Lessons from my first resurrection

I had University on my computer long enough that the oldest gen 2 had graduated.

Then one day I left Neo Posinson checking the family business, a venue with a hot tub.

I forgot that the game would not pause when he got there and wandered away from my computer. I got back just in time to see the family home reloading. I was pretty sure what that would mean. I had just killed Neo.

Sure enough, his wife Jean and toddler son James were completely devastated. The teenage twins Timothy and Tabatha were randomly crying. Child Harold was sad but kept his head in a book as usual.

Daughter Jenna was at University and a member of the Secret Society. She had access to a Resurrect-o-nomitron - the phone to the Grim Reaper. I had her use it and Grimmy said she didn't know anyone who was dead.

Lesson one - young adults at University can only resurrect other young adults

So she put the phone in her inventory and took it to a shop that the college students owned. I tried to have her older brother use it and he couldn't even touch it.

Lesson two - no resurrection on community lots

Finally Gerry took the bone phone home and successfully resurrected his dad

Lesson three - resurrection == instant addition to the current household
Lesson four - resurrection == reset of the Sim's age back to the start of that life stage

Neo was suddenly a few days younger than his oldest son. Plus his marriage with Jean was broken and their dates weren't going that well. Then Gerry and Chris had twin babies and having Neo around was very helpful. So Neo stayed there for awhile.

Fav stories from Gen 2 - Harold, Tessa, James and Neil

Harold and James Posinson were the 2 last children of Neo and Jean. Tessa Landgraab was the youngest daughter of Malcolm IV and Fatalia.

Harold was the first to land at University.  Tessa was a year behind.  They dated a bit but the attraction between them wasn't that strong.  So they split up.  Tessa started dating an SS member called Sam.  Harold started dating around quite a lot.

A year after Tessa started University, James came on the scene.  The youngest son of Neo was gay and looking for a permanent boyfriend.  He managed to get into the Secret Society and there met Neil.  Neil had been declared hot stuff by several of my girls but he wouldn't talk to them.  He fell for James when James tried chatting him up.

Harold was inspired by his baby brother to try boyfriends.  He ended up engaged to none other than Don Lothario who was bi at the time.

Now things went along this way for quite some time.  But one day when Sam wasn't around, Tessa scoped the room.  And came up with James as being the hottest Sim around.  What a Landgraab wants, a Landgraab will get.  So Tessa went after James and took him on a couple of dates.  Soon James started finding girls attractive.  Tessa dumped Sam and got engaged to James.

Now that meant Neil was again a free agent.  Harold had thought that Neil was very attractive, but wasn't about to poach his brother's boyfriend.  Harold had already found out that Don was cheating on him, so he and Don broke up.  Harold starting dating Neil. 

This would be their permanent relationships.  After University, Harold married Neil and Tessa would marry James.  Harold and Neil adopted 2 children, Neil desparately wanted to adopt the first.  Tessa and James would have 2 children of their own.  And both couples have been very happy with each other.

Ricky Cormier

Ricky is a member of gen 2 because of when he went to college.  He was best pals with Gerry as teens.  When Gerry went off to University, he wanted Ricky to come along.  Grumpy Gerry didn't have many friends so Ricky went to college as well.

To date, Ricky is the only townie teen to go to college and graduate without ever once getting engaged to one of my born in game Sims. He romanced his way along, but he studied pretty hard and graduated with a 3.9 average.



Now once in the neighborhood, he lived alone for a bit.  Then the local servo moved in, but a servo loves to clean and cook and one Sim just doesn't need that much care.  So the servo got the boot.

During this time, I found out from the forums that a Sim could be gay or bi. Ricky was an obvious choice for testing, being an unattached romance Sim. The first few dates with guys puzzled him a bit, he'd give me an odd look before doing some romance actions. But before long, he was attracted to either guys or girls.

His next roommate was "Ugly Bill" Corsillo.
Bill was another romance Sim who made the mistake of flirting with the Landgraab heir at college. He was a very sweet and good natured Sim who had helped many of gen 2 get into the Secret Society.

He and Ricky made a great couple. Very loving and affectionate at home and pursuing every Sim of an appropriate age when not at home.

