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April Fool's joke or not, making a site hardly readable and pictures practically unusable (because you cannot judge any details) for an entire day is probably not the smartest move I have seen in my life. It's more like a supermarket where the floor is covered in wet soap - ain't it funny? What? You can hardly stay on your feet, and shopping here has become a tedious and annoying experience? Well, look at the calendar, haha!

Welcome to the STEX Hall of Fame. If you've been to the STEX today, you might have noticed something a little different. There's a nice looking upload pinned right at the top of the listings, with a green featured tag stuck on it. So, what's this all about then? From today onward, the site staff will be sifting through both the front and very back pages of the STEX in an attempt to discover a wide variety of uploads we consider to be among the best of the best. Two of these uploads, one brand new, and one a little older, will be 'featured' each week. When an upload is featured, as you may have already noticed, it is pinned to the top of the listings for its allocated time (usually 3 or 4 days) and is bestowed with the green featured tag. It will also appear on the homepage. Once featured, an upload will also be given a place here in the STEX Hall of Fame for all to see. Collectively, the staff will be responsible for the selection of these featured uploads (for now). We will endeavour to feature as wide a variety of uploads as possible. You can expect that BAT's, lots, game mods, maps and even items from Cities XL, both old and new, will all eventually be featured in the coming weeks and months. Additionally, older uploads that we feel are a little under-rated or under-exposed, the forgotten gems of the STEX so to speak, may be given preference to older, yet still well known uploads. Remember though, as with most things of this nature on Simtropolis, petitioning or asking a member of the staff to feature your upload will only guarantee that it won't be. So, without further delay... I present to you...

Or you could just grow up and accept that April Fools day is a single designated day where messing about is tolerated and you may also then realize that its just for a day and hardly something thats going to massively affect your life. And I'd have thought you of all members would have realized that the upgrade was a massive piece of work undertaken by the Simtropolis staff and was always obviously going to take time to fine tune as its a completely different change of software. I could understand your frustrations if this was a 'pay to use' site but as its free you should quit your whining. Regards, Richard

Yeah, or just move along to some other site, that doesn't fancy itself sadistic 5 yo. As for april 1... didn't know it was "being annoing, prick devoid of taste and/or imagination" day. Or is it a way to compensate for all the mess site has become since this "upgrade"?

Today's release brings some mighty features to the table, namely: variable height and sculptable terrain, water with realistic particle physics, realistic 3D buildings, building interiors, a building and lot modding tool, 6-Tier fully functional public transit system, trains and tracks, zonable and in-game-moddable airports, infinite (planet-sized) buildable areas, new zoom from street level up to planetary view, realistic weather effects, realistic tectonic plate simulation (earthquakes), a fully customizable road system (1 lane streets to 12 lane super highways), smooth-curved transporation systems, an all new simulation engine, multiple lot density classes, multiple wealth classes, a full range of zonable public services, zonable powerplants, zonable water treatment and distribution facilities, a powerful new user interface complete with graphs and datamaps, volumetric clouds, dynamic (day and night) lighting, and last but certainly not least, full multiplayer support. And yes, the game is still 8MB. Some may say: "HA! April Fool's!", but we, on the other hand, say: "It's only a matter of time." The truth is that this was a rather slow month for us and most of the time we did spend was on internal "under-the-hood" stuff which unfortunately will only benefit the player in the long run. Some things worth mentioning that did get in are the addition of terrain custom textures in DirectX 9 and a debug tool to remove invalid roads (that can't be deleted) and other bad things (until these issues are actually fixed). We do, however, plan another major release either in May or June where some of the above mess might become a reality. More on that next week.

It's the year of 2013. The new World Trade Center towers are done! On a bright sunny day they make the skyline of New York, New York again. Let's hear it for New York!! Long live the World Trade. Through the big buildings, you can still see the memorial, where once the trade towers stood. No place in the world that can compare. The start of something new. Please comment!!

