What happens when we have nothing... - 🌴 Rags to Riches (Part 1)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 ก.พ. 2025
- We're living at the foot of a volcano, have $0 to our name and have to find a way to make a living in the tropical environment. And so begins Banana R. Bigwallet's journey from rags to riches!
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Semaj, you are asking an *anti-environmentalist* to stargaze. Stargazing is appreciating nature and she's angry 'cause you want her to appreciate it.
Dyan Villastiqui wait there’s an anti environmental trait? S
@@nerdypanda4367 They're a new npc type for the conservationist island. Usually can be found littering and fishing illegally
ArcadianRogue awe well damn would have been cool to get an environmentalist/anti-environmentalist traits too. Lol and a hippy one to go with the off grind lot trait lol. Hopefully modders will make them
there’s literally a red exclamation point on top of her head and he’s clueless 😂
ArcadianRogue I haven’t even seen them. Island living is soo buggy I’ve never had experienced any bugs in the sims 4 until now lol. Kava parties don’t work for me, festivals don’t happen, conservation career doesn’t work for work from home. The island isn’t covered in trash like how they showed it would be. I’ve seen one garbage pile twice lol. And the green slug. I really hope they give out a patch ASAP. There’s so many bugs it’s crazy. Wish I waited until the game was patched for the bugs and on sale lol. Not worth the 55$ CAD I paid. All the key features don’t work for me, the game randomly lags like crazy, note I have a high end gaming computer so wtf lol. And I deleted all mods and CC.
Island living is starting to seem more like a game pack than anything else tbh :( wish it was a game pack instead of expansion.. not worth the coin in my opinion oh and automany is totally broken lol... my sims just keep standing next the. A fridge starving themselves lol... nothing is blocking them either
James: "Why would asking someone if they are a mermaid be offensive?"
Later: "You swim like an idiot, I think you're a mermaid!"
Literally standing next to the mermaid from the trailer. James: I wonder who's the mermaid. 😔
I don't think she's the mermaid in everyone's game tho, I know she's not in the save I'm playing in rn
Natalie Rogers she’s a mermaid in everyone’s game. She just won’t tell you she is if your not friends with her
Not to mention the anti environmentalist lol
@@princessjellyfish98 No, she's a mermaid in everyone's game. She just won't admit it until you have a good enough relationship with her.
Freezing Rain 😭😭😭 this is so tragic my sim is literally married to her and she won't tell me
Oh....if you go to your home lot hungry....a neighbor event starts called "extra food" and they bring you a bunch of food 👍😁
My neighbors did that bit didn't actually bring food. I assumed it was because my sim didn't have any furniture to put it down on.
There are no neighbors living in that part of the world though... The other two lots are unoccupied.
I think that may only be on the island that’s like the “old village”. It says something about the community in the description, meanwhile the island he’s on is like the conservation island and the other is the “rich people” island. Not entirely sure though but I haven’t had anyone do neighbor events except for on the “old village” island
@@zewolfgaming They do it on the "Rich people" island too!
*emerges from the rock I’ve been living under and pulls out a notepad* I’m sorry... the WHAT event
Volcanic places are very rich on soil. I think you can add great soil trait to the lot.
I was thinking the same!
As far as i remember James doesn't set lot traits
@@msliper well he could start. It's a good idea
@marta he did after he bulldozed
If he does that he might want to plant some of the new harvestables
So first person Banana meets is evil mermaid. Then she builds a sand castle with the mermaid from the trailer.
All the time Semaj keeps asking... WHERE IS MERMAID
You should do some odd jobs instead of a part-time job i think. You get the odd job in the same menu where it says "find a job"
You should also go to some festivals in Sulani. I heard there is a fishing and a sand castle building one. Apart from those, the festivals happen in that one part of the main island
Norbert B I don’t think the odd jobs work on the off the grid trait sadly
@@_saramahoney832 awww :/
@@_saramahoney832 They do work but you have to find wifi to get them (much like the part time/normal jobs). You can GO to the jobs even if you're on an off the grid lot, however.
Yes I was going to comment this I saw zeuz do it in his lp on twitch he’s off the grid too
You just go to another lot I think. You can only look for odd jobs in the mornings
New challenge idea: James plays a rags to riches, but without stargazing
I support this. No spamming all the same interactions or doing the usual money making stuff.