Fav Stories from gen 2 - Penny and Jessie

Penny Trefalton, love child of Fatalia and Vanny, grew up to be a romance Sim.  Due to a glitch, she ended up with an LTW of 50 1st dates (only pleasure Sims are meant to get this). As a teen, she dated 2 townie teens, one called Ted and one called Jessie.

When she was about to leave for college, her mom gave her the deed to the business she had owned.  It was a two story shop.  After Penny arrived at college, she wanted both of her dates to come along.  I picked Jessie to be her company at college.

When it was time for Penny to do some serial dating, she'd go to the business her mom gave her.  She'd work the business for awhile, chatting up the customers and looking for prospective dates.  When she had several good prospective dates, she'd close the business and invite the first one over.  Upstairs at the business there was a double bed and a hot tub that Penny had installed for dating.  She'd have 1 to 3 dates in a row.  Most of those dates would end as Dream Dates though a few didn't.  A lot of the time, Penny wasn't very interested in the date herself and would slowly go into green aspiration.

In the meantime, Jessie was following Penny from the dorm to the Greek house.  He adored his lovely Penny and never really asked anything more than to be with her.

When Penny was thoroughly in green aspiration, she'd ask Jessie over for a date.  Dating Jessie would also make her happy, they'd both be platinum by the end of the date.

By the end of her University time, Penny had gold badges in the business skills.  She had all the business perks (she sold and rebought the business multiple times).  She had earned a pile of money for the Greek House.  Plus she had completed her 50 1st dates and was platinum.

So after graduation, Penny and Jessie got married.  It wasn't until old age caught up with them both that Jessie would finally find out that Penny had a few other lovers around.  Jessie forgave her very quickly, he loves her too much not to.

Family Tree - sort of

Here's a doc with all my families on it.


After gen 1, the name at the top of the cell is a child from that family.  The name underneath is their spouse if they have married/joined yet.  If the cells are coloured, that means that the same family appears in another family tree because two born in game Sims got married.

I've also been tagging my Sim pics over on photobucket so you can just click a name on the left and get pics of that Sim on the right.

Family Round up - Neo and Jean Posinson

The bad news is, if you thought the first two family round ups were bad, this one will be even worse.  Jean was a family Sim who was always wanting babies.  And she had plenty of them.  They had 6 children; Gerry, Jenna, Timothy and Tabitha (the cheesecake twins of this family), Harold and James.

To make matters worse, Jean became a plantSim well in her elder years and spawned a plantBaby Dennis.  I basically rarely remember that Dennis is a sibling to the rest of them.

Gerry was my first born in game to go to University, the first married, the first with children and the first to pass away of old age.  He married a dormie that he absolutely adored, Chris.  He and Chris had twin girls, Annabella and Mirabella (my first natural twins).  They had a third daughter Christabella.  Gerry's best pal as a teen was Ricky Cormier and it was for Gerry that Ricky went to college and therefore grew up.

Jenna had a hard time finding true love at University.  She was never that attached to anyone until she finally met an adult townie called Lee.  But as an adult, she had one child with Ricky Cormier a girl named before she married Lee.  Rachel was given to her dad to raise.  Jenna and Lee had twin boys, Jeremy and Leonard.

Tabitha spent a long time dating Trevor Landgraab but she was also attracted to his sibling and his dad.  So he started dating someone new and Tabitha made a wish for romance at a wishing well.  She got Dominique a townie.  They have one child, Donna.  Until it was time for Donna to marry, they lived with Timothy and his family.

Timothy fell deeply in love with Lucy Testing early in college.  As mentioned in the Testing family round up, they married and have two children, Terence and Caroline.

Harold briefly was dating Tessa Landgraab.  But they broke up, just not quite compatible enough.  Harold then spent a lot of time dating around.  He had both girlfriends and boyfriends.  He even spent some time engaged to Don Lothario. Finally he was engaged to a dormie called Neil and the two of them have been together ever since.  Harold and Neil adopted two children, a son Anthony and a daughter Angelica.

James's first love was a teen called Charles Rausher.  When he went to college, he started dating Neil (yes, that Neil mentioned above).  Then Tessa Landgraab set her sights on him.  It took a few dates but he developed a deep attraction for her and they eventually married.  She is the only female in his life but he has had a boyfriend or two.  Jennifer and Alan are their children.

