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Welcome back toIn the MeanwhileWhile I'm currently working on a medium sized tile that seems to be taking forever to finish, I've also completed a few areas which I will share with you in the interim.Below is a neat little neighborhood that is located in Tan Chuduan, a small zone directly East of Prince Five Weapons. This neat little area was designed to give residents some breathing room in an otherwise very cramped and massive city. Each apartment has a two story single residence occupying the bottom...
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Ionica - United

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Welcome back toUnited on ChristmasGet warm and close the ones you love. Santa is on his way, hope you've all had a good year. Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Replies: Jacob Guajardo: Wow nice job .Thanks.ggamgus: I love that park, in the second-to-last picture. Glad you enjoyed it, pretty much gotta thank paeng for most of that.dubaidude303: Look's great man! Really like the new improvements! Thanks dude, been doing this alongside expanding my city. This has been ongoing for the past few...
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Avalon EvolutionIt's my 30th entry, yay!As ideas and technology change so does the city. The city planners of Ionica have recently taken on the daunting task of improving and repairing Avalon's roads, parks, and rails. This has caused large disruptions in traffic in some of Avalon's busiest areas. However, the renovation has been welcomed by most citizens as the effects of the changes have already had a noticeable positive effect on the lifestyle of Avalon residents.The pictures below show the changes...
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Welcome back toSagittariusIonica was founded in the sign of Sagittarius which is why one of it's predominant symbols is the archer. This Zone bares the name of the stars under which our great city was born.Snow is rare in Ionica, but when it does snow it is a sight to behold. Lets hope whe have some for Christmas.As usual all of the mosaics are in high resolution and you can see the full size by clicking on them, enjoy.Repliesggamgus: Woww... Such a huge city. One would expect it to have 20-30 million...
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Welcome back toPrince Five WeaponsThis Zone gets its name from the story of Prince Five Weapons which goes something like this:There once was a young Prince who had just finished his studies under a world renowned teacher. Having received as a symbol of his distinction the title Prince Five Weapons, he accepted the five weapons that his teacher gave him, bowed and, armed with the new weapons, set out of the road leading to the city of his father, the king. On the way he came to a certain forest.People at...
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Welcome back toAutumn DankI haven't finished the tile I'm working on right now so I've just put together a few new mosaics of some old stuff. Enjoy.It's unpleasantly moist or humid; damp and, often, chilly. It's Autumn Dank. RepliesSchulmanator: Impressive! Their effort is a great success.Thanks Shulmanator, glad you enjoyed it.Jacob Guajardo: Wow I am speechless great work.Sweet, thank you.10000000000000: Simply gorgeous pictures! Great photoediting effects to accompany them Great to hear that from you,...
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Ionica - Canal Fun

By MilitantRadical,

Welcome back toReplies:blunder: Hahaha! I loved the Center for kid's who can't read good, and want to learn to do other good stuff too. I notice there are no gas stations near it, thankfully. No, but you can find some orange mocha cappuccino's right down the street. ThanksAltec: Che FC, awesome x)Heh, wasn't sure if people would notice that. Thanks.Benedict: Insane update! What is the cube building with the round windows (in front of the tetris plaza building)?Thanks Ben, the sweet cube building is the...
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Ionica - Zoolander

