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NEW ARCTICA

spursrule14

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NOMINEE

BEST SC4 CITY JOURNAL

Ten years ago, I never imagined that I would still be playing SC4, much less receiving awards for it! Nor did I ever think it could be used for making a mashup movie or imagining what other worlds could look like! Everything that is created for this game, and the things we then do with them, is a testament to how amazing this game can be....in fact, most of the time for me it's not even a game...it's just another program for doing art!

Thank you to everyone who nominated me for Trixies this past year. I'm excited and glad to have once again won Best Sci-Fi CJ, and this time for Alien Worlds 2! I'm also equally excited to have been nominated for City Journal of the Year and Most Aesthetically Pleasing CJ.

A big thank you to my fans, followers, and lurkers. I enjoy getting to share my work with all of you! And another big thank you to the people who spend so much time making custom content for us...without you, Alien Worlds would not have been possible. I think I've only ever used two Maxis items for AW...the Great Pyramid and the Washington Monument!

-Cody (spursrule14)

ggamgus, NMUSpidey

thanks for commenting guys!

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THE ORB

'NEW ARCTICA'

TYPE: PLANET

SYSTEM: 'X2'

GALAXY: UNKNOWN

DISTANCE FROM EARTH: UNKNOWN

LIFE: UNDETECTED

SURFACE COMPOSITION: ROCK, WATER, WATER ICE

SURFACE TEMPERATURE: -19°F

CAPTAIN'S LOG

NUMBER: 00524

LOCATION: X2.3 ('NEW ARCTICA')

EARTH DATE: SEPTEMBER 15, 2085

MISSION DATE: DAY 4331

PLEASE VIEW IN HD AND FULL-SCREEN FOR BEST EXPERIENCE. HEADPHONES FOR ADDITIONAL IMMERSION. CLICK IMAGES TO VIEW LARGER.

**if the video is blocked you can click on the link below it to watch it on tinypic....sorry about that, it's cause i used part of the tron: legacy soundtrack

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjpvNJOROVU

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"I haven't made an entry in the last five months...I ran out of things to say. Nothing changed...nothing happened...just five long months of nothing. Then we arrived.

And we realized we weren't alone.

Richards was standing in Corridor 5, checking the instruments and preparing for us to explore the surface. I was sitting in the bridge, making preparations as well. That's when the computer flashed red...Code 0305. A room in Corridor 5 was opening from the inside. The room the orb was in."

-Capt. Drake S. Eastman, U.S.S. Hubble 2

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Gryphart @ deviantART. Modified by spursrule14.

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NEED TO CATCH UP ON THE STORY? PLEASE VISIT ALIEN WORLDS

The 2012 Best Sci-Fi CJ and sequel to the 2011 Best Sci-Fi CJ

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NOW SHOWING AT A SIMTROPOLIS NEAR YOU

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A City in Winter|Alien [|] Worlds|Alien [||] Worlds 2|Arrowhead|Best of the Best! - Weekly Edition (U VOTE!)|Dreams..

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Um, really interesting CJ so far. Been following it for awhile, but never commented (I've got chronic lurker syndrome).

 

The pics are nice, and the last video was neat (what movie was that from?). Someone caught wind of your video here though, and I can't watch it due to copyright reasons. Maybe host it somewhere else or upload a new video?

 

Good luck with this CJ, can't wait to see where we're headed with this.

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Um, really interesting CJ so far. Been following it for awhile, but never commented (I've got chronic lurker syndrome).

 

The pics are nice, and the last video was neat (what movie was that from?). Someone caught wind of your video here though, and I can't watch it due to copyright reasons. Maybe host it somewhere else or upload a new video?

 

Good luck with this CJ, can't wait to see where we're headed with this.

Yikes! Thanks for letting me know..i've uploaded it on tinypic and put up a link underneath the video if it's still blocked

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Love how you've created that eerie frozen atmosphere ;) Awesome pics!

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Where's the game play? All I see is pictures! This barely counts a City Journal. There's no city.

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Where's the game play? All I see is pictures! This barely counts a City Journal. There's no city.

 

Well, firstly, to qualify as a CJ it only has to incorporate pics from Sim City 4 (or CitiesXL, or SC2013, but you get the idea. Also, alien worlds should have been an indication that there would be very little direct city building here, and since when was a CJ not made up of whole bunches of pictures anyway?

 

Besides, it's not like there are other CJs here which are even less focused on the city/building aspect. I have a feeling most of the pictures in this CJ are largely unmolested save for the obvious Photoshopping (correct me if I'm wrong).

 

You know, if you don't like it, you don't have to read it. Constructive criticism would be nice, too, considering how much work it probably takes to make a non-city-based CJ.

I signed up for this, though, and so far the only complaint I have is that the updates are too few and far between for my liking, but it's not like that is going to change.

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