Author Topic: Tales o' the Corsair (Read 4633 times)

TommyT · « **on:** September 25, 2010, 03:59:48 PM »

Tales o' the Corsair pt. 1: Poop Deck Luck

Batten down the hatches and stay thee-selves, for here be the tale of the great Captain Corsair. Ages ago, our fair captain traded his entire fortune of pieces o' eight to a haggard gypsy in return for immortal life, but all was not as it seemed. After the gypsy preformed the ceremony, she told Corsair that his eternal life would only stand fast as long as he be upon the open sea; once afoot on the soil his enchantment would break! So Captain Corsair, not one to be hornswaggled, made ready his ship and crew of seadogs and set sail in search of the greatest treasure in the Simuyan Sea - the Golden Cobra. If he could find this great treasure, he would have enough doubloons to live a mortal life with more rum and fancies than he could imagine!
But alas, all was not well on the Corsair, as the crew grew tired of spending so many years searching the sea on a fool's errand. The scalawags mutinied against the captain and set him adrift on the Simuyan. Here our captain remained, aimlessly floating in the sea for the better part of two centuries. Here he cursed his immortality and longed for a warm bed, a ripe lassie, and a night spent three sheets to the wind.
After what seemed like an eternity asea, Captain Corsair woke up to a sight that made him shake in his boots, land ho! Corsiar stepped foot on the small island of Barnacle Bay and instantly felt a rush of energy leaving his body, he now knew that he had become mortal once again. Unbeknownst to that scurvy dog of a gypsy, the captain had pilfered the recipe for immortality from her while she was preparing the ceremony, and spent his time at sea hatching the perfect plan: he would form a new crew of his own bloodline, blessed with eternal life!
Weigh anchor and hoist the mizzen, for the time of high-sea adventure is at hand! How will Captain Corsair adapt to the new world? Will he be able to trick the citizens of Barnacle Bay to do his bidding in preparation of the immortality recipe? Will he change out of the clothes hes been wearing for over 200 years? Stay tuned and find out in the next installment: Teaching a Seadog New Tricks!

Tales o' the Corsair, pt. 1: Poop Deck Luck
Tales o' the Corsair, pt. 2: Teaching a Seadog New Tricks
Tales o' the Corsair, pt. 3: Wed Men Tell No Tales
Tales o' the Corsair, pt. 4: Abandon hope all maids who enter here!
Tales o' the Corsair, pt. 5: The Stripey and the Jack o' Coins
Tales o' the Corsair, pt. 6: Turning Maids on the Account
Tales o' the Corsair, pt. 7: Corsair Compound
Mini-Update
Tales o' the Corsair, pt. 8:
Tales o' the Corsair, pt. 9:

AriaGirl77 · « **Reply #1 on:** September 25, 2010, 04:06:52 PM »

Yaarrrr!

In other words, totally awesome!

Saltypaws · « **Reply #2 on:** September 25, 2010, 04:08:03 PM »

Good start Tommy. That is a different approach and will be looking forward to reading more. I think we read more than we play anymore, lol. Nice looking pirate too. Good luck.

Metropolis Man · « **Reply #3 on:** September 25, 2010, 04:53:11 PM »

Great start, Tommy!

Twinmum · « **Reply #4 on:** September 25, 2010, 06:24:40 PM »

I can't wait to learn more.

Norma

TommyT · « **Reply #5 on:** September 25, 2010, 06:48:55 PM »

Tales o' the Corsair, pt. 2: Teaching a Seadog New Tricks

Avast ye scalawags! Our captain has landed on Barnacle Bay and has but two things on the mind, lassies and a hot meal! Corsair follows his nose to the home of Odessa, who happens to be striking and making a meal all in one - this landlubber might be the prize booty of all Barnacle Bay! The captain wastes no time in wooing said dame, quickly making her his betrothed.

"Behold this treasured jewel from the sea, from mine.. arr heart? To yours? How say ye!?"
"Oh wow! What an expensive ring! Yeah I'll totally marry you, but we have to do something about that costume.."

Captain Corsair and Odessa take the yellow land boat back to the spot of the captain's original landing on Barnacle Bay and start working on their skills. Corsair will focus on the crafting side of the eternal life recipe: painting, fishing and gardening. There always be dames nearby for making mess, so the captain opts out on cooking.

The Corsair Dynasty coffers are getting a bit low by this point, so the captain decides it's time to bite the flintlock and do some labor. Odessa seems like a nice lassie, albeit lacking a few marbles.

Aye, and the attire, the attire just must go..
"Off with ye, find something respectable to don!"
"Haha Corsair stop fooling, I don't know anyone named don!"
"Arr, just wear these rags from the last keelhauled dame."
"Teehee how cute! Oh my gosh I feel like a movie star!"
"At least you're thinkin what I'm thinking.."

Odessa starts out with 9 Cooking and level 8 Culinary career, so it didn't take long to max both of those and get the most awesome MinusOne Kelvin fridge that I covet for all my families. Now Odessa focuses on Painting so she can make portraits of the captain as he ages (I'm not doing ice sculptures or photographs because honestly it gives me a headache

). Captain Corsair progresses steadily through the Science career while maxing Fishing, Handiness and Gardening. Corsair was also the cartographer on his ship long ago, so he'll focus on painting too once his job skills and career are maxed.