Schulmania 2011 First Quarter Posting Awards Ceremony Includes all posts in Volumes 1-3 recorded as of Volume 2 Page 217 and Volume 3 Page 154. As noted in the 2010 Annual Awards, single posters will be counted but will not be shown because the length of the post will exceed the maximum allowed by the site. There are as of today 571 different posters in Schulmania. Saturday is an important day! First, April 2 is Wirdle Day, one of the most important holidays in Schulmania. http://www.schulmani...es/holidays.htm Also, it is the projected date for the Shearing o’ the Grass… a seasonal tradition of mowing lawns. The shagginess of lawns near Schulmanator HQ will bring forth the mower for a much needed trim. That is, if it stops raining. If not, the mower may be swapped out for machetes and a bush hog. Now, without further ado, the official first quarter Schulmania Posting Award s! [insert applause and cheers here] Rank Name Comments 1 Leech10 1446 2 Hester 1266 3 Jacqulina 509 4 abcvs (craig_abcvs) 469 5 NMUSpidey 389 6 Benedict 262 7 DioAngel 259 8 Zelgadis 247 9 sc4portugal 208 10 Explodingsims 205 11 Smarty218 200 12 gabry85 187 13 Fledder200 180 14 bakercity 159 15 TmiguelT 153 16 Shingure 145 17 PhatHead 144 18 ky72x 139 19 sobol 137 20 penguin007 136 21 homeandaway 133 22 John94538 131 23 Korot 128 24 ComputerGuy890100 127 25 ImVhOzzi 126 26 panthersimcity4 125 27 csgcseri 123 28 dfnva 123 29 Muck308 123 30 dralin321 121 31 asturianu 118 32 Joetropian1 118 33 lucky7 117 34 suplado! 113 35 Patriots_1228 92 36 anarchy0029 91 37 kj3400 91 38 topcliff 88 39 Archean 87 40 Twenty20 85 41 Jhrnemo 84 42 cleaner475 78 43 Gn_leugim 75 44 anik 74 45 bbfan02 73 46 Larks2242 73 47 KingTitan 70 48 football_fever 68 49 GreekMan 67 50 Rahjan 61 51 Giligone 59 52 PhilsCafe 58 53 edmonton_stinks 57 54 pipishere 54 55 bat 53 56 Sirron Kcuhc 53 58 Fallon144 48 59 jim 546 48 60 Za 48 61 Only A Memory 47 62 nihonkaranws 46 63 RushHourFreak 46 64 Victor Valdes 46 65 Shadow_Assassin 45 66 Shanna 45 67 Connor_V 42 68 Dumanios 41 69 Sgt Pepper 41 70 Narya 38 71 chptrk 37 72 Hahayoudied 35 73 Bigbuilder 34 74 CarmineHilton 34 75 Simbourgeois 33 76 Tomasneto 33 77 Vandy 32 78 astronelson 31 79 DCMetro34 31 80 wwetom1 31 81 Petrovar Ambassador 30 82 patfirefghtr 29 83 El Burro 28 84 Patricius Maximus 28 85 callbat 27 86 Nathanthemayor 27 87 sEAhAwk fAn121 27 88 Voulpiotis 27 89 wiecher 26 90 balkair 25 91 blue sinjid 25 92 IDS2 25 93 infinitum19 25 94 Simfan34 25 95 9988 24 96 Emelin 24 97 Mike The Mayor 24 98 danielcote 23 99 granto93 23 100 gop 22 101 Mikeaut1 22 102 Naftixe 22 103 Renedius 22 104 ironicepitome 21 105 The Duke 21 106 purpledaddy 20 107 citiesxlfan42 19 108 Dsrwhat316 19 109 Reikhardt 19 110 thepokemaniac 19 111 Charles Rodulfo 18 112 Cowcorn 18 113 Darmok 18 114 Evillions 18 115 jj88 18 116 archesrule29 17 117 CTMandR 17 118 jonpaulosiglos 17 119 Dedgren 16 120 knarfmo 16 121 Lynx of Nekominkoku 16 122 GMT 15 123 Ultra GIR XL 15 124 un1 15 125 willg 15 126 blade 2k5 14 127 caspervg 14 128 flyinbird93 14 129 FreewayofFlight 14 130 justintime 14 131 Kusajika Yachiru 14 132 manticorefan 14 133 Sadar 14 134 SimsRealator 14 135 HamsterTK 13 136 mightygoose 13 137 Timmystwin 13 138 Wrightguy0 13 139 jjune4991 12 140 Meinhosen 12 141 seemurray2 12 142 SWAT-MEDIC 12 143 Tbone 04044 12 144 TheMentalist 12 145 Jill Jacobs 11 146 Mr. Beer 11 147 Naryanna 11 148 The Big Z 11 149 AceofSpades 10 150 Amerikaner 10 151 Archangel9 10 152 Blonde Twiggy 10 153 haljackey 10 