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Welcome to my Sims Legacy challenge blog!
I have been a fan of the sim’s games for about 11 years now, and recently heard about a challenge that many simmers do called: The Legacy Challenge
The legacy challenge is about starting off with a single sim, and working your way to the 10th generation, with no cheats. You start off with the very basics of things, in TS3 you will have less then $2000 to start off with after buying a specified empty lot.
For my Sims 3 Legacy Challenge, I will be partaking in all two optional rules: Matriarchy and Story Teller.
In the first generation legacy we meet Sarah Shenston. Thrown out by her evil father, Sarah starts a new life in Sunset Valley with the lifetime wish to start her own family and a new legacy…..
CLICK HERE TO START FROM THE BEGINNING
In the second generation we meet Peaches Shenston, Sarah’s youngest child of six. Raised with lots of love, Peaches has teamed her brave and inappropriate behaviour with her ambitious desire to become CEO of a mega corporation. Follow Peaches journey as she raises a family and tries to fulfill her lifetime wish.
CLICK HERE TO START WITH GENERATIONS 2
In the third generation we meet Camilla Shenston, one of Peaches’s twin daughters. Camilla had a very loving up-bringing but it was tainted by her superstar athlete farther who became addicted to drugs and alchol and had to go into rehab for many years. Being the eldest Camilla took on much of the house-hold responsibilities while her self-obessesed sister, Marina, gallivanted around town with the bad boys. Keeping the house-hold in order and her passion for training has led her to realise her life-long goal of becoming an International Super Spy.
CLICK HERE TO START WITH GENERATIONS 3
In the fourth generation we meet Mia Shenston. She was born family orientated and brave and developed the perfectionist trait as she got older. When she grew up she inherited the flirty trait from her farther and became a hopeless romantic. After getting her heart broken she realised her lifelong wish would be to be a Heart Breaker. She knows this means she may never settle down, but being family orientated she is still determined to have children.
CLICK HERE TO START FROM GENERATION 4
In the fifth generation we meet Viola Shenston who is Mia’s youngest daughter. She has a different father to her elder twin sisters, but he was thrown out after Viola caught him in bed with another man and told her mother. Mia thinks this is what led to Viola’s evil behavior, but little did she know that Viola was actually born evil. She is also friendly and athletic and became a kleptomaniac when she grew into a teenager. Viola’s life long wish is to become a master thief and was dragged into the criminal career when she was barely a young adult.
CLICK HERE TO START FROM GENERATION 5
In the sixth generation we meet Roxy Shenston. Unlike her older sister who was born evil, Roxy was born good and artistic and realised her lifelong goal to become a Hit Movie Composer very early in life. When she was a teenager she fell in love with her half cousin Rupert. But they were separated for years by Roxy’s mother who did not approve of the relationship. Once she became an adult, Rupert came back for Roxy and the two fell back in love and soon got married. To follow Roxy on her quest to become a Hit Movie Composer and raise a family of her own CLICK HERE
In the 7th Generation we meet Ivy Shenston. Ivy was born a twin, but automatically became heir to the Shenston Legacy when her twin sister died as a teenager. Her parents died shortly after so she invited her brother, his wife and two children to stay on and live in the Shenston house with her for as long as possible. She is excitable, neurotic, a workaholic and a natural cook. When she became an adult she realised her lifetime wish would be to become a celebrated 5 star chef and now works at the up-market Bistro in town. CLICK HERE to follow Ivy from when she takes over the Shenston Legacy
In the 8th generation we meet Eva Shenston. Eva was the last born of quadruplets and a complete surprise to her parents as they were expecting triplets! She was born brave and a genius and became a workaholic and a schmoozer when she grew up. She is determined to save the world and realised her lifelong wish to become Leader of the Free world when she first visited City Hall. But will being a Hopeless Romantic get in the way of fulfilling her dream….? FIND OUT HERE
In the 9th Generation we meet Audrey who was born brave and athletic and became adventurous when she became a teenager. After travelling to France to find out her French roots, she went exploring and instantly realised her lifelong goal would be to become a Great Explorer. But Audrey is also tasked with producing the 10th Generation Shenton Legacy heir – how will she travel the world exploring tombs and settle down with children at the same time…? CLICK HERE TO TRAVEL ON HER ADVENTURES WITH HER
If feel really bad for Sarah, quiet a tough upbringing…
Hey,
I just wanted to let you know I love your legacy soo much! It was tons of fun to read – I can’t wait for the next installment!!