Captain and Odessa have both maxed their career and relevant skills at this point, and since Odessa is 2 days away from being an elder now seems like a good time to create the first crew-member of Corsair's new fleet.

"Oh gosh! Oh phooey this is bad! Umm, ahh, Corsair? What happens now?"
"Shiver me timbers! None o' this was in the pirate handbook!"

Aye, a wee lassie?! Ah well, better to the messhall or infirmary than to the gallows, baby Grace O'Mally Corsair is born. She'll become a World Renowned Surgeon so the Corsair family can have enough money to build a compound.

Stick around to see how our little pirate comes into her own and how the Corsair Compound turns out in the next installment: Wed Men Set No Sails!

AriaGirl77 · « **Reply #6 on:** September 25, 2010, 08:50:33 PM »

Too bad pirating isn't one of the new professions.

LenaLJ · « **Reply #7 on:** September 26, 2010, 03:10:34 AM »

Wow a nice way to tell the story im totally in love with it.

Pam · « **Reply #8 on:** September 26, 2010, 05:17:19 AM »

Outstanding, Tommy! Really... just outstanding!

samoht04 · « **Reply #9 on:** September 26, 2010, 06:02:37 AM »

This is great! I love this story!

Barnacle Bay looks like a lot of fun, but I cannot get it. Oh well, I am sure your stories will satisfy me!

Joria · « **Reply #10 on:** September 26, 2010, 11:47:32 PM »

Awwww, shucks! You used my favorite person, Grace O'Malley. Well, I'll just have to use her Gaelic name. By the way, did you know she met with Queen Elizabeth and they came to an agreement. Grace would stop pirating and Elizabeth would free her family members and return lands and gold she had taken when she captured them. (She reneged on it.) At this meeting Grace sneezed, and needed to blow her nose. QE gave her, her handkerchief, which Grace used gratefully. And then threw it into the fireplace! Lovely, hand made, fine lace and all. Ok, now ask why, (which is what Elizabeth did).

TommyT · « **Reply #11 on:** September 26, 2010, 11:54:51 PM »

Sorry Joria! Haha maybe she didn't want to give QE cooties. Glad you guys like it so far, I'm a little busy now but expect a big update on Tuesday!

Anushka · « **Reply #12 on:** September 27, 2010, 05:34:51 AM »

This is great, at least parts that I understood

Loving originality and creativity with sun and beaches involved, I can wait to see next chapter! And hope to understand more of this pirate's dialect hahahaha

Joria · « **Reply #13 on:** September 27, 2010, 05:21:54 PM »

Quote from: TommyT on September 26, 2010, 11:54:51 PM

Sorry Joria! Haha maybe she didn't want to give QE cooties. Glad you guys like it so far, I'm a little busy now but expect a big update on Tuesday!

Close. She told the outraged queen it would have been considered rude to present her with a befouled item. In reality, she didn't want any of her body parts around that could be used against her magically. Ahh, these marvelous, magical, Celts.

TommyT · « **Reply #14 on:** September 28, 2010, 08:43:53 PM »

Tales o' the Corsair, pt. 3: Wed Men Set No Sails

We last left our captain with newborn Grace O'Mally, the first member of his immortal crew. Wee babes require a doting parent, so it's a good thing Odessa was around. She aged up to elder the day after bearing Grace, and Corsair knows that his beloved won't last forever (to paint his family). The captain spends the next week held away in the studio.

The Corsair family actually has a house now, somewhat. I don't usually play multi-generational families and I know that trying to micromanage all of them will be very frustrating for me so I'm just going to focus whoever the current Dynasty target is and let everyone else do whatever they want under Free Will. To make all this happen I figured that a 'compound' or 'condo community' would work well.
I'll eventually end up with 6 identical houses in 2 rows with a large estate and the end of the rows. None of the homes will have a kitchen, instead I'll have a large central kitchen/dining room where the family will come together to eat. The stove and counterspace will be in a locked room that only my chef can access (so no Sims get accidental Cooking points) but there will still be local fridges for quick meals. One room in each house will be locked and will contain the skill items for the immortal living in that house so nobody gets the wise idea to come in and play chess without me knowing. I was able to make 4 of the identical houses and the kitchen before I ran out of money, no landscaping or decorations yet unfortunately.

Grace O'Mally soon ages up to toddler - she's got her fathers angled bone structure and pirate nose, and her mothers squinty bland eyes. Definitely not my cutest Sim baby, but at lease she'll look the part as a pirate!

Corsair takes a much more active role in raising Grace at this point, as there be plenty o' booty to be had in the form of LHP's! He teaches her to walk/talk/potty on the first day and spends the rest of her toddler days reading the kid logic books to her and continuing his paintings. Grace gets plenty of LHP's of her own, as her mood bar has been filled to the top ever since becoming a toddler. She already looks like she's up to something...

After a couple more days of the adults painting and Grace playing with blocks she ages up to child, and not a moment too soon - time for this lassie to pull her weight around deck! Everything I didn't like about her face grew bigger with this life stage, I didn't include a close up because I want to see what she turns out like as a teen - she may be wearing face paint pretty soon here haha!

Up next: Abandon hope all maids who enter here!

ladylaw1978 · « **Reply #15 on:** September 28, 2010, 08:50:19 PM »

Oh the pirate thing is just too much fun. Odessa is a cutey and she and her Scurvy Corsair make wonderful babies!! I love the story. Keep it up!

