stings the most. "Johnny O'Shea" 55% Chance Johnny O'Shea has a few wickedly simple moves, most notably the Understudy Crunch and the Take Two Jab, so ____'s decision is pretty simple. ____ begins mashing furiously once the match begins and she lands so many combos that the game announces she is in Super Star mode. ____ takes full advantage and begins spamming the simple two button combo that deals Grigor Mason more Take Two Jabs than he can stand. The judges' panel is quite impressed with ____'s simple elegance behind the keypad! ____ earns a Creativity Skill Point." "Johnny O'Shea" 45% Chance ____ has never lost with Johnny O'Shea, plus, she has always liked the story that comes at the end of the game when you beat it with Johnny. Grigor Mason takes an early lead, but is quickly beaten back with a few of Johnny's classic moves, such as the Blockbuster Roundhouse and the Rodeo Chop. The final seconds are ticking down and Grigor Mason orders his character to perform a devastating uppercut. ____ reacts, but her clumsy fingers accidently mash the jump button instead of block and Johnny takes a fist to the face. It's all over, as is ____'s short career as a Button Masher. She is demoted to Noob. ************** *Trash Talker* ************** "____ puts down her headset after finishing another round of her favourite game, Interstellar Cyborg Marine - but not before talking trash to the defeated. One opponent, Dem0nGurl, isn't so quick to accept defeat and she issues a challenge: if ____ can beat her 1 vs 1, she can have the server bragging rights for a month. If not, ____ must change her gamer tag to "Loser". Should ____ play Dem0nGurl in a round of the nets hottest game, IC Marine Tag, or Stomp the Alien - a game at which ____ excels?" "IC Marine Tag" 25% Chance ____ picks her lucky green laser suit and starts a round of Interstellar Cyborg Marine Tag. Dem0nGurl is definitely quick, but ____ is far quicker. She tags Dem0nGurl, then runs past the waterfall entrance to find the invisibility shield. Dem0nGurl never sees her again and she quickly racks up the tags, with the round culminating in the announcer yelling "Obliterating!" The server administraters are extremely impressed with ____'s usage of the map's enhancements and upgrades. ____ earns a Mechanical Skill Point. "IC Marine Tag" 75% Chance Interstellar Cyborg Marine Tag is the hottest game on the net right now and ____ wants to be the best of the best. The match begins at a normal pace with ____ and Dem0nGurl racking up a few tags each, but the real damage begins with Dem0nGurl gets the speed boost - a hidden suit enhancement known only to the most elite online players. She starts moving too quickly even for ____ and she soon has more than enough tags to end the match. Dem0nGurl cuts ____ off before she can ask for a rematch and everyone knows it's over - ____ is demoted to Button Masher. "Stomp the Alien" 75% Chance ____ likes the head to head competition of Interstellar Cyborg Marine Tag, but she truly excels when it comes to stomping aliens. Early in the match, ____ runs to her favourite spawn point and squishes a few aliens instantly, knocking Dem0nGurl to second place. Dem0nGurl starts to comfort herself by talking a little trash, but ____ turns on her trash talking on full and Dem0nGurl never recovers. The match ends with ____ the clear victor and before the server closes down, the administrator asks ____ to join his online guild and sends �200 as a signing bonus. "Stomp the Alien" 25% Chance Stomp the Alien seems like the obvious choice, as it's a crowd favourite and a mode ____ is extremely good at. Things are going well and the two competitors are neck and neck, when suddenly ____'s framerate begins to drop -- drastically. With such terrible lag, ____ is unable to stomp a single alien and Dem0nGurl quickly pulls ahead. When all is said and done, ____ announces her new gamer tag is Loser, but the server administrater tells her not to even bother -- ____ has been fired! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [5.08] Teen Education ******************** *Playground Monitor* ******************** "It's an uneventful day on the playground for ____, when suddenly the unmistakable scent of trouble makes its presence known. The Big Kids enter the playground just after their lunch with a sweet tooth for bullying. ____ knows the younger kids don't stand a chance, as there aren't enough slides and tunnels in which to hide! She must act quickly with the tools at her disposal. Should ____ offer The Big Kids a delicious tray of fresh orange wedges to distract them from the younger kids, or should she stand up to them with detention slips at the ready?" "Offer Them Orange Wedges" 75% Chance ____ steps up to The Big Kids with a tray full of oranges, and not a moment too soon, as their eyes have just begun to wander the playground for peers to pummel. With the choice between the instant satification of ripe, delicately sliced fruit, and the labourous toil of playground bullying, The Big Kids form a line with outstretched hands eager for oranges. The rest of the children immediately spot their opportunity and rush back to the safety of the classrooms. ____ earns a Creativity Skill Point. "Offer Them Orange Wedges" 25% Chance ____ cautiously approaches The Big Kids with the fruit tray held warily before the seething throng of bullies. Sensing weakness, the leader of The Big Kids, Mikey McMicken, grabs a handful of oranges with one hand and tips the tray over with the other. "Wedgies for all, boys!" he yells to The Big Kids. Helpless to stop the scene before her, and sticky from the orange pieces scattered on her outfit, ____ flees to the teacher's lounge in search of help. For failure to stop The Great Wedgification (as it grew to be known), ____ is Fired! "Threaten Them with Detention" 25% Chance ____ notices the slience has befallen the playground and sees the look of utter dread on the younger children's faces - she knows the time for action is now. ____ reaches into her fanny pack and grabs a thick wad of detention slips, more than enough for every Big Kid to spend the next month in detention. ____ and the leader of the Big Kids stare each other down until ____ wiggles her fingers and pulls forth a pen from her back - The Big Kids know she means business and they back down. Word spreads quickly of the deed and before the end of the day ____ is notified that she has been promoted to Teacher's Aide! "Threaten Them with Detention" 75% Chance ____ has little tolerance for bullies and playground disturbances, so she quickly launches a pre-emptive salvo and sends the leaders of The Big Kids straight to detention. Madder than mad, The Big Kids take it upon themselves to coat the detention room with a fine layer of spit wads and gum, making it unhabitable for quite some time. The principal finds herself standing in front of ____'s desk at the end of her search for a scapegoat, and ____ is politely informed that she has been fired! **************** *Teacher's Aide* **************** "____ is taking the role sheets to the front office just after the morning announcements, when a frantic mother bursts through the front door with her son trailing behind her. "Stop right there!" the mother yells at ____. "You cannot turn in that role sheet!" Taken aback, ____ informs the woman that, yes, she can turn in the role sheet. Flustered, the mother reveals that if her child is tardy once more, he'll have to repeat the third grade and it just isn't right, because it's her fault he's always late. With the pleading mother on her knees before her, ____ is faced with the choice of turning in the role sheet as is, or fudging it a bit to give the young boy just one more chance." "Turn in the Role Sheet" 20% Chance ____ is of the opinion that she is the ethical steward of the children in the school, and as such, the modification of the sacred role sheet is simply unacceptable. She politely informs the mother of her decision and deposits the role sheet in the plastic red bucket on the secretary's desk. Inspired to right her tardy ways, the mother speaks with the principal, who she tells all about ____. Impressed with ____'s dedication to accurate role sheets, the principal tells her that she would like to see ____ on a Substitute Teacher's position -- ____ has been promoted! "Turn in the Role Sheet" 80% Chance Still insulted by the mother's overly forward demands, ____ brandmishes a smirk and smartly drops the role sheet into the secretary's basket. Flustered beyond comprehension, the mother takes matters into her own hands and begins falsifying the document. ____ moves to stop her and a brief scuffle ensues, after which the role sheet lies ripped on the floor. The principal, who has watched the entire scene, storms in furiously and grabs both ____ and the mother by the ears. A lecture follows, and ____ is told she is to be demoted so that she can return to the playground to learn proper crisis management with children. "Alter the Role Sheet" 80% Chance ____ has no desire to see children suffer because their parents don't use a watch, so she decides to challenge the child for a chance to get back into class. Using the names of the children on the role sheet, ____ designs an algorithmic word problem that must be deciphered using basic fractions, long division, and spelling. The student takes a minute analysing the facts then takes another few minutes to jot down his answer. ____ is delighted to see that he has answered the question perfectly, but even more delighted when she realises the principal saw her teaching skills in action. For handling the situation like a true educator, the principal promotes ____ to Substitute Teacher! "Alter the Role Sheet" 20% Chance ____ thinks back to her days in school and admits to herself that she wasn't always on time, either. With a shrug of her shoulders, ____ whips out a pencil and begins to erase the child's absence from the role sheet. Unfortunately, the school librarian, a stickler for the rules who will do anything for a promotion, observes the incident and quickly runs to the superintendent to tattle on ____. Caught between a rock and a militant librarian, the superintendent is forced to take action - the child is forced to repeat the grade, and ____ is shown the door. ____ has been fired! ******************** *Substitute Teacher* ******************** "____ is called to substitute for Ms. Moorington, who has won the Teacher of the Year Award for the past 3 years. A bit intimidated, ____ takes a deep breath and arrives in the classroom to find its inhibitants have gone insane! She pulls a child down from the ceiling and demands to know what is going on. It appears that Ms. Moorington never actually taught, she just bribed the children with candy and falsified their report cards. Ms. Moorington has a lot of power with the school board, making it risky for ____ to reveal the conspiracy. Desperate times call for desperate measures -- what should ____ do to get the classroom under control?" "Report Ms. Moorington's Scheme" 75% Chance The children are out of control and there's nothing in ____'s training to prepare her for such a disaster. ____ grabs her desk phone and calls in backup. Instantly, hall monitors and the gym coach burst into the classroom with the principal bringing up the rear. "This is what your teacher of the year has created!" shout ____ from underneath her desk. The small army of educators get the situation in hand before too long, and ____ is able to spill the beans. Though some have a hard time grasping the truth, the principal is quick to recognise ____'s efforts and she awards her �320 as a bonus! "Report Ms. Moorington's Scheme" 25% Chance ____ rolls her eyes - they simply don't pay her enough to deal with the situation on her own. ____ jogs to the principal's office, only to find the principal drinking tea with who else, but Ms. Moorington. ____ informs the principal of the situation and points an accusatory finger at Ms. Moorington. No spring chicken to deception and saving one's skin, Ms. Moorington quickly spins the truth and redirects the blame squarely on the shoulders of ____. Clearly out-foxed, ____ is left with nothing to say when the principal tells her that it's probably best she find another job. ____ is fired! "Eat Lots of Candy!" 