To be honest, I never really saw Buzz Grunt as a horrible dad. Just an overwhelmed one : he just divorced, then his ex (and mom of his kids) dies suddenly and mysteriously. He's now a single parent even more (no one to co parent with him), perhaps still the grief of his divorce and he now has three heartbroken boys. It's easier with Tank as they are so similar and Buck, well, he's still so little, his character is still building up. But Ripp is the one most like his mother, both in appearance and aspiration. In my games, either he has a great relationship with all of his sons or if he isn't that close to Ripp, they are on good terms.
I grew up as an Army Brat so I tended to gravitate towards Military stuff when I was younger. Probably the reason why this was my favorite premade family in Sims 2.
Malcolm and Nervous being mad at each other makes so much sense! Malcolm is from one of the shadiest families in the Sims' franchise and Nervous is a very successful lawyer, there's probably a lawsuit that Malcolm doesn't want Nervous to fight! As for the weird vibes of the pool and the weird room... I would say that a lot the neighbourhood was part of some weird Military facility, somehow... the room seems like an interrogation/torture chamber :| Thank you yet again for posted and making my weekend a bit more bearable
Ohh I love this perspective, will certainly be rooting for Nervous haha, and yeah that room with the chair definitely looks like an interrogation room to me too 🥲 Thank you for watching and supporting the channel, means a lot!
While playing TS2 I always considered the possibility of Tank being gay. Then when he goes to the university i think he sees that like a way of personal freedom. He can be who he trully are without worrying about his father.
seriously though i love the way they play ts2 with the actual story of the characters in mind, plus the editing is amazing! i can't imagine how much time goes into these, every video is a banger
@@crazymarq4390 My game fell apart a few years ago, and I stopped playing because I use a MacBook now, but watching you play really helps me live vicariously 😭🥹 🙏🏻 are you playing with clean templates of the hoods or no?
I was sooo excited when you posted this because I’m playing the Grunts right now! I’m typically a Pleasantview girly but you’ve inspired me to come back to Strangetown. I can’t wait to see who’s next! 👀
Now that’s a cool coincidence haha, I hope your gameplay is going well too! Pleasantview is my favorite neighborhood too tbh, can never go wrong with some Pleasantview drama 🤭
Your Grunt house is much more wholesome than what I ended up with hahaha. Ripp's not on good terms with Buzz or Tank but he's very close to Buck. He ran off to college when he aged up to get away from the family. Tank skipped college and is still in the military from when he was a teen but I think I might have him switch careers next round. Buck wanted a puppy so they adopted Benny. And then we get to General Buzz. Or should I say... Private Buzz. I got a chance card day 1 and I picked terribly wrong. Buzz got demoted from level 10 all the way back to level 1. Tank outranks him. I was devastated. But then he met Bella Goth and had a lot of chemistry with her so now I'm thinking about trying to get them together.
Yeah I feel like the family dynamics can fall apart VERY quickly 🥲 Love your gameplay tho, even if some of the members are perhaps a bit traumatized haha, Buzz’s career going downhill definitely wasn’t on my bingo card 😳
Similar as you, in the game, I also try to repair the relationships between the father and the sons. Tank is still following military career, Ripp is following music career, Buck is more to scientist when he turns adult later. I made Tank had secret interest on writing novels to fulfil his bio. But I never make Ripp had lot of dates 😂 just four family member try their best to repair relationship after the divorce and Lyla's death.
This is probably one of the few times I've ever seen The General be nice to his two younger kids. Very refreshing, really. Nervous and Malcolm poking each other...LOL! I don't think Malcolm is a very nice sim and I know Nervous is not! (go get 'im, Nervous!) Most times when I have played this family I've mad The General miserable because he frustrates me not wanting to do anything with his two younger sons. However, this time someone offered to hook him up with a blind date that turned out to be Crystal Vu and they actually have two bolts together! So they got married. Crystal slowly worked on the General to give the kids better beds and bought some new furniture for the house (and made it not quite so green). He has had three children with Crystal, Melissa, Timothy and Bruno. I agree with you about Tank's bio and I've always felt that maybe he doesn't want to be the next general in the family. Since my Tank's LTW was to become The Law I decided to let him do that. If he had had the LTW to be a general I would have taken him down that path. I imagined that the General wasn't to happy about Tank''s choice but he has since accepted that Tank is going to live his life the way he wants to. He has two children with his wife right now. I was going to let Ripp stay a bachelor and woohoo to his little hearts content but then, while he was in college, he fell hard for one girl. 3 bolts hard! So when he graduated he decided to marry her. This should be interesting! I have kind of liked the General this time around. Him getting married again kind of softened him a little (although it was Crystal who wound up teaching Ripp and Buck how to study) and I think having a daughter may have helped some, also.
@@leslie2149 yeah I was positively surprised by how easily they all seemed to have gotten along. General Buzz was kinda likeable in this episode fr. Love the sound of your gameplay btw, it’ll be super interesting to see if Ripp can stay faithful or if the Romance aspiration takes over
In my gameplays, Buzz usually remarries pretty fast. He has high chemistry with Crystal Vu, and they make an ok couple. I like paring Tank with Stella Terrano in uni, I think it's ironic that he ends up falling for an alien. In my mind, Ripp is aggresively bisexual and in some kind of throuple with Ophelia and Johnny, I think it's an interesting dynamic. And Buck obviously ends up with Jill, there's no other way.
I found out by accident that Buzz and Crystal have good chemistry. Buzz had someone over that offered to set him up with a blind date and it turned out to be Crystal. I got them married in my game, too, and they have 3 kids together.
