Introduce Yourself Here!

[northern exposer 0]

31, Anchorage, Alaska. This is my first sim city game and i am enjoying it. I work for an electric wholesale company. (we sell wire, poles, transformers, substations, etc). I seem to be addicted not only to this game, but the message boards as well. I also play drums in a band named WUPT. Yep, 4 married guys in a band, i think that is the appropraite name. Happy city building.

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I'm 22, and work at a hotel in the resort-rich mountains of Western North Carolina. I live outside Asheville, the most beautiful city in NC, and I love nothing more than to go spend time in downtown Asheville and Hendersonville, read, write, harass my cats, garden, hike, and play RPG's.

[Screwballl 196]

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On 2/8/2003 3:15:56 AM Osiris wrote:

Hello to everyone. I decided to join this forum after reading this thread. After browsing other forums, this one seemed to be the friendliest, and most mature.

As for me I'm 26 and live in the wonderful state of North Dakota, I am an electrical engineer, and business owner. My company builds special purpose machines for manufacturing various products (Computer Aided Machining). I've been a Sim City fan since the first one, and look forward to being a part of this community.

Jay

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wow, i am originally from western SD... good to see another dakotan here

[Polishpeterbuilt 0]

Polishpeterbuilt 50+
Born Raised Sauk Rapids Minnesota. Lived by Mississippi river.
Military 20 years(World Travel) Now in VA as Gov Employee for how long ????
Got my simcity4 to try something new. Actually Wife let me get for quit Smoking and Drinking. Told me I deserve it. She form Phillipines Cebu.
Only been playing 1 Month.

[benji010 0]

Hi All, Male, 27, I'm from Scotland. This is the first time I've played SimCity, it's highly addictive! Much to my wifes annoyance!! I'm half way through my degree year at Uni, Software Engineering. My name came from my dog (big suprise!!) Since he was called Benji, I'm the second version. Going to see if my sims are still wanting agriculture!

Benji010

[Branik 0]

Hello everyone!

Thought I'd better add my name to the list of new citizens of Simtropolis. I'm a 46 year old Air Traffic Specialist living in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada...(most will need a map for that one!)

I've been simming with Sim City since the days of my Commodore 64 (you'll need a very good memory for that one.)

Actually got away from it during the Sim City 3000 version; but my son got me hooked again with Sim City 4. Other games of choice right now...Flight Sim 2002, Tiger Woods 2K3, Madden 2K3, James Bond Nightfire and Warcraft 3.

I'm currently running on a P4/1.6 and have been having good luck with the game performance, although my cities have been smaller in size so far.

I'm a divorced, part-time parent of two teenagers....so my computer time is limited by THEM! Anyone who has teenagers will understand!

Keep up the postings and happy simming!

[dannydougle 0]

I am 33 and work as a planning technician for a land use planning and municipal development firm in Toronto. Been married for 2 and a half years and have three cats. I've been a fan of the SimCity series since SC2000. I also like Mechwarrior.

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well what a diverse crowd in here..

hmm what can I say..?
40 yrs old. frm Vancouver canada.. work in the hotel industry at a major convention hotel
been playin games since the old days of commodore64 at my friends place then apple2.. then the atari and amiga computer systems.. which I still own in storage...
still have the original simcity game on the 3.5" floppy.

lately switching games with simcity4 medal of honor and diablo2 which I play with my GF of a yr..
too bad simcity4 is too tough for her.. but she never played anything like it before..

[al3x 0]

my name's alexander i'm from nuremberg in germany and i'm and im 17 years old

and there are not enough german landmarks to build in sc4!

[solTYger 0]

Hello everybody!! Here is the Info on me! My Name is Ty. I am a 23 year old who LOVES SC4! The main thing that attracted me to this game is my job in real life. I work in my hometown of Pleasant Grove Utah in the Water and Sewer Departments. Since starting this job 3 years ago, I have developed a real fascination about how cities work and how they are developed. This game seems to follow real life city development. That's why I like it so much! Simtropolis is the first Internet forum I have ever joined and it is awesome! I am also a college student studying Psychology.

[maddogmark25 58]

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On 2/5/2003 9:37:07 AM AnotherOne wrote:

hehe, guess i'm the youngest lad in here now, 14 yrs of age, student (course!) and i'm stuck in Shanghai, China. I'm originally dutch, and i am upsessed with the simcity series. Esp. 2000, I think i was playing that game at age 7-8, not sure...

