The Roseland family.

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I've decided to make an index of all the uberhood familes I've played so far, so if you're interested in seeing who's been played and in what order, click here. Today, I'm playing Cyd Roseland, who's been sitting quietly in the simbin with his dog, Porthos and hasn't interacted with anyone I've played so far, so you haven't missed anything.

I'd never played this family before, but a quick skim of Cyd's bio on the wiki told me he's a knowledge sim who's interested in health. I imagine dogs are frowned upon in apartments, and he doesn't sound like the kind of guy who cares too much about having a fancy home, so I moved him into one of the trailers at the edge of Pleasantview. Plenty of space for Porthos to pee in!


Cyd wants to teach Porthos some skills, so I let him get on with that while I go about jazzing up his manly man space.





Living space/kitchen layout is stolen from keoni-sims, who used that layout when making over the Broke trailer.



Bedroom. And that's about it. I didn't bother making over the spare room in the middle because there's nothing there yet. But if there's one thing I really love about playing an Uberhood, it's the chance to use all those awesome furniture sets I download. This converted TS3 Mid-Century set really seems to suit a bachelor man and his dog, right?


A quick makeover for Cyd too (that hair was YUCK) and I move on to filling his many hundred wants to skill. That's all he wants to do, every minute of the day.


So I made him enter a cooking contents so he could learn to cook some place other than the trailer, because who wants to see lots of pictures of Cyd reading and watching TV? No? Me neither!


Cyd: But I only have four cooking points...
Your opponents made lunch meat sandwiches, grilled cheese sandwiches and... stuff. I think you still have a shot.


Hooray!



The prize is nice, but I spent every penny of Cyd's on decorating the trailer, so Porthos got sent to work. He moves up the ranks quickly.


More pet skilling!



More promotion spam!


Cyd getting ready to take Porthos on a walk!


Cyd getting fit in the bathroom! Gosh, this is thrilling! Hang on to your seats folks, I can't take the excitement!


OH MY, it's Cyd almost-but-not-quite-setting-fire-to-his-dinner!


AND EVEN MORE PROMOTIONAL SPAM!


Porthos tries to add some ~dramatic tension~ by pissing in the middle of the pavement so Cyd has to go clean it up, but as it just means more skilling, he really doesn't give a fuck.


Oh, and this promotional spam is just to show you that he got his LTW career. Cyd wants to be a burglar, like a rather startling number of other premades. Seriously, this Uberhood is just brimming with potential career criminals.


So as you might have guessed by now, Cyd's single minded quest to learn everything was boring me to tears. So when he rolled YET ANOTHER want to learn creativity, I sent him out to recite poetry.
Cyd: I call this one Bella.
They came for her,
Those men of green
And since that day,
She's not been seen.
Her red dress fades
From memories fond
As time goes by,
The family bond
Breaks.

Real deep. I wonder what the audience thinks?
Mortimer: BOO, YOU SUCK.


After his poetry reading flopped, I thought Cyd might roll some more interesting wants if he found a love interest, so I sent him to Malcolm Langrabb's dodgy club.


See anything you like, Cyd?
Cyd: Do I EVER!


Oh, OK, let's check him-


Cyd: Hi there, wanna ditch this place and hit a real club, maybe have a few drinks and get to know each other?
Jacob: That sounds TOTALLY AWESOME... but I can't stay long, I gotta be home by eight.
Cyd, that's a teenager.
Cyd: He's so cute! I just wanna pinch his cheeks!


Cyd didn't see anyone else he liked the look of, so I sent him to J'adore Bakery, where Gilbert Jacquet is being an awfully bad loser.


Unfortunately, because I haven't played the Jacquets yet, the bakery has no cashier, so Cyd couldn't buy anything. When he walked out with the bag, I kind of hoped he was showing off his criminal tendencies by shoplifting pie, but it didn't work. :(



So, back home, where Cyd throws a few sticks for Porthos before trimming the trees.


The manhunt's still on though, so after work I send him out on the town, but there's no-one who catches his eye, so I let him play pool for a few hours.


How's it going?