In my game, Buzz had never visited Olive Specter. He tried to train Ripp and Buck but the youngest one didn't want to, so Ripp also refused. The remedy for Buzz was...love. I made a mother and a daughter which I moved into this household, explaining that they were lost and Buzz had found them during his military mission. He fell for the mother, Tank fell for the daughter and went to college with her. Father became much softer and more understanding but firstly, his second wife was the first one to break the ice between this family. Ripp was always staying home, no college. In my game he ended up single/with Stella Terrano or with Lola Singles. Buck was friends with Jill Smith. So in general, a bit of love, fresh air in the household and all of them are happier than ever.
Thank you for yet another episode! The episode started chaotic but ended wholesome :) I haven't played this family so much, but this is exactly how my plan was to play them when I start with Strangetown!! Makes me so happy that Buzz really tried to understand Ripp and his love for music, aww and the brothers bonding was so so sweet :)
Omg when I had back-to-back fires, I was like “nahh this is all going to go horribly wrong, isn’t it?” 😭 but surprisingly, everyone was thriving by the end, very wholesome vibes. Good luck with your gameplay when you get to this family!
At 19:32 when you're talking about how weird the lot is, I totally agree. I get that it's supposed to be strange because it's Strangetown, but I just hate that lot. I even have a makeover for the lot on ModtheSims because I hate it that much lol
5:44 Christ that lightning bolt sounded like a gunshot. Considering who lives here, I was actually concerned that Buzz was getting a little territorial.
I have played this family multiple times but in my most interesting save file Buzz got fired due to a chance card pretty early. So, he decided to join the politics career instead, but he was unpopular because of his racist views towards aliens. Then he romanced his co-worker, Lola Singles (Curious) and got married to her as an attempt to clear his image. Buck quietly left the house to marry Jill, and moved in with the Smith family. Tank got pretty mad at his dad’s marriage, him and Buzz had a huge fight and he too left the house,however couldn’t find a job some time and started struggling. Buck and good ol’ Paul(Pol.tech) felt sorry for Tank despite everything, and Tank briefly moved in with them. Soon after he was able to join the military. Buzz and Lola also had a son and he became the symbol of Buzz’s reformed personality. Buzz quickly rose to the mayor position. Obviously him being changed was a huge facade and soon after he became the mayor his mask dropped. Meanwhile Tank had also risen ranks in the military thanks both to his dedication and Buzz’s influence. After finding out Buzz’s real plans he ended up betraying the Smiths and teamed up with his dad & helped him to ensure his dictatorship. I also realized I dont even remember what happened to Ripp, which is weird because normally he is my go-to sim in my other saves At this point I stopped playing because it has literally become 1984 lmao
That's really awesome! I love the direction that took! I remember in one playthough of Strangetown, Buck was an adult and living at home yet and one night he got abducted and became pregnant! The one and only time I had him go stargaze because he actually had a want to do so. What fun to have Buck have a half alien child in the house with the biggest alien hater in the game!
I also never viewed Buzz as a terrible dad, just strict. And that didn't align with Ripp, so they never got along much. For whatever reason I always made Buck gay, and let me tell you he does age up into a wonderful twink. I recently had Kristen Singles marry General Buzz. She had dreams to become a sports star, so her goals in life and high athletic skill made her a good match for him. Ripp is still in college in my game, I believe I made him study philosophy just cause he knew his father would hate it. And Tank just aged up and married his high school gf and moved out to live out his military dad suburban dreams.
Buzz was raised in a military way, in strictness and violence. He was being prepared for the military and legacy continuation since his birth. And he doesn’t know how to raise his kids on other ways. There was only one boy in the Grunt lineage before Buzz. One boy - one heir, who must be the General and give the military traditions for future generations. First was General Rock, second was General Chip and third, now, is General Buzz. Buzz took the same way for Tank to make him his successor. And it could be ok if there weren’t two troubles. These two troubles have names - Ripp and Buck, his two other sons. Seems that Buzz didn’t want them, and they were unwanted for him. And Buzz doesn’t understand that… times are changing. The new generation is coming. And this new generation wants to change. You can’t persuade ask your kids to make them follow your footsteps. Everyone is unique. And everyone wants to go by their ways. But still, I have respect for Buzz. He’s a tough guy with tough aims, but also justified, who will never tolerant betrayal, who wants a respect and make his family number one - the most powerful family in neighbourhood, who will never be a fool dancing in the strings of all these big shots. It can be crazy, but he really seems like a Godfather of the Sims.
I started a new strangetown a few weeks ago and I also put the Picasso family in because I thought it would make sense. General Buzz rolled as gay and through ACR he’s been having a passionate affair with Matthew Picasso lol :D they have three bolts!!! The Grunt family is honestly one of my favorite families, I also always gravitate towards Ripp. I think I even let my sim self marry him once. I just love to play them
I adore your work!❤ It feels like I've watched a movie, not just a sims gameplay. You do everything putting your soul in it, I can feel it through the screen. ❤ Please, keep going! I enjoyed this episode so much! 😊
every time i play with the grunts, its always different scenarios but General has a high paying job and at the top of his career. so you shouldn't do too bad.
@@larosco true, unless he gets fired by a failed chance card, they should be set financially. It’s the family dynamic that’s a bit trickier to deal with haha
I don't remember how I played this family last time. Sometimes Buzz's wife comes to life again, sometimes is more or less like this video (the most common), sometimes the sons hate their father bacause he is so strict. Sorry about my English, I'm Spanish and my English is a little bit bad.
Oh gosh, finally, this new video seems like it took forever to be posted 😂😫I need to relax and watch your gameplays on the weekends; it’s almost a ritual. I love that when I'm watching your gameplay, I can appreciate details that I usually don't pay attention to when I'm playing ❤ Also, I almost forgot to mention: can't believe Bella slipped out our hands, we must catch her!!!!
