About Us

 

So you want to learn more about us? Well, alright!

Pinstar, is the creator of the Legacy Challenge, Apocalypse Challenge, and Other Sims Challenges! In real life he a husband, father of two awesome boys (and a dog!), and an avid strategy gamer.

I am Mystic. I’m Pinstar’s wife and I handle the majority of the behind-the-scenes work here at the website. I also occasionally dabble in making my own Sims challenges such as the Movin’ On Up Challenge for the Sims 4.

We met via the Sims 2 back in 2005. I contacted him about getting a Legacy Challenge T-Shirt and we ended up having a 3 hour long conversation via AOL Instant Messenger that night. We found out we were around the same age and lived in the same state. We became online friends and eventually decided to meet in person a couple of months later. We remained friends for a few more months and then started dating. The rest, as they say, is history!

Our meeting never would have happened if it weren’t for The Sims 2 or the Legacy Challenge or the great community that came with it.

Kotaku wrote an article about how we met! Check it out!

43 comments

Pinstar and ImaginingMystic,

I just through together my own chart thing to keep track for myself. I used Photoshop but then will take it into Indesign to reduce size. If you email me I can shoot you a copy if its something you can use to help with your charts and stuff. I’m a graphic designer and just do this chart making for fun. But if it can help I’m happy to offer it up to you!

Neisa

Wow, what a great love story!

ImaginingMystic

Thank you 🙂

Hi Mystic and Pinstar!

First of all, what a lovely story!

Next, I wasn’t sure how to get in contact with you all about this, so I figured this could be the best way. I have been a long time lover of the Apocalypse Challenge.

I noticed there were no official rules for the Sims 4 version yet. A user on the Sims Official website, Soulangel980, has posted up a version with some of the TS2 version on rules modified for TS4.

They had however, not yet been modified to add the new careers that came with the career patch. I pulled them into a word document and start reading through them and making my own additions and edits where I thought they applied. I also created a “Story” for how the apocalypse happened in TS4.

I would really love to send these revised rules to you all. (The rules that the other user created are posted on the sims forum, I have a word document with them revised and edited.)

If you would like me to send you the document with all of the revised TS4 Career Restrictions, please email me!

Thank you for your time,
Happy New Year!
Cheers!

Rachel (rjhenn14@yahoo.com)

ImaginingMystic

Actually Pinstar is currently working on the Apocalypse Challenge rules for the Sims 4 right now! I’ll ask him if he wants to see the revised ones! Thank you and Happy New Year 🙂

Oh awesome!!

Great news!! All I wanted was an official one! Thank you!!

Rachel

Hi,
Just wanted to tell you that this site changed the way I play Sims 4. I really wasn’t enjoying Sims 4 as much as Sims 1,2 or 3 until I found your site ! So thank you for the inspiration to create legacy family. Here is my site dedicated to the family if you want to check it out! http://odettejmorris.wix.com/duboislegacy

ImaginingMystic

That’s great to hear! Glad you are enjoying it!

That’s so adorably geeky! ^_^

ImaginingMystic

Haha thank you 🙂

crazyredbeauty

Hi there, I was a fan of the legacy challenge during the sims 2. I created the Desperate Women machinma show for the sims 2. I was engaged to tacoshack 😀

I remember you guys\
congrats on everything

ImaginingMystic

Oh awesome! Thank you 🙂

HI,

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Hi! What a great site you have here!
I have been playing the sims since “The Sims” and I just love the Legacy Challenge.
I finally went ahead and authored a blog where I post the hilarious pictures of my sims being…well, sims!
(*laughs* They have such personality!)
Would it be alright to post links to your page on my page and copy/paste a few of the legacy challenge rules to my page?

Thank you!

Hi! I start now sims 4 Legacy Challenge, but I have now one problem with my Sims 4 career, my Heir is in detective job, and I need promotion but I can´t get it because can´t find suspect… What can I do?

i love the game

i love the game merci

I would like to make an app that people can use to track their progress in challenges And randomize treats. I would love for you to contact me to discuss it.

Hi Mystic,
I would like to know if is it possible to translate the Legacy Challenge rules in Italian and share them in a forum. Obviously, I would quote your site and won’t claim anything as mine. and none of this will be used for commercial purposes. Thank You 🙂

Absolutely!

Hi Mystic,

I have found myself wanting to attempt an apocalypse challenge again. I wanted to create a mash-up of TS2 story/restrictions with the TS4 story/restrictions in order to increase difficulty to what the challenge was during The Sims 2. I also wanted to create updated restrictions for DLC that has released since you all last updated the AC. I recall reading somewhere of you or Pinstar mentioning that you would not be continuing updates on the challenge for TS4.

I have written everything up and organized it into a site for easy navigation/access. The site is currently unpublished as I first wanted to ask permission. I have linked both the original challenges as my sources and continuously cited that the ideas are not mine but that I just revamped it to keep up with current content and increase difficulty. The site/challenge will not be used commercially, but I wanted to be able to share it with those in the community who wanted to continue the challenge with all DLC as I did.