TommyT · « **Reply #16 on:** September 30, 2010, 12:09:23 AM »

Tales o' the Corsair, pt. 4: Abandon hope all maids who enter here!

Here's a little mini-update I forgot to include in my earlier posts. Apparently this maid had a problem with Corsair, bad move ye lily-livered scalawag!

The captain gives the scoundrel what-for and is a hog's hair away from keelhauling the dog, but instead decides 'firing' this Sim would fit better with the new age.

However, Corsair shoots off a glare that be makin' any landlubber shake in their boots!

Back to the present, Grace O'Mally is slated to be a World-Renowned Surgeon once she gets her sea legs about her, so she be off to the library to study up. Thanks to my prep-work with her as a toddler she starts out with 3 logic, and with her genius and bookworm trait she shoots up to 10 Logic within a few days - and the honor roll. A gentlelady o' fortune in the making!

Our dear captain ages up a few days into Grace's childhood, an elder at last! It looks like Grace manages to peg him with a magic sparkle peashooter right in the back! Although he be aged moreso than his last bout of eternal life, Corsair is ready to recreate the old gypsy's ceremony... but yet again the attire must go...

Ah much better, here Corsair smiles for the first time since landing in Barnacle Bay.

But then he remembers how much he hates magic sparkles...

At this point Odessa is 88 days old and will be journeyin' to the Fiddler's Green soon; Corsair's Painting is at 10, he has a garden full of perfect fruits/diary/meat/omni and an inventory full o' deathfish. I think I'll have Grace learn Cooking as well just so I'll have all the crafting bases of the Dynasty covered.

My next steps are to age up Grace, find her a mate, level up her career and complete the Corsair Compound. See how it all turns out in the next installment: The Stripey and the Jack o' Coins!

Pam · « **Reply #17 on:** September 30, 2010, 01:45:13 AM »

The time sure did fly by! Seems like only yesterday the Captain washed up in Barnacle Bay.

LlamaMama · « **Reply #18 on:** September 30, 2010, 02:11:39 AM »

This is great, Tommy! You're a braveheart to strike out into this new territory.

Joria · « **Reply #19 on:** September 30, 2010, 04:52:09 PM »

That captain is the gnarliest looking dude I have ever seen! Crow bait for sure! Better hide the plank because he definitely looks slated to walk it. Oh, wait! It won't matter! He's immortal. (Runs to hide Granuaille so she never runs into him in Barnacle Bay!)

I personally think the kidlet is adorable and not that unfortunate in facial features. She didn't get his nose, did she?

ladylaw1978 · « **Reply #20 on:** September 30, 2010, 09:25:57 PM »

I am in love with the Captain

Like Pam said, it does seem only yesterday that the Captain swept into town. I feel like I'm taking forever! Great work!

TommyT · « **Reply #21 on:** October 01, 2010, 04:40:01 AM »

Quote from: Joria on September 30, 2010, 04:52:09 PM

I personally think the kidlet is adorable and not that unfortunate in facial features. She didn't get his nose, did she?

She sure did! That pic of her reading is cute but you should see her head-on, it's weird she looks like a mini-adult haha. I'll have a huge chunk of time tomorrow, hopefully I can get Grace to Adult and almost ready for Ambrosia.

TommyT · « **Reply #22 on:** October 02, 2010, 05:21:17 PM »

Tales o' the Corsair pt. 5: The Stripey and the Jack o' Coins

Happy birthday Grace! You're a real.. well.. you have a beautiful personality!

She needs an immediate makeover, and I opt for a typical teenage angst look. It looks like the sides of her face are missing!

Grace's Teen years fly by; I already had her max Logic as a Child, and for her Teen feat I have her max Cooking and in turn complete her LTW - Culinary Librarian. All this is done 3 days before her birthday, so I just have her watch TV and complete any wishes that pop up.
I decided to have a birthday party for Grace since I usually don't have parties for my Sims. I invited a couple of Captain and Odessa's work buddies and 3 potential suitors that Grace met in school.

Otis here has lavender eyes, but is in dire need of a haircut.

Marcelo has boring eyes like Grace, but is already an Adult (which is good because I want the spouses to die as soon as possible to make room for the firstborns)

Birthday time! Let's see how she turns out..

Jayson and Otis promptly throw up into their noisemakers, but Marcelo seems pleased with the results..

Very pleased!

So it looks like Marcelo is going to be Grace's target husband. Grace gets a job at the hospital right away and flies through the first few promotions due to her high logic. I now have enough money to finish off the rest of the Corsair Compound, but I'm procrastinating because I know it will take me hours

gerrr00 · « **Reply #23 on:** October 02, 2010, 05:25:21 PM »

Great update! I was laughing so hard when I read "beautiful personality". Thank you for the laugh.

ladylaw1978 · « **Reply #24 on:** October 02, 2010, 06:02:39 PM »

Great last posting. Hey, Grace is much better looking now. You know, the teens on the game always seem to go through that "awkward look" state and get better after aging up.

TommyT · « **Reply #25 on:** October 02, 2010, 08:42:48 PM »

Tales o' the Corsair pt. 6: Crack Marcelo's Tea Cup

Now that Grace is a Young Adult, she has a responsibility to create the next Seadog for Corsair. She had a good feeling that Marcelo was eyein' her lugsail at the birthday party, so she calls him up and makes a move.