154 His Divine Hand 10 155 kakado_to_save 10 156 Markus J 10 157 Russ93Plyr 10 158 Uumke 10 159 Almighty Nienaber 9 160 AngelOne 9 161 Curious George 9 162 deion30296 9 163 fern244 9 164 koolkalang 9 165 Tigeria 9 166 TowerDude 9 167 Zipme17 9 168 art128 8 169 Artur_001 8 170 DarkEldar 8 171 manman99 8 172 mayorm 8 173 Crazychickensc12 7 174 Dadyrghluv 7 175 Duke87 7 176 Hawkeye9 7 177 kelistmac 7 178 Moshi 7 179 sebby07 7 180 belfastuniguy 6 181 Crazyyaya 6 182 dj's girl 6 183 Evil_Someone 6 184 JJC12321 6 185 joncjon 6 186 MrCinatit 6 187 Pickled_pig 6 188 Riuchando 6 189 Skram 6 190 Unkle S27 6 191 wir3d 6 192 Zombiehunter 6 193 Chocolatemax285 5 194 cjman 5 195 Daan300 5 196 Eldado 5 197 Hableurg 5 198 Hanson784 5 199 jugioh1012 5 200 k50dude 5 201 krbe 5 202 Kryptowhite 5 203 mencc1701 5 204 Retep Molinari 5 205 rewright 5 206 Tia-may 5 207 TimeMaster 5 208 tomdapom 5 209 waway625 5 210 ZGMF - X88S 5 211 ac94 4 212 Ace_F15 4 213 Amyrai 200 4 214 Ccecill 4 215 City2TheMax 4 216 Damastius 4 217 Daniel01 4 218 dehyan309 4 219 dghh70 4 220 Dudkis 4 221 ecoba 4 222 Efkin 4 223 Escilnavia 4 224 feliwi 4 225 Fredval 4 226 Godzillaman 4 227 Guibanez_4 228 hunkske 4 229 IrvingTwoSmokes 4 230 Jakehh 4 231 jayo 4 232 Kippis05 4 233 kolnikov inc 4 234 Nik-Nik 4 235 rainyday 4 236 rklesc 4 237 Samerton 4 238 SCkid 4 239 selles 4 240 smirkazor 4 241 TekindusT 4 242 villagemayor 4 243 Waerth 4 244 xV.I.N.C.E.N.T.x 4 245 yarabundi 4 246 -?Maître? 3 247 2ch.net simplayer 3 248 Afrothunda 3 249 allez l'om 3 250 amdinside 3 251 apete34 3 252 bartonn 3 253 Berethor07 3 254 collgab 3 255 DaViru$ 3 256 De Ja Vu 3 257 Djohaal 3 258 djrules5454_simtropolisedition 3 259 downtownnewcastle 3 260 E.J.C. 3 261 Firebird 3 262 GlobexCo 3 263 gshmails 3 264 hotChocolate 3 265 Huston 3 266 jcabassa 3 267 Jersey_17011 3 268 jglei701 3 269 Jrnavid 3 270 KUVACHIM 3 271 Ledge69 3 272 Maranello575 3 273 natuurzoon 3 274 newyorkrunaway1 3 275 nycsc4 3 276 Raul39 3 277 ROFLyoshi 3 278 rusty_777 3 279 SaltandVinegar 3 280 simcity4fan12 3 281 SimRabbit 3 282 StLouisDude 3 283 Stnggrl 3 284 stoney525 3 285 Superchad 3 286 Things Go Better With Milk 3 287 Unmannedperson 3 288 WillG_75 3 289 6underground 2 290 830point35 2 291 Avrilivs 2 292 Bine 2 293 BKPB58 2 294 Blakeway 2 295 Camedia 2 296 carlbryan 2 297 connorc24 2 298 Cowboy[Texas] 2 299 ddmd 2 300 Edipo_Rey 2 301 estepaflip 2 302 exgamer07 2 303 fabsies55 2 304 Fischbob 2 305 Flann 2 306 Geronimo 2 307 Gilikov1994 2 308 Gridlock 2 309 iowndiscti 2 310 jesusnavidad 2 311 joeshmoe 2 312 Josh6 2 313 joshiejack 2 314 Kiwi n Grapes 2 315 KRAM 4346 2 316 lmcm1990 2 317 lolebagels 2 318 luker91 2 319 MayorTim 2 320 Monkee_boy 2 321 Mother of Invention 2 322 nanumea 2 323 Nardo69 2 324 Nay-nay 2 325 Nemesis666 2 326 NewEnglandGangsta511 2 327 noypi07 2 328 Ntq$310 2 329 Owenluby 2 330 Paul5 2 331 Paulobergonci 2 332 Plane-Crash12000 2 333 psander5 2 334 Raysfan16 2 335 Ryalmighty1 2 336 Santos16 2 337 sedimenjerry 2 338 SgtJoeDes 2 339 sim-Al2 2 340 Simcitymasterman 2 341 SIMMANIA 2 342 SimRabbit123 2 343 sims co. 2 344 SimsPlanet2 2 345 Sithlrd98 2 346 SmartbyLaw 2 347 Something_started 2 348 StanislavSoltys 2 349 Sumwonyuno 2 350 Terrymunweihao 2 351 The Mighty Cheese Grater 2 352 the00guvna 2 353 timcravey 2 354 Tommy_Vercetti3 2 355 trainguy4449 2 356 truflip99 2 357 Unknown-Figure1 2 358 Xperian 2 359 Halenbyname 2 360 2b2gbi 2 361 Tonyr 2 #362-571 would be here. When these folks post again, they will be named in the posting awards.