And Dennis spawned himself a plantbaby Tulip.

Family Round up - Malcolm and Fatalia Landgraab

I had no intention of letting Malcolm have children originally.  His genetics have such an amazing reputation on the forums.  But Fatalia came to his house with her daughter Penny, a love child between her and Vanny Testing.  And Malcolm doted on his step daughter, he was a great dad.  Fatalia came with Penny + several dogs + Bob the Robot, Malcolm went from single Sim to having a full house in one move.  He loved it.


Malcolm and Penny

So Malcolm and Fatalia had cheesecake twins; Malcolm Landgraab V and Trevor.  Trevor was an ugly toddler but he'd grow to be a fine looking Sim.  The boys were so bright and bouncy that they eventually acquired a little sister, Tessa.






Penny would grow to be a romance Sim.  She eventually married Jessie, one of the Tricou teens.  They had 2 sons; Phillip and Bernard.  Penny also had a love child with Don Lothario, Paisella.  



Malcolm V got a CAS Amelia while at University.  She has elf ears to match with his slanting eyebrows.  Amelia would be the last CAS I'd make for Pleasantview.  They would have 3 children together, cheesecake twins Malcolm VI and Lucifer and Veronica. The twins inherited both the eyebrows and the ears.  Veronica only had the eyebrows.



Trevor dated born in game Tabitha for quite some time at University but would eventually marry townie Professor Mehrissa.  They have three children, cheesecake twins Thomas and Jessica and their youngest is Winston.

Malcolm IV, Fatalia, Malcolm V, Amelia, Malcolm VI, Lucifer, Trevor, Professor Mehrissa, Thomas and Jessica all lived in the Landgraab house together for some time.  It was hectic when the children were all babies and toddlers but fun too.

Tessa dated around a bit in college.  She started with born in game Harold, dated a dormie named Sam for awhile then eventually fell in love with James.  More about these Sims later, definite soap territory.  Tessa and James have 2 children, Jennifer and Alan.

Family Round up - Vanny and Florence Testing

Still working my way up to current situation, first let's meet gen 2 and introduce gen 3 for each family.

Florence and Vanny had four children; Lydia, Miranda and the cheesecake twins Lucy and Larry.

Lydia fell in love with townie teen William - aka the goth looking Tricou teen.  They went to college together and after graduation, they married.  They have two sons, Theodore and Samuel.  They have a very wealthy house since Lydia had an LTW of 5 top ten businesses.  They live in the House of Fallen Trees and they resurrected the Tricou family.  Kvornan and Jennail live with them.

Miranda fell in love with townie Randy London.  They live in the family home.  They had twin girls, Katherine and Katrina.

Lucy was the prettiest of the Testing children.  She didn't fall in love until college but there she met with one of the Posinson children Timothy.  She and Timothy have been a deeply devoted couple from that day.  They have two children, Terence and Caroline.

Larry was not only the ugliest of the Testing children, he was also the most nasty tempered Sim I'd ever seen.  If it wasn't for his twin sister and Lily, he might never have left the dorms.  But Lily was the sweet girl that Larry got from his wish for love at the family wishing well.  He married her and after marriage wasn't quite as nasty at random any more.  They have a single daughter Lenora.

A Summary so far

My Sims 2 started with 3 base families. 

Sometime after I got Open for Business, I made a Sim called Vanny Testing (I was testing OfB).  Vanny got married to Florence Delarosa, and they had 4 children.

Vanny had a tough LTW - 5 top ten businesses.  So while I learned about running businesses, I created another Sim, Fatalia Trafalton.  Fatalia spent a long time first doing her LTW, then running a business.  She had a child with Vanny Testing but had about 5 lovers and I was trying to decide which one would be right.

So I started a third family, Neo and Jean Posinson.  Neo and Jean taught me more about business, would eventually have 6 children and be very happy with life.

Then I returned to Fatalia and decided the best Sim to help her raise her daughter was Malcolm Landgraab IV.  As it turned out, he was such a great step-dad, they would have 3 children together.

At this point in time, Neo and Jean's family line is up to gen 5 in childhood.  Vanny and Florence line has a gen 5 baby.  Malcolm and Fatalia is still on gen 4 but gen 5 isn't too far away now.