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[Shadow Assassin 336]

Well, I've been working on Dynasty for the last four or five months... and here we have Dynasty, my region. This will start from the Bay of Deception (which is the second city in Dynasty), and over the next three weeks, I will get you guys up to date with my region. All updates have been copied straight from SCC (which is about six months ahead of you guys in updates, due to the large delay. I'm starting here from the beginning.)

I will tell you the date on top of the update, when it was first posted on SCC.

Well, that was a pretty lengthy introduction (for me, anyway), and shall we get into it?
Posted on SCC: Wednesday December 15, 2004

Welcome to the Bay of Deception. It's obvious that it's not what it seems in the region view. :mrgreen:


Let's start in the centre (obviously, it's the town centre!). Here is the beating heart of the BoD...if there is one... It's quiet, too, but the Memorial Drive runs through the city centre, via 2501.


The only transit hub in the region at the moment, it provides a way for people to go south via B1. Obviously, the Memorial Drive runs close by.


The rail hub down south is owned by SouthRail, who basically controls all freight along the Dynasty coast. The headquarters are at the terminus. Many tons of freight get shifted along here each day.


The suburb of First Landing. The first ever suburb since the exploration parties moved south of Sioban. Perfect for a new subdivision. It is sought after by the average family.


The River Du...whatever Bridge and the WTCT (Wireless Telecommunications Tower) is located here. This tower is the destination of all communications from the far off Sargas IV.


Deceptive Oranges. Upon close inspection, they're not oranges, but in fact are lemons painted an orange colour.


Fulton's Farm provides all the corn needed to feed the people in the BoD area. Sioban already provides their own, but they won't give any. Wonder why?


Mom's Farm - the base for an evil empire that will soon cover all of Dynasty and sell various objects that have no purpose except to annoy and frustrate.


Tenzel Corner. Where all the religious fanatics live because it's close to the only church with decent facilities.



Lakeside Acres, where just about everybody lives within a stone's bounce of some water.


Serenity - a tiny suburb, which ironically is located right next door to a very noisy industrial park.


The infamous Hole in the Ground. Apparently, a shopping centre was to go here, but they missed. So it's just empty space now. Hell, the parking lot's already been put in!


Deception Point Industrial Park. The only means to get freight out is by rail or road, as the water is too shallow to put a seaport. Excavation is possible, but where would the 250,000 tonnes of sand go?


Enjoy.
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These images were created over six months ago, as shown by the date.

Please comment!

[sloppet 3]

nice pictures, nice start...

[the_crispbread_witch 0]

Great stuff Shadow! I like this a lot!

Nice work with city centre and the Marrast bus stop, I'll try that myself!

The rail hub, does it work with the freight station at the end of the rail?

First Landing, nice and green!

Really like the diagonal farming. Well, I like alot in this cj!

[jeronij 13]

Hi SA, Quite nice starting, and I wish you the best luck with your CJ here in ST !!!

[godwin1020 1]

wow, what great ground texture

[MrCinatit 30]

*claps*

GREAT, great start there, shadow_assassin. your pictures and your story are simply fantastic. i like your terrain as well...is that terraformed with in-game tools...looks like it, and looks very well done.

keep up the great work.

*takes a bite out of his orange*

dag nab it! another lemon!

[aasim45 1]

Good Start !! All the best !

[Darmok 34]

Excellent start S_A

That firs Pic is super!

Favorite pic Lakeside acres (I just love water!)

And I like the contradiction in the name versus location of Serenity, so true to life that most of residential areas named with sophisticated names are often placed in the worst locations!

So best of luck with Dynasty, I'll tag along for the ride!

Take care!

[Shadow Assassin 336]

To All: Thanks for commenting! The next update's coming, I am just putting them together. This one comes in two parts - two photos I forgot to include with the last one, and White Ridge.

It's rather time-consuming to convert these images to an useable format by ST, since I need to type the code by hand. But here's the first part. Will post part 2 in about 2 hours, after re-editing the images.

FOR SALE!



Courtesy of Dynasty Real Estate First Landing.

[sloppet 3]

I would like to buy the apartment on the 3rd floor, but i think taht the prize of 175,000 $ will be ok?? So is it a deal??

[oroen 0]

Hey SA, I checked out bits of your journal over on SCC, and I'm quite impressed. A nicely developed, well-planned region, along with some really graphics in your posts. I'm looking forward to nothing short of a well-presented journal here as well.

