dirk: Change Is Coming (to Simtropolis) Version 6.0!

[hym 358]

I think we should run some calculations on the trajectory of the wrecking ball and determine whether the buildings are being demolished in a safe manner.  What do you think, Duke?

[BlondeTwiggy 43]

Awesome sig pic, Hamish. But, won't you have to update it every time something new happens?

Beebs...I thought I had alot of windows open at once...lol

Don't tell me this thread already has the Page-flip bug. 

[djrules5454 5]

Anyone else notice that the link to ST 6.0's beta was removed sometime recently from the bottom of every ST page?

Never mind. That was 5.0.

It was indeed the 6.0 beta!

[NMUSpidey 3,956]

Originally posted by: BlondeTwiggy Awesome sig pic, Hamish. But, won't you have to update it every time something new happens? quote>

I second that.  Possibly the best sig pic of all currently active members (except me, of course haha)?

[Hamish 1,370]

Originally posted by: BlondeTwiggy Awesome sig pic, Hamish. But, won't you have to update it every time something new happens? quote>

Thank you. Yes I did think of that, but would only be about 20 frames, so Im not that worried about it.

Originally posted by: djrules5454_simtropolisedition Anyone else notice that the link to ST 6.0's beta was removed sometime recently from the bottom of every ST page?

Never mind. That was 5.0.

It was indeed the 6.0 beta!quote>

Its been removed for a while now...

Originally posted by: NMUSpidey

Originally posted by: BlondeTwiggy Awesome sig pic, Hamish. But, won't you have to update it every time something new happens? quote>

I second that.  Possibly the best sig pic of all currently active members (except me, of course haha)?quote>

Thank you!

If you want to use it, all I ask is that you credit me in your signature.

[Craig-Abcvs 1,595]

We need someone in here that looks good in a fluro vest and hard hat...   

... and that someone needs to take immediate charge of inspecting that all proper safety measures have been taken while the demolition of the banner is in progress.

Well done to all those who have carefully documented and chronicled the progress, or is that de-progress...

Hamish ya sig looks fab!

(Dirk...  this better be something more than just a new banner or a wild llama chase cos the suspense is getting well...  pretty supensful.)

[deathtopumpkins 43]

That wrecking ball's making me nervous...

[kj3400 178]

Originally posted by: abcvs

(Dirk...  this better be something more than just a new banner or a wild llama chase cos the suspense is getting well...  pretty supensful.)quote>

 

Suspense that's so thick you can only cut it with a chainsaw!

I hope they cleared the area out....don't need any casualities!

[Hamish 1,370]

Originally posted by: abcvs We need someone in here that looks good in a fluro vest and hard hat...quote>

See, If we did that, it would be like any SH in New Zealand, it would actually get finished, they'd get half way through and stop for months on end

... and that someone needs to take immediate charge of inspecting that all proper safety measures have been taken while the demolition of the banner is in progress.

Well done to all those who have carefully documented and chronicled the progress, or is that de-progress...

Hamish ya sig looks fab!

(Dirk...  this better be something more than just a new banner or a wild llama chase cos the suspense is getting well...  pretty supensful.)quote>

Thank you!

[Craig-Abcvs 1,595]

I just remembered that when my kids were pre-schoolers they had a Fisher Price Game called Big Action Construction...  and that had a very cool wrecking ball.... 

[Hahayoudied 3]

Hey, who is operating that wreaking ball machine?

[kj3400 178]

Ok, Dirk must really be playing with us, because not only is the wrecking ball gone, but the building's back as well!

I'm confused...

[Kevin 101]

^^ It looks the same to me...

[Hahayoudied 3]

Now it is back to the banner with the wreaking ball .

I think Dirk is trying to play with our minds, or worse, trying to make us go insane...

Where is Dirk?

[kj3400 178]

Well that's odd, because my screen still shows the original layout....Maybe it has to do with what timezone we're in....

[purpledaddy 6]

Originally posted by: deathtopumpkins That wrecking ball's making me nervous... quote>

Wrecking balls aren't scary, they're like riding on top of a nuclear missile.  Yee-haaawww!!!

[Kevin 101]

Originally posted by: kj3400 Well that's odd, because my screen still shows the original layout....Maybe it has to do with what timezone we're in....quote>

Hit refresh.. your browser may just be loading the old banner

[Duke87 1,070]

Originally posted by: hym I think we should run some calculations on the trajectory of the wrecking ball and determine whether the buildings are being demolished in a safe manner.  What do you think, Duke? quote>

Trajectory is impossible to determine with only the position at a single point in time known.

