Sul Sul! And Thanks for All the Fish

[Metropolis Man]

Sul Sul! And Thanks for All the Fish

Goal
As every galactic hitchhiker knows, the Simiverse is filled with many strange and wonderful things. But there are strange and wonderful things that can be found in the waters of your town as well. The question is, how many of them can your Sim find before becoming a stay-at-home elder? In this challenge, your Sim will build a rocket ship and go exploring but also fish for treasure.

General Challenge Rules
The General Challenge Rules always apply. If applicable, exceptions will be noted below.

Specific Challenge Rules

• Create one Human YA in CAS -- the Kleptomaniac trait is banned.
• You must choose the Private Dwelling lot trait and the debug cheat to purchase a satellite to prevent abductions.
• No adding to the household.
• The astronaut career is optional. If your Sim is sent on a space mission at work, you are able to count any unique item brought back from a mission.
• You cannot end space adventures early by canceling them.
• Objects brought back from Sixam are not eligible for scoring.
• This challenge ends when your Sim ages up to Elder.

Scoring

SA/CM/Fish Items - SA stands for Space Adventures and CM stands for Career Missions. Each unique item brought home from a space adventure or career mission counts 10 points, as does each unique item caught while fishing.

Mult - Each successful (i.e., no crash landing) space adventure is worth .01 towards a multiplier.

Example: Arthur Dent brought home 7 different aliens, 3 different space rocks, and an electronic upgrade part from his travels for 110 points. He also caught 15 different kinds of fish, a gnome, and a lemon for 170 points. He made 20 trips into space without crashing, for a multiplier of 1.2. 110 + 170 =280 x 1.2 = 336 for his total score.

Ch-Ch-Changes
The team does not want to edit and make changes to the ruleset once this event goes live, but we may have to. If an exploit is brought to our attention or we discover something else we reserve the right to ask affected players to redo their effort.

Have Questions?
Please think hard before you ask in the challenge thread because it may be strategy. What you may consider an innocent question could cause another player to go — “Oh, I did not think of doing that.” It’s always safer to PM everyone on the team (Metro, ratchie, LenaLJ, Trip, and MarianT) for clarifications. Thanks.

And the Winner is...
After this event has closed everyone is encouraged to discuss how they approached the event, but the winner especially is expected to do so in detail.

This Event is Now Closed

Player	SA/CM/Fish Items	Mult	Total
GlazeyLady	630	3.47	2186
reggikko	720	2.99	2152
LenaLJ	640	3.25	2080
oshizu	610	3.13	1909
Eighty8Keys	620	2.94	1822
Whimsical Peanut	640	2.75	1760
HelenP	580	2.88	1670
WriterJunkie	630	2.31	1455
JocyMc	590	2.26	1333
MarianT	610	2.11	1287
Metropolis Man	570	2.18	1242
MomOfMany	570	1.98	1128
MissZoef	630	1.74	1096
sdhoey	610	1.75	1067
Noyo	460	2.29	1053
CynKuy	530	1.89	1001
MysteryGem	440	1.96	862
smastbrook	500	1.69	845
Flautando	450	1.79	805
coolsim9999999	480	1.00	480

[MissZoef]

hahaha, I love the Hitchhicker's guide references. Love those books.

[Whimsical Peanut]

The the unique items fished - they must be fished from outer space right? Not in my sim's backyard 


Cheers,
WP

[Metropolis Man]

The the unique items fished - they must be fished from outer space right? Not in my sim's backyard 


Cheers,
WP

Unless Marian feels otherwise, there is no restriction in the rules as to where you need to fish.

[MarianT]

The the unique items fished - they must be fished from outer space right? Not in my sim's backyard 


Cheers,
WP

Unless Marian feels otherwise, there is no restriction in the rules as to where you need to fish.

Right, you can fish anywhere.

[lesleyj42]

This looks fun! As my forum name might suggest, I loved Hitchhiker's Guide.

CAS is going to be easy, all she needs is a towel, right? 

[HelenP]

Bathrobe and slippers maybe?

Do we have to keep the unique items or can we sell them?

[Metropolis Man]

Bathrobe and slippers maybe?

Do we have to keep the unique items or can we sell them?

You can definitely sell them, but in case the team has any questions concerning someone's score, it would be best to jot down what each item was.

[lesleyj42]

Certain items can be both caught while fishing and acquired while on space missions (cowplant berries and upgrade parts, for instance). Do these count as unique to both fishing and space missions or do we only count them once by either method of collection?

[MarianT]

Certain items can be both caught while fishing and acquired while on space missions (cowplant berries and upgrade parts, for instance). Do these count as unique to both fishing and space missions or do we only count them once by either method of collection?

You count them only once.

[coolsim9999999]

Should I post all individual fish items I found and just the number of individual fish - as well as doing the math?  --- almost done now.   

[MarianT]

Should I post all individual fish items I found and just the number of individual fish - as well as doing the math?  --- almost done now.   

You don't need to post the items -- just the number. But keep your list for when you post strategy.

[coolsim9999999]

Thanks a lot for letting me know, Marian .  I will keep my list.
When Astro Fish aged up to elder, he had:

Fish Items = 48
48X10 = 480

SA = 0
crashed
CM = 0


Total score = 480 points

[MarianT]

Addition to the Rules:

Objects brought back from Sixam are not eligible for scoring.

[MissZoef]

This looks fun! As my forum name might suggest, I loved Hitchhiker's Guide.

CAS is going to be easy, all she needs is a towel, right? 

Haha, now I know for sure how I'm gonna dress my sim for this challenge