Ahh, other games i play are either made by blizzard or EA.

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Hehe, you are wrong, anotherone, I am only 13 years old, and began playing Simcity games since I was 4

I guess that makes me the youngest lad here.
(I was born in July)

[smileyroni 0]

Hi! I'm Mike, 13. Tieing for youngest... I'm a student in Wisconsin. I am obsessed with sim games (have 18 - off the top of my head...) and currently with Metroid Prime for GCN (even more off-topic than this topic). I want to try TSO but I don't want to spend the $10 a month. Guess I don't have much more to say because I don't have an "exciting" job like most of the people here so see ya.

[TheMayor 0]

Well I seem to be by far the oldest of those "coming out" on this thread - I'll be 71 this weekend - guess I must be the forum's Granny!
Born in London, but have lived in New Zealand since 1957.
My computer experience goes back to the Commodore 20 and my first Maxis game was Sim Earth. Love "The Sims" and have all the ex packs except Living Large. Play other types of game as well but am not into shoot-em-ups or driving games.
It's great to see what a wide area of the world is represented on these forums.
I've been retired for over 10 years but the last 18 years of my working life was with the local Council - but no, not as the Mayor

[berkthomas 0]

Hello everyone, I am a 33yr old Graphic Designer in the midwest (although it isn't very mid or west - not sure how we received this designation).

I bought my first PC about 8 yrs ago to play SimCity 2000 after getting addicted playing on my brother-in-laws system. I got SC3000 the day it came out and unfortunately my system was already aging by then, never really played that much because of system performance. I actually prefered the graphics in sc2000 more than sc3000. I think they made it look to cartoony. I LOVE the graphics in SC4 though.

When I started reading about SC4 I knew I would have to buy a new computer and I did just that - made sure I had it by the release date and bought SC4 the minute it came out. I love the game, even though it can be frustrating at times. Trying to get use to region play. It is like leaving one baby to play with another though. I just have a hard time leaving a city.

This forum is almost as addictive as the game itself (more so while I am at work)

Thats all for now.

[guytoon 0]

Hi everybody,

I'm a 24 year old french guy (and proud of it) living close to Paris. Married with a 23 year old wife as crazy of sc4 as me - we are planning to buy a 2nd computer .
I'm ingeneer in computer science specialized in web-applications. I'm working in a famous consulting company.

Long life to the best sc4 site.

[woody 0]

In the UK we carry mostly Widescreen versions of the movies and not full screen @ blockbuster

[Aran 10]

I'm 25 and living alone (single and available, hint hint) in Charleston, South Carolina. A city known, if anyone's read Inferno by Dante, as one of the lower circles of Hell. If it weren't for my two cats, and three computers (one for each of us!) I'd probably have gone quite mad a long time ago. When I'm not out and about defending myself from rednecks, bible-thumpers and other creepy inhabitants of this city, I'm generally to be found playing SC4, reading a wide variety of literature, writing novels, slooooowly working on a MUD, or just sitting lazily in the sun, talking to the walls and seeing things that my friends tell me aren't really there.

Like civilization, for instance.

Oh, and I night-manage a hotel, when I have little better to do. About five nights a week, that is.

Cheers.

[agpcharleston 0]

Hello everyone,

I am 25 (single, living with a roomate) in downtown Charleston, SC. Just registered a minute ago for two reasons:

1) I love this site, I am addicted to it as well as the game. I think it is amazing to read over threads like this one and realize the wide scope of the simcity series' appeal. It is wonderful to be part of this commnity. I recently got a Master's in Urban Planning and I now work for a small beach community near here. I love simcity because it lets me build all these wonderful little worlds just the way I like them. In real life city planning, you hardly ever get a chance to start with a blank slate.

2) I just had to respond to Aran's post. I also live in Charleston, SC...I moved here because it's a great city. We have a world class arts festival, symphony, ballet, and museums. It is arguably one of the most beautiful (and well preserved) cities in this country. The rivers, marshes, harbor, and beaches provide not only a stunning visual backdrop, but also countless oppurtunities for recreation. The vast majority of American cities have been suburbanized and strip malled to death, Charleston is an exception. What other city of 100,000 people in the US can support a 1.5 mile walkable shopping street in the middle of a viable central core? I am from the South, so I know all about the bible thumpers and the hicks, but Charleston is, for me, a wonderful island of culture and diversity. I guess because I love it so much, I feel like I have to defend it.

