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*Disclaimer: Everything you will see from this season will be depictions of notes that I made during Season 2 of my Big Brother Series. This series took place back in 2015, and the game has changed a bit since then. Some things that happened back then may not happen in the game currently in Sims 4. Everything that you will see in this series happened autonomously.. Though we like to pretend the drama is real, I did not rig or tweak any interactions, relationships or competitions, everything that happens this season was of their own free will. I just came up for reasons why they did what they did in game to make it more exciting. So keep that in mind as you read. The drama and betrayals this season were on another level from Season 1! Some of the screenshots may be a remaster if I have a note for something I didn't have a picture of. I want to give you the full experience and give as many details of what happened as I can. Hope you enjoy!*
Last season I learned that only having 8 Sims was a mistake. So I increased it to 12. I didn't know about MCCC back then, not sure if it was even out at that time, but I downloaded the Fullhouse Mod to begin with. (I personally suggest MCCC because there is so much more you can do with it, and setting up bigger houses is easy once you get the hang of using it. But if all you want is to increase your Household Size and you find MCCC intimidating, Fullhouse Mod works fine. Not sure if it's still working though, it hasn't been updated for the current patch at the time of this post.)
With a bigger cast, I wanted to up the stakes a bit. I was expecting more betrayals and back stabs with a bigger cast, so I increased the Big Move Bonus. Now on top of making a Big Move, Major Moves will be in play. So while a big move may include a backdoor, social masterminding or saving yourself with veto to insure safety while in danger. Major Moves will be achieved by destroying dominant alliances or taking out rivals to completely change the pace of the game. Big Moves will give +2 points and Major Moves give +3 to the Final Scoring of the Final 2 Sims. Also, in Season 1, I gave the HoH the power to select an ally to join them in their HoH Room whenever they want to strategize or increase friendship. The HoH automatically picked the person they had the highest relationship to for this, and were given a +10 Relationship Boost with that person. Back then, Relationship Boosts were much more scarce. In my rules, HoH gained +10 with the person/people they select to share HoH Perks. HoH lost -10 Relationship with anyone they nominated. If a person wins Veto and takes someone off, they gain +10 Friendship with that person and -5 with the HoH. If they chose to keep nominations the same, they gained +5 Friendship with the HoH. Aside from socializations, these were literally the only ways sims could get boosts to their friendships. So winning competitions was actually very beneficial in a lot of ways, even if they were taking relationship drops from it as well. High Risk/High Reward. This Season, because the cast was increased to 12, I gave the HoH the power to select two allies to share their HoH perks and gain a friendship boost early on in the season.
On day one, all of the houseguests separate and get to know each other. But one group of girls really stood out to me, and that was the trio of Naomi/Alex/Staci. These girls really seemed to hit it off early in the game and had the most significant boost to their friendships. Could this be an alliance that is forming?
With a bigger cast, I wanted to up the stakes a bit. I was expecting more betrayals and back stabs with a bigger cast, so I increased the Big Move Bonus. Now on top of making a Big Move, Major Moves will be in play. So while a big move may include a backdoor, social masterminding or saving yourself with veto to insure safety while in danger. Major Moves will be achieved by destroying dominant alliances or taking out rivals to completely change the pace of the game. Big Moves will give +2 points and Major Moves give +3 to the Final Scoring of the Final 2 Sims. Also, in Season 1, I gave the HoH the power to select an ally to join them in their HoH Room whenever they want to strategize or increase friendship. The HoH automatically picked the person they had the highest relationship to for this, and were given a +10 Relationship Boost with that person. Back then, Relationship Boosts were much more scarce. In my rules, HoH gained +10 with the person/people they select to share HoH Perks. HoH lost -10 Relationship with anyone they nominated. If a person wins Veto and takes someone off, they gain +10 Friendship with that person and -5 with the HoH. If they chose to keep nominations the same, they gained +5 Friendship with the HoH. Aside from socializations, these were literally the only ways sims could get boosts to their friendships. So winning competitions was actually very beneficial in a lot of ways, even if they were taking relationship drops from it as well. High Risk/High Reward. This Season, because the cast was increased to 12, I gave the HoH the power to select two allies to share their HoH perks and gain a friendship boost early on in the season.
On day one, all of the houseguests separate and get to know each other. But one group of girls really stood out to me, and that was the trio of Naomi/Alex/Staci. These girls really seemed to hit it off early in the game and had the most significant boost to their friendships. Could this be an alliance that is forming?
A late start to the day, the Sims didn't mingle for too long before heading off to bed. This is where they noticed a NEW Twist that was introduced.. There wasn't enough beds in the bedroom for everyone, meaning five sims on the first rotation were left out and forced to sleep on benches or couches. This could really put them at a disadvantage going into the first HoH Competition.