Cyd: GRRRRR.
Not so well?
Cyd: MY BALLS!
I wouldn't know anything about that, sorry.


Next day, another promotion. And today, Cyd brings a co-worker. His name is Pharaoh Rafael, which is kinda cool.


Pharaoh: Mind if I check my Farmville out while I'm here?
Cyd: No problem. You can check me out too while you're at it, unf unf.



Nice going Porthos, it's not like we could've used the cash or anything. Still, I guess that means you can get that promotion bonus again.


Anyway, after that little interruption, Cyd whips up a nice meal of vomit for his guest.


And Pharaoh juggles the cups, showing me that he has tattoos across his knuckles. I had no idea they existed! Anyone know what they say? I'm guessing 'love' and 'hate' but I'll be very amused if it's something like 'play' and 'sims'.


Pharaoh: OMNOMNOMSLURPSNARFGOBBLE
Cyd: Why did I invite you home again?



Next day, it snowed. Poor Porthos almost drowned.


But Porthos will have to sort himself out, Cyd has a date with ~destiny~. Teenage boys and the sloppy tattooed muscleman? I obviously can't trust him to sort out his own love life, so it's time to call in the professionals.


Matchmaker: So what are you looking for in a love match?
Cyd: Well, they must be fat. Or fit. Oh, and they've gotta love puppies. That's the most important thing.


No point blowing all the cash, it can't be that difficult to find a fit/fat dog lover, right?


Cyd: Can you see him? Is he cute? DOES HE LIKE PUPPIES?!
Matchmaker: Gawd, would you back off and stop steaming up my crystal ball?



Matchmaker: Cute guy who likes puppies coming right up.
Cyd: Eeee, I'm so excited! My first proper date! We'll go ice skating and drink cocoa in front of a roaring fire and toast marshmallows...


Guh...GAVIN NEWSON? TEENAGE GAVIN NEWSON FROM THE HOUSE OF ORPHANS?!? ARE YOU SHITTING ME?
Matchmaker: What?! He's cute and kids love puppies!
Gavin: Whoa, where am I?


Cyd: OH WOULD YOU LOOK AT THE TIME, gotta dash bye!
And so Cyd ended the date after a whopping two seconds to sprint to work.

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While I like Cyd and Porthos, Cyd's only interest lay in skilling. I do choose secondary aspirations for my sims, but until now I only did it when they rolled a few wants to show me what they might like. So Herb Oldie got a Family secondary for wanting to do things with his wife, while Mary-Sue got Pleasure for wanting to sing and screw her husband in the car. But Cyd rolled NOTHING but skill wants, which is boring to play and boring to screencap. In the end, I wound up using a random aspiration chooser and he now has a Pleasure secondary, which is when he rolled the want to go on a date. So here's hoping his next go round will be more entertaining!

Next time: Don Lothario.

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Comments

[meetme2theriver.livejournal.com]

For being boring to play, this made a very fun update. ;) Oh my gosh, I had no idea Cyd was into such young boys... :O I really like his house and his makeover, and haha, is that knightly outfit his outerwear? That's great.

But yeah, I'm always a little bored when I play Cyd, too. :P

[sushigal007.livejournal.com]

I may have to buy him a telescope and see if he rolls any abduction wants. THAT would be entertaining. And yes, that was his outerwear. I use Christianlov's Gussy Up plugin to plan outfits, but it doesn't include outerwear and I always forget to change it until winter rolls round and they step out in weird and wonderful outfits. XD

[krolowa-francji.livejournal.com]

Nice to know it's not just my matchmakers that seem to be obsessed with setting u teens with adults. <_< He might have been skilling all week, it's still really fun to read! Cyd's one of my favorite premades, so I'm always interested in seeing how he fares in other people's games. (In my game, he got it on with a still-married Jason Cleveland. If you want to keep the trend of his love life being terrible.)

[sushigal007.livejournal.com]

Aww, poor Cyd! I'm keeping an eye out for eligible me for him, there's a good-looking gay guy working in one of the restaurants who might do. Or I might see how he and Gavin get one once the latter's gone to college or something.