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Aw, me too! 😊 I've tried to continue several times now, but I vastly underestimated the amount of work that was coming my way when I said I had to "do some stuff first". I will be back though! And so will this series! 😊

Oh wow, and I love this comment so much! 😁🥰 Thank you for letting me know. It comes at a perfect time. Not being able to continue with my videos for now and not even having touched the pc for over a week, (and not having loaded up SimsVille in like 6 months) reading this nearly brought me to tears with joy. 😄 I am so happy that this could inspire you to create D'Aridia Woods! And I wish you all the joy, love and creativity for your own town! May it go on for 18 years and beyond. 😉❤

Reading this makes me both happy and sad at the same time. So glad you found the channel and are loving it! 🥰 Hopefully I will in time be able to return to making videos. I miss everything about it and playing those sims so much! I've tried finishing the video I'm working on several times now and it just hasn't happened yet with everything else that is going on right now. I am 100% going to return though! Just can't say when at the moment. Riding the waves until it becomes calm again. In the meantime I hope you enjoy the videos that are on the channel right now and happy simming! ❤️

That's so nice to hear! Glad you enjoyed it. It was such a fun experiment.

Aw thank you! ❤️ That is such a sweet and kind comment. I loved building this world and so happy to hear you are enjoying it. 🥰

It was actually not my idea! I saw it in a video from Ani Bats and their kids looked so adorable! I instantly fell in love with the idea, because I had never thought of the two of them together. (It somehow never occurred to me to break up John and Jennifer) But at the time there was no opportunity to try it out for myself, because I already had an older Pleasantview going and no intention of starting a new one. So when, much later, I had the idea for this challenge, I thought it would be fun to use the PV townies as survivors. And then I remembered the John & Brandi thing and thought it would be a good way of finally seeing them together, so I added them to the mix. And they are really hard to keep apart, every second I'm not looking they will find each other's company. It really is the cutest thing ever. 🥰

Haha Right?! 😄 Love that. 🥰

Aw, thank you! ❤️

Thank you so much! Yes, gross too, let's not forget that! 😂 It's honestly so fun making things messy! And I'm glad you enjoyed the behind the scenes part again. I've always planned stuff on paper and somehow always helps me think better than the digital sheets and statistics. (which I also really love, but after the planning phase 😊)

Thank you! Yes, exactly! The changes won't save and they would get an infinite amount of resources. Which might be interesting down the line, for some tedious stuff, but it would feel OP to do it now. So either I'll load John's household for the time that others need to get stuff from the warehouse, or I'll make everything for sale, but really cheap. That last one would also mean John doing some "bookkeeping" for the inventory being taken, which takes time. And if I load John's household, I will send the ones visiting on a hiking trip or something, because I do want it to cost some time for them to go to the warehouse. The second and third set of crafting items should go faster, now that everyone has some more skills and we have more survivors. If they don't suffer from the heat strokes all the time that is! That's definitely going to be the new challenge! 😄 Yes, Dogmeat! We had to add him. ❤️ I guess the crafted items would be cheaper yes, but I don't really like how they look. So I wanted some freedom in decorating the cabins and decided to trade them in instead. But the original plan was definitely to use the crafted items! It does make a lot of sense to do that. Hoping to return to the challenge soon! 😊

Aw, thank you, glad you enjoyed it! Haha yes, Brandi and John and their trillion babies. 😁 Can't wait to see what they look like.

Oh no! 😄 Hopefully a new one will be up soon. 😊

Aw, thank you! ❤️ Glad you like how the renovations came out! 😊

Thank you! ❤️ Happy to hear you enjoyed the first developments of the town! I can't wait to add in more, it was so fun finally seeing things come to life that have been on paper for so long. 🥰

😂😂😂 Yeah... 😇 Chores are still number one priority for them. 😁 It did catch me by surprise though. When I started this challenge I only thought about the difficulties they could face in winter with the cold, never even considering the heat strokes in summer. We'll need a better source of water soon, so they can cool themselves off at least.