25% Chance One must fight fire with fire, or a sugar rush with another sugar rush. After one final warning, ____ begins shoving candy down her throat and is instantly energised. With hyper fast reflexes and sugary responses, ____ bounces around the room, the entire time putting a stop to the mayhem and mischief surrounding her. The kids are caught completely unaware - they've never seen an authority figure move with such blindingly sweet speed! Other teachers are drawn to the commotion and it isn't long before word gets around that ____ is a no-nonsense educator that will do whatever it takes to teach the children, ____ earns a Creativity Skill Point! "Eat Lots of Candy!" 75% Chance Desperate to fix the situation, ____ convinces herself that the best way to take control of the sugar-powered chaos is to become a sugar powered teacher. However, not everyone is built for massive quantities of candy, and ____ soon finds herself bouncing off the walls uncontrollably, with a bit of a tummy-ache to boot. Shocked by their substitute teacher's actions, the students calm down and watch as ____ becomes one Sim wrecking crew. When ____ jumps atop her desk and declares "pop quiz", the students run terrified from the room to warn the others. The school officals lock ____ in the room until she calms down enough to receive the news that she has been fired. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [5.09] Teen Law ************ *File Clerk* ************ "____ quickly gathers the files for Mr. Vanderseaux's big case. He will be arguing before the Grand Court of Sim City and his paperwork must be all ready in perfect order, else he may lose the case. Just before ____ plans to turn in the files, she realises that Mr. vanderseaux will only accept his files if they are ordered in a particular way. But how? There's the obvious choice, alphabetical order, but ____ also seems to remember something about Mr. Vanderseaux perferring his files to be ordered by colour. How should ____ organise the files?" "Alphabetical Order" 15% Chance ____'s alphabetising skills may be a bit rusty, but her common sense isn't. Alphabetical order is obviously the way Mr. Vanderseaux wants his files, because he's always yelling at his employees to "keep it simple!" ____ delivers the files just as Vanderseaux is leaving - perfect timing! He takes one quick look at the files, lets forth a satisfied grunt, and utters a "good job." ____ earns a logic skill point! "Alphabetical Order" 85% Chance Mr. Vanderseaux receptionist phones ____ and demands the files immediately. ____ is still busy to figure out the best way to organise the files, but time is running out and she decides alphabetisation seems to be the simplist, most obvious fit. In her haste ____ made the wrong decision. The receptionist, furious at the improperly organised files, throws them back in ____'s face and tells her it may be best if she works elsewhere. ____ is fired! "Order by Colour" 85% Chance ____ was always a visual person, so she decides colours would be the best way of organising the files. When she arrives in Mr. Vanderseaux office with the files, he takes one look at the files and excitedly exits his chair to greet her. He wasn't used to receiving files organised by colour, but his recent memo indicated he wanted File Clerks to being doing just that - apparently, ____ was the only one to read the memo. Mr. Vanderseaux is so pleased with ____ that he decides to promote her to Law Firm Receptionist. "Order by Colour" 15% Chance ____ hates to see multi-coloured papers scattered about, so she organises the files by colour, hoping Mr. Vanderseaux approves. He doesn't, which ____ quickly discovers after delivering the file stack to him. Apparently, a concentration of colour makes his head hurt quite a bit. ____'s mistake keeps him from working for the rest of the day and he loses his case before the Grand Court of Sim City! Vanderseaux aims to appeal the courts decision, but for the meantime, he fines ____ �125 Simoleons to purchase headache medicine. *********************** *Law Firm Receptionist* *********************** "____ picks up the phone, only to hear Allison Bersowitz on the other line. She's been calling for weeks asking for legal representation, but ____'s boss, Mr. Vanderseaux, has no interest in representing her. ____ is sick with dealing with the lady every day, so she thinks of two possible ways to handle the situation. She can convince Mr. Vanderseaux to represent her, though he may not be happy about it. Or, ____ can find Bersowitz another lawyer, though Vanderseaux may not appreciate her helping his competition. How should ____ get Allison Bersowitz out of her hair? "Convince Vanderseaux" 75% Chance Mr. Vanderseaux is extremely busy, but ____ would hate to see him pass up a potentially good case like Allison Bersowitz. After a bit of convincing, Vanderseaux agrees to take on Bersowitz v. Sim City, only to find that he may have the biggest case of his career before him! It appears Bersowitz is the victim of an elaborate repoman scam where the civil servents would remove household items, even though she had been paying her bills. Vanderseaux presents her case and wins, earning the law firm a healthy portion of the settlement. Vanderseaux feels obligated to reward ____ and he gives her a check for �320 Simoleons. "Convince Vanderseaux" 25% Chance ____ figures the law firm may be able to earn some money from the Bersowitz case, so she convinces Vanderseaux to finally take it. After a brief consultation, the law firm realises that it won't earn anything from Bersowitz, as she is suing the snow for killing her garden. Greatly peeved at the waste of an afternoon, Vanderseaux summons ____ into his office to yell at her, after which he tells her to head back to the file room, ____ has been demoted! "Recommend Another Lawyer" 25% Chance ____ has been listening to Allison Bersowitz for weeks, and frankly, she just wants to be rid of her. ____ grabs the phone books, flips to the Lawyers section, and randomly chooses an attorney named Sam Hogan. Bersowitz, thrilled somebody finally spent a minute to help her, thanks ____ and hangs up the phone. Later in the day, the phone begins ringing off the hook, apparently, Bersowitz recommended the Vanderseaux office to all of her friends in need of legal representation. Vanderseaux is delighted to have the new business and he promotes ____ to Legal Secretary to deal with all of his new clients. "Recommend Another Lawyer" 75% Chance ____ is so tired of Allison Bersowitz that she opens the phone book and gives her the number of the first lawyer she finds. Bersowitz thanks her and hangs up the phone. Later during break, ____ and Mr. Vanderseaux see Bersowitz and her new lawyer on television, announcing their victory in a landmark court case. The settlement is huge, which means big money and prestige for the law firm. Vanderseaux is so angry with ____ that he fires her without even asking for an explanation. ***************** *Legal Secretary* ***************** "The day is proceeding quietly and smoothly until ____ receives a phone call from her boss's wife - Mrs. Vanderseaux. The woman has zero patience for others and demands her husband be put on the phone immediately. ____ is about to comply, until she remembers Mr. Vanderseaux is currently meeting with a very important client and he doesn't need the stress from talking to his wife. Should ____ patch Mrs. Vanderseaux through, or keep her on the line until her husband is finished?" "Patch Her Through" 25% Chance ____ knows Mr. Vanderseaux won't be happy to hear from his wife, but she also knows angering her boss is the lesser of two evils. She patches the woman through and hears the expected sounds of grief emanating from Mr. Vanderseaux's office, followed by a call for her to enter his office. He explains to ____ that she has made the right choice, as much as it pains him to speak with his wife, and that she is doing an excellent job. ____ earns a Charisma Skill Point! "Patch Her Through" 75% Chance ____ quickly patches Mrs. Vanderseaux through to her husband, because she has no desire to speak with the woman. Mr. Vanderseaux is none to happy to hear from his wife and he immediately forwards her back to ____. The passing game continues for the remainder of the morning, tying up the phone systems and ultimately causing the computers to crash. Mr. Vanderseaux is furious with ____'s behaviour and he charges her �410 Simoleons to repair the phone system. "Keep Her on the Line" 75% Chance ____ decides to take one for the team and distract Mrs. Vanderseaux long enough to let her boss do his job. The evil wife wastes no time in being mean to ____, but she expected as much and easily pushes the comments to the back of her mind. Mr. Vanderseaux finishes his meeting just in time to rescue ____ from the onslaught and he immediately picks up the line. At the end of the day, Mr. Vanderseaux apologises to ____ for having to deal with his wife, and to make up for it, he gives ____ a bonus of �300 Simoleons. "Keep Her on the Line" 25% Chance Mrs. Vanderseaux calls to yell at her husband daily, so ____ figures it won't hurt to stall her a bit and give her boss a chance to finish his meeting. Meanwhile, Mr. Vanderseaux is patiently stalling his client, because he's eagering awaiting his wife's phone call - she has important information for him regarding the case! After quite some time, the client leaves the meeting frustrated and Mr. Vanderseaux leaves his office to find ____ stalling his wife on the phone. Needless to say, he's furious that ____ would tamper with his business and personal life and he fires her immediately! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [5.10] Teen Journalism ************************** *Yearbook Club Supervisor* ************************** "____ is just about to sign off this year's yearbook for final printing when one of the editors makes a startling discovery - somebody replaced the principal's picture with an image of a toilet. The joke could cost ____ her job and all the students could face serious detention time. On the other hand, the yearbook is already over budget and the principal may find it funny, especially in light of the money that would be saved. Should ____ recall the yearbook to edit the image, or let it remain and hope for the best?" "Recall the Yearbook" 25% Chance ____ isn't about to face the principal's wrath, so she picks up the phone and recalls the yearbook from the publisher. While waiting for the publisher to email the files over, ____ looks over her versions of the yearbook and notices something odd, the principal's picture is normal, not replaced with the toilet. ____ calls the publisher and they admit swapping out the photos as a joke. ____ brings the school district's legal advisors into the fray and within minutes the publisher agrees to pay for the entire yearbook printing, which leaves enough money in the school budget for the principal to award ____ a bonus of �175 Simoleons! "Recall the Yearbook" 75% Chance ____ places a call to the publisher and recalls the yearbook, then proceeds to phone the principal to ask for a bit more money from the school district's budget. After explaining the situation, the principal is livid - he doesn't care about the picture, because in his words he's "not some silly child". The money spent to recall and re-edit the yearbook will cost the district a bit too much and some jobs will need to be eliminated. ____ is fired! "Leave it in" 75% Chance ____ knows the school district cannot afford a yearbook recall, so she takes a chance and tells the publisher to move ahead with the printing. Knowing it's probably best not to leave things to chance, ____ also calls the principal and tells him about the unfortunate error. The principal is a bit annoyed at first, but he ultimately comes around when ____ makes a normally lame joke about toilets and flushing. Before the phone call ends, the principal thanks ____ for making the difficult decision to save the school district money, even at the chance of losing her job. ____ earns a Charisma Skill Point. "Leave it in" 25% Chance ____ assumes that the principal would rather the school stay within budget than have his picture appear correctly in the yearbook, so she calls the publisher and tells them to proceed with the printing. The publisher, not eager to be blamed for the picture swap, calls the principal up as well and explains the situation from their perspective. The principal isn't pleased at all. He calls ____ into his office and orders her to recall the yearbook at her own personal expense. ____ pays �185 Simoleons for the yearbook reprint! ************* *Blog Writer* ************* "____'s Blog is starting to get a decent amount of website traffic, which means site maintenance costs are going up. There are two ways to cover the cost: ____ can begin using banner ads on the site, or she can begin selling t-shirts. Both options have proven to be successful, though banner ads may anger the readers, and t-shirt sales can be a bit of a hassle. What should ____ do to cover the website costs?" "Host Banner Ads" 15% Chance ____ isn't sure what to do, until one of her favourite companies, the Lazy Beans Bean Bag Company - sends her an email asking for ad space. ____ has written numerous articles about the importance of a good bean bag, so she knows having ads for Lazy Beans is completely appropriate. Readers totally agree - the ads start bringing in a great deal of money and the message boards contain very few complaints. Banner ads are a great win! ____ earns a Creativity Skill Point! "Host Banner Ads" 85% Chance ____ figures banner ads will bring in the most money for the least effort, so she posts a link on the site asking for potential advertisers. No businesses email the Blog, but complaints from readers start flooding in. In fact, readers are not only complaining, but they are offering alternatives, most notably, T-Shirt sales. The owners of the blogging service aren't too pleased with ____'s controversial decision and the staff decide it would be best if she went elsewhere -- ____ is fired! "Sell T-Shirts" 85% Chance ____ has a few great T-Shirt ideas floating around in her head and she makes the call to begin selling T-Shirts. The readers react more than favourably and the initial number offered on the site sell out before ____ can even order them from the manufacturer. In fact, ____ believes t-shirt sales will continue so well, that she may be able to get her own website. A consortium of online writers agree and they ask ____ to join them -- ____ is promoted to Internet Movie Critic! "Sell T-Shirts" 15% Chance ____ proposes T-Shirt sales as the way to cover the cost of site maintenance, but the idea isn't too popular. Apparently, one of the other bloggers already sells t-shirts on her own website and she isn't too keen on the idea of a new competitor. Furthermore, the hassles of T-Shirt sales go well above and beyond the time ____ was willing to spend. Until ____ is able to come up with a better option, the blogging service firmly requests ____ pay �254 Simoleons to cover the cost of the blog's hosting. *********************** *Internet Movie Critic* *********************** "____ has just seen one of the worst films in years and it's time to write the review. Unfortunately, the advertising company that gives her the free press movie tickets doesn't look to favourably upon those who write scathing reviews. If ____ writes an honest review, the tickets may stop coming. Then again, if she writes an extremely positive review, her readers may stop coming. What should ____ do?" "Write an Honest Review" 85% Chance ____ loves free movie passes, but the continued success of the site, bolstered by honest reviews, is what she values most. As soon as the review is posted the advertising company calls to demand the removal of the review from the website. ____ refuses to back down and they threaten to stop sending movie passes. The advertising firm realises that ____ is serious, and they rescind their threat - they need ____ to keep writing reviews for her readers, even at the risk of the occasional bad one. It's a big win for ____! ____ earns a Creativity Skill Point. "Write an Honest Review" 15% Chance ____ posts her negative review and, surprisingly enough, complaints begin filing in from the readers. Many of them saw the movie as well and they think ____ is not only being entirely too harsh, but is probably just writing the negative review to be negative for once. Unable to persuade the readers otherwise on the message boards, ____ is left with nothing to do but sit back and sulk at her desk. ____ loses a Creativity Skill Point. "Write a Positive Review" 15% Chance ____ figures it's best to keep the advertising firm happy, and besides, it isn't like a positive review for a bad movie will end the world. Quite the opposite happens, in fact. The movie has record breaking day one sales - it's the bad movie turned blockbuster hit of the summer - and ____ wrote one of the only positive reviews. Readers flock to her site to read the review and website traffic increases exponentially. The increase in site traffic causes ad revenue to increase as well and ____ heads home with a bonus of �325 Simoleons! "Write a Positive Review" 85% Chance ____ posts the positive review of the movie and her worst fears come to life. 99% of film reviewers panned the film. To make matter worst, the advertising firm that gave ____ the tickets publically apologised for promoting the film, cancelled their television ads and warned citizens not to watch the movie. Unfortunately, this leaves ____ in a very, very small minority and she is discredited as a worthy film critic --- ____ is fired! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [5.11] Teen Music ******************** *Record Store Clerk* ******************** "____ is daydreaming while lazing organising the country music section of the store when a man walks in and ask to buy a copy of "Love, Forever, Now and Then", a critically panned album that sold well amongst the masses. ____ really doesn't want to sell the album to anyone, but then again, the store owner would be furious if she let her opinion ruin a sale. All eyes are on ____ - she could dig up a copy of "Love, Forever, Now and Then" or recommend something else?" "Sell the Album" 75% Chance It isn't ____'s problem that somebody else has terrible taste in music, so she points the customer towards the Good Lovin' Feelings aisle and goes back to reorganising the country music section. After some time the bell at the register rings and ____ looks up to see the customer waiting with a small mountain of albums. It appears the customer is a Good Lovin' Feelings fanatic and has bought up the entire inventory. ____ earns a pretty hefty commission of �60 Simoleons for her lack of effort! "Sell the Album" 25% Chance ____ is more concerned with keeping her job than helping people listen to quality music, so she points to the Good Lovin' Feelings aisle and goes back to reorganising the country music section. ____'s boss watches the whole thing transpire and storms up to ____ furiously. "How can you let that customer buy that terrible album!" he shouts. ____ doesn't really have an answer and she is lectured to on the importance of only selling good music to customers. Unfortunately for ____ the lecture ends with her being fired. "Recommend Something Else" 25% Chance The success of "Love, Forver, Now and Then" is mind-boggling to ____, an aspiring musician, and she instantly seeks to steer the customer clear of the record. Though the customer stubbornly refuses to consider another album at first, he soon sets his sights on "Distorted Love," a heavy metal version of "Love, Forver, Now and Then" that ____ loves. The customer leaves completely satisified and ____, her rock essence appeased, settles back into reorganising the country music section. ____ earns a Charisma Skill Point. "Recommend Something Else" 75% Chance ____'s musical conscience is screaming for justice! She leaves the country music section and begins to show the customer a great variety of music that is better, much better, than "Love, Forever, Now and Then" album. However, the customer only becomes increasingly annoyed as ____ shows him yet another album that isn't "Love, Forever, Now and Then" and finally he demands to speak to a manager. ____'s boss isn't too happy to hear the customer complaint and she is fired for harassing customers. ************* *Piano Tuner* ************* "____ finishes tuning a piano to perfection when her cell phone rings - the Sim City concert hall is in need of an expert piano tuner to tweak their class grand piano for the concert of the world renowned tenor, Arito Mippaloti. As always, special considerations must be taken into account. Mippaloti demands the piano be improperly tuned to make his voice sound better in comparison. The task is simple enough for ____, but could damage her reputation in the long run. Should ____ tune away or is it time to say arrivederci?" "Tune the Piano" 25% Chance ____ takes pride in her work, but she also enjoys the fame and respect that comes with working alongside Mippaloti's specifications quickly enough and ____ is allowed to sit back and watch the show. Unexpectedly, the chord emanating from the piano are strangely beautiful -- ____'s tuning has revolutionarily changed the sound of the piano into something great, not bad at all! Mippaloti knows a good thing when he hears it, even if it wasn't what he expected, and he asks ____ to work at his coffee shop -- ____ is promoted to Coffee Shop Sound Engineer! "Tune the Piano" 75% Chance The threat of a ruined reputation is overshadowed by the thought of working alongside Arito Mippaloti, so ____ gets to work tuning the piano. The concert comes and goes with the crowd showing little interest due to the sub par sounds emanating from the stage. Mippaloti, quick to save his career, convinces one reviewer after the show that the piano wasn't tuned properly and places the blame squarely on the shoulders of ____. The reviews aren't kind and ____'s career suffers from Mippaloti's treachery - she is fired! "Decline the Job" 75% Chance Tuning the piano for the Arita Mippaloti concert is a huge deal, but being paid to do it improperly just doesn't sit well with ____. Mippaloti is furious to see his request denied, but he has great respect for ____'s integrity and agrees to let her tune his piano properly. The ensuing concert is fantastic and the fans are once again stunned by Mippaloti's brillant performance. Meanwhile, ____'s name is being passed around the musicial circles as someone whose integrity and skill is without question! ____ earns a Logic skill point. "Decline the Job" 25% Chance ____ is confident her integrity will take her further than a quick job with Mippaloti, so she declines the job and returns to her daily tuning duties. Mippaloti does not like having his offer refused and he sends his cronies off at once to make short work of ____'s reputation. By the afternoon, ____ cannot find a job anywhere and nobody will let her near their piano. ____'s boss isn't pleased and she demotes her back to Record Store Clerk until Mippaloti cools off. **************************** *Coffee Shop Sound Engineer* **************************** "____ lets some of her co-workers borrow the Coffee Shop's sound equipment for their rock concert at a local club. Unfortunately, they blew out one of the more expensive amplifiers and don't have the money to replace it. The amplifier is ____'s responsibility and there are only a few options. ____ could simply replace the amp on her own, or put it in storage and hope nobody notices." "Buy a New Amp" 85% Chance ____ knows she messed up by letting others borrow the amplifier, so she heads to the local music store and buys an amp to replace the broken one. Things get a little complicated when the coffee shop owner pulls up behind ____ in line - she knows ____ isn't paid enough to afford an amp for herself and she demands an explanation. ____ comes clean and her boss, impressed with her honesty, decides to cover the cost of the amp and gives ____ an additional �115. "Buy a New Amp" 15% Chance ____ heads to the local music store to buy a new amp for the coffee shop. Later that afternoon with the new amp safely in place in the storage room, ____'s boss, thinking the amp is still the old amp, throws it away and replaces it with yet another amp. A victim of unfortunate timing and taking care of things herself, ____ is forced to pay �850 Simoleons to cover the cost of the new amp sitting in the garbage. "Look the Other way" 15% Chance ____ feels bad about not buying a new amplifier for the coffee shop, but she doesn't make enough money to replace it. A few hours passes without incident until the coffee shop owner enters the storage room and finds the broken amp. ____ braces for anger and accusations, but the supervisor merely shrugs, takes the amp out to the garbage, and orders a new one on the phone. ____ earns a Creativity Skill Point. "Look the Other Way" 85% Chance ____ cycles through the mental list of options and ultimately decides to just put the broken amp in the storage room and hope for the best. Most of the day passes without incident until the coffee shop owner announces a surprise inventory assessment to appease the company accountants. ____ has little choice but to explain the broken amp when the inspection comes across it. ____'s boss is furious with her for not telling anyone about the busted amp and she fires her for dishonesty!" