The Leaving / Returning Thread

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

I'll be in and out for a while.  I will be starting several weeks of radiation treatment for my cancer out of town and will be out of touch unless the hotel has a terminal I can borrow.

[NMUSpidey 3,956]

Good luck, Nonny!

[InvisiChem 121]

Oh dear. Good luck Nonny. I'll pray all goes well. 

[jmsepe 2,038]

I'll be off to Davao City on March 28 until April 1 for our student government year end evaluation and outing.  

[igotthis 12]

I was here for several years, then left for a couple more. Now I'm here again.

IGT

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

I will be away starting May 30 for an indefinite period due to surgery.  I hope I'll be back in about a week, but needs must.

[crishy 57]

I wish it all goes well, Nonny.

[Mary miller 40]

Well im back to stay. Had to log in new. For some reason it would not accept my old log in info. I finally got an old Pc with XP on it and a copy of Simcity. Soon as I relearn some things Ill be back in business.

[steffix0168 0]

On ‎2015‎-‎06‎-‎17 at 3:19 PM, SounderBruce said:

The redesign has coaxed me into returning after yet another year-long hiatus.

I also managed to get Cities: Skylines during the Steam Summer Sale, so I might start a journal with that game.

 

[LironTheChick 20]

@A Nonny Moose

Hey man. I wish you all the best and may you fully recover soon. Sending you all the love <3

_____

Anyway, I'm back. Again. I was active until around early 2013 and then went on a long hiatus because this thing called adulthood crept in so quickly! I'm back tho and I'll try to be more active.

If y'all are like "wait you can't be an old member I don't remember you" well yeah, because this screen name is fairly new. If you were a chat regular before 2012 you may have known me as noypi07.

Cheers

RtC

[hotChocolate 95]

So I was active back in 2010 - 2011, mostly building Cities XL stuff, then switched to SC4, then disappeared for a long while as my interests drifted elsewhere. I've gotten back into the SimCity 4 groove however, and I'm glad to say I'm back, hopefully for a bit longer this time. Currently hoping to start a CJ soon with something I'm working on.

Maybe somebody will even remember me 

[jmsepe 2,038]

Welcome back! I don't think I was here that time already but nevertheless, it's always good to be back home.  

[Thin White Duke 4,072]

I'm going on a bit of a road trip for 5-6 days.

[NMUSpidey 3,956]

Enjoy!  Road trips are the best.

[MisterBlueStar4 1,004]

Alright so from August 21-28 I won't be active on the simtropolis website because of a trip to Hawaii.

[NMUSpidey 3,956]

That sounds like a nice vacation.  Enjoy!

[LironTheChick 20]

aaaand I'm back! Not too sure for how long, though. I've been on and off busy lately. I don't even have a social life

Oh well, I guess I'm glad to be back. Hopefully, my old friends from before 2010 are still here, but new friends are always welcome! Dang, I joined this forum when I was in high school, even first came out of the closet here, and now I'm a lonely, underemployed 24-year-old gay man. 

Anyway, I'll try to stay for a while because I really need to start working on a SimCity 4 project that I've been planning since I was 15 but couldn't do due to my ADHD. Let's see how it goes this time! 

[NMUSpidey 3,956]

Welcome back.  I hope that you do get around to building something new.

[MisterBlueStar4 1,004]

I'm finally back from my 7 day long vacation to Hawaii.I must do business as usual.

[airman15 4,111]

Come Sunday the 15th, I will be heading to San Francisco to board a cruise ship for a week-long vacation! I will be on the MS Grand Princess, and the cruise will mean sailing down the coast to Santa Barbra and all the way to Ensenada. I got a passport in case I have to use it. I've never been on a cruise before and i'm excited for it! This cruise will be with my folks but I have my own room and have my accommodations picked out! All I need to do is finish packing.

[Thin White Duke 4,072]

Sail safely!