Ahhh I just finished the episode!! I just loved this one, it was so exciting to see the progression of the town and getting that cabin from John and Brandi felt like such a HUGE moment and achievement!!! (I really want to try this challenge but honestly I'm terrified lol... And don't really have time hahaha) Loved the toilet block scavenging lot, that was another really cool one. I was actually thinking to myself right as you said it, that it would be good to build all of the scavenging lots a long time before you scavenge them so you kind of forget what's there. Also well done John on his chat with Eli, that went so well. Heatstroke is no joke, that can be a real challenge in my medieval gameplay too. And lastly... AWWW, NOOBOO!!!!!

@@TeaAddict Ah, I'm glad it did feel like an achievement! It sure did when playing the challenge. They worked so hard for this! 😅 The next ones will have the same requirements, but it will be a bit easier with more survivors and higher skills now than at the beginning. Yeah, I know how that feels. It was your Hansen River that pushed me over the edge to design a variation on the BACC. And specifically that one house, I think in the first tour? Where you showed all they had at the beginning was that room that is now the hallway. And I think they had a garden and did woodworking? That feeling of starting out with nothing and letting them expand their homes sounded so fun and rewarding. And I remember being like "ok, so now I have to have a BACC I guess." 😂 Ofcourse filming at the same time as playing slows down progress so much! But it's worth it since I really enjoy sharing the episodes here. Another idea I had for the scavenging lots would be to let someone else fill them up with clutter. Or maybe let someone else build them entirely? But then again, I'm so much of a control freak and really specific about what items can and cannot be there, I wouldn't even know how to get that going. But maybe that's something that would work for you? But building them and filling them up beforehand definitely helps! I'm working on the second subhood right now and it will take us some time to get there. 😊 I do have designated trash folders, separately from better deco stuff. That also helps, I don't really get tempted to put the good stuff in. I did set up that idea of which lots have which basic supplies right at the beginning, before I started playing. So there's no room to cheat some more coffee in if they need that. Those restrictions really help. And for some reason this really helps: having a space in their family name prevents me from using the familyfunds cheat, which helps me to be more creative with stuff like losing the tent. It would be really fun to see what your run of the challenge would look like! But I can also definitely understand that now is already filled up with so many other things! ❤ One of my things on my to do list is to share the challenge on Tumblr. That will hopefully make it easier for other people to play this challenge too and make adjustments when wanted. But all my spare time has gone into making the videos in these last few weeks. Still one of the first things I'll do when I get the chance though.

@@StoriesNStrategy oh that's so lovely to hear that my Hansen Farm inspired the challenge!! Yeah that's the main farmhouse you were talking about, the one room that is now the entry foyer 😂 it's SO much fun to see the family expand and succeed! Honestly the main things holding me back from trying this challenge myself are 1) time, of course, yes, but hopefully I'll be back to recording content really soon if everything goes to plan with putting Aidan into childcare, and then 2) building the downloads folder 😂😂 I'd want to have all of the "wrecked" post apoc stuff and that would be a whole thing haha. If you have any good creator recommendations... Send them my way. And then YES that's such a great idea to have someone else decorate the scavenging lots?!! 🤯 Would again be tricky with downloads folders but like... Idk, that would be super fun. Really excited to see the challenge on Tumblr when you have time to do it. Can't wait for the next episode! ❤️

@@TeaAddict If I would have to name one creator right now, it would definitely be Aviolina and their Silent Hill stuff. (I took out the really bloody and creepy parts, because they freaked me out. 😅) But I'll see if I can make a good list with working links and add it on Tumblr. All the good stuff is really old and I really went down a rabbit hole when searching for this stuff. Will take some time to re-find those links again. Initially I also thought I was going to play this privately, so I didn't think about making notes about the stuff I found.

Thank you! ❤️ Their 5 trillion children ❤️ - yes, absolutely! 😄 Can't wait to see what they are going to look like.