Fantastic idea! but its more like James vs stargaze
Will James be able to cope?
In James' eyes that would be a Hardcore Rags To Riches EXTREME! but great idea!
I love how the first person Banana meets is the evil mermaid 😂
kmarapatt so a siren 😂
Ikr 😂
Cookie Crumble there is a siren trait?
building sand sculptures is seriously the new fastest way to build friendship!
I have a strong feeling that this rags to riches series going to be very interesting, especially with island living, maybe latter on in the series Banana should marry a merman 🧜♂️ Name their kids pineapple and coconut!
YES!!!
OMG!! This is perfect!!!
Lime&Coconut
Ugh, noooooooo! I honestly do not like the names of the kids in the last RtoR. I think I might be alone in this. I do think she should marry a merman though!!
That's is a great IDEA
I am screaming at my monitor TAKE ODD JOBS NOT A PART TIME!!!! i feel like those match the R2R style
Whenever theres a new pack announcement i get excited because of rags to riches series of yours 😂
Luna he was even making the sandcastle with her lol
Me too :D
Legit my 'Must see tv' 😂😂😂
I promise I was praying for a rags to riches lol
I agree!!
James: I want to do extreme rags to riches
Also James: I feel like she kind of has to have a job
Me: ODD JOBS JAMES. ODD. JOBS.
you can't get them off the grid
Volcanic soil is usually quite fertile so could always take the "Great Soil" trait as a third trait ^_^
If you buy a diving knife and the treasure tool diving gear from the buoy (which is in the middle of the ocean) you can dive for treasure witch gets you items from 100 simoleans to 900 simoleans each.
Yes! This! I want to watch that let's play.
WOW! i didn't know about this :O Thank you :D
Thanks for sharing this! That will be fun to use!
Instead of having a job
You should have her do some odd jobs around the island
yeah i think that makes more sense in terms of rags to riches
I agree 100%
What are the odd jobs ard the island?
Kinz Zainal with the new update they added an option on the cell phone for your sim to do different odd jobs for other sims. Some require skills other don’t
xSimplySarahx oh i hadnt noticed that. Thanks! Will look for that later 🐬
Semaj Talk, talk, talk "aww, she's sad. [Pause] We have one dollar. ...... can we get rid of that?" 😂😂😂 [dying]
The commentary is the most hilarious thing I've ever heard "hey, what are you doing?? is that how people swim these days?" "Whoa, she's buff! Look at those abs" 😂😂
James: I give my sims normal names.
Also James: This sim is named Banana.
lol, did you watch the get famous one? Lady II had twins with Thorne who's older child is called Orange so all of her kids have food related names even the ones that aren't Thorne's. 😆
Or his Super Sim challenge he has 2 children named "Baby" & "Names"
Whens he ever said that? certainly not when naming Eggton Grumpert
@@jake-amirblumenfeldwitz6068 he literally said it IN that let's play.... he said that the sims he plays for us are named normal but the ones he plays for himself are weird. Hence eggton cause he wasnt sure he was playing it for us
Banana R
"Garage sale festival" I think you mean flea market xD
Killed me 😅😅
Me too lol
James: I wonder where i can find a mermaid?
Me: dude you were building a sandcastle with one!
Saga Walter the main one that was featured in the trailer to boot
Yeah!
"She swims funny so I bet she's a mermaid!"
Meanwhile leaving the actual mermaid 😂
Clearly he didn't study the trailer as we did 🤣
Hi there! First time commenting but long time watcher. Love your content.
Some suggestions:
- you should add the lot trait of island spirits because you're close to the volcano, which seems like a good place for elemental activity.
- also you should just make her swimwear a bra and underwear because that's more realistic to what she would actually wear in this situation. she would theoretically already own those items.
- You should also have her to odd jobs around the islands instead of having her do a career.
@꧁Lolifox The Creamsicle Child꧂
Every single homeless person goes without bras?
@꧁Lolifox The Creamsicle Child꧂
-not relevant
-there's donations to shelters
-opinion
@꧁Lolifox The Creamsicle Child꧂
And you still didnt answer the question
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Read as "Not old enough to have a youtube account by rules"
I also love how he goes around trying to find a mermaid when he was building a sandcastle with one without knowing it.