[Shadow Assassin 336]

sloppet: The vendor wants 190,000, and that is his minimum price. However, there are other rowhomes available for sale, take a look around.

oreon: Why, thank you.



The White Ridge Times newspaper. Simply spreading the news around WR.


White Ridge's overview. As you can see, there's a lot of Pedriana Plants, which HAVE TO GO. Don't worry, they're gone when I rebuilt WR from the ground up.


The small township of Karuah, just a satellite town to White Ridge.


The main township of White Ridge. All business is held here.


Dead Man's Crossing. All jokes aside, the church across the road is a popular destination to use for funerals.


White Ridge's Agricultural College. Has its own orchard and farm for those promising Sims.


White Ridge Agricultural Museum. Where you can learn ALL about the history of White Ridge's farming techniques.


Main Street - where all the shops and Town Hall are.


Karuah's Main Street - Dynasty Real Estate has it's office here for WR. (see below)


Dynasty Real Estate Karuah

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Now, this city appears to be less than perfect, but that's OK - I oliberated this city, rebuilt it.

[aasim45 1]

Great Update!

[Alakazam 3]

Nice CJ! I love it!

[godwin1020 1]

great update, i'll have to learn more

[Shadow Assassin 336]

To All: Thank, guys.

Now, I might post another update tomorrow afternoon, how's that?

[ThePeoplesPerson 3]

Very creative use for advertising houses for sale in your city, good job!

[sloppet 3]

I hope this CJ will become a really great Cj in the future...
The previous updates were very nice...
Keep up the great work with this CJ Good Luck!!
I hope that this will ben not my last post in this Cj... Once again good luck!

Regards,
SloppeT

[jacqulina 162]

great farms love what you have done with pegs things,great pics,nice work

[Shadow Assassin 336]

Well, White Ridge got destroyed, so here we are, part 2. Enjoy.

1. The overview of White Ridge. There is unfortunately an error in the picture. That lake is in fact Lake Terranca.


2. Nothing too interesting here. This would be a part of Second Ponds Creek Estate, I think.


3. The University District, with the two cemetries, and student housing. It also has WRUR 99.6 (White Ridge University Radio).


4. Second Ponds Creek Estate. A nice little area where everybody loves to live.


5. Canalia Commercial District. For those of you who checked my Noo, my R$$ is Abandoning me thread, you'll notice that everything's all all right. (You never saw those NRZs )


6.
Self-explanatory.

7. WR's Lower Commercial District. You'll notice that it's split into three tiers - for the reason of having more flat land.


8. Maianbar, and Bodegas Ysios Winery. This is quite literally on the edge of town - Sioban is only a mile or two away.


9. Checkerboard - a weird name, and yes, it looks odd all by itself out there. Don't worry, I'll develop some more.


10. Lake Terranca, you saw this in the preview. Nothing's changed, except for some buildings.


11. Lake Terranca East. Self explanatory.


12. White Ridge/Mulholland. Again, self explanatory.


13. White Ridge, and it's famous HollyWood style sign.

[jacqulina 162]

awesome update great detail

[Shadow Assassin 336]

Thanks, Jacqualina. Come on, people, comment!

[____----____ 37]

great cj just give people time to discover it and you'll get lots

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[petriknl 15]

Cool CJ! Really nice layout.. can you tell me maybe where you found that red-white wireless communication tower you are using?

[Superstar 69]

Very nice CJ so far! I really like it

[Shadow Assassin 336]

Thank you, thank you.

aleking: I know, the first page's always the hardest.

petriknl:

Cool CJ! Really nice layout.. can you tell me maybe where you found that red-white wireless communication tower you are using?

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It can be found somewhere on the STEX, search for tower, and you'll find it. Though, the lot for it is of my own design.

superstar: Thanks.

[sloppet 3]

great updates!! I think I'll add this CJ to my signature...

[Shadow Assassin 336]

Thanks, sloppeT.

Aaaaaannnnnd.... another update.

