The Ragged Edge: A tale of four cities

[andrew george 0]

Love those night time pics - esp. City Hall lit up!

 

Good work!

 

A

[mayormommy 8]

Thanks, jglei701, The Big Z, newy(2!), and andrew george - not to mention Slayer and Adley! I'm hoping to get the next update together on Monday so as not to leave you hanging too long. It will be a big one with lots of pictures. Unfortunately, I'm being bombarded with RLS for the next couple weeks - a relative in the hospital , a wedding to attend in Chicago , a job interview , a meeting in Pittsburgh , and to top it off, jury duty!

[mayormommy 8]

Chapter 27: The Council Finally Meets

 

The next morning, all of the mayors of The Ragged Edge traveled to Paw Paw for the Regional Council meeting. August had scheduled the meeting bright and early at 9 a.m. in an attempt to forestall any more vote switching deals. It might be nice to take a look at two new Paw Paw developments that Col. Thistle missed when he hurriedly passed through town a few days ago.

 

 

The larger development was the area of Seaberry

[alt+tab 2]

BOO YA!

Love that plot twist! O YA!

[Adley 0]

Nice..  now to see what will happenext.. we all want every city to be the capital..  hmm.. I envision armies duking it out and such...

[mayormommy 8]

Thanks for the comments, Slayer and Adley. Armies? Hmmm...I wonder whose side Col. Thistle is on.  

[MrCinatit 30]

AH - HAH!

i knew i didn't trust Bud for a reason! not a very nice thing, taking everyone's money, if you ask me...and a good way to lose votes!

you know, i was looking at your pictures, especially the areas with the monorails...you don't need any roller coasters in the Ragged Edge...i think you could get enough of a ride with the monorails. looks very cool

keep up the great work.

[Superstar 69]

great CJ!!!! I love the story! and I really like the way the city is layed out

[andrew george 0]

I've always loved this journal - Dr Vu is so nasty.  Always lurking - so sinister.

 

Some nice pics as ever - good work!

 

A

[mayormommy 8]

Chapter 28: Contesting the Capital

 

The next day the Regional Council met by conference call to deal with some unfinished business, like Basil Borage

[jglei701 8]

I really like this idea of audience participation! I can't wait to be a part of it. We'll just have to see where the capitol would fit the best!

[MrCinatit 30]

*smacks forehead*

gah! most chaotic city award! of course...oh well...my vote has been cast, and i am sticking with it.

[mayormommy 8]

Thank you for the comment, jglei701. I think we'll go through the cities in detail 3 or 4 at a time, then I'll post thumbnails of all the potential sites at once for the actual voting. I know I'm the lazy sort who doesn't like to have go back several pages to see what I'm voting on. This doesn't bode well for me using our county's touch screen system next week.

 

MrCinatit, I'm just teasing about the Trixies, although I've done my part and voted several times, as a good (former) Chicagoan should.  Well, okay, it was all legit, even if I had to make up categories to get all of my favorites in.  As for myself, as a Cubs fan, I am used to low expectations, even lower than Red Sox fans, though maybe not as low as Reds fans (j/k! ). There's always next year... 

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Mayormommy, You just get funnier and funnier every day!

[Adley 0]

Excellent.. Keep  yupdating when you can..

[newy2 0]

Wow great updates!

The monorail system is looking good as we well as the layout of ur city, i love it(nice terrain too)

Great closeup pics as well as night pics too

Beautiful regional view, well done, cant wait for more

 

[mayormommy 8]

Oh, boy, more comments!  Just when you think that your journal is peacefully hibernating on page 3, someone comes along and wakes it up.  Thanks, Slayer, Adley, and Newy! 

 

Actually, I had 5 of the 13 capital districts finished when my son took a renewed interest in Sim City, so I've been helping him with his cities the past couple weeks.  But I think I can put together a little update soon. I'm sure you guys are anxious to find out what happened between Clem and Ivy  if only I could figure that out myself.

[mayormommy 8]

Chapter 29: So, What Ever Happened with Ivy and Clem?

 

Pete Moss and Eileen Wright were worried about their friend Clem. He didn

[jglei701 8]

I just love this CJ Mayormommy.... there's SO much more here than great cities (which it definately has). The storyline and character development just drives what you end up doing with everything... there's some real genius at work! The readability is amazing!

Along with the whole story-line idea... I can't wait to see what each of your cities do to spruce up the towns for the capital contest. That was a great idea (there's a common theme, if you couldn't tell!) and it will be exciting to see what you come up with!!

[alt+tab 2]

I love how you get all these cities to match up together, all the interaction is great!

[mayormommy 8]

Thanks, jglei701 and slayer!  Now that everyone has been admonished to make more thoughtful comments on journals, does that mean I have to reply with more intelligent answers?  Let's just say that I really appreciate that folks like the story and even more surprisingly, the somewhat lumpy and odd cities. I'm still having fun with it, even though leveling 11 x 15 lots for the potential capitol 13 times over is becoming a bit of a pain.  But it's a interesting challange to design a city around such a large blank hole, especially since I've had some experience with that before in this crazy terrain.

 

Thanks again for the comments!

[Adley 0]

Nice update.. Love the plot twisting.. Mayhaps Clem will get to know Ivy more thru the work ethic..

[mayormommy 8]

Chapter 30: Capital Tours, Part I

 

[Adley 0]

Hmm.. what next? Looks good..  I myself would take out the pig farm... but thats me..

[mayormommy 8]

Chapter 31: Capital Tours, Part II

 

Ivy felt a small thrill in the pit of her stomach as the plane leapt into the air. She had to admit it, she was impressed. She didn

[threeswept 12]

Hmmm...somehow, I don't think I've come across this journal. I really like the storyline...I enjoy having something to read along with looking at the pics. And, there's lots to read here. Good job!

[mayormommy 8]

Thanks for the comment, threeswept. It's always nice to hear from other journal creators. And also Adley! I didn't think I'd ever get any comments on the previous update; maybe it really was stinky.  I hope to squeeze in one more update around Thanksgiving before I'm off to Hamburg, Germany for several days. When I get back, it will be time for the big vote!

[Adley 0]

 Hmm.. wonder what'll happen next... and why is Maxisland sticking their nose where [at least to me] it doesnt belong? Shouldnty that be up to simnation?

[mayormommy 8]

The Ragged Edge is technically a territory of Maxisland, although they don't have any representation in the national capital of New Mommy City. I can't say more than that for now, but perhaps someday we'll pay a visit to New Mommy City...

[jglei701 8]

Great update! I like seeing the overviews of each of the cities and what each of the mayors are thinking :-) I was wondering where some of the cities would want to place the potential capital...

I'm gonna be mad at Maxisland, though, if it doesn't happen! I like the idea!