We had to! 😄❤️

Yes, I can confirm. 😅

Oh, I love the tunnel idea! I'll check into that. Thanks again, you always have great recommendations! ❤️

Aw, thank you! ❤️ I have every intention of seeing this world, that was designed on paper, come to life in the game and share that on this channel! It's been way too much fun to want to stop doing that. 🥰 And also, I've been playing the game for almost 20 years now and will probably still play the game when I'm in my 80's, technology willing. So it is very unlikely that I will stop playing the sims. 😄😉 It'll be so nice to have you following along! ❤️

Aw, thank you! ❤️ Yes, they do have to earn and craft everything!! haha It's a fun process honestly, but it can be a challenge, with only one of them can do something at a time, not all of them having the skills for it and sometimes the one sim that needs to do something is already exhausted and sleeping when you need them. But that was exactly what I wanted when I came up with the restrictions, because I wanted it to resemble some other games that have stuff like that. So I am really enjoying the challenge. I would also understand if that is not for everyone! 😅 Finally getting something they wanted or needed is so rewarding though! 😄 We'll look back on this first phase with nostalgia in no time, I think. 😁

Oh I'm glad you liked it now it was finally there! 😂❤️ Exactly, I like how you worded that, the after-party being way more fun than the event itself! So classic! 😄 I hadn't looked at it like that before. And thistles or some kind of prickles in the field makes so much sense too! haha Everyone complaining and itching because they didn't watch close enough when they cleared the field. That's exactly what happened, I'm sure of it, I love that explanation. 😂😂 The next episode will be about getting the town going. We'll have a few cabins and there are some first town services too, all really basic and small, but I've started filming it and it's so cool to see the actual beginnings of a town on the map. 🥰 So excited for that part of the challenge! Can't wait to share. 😊

Thanks! ❤️ So glad you liked it! It sure was chaotic! 😂 I'm so looking forward to their little ones too. This couple is the only couple that is not going to have one of the PV toddlers, but is just going to have kids regularly. And I can't wait to see what they look like! Omg, if all 18 are going to have kids in the settlement at the same time, can you imagine?! I'd lose my mind for sure. 😨😨😨😂 Komei and Brandon will have to step up their building game to make sure everyone has a house soon! 😅

Haha yeah, it was so chaotic! Really glad you enjoyed it. 😊 John and Brandi at least had their sweet moments, which was nice. 🥰 Yeah, they did a nice job with making the collection files and stuff, but you're also using all or almost all of them right? You sure made the smarter move replacing them right away. I'm such a procrastinator when it comes to organizing those things. I keep clicking through all of them to find what I want, or hoovering over them to see the name. Even in my other hood, I should really start making better collection files. I made 1: for the gardening stuff. And that's it, while I have a whole list of things I want in separate collection files. Oh yeah, the power box is awesome! The generator also works really cool, with fuel you have to pour into it and then it works for a certain amount of time. And it's loud! Annoying, but realistic and I love it. 😁 I have not played Rimworld (yet). It's been on my Steam wishlist for a while (together with a lot of others). I do absolutely love games like that, so thanks for that recommendation! 😊 And I usually get obsessed with new games for a few months before moving onto something else again. 😄 So I'm trying to not get into new games as long as I'm struggling to get my BACC videos out weekly. I want to really get through this first season without breaks again, because there's so much stuff I'm looking forward to actually see and share in the game, instead of having it only on paper! 😅

@@StoriesNStrategy yeah, I have almost all SnM stuff save for maybe a couple of collections. I was actually thinking of redoing all those collections in a unified style and uploading them publicly. Not sure where to get time for that, though 😂 I totally get you about new games, I'm like that myself. And RimWorld is a game with a rather steep learning curve, but if you get into it and enjoy, it's quite possible to lose track of time 😅

@@letitsimmer94 I can relate to that. So many ideas, so little time to do them in. 😊

