07-08-2005 01:43									#361
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Add me too plz.

	07-08-2005 10:39									#362
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Just Kass and Snoopy now. I'll probably play to 2035 tomorrow.

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	07-08-2005 10:43									#363
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The mayor of Olympus is EPW, not Jonny. Its nice otherwise.

	07-08-2005 12:54									#364
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I'll try to play tomorrow ...

	07-08-2005 14:30									#365
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Hmm...an RSS feed for the upload thing...or would that be too much?

	07-08-2005 17:32									#366
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The ability to upload more than one city per person, plus the latest full city map on the same page would be good.

	07-08-2005 20:09									#367
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I'll play today.

	07-08-2005 22:31									#368
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2030 uploaded to Lemmy's file storage widget of awesomeness.

Had a rather nasty slump of R§§§ with R§ and R§§ on the rise. Had a few fires, took the hint and built an extra fire station. City pop boomed from 40k to 90k. Traffic is still relying on buses, mostly, and income is rather meagre, in the 1k range. Some sort of urban renewal with more trees and crap may be needed. Demolished a load of I-D and replaced it with commercial zones. Had to build a large elementary school and an extra high school. Uni is still WAY beyond my funds.

	07-08-2005 23:42									#369
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2030 is ready, waiting for that Lemmy character.

I finally made a profit for a while, so I decided to do something rash ...

... and trash my Area 51! $45000 down the drain, plus the monthly.

Still did okay, that is until I decided to do something even MORE rash, and build...

Silicon Beach International Airport

on reclaimed land from that little river ... (Don't worry, i'm leaving plenty of width for ships.)

Basically all of my I-D is gone now, as is my I-M, so i'm a HiTech economy all the way

Did have a pretty significant slump in ... basically everything.

	07-08-2005 23:52									#370
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Reclaiming the bottom of the river for an airport Although I'll be only setting up a strip, anything bigger is madinsanelyexpensive.

	08-08-2005 03:07									#371
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This Lemmy character had a birthday party today, so didn't have much time
But you're added now.

quote: The ability to upload more than one city per person, plus the latest full city map on the same page would be good.

Hmm, maybe...region map would be nice, multiple files...i dunno, we'll see.

	08-08-2005 03:16									#372
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quote: Originally posted by snoopy369 ... and trash my Area 51! $45000 down the drain, plus the monthly.

Perhaps we can allow strategic use of disasters in the next game?

	08-08-2005 03:25									#373
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quote: Originally posted by Lemmy This Lemmy character had a birthday party today, so didn't have much time

Happy Bday Lemmy

Summer birthdays

	08-08-2005 03:48									#374
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Thanks Maq.

quote: Perhaps we can allow strategic use of disasters in the next game?

Hah, that reminds me...i showed my cousin/nieces/nephew the game and showcased all the disasters....on Tartarus....several times...i think the inhabitants are happier now.

	08-08-2005 04:46									#375
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quote: Originally posted by Lemmy Hah, that reminds me...i showed my cousin/nieces/nephew the game and showcased all the disasters....on Tartarus....several times...i think the inhabitants are happier now.

Happy Birthday arty:

Did anyone notice the toll booths I added into the residential sections?

	08-08-2005 05:32									#376
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quote: Originally posted by EPW Happy Birthday arty: Did anyone notice the toll booths I added into the residential sections?

How low you plan on getting that Mayor Approval Rating?

	08-08-2005 06:22									#377
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quote: Originally posted by Smiley Perhaps we can allow strategic use of disasters in the next game?

Happy b-day, Lemmy.

	08-08-2005 07:41									#378
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quote: Originally posted by Smiley Perhaps we can allow strategic use of disasters in the next game?

Well... I actually DID do that to remove the Army Base et al. from Floreat... I didn't know doing such was disallowed...

	08-08-2005 07:46									#379
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Uploaded. I also grabbed the far-southeast corner (past the Pipeline) and zipped that in. Made it a cute little green space; it has roads connecting to all four sides, if anybody bothers to build something there.

	08-08-2005 07:46									#380
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quote: Originally posted by Jonny Well... I actually DID do that to remove the Army Base et al. from Floreat... I didn't know doing such was disallowed...

I just didn't think of it

	08-08-2005 08:53									#381
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Easy guide to getting back in bed with the Finance Advisor, custom tailored for Silicon Beach:

Go to Budget and dial back airport funding form $2000 to about $150.
Knock out school bus funding, drop it to 0. Go around the schools and reduce funding to a more appropriate level.
Take out some more loan to get positive city funds (more debt is generally a bad thing... but it's for a good cause)

Build a College and Museum so the sims don't lose the education they have gained. Libraries couldn't hurt either. Funding these global educators will cost far, far less than just the bus funding.

