Roselle- Kippis05's very first CJ

[cityhawk 12]

I like those photoshopped RL pics because the words on the signs don't look like they were photoshopped at all! Nice expressway system as well, although the two-digit ones should keep going out of the city on the opposite side of where it came in because those are the ones that link the states.

I also notice that your using those new Big-Dig signs that were released a few days ago, just like I'm doing!

The airport pictures are really nice, and those homes right beside the airport are in no need for a wall because I'd imagine the residents are already near deaf anyway!

As for Part 1, sorry I missed it, but I still noticed it, and all the pics are really nice, especially the swirley one! Hope you didn't look at it too long!

I'm anxiously awaiting part 3!

Signed,

Craig, The ST Gamerz Club

Edit: Oh look, PAGE 4 ALREADY!

[jacqulina 162]

hi my friend very nice work you have done i love the RL pics you have linked to your work, you have done excellent work on the transport system excellent planning and building,excellent airport too,wonderfull work and pics.

[crazychickensc12 84]

brandon amazing work in here!! you have some great city buildings skillz!! Very cool artistic pictures as well, can't wait to see more of it!!

[asturianu 4]

OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love this CJ!! Yeah, this is my style, I love suburbs, and lonely freeways, small towns, not dense. I LOVE THIS CJ!!!

Cristian

[patriots_1228 51]

excellent updates. the pictures looked so realistic i think two were real! lol

[Kippis05 2]

thanks for the great comments you guys! Another update is in the pipes right now, expect it in a few hours!

Signed

Brandon, The ST Gamerz Club

[asturianu 4]

Can I call you Brandon? Hey, I can't wait to see the update!! I'm impatient, man. Consider me as a fan of your cj.

Cristian

[Simworld 056132 1]

Great! You are an Artist for sure. I love the effects and detail that sprawns this wonderful CJ! Great Work!

[Kippis05 2]

Christmas Update 3 of 3: Custom Content Database

Remember when I said I was going to create a database for the custom content showcased in Roselle? Well, SUPRISE! 

I've compiled a couple dozen BAT's so far to show you what they are and where exactly on the STEX to get them.

So, let's begin, shall we?

First off, hats off to one of ST's most realistic BATers, Simgoober! 

His fantastic creations are nothing short of a miracle.

To get to the download page, simply click on the picture!

Simgoober's Creations

GooberGen Rural Hospital

               Blue Skyy Offices                       Simgoober's Water Control Board

    The Mitchell Building                         The Milwaukee Club Library

                Ace Hardware                            Modern Urban Parking Garage

 

  Prentiss Office Building                        RLS Homes- Suburban Condos

 

    Modern Warehouses                                Century Movie Theater  

Toys 'R' Us Updated 

 

    Suburban Mall                                       Holiday Inn Express

 

 

          Denny's Diner                              RLS Homes- The Highgrove

 

         Small Shops- Growable                           RLS Suburban Townhomes      

  

      Ruby Tuesday                                 RLS Homes- The Claridge

 

    Omni Hotel                                            Kohl's Dept. Store

 

Plop A Shop, Packs 1 and 2

 

Plop A Shop, Packs 3 and 4

Well, as far as this goes, it's a work in progress. These are just a few of the lots that I have

downloaded through my course here at Simtropolis. I will get to other STEX contributors, but I wanted to get 

Simgoober's (most anyway) BAT's out of the way, since he is my main source of custom content.

Happy Downloading!

Signed,

Kippis05, Mayor and Alderman of Roselle Township

 

[BlondeTwiggy 43]

Nice database!! Thanks for showing

[jacqulina 162]

wonderfull links thankyou my friend

[bigfatpaulie 0]

nice database, i dunno which update is better

anxiously waiting for your next update!

[asturianu 4]

Oh, nice work, Brandon, I have all those BATs and they're faboulous! Very good work. This is a great job, a great cj and now you post links to all people. INCREDIBLE!!

Cristian (a fan of Roselle)

[RushHourFreak 1]

Well this database is great!!!, sometime I will check this for downloading something instead to post a new thread in the SC General Discussion! Ha!

RHF

[cityhawk 12]

Wow, thanks for providing this, Kippis! I'll definitely be using it!

Signed,

Craig, The ST Gamerz Club

[Kippis05 2]

Custom Content Database Update 2

Well, here we go again, another database update for you!

