getting rich by BLACKMAILING other sims

[@Whiskin87]

The secrets are funny, but I wish they’d mixed in some actual lore for the legendary townies, maybe based secrets off traits, and had the meme ones randomize for other townies and player characters.

[@fruity4820]

I wish that at least the pre-made townies had their own uniqe secrets. I wish that you could set up secrets for your own sims if you wanted to bother with it, and than you can downloud from the galery sims with pre-set secrets to put around the world and make it more lively. As it is now, Its feels so lazy and rushed

[@MarishkaVladimirescu]

Right. But honestly, I'm not surprised after seeing how shallow many of Sims 4 features are from packs, like that Social Bunny thing from High School Years is a prime example.

[@MoiraMcGill]

What if Kartina Caliente's isn't random? 👀

[@Qtopian]

Didnt they say they did it to specific townies? Maybe they meant npc sims like maybe agnes crumplebottom or greg or someone like that

[@jojofanatico6928]

you are asking for too much. its the sims 4 that we are talking about

[@NoxxiousGas]

I’m not surprised Mortimer steals socks, he absolutely terrorizes you in Sims 1 with sock puppets 😭

[@FeralButtercup]

Oh daaang I miss those 😂

[@princessjellyfish98]

I understand why the secrets system is so primitive because having them personalized to every sims actions (not just your played sims but unplayed townies) would've been really complicated. However, I wish a LITTLE more thought had been put into them. Maybe they could've been tied to traits? Like either they'd have secrets opposite to their traits (for example a "good" sim enjoying pranking the toilet) or they'd have secrets that would clue you into their traits before learning them through conversation (like finding out a sim might have the klepto trait through the "collecting socks" secret). And only sims that had those traits would get dialogue for those secrets. That way they might feel a little more personalized and consistent without having to account for any more systemic complexity

[@fruity4820]

I wish it was also presonalized based on the relationship they have, for examlpe if they have a spouse they can have a secrest about being secretly disstisfyed with their partner/they are in love with someone else. Or maybe if they have a green bar with someone they can actually despise them secretly. Sims can have secret crushes about other random townies and not just about the grim reapper

[@QueArres]

I love that they made a Little Shop of Horrors reference with the cowplant! Mean Green Mother from Outer Space was one of the songs made for the movie version.

[@gstvklmt]

I was jumping in my seat when she read that! The musical is so good :o

[@meganjoelyn2207]

Well now I feel like an idiot! How did I not get that reference until now?🤣🤪

[@sunandstorm]

Thank you! I came here to say this. I love little shop of horrors

[@user-PuppyDan]

I came here to say something similar.

[@poppitron3609]

When I first got Get to Work, I made a plant shop that sold cowplants because I wanted it to be like Little Shop of Horrors.

[@robinatdawn]

James: there is no way to make money for rags to riches in this pack lilsimsie: MALCOLM LANDGRAB COME HERE

[@madscientistenby9572]

Little Shop of Horrors reference with the cowplant secret is VERY fun I wonder who comes up with the secrets

[@TimothyRobert93]

I came down here to say the same thing!

[@pannacottq]

16:52 kayla casually asking what did she do like she didn't just blackmail 3 families😭😭

[@paigelooney978]

Kayla as anti-landlord and pro-crime is 10/10

[@lu_ane]

do you know why she's anti-landlord? i genuinely have no idea why/if you should feel that way (if this is a u.s. thing that's why i don't get it lol)

[@Maximusbuckelew]

@@lu_aneLandlords are often pretty scummy in the US

[@lu_ane]

@@Maximusbuckelew ah, i see. thanks for the awnser!

[@bok9596]

@@lu_anelandlords in the west often see tenants as less than people and only profit. They will often kick people out of their homes in order to make more money by gaining a more reliable tenant, rendering people, couples, and families homeless overnight. They have all the right to do that legally. Not only that, but they deny people the ability to purchase a forever home when they buy multiple plots of land for their rentable property, just so they can rake in a profit with minimal effort. Thats why generally we dont like them. But being a landlord doesn't automatically mean ur evil either, of course.

[@Christine_990]

​@lu_ane landlords in America have a bit of a reputation for jacking up rent, trying to live off rentals as their only income instead of passive income, not fixing things, fees, etc , it can get pretty bad.

[@katiebailey3439]

The Landgraabs are always diving in the dumpster in my games so I definitely can see them using other people's trash cans.