Literally the first sim he interacted with was a mermaid
Yeah Haha the one from the trailer
“Dang, you’re ripped! That’s who I aspire to be.”
Me too!! ...as I sit here... watching TH-cam videos.....eating an entire bag of kettle corn.........
You should save up for a tent, its going to be hard getting her sleep up without a bed/tent
Napping on the bench is always a classic
@@INeedYouToBreathe Yeah, its just difficult to find a bench in sulani, Ive played in the world and haven't seen a single one. There might be one but it would probably be more convenient for him to just get a tent
you can nap on towel on the beach
@@JJ-qv3iy oh crap i forgot you can do that 😭 feel stupid now
@@ewaromanow haha it's okay, James didn't notice neither :)
I watched the Jim Pickens video yesterday and he found a roast chicken randomly in the sand. Beachcoumb until you find stuff.
If you're on the home lot the locals might bring you food.
I think it would be cool to use the new 'odd jobs' feature
when you level up in fitness your sim gets a better swim animation
James forgetting what the flea market is called 😂
DAMN IT, it was driving me nuts
@@JamesTurnerYT you were so close! Another few minutes and I'm sure you would've got it 😂
Lol
Was literally about to comment about this lol
I was waiting for you to just shout it out randomly later in the video 😉
Semaj has Banana sunbathe in the nude, then neglects to realize she remained nude while walking around looking in fish traps and fishing. Even sent her off to work naked...luckily she came home in a work outfit. lol
You should add the island spirits. That sounds interesting.
They give buffs :)
You can restore it without the job. The island. That’s the first thing I tested.
yeah i was actually seeing what i could fish up so cheat needs and had a fresh sim fish for like a month and saw it improve twice. the sea turtle event is cute
Ohhhh you chose Lady II’s and Semaj’s daughter! I thought she was the Butler’s daughter but that’s Biscuit 🍪!! Too many children... this family and their names is starting to look like the Kardashians lol 😂 I’m so happy fo this LP!!
Tbh, Kardashian-like names are an upgrade from Semaj's regular Sims' names xD
@@Roozyj we have a literal "Names Power" and "Baby Power" .. so it certainly could be worse
Like same!
Goal:
Clean up the island
Become a mermaid 🧜♀️
Marry another mermaid in order to have mermaid babies and continue the Bigwallet line.
Build a sea palace on one of the private islands.
Maybe open a vegetarian friendly tiki juice joint.
If eruptions last more than 3 hrs, consult a witchdoctor.
For the third lot trait you should add 'Great Soil'. It makes sense because irl people live near volcanoes because it's really cheap land and the soil is really fertile for farmers! 🌱🌋🏝️
Your rags to riches is what i look foward to when a new pack comes out
Same
I wish we had open neighborhoods :( you having to travel to that “beach” made me cry
Yaya I was waiting for a new rags to riches! Love your videos!!
building sand castles together with a sim instantly makes them become your friend after the sand castle is built BEAT THAT STARGAZING
please try odd jobs! you can find them on your phone next to an option to find a normal job!
I love how everytime he talks to a mermaid, HE LEAVES THEM BEHIND TO LOOK FOR MERMAIDS
Add creepy crawlies as a lot trait. You would come across a lot of little insects if you were on an island and in nature ❤ also, can she nap on the towels at the beach?
Erin Clark Yes you can nap on towels, Semaj should buy a towel as her first bed because they’re super cheap.
She can also nap on the floating lounges
Hey fun fact.
There was a village that lived near volcano and they were partly immune to arsen poisoning.
Their water was full of it. But such evolution took lots of lives.
Cyanide That’s interesting
do you mean arsenic?
great soil would make sense for the lot, because volcanic soul is very fertile irl
Island Living was on sale on PS4 so I finally decided to buy it. Figured I’d rewatch this series while I play.
Anyone else here in 2024??
The way they are swimming is a kind of Breast Stroke/ Lifeguard Stroke used in Open water/Ocean Front Guarding so you can keep your head above the waves so you keep your eyes on the person your trying to get to
Beth Goldstein the funny swimmer was also energized
@@oliviarichardson2506 I did not know that moodlets changes the swim style. Nice to know
Looked like a half doggy paddle
@@Hearttoheart3 doggy and breast do have semi close hand/arm movements
so much i learn in yt comments
"Whose a mermaid? How do you tell?"
