Let's Play The Sims 2 HARD MODE! - Newsons Episode 1 

I always put down pet pillows for toddlers. It's so very helpful, and it's not even cheating. I can tell you for sure that my own IRL toddlers were happy to sleep on a mat on the floor.

the way i JUMPED when i saw this video on my feed !!!

You are such a nice person ❤ so sweet and funny

Just found your videos and I’m already hooked! I’ve been playing the sims since I was a kid and now I’m 37 and I have 2 boys (17 & 6) and I still love to play and watch people play! Super excited to catch a live stream of yours!!

I also made the Newsons' parents actual (dead) Sims in my 'hoods, though I named Gloria's husband Giles. The fact that you have to install a bugfix mod just to play the Newsons effectively is probably one of the reasons they get rated as being so difficult.

Chaotic episode 🤣 I think you had more issues because there wasn't quite enough room in the dining room/kitchen (maybe delete the island counters?), and I'd suggest moving either the pottys upstairs, or moving them a little bit further away from the toilet if you keep it in the bathroom. The routing issues would drive me insane and you kept very calm despite the errors happening.🤣 I also think that if you add pets, then you'll have more routing issues, but I don't mind what you do next 🤣🤣 Glad you sorted out the school bus bug though

Wow ooh wow this was stressful, but you powered through. When I play that many kids I always put a mini fridge in the room. My sims family had a 1 single kid and then she quads, and soon as they came back from University she triplets, It was pure chaos, everybody trying to get the babies and bathe them when they need food, I had to lock the door so only 1 sim could go take care of the babies. But I think we love the chaos and trying to get through the challenges. Fun series you are ding awesome and sweet that baby looks adorable.

Goodness, Gavin is so sassy and bratty here. I usually appoint Ginger as the head of the house, because she's more responsible and non-selfish. Bugs aside, things seemed to be going well for this family. Hopefully, they don't run out of money before the tots age up.

This is what I was saying with pet beds in stream the other day. Because the energy gain is so slow (unmodded) it means the bladder, hunger etc have time to go way down. I would only use them as emergency napping spots.

Yah finally I get to sit and watch this. I also voted for this family as the hardest.

I like how you write the lady into the story her dying & putting her tombstone in the backyard so much lore 😍😍🤪

Dont know if you are into playing/using townie sims. But...if Ginger likes male sims, you could match her with Orion Teens (Tricou). They have very similar turn ons and offs, especially if you give both Ginger and Orion GLASSESS to wear.😉

I love the idea with the backstory for the parent. I also think this family turned out harder than the Ottomans 😂

I think if you wait for the school bus to leave the lot with the middle kids, then click on one of the teens to walk to school it won't give that responsibilities message. I feel like I've done this in some other family, successfully (my memory is a bit unreliable, lol)? The teens will always be late for school but at least you won't need to call the nanny, who has to be paid just for showing up. In my game, playing the Newsons, though, I did hire a nanny just this time everyday and considered it money well spent; nannies don't teach skills and the school kids eat and toilet at school, so when they get home they can teach the toddlers. The middle kids can teach nursery rhyme to the toddlers which is such a cute interaction and once they know the nursery rhyme they can boost their own fun singing it to themselves which is also adorable. Enjoying this challenge - adding pets is more ambitious than I would dare but I just get to watch so, it's up to you. ~FM :)

Been so excited for this!

Who would have thought it was the Newsons who were easier, but mainly due to Maxis bugs? xD Fun episode anyway, I am loving this challenge! I would personally have Ginger just flunk out of school and have Gallagher go for the overachiever thing, though understand why you might want it more equal (or do you lose points for bad grades?)

Hi. Was so excited for the second episode - it was super fun to watch. Adding pets will sure add to the chaos. Thank you for making such amazing content.

Omg I’m so excited to watch!! ❤

Yayyy I can’t wait to watch 😄

Oh man what a throwback- the getparents mod was one of, if not the first mod, I ever got. Wow, I’m glad you got it sorted in the end, talk about game breaking bug! I was as confused as you that the teens refused to go to school when the other was staying at home. One would think that the logic for teens would be the same as for adults 🤷‍♀️ Anyway this got heated at some parts 😂 great work keeping things afloat. I must say, the way it appears to me at the moment from having watched you play with both families, it appears that the Newsons are indeed more difficult. But I’m eager to see what the numbers say at the end.

I love the house!! Not familiar with this family because whatever pack they come with is not one that's included in my game so this was new and fun. Maxis toddlers get 4 days. You are too used to your custom lifespan. lol

Can you buy homework books perhaps? I say yes to pets! After the toddler's birthdays. 😁Thanks for your company & another great episode. 😊

Loved it! This challenge is definitely making me realize how easy I have made the game for myself haha. It was definitely chaotic but you managed it well! Looking forward to seeing how you feel at the end of this challenge as to which one is actually harder! IMO it definitely seems like you struggled a bit more with this family, but perhaps it was more the errors and stuff haha!

Wonderful episode

I am really loving this series, so much so that I think I’m going to try it myself in my own time! I’d be interested in downloading this house too but not sure how Gloria’s grave would affect that. I used to get that school bus error sometimes in my usual modded gameplay too even with that fix mod, I think it might have been something to do with the After School Activities mod but I never found out for sure, it was rare enough for it to be manageable and I just got into a habit of saving before they’re due home. I was thinking of doing this challenge completely unmodded and CC-free, but now I know that that fix mod is basically essential to play with the Newsons! I also got another idea for a mod while watching this (I wish my brain would leave me alone sometimes) to make the dismiss nanny interaction instant so they don’t actually have to do an animation, similar to how HB made the form social group interaction instant, because even with mods to make nannies smarter, they’re always so ignorant and annoying to interact with! Looking forward to the next!❤️

Ginger, Gallagher and children without parents this is so shameless tv show (English is not my first language sorry:)

I would like it if you dropped the walls to half so that we don't have to look at the tops of everyone's heads and the solid walls. What do you think?

Loving the recent videos Beth 🫖😁

the chaos!!!! i love it

I am guessing that someone who mentioned the Critters was me? 😂 Adding them to Tara Kat would probably work better. I had that same bug with this family first time I played them way back when, and again this time in my Uber hood. I found only the no social worker hack fixed it. Very annoying.

Vanilla is 4 days for toddlers. Which is IMO way too rushed.

having pets sounds fun :)

God I need to start doing some lore building like you did cuz I just plopped the Newsons down in a trailer park apartment and that's about it rip lmao. Though at the rate I'm going the kids are probably gonna get taken away and maybe (re)adopted by Coral Oldie in my next round with them LOL.I'm too scared to use SimPE to do edits like that though sometimes LOL Also you bringing up the critters is funny to me and made me laugh cuz in following the Newson's wants I made the mistake of letting them adopt a (pretty big too) dog LMAO. I regretted it quickly.

Maybe add pets once the toddlers are children?

theres a pick pocket in Game

Why are you forcing Ginger to be the one who has to sacrifice her school to take care of the kids? Kinda unfair especially when the game is sending you signs she would prefer to focus on school. Gavin can take care of the kids + work on cars for example of a good source of income