Anduin Valley Revisited

[penguin007 27]

That is just an awesome region. The anorein mosaic was so large my computer refused to load it lol!!!

Will

[sobol 1]

What can I say that hasn't been said.

Well...

Darmok, thank you for the final parting shots. Thank you for all the time you invested in this CJ. Thank you for the love and care you put into the project.

Most of all, thank you for the inspiration and ideas you have brought wwith you.

Thanks.

[Nik-nik 3]

Good heavens what a huge mosaic, a mere 51 MB big..... What a job!

While writing this message the download is at 50%

...it's ready. Great fall mosaic. I can realy zoom very deep in. Looking at Pim's Cinema complex, Jop agricultal container complex and of course the mansion where my family lives. Wonderful memories. Thanks for these great moments, John.

I enjoyed Anduin Valley enormously.

Now it's time for this guy to come to the Netherlands: 

Sinterklaas is coming to town, and the kids are working hard on their list for presents.....

Take care John.

Nik-Nik

[Shanna 1]

I've always loved Aduin Valley! Thank you Darmok for your fantastic cj: it will remain in my favorites!!!

[threestooges 0]

John,

That is one impressive pic. My computer can't quite handle the full quality version as I would hope, but the 50% one is still stunning. I would have been around sooner, but law school is picking up just in time for finals. Hope all is well for you. It's strange to tink that christmas is just around the corner already (though Thanksgiving is still on its way too). Seems like I just started school again, and it's already winding up. Hope work and the Christmas season don't keep you from enjoying the season as it should be enjoyed. Since it is Trixie season once again as well, I hope you pick up a few this time around as you did last year (though that shouldn't be too hard given how much you have put into this). If I don;t see you around here too often, I'll certainly keep an eye out for you over at SC4D for the 3RR thing; and once again thanks for sharing AVR with us.

-Matt

[crazyyaya 4]

That is one giant mosiac. Great job!

[Darmok 34]

Thanks to all for your comments those last weeks, I'm currently working on answering one last time all those comments since page 158....

Well... that's what I get for being lazy.... hehehe....

Seriously, between work family and music, all free time I had left was devoted to prepare the mosaics.

Thanks for being patient.... the answers should be coming to you as soon as possible.

Stay tuned.

-John

[Gayowulf 15]

Wowzers. That is a huge mosaic. My comp has tried to kill me at least 3 times since opening it. I think it's gonna go psychotic any day now. I'll need a sign: "Beware of Attack Computer" ...

[ThomasAH 0]

Hey Darmok/John,

I guess it has been a long time ago since I visited Aduin Valley for the last time.

I read you're going to stop with Aduin Valley. I was shocked, this cj has always been (and will always be) a reason for me to play simcity again. But 161 pages full with top-quality pics! Wow! That's a true achievement! I've never reached page 10 with both of my cj's, LOL

Your pictures are still as stunning as they used to be a couple months (or even years) ago. The last region shot doesn't appear to work, though. But that's probably just me.

Thanks for sharing your thousands top-quality pictures with us the past few years,

Thomas

[pagenotfound 53]

OMFG that is one super awesome super impresive picture just like the rest. I just love it! but my computer doesnt like it as much as I do. You have a lot more patience then I do make these incredible pictures, if I had to do what you have done i probably wont have my laptop in front of me.

[Nik-nik 3]

Na, nag, nag. Hurry John. I am almost gone from my current job. hè, hè, hè.

Take care my friend,

Nik-Nik

[Darmok 34]

I've tried twice already to post those answers, only to receive a server error, perhaps it is due to the length of the post itself, so I'll try to split it in two... or more....

sorry for the bumps.

So here's part one

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Mail call....

PAGE 158

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Benedict

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Despite the size you *know* I'm going to have to look at it once it's finished

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I sure hope so! hehehe...

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El Burro

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I've been lurking this CJ for a looong time, never had quite the gut to speak up, but you are very, very inspirational... everytime I look at this CJ i think 'Right, i'm gonna go play the game and try and acheive that too!'... nobody has influence on me quite like that, lol.

And a 1.44GB photoshop file? Thats bordering on Insanity! Hope the Mac holds steady (i've had experiances with Mac's before and they've not been pretty), I'm really looking forward to seeing that Mosaic

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Well Thanks for doing it now El Burro, I also took inspiration from a lot of other players.