I’m just about to start a legacy of my own and I want to make a blog that looks like yours.
I was wondering if you could give me a few tips on how you designed it : )
Thanks,
Becky
Hi my name is Devan. I am just now starting on my Legacy on WordPress. I was wondering if you would be kind enough to link to my page. My page is called the Seascape Legacy. If you would link to me I would really appreciate it and return the favor. If you need the link I can give it to you. Thank You.
Hi Becky
Thanks so much for liking my blog. You can email me on starsarahs@yahoo.co.uk and i can answer any questions you have x
Hi Devan. Send over your link and i will take a look x
Hi this is Devan again sorry for not sending you my link sooner. http://seascapelegacy.wordpress.com/
Hmm… I’ve started a dynasty. Does that count? xD
http://www.thesims3.com/contentDetail.html?contentId=79745
I don’t have a site, but if you linked to it I’d be sure to put in a good word for this legacy in one of the episodes. ^_^
Great story! Best legacy I have seen from the Sims 3 so far. You are really good at story telling.
WOW – thank you so much. Hopefully you will keep enjoying it as much as i enjoy writing it xx
I love your legacy and was wondering if you would mind reading mine one day…http://theloveofmatriarchy.wordpress.com/
Hey good stuff…keep up the good work! I read a lot of blogs on a daily basis and for the most part, people lack substance but, I just wanted to make a quick comment to say I’m glad I found your blog. Thanks,)
A definite great read…:)
-Bill-Bartmann
Hey, has anyone else noticed all the heirs have blonde hair apart from one which is brown?
LOL – your totally right Beckey – but Viola is strawberry blond!!! There have been more brunettes in the running but the blonds have always been chosen to be the heir! Hopefully there will be another one soon x
Just wanted to drop you a line to say, I enjoy reading your site. I thought about starting a blog myself but don’t have the time.
Oh well maybe one day…. 🙂
How come all the pretty girls are blonde haired?
Blonde should become banded. So other hair colors will be picked. 😀
Sorry Sarah – one rule i follow is that i never change the orginal hair color of a sim so i have ended up with lots of blonds. But i have a mission to combat this problem and am gonna try to produce babies with other other colors. FYI: Camilla was brunette and Viola was strawberry blonde xxxx
Hi,
Thank you for the great quality of your blog, each time i come here, i’m amazed.
black hattitude.
Is hair color passing down in families really that surprising? Arbor’s signature was really bright blond hair. In my own legacy, despite the number of blond’s I’ve bred in (which would be two now) my heirs have a sort of brown with blond highlights thing going on.
Interestingly my heirs don’t look nearly as similar to each other as yours do.
Yes the idea was that the Shenston Family would be a family of blondes, but i guess over the generations it does get a bit boring and it is nice to introduce other colours. All my heirs almost look the same – its quite annoying. I need to start breeding them with funny looking sims and not always the best looking ones 🙂
Melissa, i love your sim’s color’s hair – brown with blond hightlights x
Actually, to me, they look quite distinct. 🙂
Thank you Fakririjekt. I have tried to differ them with different hair styles. But they all seem to have the same huge mouth!
I wish you could have 1 male heir. I really like Gabriel (Gen 6)
Well, yeah, but I thought the mouth was supposed to be their shared feature. o . o; *shrug*
I absolutely love your legacy.
I was wondering if you had the Legacy house, or any of the generations up for download anywhere.
I’m usually not a big fan of legacies, but yours is enjoyable to read!
Good job.
I’m so antsy waiting to see what happens next. You really know how to write good stuff. I never really loved drama, but your making me love it!!
Viola is by far my favourite heiress! She’s so pretty!
