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[RicardoNeftali]

Likewise, I'd be interested in joining.

Add SlackerCS to the list please.

Count me in ID: _EagleBurn

Will be playing in around 3 hours.

There's clearly enough demand for another gaf region. I just don't want to be the one maintaining it (even though there's nothing you can do after the region is created).

I'm RainOne on Origin and I'm up for it.

Edit: See? Counting me, there's already 9 10 people interested.

Me too. ID: DrBo42

Whoever starts it add me please.

Origin - Jrmint82

US East btw

Ok, I'll set it up. Soon as this updates finished, I'm thinking one of the huge *edit 16 city maps will be a good way to do this and max the fun I'll edit this with folks who want in and will be getting invites.

 

[N-Bomb]

Add SlackerCS to the list please.

Count me in ID: _EagleBurn

Will be playing in around 3 hours.

There's clearly enough demand for another gaf region. I just don't want to be the one maintaining it (even though there's nothing you can do after the region is created).

I'm RainOne on Origin and I'm up for it.

Edit: See? Counting me, there's already 9 10 people interested.

Me too. ID: DrBo42

Whoever starts it add me please.

Origin - Jrmint82

US East btw

I'll start it up if no one else does by 6 pm Eastern or so.

Haha, I don't know if I want to manage it either, but if no one else steps up by the time I get home, I'll set one up.

 

[Chance Hale]

There's clearly enough demand for another gaf region. I just don't want to be the one maintaining it (even though there's nothing you can do after the region is created).

I'm RainOne on Origin and I'm up for it.

Edit: See? Counting me, there's already 9 10 people interested.

If only the people who had actually signed up for the regions were so ecstatic

Question, is there a way to easily rotate a piece of land, tile, etc?

 

[drizzle]

Ok, I'll set it up. Soon as this updates finished, I'm thinkking one of the huge 14 city maps will be a good way to do this and max the fun I'll edit this with folks who want in and will be getting invites.

Make it a 16. We can get straddlers later (just make it friends only so no motherfucking singaporean players can join, claim a city and leave, like it happened on my region).

I can't find you on Origin, btw.

 

[dragonflys545]

Stuck at work!!! Need to play this right now!

 

[FINALBOSS]

Yawn servers down.

 

[DrBo42]

Ok, I'll set it up. Soon as this updates finished, I'm thinkking one of the huge 14 city maps will be a good way to do this and max the fun I'll edit this with folks who want in and will be getting invites.

Word. Just let us know which server we'll need to set up on. I don't really care if it's East or West, I'll deal with a little higher ping on East.

 

[RoKKeR]

So my citizens are protesting about high rent...what do I do to stop that?

 

[FINALBOSS]

So my citizens are protesting about high rent...what do I do to stop that?

I'd imagine you'd create more low-income housing.

 

[Slacker]

Ok, I'll set it up. Soon as this updates finished, I'm thinking one of the huge *edit 16 city maps will be a good way to do this and max the fun I'll edit this with folks who want in and will be getting invites.

Thanks Ricardo. Looking forward to playing tonight.

 

[Veritas_]

I can't find you on Origin, btw.

Same. Mine's "Veritas0000" by the way.

 

[RS4-]

Need an invite for Neotopia Delta

origin: rsfour

 

[munroe]

So my citizens are protesting about high rent...what do I do to stop that?

Are they complaining about the rent? or the taxes? If it's taxes then maybe reduce them a bit if your budget can afford it, if it's rent.. then no idea...give them an education to get a higher wealth job?

Discovery Delta #3

Origin Requests sent out to:

Plastik2k12
yogloo
tekezy
nurve7
pelegrinuX
woodenlung
applemixx
theandrin
swirleyglasses1
munroe4985
zona221

Please ACCEPT soon or else zones will be given out to other people.

Origin users already accepted:

Cheesetom
SpudxBud
Flashburn2012
rmr2020

The zone will be created in a little while.

Accepted, but wont be able to join until 8th/9th

 

[SnakeswithLasers]

Is Sim City as disappointing as the Giant Bomb Quick Look indicated? Some specific questions:

Are there really no randomly generated regions/cities?

Is there not terraforming?

Can you not adjust city size? There can't be just one generic size (which seems pretty small)?

The midgame seems shallow--like you jump immediately from filling up your grid to trying to bulldoze and optimize for max density in the span of a couple of hours. Is this true?

Can you not kick out under-performing people from your region?

Is it as glitchy as their build? Seemed like there were issues with roads/abandoned buildings/water from the video.

 

[Metalmurphy]

I can just open Titan Gorge (3) you know

 

[Zona]

Discovery Delta #3
*Stuff*

I'll accept as soon as the server will let me in. Oddly I had no problems at all until this moment.

 

[BrhysH]

Stuck at work!!! Need to play this right now!

