The Mayors of Ellis Valley - Year of the Monkey stamps are here!

[emperordaniel 1,281]

Here's to hoping that town fares better in years to come.

[MTT9 188]

Nice progress, although it seams that Westmouth is turning into a rather bad place to live in.

Also, seams like handball is the only kind of sport Ellis Valley's men are good at, maybe they just need more stadiums...

[simlink 1,098]

Seems like an economic implosion waiting to happen... weehoo. Interesting to see where that goes.

[SimCoug 5,977]

Sounds like your typical politician...

[Benedict 3,119]

Answering fanmail:

Hi, Schulmanator. Oh, no, not Dallas. I'll give her a quick call, and she can schedule a week in rehab a la Lindsey Lohan.

Hi, emperordaniel. It's a bit weird, that town - I generally play in a very similar style with taxes, growth etc, but for some reason this one is always on the edge of falling apart economically.

Hi, MTT9. The houses near the coast are very well off, but the rest is a bit industrial. You'll see on the big map (coming soon) how this fits with Elmouth and Eloff.

Hi, sim_link. Yeah, it is always on the edge - and I haven't been able to do too much about it.

Hi, SimCoug. Also true!

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I'm going to interrupt the census to bring you..

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Update 0.2 - preliminary events on the Road to Atarashima 2012

• Handball results from Portland
  

Women - ELIMINATED.

Men - automatic qualification.

• Volleyball results from Dantanaea
  

Round 2

Men - defeated West Logan (22-20, 21-

Women - lost 10-21, 10-21 to Zyth - ELIMINATED.

Round 3

Men - lost to Venray (16-21, 16-21) - ELIMINATED.

• Football results from New Chandler
  

Women - lost 1-2 to New Bordeaux - ELIMINATED.

Men - ELIMINATED.

• Basketball results from Hispania
  

Men - lost to New Bordeaux 74-93 - ELIMINATED.

Women - lost to Holidia in a close contest 77-78 - ELIMINATED.

• Rugby Sevens results from Saint Croix
  

Men - ELIMINATED.

Women

- R1 - triumphed over Bob (21-7)

- R2 - close loss to Galbadia (14-15) - ELIMINATED.

SOFTBALL - results from Linktoria

R1 - beat Hokkodo 8-1

R2 - defeated by Isporos 4-5

BASEBALL

Automatic qualifier!!!

HOCKEY

Men - lost in R1 to Maroanestra (1-3) - ELIMINATED

Women

- R1 - bye

- R2 - lost 2-4 to American Rosh - ELIMINATED

[Schulmanator 5,815]

The bright side: Yay for baseball!

[MTT9 188]

Wow, quite a rough competition. Hope that at least one of them makes it to Atarashima

[Benedict 3,119]

Answering fanmail:

Hi, Schulmanator. The results aren't too bad considering this is Ellis Valley's first time competing.

Hi, MTT9. Aiming for one medal - that would be a good first time result.

Now it's time for another part of the Season 4 Census.

200 years of Ellis Island!

The growth gif was popular, so here is the next large area of Ellis Valley...

...Ellis Island.

Ellis Island is comprised of one large tile (Eloff and its satellite towns) and two large tiles (Elmouth and Westmouth).

I couldn't find a website to host this at full size (20mb). This is at 40% size - a much more reasonable 3mb.

This is definitely the commercial powerhouse of the region. In the 100 years that have elapsed since the year 100, residential has grown 70%, commerical a whopping 186%, and industrial a paltry 1%.

[Click image for full-size gif]

Next: the census heads south

  Edited October 4, 2012 by Benedict  

[Schulmanator 5,815]

Impressive commercial growth. Perhaps now is the time to invest?

[MTT9 188]

Incredible, it has grown a lot! Will you ever add a highway system? Or is it just way to early to do so?

[crazychickensc12 84]

Wow that region timelapse is super cool, incredible growth! Great work in here my friend keep it up

[SimCoug 5,977]

More great .gif work. Keep em' coming

[Benedict 3,119]

Answering fanmail:

Hi, Schulmanator. I expect commercial growth to continue in Eloff, barring a major crisis.

Hi, MTT9. Highways? You'll have to stay tuned to see if they are implemented in season 5.

Hi, crazychickensc12. Thanks. I'm just sad that the full size gif is too huge to show, but I made the original one I showed a bit bigger.

