The Winter Olympics start tomorrow so that's going to throw a monkey wrench in me blasting this out really quickly. I'll probably at least start tomorrow, but I'm also going to take this one slow. There's almost no margin for error in this event. In a 100-day event it's different, you can make a couple minor blunders and still do well. Not in this one. Much more nerve-racking.
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A forum member PM'd me this evening asking me why I always banned the Moodlet Manager in challenges. She loves using it as a real time saver. I'll take this opportunity to explain my stance on Moodlet Manager — I hate it. Period. But, there's a lot more to my feelings than just that blunt statement. If you don't have to worry about Social, Energy, Fun, Bladder, Hunger, Hygiene and can just zap yourself, then you're really removing a lot of the skill necessary from the game. With the Moodlet Manager, you don't need a bed, you don't need a refrigerator, and you don't need to talk to anyone. Zap. A 24/7 robot. No way. I'm in no way passing judgement on anyone that does this in their casual non-Tournament games. But, that just can't fly here. So, #1 — it removes a lot of skill needed for the game. And #2 — if I DID allow it, then how the heck could you compete in many of the challenges if you didn't get it? Forget it. You couldn't. You would be forced to. All your focus would be to acquire that thing asap because everyone else would be too. An entire leaderboard full of robot Sims? That's just not happening.
