NEW HOLLAND Journal

[utora 0]

Andrew George: I'm glad you like your character! I agree that this young fellow is doing a pretty good job for his age (only 20!). He got the house mainly by luck; it was an old abandoned cottage and Andrew bought it for only 40.000 guilders (20.000 euro/dollar). With his small office doing so well, he could renovate the whole house, and now it's been added to Turtle Bay's monumental list. Soon it'll be worth ten times more!

Dannato: Thanks! I don't think I ever received such a big compliment Dannato!

Mikeaut1: You're right, you can do pretty amazing things with photoshop, but you can already increase the appeal of your pictures quite a lot with Irfanview as well. The river running through the woods-pic could have been modified with Irfanview as well. All you need to do is to play a bit with color balance (I reduced Red, and increased Green a lot, as well as a slight enhancement of the Blue teint). With Irfanview you can also make pics blurry, or sharpen them; finally I use the brightness/contrast settings a lot, as well as the greyscale option. If you want to see some REALLY amazing photoshop work, you should check the Chicago and Adelaide journals. Also check MrCinatits journals, because he's playing around a lot with filters and stuff. (I presume with Irfanview), and: Dannato's cj is brightened up a lot with PaintShop. Enjoy!

mayormommy: Yeah, you look cute, but I can assure you: appearances are deceptive (hmmm, didn't Shakespeare say something like this in MacBeth?).

ChicAgo333: Thank you! But don't downplay yourself, you've got a really outstanding journal, and you know it!!

Gizmos robot: Who said humans created the alien bases/cities? In fact, all this is still a big mystery, which is the reason president Vanderburg gave orders for a thorough NHID-investigation; if you study the pics of the alien city closely, you can see some human houses on them... well, your guess is quite close to the real thing... but I'm not going to reveal anything here! Btw, welcome to this journal!

Dark Avatar: Thanks for the nice compliment! I got the images of the characters from www.thesimsresource.com and I slightly modified them in MSPaint. Got the idea from MrBisonm's Nexis of Genesis, where he does the same. The lit trees on Burg Eiland are part of Peg's rivertool kit, and as you know they're not available anymore on the STEX. The fences by the railway are part of Marrast's roadside kit, or Marrast Walkways Stairs Set, which you can download here, https://www.simtropolis.com/lots/index.cfm?mode=files&filetype=all&Str=marrast  (the light-green grasstiles are also part of that) also check his latest roadside creation (uploaded today). Very useful!

Seville: Wow! thanks for the compliment, and I'm glad you like your character so far! And who knows about Renaud's thoughts on the Nature Party...

 

Geez! Page ELEVEN!!!

[Nijntje123 1]

This is indeed the most succesfull CJ of all times

[flrscf 0]

(Sorry, late replie, but I went to Antwerp with a schooltrip today)Good update!! I like those rainy pics! Maybe you know it already, but I like this CJ!!! It's dutch and wonderful! Keeep it up!

[edgartamch 1]

I love NEW HOLLAND!!! Keep up the good work!!!

[Mikeaut1 261]

Thanks Utora! I have Irfanview by the way, but I still have to download all the plugins to get the best out of it. Can't wait for another update! 

 

 

[MayorTim 16]

Wow, wonderful journal... it has the best story I have ever seen on these boards. Wonderful.

Bunnies for you!

[London_Wyverns 0]

Great story's!!!! Nice one about Rasputin, very dark and mysterious

[utora 0]

Chapter 3: The departure of Utora and the introduction of Basil Fawlty, Frosties, Dylan Sergio Hightower Francisco and Brian Allen

 

Basil Fawlty (flrscf)

On the 12^th of december NHE22, Andele woke up in his humble home in Arendal. Today was the great day! He would join the NHID and become a secret agent! Quickly he took a shower, put on some decent clothes and grabbed his luggage. He had to run to catch the bus to Arendal Station, from where he would jump on the train to Messelmonde.

 

 

Today one of his biggest dreams would be fulfilled: serving his country as an intelligence agent. Andele had to make some sacrifices though. His family was not allowed to ever see him again, nor hear any information about him. As a secret agent, you are SECRET; that means for the outside world you don

[frosties0258 0]

sweet, my entry in the journal, i hope the findings are important can't wait to begin excavating

[flrscf 0]

Wow, I'm in the story now!!! Thanx! Your story is great! Keep it up!

[Mikeaut1 261]

God, Utora. You're the best. Your screenshots are totally awesome. So many people are involved in the city journal now! Great job!

[andrew george 0]

OMG I hope MrCinatit doesn't really look like that........

 

Nice update

 

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[simwario 95]

Thanks for the Update. Very exciting and gripped story. Keep it up!

[ChicAgo333 2]

great update, great story

[Dark Avatar 8]

Interesting update. Keep it up!

[Alkaola 18]

wow looks great , nice story i'd like how you add real persons to the game , for example mrcinanit and other guys , reminds me of my own city journal  (The region of Santr

[MrCinatit 30]

Date:9/26/2004 6:26:03 PM
Author:andrew george

OMG I hope MrCinatit doesn't really look like that........