[@AliceKillercat]

Malcolm Landgraab being jealous of the grim reaper sounded for a second like he actually had a crush on him 😂

[@asexualbert7262]

"You collect socks that aren't yours???" Kayla, you collect _graves_ that aren't yours

[@ps1hagridoufofcharacter]

i would love if there were teen-specific secrets so Malcolm Landgraab didnt talk about how something happened "back in the day" at his retail job

[@sof0099]

I imagine this is him trying to act mature when like 2 years ago Geoffrey forced him to work a retail job for a few months to discipline him lol

[@ps1hagridoufofcharacter]

@@sof0099 or he did one of those "challenges" influencers do where they work a regular job for a day haha

[@glaciemdraco]

And now I cant help but envision Malcolm Landgraab to be the origin of the Mother Plant in Strangerville.

[@pedrovallefin8406]

Thats a genius headcanon. Pitty that the secrets are randomized, meaning anyone could be responsable over the Mother Plant. Oh well, in our hearts, Malcolm will always be guilty.

[@glaciemdraco]

@@pedrovallefin8406 True but he fits well given he is canonically evil and all and well, being evil + teen = Mother Plant apparently?

[@planetdivide9727]

that pickle secret is hauntingly similar to Allie Brosh's hot sauce story. she has like a mildly impressive tolerance to spice and ate a bunch of hot sauce by accident as a kid and was fine, so her family started using it as a party trick and eventually everyone started thinking she just really loved hot sauce. this information wasn't revealed until she wrote hyperbole and a half, admitting to this like decades long lie she had been keeping because it felt like it had been too long to tell the truth

[@Cha0s.Bring3r]

Oh I knew I recognize it I love her book

[@mateusaragao5743]

tip: you can use the dorms in university to sleep and shower for free. They don't mind and random sims brings meals that you can eat 😉

[@AnniM88]

I would really love a feature with outdoor clothing. Like rain clothes actually protecting from rain and stuff Makes so much sense. The same with winter clothes

[@elsie8757]

Doesn't... Seasons have that?

[@FirebladesSong]

@@elsie8757 Your sims will still be uncomfortably wet if you have them wearing a raincoat. I think that's what they meant; if a raincoat actually kept them dry.

[@alpoh]

I could binge Kayla's Get-Rich-Quick videos all day! They're always so fun and unhinged and chaotic!

[@barkergirl33]

I feel like this could have been done better. They are secrets so having multiple sims with the same dark secrets ruins it. I understand they couldn't assign individual ones to everyone but at least "sort" them so they somewhat match the townie. So far this ep is a letdown that had much more potential.

[@zoeandrews7422]

Im in love with the little shop of horror reference for the cowplant secret lol. I thought that was cool

[@kphnx]

what I'd love is a mod where you can replace a sim's secret with one you type in yourself (maybe with a drop down menu to choose the secret icon like with clubs). i would get a lot of mileage out of something like that. 90% of the storylines I play out in the sims are in my head anyway 😂

[@Hello_Honey_Sweetie]

Great idea! And yup, storylines in The sims 4 are imagination only...🤣

[@lalavavasimmer]

I would love that!!!

[@simply_aestheticss]

The Malcom Landgraab secret is honestly so fitting tho

[@atleastshesfunny]

I love that rosebud still works as well as kaching 😂

[@Hello_Honey_Sweetie]

Yup! One of my absolute favorite gameplay cheats.... I also like motherlode, if you're looking to get more simoleons.

[@missm0ka]

I've just realized with for rent you could theoretically live in say the Goth's walls

[@acidicfairy]

This would be a great challenge. Build a mini house in their walls and then you aren’t allowed to let them see you.

[@naomi.j.m.]

She should totally do a video like that!

[@mer_acle8101]

3:00 omg it's little shop of horrors! I have such a soft spot for that musical, we performed it in highschool once and I was part of the choir so I got to be a part of it!

[@Jade-Whisper]

The first "Moo-hoo" secret is a reference to Little Shop of Horrors! It's one of my favorite movies of all time!

[@unhavenly]

I’m so glad I wasn’t the only one who thought of that..

[@melon7854]

Oh my gosh, there was one time when I was playing Sims and Jeffrey Landgrab kept coming over to my house just to knock over my trash

[@rolanslide8509]

The prophecy is true...