*literally walks by 2 mermaids*
Never been so excited for a series- I haven't even clicked play and I can't wait to see who the hero is!
Go to the cave and find the magic kelp, u can sleep in the water best rag to riches feature u can have...or the sun tanning towels.
DrGluon overcame the 'lack of Pc' thing, by placing a PC in the Sand Bar for everybody to use... JUST STEAL HIS IDEA JAMES !!! Muhaha >=D
Or an internet café 👀
Yeah I built an Internet cafe on the island
First: Thank you, James, for new Rags to Riches! I'm so excited to see the new series!
Second: I think you should have a plan here, what are your goals for this series, like always... Maybe, you should do odd jobs instead of having a part-time job at first, and collect new collectibles, sell duplicates... Great soil trait is good to have at this point so you can plant some coconuts and pineapples, and you don't have to have a lot of them... When you get enough money you can move to another lot or you don't have to, you can pre-build a house and place it by the volcano, but take off that trait off the grid, and then you can start a new carrier, I hope game developers will fix by then everything that is lagging...
Heck yeah I’m so excited for this series
Also I think the other lot trait should be great soil as I think volcanic soil is very fertile ^_^
Sleep at the public beach, at towels or lounges (you can nap)
Eat at the festivals
Plants take too long to grow and to be harvestable, and they go out of season at fall and winter
Odd jobs are the best solution for your sim, you can do them when you need some cash
Love your series...😁
Love the new Rags to Riches!! Also, when you tan, you can tell when they're ready to get up because a moodlet appears like 'Sunkissed'. Look forward to the next episode!
James: Doesn't even notice that his sim is running around completely naked, sends her off to go fishing, still naked 😂
You should add the good soil trait to your lot since volcanic soil is actualy amazing for growing plants!
*stands next to mermaid in trailer*
James: I wonder whose the mermaid
Me: on floor wheezing
I can't buy the ep because I'm broke. Knowing there will be a new rags to riches series from you is the only thing getting me pumped. Love it!!!
Part of me feels like getting a part time job off the bat defeats the point of rags to riches, and maybe the odd jobs would be better instead? However, I'm just glad to see this series continuing!!!
yeah I think it would be better to add a selling table to a public lot or just sell things from the inventory. Odd jobs would be ok maybe but a normal job (even part time) defeats the point of the series.
lmao the anti-environmentalist IS a mermaid
i reccomend u see her mermaid form, she's a siren and she looks creepy in the best way 👌🏽
Do odd jobs. You can still do a bit of conservation that way.
This video was more fun to watch than actually playing the sims 4.
tbh, I have the Sims 4 but I don't really feel like playing it because I watch so many streamers that the game hardy has any surprises for me anymore xD I enjoy the Sims 3 more to play
ikr I'm already bored of playing island living but can't wait for this lp
I died when the muscle girl passed by....
James: y u so mad
Muscle girl pass by
James: damn u ripped....
Oo add the island spirits lot trait! I want to see it lol
I think Banana should end up marrying that ripped lady!! Excited for this LP
You should do the rich soil lot trait because volcanic soil usually has much more nutrient in it.
It's funny how people think that plants are nutritious. But hey money is money.
Also arsenic salads are not that good to eat.
Skip flea market all together. Live off the island, sell inventory. Not being able to fish is already a disadvantage. Once you have a little camp set up then you could switch to conservation.
Yeah either sell from the inventory or add a selling table to a public lot.
I HADN'T WATCHED A DIFFERENT VIDEO ON THIS PACK YET BECAUSE I WAS WAITING FOR YOU HELL YES
When Bananaaa fell asleep on the canoe, and the skies with the stars fastforwarded and moved across heaven.... .... ....
HUZZAH Rags to Riches (also of course Banana is the main character she's Semaj's daughter)
But more importantly, she's LADY'S daughter
Smh at this nepotism
Oh my God. I just spent five minutes freaking out to a coworker, because I've been having that same cas blank thumbnail issue since the recent patch, and I've been driving myself crazy trying to figure out if the problem was mods or cas cc. ...And in a few seconds you see and identify the problem! XD Thank you so much!
