I committed insurance fraud in The Sims to earn $1,000,000 Simoleons
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- Опубліковано 18 жов 2024
- Dumpster diving for items, repairing them, burning them, collecting insurance payout. Perfect plan!
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There was something so hilarious and menacing about Bess coming to the lot to swindle Semaj out of more money, only to find him standing in front of an almost empty lot with a pile of valuable items on fire behind a safety fence, and Semaj just like "mind your own business, move along now"
Tip: you can put dyes you find in the dumpster, back in the dumpster to make it fill back up!
You can also grab a quick meal from the fridge or water from the sink and put that in the dumpster to fill it too! Fills it for free
@@samantham6571 true!! And there are a few lot traits that help with filling the dumpster up as well, it’s such a handy thing for early rags to riches
If you nap in the dumpster it refills it too
This is probably the most creative way James made money in these series. Glad this scenario stuck around :D
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The rest of the message didn't show, so I was 100% expecting you to say "Glad this scenario struck a cord" lmao
pretty sure someone gave him this idea in the comments
“Pack up my stuff” for a move and takes a dumpster and insurance fraud stove 😂
I always wonder who buys the items from the inventory. “Ah yes 3 apples, a random book and a old fish, 326$ for you”
For real. I guess it would be more realistic if you had to sell items to a location or through a service that makes sense eg produce you have to take to or sell through the farmers market... Hosting a garage sale might be a fun mechanic that would let you sell everything in your inventory just at a reduced rate, as opposed to having to use all the different services or list on plopsy etc
@@ChrissyPlus yes I wish we could do that!
I am loving this series! Glad James found a way to keep making great content while the Sims game is in a lull right now.
What lull? Neighborhood stories created endless drama XD
@@TheOG-GG a lot of folks are getting Error code: 0 which means they can't save the fricken game
.. I haven't played in 2 days and am avoiding it because I don't want to corrupt my saves. 😓
@@spicyboyii oh shit I don't know that, I'm going to avoid my saves too in that case
Oh shoot, that's no good. I've been having trouble with my game because my sims just stand there doing nothing for hours while their needs go down. I was wondering if it's a bug right now or specific to my game. I keep debugging them or saving to see if it helps, but they just spend soooo much time standing around.
@@Kristenhas3cats omg i thought it was only me they will just stand for hours and not do anything
you should try a million simoleans with archeology! when they start sending you artifacts and paying you like 4k for uncovering one you get crazy rich, and you could sell the golden treasures you find for a 300% markup! jungle adventure is so underrated!!
Yes!! I came here to comment this same thing!
Interesting, ive been meaning to make an Indiana Jones sims..i might try that later.
James I’m not gonna lie, I LOVE THIS MINI SERIES
I appreciate the fact that you upload this as a whole video.
I personally love the 40+ minute videos, thankyou 🙌
Can you imagine being Semaj's neighbors and just seeing this 24/7 out your windows
I’d move away if he didn’t move lol
The Greenburgs are looking out their window at the increase of smoke "huh, guess the pyro's at it again." Actually, I'm surprised I don't remember seeing the Greenburgs visit him, they are at my lot 24/7 when I play there. Maybe they killed themselves in their own fire, they set them a lot too.
When the potion of plentiful needs malfunction, it sets all of your needs to 50%.
Unbreakable objects and those made unbreakable thru upgrades can't be affected with any destructive magic like incinerate or electrify.
Repairio can improve the quality of things that you fabricate on the wood working table.
The herbio spell create a random plant, BUT, it only create plants from the base game and realms of magic. There is a mod that allow the creation of some other expansion packs.
Have a random wall to hang pictures and paintings. Burn it. Repairio it.
I feel like the collector's aspiration also helps with dumpster diving, but could just be my luck. Also, the spell that generates food makes a plate that can be put into the dumpster and generate items. You could have stayed on your home lot the entire time. Using the bottomless trash lot challenge also helps the dumpsters stay full.