[@erezcohentsarfati7070]

Crazy idea - maybe get all the Stanleys from all the rags to riches challenges and their houses and place them all in Newcrest at the same save 😨😨😨

[@erikaheck8261]

The Tiger-Cat release secret was my favorite, but also caused my Sim to get hysterical and die

[@erdbeermilchfreak]

Mortimer Goth's "outer space" secret seems quite relatable when thinking back to the story line with Bella Goth in the Sims2 🤔

[@sirgaykrovos]

starting the video with a scream and a fight is top tier way to set the tone 👏 we knoooow this gonna be a good one

[@brainiergeckogaming1625]

I love how the first secret was basically the plot of Little Shop of Horrors

[@floortjegeel3266]

Would love to see a challenge in which Stanley has to do every ‘get rich’ video, but can only switch when he reaches lvl 10 of the skill and see the mansion he will be able to live in (obviously hot dog themed)

[@Yennsanity]

Other sims: sure break in that’s ok Katrina: hold my purse

[@chachatje]

I really prefer the old pie menu and I'm still upset they haven't given us an option to turn it back... traditional social menu in options just makes the menu more sims 3-like (not having to click more to see friendly, funny etc.)

[@math1581]

i love that nancy is a criminal but for simsie, her pranking a toilet is impossible XD

[@megancolleencasey3287]

The genuine scream at Katrina I'm dead 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@marieduran6286]

What would be a good secret is the renter being a blackmailer in Strangerville, who dumped Smeagle in Willow Creek and is a spellcaster who made millions off of Saurck in Batuu.

[@Mac6274]

I hate the new pie menu. With how many options there are now, the menu needs a total overhaul tbh

[@suspiciouslyaverage]

katrina being the only one to beat you up not once, but twice is spot on

[@gabegoettel9498]

I LOVE the little shop of horrors reference in the cowplant secret!!

[@oliviamaejulius]

If breaking and entering crimes go up in Florida goes up, we know who did it now...

[@kenaworthen6864]

I love the little shop of horrors reference! It's the second one in the game, so someone on the sims team is a huge fan

[@SIMBOthesims]

If you find out celebrities' secrets and confront them about them, you can get up to 1,500 Simoleons (World Star) per secret! 😱😍💰

[@AtinyKitty]

I'm pretty sure 3:30 is also loosely inspired by Little Shop of Horrors. But maybe that's just me being a theater nerd.

[@stanleygagner]

I wish the secrets were more "I'm cheating on my husband" and less "toilet prank" but It is nice to have some of that signature Sims absurdity

[@TheOG-GG]

The blackmail feature that came with Strangerville is more the "I am cheating on my significant other" stuff "or I have a secret child." The blackmail from For Rent are these cheesy ones XD

[@hinatafreakazoid]

I love the cute Little Shop of Horrors reference for the Cowplant secret!

[@blackdragonrandomness3989]

I learned I could steal the tablets from sims houses if I click "put away" while there's nowhere to put it. my sim just puts it in their inventory. I stole the tablet from the bff household.

[@scottydog6713]

coming back to this video later, this mechanic is actually a really good supplement to a thief build. you can get the klepto trait, theres a pickpocket simoleons aspiration reward in the batuu pack, and now we can officially stage break-ins and fill up the time between swipes!

[@Nihilist_Porcupine]

Really wish they would update the secret agent career's promotion requirements/daily tasks with some of these things. Eavesdropping, blackmailing, planting bugs on people. Like, really?

[@theodorelee7776]

OMG malcolm’s secret about the plant at his “job” is literally just the plot of little shop of horrors 😭

[@cecejjvv]

i do really wish they leaned into the secrets more and made them more personalized. like nancy landgraab could have one about having a secret second son, the calientes could have one about having an alien grandpa, bella goth could have one about being abducted, etc. it could've been a great opportunity to add more lore

[@Slay_da]

LOVE YOU KAYLA❤!! LOTS OF SUPPORT FROM NORWAY!!!🇳🇴🇳🇴

[@eyenpersu5248]

the trash thing... our previous neighbours did that irl... cause theirs was full! really annoying cause they never bithered seperating the recycling properly either...

[@brittanyraymond2579]

Oooo that moo-hoo one is little shop of horrors!

[@sarahsander785]

I didn't want to buy this pack before. But after seeing your videos on it I'm convinced that it perfectly fits my playstyle. Especially in my Legacy Let's Play together with Gameatorium. Clemens will LOVE this!