Thank you so much for all the support, means more than you know! Luckily Buck at least ended up meeting Bella at the restaurant, hopefully she’ll get a chance to be more involved in the series soon :)
Great episode! Wish I knew the name for the last song. I remember that when I was a kid, Ripp ran away from home, so things looked a bit like the Pleasant family. Now, everytime I start a new game, Buzz autonomously reads to Buck and the brothers get along! Tank is also interested in science, so I let him be happy at uni. I cannot unsee Buzz's dance now, but he looks kinda good? Must be his confidence.
If im playing Uberhood I like to pair Brandi and Buzz together. The Grunt boys get a new mom, Dustin gets straightened out by Buzz, and the Broke boys get a male parental figure.
your videos being one of the reasons I look forward to Saturdays? I have an important exam tomorrow and I'm going to watch it now as a sedative before going to sleep.😂😂🎉
@@colometa6282 Oh, I’m sorry to hear. Fingers crossed the results will be good and that you’ll be positively surprised! Thank you for the support, seriously means a lot 😊
Yes!! I love the Grunts!! I always loved to play them. I get him a spouse asap always because someone needs to tell him to calm down it isn’t that serious lol 😂 love strange town excited to see the smiths hopefully!! 🤞🏻
I’ve been playing a lot with Ripp lately. I randomly loaded him into a group of college students and he instantly became one of my faves. He went for fine art because that’s where all the ladies are at but he ended up succeeding in business and ultimately became a leader of a sex cult 😂
Strangetown has so many interesting families. The fire thing hahahaha what timing.😂 Don't scare me hahaha because of the game crashing 😂 uhh good luck Tank. Yes Nervouse show him. hahaha although I'm sure his mom can distribute herself well. 👀✝️ It's nice that the family is growing together. It's nice that Ripp found someone who does his homework hahahah. It's nice that Ripp and Buzz find each other. Ripp would get along well with Don hahahaah. I don't think he would commit to one, unbelievable. I love how the Sims are always dancing hahaha. Nice ending. Nice video. I'm currently renovating and your video was the perfect end to the day ❤. It's time to go to bed and get back to work tomorrow. I love your videos and sims 2❤
Thank you so much for such a sweet comment, it means a lot! I was a bit worried for my game too ngl, I was getting a lot of lag that I usually don’t 🥲 I think it’ll be alright for now though. I was pleasantly surprised to see the family bonding so well. And omg exactly, Ripp is definitely challenging Don as the biggest player in the game 😭 Thanks again for all the support, I hope the renovation is going well!
First off, I removed the hideous facial paint. Then, I kept Tank under a strong influence from his father, and made Ripp play music, too. According to his bio, I think Buck is gay and very closeted, apart from being ignored by his father. So, Buzz makes pressure on Tank, fights with Ripp and neglects Buck, thus being a shitty father towards the three of his kids. Fun begins at college: I had Tank and Johnny in the same household, Johnny is now engaged to Ophelia (whom Tank had a crush on, remember), and they would fight ALL THE TIME. They came home from class at the same time and would start a fistfight every single time, I swear. Then came Ripp and Tank would fight him, too, being more trained and violent. Ripp cheated on his gf... with Tank's gf, causing him to get beaten by the latter. After college Ripp headed off to be a sex n drugs and rock n roll kind of musician, with plenty of money, a house full of trashy deco, and brief marriages, I remeber writing RIPP N ROLL in his yard with bushes lol. Tank married Linda, Ripp's ex gf, out of mutual discomfort from the cheating, but they never really loved eachother and had a very unhappy marriage. They lived in General's home and had four kids (I had so much fun with their names): Colt, initiated by his granfather to the military career as much as Tank was; Daisy, who only had her mother, a housewife, as example and couldn't develop a better aspiration; Gunn, who would soon walk the steps of uncle Ripp, much to his parents dismal; and Betty Sue, the last child and real heir of Buzz's military legacy, despite being ignored and dismissed from everyone like Buck was. She will be the only Grunt to become General after General Buzz: Tank, in fact, got fired after a wrong chance card and diverted his career to Law Enforcement, realizing the biggest fear caused by the codependency with his father: letting him down. Tired of living in that barracks-like house and frustrated, Linda finally found herself a lover; Colt got an alien girlfriend, Johnny's niece I think, which his father didn't approve; Ripp gave Gunn a guitar as gift and took him under his wing, only to find him with his wife: he learned too well. Daisy married Tesla Beaker, Loki and Circe's son, started making babies and being a housewife just like her mother, until she found Tesla in the hot tub with Sirius: Vidcund's alien son. Oh, yes: he was gay all the way. Realizing she settled for less and everything she was ever told was a lie, she took the kids, found a job and changed her life. General Buzz finally passed away living a huge void in Tank's life: Ripp came along at the funeral to spoil the fun and they started to fight over which one let him down the most. Buck tried to make peace. Slowly, after General's death, his sons became to feel more and more free to be themselves. After hating eachother all their life and throwing hands all college, as old men Tank and Johnny got closer and finally became friends. Tank realized how much of a dick his father really was, and Johnny replied that HIS father was sometimes, too. Maaaan what a novel! I was happy to share it with you, tho x) I had SO MUCH FUN playing Strangetown.
Iirc, I’ve featured them briefly in a couple of my videos before but more as just extras in my feature showcase videos haha, might give them a proper episode one day though :)
I never play the sims 2 by the story, I can turn the dad's Grunt into a witch and make his own bakery company for homeless plant sims who has lost their income due to automatised garden.
Early 🙏 As you can tell by my pfp I love this family. Personally I make Tank gay, Ripp bi and Buck becomes Rebecca and is trans. Tank ends up following his real dream of ballet dancing and Ripp becomes a rock star. I also make General Buzz befriend his kids again and become a better person. He’s even married to an alien now in my game! (Lola) Also I like Ripp and Lilith together (I have an Uberhood) or Johnny-Ripp-Ophelia polycule
I'm surprised that everything went so smoothly with this family but it was so good to see! Ripp is definitely living up to his romance aspiration lmao I hope we get a vid of everyone at collage at some point too, that'd be so cool!