Then we were both lucky, my sim with the collector aspiration got really nice furniture out of the dumpsters too. Being on a landfill lot is also helpful, because people sometimes dump very valuable appliances and electronics.
I found that freegan was actually ruining my chances! I did way better without that trait.
@@FirebladesSong Really?! How did you find out? Did you do it twice with a Sim with and a Sim without Freegan?
I would get annoyed at the cockroaches, but I didn't like having my inventory full of trash either, so I'd use a CC storage item by Ravasheen that looks like a storage box. So I'd be storing tons of trash in a box next to the dumpster, and then transfer it to the dumpster when I was ready to dive. Hey, it's a living. 😅
I love this series so much! And I think it’s absolutely hilarious that it escalated from “let’s get broken shit and magic it and sell it” to “LET’S DO MAGIC INSURANCE FRAUD”
Also seeing the pop up for “Semaj discovered the fire!” after Semaj intentionally started the fire 🤣
James: I’m gonna BUY all these
Also James: *got copypasto*
😂😂😂😂
copypasto can only be used on small collectibles
Ah, vampires. I was doing this as a refurbish store and had found one of the really expensive couches …. and the customer made my sim go through nearly the whole ringing up process only to burn in the sun just before actually buying the thing. ^^; I would have loved to charge grim for that.
This is exactly why I always put a roof over my shop, even if it's just floating.
If you do the spellcaster thing again, get a familiar. As long as they are active you can't die from overcharging.
Love this quick millions series so much. As a claims adjuster I would have been a tad suspect of Semaj's bad luck
I never was into dumpster diving, but this kinda looks like fun!
I wonder if you could make a full household of eight sims and just have them churn out books. Like a book writing factory of sims.
You could do that. Also have a household artist factory. OR if you have Get Together, have the book factory household create an Artist Club, buy a bunch of easels, and have your challenge Sim on a Digital Art pad when the club is at your lot and that Sim isn't writing books (so you can buy club perks like Inspiration moodlet and gaining art skill faster, that sort of thing.) That said, from CAS you have to create a household with exactly one Sim for this challenge, it won't let you start with an 8 Sim household or even a 2 Sim household, so you'd need to add Sims to your household either through gameplay or manage worlds. And don't forget the yard sale table/yard sale wall from City Living so you could get the mark-up on the art (if you had the writers make copies of the books, you could sell those on the table too but I think you'd need to keep the original to continue making copies.)
It’s easier if they all paint
I just want to see Deli’s expression when you scream “THE DESK THE DESK!” from the other room.
I totally understand that dumpster diving gets boring at some point. That's why I did my Million Dollar Challenge Dumpster Diving Edition (with Extreme Rags to Riches rules, but with Green Technician job), using a junkyard at a certain point. It still cost me 30 gameplay hours and about 60 hours editing the video (no kidding)....😅 But I love the idea of the insurance scam and the magic spells.😈 And James in general: Thanks for the great inspiration and entertainment! Because of you and DrGluon I started playing the Sims again. 🤗🤩
i made a challenge where i could only furnish a house using dumpster items. i did that and the green technician job. i technically finished the challenge but probably only have like $500k total.
@@toxxicx Thanks for the reminder! Actually I wanted to build and furnish such a house in the non-existent follow-up video. 😅How the time goes by...🙃The most difficult part of the interior will probably be the kitchen: When I look into the savegame I see that in total only 4 counters and 4 islands were found.... But none of the parts match in color (and most of them not in shape).🤣
finally, he's doing what i've been saying since the first attempt 😭
well i didn't mention dumpster diving, but magical insurance fraud was my suggestion lol
The get to work pack is so often forgotten lol James, could you use the transform ray to transform random things into more expensive rando things and then sell it and also use the cloning machine?? Kind of magic vs science in making my sim a millionaire 😆
Man, I love this series! Would it be possible to steal your way to a million? 🤔
I'd love to see a video like that!