Unfortunately, Captain wasn't one to bequeath the art of wooing upon Grace; after all - her namesake be Corsair, nigh a wordsmith!

"Aye, come inside and we'll splice the main brace - what say ye?"
"Wait, we're gonna do what?"
"I fancy myself a bit o' a carouser, how 'bout we wassail on a grog from the cellar?"
"You're going to turn your spouse into a female frog in the cellar?! I thought you were single!"
"Har har! I rather be settin' yer gibbet and measure ye for chains than soothsay ye to a frog!"
"Umm.. oh man look at the time! It's already 6:00PM, I'd better be going!"

The next day Grace called Marcelo over again, this time she was going to make him drop anchor!

"Now ye brood me a strong lad, savvy?
"I'm pretty sure I know what that means.."
"On wit' ye! I've t' make mess in the morn and tend the infirmary o'er twilight! All hands on me deck, no time to hang the jib!
"Wow is that a.. uh.. is that Castle Greyskull over there? I gotta check this out - see ya!"

That same night Odessa ran the end of her reign as founding spouse, she managed to make over $400,000 in painting and lived to be 104 days old. Too bad yellow-bellied Marcelo never got to meet her. On the plus side, her paintings of Captain and Grace O'Mally went up in value! Her most valuable portrait was about $6250 before death and is now worth about $7500 - could make for an interesting strategy.

Marcelo eventually gets the hang of the whole pirate thing and has a wonderful marriage with Grace. I decide to take him down the Professional Sports career path, not for any particular reason just because I haven't done that one in a while. The family travels around to get all the recipes/goodies from across the world, but I don't have them adventure much at this point.

(Notice that Marcelo is much buffer in Egypt

I really want to get Marcelo about halfway into elder so he can pump out the next firstborn and pass on around the time the kid becomes teen (heartless!) Next update will definitely have a new Seadog and hopefully a completed Corsair Compound!

gerrr00 · « **Reply #26 on:** October 02, 2010, 10:01:35 PM »

I love your story! It is so good. Where do you get all the pirate lingo? You are awesome if you think of it all on your own. Or is there a pirate translator out on the web somewhere? I know you can set your language to pirate (english) in Facebook.

TommyT · « **Reply #27 on:** October 02, 2010, 10:51:19 PM »

I find it all online, there's some good stuff out there! That's pretty funny about facebook

Pam · « **Reply #28 on:** October 03, 2010, 12:54:35 AM »

I love this, Tommy! Grace looks frighteningly like her father. I can't wait to see how much the next Seadog will favor her. And the absolute best part for me was... savvy! Love, love, love Captain Jack Sparrow!

Joria · « **Reply #29 on:** October 03, 2010, 03:42:00 AM »

Great story TT. Grace is fortunate to have a nice personality. lol My Grace, Granuaille is one of the Gaelic spellings, is going to found an entirely different type of legacy on the island off the coast of BB. I couldn't face having her have to allow a child to die while still in her household, but that wasn't my for real dynasty anyway. I'm using your "hotel" as one of the buildings on that island.

samoht04 · « **Reply #30 on:** October 03, 2010, 03:52:45 AM »

This story is soo cool!

TommyT · « **Reply #31 on:** October 03, 2010, 01:19:02 PM »

Thanks everyone, I'm having a lot of fun with this

Joria I'm glad my little hotel is getting put to good use!

Anushka · « **Reply #32 on:** October 03, 2010, 02:10:35 PM »

I would like to have a link to translate pirate English back to standard one! Or else I would run away as Marcelo did. You made me laugh at loud with his lines

Story is great, and it gets better every time I (try) to read it

Joria · « **Reply #33 on:** October 03, 2010, 03:23:24 PM »

Quote from: TommyT on October 03, 2010, 01:19:02 PM

Thanks everyone, I'm having a lot of fun with this Joria I'm glad my little hotel is getting put to good use!

"Little"? There is nothing "little" about that hotel! I am going to get rid of the cells though. Kinda creepy for a hotel and much too pretty a building to be a jail or insane asylum. Might be a good thought for a basement though. hehehe

TommyT · « **Reply #34 on:** October 03, 2010, 06:47:33 PM »

Lol yeah the pirate speak can be a but much at times

I played so much last night that I had Sims dreams!

alyssa.cole · « **Reply #35 on:** October 03, 2010, 09:52:54 PM »

What a great story! I'm impressed with your commitment to the pirate lingo, and especially enjoy the clever chapter titles. Keep up the good work!

AriaGirl77 · « **Reply #36 on:** October 04, 2010, 04:48:01 PM »

Love it! Grace looks very... sea worthy. lol

ladylaw1978 · « **Reply #37 on:** October 04, 2010, 09:07:26 PM »

So is she going to be the Captain's 2nd in command or his he going to relegate her to poop-deck status?

TommyT · « **Reply #38 on:** October 05, 2010, 11:58:25 AM »

Hah! Grace is going to be the cook and doctor for the crew (between her and Captain I'll have all the necessary components for Ambrosia), Captain's second-in-command will be introduced in the update I'm penning right now

Du5tin · « **Reply #39 on:** October 05, 2010, 01:17:06 PM »

Why do I find Grace attractive?

TommyT · « **Reply #40 on:** October 05, 2010, 01:18:36 PM »

Tales o' the Corsair pt. 6: Turning Maids on the Account

After gathering treasures from across the world, I decide to do some upgrades around the house while waiting for Marcelo to turn Elder. Captain must be loosing it in his old age, as I don't think this is a good way to make a toilet self cleaning..