I can’t wait untill generation 10. Are you going to grow generation 10 up to see what they look like or just stop when theyre born? OR are you going to go farther???
Generation 10 scares me as that sort of means its all over. I think i will definitly grow the kids up until there is an heir for the 11th generation. But as they say, all good things must come to an end, so i will not continue it any further. I might start another one though 🙂
xx
I really like your legacy and I wondered if you could have a look at mine, there’s not much on it at the mo, but tell me what you think 🙂 http://pixxidancer.wordpress.com/
Your legacy is fantastic, congrats.
I was wondering, though, if maybe you’d take a look at mine? I know there isn’t much up right now, but I’m working on the next chapters as I speak (type) 😉
http://maddocklegacy.wordpress.com/
Hi Zeena96.
Just checked out your legacy – looking good so far 🙂 When you have done a bit more i will add it to my links x
(Just FYI- I added chapters 3 and 4 at my legacy ;))
please add my legacy to your lineup….. here it is. I really need some publicity, seeing as i just started and have no viewers.
http://acorruptlegacy.sims3legacy.com/2009/11/22/get-ready-sunset-valley/
this is my new legacy. Would anyone mind checking it out http://thelavenderlegacy.wordpress.com/
Hi Sarah. As usual, I say that your legacy is fantastic.
Remember my old one of mine that I once gave you the link to? Well, my game tragically deleted it due to a glitch 😦 I have a new one up, though. So, if you can take the time to look at it, well, I’d very much so appreciate it:
http://virgolegacy.wordpress.com/
Thanks 🙂
Hiya! I really hate to jump on the bandwagon, but would you mind taking a look at my legacy and, if you like it, would you mind adding it to your links? ^^ I, of course, would add you in return. Thanks!
–Roseen
Also: the link is in my username. xD
Hi redeyeslegacy. Had a look at your legacy. Great so far. Once you have a few more chapters up i will add to my links page x
Would you mind telling me where you get all your mods and cc?
Hi Chichi56788
I get most of my:
MODS from: http://www.modthesims.info
Clothes from: http://www.thesimsresource.com
Hair from: http://www.peggyzone.com
Hope that helps xxx
I just noticed that all heirs have had the same nose since Gen. 3 except for Viola….
Well spotted Carla – i had not noticed that! x
You’re blog is very neatly laid out and it’s easy to find what you’re looking for! Exellent job on it Sarah:) I also love the frames around the photos! Do you use photoshop or something?
Arr thank you so much Kama. I use Coral Painshop Pro – much easier than photoshop but not as jazzy.xxx
Wow I just LOVE your Legacy Story! You inspired me and my friends to all start our own Legacy Challenge Story. I actually just put up my first chapter on here. Your layout on here is beautiful and it seems so easy to do. Lol, I’ve soon found out how hard it is to make everything so organized. If you could give me some pointers, it would be much appreciated 🙂 My email is kc_aka_Mulan@yahoo.com
Thanks!
http://ostrovskylegacy.wordpress.com/
Hey, Sarah. I hate to kind of jump on the bandwagon here, but where do you get your toddler and elder clothes from? I’m lacking in those areas.
I know the sims 3 store has some, but I don’t have many points at the moment :X
Hi Zeena. I get most of my clothes from here: http://www.thesimsresource.com/ Most of them are free but some you do need to subscribe and pay a monthly fee for. But there are loads of clothes here so get downloading xx
Hi Sarah. I don’t come with good news. The horrid 1.8 patch glitched and deleted my legacy 😦 The front page of the Virgo legacy explains it all. Anyway, I just thought you might want to know where my new one is, in case you ever feel like reading it:
I only have around four or five chapters up at the moment, but I have some time to play tomorrow so there should be more soon. 😉 Thanks!
OH NO Zenna, poor you. I had the same problem when i updated my patch, but thankfully i did not loose my legacy. But my game as not been the same since. I will read your new legacy though. Good luck xx
I just read the legacy, start to finish, and I love it. It has actually, finally, given me the basic premise for one I want to start, hopefully tomorrow.
I found it amazing how many times you demolished and rebuilt the legacy home. I have absolutely no patience in building and once it more than enough for me.