By the end of this series we need our sim to be a buff mermaid and date that other buff sim and have buff kids 😂😂😂❤️🤦♀️
buff evil kids
The Sims: Island Living
Simmers: pee everywhere
Been waiting for this!! I'm so excited! Also why don't you try doing odd jobs instead of getting a part time job? It could be fun!
YESS JAMES Been waiting for this for what seems like forever!!!!
I think doing odd jobs would be a good idea as them you can pick and choose when to-do them you get star ratings.
Loving the new series already, can't wait to see what happens xxb
We’ve been waiting for this and please please make these episodes longer
Processing how this is 2.5 years old but it feels like island living came out half a decade ago
wish i had the willpower you have to stick to one family i get bored of them at second generation 😂
methodmadness same lol I have so many saves that are only 2 gens, and basically the kids still live at home....
🤣 My sims have forty year old babies cos once their pregnant I’m done.....I basically hump and dump my sims it seems 😂😂😂😂
methodmadness I get fed up with the toddlers sometimes, so I start a new game and I'm like NO KIDS, then I get bored and pop out like 4, freak out cause I'm overwhelmed and start a new save lol
Ashley Lefebre o geez don’t get me started on the toddlers 😂 I give them all the independent trait cos I rage quit at my sims when they put the starving kid in high chair and then take it out and do this till bedtime and the stairs?! nah bruh🤨 stairgates EA where are they? 😫
Hey I maybe taking a risk puttin this on here but I can’t message you any other way 😂 but add me on fb if you have it would love another person to rant about sims with 😂 fb name> laura-may stronach
Lol ‘the selling festival’! I literally lose words all the time. Cracking up
Nice! New rags to riches, on an island! Basically, Cast Away meets lord of the flies! Wonder if she will meet her Wilson or an immunity idol!
Will she kill the boar tho?
When they announced this pack my first thought was "OMG NEW BIGWALLET RAGS TO RICHES!!"
I AM SO EXCITED
I am ready to be invested in this new series.
And/or binge it when it's finished.
" OH MY GOD YOU ARE RIPPED!" I'm cackling! 🤣
The column mod is updated and it also has a new 5 column option
Where? I cant find it and my game is kinda messed up rn lol.
Nevermind I found it
Yeah it’s not that mod that is glitching I think it’s just a problem in general where the cas items disappear
Samantha Kate I didnt have the problem after deleting the mod
Luna Weird? You only deleted that mod? I don’t have that mod and I still have the glitch.
Only guys say they want to look at the lot first but actually look at the outside lol. Love this man. I’m excited to try this!
You can donate money if you gain a specific level of carisma!! (maybe like level 3)
1. I like her hair!
2. To go along with the island theme, her middle name should be Hammock.
3. I think you need to get the tent to start off, to take with you while you save for the table, and sell stuff.
4. I'm predicting that you are going to be frustrated with the volcano after the 2nd time it happens and it's right after finally fixing everything from the last time.
5. I almost think that, like the other LP's, you shouldn't have the part time jobs, and only rely on the collectables.
Yay! Another Rags to riches!
i was rewatching 'what we want in the sims 4 in 2019' while waiting for you to upload 😂
You could beachcomb for shells and stuff to make money, you could also continue to beachcomb and sell the items once you have the table.
Frederick Bigwallet (I think) had the Social Media career. But even if you don’t want to get money from your jobs you can donate it with a certain charisma level.
Literally been waiting for your lets play! Also in case you didn't know, while sunbathing, you can click on your sim and apply sun protection so you don't get sunburned! 😁
Banana really does have those Bigwallet genes!
It’s like 1 am here in Japan and I don’t care. That’s how much I love Semaj’s rags to riches series
Creepy crawlies... It is off the grid AND by a volcano in the middle of nowhere so of course there's bugs 😊
I think this is my new favourite expansion. I love it so much! Looking forward to the rest of the series :D
I was rewatching super sim episode 53 but clicked away bc i'm excited for this lmao
I'd suggest maybe saving up for the Treasure Hunting equipment you can buy from the buoys and diving after. Some of the treasures I've come across can find are sometimes worth 200 - 300 to start, or 500. The new fish traps are also really super helpful to use to capture fish and also treasure.
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you would say lend
I'd love if James added creepy crawlies to the lot! If there's one thing that tropical islands have, it's an endless supply of bugs.