Sim Brother 1 (US)

**Sim Brother 1 (US)**, also known as ***Sim Brother: Retro Blowback*** is the first season in the Sim Brother franchise.

## Background

Sim Brother combines two things, Electronic Arts' The Sims 4 and CBS' Big Brother. Each season follows a cast of sims, titled "houseguests" in the Big Brother universe, who compete in various challenges that test the sims skills. A Head of Household is crowned weekly, who nominates two houseguests for potential eviction based on their relationship and previous interactions. Although nominations are heavily decided based on the houseguests relationships they've made over time, the HOH will be more likely to nominate another houseguest who had nominated them for eviction or voted to evict them previously.

However, the nominees will have a chance to save themself in the weekly Power of Veto competitions. The HOH, their two nominees and three players drawn by random will compete in the POV competition, with the winner earning the right to change the HOH's nominations by saving one of the two nominees, requiring the HOH to name a replacement nominee in their spot, or discard the POV and keep the nominations intact, respecting the HOH. If a nominee wins the POV, they will immediately use it on themself and cannot be influenced not to as it isn't possible to do so or be fabricated within The Sims 4's realm. If a non-nominee wins the POV, they will lean towards using it if their relationship with one of the two nominees is high enough.

By the end of each week, the two finalized nominees will face an eviction process in which their fellow houseguests, excluding the HOH who only votes in case of a tie, will cast their votes to evict one of the two nominees. They will base their vote on one of two things – which nominee they feel closer to and which nominee has wronged them in the past. Although the sims themselves cannot make logical decision, a degree of it will be used within the game to make decisions that are slightly better for their game.

### Casting

A batch of fourteen unique and diverse sims were created for the first season of Sim Big Brother, following the 50% POC casting meta used by the real life counterpart of Sim Brother, CBS' Big Brother. Tailored with different ages, occupations, life-styles and personalities, the season's houseguests would each receive three unique traits that will both give them an advantage or disadvantage inside of the game. The houseguests are more likely to interact with other houseguests who share similar traits to them, whilst some houseguests will have an upper hand in a variety of competitions that require a range of skill sets to perform well in. The cast for Sim Brother 1 was then ultimately revealed inside of the Discord communications server on the 29th of September, kickstarting the season and revealing all fourteen competing houseguests to the public.

### House Reveal

An official house reveal took place on the 2nd of September, the day of premiere. The season's house would follow a "Retro", heavily "70's" theme, decked out with decorations and significant colors of that time. Each room would follow a different theme reminiscent of the Retro/70's theming prominent in the house.

#### House Pictures

"70's" Living Room"Movie Star" Bedroom"Sci-Fi" Bedroom"Bowling" Bedroom"Diner" Upstairs Lounge"Victorian" HOH Bedroom"Street Style" Downstairs Lounge"Futuristic" Kitchen"American Dream" Backyard
## Twists

* **HOH Competition Sit-Out:** In Week 1, only twelve houseguests would be allowed to participate in the first Head of Household competition of the season. To "queue up" for the competition, they would have to pass through one of the twelve doors ahead of them, each door closing once a houseguest passes through it. Once two houseguests are left behind, they were informed that they would receive immunity for the week, but by extension also couldn't compete in the upcoming Power of Veto competition and also wouldn't be able to cast a vote on eviction night. Ollie Mitchel and Sameera Manpreet sat out of the HOH competition and received immunity as a result.

## HouseGuests

 **HOH**

 **Evicted**

 **Evicted**

## Game History

### Week 1

 **Immune**

 **Immune**

 **HOHPOV**

 **Nominee4 Votes**

 **Evicted5 Votes**

Fourteen houseguests entered the Sim Brother house, all with hopes of claiming the 750K$ cash prize and the coveted winner title. Immediately after, the houseguests were informed that two of them would be sitting out of the first Head of Household competition. Twelve houseguests would have to pass through a doorway, closing it behind them once they do so to "queue up" for the HOH competition, with the last two to stay behind sitting out. In the end, Ollie Mitchel and Sameera Manpreet failed to queue up for the HOH competition, but would earn immunity for the week instead – although they wouldn't be able to participate in the Power of Veto competition or cast a vote on eviction night. In the "Don't Wake the Llama" HOH competition, houseguests would be randomly split up into three groups of four. Each group would play consecutive games of Don't Wake the Llama, eliminating one player until only one is left. After three rounds, the victors of their respective rounds – Calvin Lockhart, Jacqueline Velasquez and Giovanni Castillo advanced to the fourth and final round, where Calvin claimed victory and became HOH for the week. At the nomination ceremony, he aimed to make a safe choice by nominating Giovanni and Tanya Gilmore as neither had talked to him before or after his HOH win. At the "Painter Extraordinaire" Power of Veto competition, houseguests would compete in three rounds aiming to paint a painting that would afterwards sell at the highest price, with the two to create the lowest selling painting being eliminated each round. Going head to head with Silas Thatcher in the third and final round, Calvin ultimately claimed the POV holding full power over the week. Failing to once again have meaningful conversations with him, Calvin didn't feel as though either Giovanni or Tanya deserved to be saved, keeping them nominated and discarding the POV. With the house split on who to evict, Tanya survived a close counter with eviction in a 5-4 vote despite her poor campaigning efforts, causing Giovanni to become the first evictee of Sim Brother 1 and the Sim Brother franchise in general.

### Week 2

 **HOH**

 **Pre-Veto NomineePOV**

 **Nominee**

 **Post-Veto Nominee**