The Latte Legacy is newer than the Alphas. Their legacy goal is very loosely based on a legacy idea I once saw on the forum about the family working as baristas until they save enough to buy a coffee shop. I, of course, added some things because I can never leave a challenge alone and play it as is. I converted the real estate office in Bluewater into the Bluewater Cafe because what is even the point of a real estate office? This is where the heirs work as often and as long as they can to earn money to not only someday buy the shop, but also to build/decorate their home. I started the founder off with a Ranch Retreat because I didn't feel like doing the lawn living thing, but everything since has been acquired through his own earnings. I also threw in a legacy tree just for the heck of it. I don't really understand what the challenge is there though. I mean, the tree can't die and how hard is it to place it near the corner of the lot where you'll never need to move it? Anyway, some other rules I instituted are: spouses must be NPCs, aspirations and benefit points are assigned at random, each generation will have three kids (adoption will be allowed if necessary), no one will go to Uni (though they will go long enough to grow up and drop out), and spares will get a high school diploma and whatever random items other household members have in their inventories to sell as their starting cash.
Heirs are chosen through a contest that works as follows:
When the oldest child reaches 9 days to adult (the day before they'd go to Uni to grow up) each child makes the best dish they can and sets it on a table. Then we wait for the current heir to choose one. Once he/she has chosen a dish, we proceed to scoring.
Each participant gets:
+1 point for each cooking point they have
+1 point for each point of cuisine enthusiasm they have
+1 point for each point of food interest they have
+1 point for having Family aspiration
+1 point if cuisine is their predetermined hobby
+5 points if the heir chooses their dish first
-5 points for a burned dish
-5 points for setting the stove on fire
The first two categories definitely favor the oldest child, however if the youngest child is still a child at the time of the contest, the final category will favor him/her since the child's stove doesn't catch fire. Everything else is either random or selected by the game, so anyone could earn those points.
The family history so far is this:
Caffe Latte is the founder; he married former bartender Crystal Jones. Their three children are Joy, Calvin, and Noah. At the Gen 2 Heir Competition Joy made comfort soup, Calvin made mac and cheese, and Noah made a muffin. Joy scored: 2+2+8+1+0+5+0+0=18 pts. Calvin scored: 1+0+6+0+0+0+0+0=7 pts. Noah scored: 0+0+3+0+0+0-5+0=-2 pts. Joy was the winner by a landslide and became the heir. Joy partnered with a former barista, Peter Macarevich (I'm waiting until after the children are born to get them married to preserve the family name), and they are expecting their first child. Calvin left home and moved to the Village Condos downtown. Noah is still a teen, but will likely move in with his brother when he moves out.
The family has managed to add on a garage as well as remodel the ground floor and build a second floor. They still have very basic furnishings and not much in the way of decent wallpaper/paint, but they are gradually working on upgrading things room by room, while also keeping in mind the goal of buying the cafe. They have nearly half the money they need.
That's it for the Lattes. Tomorrow we'll be starting a new round with the students of SSU. Happy Simming!
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