Blue Hope - The Interactive City Journal

[jacqulina 162]

sounds interesting my friend

[Jazzmaster 716]

The website looks good! Can't wait for it!

-Yoshiisland

[willg 0]

are there any islands off the main city

[lilmanjs 2]

please hurry up and get the site ready for us to view. I can't wait for it and that preview is amazing looking. also yoshiisland could you donate points to tuckaway transportation systems so that the rural highway can be built.

[Need4Camaro 50]

Okay guys... took a road trip and am now typing from Orlando Florida so my updates might be a bit slow over the weekend. I can only access the internet from the lobby of the Hotel. I have everything on my laptop so I can still Update and such it's just going to be mildly slower over the weekend...  Oh god, I-75 from Atlanta to Florida is becoming badass... 3 lanes eachway from the city for 250 miles straight when they're done with it... Every interchange has tower lighting aswell and many portions (more than not) have street lighting as if you never left the city...  Encountered THREE truck accidents, two of which delayed me for more than an hour (in Gainesville Florida) which was fustrating but I made it.

jacqulina - Thank you...

Yoshiisland - Hopefully will be up and running soon... MOST of the content won't be there YET but atleast it WILL be online.

willg - Do you mean Islands AWAY from the main city or NEAR the main city? South Island is considered apart of the main city and is mostly residential with mild spurts of commerce here and there. The only downfall is there's only one way in and out and thats a tolled bridge... Oh and Highway 35 (the road that enters it) is very congested.

lilmanjs - Thank you, like stated before it should be up soon

[willg 0]

south island would be good could i see the westen part please

also what about my post before the website post

[Need4Camaro 50]

willg - The western part has been posted before quite a few pages back (it's going to take me awhile before I can get it up) Nothing has changed on it at all though. It was requested by Amerikaner... I didn't notice your post, sorry about that. As for the tallest tower... That is going to be hard because SC4 has relative distances unless the tower's height is obviouse... I offer no promises but in the future we'll see...

[Mr. Monorail Man 3]

if you passed by campbell county on I-75 after you entered Tennessee, I live there,get off at exit:135 anturn left at shell gas station and follow that road to go to my high school

[Need4Camaro 50]

Sorry to keep you all in suspense... the website is uploading as I type and will be posted very soon... I just returned from Orlando, unfortunately I was lucky enough to return with a cold... The website is still far from complete however I am now going to tend to users requests... thank you for your paitence...

ALSO - I am offering a 1,000 Point Grant to those who help me with certain tasks in biulding this website! YOU DO NOT NEED TO KNOW WEBDESIGN OF ANY SORT! I just need help in getting various grid images and graphs / data views that way I can have them up in a timely manner... I will show you how to do and what you need to do...  Anyone interested, PM me and we'll arrange a file transfer. I will transfer Newark and its Plugins to you.

Originally posted by: Mr. Monorail Man if you passed by campbell county on I-75 after you entered Tennessee, I live there,get off at exit:135 anturn left at shell gas station and follow that road to go to my high schoolquote>

 

I live in Atlanta, you're north of me so I didn't pass through Tennesse but it was cool regardless, I-75 in South Georgia has changed alot... Highway Tower Lamps throughout its entire portion in urban areas...

[Need4Camaro 50]

At long last! The Blue Hope City Journal  website has been launched!

It is not complete, nor is it perfected. 

- Completely ignore the Showcase link for now

- Parcel's 1 and 2 have been posted

- Regional Transportation is 100% Complete

- City Scape 6th Zoom Level is Complete (still contemplating on a 4th)

- The points system has been posted

- Global Village featured for the featured developments this week.

http://www.bluehopecityjournal.bravehost.com/

Now I need to make a Banner.

There's several more things to come in the site such as more Parcel's and their grids for development (this takes a long time.) and maps for civic services...

Tell me what you think...

[jacqulina 162]

very nice site you have i enjoyed looking around my friend.wonderfull work and pics,great layout

[Benedict 3,119]

Awesome start!! Can't wait to see more on the site, you've done an excellent job so far. And well done for staying with this CJ - many people try something like this then don't maintain the effort level required to make it work.

Also, I think the map is being developed in a very 'organic' way, which I like.

And here are my plans for stations to the west, in the 'downtown' area, and to the east (note the western most station would involve purchase of a bit more track). I leave the placement of the one behind downtown (first one after the tunnel under the river) to you as we had planned. I placed the diamonds over what appeared to be open space.

West...

Central...

East...

[Need4Camaro 50]

jacqulina - Thank you!

Benedict - Cool, is there any particular train station you would like to use?

[Benedict 3,119]

Ooh, surprise me!

However I do think in the more suburban areas it is a good idea to iclude stations that have parking (or a parking garage). Particularly important (in my opinion) is to have parking at the 2 stations either side of a city tile (do you understand what I mean by that?) Oh, and adjacent bus stops, please

Also, I wanted to develop some sort of scheme for station naming... obviously Newark Central, and Eaton... but maybe some sort of reward from SSIR for creative names of the other 7?

(PS - I just looked at the part of your website with the parcles and grids - wow, that looks like it took a lot of work - kudos!)

[willg 0]

thats a good website

[Jazzmaster 716]

This site looks pretty good, very good work Need4Camaro! By the way, I'm almost done with the toll booths, should be out by Friday...