Hi! Glad you liked their wedding and the choice for the cornfields! Yeah, exactly, this was all that was possible for them at this time. It did seem like the most romantic spot with that greenery and at least a bit of flowers in the background. 🥰 It would have felt weird to make it a big luxurious wedding, when they are still struggling to get their basic needs met. 😅 But it was sweet somehow, right? 🥰 I am planning on teleporting in some of the sims for some chores. I'm still debating if that will be on a regular schedule, or only when they need something. Will have to figure that out in their first round. But the ones moving out will also open up their shops and other community lots. So survivors that still live at the settlement can also go out to get stuff from those places. I'm hoping Christy will develop her cooking skills by preparing mash and vegetables, so she can take over the cooking for the settlement and the "better" food will be available from Brandi's cooking on a community lot. But we'll have to see if Christy will be ready for that and not burn the settlement down first. 😂 We were lucky with Brandi to begin with. It's statistically a really small chance to get so many cooking skills when you roll for them with this system. And basically with every survivor leaving to a house, another will have to take over that cooking, so I'm hoping there will be someone with cooking skills when we find the next new survivors! Fingers crossed. 😁 They will have shared resources through the storage barn, but the more enhanced objects will be "sold" or traded from the shops. So none of them will have to worry about food, water, or basic needs as long as the community as a whole is thriving. But it will depend on their contribution how much luxury they will have. So I guess it'll be a bit of both. But I'm not planning on bringing back the old economy, even though some of the (Fortune) survivors might disagree with that. 😉 No need to apologize, I love your questions! And thank you for engaging, it makes it even more fun to do this for me too! ❤️

Thanks! Haha yeah I guess you're right! No sims wedding without at least a bit of chaos and drama. 😄

Oh thanks! I'll check that out. It sort of freaked me out a bit, looked so weird! 😄

Hi! Oh, I'm so glad you had fun watching it. ❤️ Haha yeah, omg the stink fumes! It was so chaotic and somehow so fitting for how their life has been in this place, that I thought to myself "yeah, what else did you expect?" 😂 I did think it was sweet that John and Brandi seemed determined to keep their attention on each other and not on the chaos, so after everything they made the sweet moments happen all by themselves, which made them even sweeter. 🥰 Oh yeah, the lamare mod is awesome, it has all these scenarios of power outages and stuff. And then the setting to completely switch electricity off is so perfect for a world like this. I'm in love with that power bike, it's so funny. And I tested the generator, where they can actually pour fuel into it and then it works for a certain amount of time. It's loud though! But really cool. I do wonder if it was too dark to see well in the settlement, so I might have to think of something to change that or film smaller parts when there's no daylight. Not really sure yet. Because they did have candles, but now the game sees those as "lights" too. Yeah, I remember you mentioning the subsaharan idea! I would absolutely love to see that. It makes me really happy that you can use this as inspiration! Can't wait to see what you come up with, I'm sure it'll be really cool. ❤️

Oh cool! I wasn't sure anyone would know about it, it seems to not be a very well known game. It's such a great game and so addictive. 😄 For a zombie game I find it actually quite relaxing to play with how nice everything looks and stuff. You'll probably see some familiar lay-outs of buildings when we come to the next subhood for scavenging then. 😉 Thank you! Glad you enjoyed this one! ❤️

@@StoriesNStrategy yeah it’s so underrated isn’t it, really fun to play 😊Ooh amazing, it’s so cool how you’ve brought elements of all these great survival games into the sims 2, it’s created such a unique and entertaining series 😃

@@JasmineSims So underrated! Aw thank you, it's been so fun combining these things from all my favorite games into this challenge. 😊

Hi! Thank you! ❤️ Glad to hear you like the series! Yes, the goal is to use all of them! 😄 I have almost all of the mods in the downloads folder for this hood and added them to a milestone or achievement in the technology tree down the line, so we will see all of them in action eventually. (still figuring out the new fabrics one and I have my hesitations with the hunting ones, just not sure if I want to go down that road) And with every scavinging trip outside of the main hood that we do, I will add a new part of the mods to the objects that they can craft or interact with. I can absolutely relate to needing them all! 😂 Once you start with one and find out how much fun they are, and how intricate and versatile they are, you just have to have them all, because it adds so much to the gameplay. 🥰

