The Sims 3 Challenges List
2012 Challenge Tournament Season
The final tournament season is upon us. A lot has changed in regards to rules and how the challenges are approached. Please be sure to read the 2012 Sims 3 Tournament Overview. From there, you are good to go starting January 2 and throughout the year. Remember, it requires three entries in order to achieve a world ranking.
Special Challenges:
Tom Schlueter, aka Metropolis Man, has created many challenges for our forum. He has made two stand-alone multi-generational events for The Sims 3. These are the Immortal Dynasty and Townie DecaDynasty challenges. Click to learn more and get the rules for these non-tournament events.
About our Challenges and Tournament
Although this page covers our Challenge tournament, players looking for Sims 3 Challenges may pursue those that were created for the tournament for their casual play. You can also run a search for challenges with our custom Sims 3 search to see the many challenges that have been created for our site.
Our Sims 3 Challenge Tournament is back for 2012. Participants will be ranked according to how many other players they beat in a given challenge. Each person you outrank in an event counts as a victory. The scoring component is 65% wins and 35% participation, meaning competing in more events can raise your score. For in-depth information on how this will work, read the official 2012 World Ranking page.
Our Sims 3 Challenge Tournament Coordinator, Metropolis Man, decided that instead of requiring you to state intent to participate this year, you're free to jump into any events you'd like to play throughout the season. For information on how to do so, read the Tournament General Rules page. There you'll find guidelines for how the tournament is conducted and the all-important Honor System.
This page will be kept updated with the latest challenges available to players, and as events close the World Ranking will be mirrored here. To see the results of the 2010 tournament, click here. For 2011, click here.
| Player | World Ranking |
| drift9999 | .867 |
| LenaLJ | .855 |
| Chuckles_82 | .786 |
| Nutella | .775 |
| GlazeyLady | .761 |
| annieb | .746 |
| lvrugger | .729 |
| alyssa.cole | .704 |
| ratchie | .682 |
| rahmbr | .675 |
| Metropolis Man | .663 |
| klop90 | .582 |
| MarianT | .577 |
| SassySimmer | .564 |
| tara1727 | .542 |
| Anhysbys | .539 |
| mismck | .519 |
| Joria | .507 |
| sdhoey | .501 |
| CynKuy | .489 |
| Wench | .484 |
| cndneh | .474 |
| Twinmum | .467 |
| nocturnalie | .463 |
| crth | .461 |
| smastbrook | .413 |
| Teresa | .410 |
| MomOfMany | .390 |
| kearn76 | .379 |
| Cugi-teri | .369 |
| lynyeld | .340 |
| rubywyld | .327 |
| Nandiara | .319 |
| themuffinman406 | .303 |
| sethelD93 | .259 |
| Catarra Nightshade | .256 |
| happystayathomemom | .251 |
| Sarleenia | .230 |
| datzme0687 | .218 |
| smartburn | .192 |
| mammabec | .186 |
Challenges in the Sims 3 2012 Tournament Season
Jan 2 - Jan 29 World Handyman Championships
The last couple renditions of handiness challenges have been team events with multiple Sims. This time you're focusing on one Sim. The scoring is also changed to add new elements of strategy to your home time and vacation time. Put down the hammer here.
Jan 2 - Feb 26 Career Caps and New Digs
There's been a House Hunter's Challenge and there have been many career types of challenges, but I'm combining the two concepts in this event - you can move into any house you want, BUT you can only do so after you hit the cap in a career (rabbit-hole or self-employed) or profession. The player who wins will be the one whose sum total of all house values is the greatest. Check out the ruleset and put your career into high gear.
Feb 27 - Mar 25 The Trophy Room - The Most Rewarding Sims Challenge Yet
This Mini Challenge is all about acquiring as many different types of placeable rewards you can have your Sims get their pixelated hands on - Skill Certificates, Career Rewards, Service Rewards, and Lifetime Happiness Rewards. Ultimately, you'll put all of these objects in a Trophy Room and if you end up with the most objects, you'll get the best trophy of all, the Championship!
Feb 27 - Apr 22 Sunset Valley: Attack of the Clones!
Start with 4 Sims and by the end you are to own all businesses, buy all properties, and have all your Sims (created via Clone Vouchers) occupy all residential lots in Sunset Valley. Sound impossible to do in a reasonable amount of time? You may be surprised. Click your heels three times, and say "There's no place like clone."
Apr 23 - May 20 Teacher's Tourist Trap
Your Educator has reached the upper stratosphere of hourly wages, yet will he have no offspring to benefit from his Einstein-like chromosomes? Your homework assignment is to have him set multiple Tourist Traps to remedy that dilemma.
Apr 23 - Jun 17 Final Wishmasters Challenge: Wish Big!
The random element has been removed from previous events, and for this final rendition of Wishmasters, the focus is on scoring those really big 5k + happiness wishes as well as completing as many Lifetime Wishes as possible. Do your homework because there's no restrictions to adding to your household.
Jun 18-Jul 15 The Life State Race
There are so many life state options available to players with all expansions - vampires, ghosts, mummies, genies, and many more. The goal in this simple challenge is to fill your household with 11 different life states as quickly as possible. So, I hope you understand and do not take it personally when I tell you to Get a Life!.
Jul 18-Aug 22 Consignment Store Quartet: The Great 28!
Initially you'll be grinding up skills for your quartet and setting the stage for the final 4 weeks where your household can only sell 28 items per week at the consignment store. The big question - which items will you choose? Decisions...decisions. Show me the Money!
Aug 13-Sept 9 Bringing Out Your Animal Instincts
Animal lovers...you're going to purr over this event. You'll need to accomplish every scrap of unique Pets content as quickly as possible: the 7 Lifetime Wishes, the Lifetime Happiness Rewards, maxing the Horseman career, and finally bringing a Ghost Pet into your household. It's a lot of work.
Aug 13-Oct 7 Setting the Stage for Max Moodlets
A second helping of the 2010 Tournament season Finale, this unique event focuses on you finding the big ticket moodlets for all the various life stages. Don't just go for the gold...go for the Max!