By MilitantRadical,

Welcome back toRepliesFox: Love the photoshopped in weather.. amazing talent.Thanks Fox, glad you think so.Mithrik: Incredible job with the rain effects, great job!Thanks Mithrik.10000000000000: I can say one thing with complete confidence here: EPIC. Love the "Better tell the people in the boats the get out of the pond..." pic Sweet, I'm glad you really liked it. ggamgus: Amazun... I shot myself to distract you... *BANG!* (*bullet hits the tree 200 ft away*) Thanks ggamgus *Bullet causes tree stump to...
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Welcome back toBlakeway: Very beautiful! Thank you.Mastof: Amazing MosaicThanks.dubaidude303: Dude, each one of your CJ's keep getting better and better Keep it up!Sweet, that's good to hear. Thanks dude.Jacob Guajardo: Wow amazing i feel like I am at some sky city.You are welcome here among the clouds. Thanks.Schulmanator: Awesome! This is sweeter than a sackful of hummingbirds! Thanks, I've never seen a hummingbird. Everyone seems to have seen one except me.ggamgus: Excellent job. I have gathered my...
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Welcome back,RepliesHazani Pratama: Wow,Awesome.Thanks Hazani.10000000000000: That marina in the last picture totally got me , so amazing!Hehe, that's why I saved the pic for last. Whoever made that BAT is a frickin' genius. ggamgus: No offense, but this is LITERALLY the best update you've made. Please keep this up. This is an excellent entry. Offense taken! We shall settle this with pistols at dawn! dubaidude303: Very amazing!! Looks very very good dude! Thanks mate!vivapanda: That's a much used air...
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Replies10000000000000: Awesome city!Extremely dense, but it doesn't lose any beauty The nightlighting is my favorite part!Thanks. For me, finding buildings with nice night lighting is key.vivapanda: You have put a lot of imagination in this: acadamic competition (absolutely awesome idea!), Stex godess, I like it! Thanks to this some sort of 'identity' is given to each building, important in such an enourmous city.Thanks vivapanda, I'm glad it has entertained you.SimCoug: Grid or not, that is one...
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Repliesaparrot7: Awesome! The pictures look really good!Thanks aparrot7SimCoug:The Judges remind me of the Yankees - I think I'll root for the underdogs. Nice sports district!Yeah, underdogs all the way. I hate teams that buy victory.Schulmanator: Impressive facilities for sure!Gotta thank dmscopio for that.dubaidude303: Nice update dude! ( btw my avatar is Technosphere in Dubai, it is u/c at the moment, just a concept photo ) Really like the stadium behind that one building! Keep it up! 5/5 Hey dude,...
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RepliesSimul8ter8: You have done it again.... just wonderful...Really like the new banner. Hey Simul8ter8, thanks. Felt like I needed a change for the banner, glad there has been positive feedback so far. Fox: Awesome City.. really love the pictures of dusk/dawn and the night picture .. the second and third picture. Love the use of the Spinnaker Tower, it's a bat that isn't used very often.Thanks Fox. Glad you enjoyed those pics, I got so lucky on the sunset pic, it wasn't even really intentional at first....
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RepliesSimul8ter8: *shaking head* Ugh... this... thisss...thing.... IS SOO DANG GOOD!!!Golly, thanks Simul8ter8!dubaidude303: WOW! This looks very good! Hey dude, thank you very much, there is much more to come from Veritas, it has been build for a while, just polishing it up right now.Schulmanator: Great new stuff !This rox!Thanks Shulmanator!Hazani Pratama: Amazing Night!Glad you enjoy it, I have a few nice night pics in here as well.keenan1695: awesome! where did you find the train station in the third...
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MamaLuigi945: Stunning nature. 5/5 Go T.R.E.E.S.!Thanks MamaLuigi!dubaidude303:Looks like my grandparents woods and river!!!, except for the dump trucks and pit lol, Looks amazing!! Go TREES! I appreciate it dude.westy177: mmp epicness awesome job and just a question does ionica get a lot of plane crashes lol Thanks, not all the way epicness just yet but I'm working my way up and learning the tricks of the mmp trade but I don't think I'll be as skilled as paeng or SimCoug any time soon. There have been a...
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MamaLuigi945: Very lively city; I like the night shots. The second to last pic is my favorite. Nice use of plazas and a good variety of BATs. Thanks, I'm glad you enjoy it.dubaidude303: Wow! I really like this! Looks cool! Hey dude, thanks.ggamgus: Illium-inated city! I love it! Yes, very lively. I aim to please, thanks.westy177: wow i love the bright vibrant colours and epic buildings and dont worry i wont pull you up about that maxis highway you have but if maarten was here look out lol. anyway youll be...