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Mikeaut1

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Wow great image on your progress so far, Darmok! It's so cool, I can't wait to see the stuff you haven't shown yet. I love how you are organized and you show a lot of detailed pictures per strip. Nice work, as always. I have a feeling this city journal will win yet another Trixie for its realism and its inspiration!

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Hey Mike, thanks for that last comment, always good to see you!

Take care

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Psycho_Teddy

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OH.... MY.... GOD....

That's the largest picture that I've ever seen on the internet, much less anywhere in real life!

I can't wait! *Squeals in anticitpation, grits teeth*

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Thanks Teddy!

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sobol

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The size doesn't phase me. If you have the capability to host such a file.. put it up...

T3 connection 4tw.

I like looking closely at Anduin valley.. all zoomed in.. for the details.

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Hi Sobol, well, you certainly can't have it closer than a zoom 5!

Hope you liked it.

Take care

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KingTitan

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Zoomed in a good thing...that way u can see the details.....great stuff there.

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Thanks KT!

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jayo

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holy mother of jesus-brilliant CJ

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Always good to read simple enthusiastic replies like this one!

Thanks jayo!

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bbfan02

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Looks great!

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Thanks bbfan

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penguin007

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Great progress

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Slowly but surely it did!

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cleaner475

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@Darmok - I still can't wait for it to be finished, I can't wait to see it, I know what you mean its been one of thoose weeks for me to where I just haven't had much time to do stuff and next week I'm on school trip for 3 days

Don't update it then I don't want to miss it

keep it up, it must be hard,

Richard

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Hope that school trip was good, I remember several of mine where I had a lot of fun!

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sobol

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oooooooh, how zoomable will it be in the final version??

I am hopi

[Darmok 34]

Here's part two

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Page 160

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sobol

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my web surfing comp almost commited suicide when I tried to open the pics.. when I get home I will open them on one of my other computers...

oh man, I can hardly wait.

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Hope all went well...

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Lalginho

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that is super cool, i just wish i had a cinema in my room so i could view it all at once!!

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Hey that's a good idea! Though it would cost an arm and a leg to have such a setup!

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Jacky

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HIYA JOHN WOW THIS IS AWESOME,sorry caps lol,beautifull.take care and have a great weekend my friend.

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Real glad you liked it Jacky, lots of snow here by now, even made a snowman on the front yard, he (or I should say she) have guard duty near the christmas tree! hehehe...

Take care my friend

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Silur

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Hi, Darmok ...

Classic CJ is classic CJ on the Moon too ...

Thank You ... and waiting page # 200 for beginning ....

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Well, don't hold your breath for a 200th page I don't believe it'll come for AVR...

But thanks for the compliments!

See you

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Livin in Sim

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(I omitted the song...)

Steppenwolf, here on KLIV 104.3 Classic Rock.  It's 4:30 on a lovely November afternoon, Indian summer continues here in Anôrien, cooler with a chance of showers tomorrow.  The weather held just long enough for the US Navy Blue Angels Air Show.  The Angels were our guests in Anduin Valley, and I'll bet they saw some beautiful views as they flew above our fair land in their Boeing F/A-18 Hornets.  KLIV's own adventurer extraordinaire, and roving reporter, Sam Gamgee, took a ride with the Angels, and only passed out twice due to the g-forces...

Hi, John, it's super fantastic!!  I can see all of Anôrien, and the radio station, just as well as if I was there in the c0ckpit with Sam, and I won't have to worry about passing out!

Yes, I accept, I would love to be involved with the next radio station, I'll be watching for it on SC4D.  Now I'm off to see what else I can recognize.  Til the big region pic, then, here's to greener pastures, on your side of the fence.

Bye for now.

--Liv

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Liv, I hope you also liked the region pic.

I'm currently on a SC4 break right now, I guess I need it, didn't touched the game since I've posted the regional pic. More into my guitar playing these days.

But somewhere on the great big back burner in the sky, some new ideas are slowly cooking.... just can't help it...

My friend I sure hope all is going well for you these days and I hope to see you at SC4D.

If we don't see each other before christmas I wish you a great holiday period.

Take care Liv

-John

P.S. Just loved that bit about Sam Gamgee in a F/A-18 hehehe...

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calibanX

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That is super cool. You must have spent a massive amount of time on this.

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Sobol just below your post gave a good answer, in fact it took me 32 months....