 

Nice update

 

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uh...er....uh....no...yeah...that's it. that's the picture. that doesn't look anything at all like me. *looks around apartment for any cameras, but only finds statue with blinking red light and whrring and clicking noise*

but...hey...Dr. Riley looks pretty good...has that Julianne Moore look going for her. wonder if i have a shot at her!

great update, as usual, utora. simply spectacular.

[dscampbell 181]

It has been a while since I posted. Have been buzy, so I was just looking and reading, but again, GREAT update Utora! Just wonderfull, though, I didn't think it would be any different!

[MayorWoodMan 0]

Wow, i missed an update somehow, so i just got a double serving of New Holland  mmm... tasty.  I really like this journal man.  I especially can't wait to hear more about Rasputin and Brian Allen! This is truly awesome, keep up the good work.

[utora 0]

Thanks for the many replies everyone! You're right Andrew George: this journal is really taking off now!

Nijntje123: Thanks for the compliment! I hope NH will prove to be successful for a while!

flrscf: yeah, it takes quite some time to introduce everyone; and I'm glad you like it!

edgartamch: Thank you very much, and welcome to New Holland!

Mikeaut1: Thanks! You can download the Irfanview plugins at their site I believe; Good luck with it! And thanks for the compliment on the screenshots! I forgot to say, I also use the grassbeach mod, which also helps to create an awesome look

Mayor Tim: Wow! thanks for the compliment and the bunnies man!

London_Wyverns: What kind of introduction did you expect with such a dark character???

Frosties0258: I hope the findings are important too! I have a feeling that there's a lot about NH we don't know yet...

Abdrew George: Ugliness doesn't matter my friend... it's all in the character!  But you're right! I think MrCinatit answered your question himself already...

Simwario: You're welcome! And thanks for complimenting me! I try to make the story as gripping as possible!

ChicAgo333: Thanks for the nice compliment!

Dark Avatar: You too: thanks for the compliment!

Alkaola: Thanks! A lot of cj'ers use characters in their journals, but I wasn't aware of yours..yet. I love those canals too! In combination with Vanderaap's BATs it's now possible to create a very Dutch look! (Btw, I hope Kant01 will release his Dutch buildings soon!)

MrCinatit: Thanks for the inspiring words! And about Brian having a shot at Dr Riley... Can't say much about that right now, but have you watched Terry Gilliam's 12 Monkeys?

Dscampbell: Thanks for the compliments! And: the last four characters will be introduced soon (including yours)!

Woodman: Glad your double serving of New Holland tasted well! Private Snowball.... erhm.. Private Wood will soon be introduced in the last character-introduction-update

 

EDIT: Thanks a lot for voting for New Holand in the recent best-cj-poll (which was deleted so soon). I was just in time to see NH in the top3 with about 20% of the votes; after that the poll was deleted...

 

 

[seville 0]

Ooh...meaty update indeed.  Now there're a million plotlines in New Holland...very impressive.  I guess it's only going to get more interesting from here on =)

[utora 0]

Chapter 4: The introduction of Maykel Haszing, Davio Davide di Dannato, D.S. Campbell and Private Wood

 

Maykel Haszing (Maykel)

Maykel Haszing was a young student in architecture; he attended the Messelmonde School for Architecture for one year now, but he hadn

[MayorWoodMan 0]

Awesome update Utora!  Wow, it's so cool that Private Wood gets to try and find Brian Allen!  Can't wait for the next update.  I know what you mean about the story taking a time to write, but take your time and keep up the high quality of this journal!  I can't wait to see what happens next.

 

[Dark Avatar 8]

Wow another big update. It's getting better and better. I love the extensive use of the canels. They are truly inspirational. Great update

[seville 0]

Wow...I've got to take my hat off to you again, utora.  Such a rich storyline, and such picturesque towns.  Personally I like the towns so small and low-density.  When expanding, don't lose that small-town feel!  Heh this CJ is becoming more of the Story of Small Cities than mine is =P

[Dannato 4]

Always a pleasure to meet members of the Dannato clan in far-away parts of the world!  I must say I really like him: an ambitious, classy young man with an intriguing touch of mystery.  I just hope he'll climb up the ladder real quick, cause the digs where he dwells now are unworthy of a Dannato -- New World or not!  Anyway, he'll have my and the family's full support in anything he does.

 Another great update, Utora.  The choice of Zeevaarders Paviljoen for the conference shows proof of good taste and class, too.

And take your time, we know it's an enormous amount of work and time you're putting in this. 

[flrscf 0]

Great update! I like those night pics! Story is good. It must be alot of work writing the story!

[Mikeaut1 261]

Date:9/29/2004 11:19:06 AM
Author:flrscf

Great update! I like those night pics! Story is good. It must be alot of work writing the story!

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Hell ya! It must take you a lot of time to prepare for an update! Again, awesome job on the canals winding through the cities, the night and sunset shots, the storyline of Dannato, DS Campbell...

Unbelievable job!

[simwario 95]

Nice update, i really enjoy the story.

[ChicAgo333 2]

great update, i really like dscampbell's picture, and that blue colored picture looks cool