[@-autumnfeelings]

I wish secrets worked differently. It would be so cool of they were created for each sim individually if they actually do something worth keeping a secret. Like sim A cheated and their partner doesn't know and than sims can find out by snopping

[@angelikalollol6852]

I'm still waiting for a "can you get rich quick by prairie gras" ...

[@Niiiniis]

You can bc if you harvest it you sometimes find things and often it´s nectar. I found the most expensive one once just by luck.

[@MeInDisguise23]

Omg the rosebud reference is giving me flashbacks

[@roseredfire48]

haha, some of the secrets are hilarious. I wonder what Stanley's secrets are. I'm going to have to try this because I have a Sim with the nosey trait. Too funny.

[@andreamyob9458]

Oh WOW! Jonny Zest pranks toilets all the time! It's all true! He learned it from his mother! It all makes sense now!

[@moonlitxangel5771]

It's fanon that Nancy is his mom lol The most the Sims Team has said is that she's a relative. I know you may not care, it's just a lore thing that a lot of people assume and I like sharing lore lol

[@FirebladesSong]

@@moonlitxangel5771 When infants came out, they featured pictures of Nancy and Geoffrey with a toddler and an infant. It's not outright stated, but it's pretty close to being fact.

[@moonlitxangel5771]

@@FirebladesSong Except it says in small print "Nancy holding her relative" or something like that

[@zombievariant]

@@moonlitxangel5771 ah yes, and children aren't relatives of their parents lol

[@moonlitxangel5771]

@@zombievariant Common sense would dictate that if they meant for it be "parent" or "mother" they'd have put that instead of relative. Relative more so suggests she's an aunt or cousin or something along those lines.

[@ndrodriguez]

That cowplant story sounds straight out of Little Shop of Horrors 😂

[@jordank2710]

I came to the comments to make I wasn’t the only one making that connection!

[@notaspookygal]

I love the LSOH reference! That is my favorite movie ever and im using my Audrey II pillow right now :D

[@PegasusMidnight]

Stanley: I know you hide lama's in your art in art class!!! Cassandra: *gasp* Stanley: If you want me to keep this secret, pay me 100 dollars Cassandra: Ok, ok! Please don't tell anyone!

[@karatheyaroxan6852]

This challenge was fantastic! I look forward to trying this one.

[@imyules360]

The cowplant thingy being a reference to little shop of horrors I love this 😭😭

[@EmmaPlayZ-dk8wd]

Stanley is back I love this videos and have a good day or night lilsimse

[@buckybarnesnobles]

3:33 little shop of horrors reference my beloved 🫶

[@kimmycook2698]

I didn't buy this pack, yet my game is now so buggy it is hard to play right after the fix download for this new pack. I no longer have any waiters or anyone manning concession stands, and certain aspects of Seasons are now bugged. Moonwood Mill is completely empty of anyone including werewolves. So now there's no way aside from creating a werewolf to get bitten..even Greg has disappeared. My vet clinic cannot transfer money anymore and my vet helpers all disappeared. How can a pack i didn't buy mess with my game so much!

[@xythrial]

Do you have any mods that might need updating?

[@Hello_Honey_Sweetie]

Maybe mods are the problem, or you might want to try and free up space on your device.

[@kimmycook2698]

@@xythrial I've never used mods or CC.

[@kimmycook2698]

Never used mods or CC and space isn't the issue, I have about 10 Gigs free currently. @@Hello_Honey_Sweetie

[@xythrial]

@@kimmycook2698 ah, well that sucks. Hopefully they get that sorted out

[@ShadowAnimeation]

If you didn't know that first "Secret" about the cowplant is a reference to a movie called "Little Shop of Horrors"... which now that I think about it is probably the original inspiration for cowplants XD

[@lillysorkin]

That cow plant secret is really “little shop of horrors” coded

[@alpoh]

Kayla looks so extra pretty! She's radiant. And her eyebrows look snatched

[@mostly_chaos]

The Moo-hoo secret sounds like the plot of Little Shop of Horrors

[@alexisrader4870]

You should turn the landgraab mansion into apartments.

[@sammymanplays]

I love that the first secret we heard was just the plot of Little Shop of Horrors

[@itsleannrene]

If the e sims get sent away during a break in, could you break in and then use their house for the beds, showers, stoves, etc?

[@xtremeyoylecake]

3:00 Kayla, this is a refrence to one of if not the greatest film of all time, Little Shop of Horrors :D

[@sufferine]

Malcolm Landgrab's secret at 3:30 seems to be based off the musical Little Shop of Horrors! I dont know if it was intentional, but they have a very similar plot

[@RinIsArty]

pretty primitive system, and it's a shame you can't use secrets to ruin other sims relationships with eachother.

