The Shalman Commonwealth [COFR]

[balkair 6]

And welcome to page 5

[nihonkaranws 88]

Can't wait!

[balkair 6]

there you go, the link was broken

And some pictures from our bid, you can find the whole bid on the Simsports forums!

[roboo1 1]

Nice rowing stadiun although I would suggest you to change the water to some plopable like the one from canals or jeronis plopable water

[rusty_777 0]

Your issue of the Imperial is just amazing. I must say you have put a lot of detail into that and it really really does show; just awesome. What's different about this paper as opposed to a lot of others I have seen is the amount of graphics and the fact that you only have two days of forecast in them. That's what makes it stand out (and that's a good thing!). Your presentation is also another key feature of your city journal, it has a nice clean crisp feeling to it which makes it a lot easier to read through (ultimately attracting more viewers). The custom graphics for the olympics there are great. Did you make them yourself? Or was it a copy and past CS3 type thing? Another great idea I saw was you you built the rowing stadium with what looks to be like airport pieces (that's genuis). Anyways great city journal and it's a shame I only found it now. Keep up the great work Balkair.

Cheers.

[balkair 6]

Rusty:

wow, thanks dude!! Appriciate it!

The graphics for the bid logo are my own creation, though i used parts from the Tokyo 2016 olympic logo to make it It is supposed to represent the Shalman Empire's flag waving, with the olympic colors (no black though, it looked ugly on the logo!). I actually got the idea during Ancient Greek class (totally the boring-est class in the entire world!)

roboo1: well i actually like how it turned out, so i dont think i'll change it right now. I don't have enough time, and i have to finish all my other venues for the bid! (i have only finished the rowing stadium, the main complex and the archery stadium)

[jacqulina 162]

excellent work and pics my friend,very nice canal,excellent newspaper interesting read

[Gn_leugim 858]

some nice developing here =) so we have now mossuli.. err.. a new leader XD

other thing, where did you found those building of vansia? the older ones =)

[Schulmanator 5,793]

Great new pics... an impressive sports area.

[balkair 6]

Thanks for your comments everyone

Here is a picture of our proposed Main Stadium Complex, or Y.S.A.C!

To find out more, please visit our simlympic bid page here: http://simsports.darkbb.com/december-bids-f53/ylmeria-2008-bid-for-the-december-simlympic-games-t278.htm

And here are some maps!

[balkair 6]

And some other random pictures! (still not really an update xD)

[Schulmanator 5,793]

NICE! I like the detail in each pic. And the areas you are showing of your city are looking very nice as well.

[balkair 6]

FINALLY, I have a real update for you guys! xD This past week, the Empire had the pleasure of hosting two COFR Events.

EVENT #1

Mass Relay Gateway meeting between officials from the Diesmaran Empire and the Shalman Empire.

The High Lord and the other members of the delegation arrived early in the morning at the Ylmeria Cosmodrom and Spaceport.

Immediately they departed for the Summer Palace, which hosts all foreigh diplomats when on an official visit.

The negotiations were held at the Ministry of Economics building, in downtown Ylmeria, just across the street from the Simlympic Stadium which will be used for Hockey (shall the Shalman Empire win the bid for the 2008 December Simlympics)

The High Lord also visited the commercial district of Ylmeria, where the construction of the Confederal Trade Union Headquarters is under way.

The High Lord also visited famous landmarks of Ylmeria, such as the Ylmeria Tower, which is show in this picture.

Event #2

First ever Youth Assembly of Nations.

The Youth Assembly of Nations is an event modeled after the European Youth Parliament, but also after the Model UN conferences. THe COFR is the first Union to implement such a thing, in our tries to improve education within the Union.

In the Y.A.N, sixty-four lucky students between the ages of 16 and 19 get together in the real Confederal Headquarters (which now are located in Ylmeria, until the end of our term in office) and represent the 28 member nations of the COFR. The students then write Acts, as the Assembly of Nations would normally do, and present them to the real Assembly of Nations, which then debates them.