Now, if you could show me where it was a second before the picture there, then we start to be talking. Still, the weight of the ball is a necessary parameter. We'd need to know that too. We'll assume it's Earth and g=9.8 m/s².

I can, however, tell you the buildings aren't being demolished in a safe manner regardless. You try and take a wrecking ball to tall buildings ... well, for one thing, it would be impractical, since you'd need a pretty tall wrecking ball. The one in the banner is ridiculously out of scale to be realistic (but then again, so are a lot of things in SimCity games. Tile size limitations). But for another, you'd be knocking those buildings over more than you'd be knocking them down - not good news. No, for a tall building you'd implode it with explosives. You see this being done for smaller and smaller buildings these days, too. Wrecking balls are becoming rather antiquated technology.

Originally posted by: abcvs We need someone in here that looks good in a fluro vest and hard hat... quote>

Yes? You called?

... and that someone needs to take immediate charge of inspecting that all proper safety measures have been taken while the demolition of the banner is in progress.quote>

See above.

Well done to all those who have carefully documented and chronicled the progress, or is that de-progress...quote>

"de-progress". I believe the word you're looking for is "regress".

[Hahayoudied 3]

I think it was because Dirk decided to use the wreaking ball to make the buildings fall in a domino.

Heck, Dirk have already imploded a building.

*hears the windows smash and chunks of cement falls around Hahayoudied*

Erm, whoever is operating that wreaking ball crane needs to stop, it is too...

*gets hit by the pieces of cement, glass, steel, *

[kj3400 178]

So the wrecking ball's back for me. I wish I'd actually get to see a building get hit with it....

[Micah 16]

I feel sorry for the people working in those towers. So many laid-off people. So much sorrow.

[Craig-Abcvs 1,595]

Originally posted by: Micah I feel sorry for the people working in those towers. So many laid-off people. So much sorrow.quote>

 

And when we "B - Click and drag" or "V - Click and drag"  our way around our SC tiles from the comfort and safety of being on the other side of the computer screen do we really give any thought to the poor Sims that will now have to find new places to live and work?   

I just hope they all got out in time...  too bad if they missed the memo to vacate.

[Hahayoudied 3]

Yeah, and I think the sidewalk is a bit TOO close to the buildings...

*Hahayoudied gets knocked out*

[Hester 700]

Originally posted by: abcvs

Originally posted by: Micah I feel sorry for the people working in those towers. So many laid-off people. So much sorrow.quote>

 

And when we "B - Click and drag" or "V - Click and drag"  our way around our SC tiles from the comfort and safety of being on the other side of the computer screen do we really give any thought to the poor Sims that will now have to find new places to live and work?   

I just hope they all got out in time...  too bad if they missed the memo to vacate.quote>

Yup.  You know how I feel about that!

[Shadow Assassin 336]

I just hope they all got out in time... too bad if they missed the memo to vacate.quote>

Or it could just be that the plans are collecting dust in a small dark closet in the basement for the Sims to look through? I mean, c'mon, it's not as if they know that they have to move out to make way for say, a bypass.

(Kudos to those who get the reference)

[metarvo 711]

As an aside, have you ever thought about what any inhabitants of a building in your city do whenever you are bulldozing their building to make room for that new police station or preparing to widen that road?  I mean, they do get fair warning, don't they?  Or maybe they don't...

[ilikehotdogsalot 311]

It would be funny if the banner changed today, to fit in with the whole 'voting' thing

[Duke87 1,070]

Originally posted by: metarvo As an aside, have you ever thought about what any inhabitants of a building in your city do whenever you are bulldozing their building to make room for that new police station or preparing to widen that road?  I mean, they do get fair warning, don't they?  Or maybe they don't...quote>

They don't. If you've ever demolished a building one of you're MySims is living in, you'd know this. They're also always in the bath when the bulldozer arrives.

Originally posted by: ilikehotdogsalot It would be funny if the banner changed today, to fit in with the whole 'voting' thing quote>

Simtropolis is from Canada. So far as dirk is concerned, there's absolutely nothing special about today. So it would be rather surprising to see it change.

[Craig-Abcvs 1,595]

I mean, they do get fair warning, don't they?quote>

They're also always in the bathquote>

Yup... they see the green glow of the bulldoze tool shining through the bathroom window, just before you click....

[Hahayoudied 3]

*Hahayoudied bathes in his aparment building bathroom, but then notices an odd red glow shining through the windows, and hears a loud mouse click...*