[@ichbinaus2993]

Love how they have a secret about the evil cow plant like thing from stranger vill

[@insertchannelnamehere9637]

“kayla, you’re morally opposed to landlords but blackmail is okay? and yes, yes it is” well i knew i liked you for a reason

[@caroldefender4144]

The pickle hating one is so relatable!

[@CrazyGirl28067]

I love how funny it is, that the cowplant sounds exactly like the little Shop of horrors

[@itscyberme]

I understand your hatred for landlords but this is a video game. It should make you money! That’s the entire reason why people want this pack! I was excited about the pack because it seemed like a cool idea to have my sim be a landlord instead of having a normal job. The goal was to be a good landlord and have good ratings. Or honestly wouldn’t mind playing as a bad landlord… seems fun just be goofy and play around with it. Doesn’t matter. It’s extremely disappointing because I can spend a lot of time and effort and still make no money!? Even with good ratings!? Why buy this pack if it only works as renting the apartment. That’s just city living in a different environment. It should make money with good ratings! No money with bad ratings. Simple.

[@EgoBrain1]

Her hatred for landlords is not understandable. It is silly. And the idea that stealing is ok, but being a landlord is not is illogical and irrational. And now she's spreading ridiculousness to tons of young ppl.

[@zombievariant]

okay landlord lol@@EgoBrain1

[@meels1456]

womp womp

[@XCrying_cloudsX]

@@EgoBrain1 its a JOKE 💀💀

[@EgoBrain1]

@@XCrying_cloudsX Her hate for landlords? No, it isn't.

[@ajwest5569]

I hope someone makes a mod that adds "darker" secrets. Maybe I just like drama

[@hanksredhot]

malcolm's secret is the plot of little shop of horrors 😭😭

[@lorellelane]

So, the cowplant secret is just the plot of Little Shop of Horrors. I love it! 😂

[@mischa3566]

3:35 malcom’s cowplant secret ending with “mean, green monster” reminded me about THE mean lean Eugene Green 😂

[@Irishrachel1]

GET RICH QUICK WITH THE GIFT PILE

[@occultpriestess]

Little Shop of Horrors cow plant. TY!!

[@555tashi]

the new profile pic is so cute oml

[@natspider]

i have stolen stanley and made him my 2nd gen heir’s husband in my own nightmare legacy challenge. he and his husband frezno have a son together named Thurndale and stanley is currently pregnant with their daughter!

[@pujwujforever]

Romantic Garden stuff also brought a blackmail feature with the wishing well

[@GamerNerd157]

I asked her to do this one! For a rags to riches haha 😂

[@Radiant_Rcwan]

WE ALL LOVE YOUR VIDEOS

[@estelamahoney12]

Your tops are always so cute.

[@sherberries]

I was waiting for this kind of video 😂❤

[@yunnaassaki28]

omg so it was his fault the strangerville cowplant exists? 😭

[@blahgurl13652007]

Malcolm owns the store from Little Shop of Horrors apparently lol

[@bceoofcharlescultandmember2428]

I wish Lilsimsie would acknowledge that I'm pretty sure it's a glitch the landlords don't get paid. I enjoy seeing her play though since I enjoy her content. She is right though the secrets are so shallow 😭

[@moonlitxangel5771]

It is a glitch. They're supposed to get paid every Wednesday I believe. It's dumb she doesn't acknowledge it too cuz she knows it's a glitch or that she just wasn't waiting long enough but the only place she admits that is in her almost two hour long video that I guarantee less people watched all of.

[@moonlitxangel5771]

Then she also cut Stanley's landlord venture off the day before he would have gotten paid. Which suggests it's intentional. To what end, idk. But I don't think it's coincidence either.

[@zeepobeepo]

​@moonlitxangel5771 what does she gain by lying about a glitch?

[@FeralButtercup]

There was just a hotfix patch that fixed some issues with the For Rent pack. I have only had the landlord not getting paid thing once before though. 🤞

[@la6136]

@@zeepobeepo Is this a real question? She is apart of the EA creator network do you really think she is going to be badmouthing their overpriced half baked pack and risk getting kicked out? EA expects her to market the pack to her audience.

[@madisongriffin2468]

I was SO excited they sprinkled in a Little Shop of Horrors reference 😭