Thank you! Yeah, I'm quite happy with actually being able to use the shelves now. Item management is still a time consuming thing, even though they all have their specific resources assigned to them. I would be much happier with functional chests. But oh well. 😄 Having an assigned space for it, so you can see the items, also works and does make the lot a bit more immersive. Oh yeah, the immersive rain mod! I've had that in my megahood for a while now and I love it. Didn't take into account the apocalypse hiders that I'm using. I'm pretty sure it conflicts with that, so I'll have to take it out for now, until we can lift that specific restriction. (still have to do some testing which one is causing the errors)

Aw thank you, glad you liked the episode. ❤️ Haha yeah, it's a challenge for sure! And I wouldn't mind some of them moving out to their own household either... 18 is definitely a lot! 😅

Hi! 😄 Yay! 😄 Hope you're doing ok! ❤

@@StoriesNStrategy we are doing well thank you!! This episode was awesome, OH my god that many Sims would have given me so much anxiety hahaha trying to keep them all crafting and also alive 😂😂 if I were you I would be itching to get more couples moved out!! Speaking of, what do you meeeeean I have to wait until the next episode for John and Brandi's wedding?? Haha I was waiting all episode for that and you left me hanging, absolute rudeness 😂😂😂 can't wait for the special day and to see their new house!!

@@TeaAddict Good to hear you're doing well! Haha yeah, it's hard work, especially when trying to film too. Having a few objects on the lot with that high attraction like the archery target and the scarecrows will help a lot for when I miss a beat. It will at least keep them occupied with something useful, instead of insulting each other. 😅 I am definitely itching to move more couples out, for several reasons! haha I can't wait until the first shops come into play, because there are so many cool things to do with these sun & moon mods for that. Oh yeah, I guess I did build up a bit of tension there! I'm sorry! 😅 I didn't mean to. Originally the entire Monday was supposed to be in this episode and halfway through filming I realized that was way too ambitious, so I had to cut it halfway. But there's definitely a (post-apocalyptic) wedding in the next one! 😁

Thank you! ❤ Glad you liked it!

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Glad you liked it! Making the next one right now! 😄 Fingers crossed for weekly uploads again in the next few weeks.

Oh, I can totally see that yes, Melissa being a prepper! 😂😍 I can't unsee that now that you've mentioned it. 😄

Thank you! ❤️ I'm really new to the whole machinima thing and I feel there's so much to learn and improve on. But they are so much fun to make! And I always love it when others add scenes like these to their videos. Your die, die, my Donnie was a true masterpiece. 😍 Oh, the counting and talking at the same time! 😂 I literally facepalmed when editing. Glad I'm not the only one! 😄

Oh wow, really? That's so cool! ❤ I honestly really didn't expect that! I hope you have fun then. 😊 I saw recently that they completely changed how they introduce and guide you through the first phases of learning the game and the heroes and stuff, with more achievements and progress bars and such. It's supposed to be much better and more fun now than it was in the early beginning of the game. I hope you let me know how you're finding it. 😊 Oh... and good luck! 😃

@@StoriesNStrategy It's been really fun so far. If they have changed stuff around for new players, it really shows, because learning the ropes has been very organic and intuitive so far. I've been playing the mage and it's been really fun figuring out what cards to put in the deck, troubleshooting as I go losing some games and winning others. Me and my bf have a valentines play date today actually 🥰 He's totally going to kick my ass but it'll be a lot of fun 😂 Are you always playing with the rogue or do you have any favorite classes?