Steal artwork then sell at 300% markup on the selling wall....
Absolute- oh you mean on the sims.. probably lol
I wonder if Deligracy is just minding her business and the hears James yelling and goes "What on earth?!" Lol!!
She probaby used to it ahaha
This is so creative 😂
For a different video/challenge idea, what if you had a vampire sim who wanted to be a child of the ocean and live at the beach, living on Sulani? But you weren't allowed to use the immune to the sun vamp trait? And the big thing to work up to was a dramatic beach wedding? 😂 and you HAVE to finish every aspiration/trait related to beach life
Just watching your descent into madness the longer you go is so entertaining.
I did a similar route except I befriended a dust bunny until they gave me one of the expensive frog treasures from jungle adventure then did copypasto on them. Sometimes you get extra copies but if the spell fails that's where the burnt pile comes from.
If you put trash or spare parts in the bin it fills up and you can five for deals again. Also if you copy past the stuff you get in dumpsters it makes it easy to earn more money.❤
You could have made it a Landfill Lot and if you throw things away in your dumpster, it generates more stuff. I'm gonna try this!
I never thought to use magic to repair the dumpster items 😳 that is such a good idea I’m gonna do that in my game
"Stop! Dude, I'm trying to commit fraud" is a quote that I will be using from this point forward
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For the CC oven, you have to turn off auto placing counter!
Landfill lot is not for residential but there is a trash management lot trait that would have been helpful. Also the delicioso spell that creates food? Throw the plate away to generate more stuff in the dumpster! Also use a sink to get a free glass of water, cancel the action, leave the water to spoil (there is a lot trait that speeds that up but I can’t remember if it’s grimy or another one) then throw the water out in the dumpster to generate more dumpster deals!
I'm LOVING this series so much! Its reinvigorated my interest in sims. I started getting a bit bored with gameplay and this has just helped me get into it again. Thanks James! Lol
34:13 is lowkey creepy lol. I love all the different ways you do this series.
the concept of comitting insurance fraud in the sims is making me lose my mind i love this
😂 is this from a mod? Or expansion?
@@hayleysauce9399 I think it's basegame, like if some of your furniture burn you get paid which is nice lol
Hey, I love your these challenge videos lately. They are a lot of fun. I was wondering if you could make captions available because that makes life so much easier for a lot of people.
this is such a clever idea! i definately get bored with spellcasters and so this is a fun way to play with them
Insurance adjusters in the sims must get some weird phone calls, I would love to see their claims.
Every time I see the sage’s in game I always have troubles finding them because I’m used to seeing them in the clothes James put them in in the rags to riches series, the outfits with top hats etc
Yes I know I can find them with the thingys above their head but I look for outfits and I can’t see the red suits and top hats on anyone so it always confuses me lolz
This video makes me want to read a book where the main character becomes a wizard and then just uses his magical powers to commit petty fraud 😆
I love that James donates to Bess Sterling in every series 😂😂. It inspired me to do it, she finally paid out $25k and then I immediately got a notification that she died lollll
I never fully played the magic pack and I didn’t know you could do insurance fraud 😩😂
I'm doing this scenario currently! My sim is a fregan kleptomaniac. She stays at other people's houses, steals their things and their food and dumpster dives in the down time lol
Spending your Saturday watching James burn stuff in the Sims - can't get better!
This gave me an idea so I can get into playing again. I’m going to create a magical sim have him/her open a retail store and sell all the items that they repair from the dumpster at a home depo store.
I think it seems like it took a lot longer even though it was only 19 days because he was awake the whole time. So no hours were wasted sleeping. In all the hours I have played this game I have never seen a Vampires grave/urn before! Love the video as always.
