I have updated the main page with my Twitch streaming info, also adding a page with my current schedule linked from the above page menu. Also, at the right side of the page, I linked my twitter, twitch, and my Discord server. Yes, you read that right, I have a Discord server. I'm just getting it started, but it'll hopefully become the go-to space to discuss my challenges as well as a hangout spot for those in my twitch or blog community. I look forward to chatting with any of you who join!

You may have noticed that I also deleted the link to the Townie Rotation - Whether it's permanently tabled or in revision I don't know, but I simply don't have any current plans to go back to it, no matter how much work I put into it - I still wasn't having any fun, so It's gone. If you want to look at the info for it, there is a link to it on the Home page (linked above).

Now onto a different sort of update. I finally finished updating the Master Simmer Challenge, and the rules, goal sets, and cheat sheet all reflect that. I know quite a number of people have been waiting on this update, and I apologize for how long it's taken me. There's been a ton of stuff going on IRL, and coming up with extra energy and time for working on it has been tough.

Some of you know that I'm working on the Timeline Adventure Challenge (which I am still working on - expect the rest of the rules to be published in the next few weeks), but something I have only mentioned to a select few is that I have two other modified challenges I have been working on. One is a "hard mode" for the Decades Challenge, while the other takes the Not So Berry Challenge and updates and extends it into many more generations. I am specifically trying to stay with the original spirit of both challenges. At this time, both are on Google Docs, and they're both linked from the Home page. (also here: Hard Mode Decades Challenge and All Packs Updated & Extended Not So Berry Challenge.)

Lastly, I want to update all my blog fans on what's going on. I've been streaming on Twitch lately, which I have found is a lot of fun, and has some very nice side effects of increasing my self-confidence and decreasing my social anxiety. However, getting my channel going is going to take a lot of time, and I'm streaming at least 4-5 hours a day 6 days a week.. which leaves very little time for playing Sims on the side for updating my blog challenges. Also, I've picked up another MMO that I play once a week on camera, and quite often in the evenings off screen - which takes up even more time. I've been struggling to find a way to combine or compromise between all of this without making either my blog or streaming suffer too much, and unfortunately, it seems to be the blog that is suffering the most. I do want to get back to my other challenges (especially the stories), but it's not going to happen right away. The five that are full blown stories (Tangled Yarn, Broomstick Files, Tails of Sulani, Foreshadowed Sunset, and Island Spirits) will never be played on livestream. I honestly can't figure out a way to take as many pictures as are necessary for it, and put the actual story together while dealing with all that goes with being on a livestream, and I'm just not going to do it. However, the rest of the challenges, including the three that are "exclusive" to my stream (a Not So Berry, a hard mode Decades, and a Timeline Adventure Challenge that is replacing the now-retired Plumbobbing challenge) could possibly be worked on while on stream. At least the play part of it and the picture taking. The blog posts I would put together off screen. I am still working on how and when to include them - but they're not abandoned forever. I promise. Meanwhile, check out my Twitch channel, the new challenge rules, the updated Master Simmer, and join my Discord for more updates. I'm also trying to post updates on my Twitter, so there's that, as well. Hope to see and or talk to you guys more soon!