-Yoshiisland

[willg 0]

i've been working on the new airport just for you opinion for the treminals

a

b

the black is the terminal

[Need4Camaro 50]

Benedict -  Okay I'll see what I can do! As for station naming, maybe they should sequenced by a hystoric event, or maybe simply by the area they service. I'm not that great with names hah. As for the busstops, we're waiting on Tuckaway transportation to see what they wish to do with the bus system. And yes, the parcel and grid system is by far the hardest and most tedious but most rewarding part of this site. To do those 2 Parcels alone took me about half a day so they will be added rather slowly but updating them is very easy as you'll only need to update one or two images per development...

willg - Thank you!

Yoshiisland - Awsome, take your time, no rushes no worries... Oh and any word on donating those points? I'd like to start on Tuckaway Highway for lilmanjs for this next upcoming update.

willg - I like B, it throws itself out of the normal appearance of a standard airport... Any runway plans? An airport that large is either going to have to destroy a few farms to be located off the main freeway system or be placed way out in the middle of nowere in which a new high capacity road would need to be routed to it.

[Jazzmaster 716]

I think I'll donate 2500 points to Tuckaway Transport.

-Yoshiisland

[lilmanjs 2]

finally my rural highway can see the light of day. who will be the first to build a city around the highway.

[2nerdy4u 1]

Hey, I saw the website. Great work. It looks fantastic so far.

[Need4Camaro 50]

Yoshiisland - Done!

lilmanjs - Yes it very well will.

2nerdy4u - Ty!

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Okay a few announcements, I might be scrapping the "Projects" page on the website as it will be too much to keep up with at once. (the purpose of the website was to reduce the amount of work I would need to do here, not increase it) If I keep it, I doubt it would have visual images up front, possibaly links but it will most likely just give a bit of a news briefing about your development. BUT we'll all see in the end... 

I'm beggining to compile requests and should have them ready by Friday or Saturday night...(I have to fix my "camaro" tomorrow, bad water pump / also have a placement exam for my new college.)

In the meantime, for those who would like to know where you all stand...

Name	Points
2nerdy4u	0
abcvs	30
Almighty Nienaber	50
Amerikaner	57

[Need4Camaro 50]

Company Names	Points
Union 93 Propaganda Department - 2nerdy4u	41
Dolce Investments - Amerikaner	0
South Shore Independent Railway, Ltd - Benedict	0
Newark Water Company - CTF	17
Greater Newark Area Disposal - CTF	0
Newark Power Company - CTF

[2nerdy4u 1]

Since the U93 Propanganda Department really has no function, I think we can just send everything back over to my personal thing and get rid of the company.

[suplado! 23]

cool website...

[rocketoink 3]

Hi! Just read the entire thing! This thing's fantastic! Hmm... So I can start a town...Parcel's 1,2,and 5 were tempting,I sooo wanted to build another mine on the other side of...umm...Oh yeah!Mount Kendra,But I've made my decision. Could I see Parcel 20? P.S You give Yoshi-Island waaaaay too many points... Lol. I'll also try and start a development plan when I get enough points and Ive chosen the best location,if that parcel is convenient... You could make it an extension of Highway 35!

[willg 0]

i'm think of an area of land east of linton

it will probaly have to have a railway to it and a road off the east/west connecter

and here is the runway

also could i buy Millidgeville

also also could you do a rich list value of property+money

[Benedict 3,119]

Coming soon...

(PS - I've shown Park and Ride at the 3 stations I consider to be essential - however if there is parking at other stations that would be great too.)

[willg 0]

benedict when the airport is done would you like to fund and own the airport express line

[Need4Camaro 50]

2nerdy4u - Very well, your points will be placed back into your account!

suplado! - Thank you!

rocketoink - Thank you for joining and you will begin with 30 Points. I am very happy you have enjoyed it long enough to read the entire thing! I will give you photo's of Parcel 20 within the next photo update... As for your P.S. message and I understand you're kidding in a sense... BUT I give points based upon talent... Yoshiisland has contributed over 50 Bats he created himself to Newark thus his reward was well deserved.  Also don't think that just because you have high points that you're well off because the higher point players deal with higher priced items. For instance the 202/A2 Tollway costed over 1,000 Points to biuld. Power plants and utilities are also more expensive than standard developments too. Airports and Seaports aswell so rest assure everything is still within means. Oh and you broke a rule ... never look at another members status and tell him or anyone that they have to little or too much, just concentrate on your own development and look for ways to better your predicament.and I'm not trying to sound to harsh but the last thing we need in Newark is an Envy or Jelousy party... No worries though, Welcome aboard mate... enjoy!

willg - Very well, while you CAN purchase towns, Millidgeville is a VERY large town actually while it carries the smallest population, it is larger than both South Island and Eaton and you would need to purchase it by purchasing land which... well lets just say it won't be cheap at all..  You CAN purchase sections at a city at a time though from what you can afford but at this point, since it is only farmland it won't profit you enough to cover the expenses and thus you would be better off starting a new development.

When you say rich list, what do you mean exactly? Are you saying a list of members rated to see who has the best property or a system of determining which property has higher value? If the latter, there already is one as you're charged if your residential development is within school, hospital coverage or near a beach, or freeway or all of these and they do add up too. likewise if your commercial sector is near a major highway or freeway or within downtown or near a beach... or if your industrial development is near a railway or major highway / freeway, seaport and such...

Benedict - Very well done! I'll be sure to put that on the website too under your consent upon completion... I was thinking of parking in Downtown...