I love this series so much. So much fun and perfect if I’m not in the mood to binge watch aka watch LPs lol
I just started playing scenarios like a week ago and it's a blast but I wish that there were more available that had more to it. Some of them, like the million dollars, just adds an extra element or a goal to regular gameplay. Because it takes so long to accomplish. Whereas others are way more involved and have tons of new goals as you achieve things even daily. I really like that
“You know what ima pack up my stuff” *packs a dumpster* 🤣🤣🤣 15:29
Just finished watching toddlers video, perfect timing!♡♡
There is a glitch with the potions that - regardless of potion quality (excellent, normal, poor, etc.) - it will have the negative effect. So needs potions will cut your needs in half rather than fill them, rejuvenation potion will fill your age bar rather than empty it, etc.
The fact that Clement Frost asked Semaj to go to Batuu was perfect👌🏼😂
This is amazing. I haven't thought of the magical dumster diving trick. Just brilliant. You don't even need a house for this to work.
James, we need a video “Furnishing entire house with dumpster diving” 😍
lol when I did my dumpster diving to a million challenge, I downloaded The Dump that you and Glueon made and would travel there as there are two dumpsters plus the one off the lot...would literally just go between the three of them!
I started this challenge but instead of insurance fraud, I'm selling everything at a shop and decorating a house with the mansion baron aspiration using only dumpster dove items. Childish is proving useful because they get their fun up fast from playing with toys.
Hey James! Loving the challenges and looks like you're (mostly) having fun with them ^^ .. but if you're ever thinking about other ideas, you still have the super sim series waiting ^^ .. but thank you for the awesome videos lately ^^
yeah. max power seems a little bit powerless now
You should try this by using tons of fishing traps in Sulani. You could do 2 sets of traps on 2 consecutive days. That way you can harvest daily. Then maybe sell the expensive treasures using a sales table.
It's all about timescales. Dumpster diving is an excellent way to make money quickly (in less than a day), but it doesn't start compounding on itself with time the way dragon fruits do. Whereas dragonfruit is a terrible way to make money quickly (you'll see no money in less than a day) but in a week or two you're printing money.
Dumpster diving is how you get the money you need to buy a dragon fruit in Henford-on-Bagley, essentially.
James: *Commits thousands of dollars in insurance fraud*
Also James: Am I doing something wrong? ;_;
haha
🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑 : is Bess Sterling mood everytime you're doing a 1 million video 🤣.
Thanks, so cool like always !
He's turned this scenario into a version of Kayla's "Can you get rich" videos and I love it!
Another useful spell for dumpster diving. . . Scruberoo :D
as a violinist who has been playing the same $600 kit for a decade now, someone insurance fraud-ing 15k violins is like, my recurring nightmare
I would have almost given up on Sims recently. I have played sims the first game. I used to get a buzz every time I would see a new game or pack. And sims 4 has been a let down, with the quality and amount of most packs. I'm glad your keeping Sims 4 content alive considering how broken it is?!?
"Dude, stop setting yourself on fire." "Oh come on, burn the dang tub."
The conversations I have with myself on a daily basis
Please collaborate with Call Me Kevin. I think that would be hilarious. He’s always messing things up in the sims. Lol
@@amell.5461 I have seen his and Gluon’s collabs! They’re hilarious! I was just suggesting that because he’s never done a vid with Kevin. That would be mayhem! 😂
I ADORE CMK - I’d love to see a video featuring Semaj and Our Dear Leader Jim Pickens. It’d be the darkest thing James would ever have made.
Omg this is sooo coool , love the series !!! Of you playing different scenarios, still wanna see you complete the 100 baby challenge or not so Berry I feel like your story telling will had a whole new twist to these
I love getting copy pasto, then exploring the temples in jungle adventure to get the artifacts. $15,000 artifact copy pasted several times yields good results. it's a little too easy but pretty satisfying.
L. Faba is a reference to Elphaba from Wicked!
The perfect addition to my morning coffee ☕
I discovered "insurance fraud" when I played the unlucky chef scenario. I had repairio and made money from all the fires from cooking.