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [5.12] Teen Adventurer ********************* *Ambassador's Intern* ********************* "____ is following her standard morning routine take care of things for the ambassador, who is out of town, when trouble strikes the embassy. The local population is most displeased with the ambassador's dietary habits - apparently, grilled cheese is not an acceptable food for many people in the country, for reasons unknown. ____ must make a decision to fix the situation. Should she remove grilled cheese from the menu to appease the local population, or is it her duty to keep grilled cheese for the ambassador at all costs?" "No More Grilled Cheese" 65% Chance When caught between the appetite of the ambassador, who isn't present, and the angry crowd outside her window, ____ readily chooeses to remove grilled cheese from the embassy menu. To take full advantage of the crowd's passion and emotions, ____ ceremoniously steps on a grilled cheese sandwich atop the embassy roof to great applause. The ambassador returns shortly to find he may no longer indulge in his beloved grilled cheese, but he appreciates ____'s dedication to piece at all costs. The ambassador pulls some strings with a few peers in the Ministry of Adventure and has ____ promoted to Spelunker! "No More Grilled Cheese" 35% Chance The public is thrilled when ____ announces there will never be another grilled cheese sandwich eaten in the embassy. This makes the reality that much harder to grasp when the ambassador returns to paint a clear picture for ____. By agreeing to the demands of the Anti-Cheesists, a minority dringe political party, ____ has forced their agenda before the entire government . Not pleased with the redistribution of political power, or the possibility of no more grilled cheese, the local government demands the ambassador to make amends. He accomplishes just that by firing ____. "Grilled Cheese Forever!" 35% Chance ____ knows the political situation could erupt at any moment, but the embassy stands on sovereign ground and she is not willing to discard the ambassador's right to delicious grilled cheese. ____ addresses the crowd outside and tells them exacly what she is thinking, which initially takes them by surprise. Soon, the crowd dissipates, and only the Anti-Cheesists rabble rousers are left. The local government and the ambassador are delighted with ____ for standing up to the Anti-Cheesists, and both dips into their budget to reward ____ with �350 Simoleons! "Grilled Cheese Forever!" 65% Chance ____ refuses to bow to the threats of the crowds - at least, not at the expense of the ambassador's right to consume delicious grilled cheese. The crowd does not take kindly to ____'s announcement and they begin heaving large quantities of melted cheese at the embassy. Before long, the building is covered in cheese and the smell is not too pleasent. The ambassador returns to discover his embassy covered in cheese that is not-too-fragrant and his appetite for grilled cheese quickly disappearing. The ambassador is able to arrange a cease fire when he announces that ____ will be finded �350 Simoleons to cover the cost of damages and emotion turmoil amongst the locals. *********** *Spelunker* *********** "____ stops atop a large hill looking into a vast cave, and perhaps the greatest discovery find by an adventurer in the last century. She is eager to begin spelunking, but unfortunately, a small group of environmentalists are not too happy about her foray into the cave, as they believe is contains a rare species of worm that may become extinct if their habitat is disturbed. ____ doesn't want to hurt any worms, but she also doesn't want to miss out on what could be on of the last unexplored caves. What should ____ do?" "Enter the Cave" 50% Chance ____ has sprelunked for too long and too hard to pass up this opportunity - even if some worms are endangered. After a quick check of her rapelling equipment, ____ leaps into the abyss of the cave. What she finds is nothing short of incredible - waterfalls, ruby encrusted stalagmites, and best of all, a huge thriving colony of two headed glowing worms. ____ carefully takes a few photographs and a sample of the rock within the cave without disturbing the worms. She then returns to the surface a hero of the environmental, science, and spelunking communities - essentially, a de facto Multiregional Sim of Some Question. ____ is promoted! "Enter the Cave" 50% Chance ____ isn't going to miss the chance to do some sprelunking - worms or no worms! ____ is descending into the cave, the environmentalists untie her rope, causing her to fall to the bottom of the cave. As that wasn't painful enough, ____ comes face to face with one of the worms, a huge, 7 foot, stinky worm. ____ lets out a yelp and barely scrambles out of the cave with her life, much to the amusement of the environmentalists. ____ stops by the hospital on her way home, at the cost of �275 Simoleons! "Abandon the Expedition" 50% Chance ____ is incredibly torn, but she knows that spelunking purely for the sake of spelunking, especially at the expense of worms, is bad form. ____ tells the environmentalists that she's abandoning the expedition in favour of preserving the worms. Cheers erupt from the crowd and ____ reluctantly accepts her status as the Champion of Worms. On her way home, ____ receives a call from her boss telling her she will be compensated with �350 Simoleons for saving the worms - not bad after all! "Abandon the Expedition" 50% Chance ____ doesn't like the look in the eyes of the environmentalists - she is a spelunker and tells the environmentalists they may have their worms. Frustrated to the point of carelessness, ____ yanks on her rope, accidently pulling it loose. A gigantic boulder rolls into the cave, which causes a massive cave in. Not only has ____ ruined the cave for future spelunking, she may or may not have killed the worms that may or may not even exist! ____'s employers at the Ministry of Adventure receive so many complaints that they are forced to fire her! ************************************ *Multiregional Sim of Some Question* ************************************ "Around the turn of the century, Gregory Landgrabb, a humble school teacher. suddenly came into a great deal of money and became one of the wealthest landowners around. This was never explains, though many theories suggest foul play and the Ministry of Adventure has tasked ____ with solving the case, once and for all. After a great deal of research, ____ believes one of two people will have the answers she needs: Spencer Oswald, the Landgrabb's accountant, or the local fortune teller, the gypsy. Who should ____ bring in for questioning?" "Spencer Oswald" 85% Chance ____ belives its best to head straight to the source, and you can't dig any deeper than an accountant. Spencer agrees to meet her at his office for lunch. "The Landgrabbs are honest now, though it wasn't always so," explains Spencer. He props up his feet on his desk and begins a tale of love, intrigue, and illegal land dealings. Spencer reveals all -- confident the statute of limitations is long expired on the issue. ____ thanks him for his time and drafts her report to the Ministry of Adventure, who are delighted. ____ receives a Logic Skill Point! "Spencer Oswald" 15% Chance ____ places a phone call to Spencer Oswald to set up an interview, with no luck. After several hours, Spencer's secretary answers the phone and she politely informs ____ that Spencer has no interest in speaking with her. Believing this is a sign of guilt, ____ infiltrates the Oswald home to search for clues, only to find Spencer celebrating his birthday amongst close friends. Spencer furiously explains he knows nothing about his ancestor and promptly throws ____ out, after which he calls the Ministry of Adventure to lodge an complaint. To save face, the Ministry orders ____ back to the caves and demotes her to Spelunker. "The Gypsy" 15% Chance It is sometimes best to question the mysterious for facts, something a Multiregional Sim of Some Question knows all too well. ____ arrives at her appointment with the gypsy to find her gazing deeply into a crystal ball. Suddenly, the gypsy's house begins to shake wildly and a scene depicting Gregory Landgrabb and some shady figures appear in mists above the table. ____ catches the entire story, pays the gypsy, and heads home to draft her report. The Ministry is impressed with ____'s willingness to venture into the unknown and award her with �300! "The Gypsy" 85% Chance ____ has worked with the gypsy in the past, so she is confident she can help her solve the Landgrabb Conspiracy. ____ arrives at the gypsy's house to find her searching the crystal ball for answers. Hours drag by and answers fail to materialise. To pass the time, ____ shoots a quick phone call to Spencer Oswald. Apparently, Oswald has left town for "business!" Too little, too late, ____ calls the Ministry to issue her report. Displeased, but understanding, the Ministry lets ____ off easy with a demotion to Spelunker! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [6.01] Bass with Squash Ingredients = Bass Fish Cooking Skill = Not Required Time = Anytime The basic fish dish you can cook. You need a bass fish either in your inventory or stocked in your fridge to cook this dish. It is not as filling but a single fish can make a single plate or a group meal. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [6.02] Blackened Catfish Ingreditents = Catfish Fish Cooking Skill = 2 Cooking Points Time = Anytime The second fish dish. It is slightly more filling than the bass and requires a catfish in your inventory or stocked. This is made into a group or single dish but there is one useful trait for this dish. It is the most filling dish that can be made anytime, with the second being the bass dish. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [6.03] Stuffed Rainbow Trout Ingredients = Rainbow Trout Fish Cooking Skill = 4 Cooking Points Time = Dinner The third fish dish and can only be made in dinner. This is filling and can be made into a single dish or group meal depending on your choice. The usual either in your inventory (nearly wrote infantry) or stocked in fridge applies of course. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [6.04] Stuffed Golden Trout Ingredients = Golden Trout Fish Cooking Skill = 6 Cooking Points Time = Dinner The final fish dish that you can cook and is only available for dinner. This is filling but I don't like it that much, since it is more valuable to sell and other dishes are more filling. The usual inventory or stock applies here as well. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [6.05] Apple Juice Ingredients = 3 Apples Apple juice is made using the blender. What happens to the core, I have no idea what happens. Anyway, having a child drink some apple juice will make them do their homework fast. The higher quality apple it is, the stronger the effect is. Just stock 3 apples in the blender and blend. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [6.06] Beauty Cocktail Ingredients = 2 Oranges, 2 Cucumbers This beauty cocktail is a love potion. Drinking it will enhance all the romantic interactions between you and other people. The higher quality the oranges and cucumbers are, the more that power is enhanced. Put 2 orange and 2 cucumbers through stock in the Blender and blend. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [6.07] Eggplant Juice Ingredients = 2 Eggplants Mmmmm, Eggplants, I like them. Anyway, the eggplant juice, due to powers unknown will grant you a random skill point. Note that it is random, but if you know computers, its another RNG based thing. Stock 2 eggplants into the blender and blend. