Mad Max Skillz Marathon: Cheaters Welcome

[Metropolis Man]

Mad Max Skillz Marathon: Cheaters Welcome

Goal
Have you ever wished you could skill a Sim in a challenge with complete access to killer cheats like Make Needs Static and Buydebug? Well, dream no more my cheating friend because Metro’s Magic 8 Ball says “You May Rely On It.”

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

Specific Challenge Rules

• Create 1 Young Adult Sim.
• In addition to the building cheats allowed in the General Rules, the two cheats allowed for this event are Make Needs Static and Buydebug. You have unlimited use of Make Needs Static and restricted use of Buydebug. All other cheats are banned.
• You are only allowed one item from the Buydebug cheat after you have completed a skill challenge. You would need to complete another skill challenge to gain access to another Buydebug item.
• The only items available in Buydebug are: Martial Arts training objects, Cameras, the Nectar Making machine, and one World Adventure general store treasure chest.
• You are not allowed to add to the household.
• No vampires allowed.
• No vacations allowed.
• This challenge concludes at the end of 10 weeks (Week 10, Day 7, 11:59 PM).

Scoring

Maxed Skills — At the conclusion of the challenge, pause your game and take a look at your notes. Any maxed skill = 1000 points.

Skill Points — For any skill that is not maxed give yourself 50 points per skill level.

Challenges — Everyone begins with a Challenges multiplier of 1.00. Completing Skill Challenges adds 5% (.05) to the multiplier. Important: You can add to the multiplier by completing the various Collecting and Consignment challenges — just remember that those two skills are not true skills that can be maxed.

Total — Add up your Maxed Skills and your Skill Points and then multiply by the Challenges.

Let’s go through an example: The challenge comes to an end and you pause your game. At that point you have maxed 13 skills. You have 5 other non-maxed skills with 30 total skill points. Finally, you were able to complete 15 skill challenges.

13 maxed skills = 13000
30 skill points in non-maxed skills = 1500
15 skill challenges X .05 = .75. Final multiplier = 1.00 + .75 = 1.75.

Total = (13000 + 1500) X 1.75 = 25375

Helpful Guide Articles
Skills Guide
Cheats Guide

This Challenge is Closed

Good luck!

Final Leaderboard

Player	Maxed Skills	Skill Points	Challenges	Total
NancyJ	19000	0	4.00	76000
Delgar	19000	0	3.80	72000
LenaLJ	19000	0	3.70	70300
BellaClo	19000	0	3.60	68400
Metropolis Man	19000	0	3.55	67450
ClayMask	18000	400	3.50	64400
Anushka	19000	0	3.35	63650
Anjielicka	19000	0	3.10	58900
alyssa.cole	19000	0	3.10	58900
lvrugger	18000	150	3.20	58080
Ricalynn	19000	0	3.05	57950
Ferretmania	18000	300	3.10	56730
rahmbr	17000	650	3.20	56480
GlazeyLady	19000	0	2.95	56050
january_embers	19000	0	2.95	56050
Veldmuisie	15000	0	3.65	54750
annieb	17000	550	3.10	54405
Teresa	19000	0	2.80	53200
Kaibilly	19000	0	2.80	53200
cathyknits	17000	0	3.30	52800
Anhysbys	15000	1350	3.15	51502
Sim Posey Yum	18000	300	2.75	50325
tara1727	17000	300	2.90	50170
mtglady	17000	0	2.95	50150
Nikitachi	17000	200	2.80	48160
Agneza	17000	450	2.70	47115
Joria	18000	450	2.45	45202
sdhoey	19000	0	2.35	44650
Simbla	18000	0	2.45	44100
MarianT	19000	0	2.30	43700
Margerita	14000	1600	2.80	43680
matrona99	17000	800	2.30	40020
sroberts	17000	0	2.35	39950
CynKuy	17000	400	1.85	32190
klop90	15000	600	2.00	31200
icrawbeans	13000	850	2.25	31162
Cugi-teri	15000	550	2.00	31100
smastbrook	12000	450	2.45	30502
seabody	14000	250	2.05	29212
happystayhomemom	17000	450	1.65	28792
mammabec	14000	50	1.85	25992
ClumsyMum	13000	150	1.80	23670
Myzteree	13000	0	1.70	22100
chemeia	10000	0	2.00	20000
ElizaDaye	7000	750	1.15	16662
Vegangeekgirl	11000	1600	1.30	16380
Lysi	7000	3350	1.50	15525
Gogowars329	6000	600	1.45	9570
ratchie	3000	200	1.15	3680

[NancyJ]

*happy dance* (not about the cheating part - the cheating part is lame but otherwise this is my kind of challenge)

[Alexandria_]

This looks super awesome!

[CandyHeartedSim]

Finally, A challenge I Can sink my teeth into 

[TheChronicR]

YAAAAY! Esther, do you read this?

[BellaClo]

Very, very nice set of rules!

When you say "Buydebug" is allowed, you mean everything and anything under this special buy menu, right?

[Metropolis Man]

Very, very nice set of rules!

When you say "Buydebug" is allowed, you mean everything and anything under this special buy menu, right?

I suppose. But, given what you're primary goals are in this event I would think that players would only have their eyes on key objects.

[Metropolis Man]

My thanks to BellaClo for her PM. She gently prompted me to reconsider the unlimited use of Buydebug. Indeed there are good reasons to not do that. So, I edited the rules and made it so that you only can get access to one item after a skill challenge has been accomplished. Also, there is a small list of items that you have access too — not every item in Buydebug is available.