Ok so I kind of love this - it’s a way to cheat the system without technically using any cheats or mods, and that’s just so much more clever than cheats. And hey, once you can afford the stuff who says you CAN’T just buy the expensive stuff and commit more insurance fraud?? lol this kind of outside the box thinking, while still technically playing within the confines of what the game allows, is the kind of content I love to see. James is so creative, definitely want to see more like this.
One thing that could have helped a bit is getting a familiar. They reduce your charge and will also prevent you from dying if you happened to overcharge to death.
Eliza pancakes looking out the window of her new home after her messy divorce and seeing this - 👁👄👁
Clever idea! When it comes to the learning spells thing, though, it is probably faster to learn without tomes. You just click your sim, select "practice magic" they will throw sparkles a few times and boom, a new spell. Also, you can pick which school the spell will be from, so super convenient.
I don’t know why but James bringing the vampire back made me so happy, great vid btw. 👍
ah yes minecraft lighting
🤣🤣
Regarding the broken CC stove, you might have an older version of the CC pack. Dream Home Decorator broke CC built in stoves, but Little Dica updated the pack to fix it, so it might just be a matter of downloading the updated version of the pack
There's a bug with having auto-counters on and CC in-counter stoves. LittleDica also mentions that in the description of the mod... but as much as we love James, we know how he is about actually reading the tooltips.
This somewhat felt like watching Hoarders repeatedly. Full lot of junk, most gets sold, full lot of junk, sellin'! Repeat. 😂
Dumpster Diving is how i did the no skills senario!
I love this series!! Also, if your sim has the loves outdoors trait, they won't get a scared moodlet from thunderstorms
I've used this scenario 3 times, with the same sim; it is absolutely my fave scenario!
For money, i like to combine archaeology and spellcaster. The artifact sent to us to appraise after we get to level 9 archaeology... that thing is not immune to copy pasto. So, appraise one artifact, copy pasto until overcharge, discharge, copy pasto until overcharge, and send them all back. About 4k per artifact, I usually get 80-100k per copy pasto session. 😄 Oh, and the gold frogs and calendars are also not immune to copy pasto, but usually we have to finish the temple in selvadorada, so it's a bit more tricky to get.
I wonder if you can use groups to make money? I at least know that if you make stealing a group activity, you can steal much higher value items than your mischief level usually allows. So maybe if you have more than one sim in the household and they all steal stuff (and paint or build or something) you could get lots of money quickly. :) 😈
i love insurance fraud !!!
As fun as ti is to see you freeze and ignite Sims who bother you... I sometimes wish there was a good ol' "kick in the shin" or "smack over the head" interaction.
I love to get the potion of plentiful needs and use copypasto on it. If one of the teachers give it to you, it’s worth $0. But once you learn to make it in the cauldron you can sell it. Makes for a fun & profitable way of building a witchy store.
The placement and garden light in particular is giving me big minecraft torch vibes
Very creative, I must try this, looks like fun! I haven't used magic much so this would also be an excuse to use that pack.
Why are you doing magic? I might’ve skipped over the reason lol I’m here for the FRUAD 🤣🤣🤣🤣❤️
OMG James got through a whole video without saying "Liv Mode." There is hope ;)
Listen, the times are hard on everyone, if L Faba has to do some dumpster diving alongside being a master of magic, then let her do it. Maybe she's struggling just like Semaj.
Just get back from work and I see this!! heck yeah! :D Loving this! :D
i’m DEAD at him passing out for absolutely no reason 😂😂😂😂😂
copy pasto spell + selling table + Jungle adventure frogs. That was my best one. The longest part by far was learning the spells.
the reason why it felt so long is because he never went to sleep he was awake and doing stuff the entire time.
The way James says L.Faba has me everytime 😂😂 I think it’s suppose to be a nod to Elphaba from the Wicked musical? Correct me if I’m wrong 😅
James, that potions bug is legit the game just f**king up. My spellcasters can't make potions without them failing despite being high level wizards/witches.