DISTRICTS
1. Verde Hills
2. Aqua Stadia
3. Greenwood
4. Repellente
5. Marone
6. Dead Man's Crossing
7. Longman
8. Sattigarius
9. Tollana
10. Korora Industrial Park
11. Clifftop Gardens
12. Seanoria
13. Forestview
14. Lakeside
15. Uni. District
16. Korora Town Centre
17. Korora West
18. La Repetoire
19. Tempest
20. Beutelgeuse
21. Sean Waters National Forest
22. Andromeda
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Population: 62k
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Beutelgeuse Observatory.


Sattigarius. You'll also find Korora's main source of power here. (natural gas) And also, there are extensive sporting fields here.


Aqua Stadia, Merriott and Embassy Suites. Aqua Stadia is the only stadium recognised as a proper venue for the SimNation championships so far.


Lakeside. Not much to say. Except there's a nice little lake.


Korora Town Centre. Much of it is pedestrian-access only.


Repellente. Not much to say, but this is the most densely populated area of Korora.


Tempest and Beutelgeuse. Another typical housing development.


City Hall/University District. Two lakes here as well.


Korora Industrial Park East. Not much to say.


Clifftop Gardens. A pain in the ass to manually terraform.


Dead Man's Crossing, and the nearby cemetries.


Verde Hills North. Uber-exclusive, this area.


Verde Hills South. The houses have a real nice view of the prison, which is rather catchingly called Escapee's Paradise.


Andromeda, and the Sean Waters National Forest up there.


Seanoria. Not much to say, but named after Waterz, and is one of the richest areas in Korora. Has its own golf course.


Korora Industrial Park West.


Lastly, but not leastly: Clifftop Gardens West. Also a big pain in the ass to terraform.

So sorry I'm not much for stories, but enjoy anyway.

[jacqulina 162]

awesome update coming on really well

[Shadow Assassin 336]

Thanks, Jacqualina.

*sigh* Is there any point in continuing, if just about no-one replies?

Ah well, I'll post this.


An overview.
HIGHWIND
1. Panania
2. University District
3. Movie District
4. Semptron Hill
5. Highwind Mall
6A. Severin East
6B. Severin West
7. Trotskygard (Little Russia)
8. Highwind Ridge
9. Rowhome District
10. Highwind Commons - PARLIAMENT
11. Krysburg
12. Templar Park
13. Burclaff's Forest
14. Highwind National Forest


Rowhome District. One of the oldest areas of the Municipiality of Highwind. Highwind Keep, a hugely successful tourist/revolving restaurant venture, can be found sitting on the ridge.


Panania. The newest district of Highwind, Panania sits right by the Skylink, but due to some error in the planning, the suburb did not get a station. The main purpose of the Skylink is high-speed travel between Genais International and Celeron Mountain. It is proving relatively successful, however, at first, it was losing large amounts of money.


Self explanatory. Now, the Integra Movie Studios are located in this area, and are a magnet for fans and stalkers alike. All them stars stay in the Twin Merriott, a 5-star hotel, happened to be built for that purpose. If they had a home in Dynasty, it would actually be in Xiphos.


The entire hill shown here. Up north, is the Highwind CBD, which is mostly made up of high wealth services. This is just so you can reorient yourself. The Sempron Freeway (2520) runs on the left, down towards Genais.


Severin. Just your average suburban subdivision. Severin is split into two parts, due to Trotskygard splitting it into two. Call it either poor planning or just human error. Wait, they're basically the same. Scratch that.


Highwind Ridge. This is where all those people who miss the beauty of San Francisco would live.


Trotskygard. Called Little Russia by the locals, since most of the buildings look pretty much ugly, and look like they were moulded from concrete. Functional, and low rent.


Templar Park is the only other section of high rise in the city itself. It is medium-wealth, and is grouped around a central common area for people to enjoy.


Highwind Arcade. You can find Myer, Big W and Coles here. Over 250 speciality stores to choose from. Plenty of parking spots available. This is Dynasty's only major shopping mall that is outside a commercial area.


Highwind Commons. The Parliament and the seat of government for Dynasty. Let me explain the main politicial parties.

The main party in power is the Dynasty National Party, which believes in providing as much money for the economy to keep going, and also believes in providing comfortable living conditions. Hence, the huge majority of the region has little to no low class residents. The DNS is actually made up of two smaller parties - the National Party and the Liberals.

The other major party is Dynasty Labour Party, or the Opposition. The main aim of the Opposition is to provide equal wages for all workers, and fair living conditions. During the short time the party was in power, Little Russia was built.