The Member of the Month is .......... Benedict! For battling past the red tape wielding bunnies to compile lists the census bureau would be proud of. The Employee of the Month is .......... Livin In Sim! For fighting through rampaging bunnies, navigating the broccoli fields, and battling through coffee withdrawals to polish trixie medals, and hang them in their new places. Congratulations to the winners! Thank you to nathanthemayor for submitting the winning MOTM nomination! Please be sure to nominate someone for the April award! Remember, the awards depend on your nominations.

Way to go both of you. You've definitely earned it!

Good work guys!

Congratulations, Benedict! A lot of people found your list very useful, thanks! Liv, even without coffee, you still managed to remain totally awesome. You go, gurl.

Lordy oh lord.. What do we have here? Another set of images from Southeast Asia? But really, keep up the great work!!! This still me more inspiration, don't leave the middle eastern set!

UAU, very good theres no streets! i loved, very good work and atention to details.

For those annoyed by this use ABP with this filter [code]||simtropolis.com/custom/js/functions.js[/code] For those without ABP there are many other ways of blocking pages, just block https://www.simtropolis.com/custom/js/functions.js I cannot guarantee this will not break some of ST's features.

I agree some of the color changes have been I Killing. Good to see you list doing well. Keep up that great work.

Simply awesome!

Stunning!!!!

We have another new inductee. The Uniform Street Light Mod!

Its a bit similar to Shenzen.

looks like a good start

We have a new inductee to congratulate! Please welcome Morifari with the upload Victorian Style El Rail Station! At the moment we are having just a few issues on the STEX, so the upload can not be "featured" at this time. It is however pinned and will be at the top of the STEX page, however, it is not appearing on the home page, we are trying to get this sorted out.