You can't anyways right now so don't worry

 

[drizzle]

I can just open Titan Gorge (3) you know

Then do it, since half the thread is apparently asking for more areas.

 

[LogicStep]

So I'm working on my first city and I'm doing well. I just don't know how to make more progress since I'm so starved for space. Right now I'm earning around $4k/hr. What's a good way to increase that? Next step for me is building the police, firehouse and clinic upgraded versions (hospital etc.).

Also, there seems to be 2 people in my region but they don't seem to be playing so they aren't helping me at all...

 

[Pandemic]

Okay so I just received my physical copy, cracked it open and redeemed the product code printed on the back of the manual in Origin. Everything checked out and it confirmed my purchase of SimCity, but there's no SimCity listed under the My Games tab. I'm hesitant to actually put the disk in because I heard if you install off the disk, the game will require it to be in the drive anytime you wish to play.

Can anyone confirm/deny?

What?! That better not be true..

 

[Phreaker]

Is it as glitchy as their build? Seemed like there were issues with roads/abandoned buildings/water from the video.

I don't think any of those were glitches other than road building might be a bit fidgety.

 

[Metalmurphy]

Then do it, since half the thread is apparently asking for more areas.

Up in a few minutes.

 

[Mengy]

Is Sim City as disappointing as the Giant Bomb Quick Look indicated? Some specific questions:

1. Are there really no randomly generated regions/cities?

2. Is there not terraforming?

3. Can you not adjust city size? There can't be just one generic size (which seems pretty small)?

4. The midgame seems shallow--like you jump immediately from filling up your grid to trying to bulldoze and optimize for max density in the span of a couple of hours. Is this true?

5. Can you not kick out under-performing people from your region?

6. Is it as glitchy as their build? Seemed like there were issues with roads/abandoned buildings/water from the video.

1. correct, only Maxis pre-created regions in the game

2. correct, no terraforming

3. correct, only one city size, somewhere between a small and medium SC4 city size (can fit about 9 of the new cities in one large SC4 city)

4. I can't answer, as I don't have the game. People are enjoying it though

5. I'm not sure, haven't seen this question answered yet

6. there are bugs, but most seem pretty minor so far, other than the abandon/restart city syncing bug

 

[drizzle]

5. Can you not kick out under-performing people from your region?

5. I'm not sure, haven't seen this question answered yet

You can report a city for griefing, bad language (think of the children!) and some useless crap. You can't straight up kick somebody out.

 

[RicardoNeftali]

Soon as I get in to the servers I'm making this new GAF city. Does it matter what server I get in on for creation purposes? Right now North America is down.

 

[King_Moc]

Downloading this now. Thatnks to whoever suggested using Hideman. Working so far.

 

[drizzle]

Soon as I get in to the servers I'm making this new GAF city. Does it matter what server I get in on for creation purposes? Right now North America is down.

Yes, everybody has to join the same server. There's latency issues, but I have no problem playing from Brazil, so whoever lives in america will have no problem going East or West. However, I'd say keep on the US.

 

[HotHamWater]

Apologies for asking again, but can anyone who has VPN unlocked the game let me know at what point they were able to play without being connected to the VPN.

I've downloaded the launcher and as far as I can tell I'm downloading the game data currently. I tried switching the VPN off after the launcher was done (running it once to get it to connect) but it went back to greyed out.

 

[drizzle]

Apologies for asking again, but can anyone who has VPN unlocked the game let me know at what point they were able to play without being connected to the VPN.

I've downloaded the launcher and as far as I can tell I'm downloading the game data currently. I tried switching the VPN off after the launcher was done (running it once to get it to connect) but it went back to greyed out.

After you ran the game once.

 

[SnakeswithLasers]

You can report a city for griefing, bad language (think of the children!) and some useless crap. You can't straight up kick somebody out.

So if someone joins your region and then decides to never play... You're just screwed? Nice. =|

1. correct, only Maxis pre-created regions in the game

2. correct, no terraforming

3. correct, only one city size, somewhere between a small and medium SC4 city size (can fit about 9 of the new cities in one large SC4 city)

4. I can't answer, as I don't have the game. People are enjoying it though

5. I'm not sure, haven't seen this question answered yet

6. there are bugs, but most seem pretty minor so far, other than the abandon/restart city syncing bug

Thanks for the answers on these, as disappointing as they may be, at least I can temper my expectations.

I don't think any of those were glitches other than road building might be a bit fidgety.

The whole game is built and predicated on road building in this one though, right? Meaning, if roads don't work, that breaks a lot of other stuff?

 

[Metalmurphy]

Titan Gorge (3) is open.

http://metalmurphy.org/SimCity/

 

[Zona]

So if someone joins your region and then decides to never play... You're just screwed? Nice. =|

Thanks for the answers on these, as disappointing as they may be, at least I can temper my expectations.