Hi, SimCoug. Glad you like the gifs. And I see them creeping into your own CJ - nice.

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Time for another...

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Update 0.3 - preliminary events on the Road to Atarashima 2012

WATERPOLO

Men

R1 - won 17-12 against New Burgundy

R2 - lost 16-20 against Populieus - ELIMINATED

Women

R1 - bye

R2 - lost 19-22 against Nanzhao - ELIMINATED

[Joe 90 358]

Keep an eye out for this, Ben

Good to see people following their nation's progress, and good luck to the Ellisians!

Only 2 days until the Opening Ceremony!

[Schulmanator 5,815]

More bad news But I won't give up hope! Go Team Ellis!

[vivapanda 422]

My simlympic team didn,t make it trough any of the qualifiers :C

I hope to meet you elsewhere at the games!

The gif is really cool!

[Benedict 3,119]

Answering fanmail:

Hi, Joe90. Welcome to Ellis Valley - and thanks for the support.

Hi, Schulmanator. Look for another Ellis Valley Simlympics update soon.

Hi, vivapanda. Ouch, we beat you in the tennis mixed doubles.

Now it's time for another part of the Season 4 Census.

200 years of Elbow Pass

200 years of the High Pass...

200 years of the Low Pass...

and 200 years of Ella's delicious Burgers!!!

Next: more Simlympics

[Schulmanator 5,815]

A small town, but should have big pride in their latest Ella's franchise now open!

[SimCoug 5,977]

Mmmmm... burgers. With all dem farms round, the beef must be especially fresh How are the milkshakes?

[vivapanda 422]

That tennis match was pretty awefull indeed

Nuff 'bout that The mountain villages are really nice, can I order a burger with a mountain view?

[Susaji 523]

Nice Small Town!

[MTT9 188]

Ella's delicious Burgers!!! I've heard they are a bit addictive!!!

[Benedict 3,119]

Answering fanmail:

Hi, Schulmanator. Yes, Ella's delicious burgers - made with all natural ingredients!

Hi, SimCoug. What most of the SimCitizens of Ellis Valley don't know is that Ella uses a top secret ingredient (all natural, of course) that makes the burgers deliciously addictive - and they don't really care what they wash them down with, as long as they keep coming.

Hi, vivapanda. Absolutely, although you may want to stay close to a bathroom - some people's digestive systems can be a bit delicate. If the urping gets too frequent, worse is usually to follow. Ella's burgers - delicious on the way down... and on the way back up!

Hi, Hazani Pratama. Thanks - I try really hard to make the rural parts of Ellis Valley look realistic given the confines of vanilla SC4RH.

Hi, MTT9. You heard correct. In fact, I feel the urge coming on to head over there.

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Now it's time for another...

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Update 1

Ellis Valley wins first gold medal ever - congratulations to the Mixed Doubles Tennis Team, who defeated Sunrise Empire.

Our opponents fought valiantly to win a tight first set, 6-7, however we dominated to take the next three sets 6-0, 6-2, 6-0.

Edit: mini-update

Ellis Valley's two women tennis players are in the gold and bronze medal matches. Worst case - Silver, best case - Gold#2 and a bronze!

  Edited October 14, 2012 by Benedict  

[Fox 1,444]

Congrats on the win!

Love the time lapse picture from a few updates ago.. I always look back at past region views to see how my cities have grown.

[Schulmanator 5,815]

The medal looks awesome!

And congrats!!!

[MTT9 188]

Congrats!!

[Benedict 3,119]

Answering fanmail:

Hi, Schulmanator. Thanks!

Hi, MTT9. Thanks to you as well.

Hi, Fox. It is always interesting to see how cities progress - the timelapses are a fun way to do the census each season.

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Now it's time for another...

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Update 2 - Final!

Wow, Ellis Valley did really well in its first ever Simlympics with a haul of seven medals.

Two gold in tennis (mixed doubles, women's singles), and one gold in women's trampoline.

One silver in synchronized swimming.

One bronze in tennis (women's singles), one in women's trampoline, and one in baseball.

Thanks to our host city, Atarashima - it was a blast.

Next: the census continues

  Edited October 22, 2012 by Benedict  

[MTT9 188]

Ellis Valley should be proud of it's athelets

[TekindusT 3,809]

Whoa, it took me several Simlympics to achieve results like yours!

[Schulmanator 5,815]

Quite a haul! I am sure the mayors will shower the athletes with honors...