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [6.08] Lemonade Ingredients = 6 Lemons The summer drink that you should have. Drinking Lemonade will cool your Sims down, so when their temperature is red, drink this and be on your way. Although it seems like a lot of lemons, the tree produces a fair amount. Just stock 6 lemons in to the blender and blend. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [6.09] Orange Juice Ingredients = 6 Oranges Whenever you are in the cold for too long, your Sim will develop a cold. This is more common in Winter and Spring. A notice will say you've got a cold and hope you've got some oranges because Orange Juice cures colds. Just stock 6 oranges into the blender and blend. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [6.10] Orangeaid Ingredients = 4 Oranges, 2 Lemons Orangeaid will aid you in your quest to get some badge points. I believe that it also works on the OFB badges since there are only 2 badges in Seasons. You know the drill, just stuff 4 oranges and 2 lemons into the blender and blend away. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [6.11] Pepper Punch Ingredients = 2 Peppers, 1 Pole Bean, 1 Apple Pepper will certainly keep you awake, making this punch a boost in your Energy bar, nice if you are about to fall asleep. Just shove the ingredients into the blender and blend away. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [6.12] Pureed Boot Ingredients = 1 Boot I have no idea why anyone would drink a pureed boot. Anyway, drink this and suffer an adverse reaction from your Sim, freaking them out. If you really want to see, puree the boot and drink. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [6.13] Strawberry Juice Ingredients = 3 Strawberries This drink will clear your Sim's furious meters a bit. When you are furious with a Sim, this drink will remove some of the time on the counter a bit. Nice if your Sim wants to kiss and make up. Shove 3 Strawberries into the blender, blend and drink. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [6.14] Strawberry Lemonade Ingredients = 2 Lemons, 2 Strawberries This drink is necessary if you want to use an aspiration reward. This will give you the coveted Platinum Mood, allowing you to use aspiration rewards without failure. Stock the ingredients, blend and drink. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [6.15] Tomato Juice Ingredients = 6 Tomatoes In my opinion, this drink is rather pointless. It warms up your Sim but you have hot chocolate for that. Although it could have mysterious effects as tomatoes are rich in something or another. Anyway, add 6 tomatoes and blend. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [6.16] Vegetable Cocktail Ingredients = 1 Tomato, 1 Cucumber, 1 Pepper, 1 Pole Bean Despite being a pain in the rear end to grow the plants, this drink will help you build your skills faster. Not really worth it since you have to get 4 different plants. Anyway, just blend and drink. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [7.01] Starters Fishing is a new addition to Seasons. It was not mentioned in a large manner before the release, and when I read the manual, it was a surprise, albeit a pleasant one. Anyway, to start fishing, you need to know a few basics. 1) You will need a pond to fish in. This is a natural pond and not a damn pool ok? You can do this under the landscaping in build mode. The pool needs to be the size of the second option, larger than 5 by 5 squares to fish. 2) There is a fishing badge. The higher the badge, the better bait you can use to catch your fish. 3) You cannot fish in winter as the pond will freeze over and won't be able to fish until the weather warms up a fair amount. That means that it is not guaranteed that you can fish back in Spring. When you have these items, you can get ready to fish. Generally speaking, you can join people when you fish, nor do you need a boat. When you join people while they are fishing, you will talk to them, developing a relationship with them while catching the fish. Every fish that you catch will be sent to the inventory, which now allows stacking. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [7.02] Bait There are 4 different forms of bait that you can use to catch fish. The level of the bait will increase your chances of catching rarer fish. The bait you can use depends on your Badge skill. No Badge = Worm. There is no increased chance of catching anything. Bronze Badge = Riverblossom Minnow. Increased chance of catching large mouth bass. Silver Badge = Stink Ball Bait. Increases the chance of catching the blue catfish. Gold Badge = Sparkle Spinner. Increases the chance of catching the rainbow trout. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [7.03] Percentages The fish available for catch are available below as well as the change of catching them using the respective bait from the badge levels. Use the bait section above if you aren't sure which bait is which. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Fish | None% | Bronze% | Silver% | Gold% | --------------------------------------------------------------------- Nothing | 50% | 40% | 30% | 20% | Boot (Size 15) | 20% | 10% | 5% | 2% | Largemouth Bass | 15% | 10% | 10% | 5% | Blue Catfish | 10% | 15% | 10% | 10% | Jumbo Largemouth Bass | 5% | 10% | 15% | 15% | Rainbow Trout | 0% | 10% | 10% | 15% | Jumbo Blue Catfish | 0% | 5% | 10% | 15% | Jumbo Rainbow Trout | 0% | 0% | 9% | 15% | Golden Trout | 0% | 0% | 1% | 3% | --------------------------------------------------------------------- Total Percentage | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | --------------------------------------------------------------------- This is the percentage of catching said fish. All the % add up to 100, I double checked. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [7.04] Catch Now that you know how often you can catch the fish, you should know what they sell for and do. When you catch a fish, it will be sent directly to your inventory, how the Sims manage carrying raw fish in their pockets I don't know. You can sell the fish directly, or mount it on the wall if they are proud of the catch. You can also stock it in the fridge. Note, if you mount it on the wall, you can't use it to cook it. If you stock it in the fridge, you cannot take it out of the fridge again. Just so you know. Below is the table on the fish you can catch, the amount they sell for and the value of it when it is mounted on the wall. When you mount the fish, you can just move the fish to the wall and face it like a painting. The game will mount it for you, free of charge. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Fish | When Sold for � | When Mounted on the Wall � | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Boot (Size 15) | �15 | �20 | Largemouth Bass | �33 | �34 | Blue Catfish | �49 | �65 | Jumbo Largemouth Bass | �61 | �81 | Rainbow Trout | �87 | �116 | Jumbo Blue Catfish | �124 | �165 | Jumbo Rainbow Trout | �221 | �295 | Golden Trout | �518 | �691 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This is why I don't suggest you cook the golden trout for the meal, it is worth far more than you think. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [8.01] Starters Gardening is one of the main features of Seasons. This brings back the memories of the first Sims, and although they may not be the same produce, one thing is for sure, there are no unique dishes that require this. Anyway, to start a garden, you will either need some fruit trees or the vegetable patch. Trees will be dealt with later, so we now go on about the vegetable patch. To start, you need to go into the build mode. Notice how the gardening section has been transformed a lot? Well, thats where we will start. Greenhouses will be dealt with later as well, so I won't go there as of yet. Now, select the dirt patch. You will notice that it is sort of like building a pool, drag the size of the patch that you want and that will be how big it is. You can have a massive plot, or have it in stripes or rows for that matter. It really doesn't matter how you plot the patch, you need to know of a few things. When you crow crops, or trees for that matter, you will need the ladybug post to stop the bugs from infesting your crops. In a 5 by 5 plot, the post in the centre will do just fine. If you don't want the lady bug loft, you can always manually spray pesticide on the plants to kill the lady bugs. As a note, if you continue this action, you many mutate just a little. Now, you can plant some crops. At the start, you can only plant some tomatoes which cost about �8 for a seed. You can plant one which plants the seed in that tile or plant many and your Sim will continue to plant seeds until they are too tired to plant anymore, you have no more money left, you cancel the command or the entire patch is filled up. Now that you have some seeds, you might be aware that you can fertilise the soil. This makes the plant happier and will be a boost from the normal state that is normally is in. You can use compost to fertilise the soil or you can purchase it at about �10 a pop. While we are on the issue of compost, you can purchase the compost bin. It can hold about 30 items that can be composted and will decompose these items slowly and over time, it will turn into compost that you can spread over your garden. The items that I have discovered that can be composted includes the NEWSPAPER, KITTY LITTER (from Pets), TRASH from the trash compactor when dropped and LEAVES from trees in autumn. More on that later. You have to look out for weeds while your plants are growing. These will be shown as a little yellow-green growth at the base of the plant. You need to weed out these little critters to keep your plant healthy. Also, like in real life, the plants will need water. You can use the Hydrobot from Open for Business to water it, manually water it or purchase some sprinklers. These will automatically water plants that are within the radius or dome that is shown when you purchase the sprinkler. It will be found under the build section where you purchase the vegetable patch. Plants will take time to grow. If you have your patch outside, it will be exposed to the elements, the weather. If it rains, that means that the rain will water your plants. However, too much water is about as good as too little water. Therefore, if their is too much water, your plant's health will decline and you will see water pouring off their leaves. Snow and hail are not good for your plants either, damaging them pretty badly. It would either destroy or maim the plants, the effect unsure as I have a greenhouse. When the time is right, you will be able to harvest your produce, and like the previous actions, you can harvest one or harvest many. Of course, by harvesting many, you will continue till something makes it stop. You can harvest it into your inventory or harvest and sell immediately. This will make good money depending on the value of the crop. There are three levels, bland, tasty and mouthwatering. The last one is what you aim for. Of course, the level of the plant will determine how it will turn out. If it yellow, as in the face, it will be tasty, dark yellow to orange will be bland while green will be mouthwatering. With the produce in your inventory, you can now just it in cooking, stock it into the fridge, which you cannot remove from if you do so, or juice it. More on this later. If you have the Pets expansion pack, keep your animals well away from the plants if you want them to survive. Also, if you wait for weeding a plant, it will drain the health of the plant. This goes the same for plants that require a drink. Also, water many all the time when you have 2 or more plants. This will prevent yourself from overwatering your plants. And remember, build the lady bug loft, otherwise, you will sooner or later mutate into a PlantSim. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [8.02] Bronze Once you get the hang of gardening, you will sooner or later, get the talent badge. For those with Open for Business, you can ignore this, but those without, talent badges are like skill points. Instead, there are 4 ranks. The first rank is what you start with, nothing. Then, you move to bronze, silver and finally, gold. Each talent badge will move you to another level, allowing you to do some more nifty stuff, but you will need more experience to get the next level. This talent badge is for gardening. Anyway, when you have tended, weeded, planted, harvest enough, you will get this. With this new badge, you are now able to plant strawberries and cucumbers in your garden for the cost of �12 per seed for each of them. These can both be planted on the vegetable patch. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [8.03] Silver Once you have the bronze talent badge, you can build up your skills to become a better gardener. Of course, this will help you to getting the silver talent badge for you. This is the third rank and may take some time to get and might involve a lot of planting. Anyway, this will allow you to plant Pole Beans and Peppers for �16 per seed for each of them and both can be planted on the vegetable patch. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [8.04] Gold Gold is the ultimate in gardening. You will really need to build up your skills to be able to get this rank. Unlike the promotion to bronze and silver, you will only be able to plant one extra crop, the eggplant for about �20 for a seed. However, you will be able to get a new option. You can now talk to your plants now. What is this? Well, talking to plants allows you to, literally, talk to the. As well as boosting your social level slowly, there is another effect to your plants. Their happiness will rise, which in essence, is their health or the colour of their face. You might have a really sickly plant, really red in the face and by talking to them, you will be able to make them healthier and happier. This is best done near harvest time and you need to have some mouthwatering produce while the plants are not looking too good. There is however, a better exploit to this. You can keep your plants alive till harvest time. They can be at any level, but while you could harvest them, don't. Why? Because if you talk to your plants, their happiness will go up and so will the end produce. Therefore, you could have some bland looking produce on the vine but by talking to them, you can make them mouthwatering. Excellent, but there is a downside. Talking to your plants will take a long time and there are mods, which you can download at your own peril, that will decrease the amount of time it will take to talk to your plants, as well as raking leaves. Really interesting. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [8.05] Greenhouse Alrighty, you want to have plants and crops to grow, but don't trust the weather to hold while you grow your crops. You also want to be able to grow in winter. What should you do? Build a greenhouse. It is relatively simple to build a greenhouse, it is just the amount of ��� that is required to build one that will stop people from doing so. To build a greenhouse, you can do so by two methods, having the vegetable patch already mapped out or building the greenhouse first, then inserting the patch. The first method involves the patch already being there. You will need to have the greenhouse walls around the patch, completely around it. This can be found in build mode. Then, you have to decide where you want the door. The door will require that the space behind and in front of it will be clear. A demonstration is that you have a 5 by 5 patch. Wherever you want the door, you will have to remove that patch. Another visual below. _____ _____ |XXXXX| |XXXXX| |XXXXX| |XXXXX| |XXXXX| -> D XXXX| |XXXXX| |XXXXX| |XXXXX| |XXXXX| ----- ----- Suppose the D is the door and the X is the patch. You will need it like that so there is no patch blocking the entrance. I can't believe how frustrated I was when I couldn't figure this out. Anyway, you can now place your sprinklers inside as well as removing a spot for the lady bug loft. You can also build some lights inside the greenhouse, I am still unsure the purpose of it. Anyway, if you plan on deconstructing your greenhouse, remove the lights first. You will need a roof on the greenhouse now. Note that you will have to go up a floor first and enable roof mode. You can select the greenhouse roof and cover the greenhouse by placing it on the tiles. Its sort of like building another floor to your home. The roof is for free if you are wondering. For some reason, all the different roofs in the game are for free. Anyway, build it and your plants are now protected against all the elements known to Simkind. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [8.06] Trees If you dislike watering the plants every day, then trees are the way to go. Fruit Trees yield produce for you to harvest and there are three types of such trees, Lemon, Orange and Apple trees. You purchases them off the build mode catalog but I warn you, they aren't too cheap. However, they do yield a fair amount of produce for you and don't require much maintenance. However, you will need the lady bug lofts. I find them most effective when they are right next to one, or, one for each tree, but this will be costly in the end. Also, you will have to tend to them. You can recognise the need to tend to them when you see their leaves and branches all out of shape. Unlike the counterparts, there trees do not need to have their leaves picked up for you. Also, when it comes the time to harvest the trees, you will be able to use the harvest many function, however, it will only harvest trees that are the same as the tree that you are harvesting. The last thing is, in Winter, since the trees will be outside, the trees will be dormant, ie, sleeping, and will not be able to bear any produce for you to grow or to tend to. If you have as many crops to attend to as I do, you will find this a nice break. In fact, if you have enough start up capital, you can become a farmer, planting the seeds and tending to them full time, and selling the produce off when the time is right. You can make a lot of money for it, but you will need people to help as you will need a lot of plants to make some decent money. Trees are a better option, however, you will be running an orchard. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [8.07] When to Grow As Professor Oak says, there is a time and place for everything. Indeed, there is a time to plant your seeds that will maximse the health and the happiness of your plants. I will list them below, as well as the amount of time it will take for the plant to grow from the seed to the end product. ------------------------------------------------------------------- | Crop | Time to Grow | Season to Plant | Season to Harvest | |--------------+--------------+-----------------+-------------------| | Apples | 4 days | All Year Round | Fall | | Lemons | 4 days | All Year Round | Summer | | Orange | 3 days | All Year Round | Summer | | Tomato | 5 days, 6 hr | Summer | Fall | | Strawberries | 5 days, 6 hr | Spring | Summer | | Cucumbers | 4 days, 9 hr | Summer | Fall | | Pole Bean | 4 days, 9 hr | Summer | Fall | | Peppers | 6 days, 3 hr | Spring | Summer | | Eggplants | 6 days, 3 hr | Spring | Summer | ------------------------------------------------------------------- There is no real season to plant trees, they will bloom immediately after being defrosted from winter or immediately after a harvest. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [8.08] Harvested Once you have harvested the food, you have the opportunity to store the produce that you harvested and place it into the fridge. Why would you do that you may ask? Well, I'll tell you way. First of all, the produce will produce sparkly food, which is not toxic if you are wondering. Sparkly food is basically the normal dish, however, it will relieve more hunger when eaten. Therefore, a sparkly dish is more filling than a non-sparkly dish. All to make it sparkly is to have some produce stocked, via the stock option. Any produce will be able to make it sparkly, regardless. For example, stock some oranges and it will be able to make sparkly some lobster, regardless. It works best with fruit because the produce comes in large numbers. However, if you do not use the produce stocked in the fridge after a while, it will rot and disappear. You can check the stock level of fresh produce with the check food function on the fridge. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [9.01] PlantSim 101 Welcome to PlantSim 101. Well what it is? Well, if you haven't noticed, a PlantSim is what happens when Sim DNA is mixed up with pesticides, creating a human/plant organism. Their appearance will be changed forever. Their skin will distinctly be grass green and their eyes will also be green. I swear, if the Tiberium universe was discovered in the Sim, it would explain, a lot. Anyway, their hair will be replaced by a bush of green leaves while their skin will have the consistancy of vines. Their clothes will be entirely be made of leaves while their shoes appear to be made of bark. Also, their needs will completely change, but more on that later. I've heard of being green to help the environment but this is going a bit too far. Anyway, that is the basic defination of a PlantSim. Next, how to become one. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [9.02] Mutation How do you turn into a PlantSim? Well, unlike Vampirism and Lycantropy, it cannot be given to another person through an ability. You must contract it, just like being a zombie. It is contracted with you use too much of the pesticide or insecticide when you are spraying the plants. How does this occur? Well, have a garden without any lady bug lofts around to protect the crops from the bugs. Well, you must wait for the lady bugs to appear first of all. After you have planted the crops, you would have to wait for about 2 to 3 days on end for the insects to appear. If you don't want to use crops, you can always use the trees to attract some insects for you to spray as well. Insects will peak in Summer where plants will thrive while there is a moderate number of insects in Spring and Fall, and hardly, if any, insects in Winter. Well, when the insects do appear, you will have the opportunity to spray them. For you to become a PlantSim, you will need about 15 plants with insects to spray. When there are about 15 insected infested plants, use the spray many option to spray all of them. Once you reach about 15, give or take a few, the side effect of the pesticide will kick in and you will become a Plant Sim. If you cannot do this, build a bigger garden with more plants and trees and wait for more insects to appear and start spraying. However, the problem will lay with whether the crops can be saved from doom or not. Anyway, the mutation will be complete and your Sim is now a Plant Sim. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [9.03] The Effects There are effects to becoming a PlantSim, both good and bad. First of all, ALL, and I repeat, ALL of your needs are replaced with 3 needs, Sunlight, Water and Love. Lets go through all the needs first, in alphabetical order. --==Love==-- Well, love is the new social need. Why? Well, plants need love of their owners to survive and as an owner, you must be loved in order to survive. Talking to other Sims, normal or not normal, will replenish your Social, a.k.a Love bar quite easily. --==Sunlight==-- Plants need sunlight to photosynthesis and make energy for them to survive. This is compared with the normal Sim's energy bar and the Servo's power bar. In fact, it is a mix of the two. Sunlight is gained from being outside in the sun during the day. This will slowly recharge the Sunlight need bar, just like Servo who is charged by Solar Energy in the Sunlight. However, at night, where the sun runs and hides, your Sunlight bar will slowly deplete and will run out. When it does, your Plant Sim will run outside and collapse. Unlike Servo who can power down, your PlantSim cannot power down and will collapse. Therefore, PlantSims should spend the day where they belong, outside. No matter how many windows that you place on the house, the whole wall could be windows, there will be no Sunlight gained there. Take note of that they gain Sunlight standing directly below the Solar Light whilst indoors. There are ways to circumvent this. You can purchase the sunlight from the Garden Catalog in the Build Mode section and that will keep your PlantSim's sunlight bar replenished while they are standing under it. Therefore, buy some of these and place them into the Greenhouse and you can regain your Sunlight at night by doing some gardening. In fact, you can have the light from the Garden Centre and place it anywhere in the home and this will allow you to gain Sunlight while doing whatever they please. This Sunlight is handy as you can do anything whenever they like and don't need to sleep. --==Water==-- The final need is Water. Plants need water as an essential to survive. Unlike their normal Sim counterparts, they don't need food exactly, they need water. I seriously don't know how Sims survive without water, but PlantSims need it. Water can be obtained from many, many sources. Lets give a list of the many methods. There are two main methods, soaking in water, or drinking it. * Soak in Water. This includes bathes, showers, in hot tubs and in pools. * Standing in the rain while it is raining of course. * Drinking watery produces, such as Lemonade, Juices, Espresso, Coffee, Cocoa, Drinks from the Bar and any other watery product. * Drinking directly from the tap * Drinking from the wishing well PlantSims can also reproduce by themselves. Just like plants in real life, they are asexual creatures, meaning they pollenate themselves and create new plants, or in this case, offspring. Also, the offspring will be the result of their parent, they too will be PlantSims. They can also try for baby with a member of the opposite sex as well, just like formal Sims. However, they will be a combination of the physical appearances of their parents before one, or both, of their parents were PlantSims. PlantSim children will have the same personality and skills of their parents as well as obtaining a Gold Talent Badge upon adulthood. They can also have an interaction called "Spores of Happiness". This new interaction allows them, while they are in a good mood, to give a boost the the needs of Nearby Sims. This either gives an actual boost rather than slowing down the decay rate of the needs. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [9.04] The Pros and Cons Of course, there are advantages and disadvantages of being a PlantSim. Lets roll with the advantages. * The PlantSims only have 3 different needs to refill at any given time. This makes it easier to control and to furfill their happiness. * Without an environment bar, PlantSims can make excellent cleaners. When I was playing, a room has the worst environment, with a really wet floor, and the only method was to clean using children, who don't have an environment bar. Therefore, PlantSims can be cleaners as they do not have any say on the matter. * PlantSims, as their name suggests, are far better with plants and trees than normal Sims are, making them excellent at farming and gardening. They can be your first full time farm assistants! * These Sims have no need to have food. They only have a Water bar which only requires water and in actuality, doesn't cost you anything whereas normal Sims need food to survive. This makes it easier to maintain them. * Without the need for food, the only fitness level for PlantSim will be normal. They can get to fit quite easily and it will be hard for them to be fat since they don't need to eat. And if they do, they should only eat salads, since they are plants after all. * Upon adulthood, they automatically obtain a Golden Gardening Badge. This is really handy as a Golden Gardening Badge can take a fairly long time to obtain. This is quite useful and use it to your advantage. * They actually enjoy the rain. Unlike the normal Sims and their hatred of rain, they quite like it. However, with the good, there are the bad and as such, there are disadvantages to becoming a PlantSim. * These Sims have a short life span. Like plants in real life with a short life span, these Sims only have 3 stages in their lives. They start at the Infant, or baby stage, then suddenly advance to the adult stage, bypassing the Toddler, Child, Teenager and Young Adult for those with University. After that, it is an advance straight to Elder. This is quite a blow. * PlantSim as such, cannot attend University because of their life span as Young Adult is skipped. This will disable them from obtain 4 extra career paths as well as 2 more want slots. * These Sims cannot handle the cold very well and as such, their temperature in the cold will drop pretty quickly. Therefore, in the late end of the Fall, Winter and early Spring, their temperature will drop faster than normal Sim, while makes them more susceptable to colds. * As they cannot take the cold, it will be hard for them to survive in Winter, because, even if there is sunlight for them to feed upon, they will be cold and makes them easier to become sick, which will be a problem. * Their Sunlight bar depletes relatively quickly at night and this will be a problem as they will collapse outside. * The only alternative means of obtaining sunlight is from the lamp in the Garden Centre and this does not provide a lot of light to the Plant Sim, leading to a problem in itself. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [9.05] Cure The cure is relatively simple. A person must go to a member of the Garden Club or the Gypsy Matchmaker from Nightlife, or Deluxe if you have it, and purchasing a potion called Plantophic-C off them and giving it to the effected Sim. This is the only way to cure Plant Sim. It is up to you whether you want to use it or not. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [10.01] Weathernaught 57X Along with the new wants and fears that come along with Seasons, there is a new Aspiration reward now. It is the Weathernaught 57X and it comes at a cost of 7000 Aspiration Points. "Real, ultimate power at your fingertips! Summon storms, chill the landscape, or boil the neighbours -- accidentally of course -- with a mere flick of the switch! Ancient tribesmen had to dance, chant, and sacrifice delicious animals to wield this kind of power. But you, modern Sim, may harness the gift of sacrifice! With the Weathernaught 57X, your world will never be the same." Well, with this machine, you can change the season that you are currently in to any other season that you wish, and lengthen the current season that you are in as well. You can lengthen it one day, three days or keep it forever. Also, the weather in the name allows you to change the weather that you are currently in, from rainy, sunny to snow and hail. There are 5 charges to this machine and as mentioned before, costs only 7000 Aspiration Points. Having a aspiration mood lower than gold will result in a meteor shower, and that would be quite nasty for one's health. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [11.01] What is it? What is the Garden Club? Well, it is a group of people who love going around showing off their wonderful gardens. When you start Seasons, or move into a new lot, a representive of the Garden Club will come of straight away and talk to you. There are several rewards from the Garden Club, including discounted seeds and other goodies, as well as a wonderful new object. To join the garden club, you will need a large garden, about 10 blocks or more of vegetable patches. Use the telephone and request for Garden Club membership to call up the representive. If you meet the requirements, you will be assessed. When they start up first, they will advise you to do some landscaping, ie, make your plot neater. This advise should be heeded. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [11.02] Joining Well, you can call for membership whenever you want and they can come along for an inspection. After you have join, you can request an inspection every few days or so since they state that your garden will need some time to recoup itself. Anyway, when they come, they will talk to your Sim and start an inspection of your yard. They will come along with about 3 people and start an through search through your yard, examining nearly every tree and plant and looking out for undesirables. To ensure that most of the examiners are happy, look at your backyard. If it is the fall season or winter, make sure that all the leaves from the trees are raked up and burnt, composted or thrown out. Any puddles of urine or water should be mopped up, any pet material should be taken care of and any left over food should be cleaned up. Basically, just make sure that the environment bar is as high as possible given the conditions. Then, look at your trees and plants. Make sure that they all don't have bugs in them, so either use some pesticide or place some lady bug lofts next to them. Make sure they are watered so they don't have a thirst for water. Try to ensure that the happiness is as high as possible, therefore, if you have the gold gardening talent badge, talk to them to about the thriving level at least. And finally, make sure they are all tended and there are no weeds that grow around the plant. If you have done all that, you should be able to pass. If not, place some garden decorations to heighten the score of environment just to give that little edge. They like a well kept garden, a large nice garden as well as wonderful landscaping. If you have done that and they accept you, they will give you a Simoleon bonus to you as well as membership. Now, onto the rewards of the membership. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [11.03] Point Scoring Well, there are ways to score points and to lose points from the Garden Club. These points, though you don't see it, will determine your end reward. Below, I will list down what exactly will give you points and what will lose you points. For Points * Watered Plants * Plants are Bug Free * Plants are Tended * Yard is Clean * Good Landscaping in your Garden * High environment score * Plants are happy Losing Points * Leaves on the Ground * Weeds growing * Plants require Water * Plants are unhappy * Backyard is littered with trash * Low Environment Score * Landscaping is poor If my theory is correct, the amount of points scored is based on the Simoleon reward that is given to you in the end. Therefore, a bonus of 1,500 will be a score of 1,500 points. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [11.04] Rewards There are many benefits of joining the Garden Club. The first and foremost bonus is that the seeds that you plant will be cheaper, 25% cheaper in fact. This makes Tomatoes costing only �6 per seed, �9 for Strawberries and Cucumbers, �12 for Pole Beans and Peppers and �15 for Eggplants. This will be a cost saving over time. Also, fertilizer will only cost you about �10 to spread it onto your plants. This will give a boost to the starting happiness of the plants, which is always good. The final reward, for a score of over 700, will be a Wishing Well. You can get as many as you want, but you will need a score over 700 to do so. More on the Wishing Well later as there will be a section on it. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [11.05] The Wishing Well Well, the main reason for the Garden Club is the Wishing Well. For scoring over 700, you will get the Wishing Well in the inventory of the Sim who requested inspection. The Garden Club is the only way to obtain the Wishing Well, there is no other way, except for cheating of course. Well, first of all, there are two main functions of the Wishing Well. The first and the most minor of the two, is to drink water out of the well. This is only necessary for the PlantSims, who need water. This will fill about 20% of the Water Need Bar, so it is handy for a quick fix. The second and most important function of the Well is to wish of course. Unlike the ones in town squares that do absolutely nothing, the Wishing Well here will grant your requests. As a note, there are two results for whatever you wish for. The bad result occurs when you wish more than once in a period of 24 hours. Thats right, if you wish more than once a day, you have a chance of failure. The more you do so, the higher the chance against your Sims. This goes for anyone in the household. There are three things you can wish for, money, friends and romance. Lets go through each of them. --==Money==-- For those of you out there that love money, this wish, after the little blue glow has occured in the well, will drop a sack of �1,000 and land right in front of your Sim. Who said money didn't fall from the sky? Well, you can't really do anything with it except redeem it for money. However, the flip side, or the event of what happens if you wish more than once is that a bag of �50 will drop from the sky, land directly on the Sim's head, and has a chance of killing them. Ouch. --==Friends==-- This is extremely handy if you have a high friend turnover rate. Anyway, this will materialize three Sims out of no where next to your Sim, having a high Daily and Lifetime relationship with your Sim. Extremely handy if you need that promotion. Again, there is a bad side to this, where if you wish it wrong, it will materialize 3 Sims who will immediately pick fights with your Sim. Again, Ouch. As a note, all three Sims are around the same age as your Sim. --==Romance==-- This will be useful if you want someone to love. This will drop a Sim of the right age and the perferred gender of your Sim, male or female, right next to your Sim and will immediately give your Sim their first kiss, straight away becoming a Love since they have a high daily and relationship score. The flip side, and dare I say, more amusing side of love, is that Mrs Crumplebottom will drop from the sky and beat you up with her purse. It is quite a sight to behold. As the Garden Club says, they are not responsible for what you wish for. Just for those who are curious, the Wishing Well, or the "Toss 'n Wish Drinking Well by Gaelic Gardens" can sell for �2,500. Quite a good price but after 3 days of wishing for money, it isn't worth it. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [12.01] Composting Why do we need to compost. Well, if you want good plants, you should compost and fertilise the garden as it will give a boost continiously to the plant while it is growing. This is extremely useful for obtain some mouthwatering goods. Anyway, we need to compost. First of all, you will need the compost bin from the Garden Centre to get started. Each Compost Bin can contain exactly 30 pieces of compost and they will take some time to decompose. All you need to do to compost is to get some materials that you can compost, which will be displayed later in the next section, and wait. Then, you can fertilise by clicking on the tile that you wish to compost and you can do it once or many. Its a dirty job, but will save you money in the long run as fertiliser will cost money. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [12.02] Things to Shove In What can we shove into the Compost Bin? Well there are many items that one can shove in. Although dirty, it is good none the less. * Leaves from the trees. Once they are raked up, you can click on them to compost. Since there is a large amount of leaves dropped in Autumn, there is a lot of free compost lying around. * The Newspaper. Yep, the daily newspaper is available for you to shove into the compost bin. * Unwanted Plants. If you don't want any plants, just compost them and they will decompose for you for future use. * Trash. Any daily trash that you can obtain from the trash compactor or the bin can be composed for you. Although the maid does not do it for you, you can manually do it yourself. Now, anything can be composted. * Kitty Litter. For those of you with the Pets Expansion pack, you can get the Kitty Litter and cancel the action, resulting in some trash on the floor which you can compose. Or you could just have it in the compactor and compost that as well. Doesn't matter, either way will work. Note that the value of some compost is worth more than others. The biggest variable is trash. The more trash that you have in the compactor, the more compost that it will add to the compost bin. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [13.01] The Weather Another main addition for Season is the weather. Yep, there is now rain and hail. Anyway, lets go into the many cycles of weather. --==Clear==-- This basically means that life will continue as it is. Imagine Sims 2 without the Season pack where it was sunny all the time. That is it. Nothing special except that the PlantSims will need the sunlight in order to recharge their little meters. --==Rainy==-- The next type of weather is rainy weather. This is nice for your plants which give them some water, saving you from watering it, but it isn't too good if they are exposed for it too long. It also will create some puddles for you on the ground that you will have to mop up later on, or wait for the sunny weather to dry it up. --==Snowy==-- This will create a snowstorm for you, instead of raining, it will be snowing and this will help as some Sims have a want for this. It could even snow in the middle of Summer with the necessary tweaking. Anyway, this will allow you to make snowmen and snow angels while rapidly dropping the temperature. You will be forced to go outside in some warm clothes. --==Hail==-- Hail is basically frozen ice. This isn't nice as it will hit your Sims if you aren't careful. It will also attack and hurt your plants as well, that isn't that nice. Also, some Sims will have a fear of hail so think of it as the evil version of snow. --==Thunderstorms==-- This isn't exactly what you want to be outside for. Thunder will accompany rain and will attack things it deems necessary. It will target trees and will, if you are unlucky, zap and fry your Sim. The only way to prevent this is to use a lightning rod that will almost definitely take the fall for you instead of your Sim. Think of it as being electrocuted, except more painful. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [13.02] Temperature You may have noticed that your Sim now has a temperature gauge now. There are several levels of it. There are three on blue, one on green and three on red. This will tell you how hot or cold your Sim it. Lets get into it. Blue means your Sim is too cold. This is influenced by the weather and will normally appear in late fall, throughout winter and early spring when the weather is still cold. There are two levels on blue. The first level is when you have a little of blue above the minimum. This means you better keep an eye on yourself because any more will freeze you. If you have temperature where there is blue in a circle, then you must quickly get warm soon. This is best done drinking some hot chocolate that is made with the machine or one of the juices, Tomato Juice. You must make sure you are careful as you might need some outerwear to ensure that you have adequate protection against the cold. If you are in the lowest level for a period of time, you're Sim will develop a cold that will develop into something deadly if left untreated. Read my base game guide if you want more info that what that little snippet provides you. Green means your Sim is ok. You can get colder or warmer. This is the optimal temperature that your Sim should be at. Red means your Sim is far too warm for their liking. This is done when they are outside in the sun for too long as well as working out on the exercise machines. Any job that involves the working out for periods of time will heat them up. If it gets to the point where the temperature gauge is flashing red, you should cool them down. This is done by drinking lemonade. The level where it is just below boiling point means that you must be careful and seek to cool down. Too long in the sun will give your Sim heat stroke and this will force them out of the sun for the time being. Reminder, the worst offender is the hot tub, that will make you warm extremely quickly. There are 7 levels in total, I'll go into it below. Boiling - Highest Red, EXTREME DANGER Hot - Red, Danger Sign Warm - Just Red, Starting to Heat Up Okay - Green, Okay Cool - Blue, Starting to Cool Down Cold - Blue, Danger Sign Freezing - Lowest Blue, EXTREME DANGER Also, if the children are too cold or hot for that matter, the social worker will come along and take the children, so be careful. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [13.03] Weather Forecasts What to know the weather before it falls? Well, you can use the weather forecast to help you plan what you want to do on the day. There are two methods, discounting the computer, on getting a weather forecast, the newspaper and the television. The newspaper forecast is given with you click on the newspaper and you can read the forecast there when you see the option. The second method involves you using the television and going to the weather channel which will also tell you what weather it will be for today. They are normally right unless you decide to pull out that little Aspiration Reward that you can buy. These forecast will present itself in a little dialogue box and tell you the forecast for the day. You should use it as a planner but sometimes, it can be wrong. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [14.01] Selling Food Selling Food is one of the new functions that is available for you if you have the Open for Business expansion pack. You can harvest the produce that you grow and sell it. You can also sell some fish that you catch from the pond in the back of your house. Growing the produce might take a long time, however, there is a benefit to it. When you harvest the produce, you don't just get one eggplant, or one pole bean, you get many of them. This is important as if you plant 10 strawberry seeds, you will end up with over 100 strawberries that you can sell. Selling lemons off a tree is no different, you can harvest about 20 citrus fruits or apples off one tree during the harvest. Fish, unlike produce, does not require you to wait for a while. All you need to do is to cast a lure out and wait for the fish to bite. The fish automatically go into your inventory. To sell your produce, it is relatively simple. You will need the display case for food from Open for Business. This is the little refrigeration display case. Remember, there are two levels for this. Depending on what you are trying to sell, it will take up varying amounts of space. Because there are two levels, the maximum amount will be double of what is listed. 6 items of produce can be stored on one level. 2 Small fish can be stored on a level while you can only store a single Jumbo fish on the level. You can also sell food made from the produce and fish. Because all meals made from fresh produce and fish will sparkle will shimmery stars, these will relieve the hunger bar faster and therefore, you should set to sell for a higher amount. Likewise, you should set mountwatering produce to sell at a higher price than the regular bland produce. Seasons really does bring the life back to running a grocery store, and makes it much for challenging since good produce will sell quick, and you will need to master how many plants you should cultivate and fish to catch. Therefore, you will need staff to come in. You will need some to tend to your greenhouse, and others to fish for you. Otherwise, you will never be able to meet demand, unless you have 7 servos working for you. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [15.01] Leftovers Leftovers is a long awaited implement for those stingy Sims who cannot bear the thought of wasting food. So, what is it? The Leftover system is that you can place excess food that you cannot finish into the fridge and save it for later. How does it work? Well, all you have to do is to click on the plate with food on it, that is currently not in the process of being eaten, and selecting the option to place the leftovers into the fridge. When you want to remove the leftovers from the fridge, click on the fridge the leftovers were stored in and select the option to get leftovers from it. Select the dish that you want, and eat, without the need for a microwave. Any dish can be placed into the fridge as leftover, excluding empty dishes. Dishes that you have eaten but not finished can be placed. Pizza and Chinese takeaway can be placed into the fridge. Group dishes that haven't been finished can be shoved as leftovers as well as the dishes that have been served from the Group dishes but not eaten. Why is the Leftover system better? There are two main reasons. It prevents perfectly good food from becoming a rancid fly haunt. This basically increases the life of food indefinitely. Also, when you are nearly the end of the hunger bar, this can provide a quick relief to the hunger bar until you have the opportunity to refill the hunger bar. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [16.01] Gifts You can now give gifts to people you love. Basically, this is choosing an item from your inventory and giving it to the other Sims. Everyone loves a little gift, even if you don't want it. But in all honesty, this is rather pointless, since there is no advantage to giving gifts over not giving gifts. You can't even have an effective Christmas party. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [A] Contact Information Hey, what do you know, it looks just like my previous legal things, cause I'm too lazy to make another one. 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