Same, I was expecting a much bigger struggle! I’d love to do a college episode with the Strangetown young adults, the current plan is to do it at the start of the second round :)
did these teenage sons of General Grunt go to College soon after?! also did Ripp save his 500 dollars until his bank account for a college degree?! will Buck get in better shape?!
They did go to college soon-ish and thanks to Sims logic I’ll make them both start at the same time at the beginning of the 2nd rotation, to keep things more organised for the videos. Sadly, Ripp spent the $500 a long time ago, on the guitar 🥲 (selling the pc wasn’t enough on its own), very much in character I suppose haha, as for Buck getting in shape, I think Buzz has become much more chill and accepting so it’ll be up to Buck himself if he’ll want to work out or not
Nice! i wonder if Buck and his 'friend' will become more than friends. General Buzz always seemed like a total dick to almost everyone, but seeing him mellow is a very nice version of him.
I get Ripp and Tank ready for college by working their skills . Studying and I do change Ripps personality by making him not lazy or sloppy . I can not handle the noise they make when eating.
love the video and this series!! im always tuned in pretty much as soon as I see you post it. I was literally on vacation in a hotel with my friend when you posted the pleasant family one and was like "dont judge me but I have to watch this sims 2 storyline video NOW" lol honestly I never really played the Grunt family! not sure why, I think as a kid the face paint just freaked me out lol. and maybe the all boy family, coming from a family of all girls maybe I just wasn't interested as much? but ill have to play them one day
I seriously can’t thank you enough 😭 the support on these videos has been incredible and it’s comments like this one that really make this process even more enjoyable! Also can somewhat relate, I avoided Strangetown in general when I was a kid, it was probably a bit over the top but it really grew on me. The Grunts are super fun because there’s a bunch of different gameplay options you can do and they’re great for storytelling purposes
If im playing Uberhood I like to pair Brandi and Buzz together. The Grunt boys get a new mom, Dustin gets straightened out by Buzz, and the Broke boys get a male parental figure.
To be honest, I never really saw Buzz Grunt as a horrible dad. Just an overwhelmed one : he just divorced, then his ex (and mom of his kids) dies suddenly and mysteriously. He's now a single parent even more (no one to co parent with him), perhaps still the grief of his divorce and he now has three heartbroken boys.
It's easier with Tank as they are so similar and Buck, well, he's still so little, his character is still building up. But Ripp is the one most like his mother, both in appearance and aspiration. In my games, either he has a great relationship with all of his sons or if he isn't that close to Ripp, they are on good terms.
I grew up as an Army Brat so I tended to gravitate towards Military stuff when I was younger. Probably the reason why this was my favorite premade family in Sims 2.
Malcolm and Nervous being mad at each other makes so much sense! Malcolm is from one of the shadiest families in the Sims' franchise and Nervous is a very successful lawyer, there's probably a lawsuit that Malcolm doesn't want Nervous to fight! As for the weird vibes of the pool and the weird room... I would say that a lot the neighbourhood was part of some weird Military facility, somehow... the room seems like an interrogation/torture chamber :| Thank you yet again for posted and making my weekend a bit more bearable
Ohh I love this perspective, will certainly be rooting for Nervous haha, and yeah that room with the chair definitely looks like an interrogation room to me too 🥲
Thank you for watching and supporting the channel, means a lot!
While playing TS2 I always considered the possibility of Tank being gay.
Then when he goes to the university i think he sees that like a way of personal freedom. He can be who he trully are without worrying about his father.
yeah tbh I feel like that's why the bio is hinting at lol
I feel like most people make him gay and closeted because of his dad. It ends up being a really sweet, realistic story.
Same here 😂
I love Ripp being a player. I’m glad you took a music route with him bc I’ve always liked the idea of him and Johnny in a band
Omg Hailey was FEELING him she was getting lit
Nervous must be mad at Malcolm for him fighting the vampire during Nervous and Pascal's date lol. He sure made a scene at the restaurant.
I can’t blame him then, he nearly ruined their date 😤
Malcom hates life. He lost Nina Caliente and we didn't know it(?)
yessssssssss justice for poor buzz's kids!!!! i always make his kids rebel when i play them :)
Malcolm just getting into fights with everyone in the background is amazing ngl
omg that cry in the beginning was so intense 🥲
Also, Buzz picking up the guitar was pure perfection 😂
Buzz’s character development was truly immense 😮💨
The Sims Lore has done a great video on this cursed community lot
Will have to give it a watch, thanks for the recommendation!
I am addicted to these videos please I need multiple rounds😂😭
I’d love to do another round or two, let’s just hope my game doesn’t fall apart before that 😭
seriously though i love the way they play ts2 with the actual story of the characters in mind, plus the editing is amazing! i can't imagine how much time goes into these, every video is a banger
@@crazymarq4390 My game fell apart a few years ago, and I stopped playing because I use a MacBook now, but watching you play really helps me live vicariously 😭🥹 🙏🏻 are you playing with clean templates of the hoods or no?
@@theahare7862 yesss!!!
@@theahare7862 that’s so kind, thank you 🙏 all the work is 100% worth it with comments like these
Marq: why does Ripp want that??
Also Marq: hooks Ripp up with 3 different girls.