[jason leo 485]

Hello, I'm finally back here after around 4 years. I find out that simtropolis has changed quite a lot, with lots of new members coming in (wow, another 9,000 will mean that the community reaches 700,000 members) and losing a dear friend as well as searching for the city journals that I followed those several years ago. Unfortunately, I don't have any personal computer at this moment (planning to buy a new one by spring)  and my past projects are all entirely lost, perhaps for good.

Currently I have to go by train everyday between Antwerpen and Leuven (perhaps up to the next 5 months) and still pretty busy most of the time. Anyway, best wishes and live long Simtropolis.

Greetings,

Jason

[NMUSpidey 3,956]

Welcome back!

[airman15 4,111]

As of yesterday, I am back from vacation and had a wonderful time cruising with my folks! I was more than impressed with what it's like to be on the water like that! I have a handful of stories I was writing down, if anyone is interested in reading a wall of text. It all took place aboard the Grand Princess, a ship I have decided i'd rather not model due to it's complexities, haha!

[NMUSpidey 3,956]

Why not stop on by The Moose Factory?  It's been a while since we've had any stories in there.

[airman15 4,111]

Sure, matey! Be warned there is a paragraph for every day as I was thinking of cross-posting to Facebook. It will be online once I get home.

[MandelSoft 2,769]

So, after three years of abscence, even missing out my ten-year anniversary on this website, I'm finally back, but probably not as active as I used to be.

Pfew, a lot has changed on my side! The main reason I left here was that ProMods - a community mod for Euro Truck Simulator 2 - was demanding so much time that I came here less and less, and eventually even that stopped. But while SimCity 4 changed my course of education and seeded the love for civil engineering, Euro Truck Simulator 2 impacted my life in a whole different way. I'm one of the three team leaders in the ProMods team, so a lot of management jobs are in my hand on this hobby project, and this ain't much fun sometimes...

But it gets even crazier: after I finished my master's degree back in March 2016, I started looking for a job, without much success. During the summer, I had the crazy idea to visit Prague on a short holiday and en passant visit SCS Software, the company who created Euro Truck Simulator 2 (and American Truck Simulator). After some e-mail exchanges, they said it was OK to visit, so I showed them the work we done in our mod. A few months later, the France DLC came out, but the old areas of France still looked the same and that was a clash of different styles, kind of awkward. So I showed them that with a few tweaks, the old areas could be updated without much effort and still looking a ton better. This caught them their attention and they called me. I was still looking for a job and they were actually willing to offer me one! There was only one catch: I had to move to Prague.

I considered my options, seeing if there was a possibility to stay back in the Netherlands. I had never lived on my own, let alone abroad! But after investigating the alternatives, it actually turned out that surprisingly, moving abroad was the least complicated option. It was kind of scary at first, probably the biggest challenge I've faced in my life. And on the first day, I was kind of scared about the whole idea. But after a week or two, I actually felt home in the city. It's surprising how quickly these things become so mundane. Even the fact that everyone around you speaks in a language you don't understand (still working on that, but man, Czech is hard!). Right now, I'm working at SCS Software for over a year as a map designer and I've delivered a great contribution to the Italy map DLC. I'm still involved in ProMods, so I'm also representing the link between the company and the modding community. It has been quite an exciting year and I feel like I've grown a lot.

So, how did I came back? Well, noahclem from the SC4D community invited me over at their SimCity 4 Discord server, and eventually I learned that SimTropolis had a Discord server too, so I joined. Discord is the main communication channel between ProMods members, so it was convenient to join. And I love to see all of your faces again. The community seems to be a bit quieter nowadays, but it ain't dead yet. The thing is, I actually found out that I fell out of love with SimCity 4; I find it easier to get back into Cities:Skylines again. Now, due to my modding work and my day job, I may not have a lot of time to completely fine-tune a city, but that gave me another idea. What if I play the game in a completely different way? And so, I'm now trying to embrace the Natural Growth method. The actual playing time for this method is quite limited per week, but I can make a lot of interesting fluff around it. I've done a lot of fiction writing in the time that I wasn't here and I think I got better at that, so expect that I fill in my latest project with some stories.