The whole game is built and predicated on road building in this one though, right? Meaning, if roads don't work, that breaks a lot of other stuff?

From the three hours I spent with it today the road placement works fine. The guide system for them is however a wee bit finicky. If you have the guides on it sometimes wants to snap to a place that's Just off where I'd like it to be.

 

[DrBo42]

Anyone's friend list working yet? Haha.

 

[Lonestar]

So, it sounds like resource sharing might only be in the 3 nearest cities, making these large 16 player regions have even less meaning. Basically, it's just "lets see what this guy did with his city" and that's it.

 

[BigJonsson]

So my citizens are protesting about high rent...what do I do to stop that?

Throw a "The rent is too damn high" party

 

[Dead Prince]

Anyone's friend list working yet? Haha.

mine works. just have to restart origin to get out of the loading loop.


almost off work. want to join and play on the gaf region.

 

[pseudomyxoma]

Soon as I get in to the servers I'm making this new GAF city. Does it matter what server I get in on for creation purposes? Right now North America is down.

Would love a spot on the area if possible, I just won't be on until tonight later on

 

[RedWaltz79]

So, it sounds like resource sharing might only be in the 3 nearest cities, making these large 16 player regions have even less meaning. Basically, it's just "lets see what this guy did with his city" and that's it.

I'm pretty sure universities are shared region wide.

 

[LiquidSword]

Titan Gorge (3) is open.

http://metalmurphy.org/SimCity/

Awesome! Just registered for settlers rest

 

[RicardoNeftali]

Created Titan Gorge in North America West (only server that was up) invites are sent to

1. SlackerCS
2. _EagleBurn
3. RainOne
4. DrBo42
5. Jrmint42
6. Veritas0000

These here are open and unclaimed send me your info if you want in.
My origin ID is RNArroyo

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Edit: There seems to be some wierd lag, anyone know if being an origin friend makes you an automatic Simcity friend, cause people are missing on my lists.

 

[sp3000]

You guys down to just start our own? My origin ID is RNArroyo

Origin is SP2000

US East

 

[Mengy]

So, it sounds like resource sharing might only be in the 3 nearest cities, making these large 16 player regions have even less meaning. Basically, it's just "lets see what this guy did with his city" and that's it.

No, that can't possibly be right. I mean the whole focus of the game is on multiplayer.


Can it?

 

[Lonestar]

No, that can't possibly be right. I mean the whole focus of the game is on multiplayer.


Can it?

It's what Jeff and Vinny seem to be going on about

 

[Mugaaz]

Titan Gorge (3) is open.

http://metalmurphy.org/SimCity/

Registered for Nugget plateau

 

[Home]

You guys down to just start our own? My origin ID is RNArroyo

I'd like to join your rejoin. My origin id is "Hme_"

 

[Smiley90]

So if someone joins your region and then decides to never play... You're just screwed? Nice. =|

Thanks for the answers on these, as disappointing as they may be, at least I can temper my expectations.

The whole game is built and predicated on road building in this one though, right? Meaning, if roads don't work, that breaks a lot of other stuff?

That's why you don't make your regions public, but only let yourself&gaffers handle them

And roads is definitely an essential part - if you can't manage traffic flow, your city services will get stuck in traffic (e.g. fire trucks, ambulances, cop cars), and if they get stuck in traffic people literally die. (ingame-literally).

It's what Jeff and Vinny seem to be going on about

IMHO you can share resources with cities that you are connected to - by sea, highway or rail. At the beginning of the game, it's usually 4 cities connected by highway where you can share some utilities with, since they are cars (garbage trucks, police cars, etc), but other stuff like power/resources etc can be shared with more cities, at least that's what I gathered.

 

[HotHamWater]

After you ran the game once.

Oh dear, downloading 4GB at sub 100kb/s is a little funky. Any chance I could disconnect the VPN during the download and some form of voodoo would allow it to download from European servers?

 

[drizzle]

Created Titan Gorge in North America West (only server that was up) invites are sent to

Why isn't this goddamn Origin/SimCity friendlist just one thing? I have to add you both on my Origin and on SimCity, which wouldn't be a problem EXCEPT the servers are overloedad and I can't send you a "SimCity" friend request.

 

[RedWaltz79]

It's what Jeff and Vinny seem to be going on about

I have seen devs. specifically say that things like railroads and rivers allow you to connect to people not connected to you. Same goes for universities and airports.

 

[DrBo42]

Created Titan Gorge in North America West (only server that was up) invites are sent to

1. SlackerCS
2. _EagleBurn
3. RainOne
4. DrBo42
5. Jrmint42

These here are open and unclaimed send me your info if you want in.
My origin ID is RNArroyo
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Waiting for the invite to show up. Looks like there's a huge delay on your Origin account -> when it updates in SimCity. Changed my icon and added friends 5 minutes ago, still hasn't updated in game.