I like Hailey, she was vibing with Ripp 's music
Same, I think that was super sweet :)
She's the least fugly of all three
@@donnalee. omg 😭😭
Me too. But I don't like her outfit. I prefer Beth's outfit
@@susanagutierrezmartin same haha
I was sooo excited when you posted this because I’m playing the Grunts right now! I’m typically a Pleasantview girly but you’ve inspired me to come back to Strangetown. I can’t wait to see who’s next! 👀
Now that’s a cool coincidence haha, I hope your gameplay is going well too! Pleasantview is my favorite neighborhood too tbh, can never go wrong with some Pleasantview drama 🤭
Your Grunt house is much more wholesome than what I ended up with hahaha. Ripp's not on good terms with Buzz or Tank but he's very close to Buck. He ran off to college when he aged up to get away from the family. Tank skipped college and is still in the military from when he was a teen but I think I might have him switch careers next round. Buck wanted a puppy so they adopted Benny. And then we get to General Buzz. Or should I say... Private Buzz. I got a chance card day 1 and I picked terribly wrong. Buzz got demoted from level 10 all the way back to level 1. Tank outranks him. I was devastated. But then he met Bella Goth and had a lot of chemistry with her so now I'm thinking about trying to get them together.
Yeah I feel like the family dynamics can fall apart VERY quickly 🥲 Love your gameplay tho, even if some of the members are perhaps a bit traumatized haha, Buzz’s career going downhill definitely wasn’t on my bingo card 😳
Malcolm is always out here fighting someone
He was very bearable in the Pleasantview episodes but he’s clearly lost his head since then 🥲
Similar as you, in the game, I also try to repair the relationships between the father and the sons. Tank is still following military career, Ripp is following music career, Buck is more to scientist when he turns adult later. I made Tank had secret interest on writing novels to fulfil his bio.
But I never make Ripp had lot of dates 😂 just four family member try their best to repair relationship after the divorce and Lyla's death.
This is probably one of the few times I've ever seen The General be nice to his two younger kids. Very refreshing, really. Nervous and Malcolm poking each other...LOL! I don't think Malcolm is a very nice sim and I know Nervous is not! (go get 'im, Nervous!)
Most times when I have played this family I've mad The General miserable because he frustrates me not wanting to do anything with his two younger sons. However, this time someone offered to hook him up with a blind date that turned out to be Crystal Vu and they actually have two bolts together! So they got married. Crystal slowly worked on the General to give the kids better beds and bought some new furniture for the house (and made it not quite so green). He has had three children with Crystal, Melissa, Timothy and Bruno. I agree with you about Tank's bio and I've always felt that maybe he doesn't want to be the next general in the family. Since my Tank's LTW was to become The Law I decided to let him do that. If he had had the LTW to be a general I would have taken him down that path. I imagined that the General wasn't to happy about Tank''s choice but he has since accepted that Tank is going to live his life the way he wants to. He has two children with his wife right now. I was going to let Ripp stay a bachelor and woohoo to his little hearts content but then, while he was in college, he fell hard for one girl. 3 bolts hard! So when he graduated he decided to marry her. This should be interesting!
I have kind of liked the General this time around. Him getting married again kind of softened him a little (although it was Crystal who wound up teaching Ripp and Buck how to study) and I think having a daughter may have helped some, also.
@@leslie2149 yeah I was positively surprised by how easily they all seemed to have gotten along. General Buzz was kinda likeable in this episode fr. Love the sound of your gameplay btw, it’ll be super interesting to see if Ripp can stay faithful or if the Romance aspiration takes over
I love these type of videos! Every time I see one of them, I enjoy watching them! Keep the good work up!😁😁
Thank you so much 🥹
In my gameplays, Buzz usually remarries pretty fast. He has high chemistry with Crystal Vu, and they make an ok couple. I like paring Tank with Stella Terrano in uni, I think it's ironic that he ends up falling for an alien. In my mind, Ripp is aggresively bisexual and in some kind of throuple with Ophelia and Johnny, I think it's an interesting dynamic. And Buck obviously ends up with Jill, there's no other way.
I definitely see the vision, thank you for sharing! :)
In my Game Tank always marry Kristen Singles
I found out by accident that Buzz and Crystal have good chemistry. Buzz had someone over that offered to set him up with a blind date and it turned out to be Crystal. I got them married in my game, too, and they have 3 kids together.
In my game, Buzz had never visited Olive Specter. He tried to train Ripp and Buck but the youngest one didn't want to, so Ripp also refused. The remedy for Buzz was...love. I made a mother and a daughter which I moved into this household, explaining that they were lost and Buzz had found them during his military mission. He fell for the mother, Tank fell for the daughter and went to college with her. Father became much softer and more understanding but firstly, his second wife was the first one to break the ice between this family. Ripp was always staying home, no college. In my game he ended up single/with Stella Terrano or with Lola Singles. Buck was friends with Jill Smith. So in general, a bit of love, fresh air in the household and all of them are happier than ever.
lmao not the accidental step sibling romance! cute storyline regardless
19:46 it looks like a place where you go to smoke cigarettes when you have a break at work 😂
Not Malcom fighting again in the background lol
Bro has beef with everyone atp 😭
Makes be so happy to see that you always try to add a happy ending to every family 💕 (And yes the pool from that lot is very claustrophobic :P)
Thank you for yet another episode! The episode started chaotic but ended wholesome :) I haven't played this family so much, but this is exactly how my plan was to play them when I start with Strangetown!! Makes me so happy that Buzz really tried to understand Ripp and his love for music, aww and the brothers bonding was so so sweet :)
Omg when I had back-to-back fires, I was like “nahh this is all going to go horribly wrong, isn’t it?” 😭 but surprisingly, everyone was thriving by the end, very wholesome vibes. Good luck with your gameplay when you get to this family!
At 19:32 when you're talking about how weird the lot is, I totally agree. I get that it's supposed to be strange because it's Strangetown, but I just hate that lot. I even have a makeover for the lot on ModtheSims because I hate it that much lol
5:44
Christ that lightning bolt sounded like a gunshot. Considering who lives here, I was actually concerned that Buzz was getting a little territorial.