So, I'm back in action. Maybe in a different way this time. But as you can see, everything is fine and dandy with me. I missed you guys!

Best regards from your friendly neighbourhood pegasus,
Maarten (MandelSoft)

[MisterBlueStar4 1,004]

1 hour ago, MandelSoft said:

So, after three years of abscence, even missing out my ten-year anniversary on this website, I'm finally back, but probably not as active as I used to be.

Pfew, a lot has changed on my side! The main reason I left here was that ProMods - a community mod for Euro Truck Simulator 2 - was demanding so much time that I came here less and less, and eventually even that stopped. But while SimCity 4 changed my course of education and seeded the love for civil engineering, Euro Truck Simulator 2 impacted my life in a whole different way. I'm one of the three team leaders in the ProMods team, so a lot of management jobs are in my hand on this hobby project, and this ain't much fun sometimes...

But it gets even crazier: after I finished my master's degree back in March 2016, I started looking for a job, without much success. During the summer, I had the crazy idea to visit Prague on a short holiday and en passant visit SCS Software, the company who created Euro Truck Simulator 2 (and American Truck Simulator). After some e-mail exchanges, they said it was OK to visit, so I showed them the work we done in our mod. A few months later, the France DLC came out, but the old areas of France still looked the same and that was a clash of different styles, kind of awkward. So I showed them that with a few tweaks, the old areas could be updated without much effort and still looking a ton better. This caught them their attention and they called me. I was still looking for a job and they were actually willing to offer me one! There was only one catch: I had to move to Prague.

I considered my options, seeing if there was a possibility to stay back in the Netherlands. I had never lived on my own, let alone abroad! But after investigating the alternatives, it actually turned out that surprisingly, moving abroad was the least complicated option. It was kind of scary at first, probably the biggest challenge I've faced in my life. And on the first day, I was kind of scared about the whole idea. But after a week or two, I actually felt home in the city. It's surprising how quickly these things become so mundane. Even the fact that everyone around you speaks in a language you don't understand (still working on that, but man, Czech is hard!). Right now, I'm working at SCS Software for over a year as a map designer and I've delivered a great contribution to the Italy map DLC. I'm still involved in ProMods, so I'm also representing the link between the company and the modding community. It has been quite an exciting year and I feel like I've grown a lot.

So, how did I came back? Well, noahclem from the SC4D community invited me over at their SimCity 4 Discord server, and eventually I learned that SimTropolis had a Discord server too, so I joined. Discord is the main communication channel between ProMods members, so it was convenient to join. And I love to see all of your faces again. The community seems to be a bit quieter nowadays, but it ain't dead yet. The thing is, I actually found out that I fell out of love with SimCity 4; I find it easier to get back into Cities:Skylines again. Now, due to my modding work and my day job, I may not have a lot of time to completely fine-tune a city, but that gave me another idea. What if I play the game in a completely different way? And so, I'm now trying to embrace the Natural Growth method. The actual playing time for this method is quite limited per week, but I can make a lot of interesting fluff around it. I've done a lot of fiction writing in the time that I wasn't here and I think I got better at that, so expect that I fill in my latest project with some stories.

So, I'm back in action. Maybe in a different way this time. But as you can see, everything is fine and dandy with me. I missed you guys!

Best regards from your friendly neighbourhood pegasus,
Maarten (MandelSoft)

Welcome back MandelSoft.It's been a long time.

[NMUSpidey 3,956]

It's good to see you back, MandleSoft!  Living abroad was one of the best things I've ever done and I would gladly take the opportunity to do so again.  It already seems like a good move for you, and I hope that you get a lot out of it! 

[Shadow Assassin 336]

Bloody hell, when was the last time I came here?

When I was looking for something I got mugged in memory lane hard-core so here I am.

So much has changed. I still can't believe that so many people have died or otherwise succumbed to old age (rest in peace Barby, Nonny Moose and others) - though it has been more than fifteen years.

Brings a tear to my eyes.