Grace becomes a World Renowned Surgeon in no time flat and can now do some non-rabbithole work as a Doctor that was introduced with the Ambitions EP. It's a nice change of pace, but as Metro discovered in his doctor update article it actually hinders your job performance.

"Quit ye squirmin' landlubber!"

Grace and Marcelo end up having their birthdays on the same day, so I threw them a big party. Grace looks the same, however poor Marcelo is a little disappointed with his new 'ripeness'. All his hard-earned muscles are gone, but that doesn't stop him from reaching the top of the Professional Sports career.

It also doesn't stop him and Grace from making the newest member of the crew: Powderkeg Jed!

Sidenote: at Grace's and Marcelo's birthday bash I found someone uglier than Grace - two people in fact! This is Robin Dillon on the left and Marcy Winter on the right, one of them works the Professional Sports career with Marcelo. I'm not sure what their story is, I didn't notice them when making my list of Barnacle Bay townies.

I gave Powderkeg Jed my typical infancy/toddler routine. Max mood 24/7 and his own room to cry in. I think I also found his future love (provided she's still a YA now), our lovely maid Janette. Grace is not amused.

I have Jed slated to be Captain's no. 2, so I'm planning on having little Powderkeg become a Master Thief. Attaining that LTW should be a cinch since all the job needs is Athletic and good coworker relationships. I really like the Thief path of Criminal because it makes almost as much per week as Medical, you get the fox statue at level 10 that gives you a mood boost, and the Sim works 4 days a week which keeps them out of my hair.

I'm still not sure if Children can learn Athletic, they can work out on the radio and TV but no progress bar appears. It looks like Jed will have an easy Childhood as well, all I'll be focusing on is mood, school, working out, and of course Janette. But, to my dismay, it looks like Powderkeg Jed and Janette don't see eye-to-eye on many things (nice clothes btw).

I swear I've seen this picture before.. Wait now, whats that? It looks like opportunity might be knocking, or in this case about to walk out the front door!

This is Kristen, I'm not even sure how she became our new maid, maybe because I invited Janette over in the morning and she was still a visitor when it was time for a maid to show up. Kristen looks pretty much the same as Janette does but with brown hair and nice blue eyes, that'll do just fine. By the way, does anyone know if eye color can skip generations as a recessive gene kind of thing? I think Kristen's pale blue eyes mixed with Captain's sold white eyes would make an amazing color.

Still no Corsair Compound! I swear I'm gonna finish it up today, I've been waiting too long and I have $800,000 to spend. Check back in a few hours and I should have some pics posted up.

TommyT · « **Reply #41 on:** October 05, 2010, 01:19:04 PM »

Quote from: Du5tin on October 05, 2010, 01:17:06 PM

Why do I find Grace attractive?

Because she's strong like bull

LlamaMama · « **Reply #42 on:** October 05, 2010, 02:59:10 PM »

I'm so relieved that you realize how ugly Grace is! It has taken superhuman strength for me to resist posting something about her appearance. It's really strange to see her head on a female body, she's such a she-man.

TommyT · « **Reply #43 on:** October 05, 2010, 03:07:55 PM »

Hah how funny! I haven't liked the looks of Grace since she was a toddler!

TommyT · « **Reply #44 on:** October 05, 2010, 09:00:04 PM »

Tales o' the Corsair, pt. 7: Corsair Compound

OK so I've been working on this since my last post in this thread, and I can say the compound is fully decorated and built - but it just needs some landscaping. I'm about to leave for the evening but I wanted to give everyone an update of what I've got so for, hope you like!

Here's the front view. The two duplex's and dining hall from before are still there but now I've added the main compound which includes two more 'apartments' on the ground floor, a reading and entertainment area on the ground floor, two TV/reading rooms on the second floor, and two elaborate bed/baths on the third floor (which is hidden by the roof).

This is the rear of the compound. The backyard is pretty basic, a pool with an elevated bridge to the gardens (I'm only growing Life Fruit and Omni Plants) and a couple of watch towers.

My lot looks like an discontent person

This a sample of the layout of 1/2 of the duplex buildings. As you can see very basic! The room with the easels is typically the room I lock and furnish with my immortal's skill objects - depending on who's living there at the time. As soon as a targeted immortal reaches YA I move them into their own space.

Probably the coolest part of the compound is the shark tank on the ground floor; as soon as you walk in you're faced with this awesomeness.

View from the second story loft.

I'll do some story updates later tomorrow once I get back home!

gerrr00 · « **Reply #45 on:** October 05, 2010, 09:25:08 PM »

What an awesome compound! The shark tank is amazing as is the rest of it. Can you add a plank to it, so you can threaten your misbehaving guests with walking the plank? lol How did you make the shark tank?

muddawg · « **Reply #46 on:** October 05, 2010, 09:57:10 PM »

And I thought *I* did elaborate buildings. That there's a retirement home for a dynasty, for sure. And the Shark Tank is *excellent*.
Do you have a basement installed anywhere? I've kind of been thinking of installing sub basements beneath the basement for the remains of immortal's spouses, so I don't have to clutter up my museum with their junk, I mean, keepsakes.