@@Spudtron98 the sound design for the thunderstorms is ruthless lmaoo
I have played this family multiple times but in my most interesting save file Buzz got fired due to a chance card pretty early. So, he decided to join the politics career instead, but he was unpopular because of his racist views towards aliens. Then he romanced his co-worker, Lola Singles (Curious) and got married to her as an attempt to clear his image. Buck quietly left the house to marry Jill, and moved in with the Smith family. Tank got pretty mad at his dad’s marriage, him and Buzz had a huge fight and he too left the house,however couldn’t find a job some time and started struggling. Buck and good ol’ Paul(Pol.tech) felt sorry for Tank despite everything, and Tank briefly moved in with them. Soon after he was able to join the military. Buzz and Lola also had a son and he became the symbol of Buzz’s reformed personality. Buzz quickly rose to the mayor position. Obviously him being changed was a huge facade and soon after he became the mayor his mask dropped.
Meanwhile Tank had also risen ranks in the military thanks both to his dedication and Buzz’s influence. After finding out Buzz’s real plans he ended up betraying the Smiths and teamed up with his dad & helped him to ensure his dictatorship. I also realized I dont even remember what happened to Ripp, which is weird because normally he is my go-to sim in my other saves
At this point I stopped playing because it has literally become 1984 lmao
I love this omg 😭
That's really awesome! I love the direction that took! I remember in one playthough of Strangetown, Buck was an adult and living at home yet and one night he got abducted and became pregnant! The one and only time I had him go stargaze because he actually had a want to do so. What fun to have Buck have a half alien child in the house with the biggest alien hater in the game!
Does Malcom have beef with everyone lol
He’s an absolute menace in this save 😭
I also never viewed Buzz as a terrible dad, just strict. And that didn't align with Ripp, so they never got along much. For whatever reason I always made Buck gay, and let me tell you he does age up into a wonderful twink. I recently had Kristen Singles marry General Buzz. She had dreams to become a sports star, so her goals in life and high athletic skill made her a good match for him. Ripp is still in college in my game, I believe I made him study philosophy just cause he knew his father would hate it. And Tank just aged up and married his high school gf and moved out to live out his military dad suburban dreams.
Buzz was raised in a military way, in strictness and violence. He was being prepared for the military and legacy continuation since his birth. And he doesn’t know how to raise his kids on other ways. There was only one boy in the Grunt lineage before Buzz. One boy - one heir, who must be the General and give the military traditions for future generations. First was General Rock, second was General Chip and third, now, is General Buzz. Buzz took the same way for Tank to make him his successor. And it could be ok if there weren’t two troubles. These two troubles have names - Ripp and Buck, his two other sons. Seems that Buzz didn’t want them, and they were unwanted for him. And Buzz doesn’t understand that… times are changing. The new generation is coming. And this new generation wants to change. You can’t persuade ask your kids to make them follow your footsteps. Everyone is unique. And everyone wants to go by their ways.
But still, I have respect for Buzz. He’s a tough guy with tough aims, but also justified, who will never tolerant betrayal, who wants a respect and make his family number one - the most powerful family in neighbourhood, who will never be a fool dancing in the strings of all these big shots. It can be crazy, but he really seems like a Godfather of the Sims.
Geez, dude, once again you've managed to suck me into this simulated, pixelated world and captivated me. 👏 🥂
And you’ve once again been supportive af haha, seriously appreciate it! 🥂
I started a new strangetown a few weeks ago and I also put the Picasso family in because I thought it would make sense. General Buzz rolled as gay and through ACR he’s been having a passionate affair with Matthew Picasso lol :D they have three bolts!!!
The Grunt family is honestly one of my favorite families, I also always gravitate towards Ripp. I think I even let my sim self marry him once. I just love to play them
Love this household, I usually gravitate to Tank as the main character, I tend to have him get with Johnny Smith, enemies to boyfriends storyline lol
Love that!!
I adore your work!❤ It feels like I've watched a movie, not just a sims gameplay. You do everything putting your soul in it, I can feel it through the screen. ❤ Please, keep going! I enjoyed this episode so much! 😊
This is so kind, thank you 🥹
every time i play with the grunts, its always different scenarios but General has a high paying job and at the top of his career. so you shouldn't do too bad.
@@larosco true, unless he gets fired by a failed chance card, they should be set financially. It’s the family dynamic that’s a bit trickier to deal with haha
I don't remember how I played this family last time. Sometimes Buzz's wife comes to life again, sometimes is more or less like this video (the most common), sometimes the sons hate their father bacause he is so strict.
Sorry about my English, I'm Spanish and my English is a little bit bad.
I like the idea of reviving Lyla, it can make the gameplay very unique and interesting. Also, your English is good, don’t worry about it :)
The weirdest thing is there have a thunderstrom at the desert town😂
And a penguin, apparently 😭
Oh gosh, finally, this new video seems like it took forever to be posted 😂😫I need to relax and watch your gameplays on the weekends; it’s almost a ritual. I love that when I'm watching your gameplay, I can appreciate details that I usually don't pay attention to when I'm playing ❤
Also, I almost forgot to mention: can't believe Bella slipped out our hands, we must catch her!!!!
Thank you so much for all the support, means more than you know! Luckily Buck at least ended up meeting Bella at the restaurant, hopefully she’ll get a chance to be more involved in the series soon :)
Great episode! Wish I knew the name for the last song.
I remember that when I was a kid, Ripp ran away from home, so things looked a bit like the Pleasant family. Now, everytime I start a new game, Buzz autonomously reads to Buck and the brothers get along! Tank is also interested in science, so I let him be happy at uni.
I cannot unsee Buzz's dance now, but he looks kinda good? Must be his confidence.
