Wow, I just spent the last 7 days going thru all 179 pages of this CJ.
I am not new to SC (Started with 2000) but I am new to this site, to using mods, to playing SC4 AND to doing anything outside of playing "against" the game. After going thru the site, reading tidbits here and there and, finally, randomly picking this CJ out of the ones listed to give a glance at, I am just AWESTRUCK.
The time, care, patience and love show in each update so clearly. The fact that is was your relaxation after work, a labor of love and a great way to bring a simcity ALIVE was just freaking amazing. After reading the first few pages of your CJ, I started my first city that I did differently. I didn't try to shove as much as possible into every little tile. I tried to ignore the RCI graph telling me I need MORE THIS or MORE THAT!!! I stopped fighting against the game.
Instead, I tried to mini-terraform first (cause I suck at it and hadn't done it before really), tried to plan the way the city would evolve, where to place things, allowed for some free/unoccupied space...I tried to make it look more like a freaking city for once. Or at least one I wouldn't mind living in myself! I copied a bunch of little techniques I saw you use just to see if I could.
It was SOOO different. It was SOOOO much more fun!!!
I am SOOOOOOOOO far away from your level (and most of the ppl on here)! Outside of pure artistic and technical skill, I don't even have a 10th of the plugins you had at that time. But your CJ has shown me the way. And brought me Hours of joy in the process, even in your interaction with the rest of the board members and your adoring "citizens". **sighs** I wish I could live in Minas Tirith.
I don't know if your on anymore or if you got your new plugin's folder the way you wanted (read: orderly), but, for all the inspiration...
THANK YOU!
