Finally done with my career challenge! I'm hoping you all will enjoy the story line I played throughout the challenge. I intend to continue it and see how things play out over time.
Bob Newb and Betty Sim were high school sweethearts throughout all of high school. They had their ups and downs and break ups and make ups from time to time, but usually if you saw Bob, Betty was sure to be around, and vice versa. They had a good amount of things in common, but they also had a knack for competition between each other. This often caused break ups but with those break ups came the even better make ups.
When they both graduated with high honors from high school, it was expected by everyone in town for them to marry. Bob already had the ring and popped the question to Betty one sultry summer evening in Central Park. Betty, however, had another proposition in mind. She told Bob that she would only accept his proposal on one condition. That condition was a career challenge. The challenge went like such: before they actually settled down and started having kids, they each had to see which of them could reach the end of four different careers before the other. The winner got to decide who would be the one to stay home with the kids and whom would continue bringing home the bacon. With a sly smile, Bob gladly accepted and Betty and Bob were on their way for the biggest competition of their lives. Just a heads up, the above story line was just played out in my head and didn't actually occur in game. I started Betty and Bob as two married young adults. I just like to have a story behind each of my Sim families, otherwise the game play seems boring to me. Here is what played out without any details:
Betty
Career 1: completed Week 3, Day 5, with 6 career opportunities.
Career 2: completed Week 5, Day 6, with 3 career opportunities.
Career 3: completed Week 7, Day 7, with 4 career opportunities.
Career 4: completed Week 9, Day 6, with 4 career opportunities.
Bob
Career 1: completed Week 4, Day 3, with 5 career opportunities.
Career 2: completed Week 8, Day 3, with 4 career opportunities.
Career 3: completed Week 10, Day 5, with 2 career opportunities.
Career 4: completed Week 13, Day 2, with 3 career opportunities.
Final Score:
Week 13, Day 2, with 31 career opportunities.
I realize I didn't need to type all that out and just needed to report my final score, but I wanted you all to see the huge difference between the two, some of it had to do with career choices and the rest had to do with the glitch that doesn't let your Sim work on every scheduled work day.
I had fun with this, it did get really tedious and nerve wracking at the end of Bob's last career, but all in all, I had fun and I look forward to doing many more challenges in the future!
Lisa