Rezone empty residential into commercial. Commercial is the most profitable zone because it has very low requirements, no education/health required, very low power usage - modest water usage is about the only cost. Not to mention this is a mega commercial boom phase.

If you're feeling tyrannical, raise all residential taxes to 20% for a while, atleast until the commercial can catch up with job creation.
NOTE: Sims are hardcoded to not leave if their neighbourhood has high desirability, which is trivial to get. This basically means you can run 20% res taxes for 5 years with no negative consequences (other than mayor rating). This is way overkill, but if you want 10K/month NET profit....


Funnehs time.
Refugees from Bubblevista make the long trek into Ohnoes:

What are they fleeing from? Maybe those dark omnious omnipresent forests? The lack of even a rudimentary public bus system? Maybe even they didn't want to find out....

	08-08-2005 08:54									#382
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Onwards to Year 35!

Let the good times roll... 000's of new jobs created in Elmwood

Office development fueled an economic expansion with yet bigger highrises punctuating the Foodvale skyline.

There were plenty of detractors, however. While business was indeed booming and lots of jobs were being created, the citizens weren't getting all that much richer. In fact, rising in the back near the waterfront aren't luxury condos, but the Kidicigrad Towers housing project.

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	08-08-2005 08:57									#383
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quote: Originally posted by Blake Funnehs time. Refugees from Bubblevista make the long trek into Ohnoes:

whaaaat I don't wanna know what the commute time for those guys is...

	08-08-2005 09:01									#384
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WIth the budget in good shape, the Eastern Line has been built, connecting the monorail across the river and onto Yukuhashi Kanda. Transit officials now await for Mayor Kass to drive the Silicon Spike to finish the Kyushu-Honshu Monorail.

DL the city at Lemmy's upload zrea: http://lemmy.redial.net/simcity/kitakyushu/upload.php

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	08-08-2005 09:22									#385
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By the way, for next game I demand that we use the PEG Abyss Garbage Chute lot. I don't know what rules more about it, getting rid of the trash or the sheer comedy factor. Me, I use it to dump trash directely into the nearest river or ocean, where the current can make it someone elses problem!


(Balance-wise they cost $1 per garbage in running costs, the same as a funded W2E plant, but you can just not fund the W2E plant and dispose of 1000 garbage for free (except the pollution) )

	08-08-2005 09:55									#386
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quote: Originally posted by Blake By the way, for next game I demand that we use the PEG Abyss Garbage Chute lot. I don't know what rules more about it, getting rid of the trash or the sheer comedy factor. Me, I use it to dump trash directely into the nearest river or ocean, where the current can make it someone elses problem!

and from the looks of it it doesn't even seem to pollute the water....

Speaking of garbage, in the budget screen theres a line item for "pickup and delivery". What is this, and what happens if it gets underfunded?

	08-08-2005 11:27									#387
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Ohnoes '35, now available at good Lemmy's download thingies everywhere!

R 111,451
C 68,687
I 12,065
$ 707,909

Ohnoes grows denser, with countless little gaps being zoned or grassed over. Residential population soars to over 110K, commercial population skyrockets as new skyscrapers reach for the heavens.

Tunnels and/or surface roads now link most street networks, for a unique driving experience.

The most significant piece of works was an Airstrip being carved out of the central ridge:

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	08-08-2005 13:44									#388
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Ok, i see the use in having multiple files, i think i'll allow 1 file per year, so old saves will still be available. I thinking either allow 2-4 files, or delete them manually after some time.

	08-08-2005 18:05									#389
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DanS Propaganda

	08-08-2005 18:58									#390
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I have no idea where the pedestrians in Blake's screenshot are coming from, i don't have them in my game, i did get other pedestrians though.
Commuters came by train from Silicon Beach, and then walked from the station to Ohnoes because the rail connection wasn't set up right.
But i now fixed that entire corner and also connected the monorail to my own transit network...but unfortunately it wants me to reconcile my edges, and it will cost about 30k to reconstruct everything. I think i'll do that in the next 5 years.


In these 5 years however, it seems like Ben Towers and Reflect Systems Inc are taking over Bubblevista:

Old downtown


New downtown


Even along the main road connecting old and new.



Bubblevista also has a small hightech sector now, replacing the farms which were just in the way.


And to please the jetset population of Bubblevista, there are also 3 newly built marina's