I'm going to focus on other STEX contributors this time around, so you can

get a new taste of creativity at its very best!

 

          PacWest Building                                   Babylon Night Club    

    

Angel's Creek Condominiums                            IBM Basingstoke

 

          Marble Arch Tower                              Larkin Administration Building

 

First National Bank                                    Regal Theater

 

Wabash Tower                                          DoubleTree Hotel

 

      Tower Life Building                             Kensington Manor Building

 

Shareware Tower Building                           Burton Memorial Tower

 

Pearl Place Tower                                       Ardmore Tea Room

 

Kinko's Copies                                          Blockbuster Video

 

Shipley's Donuts                                        The Olive Garden

 

White Castle                                           Fire Station No 2

 

Stone Ground Mustard Factory                    Chicago FireHouse E52/L65

 

Chicago FireHouse E77                           CSX Dealership- BMW

Suburban Office Complex

That concludes this database update!

Please comment and use these links, they do work!

Signed,

Kippis05, Mayor and Alderman of Roselle Township

 

[asturianu 4]

Nice to see more BATs links, Brandon. I can't wait to see more of your awesome work. And these links are usefull, but I have these BATs too!! Hehe. I like a lot your CJ

Cristian

note: we changed the avatar in the same day!

[PhilsCafe 8]

Wow, awesome CJ you have there. I like the small town feel a lot... nice use of custom content there. I like the combo of old business buildings and modern retail stores (boxes ), that's a very nice touch. My favorite picture was Downtown Roselle, a true gem.

Also great work with the database, that's a very interesting feature. I've already spotted some must-haves .

Keep up your great work.

[jacqulina 162]

more great links my friend thankyou

[KingTitan 6]

Great work there on your CJ. I especially love the way you "thumbnailed" certain lots so that members can find them immediately without searchin. Good idea. I like that. Great Stuff.

[pickled_pig 7]

Hey Kippis:

Never bothered to visit here but the custom content database looked intriguing, so I'm here. You've done a very good job meticulously linking everything. I've downloaded pretty much most of those BATs at sometime or another, and I'll probably be checking out those that I don't have that are appropriate for small towns or suburbia.

-aaron

[bigfatpaulie 0]

ooh, another update! Keep it up Kippis, I really like this database idea of yours

especially how you've linked everything so we don't have to find it ourselves, great work!

[Kippis05 2]

Update 12: The Roselle Gazzete

After some deliberation at whether or not I had enough time to put together a newspaper, I say, "Why not?"

So, here it is, 'The Roselle Gazzete' gives you the latest and in-depth coverage on news in and around the Roselle Metro Area,

as well as important national news.

Plane Crashes On Expressway Authorities say at least 9 dead after a fatal plane accident on the Bloomingdale-O'Dell Expy. yesterday morning. Source: Associated Press and The Roselle Gazzete Full coverage story on page 3, after the Gerald Ford review.  This is still a developing story.

Gerold Ford dies at 93. Only unelected president healed nation’s wounds December 28, 2006 BY JEFF WILSON Associated Press ‘‘My family joins me in sharing the difficult news that Gerald Ford, our beloved husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather has passed away at 93 years of age,’’ Mrs. Ford said in a statement from her husband’s office in Rancho Mirage. ‘‘His life was filled with love of God, his family and his country.’’ The statement did not say where or when Mr. Ford died or list a cause of death. Mr. Ford had battled pneumonia in January and underwent two heart treatments — including an angioplasty and a pacemaker implant — in August. ‘‘The American people will always admire Gerald Ford’s devotion to duty, his personal character and the honorable conduct of his administration,’’ President Bush said in a statement.  Richard Nixon, waving his signature 'salute' to the nation. Photo taken in 1960, curtosey of White House Archive. Longest living president Mr. Ford was the longest living president, followed by Ronald Reagan, who also died at 93. Mr. Ford was an accidental president, Nixon’s hand-picked successor, a man of much political experience who had never run on a national ticket. Minutes after Nixon resigned in disgrace over the Watergate scandal, Mr. Ford took office and famously declared: ‘‘Our long national nightmare is over.’’  But he revived the debate over Watergate a month later by granting Nixon a pardon for all crimes he committed as president. That single act, it was widely believed, cost Mr. Ford the election in 1976, but it won praise in later years as a courageous act that allowed the nation to move on. In office 895 days The Vietnam War ended in defeat for the U.S. during his presidency with the fall of Saigon in April 1975. In a speech as the end neared, Mr. Ford said: ‘‘Today, America can regain the sense of pride that existed before Vietnam. But it cannot be achieved by refighting a war that is finished as far as America is concerned.’’ Mr. Ford also earned a place in the history books as the first unelected vice president, chosen by Nixon to replace Spiro Agnew, who also was forced from office by scandal. He was in the White House only 895 days, but changed it more than it changed him.  Even after two women tried separately to kill him, the presidency of Jerry Ford remained open and plain. Even to millions of Americans who had voted two years earlier for Richard Nixon, the transition to Mr. Ford’s leadership was one of the most welcomed in the history of the democratic process. ‘‘I was deeply saddened this evening when I heard of Jerry Ford’s death,’’ former first lady Nancy Reagan said in a statement. ‘‘Ronnie and I always considered him a dear friend and close political ally.’’ AP (special thanks to Chicago Sun-Times for complete story)

