Critieron City

[homeandaway 1]

what a great read my friend! - thats absolutely interesting, anyway, cant wait to see the in-game pics!.

take care

yours friend

~AleX~

[archesrule29 0]

Thanks homandaway! You're really supporting my CJ! In game pics will be coming in the next post, maybe with a special event which will be from a Sim's point of view!

[homeandaway 1]

wooh! - sounds cool, shall be looking forwards to the update!, heh - if you want a slideshow in this CJ - PM me! - or maybe some music?...a slideshow with pics of the city in it?....

take care and i look forwards to seeing more!

~Alex~

[Schulmanator 5,787]

Flying monkeys!!!

[Schulmanator 5,787]

Flying monkeys!!!

[jacqulina 162]

excelllent work and pics my friend

[archesrule29 0]

Replies

Zipme17  You got it.

Amerikaner  Okay, glad to see you aren't upset about it!

Superchad  Thanks!

daniel01  Glad you like the newspaper even though it doesn't look quite right.

Schulmanator  Yes, flying MONKEYS!!! They will place an important part in the city's Department of Monkey and Ape Happiness... I just know it. Maybe jet packs designed for monkeys?

homeandaway  You really support my CJ! Glad to see you like it so much, even though the first news post didn't look right.

jaqulina  Glad to see you like it jaqulina!

[Schulmanator 5,787]

It sounds like maybe Criterion City might want to form an alliance with Monkey Island!!

[SamTheMan 0]

Dont take out all the dirty industry, be unique. Out of all the CJ's I have seen, nobody has dirty industry, or at least they dont show it. Keep up the good work and good luck with the traffic.

[jacqulina 162]

looking forward to more my friend

[homeandaway 1]

thats okey ma friend! - i cant wait to see more of this CJ!

take care

~Alex~

[archesrule29 0]

Okay guys, I decided that I would tell the history of Critieron City.

(From Our City Through History Pg. 107-108)

It all started off when we emerged on the mainland. At first it was owned by a strange tribe of monkeys, but soon they made an agreement with us. The deal was that we could own the city, as long as we kept the bananas coming to the monkeys.

The Sims started living off basic cottages such as this one.

You can't find any of these buildings anymore, due to the Great Fire of our city. The Great Fire, as recorded from our Ancient Book of Historical Events, took out every building that wasn't created from stone.

After years of research, we moved up the ladder of development, and we soon (in a few years) had nearly gotten up to where we are. One day something extremely strange happened to our city. It disappeared into thin air. Any trace of our old city was never found, yet all survived. The citizens then began to recover and rebuild. The largest peice of a building ever found was a brick.

Once the city was completely rebuilt, the city once again began to thrive. Soon we had done exploring around many parts of our land, and we came across a mountain. Soon some Sims began to say that the mountain had gold inside of it. Sims would dig for it, but never would find even a trace of gold. Instead they found something better. Platinum. This is how Mt. Riches in Tegeroni (our major producer for products) got its name. Sims all across Critieron City who were poor would- after a long time, become rich Sims. The amount of platinum soon was exhausted and platinum was never found on Mt Riches again. Instead, amazing amounts of coal were found, which started up a mine right next to the mountain which exsists up to today.

Strange things have happened in the mine these days though...

Beams of wood which were placed inside to support mine shafts were broken the next morning, at points the roof of the tunnels would grow red, and pour out smoke, but what is most common was to hear the mountian creak and moan, which was said to be the voices of the miners who never found their share of platinum.

More will come in the next post with the story from a Sim's perspective. Hint: It has something to do with the mountain.

[jacqulina 162]

great history and i wish that there was cottages like that to download there lovely,nice little pic of it too my friend,cant wait for more

[Schulmanator 5,787]

Platinum is good, but nothing beats a golden banana!

[Cjah 15]

A good mix of history...a story and of course the SC4 shots themselves...

Cool landmark!

[tomdapom 79]

Sure sounds like you like monkeys Manuverable Odd Nonsensical Kangaroo Edible Yak???????????

[homeandaway 1]

cool - looking forwards to seeing more of your work my friend

~Alex~

[archesrule29 0]

Here's the news for now.

 

Some pics for you guys.

One of the many high end areas of the city.

More high end areas. The majority of my city is made from this type of development.

This is a large commercial area. Most of it consists of $$ and $$$ commercial services.

[Schulmanator 5,787]

Hmmm... looks like a lot going on in town... commerce... any monkey business??!!

[Cjah 15]

Nice offices and houses...good peaceful area...

I really like this CJ...simple yet something promising about it!

[archesrule29 0]

Reply to Schumanator:

Yes, indeed there is monkey business is going around Critieron City.
A monkey was found working in an office building. It actually seemed to work very quickly, and neatly (this one could write simlish), so it was hired into the company, but was later fired when it was caught talking to other Sims about going on strike so they could get free bananas every day.

