Mickey Dosser: Freshman Year

Not that long ago, we spent a week at La Fiesta Tech's Sorority house, the building on the left. Now we are back to visit with the Oresha-Hoh-Var Fraternity right next to it. 

The house has a layout that makes it easy to play: From the top left corner clockwise, we have a room with a bubble blower and fruit punch machine, a toilet, kitchen with breakfast bar, dining room with fire place and another "fun" room with a large TV, stereo and bar. The middle of the house is taken up by a generous hallway and staircase. 

Upstairs are bedrooms with single and double beds as well as a bathroom, shower room and toilet. There is only one computer in the entire house, but since there are only three Fraternity members living here at the moment, that shouldn't be much of a problem. 

Mickey Dosser is next on my alphabetical list. He is in the second semester of his Freshman Year but must have been rather lazy during his first semester - he is on Academic Probation and has not even declared a major yet. A Romance Sim, he dreams of having 20 lovers - right now, he only knows his frat brothers plus Gunnar Roque. According to his bio, he "isn't going anywhere fast, but he's quite happy about it. Even his good friends have a hard time getting him off the couch. Will he ever change, or will he simply master the art of doing nothing?"

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Matthew Hart lives here, too. So far, we only know him as Sarah Love's boyfriend, which fits in with his Maxis-written bio: "Matthew came to school with his longtime sweetheart to get educated and grow up a bit. He's completely in love and excited about enjoying the college experience.". He is a Family Sim who sees himself as future Captain Hero. Like Mickey, he is a Freshman, but has only just started. Unlike Mickey, he knows what he wants, and has declared his Major in Economics. 

Guy Wrightley is something like the heir to this house. The houshold bio says that "The Oresha-Hoh-Var Fraternity was founded by Guy Wrightley's great-grandfather decades ago. Will Guy maintain his family's strong academic history or allow frat life to be too much of a distraction?" According to his personal bio, he "is a great student, a good friend, and generally successful at all his endeavors. Can anything knock him off his even keel?"

 Being the oldest of the three current frat brothers, he is a Sophomore majoring in Literature. His aspiration is Popularity, and friends are the most important thing in life for him - he wants 20 "besties". 

Matthew needs a cooking skill point and so it befalls him to provide lunch. Sandwiches are all he can make yet, but the three of them are fine with that. Guy already talks of the grant money that is sure to come their way at the end of the semester. Matthew wonders if Guy should not be free of financial worries with his family background. In fact, the three only have 1,734 Simoleons between them. 

Matthew wanted to play with Sarah and flirt, and so he invites her over, as well as the rest of the sorority. When he holds hands with his girlfriend, all of a sudden Jessie Pilferson gets mad at him and treats him as if he has cheated on her! He most certainly has NOT - they were never involved romantically (I have checked Matthew's memories), so I really don't know what got into her.

Upstairs, Mickey has finally made up his mind and declares the Art major. 

He spots a smartly dressed student walking past and rushes out to greet her. There is one bolt of chemistry between them, and the girl is friendly enough, but soon walks on to whereever she is headed (to the Secret Society house, maybe?). 

A thunderstorm sets one of the cacti on fire, just as Mickey was out again to greet Tiffany Riley. Fortunately, the rain puts the flames out quickly, but everyone badly needs a shower. 

Guy is first to finish his Term Paper. 

Whenever I check what Matthew is doing, I find him either "Visiting Campus" or returning with pizza. Here, Sarah tags along.

Mickey may have only one chemistry bolt for Tiffany Riley, but he really likes her and wants to date her and be friends. Both his wishes are fulfilled that evening. Who cares that he still has not acquired the logic skill point requested for this semester, let alone written his term paper! 

Speaking of which, Matthew somehow manages to stay away from campus long enough to finish his. The pizza must have kept him going.

Mickey is the only Sim here now who is directed by me full-time, and so he is the one who has to repair the broken bathtub. 

The Greek House gets to Level 2 when Guy makes friends with Francis Worthington. 

Mickey receives a phone call from Tiffany - this time, it is she who asks him on a date! He (as well as Guy and Matthew) board a taxi to P.U.R.E. in downtown Strangetown.

Mickey and Tiffany's date ends on "great", and the two of them are now at the pink hearts stage. Never mind Matthew finding her anything but attractive - he has a girlfriend anyway. 

It appears to be the opposite of Ladies' Night at P.U.R.E. - I can only spot men on the dance floor. 

Back at the house, a chess board is set up in the dining room (costing nearly half of what cash the three frat brothers have between them), and 11 hours before his final exam, Mickey acquires the missing logic point. 

Seven hours before his final exam, Mickey finishes his term paper. Well, he is not on Academic Probation for no reason!

He spends the last remaining hours of the semester at the bubble blower. Can you believe that to this day I had NEVER noticed that the bubble blower makes music?! The tinkling melody must have usually been drowned out by the stereo or TV; besides, I am not a fan of the blower and got rid of it most of the time when playing student households who had one. 

All three "brothers" make it to the Dean's List and receive their full grants, as predicted by Guy Wrightley. Their cash now amounts to 4,167 Simoleons. Where is Mickey? He did not come home from his exam but headed straight to "visit campus". 

This was only half a "year" with Mickey, but it did not seem right to play another semester. It was hard to keep everyone's fun levels up, especially Matthew's, who really was more on campus than at home. The "cheating" incident with Jessie Pilferson was strange!

 We will be back here when it is Matthew Hart's turn to be played.