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Originally posted by: soltangris Yeah, bluespottedhorse, that's how one should behave , I think. I absolutely don't have a problem whit anybody not buying the game, anybody hating it, as long as they express their opinions moderately. What I have a problem (and I'm not alone here) is the continuous and repetitive wining about it. Tell me, what right has anybody to condemn a game repeatedly without even owning it? Most of the worse 'flamers' confess they've only played the demo and read about the game in the forums and reviews. But what's even worse is that they keep barging in the discussions of people that do play and enjoy it, interrupting the constructive ideas (and even criticism) being changed with the same old arguments, opinions and meaningless condemnation? Even the moderators of the forum got tired of this behaviour and started deleting whole threads.quote> No soltangris you are not alone. As a member of this community I come to this fourm on a daily basis, and have done so since the release of Cities XL. And I am in complete agreememt in that I don't have a problem whth anyone not buying the game, or hating it, as long as they express their opinions moderately. In regards to this small group of people that you are referring to, I'll say this: I've tried to empathize, but fail to understand why anyone with something better to do with their life, would do this. Again, by their own admission, some have stated they DON'T EVEN OWN THE GAME. I simply cannot fathom from any logical or sensible p.o.v. why anyone would come to a forum for a game they don't even own and behave like this. It would be laughable if it wasn't so blatantly pathetic. Do they actually think they are somehow helping me or the rest of us that don't agree with their p.o.v.?? That they're somehow trying to save us from ourselves?? That we're too naive or ignorant or just plain stupid to know better, or think for ourselves?? I don't need anyone to think for me, I know who I am and I own myself. I don't even have to think about that for one half of a second. I own a copy of Cities XL, I paid for it with my own money, and while I don't neccessarily like every single thing about this game, or agree with how MC has chosen to do business, I have received much enjoyment from playing this game, and even if I was never able to play this game again, I've already gotten my money's worth out of it. I've spent thousands of dollars in my lifetime on games and gaming in general. Before there were PC or console games, before there were even arcade games, all the way back to pinball machines, it's been a part of my life from when I was a child and I imagine will continue to be so until the day I die. And never in my life have I had the desire, let alone the idea to come to a forum to tear down a game that I not only didn't play, but that I didn't even own! That I didn't even pay one penny for! And then to top it off, do it on an almost daily basis for..... how long has this game been out for now? Two, two and a half months? For anybody reading this..... Is the point I'm trying to convey sinking in yet? Do I really need to go on? In regards to this game, I don't need anybody to think for me, or save me from myself, and I'm quite lucid and confident in my cognative abilites to know better. To these people whose expectations are unfulfilled or are being fulfilled, by continuing to post these negative comments, I say this, you've made your point already, and you made it quite a while ago.To the point that you've worn it out. And (I speak for myself only), the only thing that you're doing is distracting away from and diminishing this point. Your words no longer have any weight. At this moment, looking back I'm not sure they really ever did. They ring hollow. For me, by far, hands down, the worst thing about Cities XL are these complete and utter non constructive negitive post. That memory leak looks pretty good when I compare it to these said post. Do they actually believe that they are contributing something positive or good here? Or helping this community in some way? Or that the majority of people that come to this forum and read their post don't see them for what thay truly are.. Selfish, self serving, and at our expense? Joseph Campbell once said; " Revolution is not about tearing something down. It's about bringing something forth." They come here under the false pretence that they are contributing somthing positive. That they are trying to create change for the greater good of this game Cities XL, the people that have already paid for this game, and the people yet to contribute, and that will continue to contribute their money and time to this game. You bring forth nothing............ ALL YOU DO IS TEAR DOWN. I don't have very many expectations from MC or Cities XL one way or the other. For me, this is simply a game... JUST A GAME. As with all things in life, it's had it's beginning, it's currently alive, and will have it's end. At some point I will simply move on. "Let the dead bury the dead." Moving on. Going to play Cities XL.

I don't know if anyone has covered this yet, I haven't found anything in this post or anywhere else. So apologies if someone has already brought this up. There seems to be a lot of interest in mass transit (still). I thought this might fit in this category somewhat. I would like to see taxis in a future content pack. I think this certainly fits into a form of transit in real life and would work well in the game with large cities. You could tie their profits into business hotels, tourist or holiday hotels, and airports. It could serve as a form of traffic relief for cities that are experiencing traffic flow problems, although perhaps not as prominent as something like bus or train service, it could still be a nice option and add diversity to the game. Also, in regards to electricity, we have two choices at the moment, power plants, and wind power. It would be nice to see something along the lines of solar power. Perhaps it could be introduced as a truly clean form of electricity without any negative effects of pollution. Possibly some form of large entertainment buildings along the lines of arenas or concert halls. Another idea I thought of to add some diversity to the game and provide a source of taxable income, would perhaps be a Vegas content pack where you could have casinos and gambling, perhaps this is a little more on the fringe, but if done right, it could add more diversity to the game and even add a little more fun.

Hi Xidillon. I'm running a duo core 3 ghz and two 8800 ultras in SLI. With the exception of a rare crash while playing the game (I play in solo mode only), the game runs great on my machine. By the way, I can't say for sure that my crashes are game related but it doesn't happen very often. Hope this helps.

Hi everybody, this is my first post, I just joined. I found a new trick today while playing solo mode. I haven't read anything about it yet, so not sure if many people know about it. While clicking on a road, I noticed that my camera started to move all on its own. At first I thought it was some glitch and tried to duplicate it. I figured out eventually what I did was actually clicked on one of the cars! This is so cool. Click on one of the cars, and you can go for a ride! You can zoom all the way into the driver seat and you can pan 360 degrees and look out the sides and the back as well. Anyway I thought this was kind of neat to go for a ride in your city and get a whole different perspective. On an off note, I really like this forum, a lot of very useful and helpful info from this budding community. Quite friendly as well. Thanks everyone.