Day 2, before the HoH Competition, Irving and Staci really seem to be hitting it off. Could we be seeing a showmance blooming? There weren't any in Season 1, so it would be interesting if this was the first! I shipped it.
Alex and Naomi are really the social stand outs on Week 1. These girls go way out of their way to increase bonds with other houseguests. We learned last season how powerful a strong social game can be, with the winner socially dominating the house. Could one of these girls do the same?
While some of the houseguests are doing a great job of getting along.. Diego/Guy have an altercation in the pool that turns into a screaming match. These guys really do not mesh well it seems. I think this could be very bad for both of them. You don't want enemies this early in the game.
Staci uses the game room as a spot to strategically multitask, working on logic while also having her houseguests come and play with her. This seems to be an amazing strategy early on, playing Chess really gave a lot of friendship back then.
Later On... Naomi uhhhh, tries the same strategy but nude?! Lmao, I was so shocked by this. I was just scrolling by and see her playing Don't Wake the Llama with no clothes on. Back then, an "Insane" sim taking off their clothes drew a lot of attention. I saw this as Naomi's attempt at shamelessly pulling the attention of the boys in the house... And it worked. Big Move for Naomi.
The first HoH Competition was a Relay Race. 4 Ducks were placed across from the toy boxes. I separated the houseguests into groups of 4, queuing them up to grab the same duck. The person from each group that grabs the duck and returns it would advance to the final round, which would be a Treadmill Endurance! (This wasn't the best competition, but my Big Brother was very experimental back then and I wanted to try crazy things with the simulations and push the limits.) Little did I know, one person would completely ruin this competition for most of the house, and if you are paying attention, I'm sure you have an idea of who it might be.
With Naomi's crazy ass going into the competition butt naked, the majority of the Sims were so distracted by her, they couldn't even compete in the comp! Big Move for Naomi.
Cyrus/Kala/Lizzie/Irving are the four to move on to the Endurance Challenge! These four push very hard for that first HoH, none of them seem to drop out early or try to throw it.
In the end, it's Lizzie who becomes the first HoH of the season! It's a nice change of pace from last season, maybe the men won't dominate all of the competitions again. This was exciting for me to see a woman winning the first HoH!
Naomi/Staci's hard work pay off as they are both selected to share the HoH Room and it's extra perks with Lizzie. Both of these girls, Naomi and Staci, are playing hard fast. These three seem like they could be a very formidable alliance that the house needs to look out for. +10 Friendship for Naomi/Lizzie & Naomi/Staci. (I didn't increase the relationship between with two selected together back then.)
Due to a lack of communication, a typical choice for the first HoH of the season. Lizzie picks the two guys she had no interaction with, and that was Isaiah and Guy.
Guy really pushes hard to stay in the house this week. The house is very receptive to him. Though he came off as very mysterious early on, it's clear that he really wants this opportunity and his attitude changes quick when he comes into danger. He met with pretty much everyone in the house to try to up his relationships going into the veto competition.
With the Veto being an Art Competition, the winner is determined by highest price tag. Staci continues to slay the game as a serious player this season. Not only dominating the first week socially, but also winning the Veto Competition. She needs to slow down though, because that target on her is only going to grow bigger and bigger if she isn't careful.
Considering her position in the house, and The HoH's generous offer to her this week. It's pretty clear that Staci will not be using the veto on either of the guys. This gives her a relationship increase with the HoH by +5 Friendship Points.
Now a little nervous, Isaiah begins his attempt at campaigning to the house to stay. He was pretty confident until he realized he wasn't getting off the block. Now it seems he is worried.
The girls laugh and joke in the HoH room about how they dominated the week, and they are now guaranteed to take a strong male out of the house very early. Watching Season 1, they knew that they wanted to work with women and show that women could do just as well as the men. They are sure they are going to rule this season!
It's finally time for the first eviction of the Season... Either Guy or Isaiah will be the first person evicted from Big Brother Season 2!! Both men campaigned to save themselves from eviction this week, but who made enough deals to stay in the house?!
The Romance Novelist just didn't have the charm he thought he had. With an unprecedented vote of 9 to 0 votes to evict... Isaiah was unanimously voted out of the house ON WEEK 1!! Guy completely dominated socially to keep himself safe this week. I've never witnessed any Sim get unanimously voted out on Week 1. His game was seriously one of the worst I've ever seen up to this point, possibly in the history of my BB Series.
That wraps up a CRAZY first week in the BB House. I was shooketh by the amount of gameplay just in the first week of the game! These Sims came to play in Season 2, and I was completely here for it. Can't wait to see what happens next? Well stay tuned, because it's only going to get spicier!
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