Please let me know, and thank you for all you do! 🙂

Hi! This is perfectly fine. As long as you link back to our site, we don’t have a problem with it. We just don’t have the time to keep up with the Legacy Challenge AND the Apocalypse Challenge and would rather keep our focus on the Legacy Challenge. Once you have the site up and running, let me know and I will link to it from our Apocalypse rules page!

Hiya!
I just wanted to let you know that I also created a tracker/scoresheet of sorts. It is a Word Document so it is easily printable, and usable! If you would like to add it to you site, just shoot me an email, I would love for you to share it!

Rhonda Robinson

I’m sorry this is here and not in the thread where it belongs, but this is the only place I can comment. I want to download your Sim Fred Fernberger, but the official Sims 3 site won’t let me. Is there another place where I can download him?

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Starting thoughts

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I am going to start with an all-female group

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I am also going to use a slight variant to the Family trait optional rule.

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I do not know what any of the family traits will be until I created the family.

(I am using random traits!)

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But I do know that that same trait is unlikely to be passed through all 13 generations.

So I am just going to insist on making the decedent with at least One trait the same as the Head of the House the new Heir!

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If no children have a trait the same as the Head of the house, then the title of Heir will default to the oldest female.

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The first stage will be making the group.

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Then choose a city life flat (unfurnished)

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Then use a cheat code to make the household money ZERO!.

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They will all be teenagers so will have to survive and scrape some money together with odd jobs, while still getting to school!

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Hey, with the release of the university expansion, is going away to college with your sim okay or does that count as moving off the lot?

Hi,

I am in the midst of creating my own challenge and scorecard (although I have used HillieE’s as a starting point). who/where can I send this to once complete and how do I contact HillieE to make sure he/she does not mind that I used there’s as a template before I post it on ModTheSims? Any info would be great.

Just a little info about the challenge: it’s similar to the Not So Berry challenge, but it does not involve colours. Each gen has 4 goals to complete 1 worth 1 point, 2 worth 2 points each and one difficult one worth 5 points, for a total of 100 points over 10 gen’s. I am thinking people can either play just the challenge, or can combine it with The Legacy Challenge to perhaps make it more difficult/rack up more points. The starting gen is the lowest of the low as a criminal and you slowly work up to a very positive sim at the end. It’s called ‘starting from the bottom’.

Thank you,
Jess (long time simmer)

Hi, new to the website, and was checking out the Legacy Challenge. Came across this page, and I have to say that your story hits home with me 🙂 I met my boyfriend (we are still not married ><) in 2003ish playing World of Warcraft lol(was a friend of my daughters dad). We were online friends/vent/teamspeak for about 4 years. We lived 13 hours away from each other. But in 2007 he moved to SD to be with me, been together ever since 😀 Love hearing stories like ours lol.

Also great challenge. Little confused on all the point stuff, so think I am going to check out the Lite version of it 🙂

Aww! That’s amazing!

i want to try and do a legacy challenge is useing the MCC mod aagest the rules cuz i was not sure

Hi there, loving the site and the challenges! I’m just wondering if plans to create an original Sims challenge is in the pipeline? I managed to get it working on my PC and am a little bit addicted to the nostalgia all over again. With the Hot Date expansion you can have babies so it could work?!

I am not able to get any new packs until the beginning of the month. Can we add packs once we start the Wonder Child Challenge?

wondering if there is an award for completing this challenge like the 100 baby award?

I was wondering… Can I just have babies with random people and not marry/get into a relationsh8ip? Or do I have to marry to have kids? Or… Can I get into a relationship with someone and have their children but not move them in?

I can’t believe all the years (even decades) that have gone by with playing the Sims 1,2,3 & 4. I checked out the above link, Kotaku, about you. The video I made of you both is still on YouTube (it said it was lost in time). I am old retired lady now and still playing the Sims (4) and checking out new things to challenge me. The video can be found here:- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gaxzWNs7RM. I am still very proud of making it. It was technically challenging for me and the first time I had ever done anything like this before. To hear you had showed it at your wedding back then made it worth all the time and effort. You both inspire so many people, thank you.

Hello, thank you both for everything regarding this challenge I’ve always been a big fan. I was wondering if the rules would be brought current with the new packs as of September 2022? Thank you

As of right now we don’t plan on updating the challenge further as trying to keep it updated for all of the packs makes it rather hard to follow. We ran into the same problem with Sims 3 as well. With all of the packs added, there is just too much content to keep up with. I do keep the trait generators up to day for those of you that want to use the new aspirations/traits, however.

Hello! I was wondering when the trait generator will be updated to include the Horse Ranch traits and aspirations?

Hi! I’m so sorry this was delayed. The last couple of months have been incredibly hectic for us as we moved and the kids started at new schools. I’m hoping to update by tomorrow!

Hi! I am so glad you guys are keeping up with all the rules for all the challenges you have brought to life!

I’m the person who adapted the Sims 2 Apocalypse Challenge for use in The Sims 3. I wanted you to know that the challenge is currently being hosted at https://sims3ac.wordpress.com/ and there is an active Facebook Group, too.

Currently, I am working on adding The Sims 3 Apocalypse Challenge to my World Anvil as a mirror. I don’t maintain the WordPress site, but one of my admins on the Facebook page does.. When I have the World Anvil set up, I’ll shoot you the link.

Thanks and have an amazing day!

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