What can I say I'm slow.... NOT.... I just became more and more detail freak along the way, you can blame it on Jeroni and David (dedgren)... hehehe...

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sobol

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2+ years

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Almost exact Sobol, 32 months to be precise.

Thanks for answering calibanx BTW

[sobol 1]

Thank you... I can hardly wait to see what your next project will turn out to be.

Amazing. I was able to view the files on my gaming rig, and all I can say is wow. Just a big wow. It took me a couple of hours to go through it, and my wife was working on a computer nxt to me, and she caught glimpses and she thought it looked amazing.

Again,

Thank you.

[suplado! 23]

wow -- really amazing stuff -- !! i only posted 9 -- this is my 10th! lol well -- im a new here...anyway -- nice

[ThomasAH 0]

Hey John,

The complete version of the region view works fine now, it's really huge  I don't now why it didn't work earlier.

3RR? The only 3RR I know is Three Rivers Region. I searched On SC4D, but I didn't find anything that you could have meant with 3RR. Would you mind to give me a link? Normally I only visit SC4D for the files, actually.

Thomas

[Cleaner475 150]

good luck with future projects darmok - this was great and it ended with a bang - shame to see the light do out at the end of the tunnel though

wish you the best,

Richard

[Chris M 406]

Hey John, I didn't know that I replied over 100 times to this journal!  I would have posted more if I would have had the time. 

I'm really speechless on how to make my last post here, but all I can say is to have a good time in creating your next project, whatever it may be.

[bbfan02 23]

Wow, that replies list must of taken you a long time to answer everyone! Lol. Great idea.

-bbfan02-

[threestooges 0]

Must've taken a while to run through all those posts, but it is very interesting to see. I like the pic you chose for the background. Very fitting for the final official post.

[SpecialEddie 3]

I should be leading all those posters by sheer badassery!

[Godzillaman 21]

Originally posted by: SpecialEddie I should be leading all those posters by sheer badassery! quote>

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Well...this was fun while I was active here...good luck on future projects. I hope they are just as good or even better then AVR.

[Shadow Assassin 336]

Whoa, I posted that many?

A fitting end for a great city journal.

Here's to the next project... hopefully it's a success.

[Wyldone 0]

HEY! I'm wonderin' how many posts I made to this? I mean, I've made plenty a post in this CJ, as it is by far the best one on here....uh...from the time when Jeronij still have columbia River 'n his other one (not sure of the name, anymore). This thing has WELL over a few thousand posts, 'n I'm quite certain that ya missed me there, Darmok. Just FYI. Now keep up the great work 'n spare us nothin' of your progress of Anduin Valley region, hmmm?

[Darmok 34]

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Sobol - Suplado! - Thomas - Richard (cleaner) - Godzillaman

Thanks people.

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bbfan

Yeas it did! But it was worth it...

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Matt

I also thought so... good of you to notice it!

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Eddie (Special, that is...)

Hehehe..... thats a good one.... badassery!

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Daniel (SA)

Yeah, you did! and thanks!

SPECIAL ANSWER to Wyldone,

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Hi Wyl,  I didn't miss you! 

You're up there    in the 27 posts group just after James (hondo42769) in fact you two are the only one in the 27 range...

I certainly hope I didn't miss anyone...

Take care

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To all...

Here's a "real" picture of AVR, the last snow storm left us 32 inches of fresh sow!  (good thing I have a snowblower!)

This picture was taken halfway through the storm....

Take care!

-John

[Wyldone 0]

Oh....cool! THERE I am. Wow....I knew I posted a lot of my postin' career in this here CJ, but I didn't expect that much. Thanx for pointin' me out, John. Keep up the great work, dood!

[The Big Z 103]

Wow! We got about 6 inches of snow in our last storm(might be the same one...?) and that was cool. But, 32 inches!!! I haven't seen that much snow since I lived in Wyoming. lol. I hadn't realized I'd posted 10 times in your CJ! Cool.

[Mikeaut1 261]

Wow nice snowstorm! I really love the posters of AVR history, I was surprised when I found out this is my 12th post! I thought it was a lot less for some reason, but it doesn't matter, I love this city journal a lot and it is destined to win a Trixie in the next few hours hopefully. Great work with everything Darmok!

[Fallon144 1]

It was a wonderful ride

nice snow picture btw mate!

thanks for the incredible CJ!!!!

[bbfan02 23]

Wow, I wish my town had that much snow!