The STEX Hall of Fame 1. Canadian Broadcasting Centre by @spa An STEX Gem... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Uploaded: 05th of September, 2008 Inducted: 21st of March, 2011 Why this upload was chosen: A fine example of what can be achieved with absolute attention to detail. 2. Paeng's Monument Park by @paeng A Brand New Upload... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Uploaded: 14th of March, 2011 Inducted: 24th of March, 2011 Why this upload was chosen: Lotting at its absolute best. 3. Victorian Style El Rail Station by @morifari Note: Updated versions of these stations are now included with the NAM. An STEX Gem... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Uploaded: 14th of March, 2005 Inducted: 28th of March, 2011 Why this upload was chosen: Perfect combination of excellent BAT and Fantastic LOT. 4. Uniform Street Lighting Mod by @Kodlovag A Brand New Upload... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Uploaded: 1st of March, 2011 Inducted: 1st of April, 2011 Why this upload was chosen: Significantly improving a feature that has hardly been modded before. 5. God Terraforming in Mayor Mode by @warrior An STEX Gem... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Uploaded: 19th of July, 2008 Inducted: 4th of April, 2011 Why this upload was chosen: This is Gem is an essential item for anyone's terraforming tool box. All the important God Mode terraforming tools conveniently located 24/7 in your Mayor Mode menu... no more three fingered salutes! Yay! 6. Roundabout Underground Parking by @murimk A Brand New Upload... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Uploaded: 15th of March, 2011 Inducted: 7th of April, 2011 Why this upload was chosen: This lot is an excellent example of one that enhances the illusion of 3D by showing below ground infrastructure. 7. American Four Square v2 by @homefryes An STEX Gem... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Uploaded: 8th of May, 2006 Inducted: 13th of April, 2011 Why this upload was chosen: They are very authentic and varied, and fill out your neighborhoods nicely. 8. SimPeg Agricultural Mod (SPAM) by @Pegprod A Brand New Upload... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Uploaded: 13th of April, 2011 Inducted: 14th April, 2011 Why this upload was chosen: Green Acres is the place to be, Farm livin' is the life for me, Land spreadin' out so far and wide, Keep Manhattan, just gimme...SimPeg Agricultural Modd!! 9. Marrast's Embankment Set by @salut221 on behalf of Marrast An STEX Gem... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Uploaded: 18th of August, 2006 Inducted: 18th of April, 2011 Why this upload was chosen: One of the earliest embankment sets and still one of the best. 10. 425 Lexington Avenue by @PBGV103 A Brand New Upload... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Uploaded: 7th of April, 2011 Inducted: 21st of April, 2011 Why this upload was chosen: There aren't very many Postmodern BATs on the STEX and even fewer of this quality. 11. HK Arch 1 by @bixel An STEX Gem... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Uploaded: 28th of March, 2006 Inducted: 26th of April, 2011 Why this upload was chosen: A truly fantastic recreation of an unusual piece of architecture. 12. Farngaten 18 Orthogonal and Diagonal W2W by @Glenni A Brand New Upload... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Uploaded: 27th of April, 2011 Inducted: 29th of April, 2011 Why this upload was chosen: A great little BAT with some beautiful detailing. 13. SMP Yellow Pause Thingy Remover by @TheQuiltedLlama An STEX Gem... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Uploaded: 20th of September, 2007 Inducted: 3rd of May, 2011 Why this upload was chosen: This mod is awesome because it makes making awesome CJ images awesomer! Oh yeah, and it is also Hotdogs certified.. so yeah like I said... it is awesome! 14. Landfill Plop by @FANTA1990 Note: No longer available on the STEX A Brand New Upload... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Uploaded: 16th of April, 2011 Inducted: 7th of May, 2011 Why this upload was chosen: Sometimes the simple ideas are good ideas. This file is one of those files, that could be easily overlooked... or considered too simple, however on closer inspection the download comes with a number of cleverly made different lots to make landfills of various shapes and sizes. With a little imagination, these landfills can actually bring a whole new meaning to the term 'eye-candy'. 15. Meandering Bike Paths by @6459978. An STEX Gem... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Uploaded: 19th of July, 2005 Inducted: 11th of May, 2011 Why this upload was chosen: They are well textured, so generic and random looking, and sufficiently worn as to look realistic. 16. Kamienica Bydgoszcz Gdanska 101 by @abstynent A Brand New Upload... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Uploaded: 30th of April, 2011 Inducted: 19th of May, 2011 Why this upload was chosen: Nicely detailed W2W buildings, that brings character to the model with unique features and excellent texturing. 17. MAPP Modular Amusement Park Pack by @aldara6166 An STEX Gem... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Uploaded: 1st of January, 2007 Inducted: 24th of May, 2011 Why this upload was chosen: A vast collection of modular amusement park rides, stalls, rollercoasters and more. Make sure you download the full set though, from here, here and here. 18. Bridges of Shoreline County by @d_j_p1 A Brand New Upload... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Uploaded: 7th of May, 2007 Inducted: 29th of May, 2011 Why this upload was chosen: Plugins that add variety to pedestrian overpasses are rare, and these ones look perfect. 19. Blam Blank by @onlyplace4 An STEX Gem... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Uploaded: 13th of April, 2007 Inducted: 1st of June, 2011 Why this upload was chosen: This is one of the gems of the STEX because, it allows those of us who have not yet aspired to the dizzying heights of batting, yet still want to create a unique lot in lot editor, without the constraints of needing a visible building model, the ability to do so. More than one custom content creator, will have started out using this simple yet helpful little file. 20. SHK Tropical Fire Station by @shokthrpy A Brand New Upload... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Uploaded: 26th of May, 2011 Inducted: 6th of June, 2011 Why this upload was chosen: Making an entry to the world of SimCity custom content, is not always easy, however this creator has shown that he is willing to learn, seek and ask for advice and apply that advice, before rushing to the upload button. This BAT, just his third, continues to demonstrate a very high standard of work and innovation, which includes advanced modding skill, such as timed props to add life to an otherwise static lot. When he couldn't find a suitable fire truck... to suit his needs, he 'simply' set forth and made his own. The SC community is ready and waiting for more! 21. New World Trade Center by @nycc06 A Brand New Upload... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Uploaded: 11th of September, 2011 Inducted: 11th of September, 2011 Why this upload was chosen: It is a truly beautiful, carefully crafted recreation of the new World Trade Center complex. A project that has spanned over 2 years, Nycc06 is a very dedicated and hard working BATer, and the hard work has paid off with such an extraordinary outcome. An extremely fitting tribute to the victims of 9/11.

Originally posted by: Cujo58 I thought Obama declared the American Combat Mission in Iraq over? He also declared the troops would be out of Afghanistan within a year of taking office...seen the news lately?quote> One more intolerant outburast and you'll be taking the next week off, got it? THIS IS YOUR ONLY WARNING