LlamaMama · « **Reply #47 on:** October 06, 2010, 02:07:40 AM »

You deserve an evening out, but just so you know, my jaw remains dropped until you return and describe how you made the shark tank!

wildredchild · « **Reply #48 on:** October 06, 2010, 05:02:28 AM »

How on earth did you make that shark tank? I love it! The compound looks amazing.

TommyT · « **Reply #49 on:** October 06, 2010, 01:32:03 PM »

I found these instructions online for the tank: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LR-upqJwp9k
It was pretty easy to set up and looks great in-game! And that's a good idea I can totally add a plank from the second story loft

muddawg I do have a basement where I'm currently storing all the portraits. It's nothing special at this point - I'll probably save the museum for last.

EDIT: Forgot to post pics of Grace O'Mally and Powderkeg Jed's birthdays!

Jed is shocked to age up into a mullet

But it looks like he's already anticipating the Criminal career track..

Marcelo and Captain are delighted that Grace is finally an old lady, since she's looked like once since she was a toddler!

ladylaw1978 · « **Reply #50 on:** October 06, 2010, 03:37:57 PM »

Quote from: Du5tin on October 05, 2010, 01:17:06 PM

Why do I find Grace attractive?

I'll say it again, Grace is a beauty. She's got one of those faces that has character

ladylaw1978 · « **Reply #51 on:** October 06, 2010, 03:48:11 PM »

Quote from: TommyT on October 06, 2010, 01:32:03 PM

I found these instructions online for the tank: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LR-upqJwp9k
It was pretty easy to set up and looks great in-game! And that's a good idea I can totally add a plank from the second story loft
muddawg I do have a basement where I'm currently storing all the portraits. It's nothing special at this point - I'll probably save the museum for last.

If you PM me I can give you a direct link to the tutorial as it is on a modding-site and I don't want to post it here. The compound is gorgeous.

Joria · « **Reply #52 on:** October 06, 2010, 05:51:23 PM »

I've been fooling around with the same idea but not sure mine will be as easy as hers. I've wound up spending the entire day just watching tutorials and videos!

Pam · « **Reply #53 on:** October 07, 2010, 06:34:07 AM »

@TommyT:

You continue to just blow me away! The shark tank is fabulous. Did you actually make that entirely without CC or mods? That's how it looked from the video.

About the eye color, yes, it can skip a generation. So can hair color.

Also, maids are generally Adults, not Young Adults. Both of those ladies will probably be too old for Jed. So far, it looks like he favors his father.

Those party guests look like zombies! I'd heard about the ghosts in Twinbrook looking odd, but nothing about Barnacle Bay yet. Were you able to find out anything about them?

LlamaMama · « **Reply #54 on:** October 07, 2010, 02:30:34 PM »

Now I'm really tempted to get to know Barnacle Bay.

TommyT · « **Reply #55 on:** October 07, 2010, 08:30:33 PM »

Quote from: Pam on October 07, 2010, 06:34:07 AM

You continue to just blow me away! The shark tank is fabulous. Did you actually make that entirely without CC or mods? That's how it looked from the video.

Thanks! Yup the tank is mod and CC free, i just used buydebug and the moveobjects cheats.

Quote from: Pam on October 07, 2010, 06:34:07 AM

Those party guests look like zombies! I'd heard about the ghosts in Twinbrook looking odd, but nothing about Barnacle Bay yet. Were you able to find out anything about them?

I haven't been able to discover much more about these two but you're right they do suspiciously remind me of the reanimated dead from Twinbrook..

TommyT · « **Reply #56 on:** October 07, 2010, 09:00:41 PM »

Tales o' the Corsair, pt. 8:

Just a quick update since things are pretty calm in the game right now

Things are pretty routine at the Corsair household. I feel like I'm really in the swing of things now, which is great because I was so stressed out in the beginning. Jed's a teen now and very quickly maxed out Athletic, and is working on the skill challenges. He also aged up with a mullet, which I think is awesome so I kept it

Captain and Grace are still great friends:

Odessa is still hanging around (I think she's taking 'sleep with the fishes' a bit too seriously..)

Marcelo is still getting into trouble:

Powderkeg Jed decides to break the monotony by inviting Kristen over, imagine my surprise when this showed up!

Looks like Pam was right! Kristen ended up giving a Jed a booooo and a thumbs down without any provocation, so I figured this was probably for the best.

Luckily for Jed though, during this conversation a new maid showed up, Jamila - and it looks like she's got Jed on her mind.

Marcelo boasts about his son to Jamilia, and with Jed just a few days from aging up to a Young Adult she might be the one.

Unfortunately this was Marcelo's last good deed. Grim came for him right around the 105 day mark, which is about when Odessa went to Davey Jone's Locker as well.

But, from death comes new life! The next day Jed has his birthday, and although you can see he came with the right clothing his grandfather is still shocked that Jed kept the mullet

Jed invites Jamila over and shows her what a emotionally deep pirate he is (what is it with maids and weird outfits?):

No lassie can resist the woo of a Corsair - especially one with a new haircut, so Jamila and Jed are promptly married:

I figured that if Jamila wants to wear a coconut bikini top then who am I to stop her - I just changed her bottoms from pencil skit to a grass skirt to fit the theme

I think I'm gonna have her be a stay-at-home mom, I'll probably mid-life crisis her into Family Oriented, Neat, Perfectionist, Neurotic and Childish. I don't really need any more money at this point so I may as well have my Sims enjoy the good life!