At least 9 dead in fatal plane accident. December 28, 2006 BY PATTY ANDERSON Associated Press The afternoon weather was calm and clear. The preflight check went smoothly. And the engine reved up just fine on the ground at Bloomingdale Regional Airport. But "not even 30 seconds" into his training flight Wednesday, student pilot Casey Mattuck and his instructor knew the Piper Warrior four-seater they were flying just wasn't performing like it should. "We weren't getting full throttle on it," Mattuck, 18, said of the plane's only engine. "We leveled off at 300 to 400 feet off the ground and decided to swing back to try and land" at the airport. In the end, Mattuck and his instructor, John R. Vashko, didn't have the power to get back to Bloomingdale Regional. But Vashko did find another strip of concrete: the nearby Bloomingdale-O'Dell Expy. The emergency landing didn't go smoothly -- the Piper's right wing clipped a light pole, flipping the plane and sending it careening down the pavement upside down, hitting 5 vehicles in the process. Though both instructor and student suffered only minor injuries, 9 people on the ground lost their lives.  "It was pretty crazy," Mattuck, a Patterson High School senior who lives in Roselle, said in a telephone interview Wednesday night. "It still hasn't clearly sunk in yet."    The Piper, sitting upside down after the crash late Wednesday morning. ALMOST DOWN 'WITHOUT A SCRATCH' Vashko, 62, of Bensenville, works for Northwest Aviation, a flight school and aircraft rental company at the Bloomingdale airport. The company's owner, Mark Clements, praised both Vashko and his "advanced student" for bringing the Piper down carefully. "They were only four feet away from having a perfect landing without a scratch," Clements said. The pair had taken off westbound from Bloomingdale Regional about 10:35 p.m. Wednesday. "When we knew we weren't going to make it" back to the runway, "my instructor took the controls," Mattuck said. Shortly thereafter, Matt Keefe -- a builder heading back to his Park Ridge home from a job site -- spotted the Piper out of his windshield as he was driving his black Ford Explorer east down the Bloomingdale-O'Dell. Several cars were struck in the plane's landing, killing a confirmed 9. "I looked up, and there was an airplane less than 100 feet above my head," said Keefe, 35. "I thought I was seeing things."  It didn't take long for Keefe, himself a recreational pilot, to figure out what was going on. Just a few seconds from touchdown, the plane's right wing clipped the light pole, said Keefe. Then, "the plane turned over upside down and skidded about 50 yards," he said. The airplane clipped several cars on the road in the process, killing 9 people, the identies of whom are still being with-held from the public. FAA ON SCENE TODAY Built in 1985, the plane came to rest in Hanover Park west of the Turner Park Road/Springinsguth Road exit, near Bloomingdale's minor league baseball stadium. The Federal Aviation Administration will be at the airport today to investigate the crash. Clements and John Vashko's brother Robert Vashko said Wednesday marked the first time in John's decades-long career as a flight instructor that he was in a plane crash. John Vashko, who was hospitalized with a head wound until late Wednesday night, could not be reached for comment. "He's very, very experienced," Robert Vashko said of his brother. "He always told me, 'Any landing you can walk away from is a good landing.' " Mattuck, who just began taking flying lessons in November, said the crash has done nothing to dissuade him from his dream of becoming a Navy pilot. He has applied to the U.S. Naval Academy in hopes of fulfilling that goal. "Our deepest sorrow goes out to the families of those who died here today..."  AP lrackl@rosellegazzete.com cfusco@roselle gazzete.com Copyright ROSELLE-GAZZETE 2006 Provided by ProQuest Information and Learning Company. All rights Reserved.

