Green Depra

[Alfred.Jones 2]

Hey Choco, 

Even though there was only one mosaic, it was still of a very high standard, as usual.

I really like the newspaper and how it pops up every now and then in your CJ

Keep up the great work mate

Bye for now,

Alfred.Jones

[jacqulina 162]

wow what wonderfull work you have done allround so pretty and ever so scenic the pics are outstanding and the newspaper is so well presented and written so well

[owenluby 1]

nice work choco! thats one fine mosaic! Its really cool having a town name chosen by me! anyway, great mosaic, i love that rail line (how does he do it?..)!

keep up the awesomeness!

[Fabiocb 1]

Choco

what to say, this is briliant and everytime I think I already saw your best work you come with some more surprises, like an Aces under your hands, congratulations man.

[Ramona Brie 121]

Choco: it is so amazing to see you near 50 pages!

If you're having deja vu about me and a second comment, I'm on a whirlwind tour of all the City Journals I read.

If I posted 498 in Anduin Valley, and brought 499 to Terra, but I haven't gone to Kinata for 501, New Carpathia for 502, and Galesfe City for 503, what's missing?

The reason I'm HERE.

Choco, you introduced me to city journals as a whole. I was with you from about page 20.

On 10 March, you gave me a citizenship: my first. Since then, it's been supplemented with two more: Anduin Valley and Terra (the latter is a curiosity: it does not offer citizenships, but I have provided highway concepts and town concepts for it: I like to call it a citizenship).

Now, when I said I had posted 499 but not 501, what was missing?

A magic number. That number is...500!

That's right! 500! I am so excited to bring 500 to Green Depra!

But, I have to counterpoint this with some major news about one of your allies. See my next post (which will be 504, because I've got 3 to go).

[Ramona Brie 121]

An official telegram from Tracker News Services. Your news. Your CJ.

TRACKER NEWS SERVICES

18 JUNE 2006

4:51PM UTC-8

Sometimes, City Journals can be unstable: computers cause the demise of a City Journal, whether due to a virus, a corrupted save file, a hard drive crash, or some other symptom. It happened to one I had watched closely during my early days on Simtrop. I have a heavy heart: I have to announce a demise that could crash some stuff you had scheduled. It's the crash of an SCJU ally, of a great City Journal, and of a close ally you'd had since ITS inception.

This demise and crash is the one...of Simtropolis thread 71033. The crash of--

(Magpie: could you stop shooting those birds?)

--Ki

(the rest did not come through: the telegram was faulty. Only the Ki came through from the CJ's name. The comment above the abrupt end about "Magpie", and the noting of thread ID 71033, are all the clues that you have.)

[JoeMeister 1]

Just read from page 43.. great updates! Your work is awesome! Keep it up!

[Nik-nik 3]

Aussie played great against Brasil. Sorry to see them loose!

(I am talking RL football right now).

The update is great. Short but great. Nice that story about Orange Derovians migrating to green depra. You could even build a Medditeranian city quarter now.

I see cars and trees next to the roads. Does that mean you are able to use Jeronij's street Mod together with your red-bricked streets?

Go out and celebrate those A's.

Nik-Nik

[Yoman3 5]

Thank you for voting Yes to my application!

[Eastwinn 6]

Wow, Great Update choco, love the mosiac! Man, I haven't been here in a while but school is over so I'll be looking for updates.

[Ramona Brie 121]

[choco1 4]

Thanks everyone for your comments!  Thanks Tracker for that great paper.  Its very sad to hear about Kinata, and as I said in the previous update I offer my most sincere greavences.

Anyway...

Update 41!

Today we are again looking at Green Depra's newest city Barton Lakes...

Further growth in the area has seen many more people move in, the latest being a large group of equestrian fanatics.  This group lobbied and lobbied the council until they were forced to build a nice equestrian school for their budding young children, before the council gave in there were reports of protesters outside the council building shouting "Think of the children!".  Authorities have blamed a lack of things to complain about for the soccer mums over-reaction. 