Sorry if that ran a little long, but it is the off topic forum

[vawax 0]

Im 20 years old next month. I live in Kalamazoo, MI. I spend most of my days working here at the skate shop (www.PiranhaAlley.com) and when it's not busy I'm here on the forum. Love Video games and skateboarding.

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lol...I feel like I have to defend charleston too, I'm not there, but I have family there. It really is a beautiful city! I really have never ever heard it described the way Aran described it. Beautiful, Beautiful city!

[Aran 10]

Let me begin by apologizing for my views on Charleston. It is, indeed, a very beautiful city. Lovely architecture, wonderful waterfront areas, parks, gardens, etc. LOTS of culture. If you happen to enjoy the oppressive heat, I recommend it as a place to live.

Please understand, though, that first and foremost I am a Yankee by birth and have always, always felt an affinity to a more, ah, urban setting. Quite frankly it's downright unnerving for me to walk around downtown at any time and not feel the people. It's hard to explain, but in bigger cities, there's a sense of life in a way. I've been down here the better part of two years and I cannot feel the city as being alive. Or perhaps alive, but not awake. It's just too laid back for me.

Regarding the redneck and bible-thumper remark: there are many pleasant people down here, but for some reason I keep stumbling across the bigoted, intolerant narrow-minded inbreeds who wouldn't know a progressive idea if it bit them on the rear. And I've still not figured out a nice way to tell the various religious folk who knock on my door how to go away in poite terms. This week I've been wearing a Star of David and pretending to be Jewish. Seems to be working so far.

Nice town we have here but if it's all the same to you, mate, I'll keep looking for a job opening up north.

[Sir Spanky 0]

Name is Richard. Born and Raised in Central PA. 23 years of Age, currently unemployeed by State Laws Working for a small Sercurity Firm in my home town of Hugesville. My Hobbies Include Massive Multi-Player Gaming and general Gaming; been playing since age of 4... Some version of Atari was my first system. I also Run a Storm Chasing Operation that specializes in Emergency Prepardness and Critical Emergency Response to life threatening weather emergencies and civil emergencies for 12 counties in Central and NorthEastern PA. Got SC4 about 5 days early because the stores broke the release dates in my area (Nothing New). I am also currently working on opening up a two business in the greater Albany, NY Area. Both of these will be internet and multi-player gaming based businesses and I will expand one of them back down to my home town because my area needs jobs of all kinds. I am also looking at running for Mayor of my home Town in the next election since we haven't had a new mayor in of over 12 years. See you all in the gaming world.

[Koronin 0]

I'm an Information Systems Manager. Live in Northern Va, work in Washington DC.

Lots of snow!

[FreezeR 0]

G'Day, Im from Melbourne, Australia, i am 18 (19 in march), Im in my second year of the carpentry trade, but unluckily for me i had an accident at trade school where i cut off half of my left thumb so havent been working for a month now but i can still play games.

Cheers.

[Sir Spanky 0]

Well, I am sorry to hear that you cut your thumb off. Hopefully you will get back to work soon. Was it able to be reattached?

[rybolton 135]

That's got to hurt. Welcome, one and all to Simtropolis, let's keep this thread going. It's great to read about you folks. Makes the place seem that much more friendly.

I'm glad that I'm not the only Hotel Night Manager in this crowd.

[Sir Spanky 0]

Now I know why you are on here all night long.. LoL

[Aran 10]

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On 2/23/2003 8:03:07 AM rybolton wrote:

I'm glad that I'm not the only Hotel Night Manager in this crowd.

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Poor b-----d. Which company are you with?

[JohnnyBGoode 2]

nice to see that this tipic is off to a good start. and to see many simmers response to it. like to see more new simmers introducing themselves..

faisal@johnnybgoode

[+Guest]

Hi

I am from Denmark (Copenhagen), I am 42 years old. Both me and my wife plays computergames, startegy/sim. games and we would like to say a big THANK YOU for this site and its forum, it have helped us alot!