Well, this is more of a work in progress, I wanted to see if I could put some kind of an editorial together,

more like a mini-update really. Please read the stories, because that's what they're there for, to be read.

I hope you enjoy the Roselle Gazzete, and please comment to let me know if you want more 

updates in this format!

-Kippis05

Mayor and Alderman of Roselle Township

Roselle: Vintage Charm, Contemporary Spirit.

[bigfatpaulie 0]

well, I think it was well worth it.. I like the newspaper concept. Is it going to be a regular thing of yours?

[jacqulina 162]

hi my friend great newspaper a very interesting read and a great layout

[BlondeTwiggy 43]

looks good, very informative

[Mike the Mayor 51]

Excellent city journal you have going - has just about everything in it. Look forward to the next update and love the newspaper idea.

[Kippis05 2]

 Hey everyone, you'll never guess what time it is! Personal Reply time!

After a 3 week or so period of no personal responses, I think it's high time I get on it

Here we go!

cityhawk- I'm glad you like everything so far, thanks for staying with it!

PavSek- thanks for the comment! Photoshop is like a dream come true, isn't it?

GMT- I'm glad you like the balance between RL imagrey and SC4 pics And it's perfectly okay to love destruction

RushHourFreak- thank you for the great comments RHF! I'm happy if your happy

Schulmanator- thanks for the comments! Hope you come back soon

jacquilina- thanks for all your support jacks. You've remained the most loyal thru-out my CJ's progress, and I can't thank you enough for that

bigfatpaulie- thank you for continuing to comment here, my friend

Archangel9- I'm glad you like the in-game pics, especially your reaction to the tornado Hope you come back soon!

owenluby- Owen, thank you for commenting! Thanks for noticing the added effects, too

seemurray2- thanks for the comment!!

BlondeTwiggy- thanks twiggs, I'm glad you like everything so far, even the newspaper

crazychickensc12- crazy, thank you for placing your momentus 2000th post in my CJ! Thanks also for your database idea, it turned out 

to be a great idea, my friend

Mulefisk- thanks for commenting! It's an all-American city indeed.

infinitum19- thanks!!!

ky72x- thank you for your kind words... I'll keep up the excellent work if you continue to visit

JLT-001- thanks for coming by!

hamsterTK- thank you for your comment. Glad you liked the twister.

Menotyou- yes Christmas is amazing, thanks for your comment

luker91- thanks for your comment, hope you drop by again

nedal2001- thanks for stopping by, and I'm happy you're following along.

Goin2Chicago- lol, I can't imagine why you would think Oklahoma, but who's complaining?

KingTitan- thanks for commenting! Hope you come by again soon

anubis89- thanks for dropping by!

asturianu- Thanks! I'm happy you enjoy my CJ, and BTW, your CJ is just as amazing, and realistic too

patriots_1228- thanks for your great comment! I strive for as much realism as possible. I hope you drop in again soon!

Simworld 056132- thank you for your very *ahem* colorful comment

PhilsCafe- thanks for coming on by, (I don't think anyone has yet referred my CJ as a 'gem') I thank you for that.

pickled_pig- thank you for stopping by for a visit. I hope you can drop by some time

(BTW, Winston County is freakin' amazing. Great work!)

Mike the Mayor- I'm glad you like it so far, please come back again soon

Whew, it's about time I got to doing that, anyway.

Thank you everybody who commented, and to those who continue to lurk, I thank you all as well.

-Kippis05

Mayor and Alderman of Roselle Township

Roselle: Vintage Charm, Contemporary Spirit.

[luker91 0]

cool newspaper...not sure i like the fact you used two of the same pics of the plane....but nonetheless a good paper... also good idea with crediting some of the lots you used....i might do that but it would take waaaayyy too long lol cant wait for the next update!

Luke

[ky72x 13]

Man, that's a great newspaper Brandon... I love it! The BAT database you have is very creative, I like it and keep up this great work! (Just so you know, I will continue to visit so you can continue to do excellent work. )