Pam · « **Reply #57 on:** October 08, 2010, 02:25:24 AM »

Jed aged into quite a dashing young man. He's got just a hint of Grace's looks to be interesting. He doesn't get to wear eyeliner? How old did Jamila turn out to be?

AriaGirl77 · « **Reply #58 on:** October 08, 2010, 10:50:19 AM »

Wow! I'm loving your shark tank! Very cool!

Maids make great marriage fodder. They're usually easy to woo with the flirty trait, and always come with neat and brave.

TommyT · « **Reply #59 on:** October 08, 2010, 12:31:59 PM »

I didn't know that about the maids but you're right! Pam Jamila actually came about 15 away from Adult, so she's quite the spring chicken. Of course Jed gets the eyeliner! I haven't taken a really good shot of him yet since his makeover but I'll be sure to include one in the next update

samoht04 · « **Reply #60 on:** October 08, 2010, 12:59:45 PM »

Tommy are you going for the HoF or not?

TommyT · « **Reply #61 on:** October 08, 2010, 01:59:13 PM »

I am, just with paintings though. Starting a dynasty is stressful enough for me and I think including sculpting and photography would just frustrate me.

Metropolis Man · « **Reply #62 on:** October 08, 2010, 02:38:47 PM »

Quote from: TommyT on October 08, 2010, 12:31:59 PM

I didn't know that about the maids but you're right! Pam Jamila actually came about 15 away from Adult, so she's quite the spring chicken. Of course Jed gets the eyeliner! I haven't taken a really good shot of him yet since his makeover...

Jed received a makeover? Or are you referring to his appearance changing when he aged up?

TommyT · « **Reply #63 on:** October 08, 2010, 02:51:02 PM »

Quote from: Metropolis Man on October 08, 2010, 02:38:47 PM

Jed received a makeover? Or are you referring to his appearance changing when he aged up?

After he aged up I ditched the mullet, made sure all his outfits were pirate-approved, and gave him the token pirate eyeliner. You can kinda see the new hair in the last picture.

Metropolis Man · « **Reply #64 on:** October 08, 2010, 03:02:46 PM »

I thought that's what you meant and not a bona fide makeover — i.e. going to a salon. 'Cause that's a no-no.

Anushka · « **Reply #65 on:** October 08, 2010, 04:03:37 PM »

As everyone else, I'm impressed with shark tank you made. Wow.
I love those flying pics of Marichelo on fire. Great progress and it's so nice to understand whole post you wrote for a change;D

PS having a visit from a beautiful blond in coconut bikini top is a dream come true for many Sims there. Jed is as lucky as he is handsome.
Keep it up!

Joria · « **Reply #66 on:** October 09, 2010, 06:10:04 PM »

Quote from: samoht04 on October 08, 2010, 12:59:45 PM

Tommy are you going for the HoF or not?

HoF? What did I miss?

Tommy, loving this story! Yes, why not have the rich Sims have the good life? Go for it and give them all their hearts desire.

TommyT · « **Reply #67 on:** October 09, 2010, 06:22:52 PM »

I think the HoF he's referring to is the Hall of Fame.

TommyT · « **Reply #68 on:** October 09, 2010, 07:04:18 PM »

Tales o' the Corsair; pt. 9:

My worst nightmare came true with Jed and Jamila, well maybe my second-worst

I made sure Jamila got pregnant right away after her and Jed were married, then I sent her off the the spa and made sure she had max mood throughout her pregnancy. A few days later she moaned and groaned and off to the hospital she went!

Uh-oh, twins! Meet Calypso (first-born) on the left and Odessa II on the right. This was my first time experiencing twins in Sims 3, and as most of you know raising little Simlings isn't my strong point - so I set forth to create a system that would raise happy kids the easiest way possible.

The idea is simple: create a controlled environment with only the babies and an adult to take care of them, make sure all Sim's needs can be easily met, and cross your fingers.
Behold - The Baby Bunker!

I locked Calypso, Odessa II and Jamila in this basement and had previously Midlife-Crisis'ed Jamila to great mom traits so she'll automatically take care of the baby's needs. There are also no doors in the bedroom, so whenever a baby cries Jamila will get woken up and be forced to handle the problem.

Here Odessa's ghost helps out by playing with the baby toys :p

This actually worked much better than I had anticipated - I only had to intervene to teach toddler skills! Other than that I didn't even check in on them more than once a day.

Calypso on the left and Odessa II on the right, Calypso has the same hair color has her mom and Odessa II has the same hair color as Odessa - pretty neat

Once they turned into Children I unlocked the basement and the twins got to see daylight for the first time in their life (they were born at night)!

The twins are inseparable and they love doing everything together; from homework and tag, to video games and even sharing the same bed - which they've all done on their own without me issuing commands!

This trend continues even as they become teenagers. Calypso and Odessa have a great routine down: they wake up, shower, grab a quick meal then dance together until the school bus comes to get their Fun up.

Once they get home from school they do their homework together, play video games with the family, eat some Lobster then hit the sack. Calypso looks like a carbon-copy of Jamila!

On the weekends they head to the park and work on their skills. Calypso is going to be a Hit Movie Composer and Odessa II is going to the the Leader of the Free World. So while Calypso gets tips, Odessa II chats up the locals.

Powderkeg Jed became a Master Thief in the midst of all this twin chaos, and with so many Sims in the house I realized how unreasonable my giant mansion was, so I made the tough decision to tear it down and start from scratch, I'll put up some pics later tonight!