@@AniBats Oh cool! Yeah, the troubleshooting, changing cards... it's so satisfying when you win with some changes you came up with, isn't it? I've tried all classes at one point. My first love was really the hunter, Rexxar, with all the cool beasts and honestly, because whenever I play a game and there's a bow, I want a bow. 😄🤓 I had a female avatar for the hunter in the videos. The hunter is generally pretty weak when you get stronger opponents. So my other two favorites were druid and warlock. Paladin, shaman and control warrior somewhere in the middle. And least favorite I think priest. And hardest to win Mage and Rogue. 😄 DK and DH didn't exist back then, so I don't really have an opinion on those yet. Aw, that sounds like a cool valentine's day. 😊 Have fun!

@@StoriesNStrategy Ah right, now that you mention it I do recall you saying you were playing hunter, but for some reason my brain went immediately to rogue because of the avatar 😂Rookie mistake. I got a little hesitant playing it because it seems to be very offensive compared to the mage for example, which appears more defensive (at least the way my control freak self is playing it lol). But knowing that's what you're playing in the videos it makes me far more interested in it❤

@@AniBats Haha yeah, the aggro part is why I love it so much. 😁 It's a bit of an all or nothing gamble each time. You might also like the druid then. It has some nice options to play a more control based playstyle. 😊

Aw, thank you! That's such a sweet comment. ❤️ Glad you are enjoying it!

Yeah, I should have known. 😅 Hahaha yeah, I guess there's that option too. 😂😂 You're right, these survivors are just probably way too kind for that. 😉 And yes, I love to stay on the feel good vibes side with my sims series. I'll smack stuff in the head in other games. 😁

Hi! Thank you! ❤️ The hood and lots are not going to be available for download, because of the amount of cc that was used in it. They are solely here for inspiration and for the BACC series. But if you see any cc in the video that you like, I'd be happy to check where I found it, so you can download it.

Yeah, that's something I've been missing too. It would be so cool if the game could actually recognize the ingredients that are in there, to determine what meals can be cooked. Someone mentioned in my comments that there is a game mechanic that already does that with the fish dishes and that makes perfect sense. So it should be possible to adjust that to do exactly that, but for all the meals and it wouldn't have to be completely new code made from scratch. Like needing eggs for omelettes, meat for meat dishes, maybe grains or something for cereal, milk & eggs for pancakes... etc. But I'm not a modder and wouldn't even know where to start. Would be so cool though! Having a mod like that would also make it possible to add the sun&moon items in there, next to the maxis fish for the fish dishes I suppose. But again, not a modder and the only thing I do here and there is adjust some really simple mods. Glad you liked the storytelling! 😊 And omg, you're right! John actually is a bit like Jack in some ways! 🤯 Like running around as the self proclaimed leader and trying to help everyone, but by doing that also seeming a bit selfish sometimes? Not sure if I'm wording it right, right now, but I can totally see that! Speaking of "Lost", you'll probably like the title of the 10th episode then... 😉

@@StoriesNStrategy hehe, yeah, I've already glimpsed at the 10th episode a bit, and really appreciated the reference 😄 As for the fish dishes, I'm not much of a modder myself either, but a mod like that seems to be rather intricate, since it would need to take into account lots of variables. I kinda wished to find a simple mod that removed the fish requirement for the Seasons dishes altogether. So that you could cook them any time with the regular food points. This would require some micromanagement, but at least the dishes would be available.

@@letitsimmer94 Yeah, I guess it would have to take into account a lot of variables. It's more hope than knowing really. Since there is some stuff available in the game itself to build on. And if something like the gardening overhaul is possible... we can hope? 😄 I found a page on Lazy Duchess' Tumblr where he's working on a Food Overhaul. Not sure if there's any progress there and it's a beta, but that might be something? edit: It's actually not by Lazy Duchess, but by Beestew on MTS, from the immersive rain and less apparition mods.

@@StoriesNStrategy oooh, thanks for mentioning that, I'll go and check that out!

Ah cool! Glad I could help! 😄 And I'm glad you're enjoying the series! 😊