A new railway line has also been welcomed in, bringing tourists in on day trips to take a fresh bit to eat from the small town's market.  The market is renound across GD for having the best corn on a cob, after the news spread out that they completely dip the corn in hot butter all trains going into Barton Lakes were packed with hungry citizens.  On a completely seperate note there has been a sharp spike in cholesterol-related heart attacks in the Barton Lakes area, health officials are puzzled by the cause.

The train station has become a main source of transport to the Barton Lakes folk, with most having jobs outside the area, many ditching their cars in favor of a cleaner way of travel.

The local Herb store is renound for its exotic variety of home grown herbs.  The herb store manager was arrested late yesterday after the store accidentally sold an elderly woman some of his 'private herbs'.

And finally I leave you with a shot of a calm field, untouched by human (or sim) hands....

Thats all for today folks!  Hope you enjoyed it!  Personal comments will be first thing tomorrow morning, but right now I'm off to bed!

Cheers, choco.

[Nik-nik 3]

Great update.

Personal herbs? Here in Holland we have grow shops for that.  

Marihu...something I beleive it is called

That trainstation looks very fine. Which is it?

Dip the Corn in butter...... Is that herbalist behind this as well?

Sleep tight!

Nik-Nik

[kant01 5]

chocolatemax -

WOW! Really gorgeous update! The nature shots are of course stunning! Really nice use of the equestrian lot! Everything is simply beautiful!

My only complaint (if I was looking really, really hard) is that your deadwoods windmill water pumps look a little out of place clustered together. They look like they belong in a field of cows or something, but not by the side or the road. what to do, that's the question. My own way around that has been to create a small single tile lot with no base texture and the only prop being the cow or horse effects. Then I made another version of the windmill pump without the base texture as well. After that its easy to just create a pasture looking area with the windmill in the middle surounded by cows or horses!

As I said before, though, its not really a big deal; just a small suggestion that would add to your already overwhelming realism.

Cannot wait till the next update!

[Lyhoko Leaci 770]

Looks good, can't wait for more!

[bat 6]

Great update!

But what train station is it, where do you get it?

bat

This update comes to late for my 600th post so this is my 611th post

[Simfan34 11]

Wow. Once again,I am speechless. This is greater than great.

A private New Burgundian Landowner, Mark Snikpoh ( just spell that backwards), would like to buy a large area of land near Barton Lakes for devlopment This area is shown below,outlined.

This man has now affilation with the goverment,besides being a registered voter.

[KoolSIM 2]

Hey choco!! Great Update as usual!!!

I'd like to ask you something. Please tell me what mod are you using to get those cars parked on the side of the streets. Also I would like to know whether that station is available on the STEX!!

Thanks in advance!

[Goin2Chicago 4]

what you do in sim city is too good but thats a good thing so don't worry. lol. there's not just one thing i love about this update because i love everything. i'd have to say though that the trainstation is really cool. i also like the story about the herb store. i bet that elderly woman will come back a lot more often after that. lol. great work and i can't wait for more!

[Benedict 3,119]

Those have to be the best mosaics I have seen here at ST - great job!

[mightygoose 92]

it has a great eifel feel to it if you are familiar with germany, wicked station and great mosaics

[Rayden 7]

Dang, this is not fair, you should be forbidden to use the LE. Everytime you update, I have to open and clean up my keyboard.

M A G N I F I C E N T !

[mightygoose 92]

it has a great eifel feel to it if you are familiar with germany, wicked station and great mosaics

[GaBoR 7]

Wow nice update, love the equestrian school, I'm puzzle too about the heart disease what could it be the cause????, LOL, BTW lovely train station where you get it?

[Battlecat 14]

Very nice update!  Your rural areas look very nice!  They blend in with your suburban areas quite nicely!

[topcliff 1]

That was a great update, and I am also wondering where you got that train station. I especially love the Red Brick Only streets, as it goes well with the SSM by JRJ. Ugh, confusing, isn't it? TopCliff

[Ramona Brie 121]

Aah...refreshing diversity.

I wonder where you got the train station...

[beachfrontproperty 0]

Very nice CJ, lots of trees! ^^

[Anarchy 0]

kewl CJ!! I haven't had the time to read everything buth school is almost done and then i will read everything!

[Eastwinn 6]

Awesome Update! I just can't get enough of those mosaics!