@ClayMask Before my sims starved? Yes. Before they were ravenous? No. Is this what you were asking? After obtaining a moodlet solver I used it on my one sim and had her work on Soulmate while the other two stood around, playing on their phones and passing out. I sold all her date rewards as I went along and bought a fridge, which they took quick meals from. (My sim DID work on cooking for whims, but that didn't come until later.)
@Tixxis I have to admit, it was a little disheartening, especially because like I said, this was the first challenge I really practiced for. I ran through multiple practice files and spent almost a week working on it, and was actually going to turn in my score (which was in the mid 5000s, though it probably would've been a little higher if I had played by the rules
) when I realized my mistake. I feel like the rule on playing a sim multiple days in a row wasn't too clear, but the information was there if I had read a little closer, so I'm not bitter about it. Besides, it could be worse- I'd feel a lot worse if I messed up on the 6 week store challenge as opposed to this one, which was less than a week.
My real problem was with the becoming ravenous portion- I don't feel there was enough intense strategy possible during that time to justify not having at least some base guidelines and instead making every question one for the mods. (Some of what you did would qualify for PM only questions, but I feel like a "yes, you can nap" wouldn't have.)