Thank you! The last song in the vid is Lonely Eyes by Ravens :)
@@crazymarq4390 Thanks! Hope you have a nice day :)
@@mage1the2dark you too :)
it's nice to see how much everyone was thriving!!
also, it was oddly satisfying to see nervous getting back at his crappy adopted "parent". 😂
Thank you for watching, always enjoy seeing your comments! Things went surprisingly well in this episode indeed :)
@@crazymarq4390 you're welcome. I enjoy watching your videos!! yeah!
It was an incredible experience to watch until the end! buzz later playing the guitar when the son wasn't there was surprising, I had a lot of fun.
Thank you so much! Buzz’s character development was top tier 😮💨
This episode was such a vibe!! Great job
Thank you 🙏
This is my favorite family as of now
If im playing Uberhood I like to pair Brandi and Buzz together. The Grunt boys get a new mom, Dustin gets straightened out by Buzz, and the Broke boys get a male parental figure.
@@jakofthefrost love that for them!
your videos being one of the reasons I look forward to Saturdays? I have an important exam tomorrow and I'm going to watch it now as a sedative before going to sleep.😂😂🎉
Omg I hope the exam went well!!
@@crazymarq4390 well, not so well but there is hope.🐹 But still, can't wait to next saturday. I feel like I'm in my fangirl era just like 2014 🤣
@@colometa6282 Oh, I’m sorry to hear. Fingers crossed the results will be good and that you’ll be positively surprised!
Thank you for the support, seriously means a lot 😊
10:06 lmao... 5hat sound she made had me 😂😂😂
Yay! Gonna watch it with my very-very late tea at 3-4am :'D
Thanks, Marq!
Sounds like a vibe tbh, I hope you had a wonderful time :)
Yes!! I love the Grunts!! I always loved to play them. I get him a spouse asap always because someone needs to tell him to calm down it isn’t that serious lol 😂 love strange town excited to see the smiths hopefully!! 🤞🏻
I love that, Buzz needs to chill fr 😭 And I’ll do the Smiths for sure, I plan on covering all the Strangetown households :)
Mister Buzzy is my favvv 🩷
I understand but in real Buzz would be very dissapointing with Buck getting fat
Loool the fires xd great video once again!
Thank you so much! I thought those fires were a bad omen but luckily it all went to plan in the end haha
I vote for Tiffany and Ripp ngl I feel like his relationship with her is the most real
Thank u for the uploads it has made my day 🫶
Thank you for watching, seriously means a lot 🫶🏻
@@crazymarq4390you should do the Monty family next lol😭 or the family with the six kids that’s in the saved families
@@bobibibobibjhhlk4876 I plan on finishing Strangetown first but i can move on to Veronaville and the Family Bin households afterwards :)
Sims is not just a simulator 😂 keep it up
I was just thinking about Marq lol
I really love your content! ❤
Thank you 🙏
The best thing about this video is Ripp getting girlfriends.
I always waited the Grunts for too long, my favourite family. And…
NO ONE MESSES WITH BUZZ GRUNT!!!
I’ve been playing a lot with Ripp lately. I randomly loaded him into a group of college students and he instantly became one of my faves. He went for fine art because that’s where all the ladies are at but he ended up succeeding in business and ultimately became a leader of a sex cult 😂
This was really nice. :-)
Thank you! :)
Strangetown has so many interesting families.
The fire thing hahahaha what timing.😂
Don't scare me hahaha because of the game crashing 😂
uhh good luck Tank.
Yes Nervouse show him. hahaha although I'm sure his mom can distribute herself well. 👀✝️
It's nice that the family is growing together. It's nice that Ripp found someone who does his homework hahahah. It's nice that Ripp and Buzz find each other.
Ripp would get along well with Don hahahaah. I don't think he would commit to one, unbelievable.
I love how the Sims are always dancing hahaha.
Nice ending. Nice video. I'm currently renovating and your video was the perfect end to the day ❤. It's time to go to bed and get back to work tomorrow.
I love your videos and sims 2❤
Thank you so much for such a sweet comment, it means a lot! I was a bit worried for my game too ngl, I was getting a lot of lag that I usually don’t 🥲 I think it’ll be alright for now though. I was pleasantly surprised to see the family bonding so well. And omg exactly, Ripp is definitely challenging Don as the biggest player in the game 😭
Thanks again for all the support, I hope the renovation is going well!
First Beth, then Tiffany, and now it's Hailey
Ripp is a certified player
@@crazymarq4390 🤣
Staggering video! I enjoyed it ❤❤❤❤
Thank you so much, I always enjoy seeing your comments 😊
Bella goth spotted
First off, I removed the hideous facial paint. Then, I kept Tank under a strong influence from his father, and made Ripp play music, too. According to his bio, I think Buck is gay and very closeted, apart from being ignored by his father. So, Buzz makes pressure on Tank, fights with Ripp and neglects Buck, thus being a shitty father towards the three of his kids. Fun begins at college: I had Tank and Johnny in the same household, Johnny is now engaged to Ophelia (whom Tank had a crush on, remember), and they would fight ALL THE TIME. They came home from class at the same time and would start a fistfight every single time, I swear. Then came Ripp and Tank would fight him, too, being more trained and violent.