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dubaidude303: Sweet! Where did you get that building in the 3rd photo, the one on the left in front of the HSBC building? I like it. Nice work!Glad you like it. Unfortunately I don't know where I got that building. I was doing some scavenging in the 'Can't find' forum post and I didn't favorite the website I got the building from but I think it is called Cocoon Tower from Japan. I'll try to trace my steps as it were to try and find it again. ggamgus: AWESOME. All I have to say.Thanks ggamus.Jimmy Buzaid:...
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Welcome Back,Jetty Jockey: Wow, those Ionicans really know how to throw a party ! A truly overwhelming spectacle of sight and sound. Hey, mind if I use your background on Avalon for my Avalon, a real life island in southeastern New Jersey?Thanks Jetty, glad you enjoyed it. Feel free do use the historical description of Avalon, it isn't mineSimCoug: That is one amazing spectacle! I especially like the panorama. Awesome update!Hey SimCoug, thanks.Schulmanator: Wow! Great party!Thanks Schulmanator.Fox:...
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Welcome back,Schulmanator - Super sweet! Thanksggamgus - Excellent. Hope I can hold my spot.Blakeway - lol, will do Blakeway.Simul8ter8 - Thanks.keder - Pleased to hear it, thank you.Fox - Hope the actual celebration can live up to the guide lol, I just kinda threw everything at the wall in my last entry. Thanks.westy177 - Thanks westy.TekindusT - If you're eating what they serve at El Celler de Roca at home you're lucky!gman28 - Yeah, while doing the food section I was constantly tantalized by all the...
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Simul8ter8 - Please do. There is a lot of stuff to do, as you will see.LastTrueChamp - I think the ruins come from one of paeng's parks and Stonehenge comes from here. I found it while trying to get the CastleSet.dat for paeng's Castle Walk.westy177 - Thanks, glad you like it.dubaidude303 - Doesn't matter how many times you hit the button. Thank you dude.Kinderly - There are going to be a lot more. Thanksggamgus - Thanks! Thanks! Thanks!SimCoug - Thanks Coug! The Lady of the Lake park is a BAT called BSC...
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Welcome back,dubaidude303 - Thanks, glad you're enjoying it.Simul8ter8 - Whoa, that is incredibly hard to answer. I've been thinking about this for a week and I can't say what my favorite building is especially now that I have so many. Sorry, I'm just not a favorites kind of person lol.zahrul3 - Thanks. I really wish there were more futuristic of fictional BATs. I'll have to make a list or a CJ called buildings I wish were BATs. For example the Tyrell Corp building from Blade Runner.corydreinhardt - Funny...
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Welcome back,dubaidude303 - Thanks, going to take a while to complete. I can't really pinpoint where I got all this stuff but I suggest you check out SimFuturist's Regional Airportand grab all the dependencies for it, that should give you quite a few things to play around with.111222333444 - Thank you OneOneOneTwoTwoTwoThreeThreeThreeFourFourFour, I hope the end result is good.Fox - Sweet! That is what these CJs are all about!westy177 - Thanks. So do I lol.SimCoug - Yeah, it is huge, especially since I...
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Welcome back,Simul8ter8 - Thanks. You just can't stop progress.Kinderly & ja/att - As SimCoug pointed out it is a combination of two small tiles.dubaidude303 - Blue is glue, Red you're dead. Thanks.SimCoug - That is correct. Thank you sir.Mastof - Glad you enjoyed it.AboveTheCity - Sweet! Thanks.Gizza Dah Kidd - Hey Lloyd! I got the building on the ST/Exchange (of course). It is a Ill Tonkso corner office building.Evandad - Now you know. ;DNews from Ionica- Congress Debates Increasing Subsidies for New...
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Welcome Back,TowerDude - Long live Simtropolis!dubaidude303 - I gotta represent.Velocity264C - Thankskatherman111 - So many people ask me where I get my buildings. Simple answer: ST/Exchange. 80 to 90% of all my buildings come from the ST/Exchange and that is where you can find the Tintin Destination Moon Rocket.TheHaso2011 - Sure, why not.Updates- NAM upgraded. I finally upgraded my Network Add-on Mod to the latest version. I think I had 2.9 or something. I didn't even realize I didn't have the most...
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Welcome back,Thanks for all the feedback and encouragement.Simul8ter8 - Thanks for the tip. I didn't get a chance to implement your suggestion but I'll disable the UDI icons when I think about it. They don't bother me when I play, but it is best to turn the off for screenshots.P.S. Yes it is.Kevenbro - Thanks you very much.NurelFayed - Yeah, tram in bridge rules. I want more!gman28 - Thanks gman28. The clock tower is the Al Yaqoub Tower Duba. At first I didn't really like it, but it grew on me and I...
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