The Provisional Agenda of the first conference:

The Headquarters of the COFR in the Shalman Empire, now used as the Headquarters of the Confederacy until our term in office expires (the COFR does not have General HQ).

The students also had the opportunity to visit the Imperial Exhibition, which now hosts a huge variaty of works by famous Shalman paintors.

They also got a chance to visit the real Embassies of the countries they were representing! The Diesmaran delegation (10 people and two advisors) had a chance to meet with the High Lord too, as he was in Ylmeria too, for the Mass Relay Gateway meeting!

The Y.A.N. can be very tiring and demanding... A stroll by the river is always refreshing!

nihonkaranws - here you go - the update! xD

roboo1 - thanks!!

rusty_777 - o_0 geez, thanks!! xD I'm glad you like my CJ!

jacqulina - Thank you

Gn_leugim - Tnx a lot! And i got those buildings from STEX. If you search for "madrid" they should come up (they SHOULD)

Schulmanator - Thank you man! Appriciate it!

[Schulmanator 5,793]

Nice!! And, where did you get the cool summer palace from? I have not seen that before. It looks awesome!

The town is very good and I like the way it god decorated for the big events.

[balkair 6]

Thanks man! The palace is from STEX. If you type "palace" in the search thing, it should come up! Otherwise tell me, so i can find it for you!

[jacqulina 162]

beautifull work very nice detail around the palace excellent work and pics my friend

[Gn_leugim 858]

and yet, another great update.. keep them coming ;p (and thanks for the tip )

[balkair 6]

Thank you everyone for your kind words! And here is a little something i made today:

Video one: Ylmeria 2008 Simlympic Bid promotional video

New ident for the Imperial Broadcasting Network!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOZgFoVvzx0

(can someone tell me how to embed these?)

[Artur_001 4]

Your city is amazing. Great promotional videos. I like your Athletics Complex and metro map.

Can I ask you where you have found the torch and tribunes from Rowing Stadium?

[balkair 6]

oh, the torch is not really a torch xD Its called Kobe Port Tower (i think i got it from SC4 devotion), and it is a buiding in real life, but im using it as my torch But it DOES have an observatory on the last floor... so i guess its a building-torch. Whatever lol

[balkair 6]

oh and btw i FINALLY MANAGED TO FINISH MY METRO MAP!! OH YEAH!! xD

[nihonkaranws 88]

No way! That is amazing my friend. The graphics are outstanding, how did you make those flags??? Nice work my friend!

[Artur_001 4]

I'll check this but as you probably know it's very hard to find anything on SC4Devotion. Thanks anyway.

[balkair 6]

@ nihon: thanks man And to which flags are you talking of? the poster or the flag of the Shalman Empire in some of the pics?

@ Artur_001: yes, i've noticed that. I can NEVER find anything on SC4 devotion xD Oh well, i hope my info helps!

[nihonkaranws 88]

Yes the waving flags in this pic:

How did you do them?

[balkair 6]

oh, that. Yes, its just photoshop magic i had the flags drawn in paint a LONG time ago, and then i just imported them to photoshop, rotated them a bit, and used the liquify tool to make them look like they are waving! As simple as that

[jacqulina 162]

wonderfull work cant wait for more my friend

[spore415 5]

you always have such intresting concepts! god luckj with joingin the AFEDES

[balkair 6]

NEWS UPDATE!! =D

Emergency Broadcast by IBN news:

(<- how the --- do u embed these???!!!???!!!)

And the latest on The Imperial (yes, new layout. What do u think? More realistic, huh?)

And thank you all for your comments! Appriciate it! Really!

[balkair 6]

Uploaded a better quality pic of the newspaper! And here are some pics i had and thought i'd post them on here (from my Bid for the simlympics!)

The broadcast center

Main Complex overview

The soccer stadium

One of the two identical indoor arenas at the main complex

The main stadium

Swimming center

Tennis stadia

The Torch Tower

And the velodrome...

Stay tuned guys! I'm working on a big update within i next week! (i hope!)