Pam · « **Reply #69 on:** October 09, 2010, 09:32:19 PM »

Did Jamila have the Family Oriented trait before she got pregnant? There's a lot of talk that this trait now increases the chances of multiple births. It didn't used to, but I think maybe EA tweaked it.

Which of the twins is the heir?

TommyT · « **Reply #70 on:** October 09, 2010, 09:34:08 PM »

I think she did, Pam. Calypso was the first-born so she is the heir.

simfulicious · « **Reply #71 on:** October 21, 2010, 07:34:54 PM »

Tommy, this story is awesome! Quick question, though. How do you link each story post, as you have done on the first page? I would like to do this for my Morgans.

Metropolis Man · « **Reply #72 on:** October 21, 2010, 07:41:35 PM »

Quote from: simfulicious on October 21, 2010, 07:34:54 PM

Tommy, this story is awesome! Quick question, though. How do you link each story post, as you have done on the first page? I would like to do this for my Morgans.

That is an awesome idea and I think I'll follow Tommy's lead. Since he's not on right now, I'll answer your question, simfulicious. He just went to the particular thread page for each update he's made, copied the url, and then made nice looking hyperlinks out of them.

TommyT · « **Reply #73 on:** October 21, 2010, 07:47:19 PM »

Indeed. At the very top of my story posts I would click on the 'Re: Tales o' the Corsair' subject line and it would open a new browser window. I would then copy the url of this new browser window and format the hyperlink like so (there is a space after the first [ which must be deleted to work):

[ url=http://www.google.com]here is a link to google[/url]

when you delete the space after the first [ you get this:

here is a link to google

Hope this helps!

Metropolis Man · « **Reply #74 on:** October 21, 2010, 07:52:47 PM »

I jumped on that idea right away, Tommy and put update links in my own first post. Again, great idea!

simfulicious · « **Reply #75 on:** October 21, 2010, 08:11:20 PM »

Thank you very much, guys. I never realized that you could click on individual posts from inside the thread.

ladylaw1978 · « **Reply #76 on:** October 21, 2010, 08:12:17 PM »

Quote from: TommyT on October 21, 2010, 07:47:19 PM

Indeed. At the very top of my story posts I would click on the 'Re: Tales o' the Corsair' subject line and it would open a new browser window. I would then copy the url of this new browser window and format the hyperlink like so (there is a space after the first [ which must be deleted to work):

[ url=http://www.google.com]here is a link to google[/url]

when you delete the space after the first [ you get this:

here is a link to google

Hope this helps!

Awesome! It helps a bunch!

Pam · « **Reply #77 on:** October 22, 2010, 02:12:46 AM »

But what about the Corsairs? I miss them! *whine*

TommyT · « **Reply #78 on:** October 22, 2010, 07:45:39 PM »

Oh the Corsairs! I have probably 70 pictures I have to sift through. Gen 6 is an adult now and pregnant with gen 7, almost done!

Metropolis Man · « **Reply #79 on:** October 22, 2010, 07:49:28 PM »

Quote from: TommyT on October 22, 2010, 07:45:39 PM

Oh the Corsairs! I have probably 70 pictures I have to sift through. Gen 6 is an adult now and pregnant with gen 7, almost done!

Oh, wow. Nice work TommyT.

Pam · « **Reply #80 on:** October 22, 2010, 08:57:24 PM »

Wow, Tommy! Aren't the twins only the 4th generation? You've been holding out on us!

TommyT · « **Reply #81 on:** October 22, 2010, 09:09:14 PM »

Indeed I have, I'm trying to find a way to condense the 'family album' since my storytelling is falling far behind my actual gameplay. Interestingly, all the new babies have been girls (with no watermelon/apple intervention on my part) making Powderkeg Jed the only born male. And no more twins lol. I want to have this finished before Late Night just for consistency's sake so look for some sort of update soon.

ladylaw1978 · « **Reply #82 on:** October 22, 2010, 09:13:10 PM »

Well great job thus far. I've also been playing a dynasty since my last attempt and sadly the story is way behind the gameplay. Awesome work you've done!

Joria · « **Reply #83 on:** October 23, 2010, 02:05:12 AM »

Oh, I hear you on the behind thing! I'm just now catching up. Although, I must say I've been playing snail slow. I'm only at gen 3. Just really enjoying the interactions and know it might get a bit boring as the house fills up. I've been trying to catch up on the writing though.

Saltypaws · « **Reply #84 on:** October 23, 2010, 07:37:31 AM »

Here I thought I was doing good just being on the fifth generation, lol. Good job TommyT.

LlamaMama · « **Reply #85 on:** October 23, 2010, 02:15:04 PM »

My sim married a Barnacle Bay townie, and the daughters are almost as...striking...in appearance as Grace is. Barnacle Bay is not kind to girls. But your courage to carry forth your dynasty inspires me.

ladylaw1978 · « **Reply #86 on:** October 23, 2010, 03:37:37 PM »

Quote from: LlamaMama on October 23, 2010, 02:15:04 PM

My sim married a Barnacle Bay townie, and the daughters are almost as...striking...in appearance as Grace is. Barnacle Bay is not kind to girls. But your courage to carry forth your dynasty inspires me.

I've noticed that Barnacle Bay Townies have very strong features. Usually those are the ones that gets passed down. But I think Grace is pretty

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