Im sorry to see your legacy end. It was the best ive ever read! I am discontinuing the Lavender Legacy because of a mishap with my game but im making a new one, The Ashemore Legacy theashemorelegacy.worldpress.com. I would love it if you took a look at it!
I’m sorry to see it end. I have to say it was one of the best I’ve ever read. I thinking of starting my own Legacy just for fun and see how it goes.
Heya Sarah, Some new questions for you! 🙂
* How do you avoid getting errors on your game like the “A serious error has occurred!” and the “this game can not be loaded because you have saved this saved game with expansion pack data no longer available” even though you know full well that you have every expansion pack available out there.
* Do you know you will be creating a new sim story as the fairytale in Riverview went wrong?
Hi Sarah! I was wondering if you’ve uploaded the shenston household to the exchange? I’d definetely download it if you have.
Thanks
Hi Echo.. Yes you can download the house and some of the characters here: http://www.thesims3.com/mypage/StarSarah
Hi Becky
* I do not know the answer to this im afraid, i have never had this problem. Sorry i cannot help 😦
* I will be doign another story, maybe even another legacy. But i am just trying to re-load everything i have lost at the moment. While that is happening i am actual creating a world so i will upload this when i finish x
Aww. I wasn’t really following the Riverview one but its gone? Thats sad. It would be AMAZING if you did another legacy! Good luck with game problems!
I added some new chapters to my legacy http://www.theashemorelegacy.wordpress.com can you check it out?
hey on your other story how did you get the clothes on your manikins
Hey, I read this entire legacy and I think it’s amazing. You inspired me to write my own story to my legacy. I’ve already started it and I’m using wordpress but I would like to know how you got the links to the generations and stuff on the side and also how you got the next options at the bottom. Help would be appreciated. Again amazing story.
Hi Jessica. Thank you for loving my legacy. If you need any tips and hints etc.. you can email me on starsarahs@yahoo.co.uk xxx
Hey Sarah, just to let you know I’ve sent over a few questions via E-mail. 🙂
Hey your legacy is great, your sims really look beautiful! check out my legacy at
http://www.xcin100x.wordpress.com plz ?
Ill link ur legacy to mine, can u plz do it for me too? 🙂
hey, sorry but i forgot to mention, on which site do u get all that amazing sim hair ? 😛
Awesome, I love it! Such pretty looking Sims, but how come there are no boys?
http://morethanjustsims.wordpress.com/
Wow, what a wonderfull story!! I’m reading it now, im in chapter 6.7. But you can write so nice. You make it a pleasure to read it, it’s just like a book!
But I have a question, were did you download all the hairsyles? They look so nice!
Xxx Esmée
hello guys
I just want to say hi
Hey Esmee, Sarah is on her second legacy (as you can see at the top) you probably didn’t no, but she has a downloads page on there. It’s pretty cool, the other day I was on it for like an hour! Heres the link; http://theseraphinelegacy.wordpress.com/downloads/ xD
Hi,just wondering if you are starting a new legacy or something?:) I liked your stories, both this legacy and A Fairytale in Riverside:) So It would be awesome if you had more than those two:)
– Annie
Eva is cute! 😀
I’ve been working on my legacy for a few days, but haven’t started creating the blog. Could you tell me how you made the format for your Blog? I’d like to be able to organize my blog by generation like you did, and have a welcome page kind of like yours. Email me at kperkins737@yahoo.com with any info?
Your blog is amazing… I can’t stop reading it, and when I finish, I’m a little bit dissapointed that you don’t continue this legacy… I tried to do a legacy in Sims 3 many times, but soon get bored. Can you tell me how to not get bored and make my legacy as fun as possible? Thanks ^_^
Love it! Love it! Love it! I have my own blog and I linked you hope there is no problem. Your story has really inspired me, and I think you should go into creative writing. Your writing is very clear and precise. Thankyou for sharing your story with us
hey i love your legacy blog so so much, it is just so good!!!!! 😀 Can you please add my blog to your blogroll http://edwards1legacy.wordpress.com/, I want to try and get some hits.
loved it all