Anyway, the story I have been talking about will begin.

If you look from Mt. Riches you will see a great extent of civilization, or in other words, Critieron City and Tegeroni (They really are one city with two different rulers). Today in the mines of it something strange will happen.

Mine Shaft in Mt. Riches- 6:07 AM

Sleepy workers pounded their tools against the hard rock of the walls, finding groups of coal every now and then. The mine shaft rumbled. This was totally normal. But for some reason it was enough to make the workers fall over. Something wasn't right about it this time. The workers decided to continue work. Bad idea. The rumbling happened again, though this time alot harder, and longer. The miners were thrown every way imaginable, yet they got up and went back to work. Let me tell you this, that was their final warning. 
"Odd," said a miner, "It doesn't go for that long" He was right. The earthquakes that happened in the mine for a split second. This one was for 1 whole minute.
Something strange was certainly going on in the mine. The miners just didn't suspect anything. Then, the earthquake happened again, but this time it was definately disaster.
Every entrance caved in on the miners. Some images of what is happening.
 


More will on this disaster in Tegeroni will be updated soon along with more of the city newspapers.

[homeandaway 1]

great shots my friend - take care

~Alex~

[archesrule29 0]

Replies

Schulmanator- Maybe Critieron City will form an alliance with Monkey Island. It really depends on if they trade bananas for iron (my city found a whole lot of it and doesn't know what to do with it).

SamTheMan- That's a good idea, I might take that idea to SC4.

jaquilina- You wish there were cottages like that? Me too. I would try to make a cottage like that but I am no good at custom content.

homeandaway- I've said this once and I'll say it again: You really support my CJ homeandaway! Glad you didn't mind the first newspaper, and glad you liked the disasters!

Cjah- I guess those areas are pretty peaceful... until another car accident happens at the same intersection

tomdapom- Yup, Manerverable Nonsensicle Kangaroo Edible Yak. And yes, I do like monkeys. Alot.

Okay, now that I've finished the replies, I shall continue on with the story of what is going on in the mine. P.S, sorry for the delays... I got kind of greedy with my CJ and expected a few more posts. Anyway, on with the mine!

Part One: The Remains

The rage of the disaster ended. The mine was in total ruins. The mine shaft's entrance was collapsed, things were burning.

 

Most people had jumped into the ocean when the disaster occured, but others ran for the buildings. Bad idea. When the debris went flying, the buildings were crushed, yet nobody was hurt bad through that. They got pushed into the basement of the buildings, and they were just as trapped as the people in the mine shaft. I'll mention three people involved. One jumped into the water, the other one trapped in the mine, and the last one was trapped in the mine. We will only get to one Sim today. His name is Bob Newby. He had taken the plunge into Freedom River.

Bob was really having trouble trying to keep above the water rather than below. The waves were really high for him. He had luck today. A peice of metal big enough for him to climb on flew from Tegeroni, right infront of him as if somebody had thrown him a life jacket. Bob forced himself on the sheet of metal, with alot of difficulty. Once he was on, he felt extremely tired. Just when he would take a break, he heard somebody shouting for help. He wanted to help, but he just was so tired he could black out! He had a choice here.. him or somebody else.

More on it later. Stay tuned!

Now, there will be an update on Critieron City's progress soon- it'll be the next post from me on this topic.

[homeandaway 1]

into the ocean! LOL - you could of made it even more dramactic by saying there were shraks in there! LOL

anyway! - im am always eager to see more of your great city my friend!

take care

~alex~

[jacqulina 162]

its a shame my friend there beautifull cottages,interesting story and pic cant wait for more

[Schulmanator 5,787]

Oops! I hope everyone had insurance!

Come drop in on Monkey Island sometime!

[archesrule29 0]

Sorry for not posting in such a long time! I haven't posted since March! I've been busy in the real world- so much I didn't get a chance to get a play at SimCity 4! Well, now that I have, time to update.

Before I get into the news, I just want to give a note. Tegeroni will have a huge landscape deformation in the end. Just a note to everybody who reads my CJ. Now on to the news!

[jacqulina 162]

very nice newspaper my friend nice layout the reading was good

[Schulmanator 5,787]

Sounds like CC has a lot of stuff to show us in the updates! Welcome back! :-)

[archesrule29 0]

Thanks for the two comments by the Schulmanator and Jacqulina! I've invented a new system. It's called the HALL OF FAME!

HALL OF FAME!

There are three people in the hall of fame.

Their names are:

Schulmanator

Homeandaway

Jacqulina

Now, further info. I'll attempt to be more involved in Simtropolis. 

Consider me as archesrule29 2.0, with:

-more frequent posts

-more replying

-more overall posting

-more time on Simtropolis and Simcity

-double the monkeys

-more pics

-a hall of fame

But please, don't refer to me as that. Please.

Now, I think It's...

time to end this post.

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