Now, given vacations are banned I want to make sure everyone has access to all items necessary to do the skilling they'll need to do, so let me know if more items are needed on the Buydebug list. Thanks, guys.

[Anushka]

I sent you a PM for same reasons, too. Only skill building objects not availabe in home town are from WA, so I don't see a reason for more items (except to make us even happier).
I really like this one. Last year skilling challenge encouraged me to join the forum, so this is a nice reminiscence. 

[NancyJ]

hmm, got me curious now as to what items in buydebug has caused this restriction.... I feel a brain worm coming on

[Metropolis Man]

hmm, got me curious now as to what items in buydebug has caused this restriction.... I feel a brain worm coming on

Well, for example you could just plant 30 money trees or a ton of life fruit plants and harvest those in a matter of hours and max gardening. You could put spawners in your yard for making all the collecting challenges way too easy. So, yeah, it was a good move for the Buydebug reigns to be pulled in.

[TheChronicR]

Well, for example you could just plant 30 money trees or a ton of life fruit plants and harvest those in a matter of hours and max gardening. You could put spawners in your yard for making all the collecting challenges way too easy. So, yeah, it was a good move for the Buydebug reigns to be pulled in.

Or, put various tomb items, thus completing some Photography challenges. If vacations are not allowed, how are we going to complete these collections, in order to complete a certain challenge?

[Tommyo3000]

This sounds like fun! Especially the cheating part.  

[NancyJ]

Or, put various tomb items, thus completing some Photography challenges. If vacations are not allowed, how are we going to complete these collections, in order to complete a certain challenge?

Not all challenges will be completeable - and particularly not within the timeframe. Part of the strategy would be to choose which to tackle.

[Gogowars329]

This challenge will be a blast!Definitely joining in!

[Seabody]

I'm playing this! *Starts to go over possible strategies in head*

[Metropolis Man]

Yeah, I think rather than add the tomb items to the Buydebug list, I'll back NancyJ's reasoning and just agree that not all challenges are doable.

The musical intrument Star Challenges are obviously still bugged. The wording for those is something like "Perform at 10 different Venues/Parties." I could make the rules such that doing so does grant you those skill challenges. Everyone would obviously need to keep accurate notes as to where they played, etc, but it would be nice to have those challenges available because no one in their right mind would pursue those now. Whatcha guys think?

[NancyJ]

You could put spawners in your yard for making all the collecting challenges way too easy.

The collecting challenges are easy anyway Well they are if you have my notes from last year... which weren't actually published due to the extreme length of my crazy eights interview so I guess its just me and Metro that have that advantage I'm really looking forward to this one - wont be as good as the crazy eights but that was one that wasn't going to be easy to replicate and give a different spin. I think there are new collections coming in with generations though...well something I read implied it - could be rubbish

[Metropolis Man]

The collecting challenges are easy anyway Well they are if you have my notes from last year... which weren't actually published due to the extreme length of my crazy eights interview so I guess its just me and Metro that have that advantage

Haha. You're on your own with the advantage then because I'm not a pack rat and keep old interviews. Lol.

[NancyJ]

The musical intrument Star Challenges are obviously still bugged. The wording for those is something like "Perform at 10 different Venues/Parties." I could make the rules such that doing so does grant you those skill challenges. Everyone would obviously need to keep accurate notes as to where they played, etc, but it would be nice to have those challenges available because no one in their right mind would pursue those now. Whatcha guys think?

I dunno - its not like its not doable, it would ultimately be unwise to attempt (IMHO) to pursue it due to what is required to actually get it and I'm not sure I'd actually call it bugged so much as having a misleading description.

[Seabody]

Adding on what NancyJ said, if it were a bug, wouldn't EA have noticed by now? Plus, it really hinges on what you call a "venue/party". I might say that if you have to attend that Guitar Seminar at a bookstore, that could fit under venue. I might not.

[NancyJ]

Haha. You're on your own with the advantage then because I'm not a pack rat and keep old interviews. Lol.

Hehe, People mock the pack rat until they want something they thought they wouldn't need Like my boyfriend in wow - mocked me for hoarding until he got to level 85 and decided he wanted to level cooking - then who had every piece of meat or fish they'd ever dropped from level 1-85?

[NancyJ]

Adding on what NancyJ said, if it were a bug, wouldn't EA have noticed by now? Plus, it really hinges on what you call a "venue/party". I might say that if you have to attend that Guitar Seminar at a bookstore, that could fit under venue. I might not.

ummm.... not sure we can use EA's inability/unwillingness to fix the problem as criteria for determining that something isn't a bug

[Alexandria_]

The musical intrument Star Challenges are obviously still bugged. The wording for those is something like "Perform at 10 different Venues/Parties." I could make the rules such that doing so does grant you those skill challenges. Everyone would obviously need to keep accurate notes as to where they played, etc, but it would be nice to have those challenges available because no one in their right mind would pursue those now. Whatcha guys think?

Counting venues/parties may make it a bit less simple - and you'd have to clarify which things count as a venue/party to make sure everyone is clear on what they're meant to be counting.

[Pam]

I thought we had resolved the guitar (and now other instruments) skill journal challenges.  It's not a bug.  It's just poorly worded.  When it says you have to play parties and venues around town, what it means is that you need to do the guitar opportunities.  Once you do 10 of those, the challenge is met.  Where is the bug?  What am I missing?