Ripp cheated on his gf... with Tank's gf, causing him to get beaten by the latter. After college Ripp headed off to be a sex n drugs and rock n roll kind of musician, with plenty of money, a house full of trashy deco, and brief marriages, I remeber writing RIPP N ROLL in his yard with bushes lol. Tank married Linda, Ripp's ex gf, out of mutual discomfort from the cheating, but they never really loved eachother and had a very unhappy marriage. They lived in General's home and had four kids (I had so much fun with their names): Colt, initiated by his granfather to the military career as much as Tank was; Daisy, who only had her mother, a housewife, as example and couldn't develop a better aspiration; Gunn, who would soon walk the steps of uncle Ripp, much to his parents dismal; and Betty Sue, the last child and real heir of Buzz's military legacy, despite being ignored and dismissed from everyone like Buck was. She will be the only Grunt to become General after General Buzz: Tank, in fact, got fired after a wrong chance card and diverted his career to Law Enforcement, realizing the biggest fear caused by the codependency with his father: letting him down. Tired of living in that barracks-like house and frustrated, Linda finally found herself a lover; Colt got an alien girlfriend, Johnny's niece I think, which his father didn't approve; Ripp gave Gunn a guitar as gift and took him under his wing, only to find him with his wife: he learned too well. Daisy married Tesla Beaker, Loki and Circe's son, started making babies and being a housewife just like her mother, until she found Tesla in the hot tub with Sirius: Vidcund's alien son. Oh, yes: he was gay all the way. Realizing she settled for less and everything she was ever told was a lie, she took the kids, found a job and changed her life.
General Buzz finally passed away living a huge void in Tank's life: Ripp came along at the funeral to spoil the fun and they started to fight over which one let him down the most. Buck tried to make peace. Slowly, after General's death, his sons became to feel more and more free to be themselves. After hating eachother all their life and throwing hands all college, as old men Tank and Johnny got closer and finally became friends. Tank realized how much of a dick his father really was, and Johnny replied that HIS father was sometimes, too.
Maaaan what a novel! I was happy to share it with you, tho x) I had SO MUCH FUN playing Strangetown.
This started off relatively chill and actually somewhat similar to how I played them here, and then it spiralled af, LOVE it hahaha
@@crazymarq4390 thanks for taking time Reading this x) longest comment I ever wrote
@@donnalee.I guess, if only Missy Grunt knew what a crappy person she save birth, she would have had an abortion.
Not related, but is there a video where you talk about the Ottomas family?
Iirc, I’ve featured them briefly in a couple of my videos before but more as just extras in my feature showcase videos haha, might give them a proper episode one day though :)
Honey I can’t be with you tonight I’m watching a crazy marq video yay 😀
Time well spent if you ask me (I might be a bit biased tho) 🤭
@@crazymarq4390 haha xx
a series that's left buck by him self with his strict father things won't be the same again with it just being the 2 of them
@@jonathankamysek7998 Buzz seems to be on a bit of a redemption arc so maybe he’ll soften up and be nice to Buck :)
@@crazymarq4390 very true ^^
yay love these
Thank you :)
I never play the sims 2 by the story, I can turn the dad's Grunt into a witch and make his own bakery company for homeless plant sims who has lost their income due to automatised garden.
Sounds like a vibe tbh!
Early 🙏 As you can tell by my pfp I love this family. Personally I make Tank gay, Ripp bi and Buck becomes Rebecca and is trans. Tank ends up following his real dream of ballet dancing and Ripp becomes a rock star. I also make General Buzz befriend his kids again and become a better person. He’s even married to an alien now in my game! (Lola)
Also I like Ripp and Lilith together (I have an Uberhood) or Johnny-Ripp-Ophelia polycule
Appreciate you 🙏 I hope you’ll enjoy the video!
Ayyy, another gay Tank and Johnny/Ripp/Ophelia enjoyer. Also doing this in my save. Excellent taste my friend.
I'm surprised that everything went so smoothly with this family but it was so good to see! Ripp is definitely living up to his romance aspiration lmao I hope we get a vid of everyone at collage at some point too, that'd be so cool!
Same, I was expecting a much bigger struggle! I’d love to do a college episode with the Strangetown young adults, the current plan is to do it at the start of the second round :)
did these teenage sons of General Grunt go to College soon after?! also did Ripp save his 500 dollars until his bank account for a college degree?! will Buck get in better shape?!
Why Is everyone fatphobic towards the poor kid??
They did go to college soon-ish and thanks to Sims logic I’ll make them both start at the same time at the beginning of the 2nd rotation, to keep things more organised for the videos. Sadly, Ripp spent the $500 a long time ago, on the guitar 🥲 (selling the pc wasn’t enough on its own), very much in character I suppose haha, as for Buck getting in shape, I think Buzz has become much more chill and accepting so it’ll be up to Buck himself if he’ll want to work out or not
Nice! i wonder if Buck and his 'friend' will become more than friends. General Buzz always seemed like a total dick to almost everyone, but seeing him mellow is a very nice version of him.
Buzz’s character development in this episode was incredible. I was pleasantly surprised :)
love it
Thanks a lot :)
I get Ripp and Tank ready for college by working their skills . Studying and I do change Ripps personality by making him not lazy or sloppy . I can not handle the noise they make when eating.
What is HS?
High school
YES EARLYY
Hell yeah! Enjoy the video 😊
First!
That was quick 🤯 enjoy the video!! :)
Thanks! 😄
love the video and this series!! im always tuned in pretty much as soon as I see you post it. I was literally on vacation in a hotel with my friend when you posted the pleasant family one and was like "dont judge me but I have to watch this sims 2 storyline video NOW" lol
honestly I never really played the Grunt family! not sure why, I think as a kid the face paint just freaked me out lol. and maybe the all boy family, coming from a family of all girls maybe I just wasn't interested as much? but ill have to play them one day
I seriously can’t thank you enough 😭 the support on these videos has been incredible and it’s comments like this one that really make this process even more enjoyable!
Also can somewhat relate, I avoided Strangetown in general when I was a kid, it was probably a bit over the top but it really grew on me. The Grunts are super fun because there’s a bunch of different gameplay options you can do and they’re great for storytelling purposes
You are a great story teller. Always Made My day to watch one of your videos. :) 🤍🇦🇷
Thank you so much 🙏
If im playing Uberhood I like to pair Brandi and Buzz together. The Grunt boys get a new mom, Dustin gets straightened out by Buzz, and the Broke boys get a male parental figure.