SYM Productions

@Diablo_del_bano: No, I think 256 will be sufficient... thank you anyways though! @Pmiller: Welcome! I know one of the original team members REALLY loves your LOTR stuff but maybe never posted... @Simen: That's the great thing about working in a team... the more experienced members give help and tips to the less experienced members... so you'll probably know how to BAT. The first thing I'd do (except downloading it) is check out Phillipbo's tutorial (on the front page)... it's pure genius and it really showed me how to BAT. @Joeynymets: You've been signed up! @Nosx: Oh my goodness... I use your off-shore wind turbines all the time! You're now listed as a SYM Productions partner! @Eastwinn: Ok that's fine... @pepsiocean: You have been listed as a 256 MB RAM tester and lotter. When it comes to BATting, I'll say the same thing to you as I did to Simen: try Phillipbo's tutorial... it's on the front page, and it's pure genius! @1dera3: Yes you have been recruited! I dunno what you really mean about But you're still gonna release them, right? but I will say this for now: being a member of SYM P. means you can get help from others, collaborate on a release, or just release all your creations as normal except with a SYM Productions mention... it's quite simple and for the original members it means SYM Productions does a bit of everything, not just Winnipeg stuff or skyscrapers! Hey everyone... make sure to visit some of other members threads... it will provide additional interest in their work, because now it's part of SYM Productions! - CDI_spy P.S. BTW, you'll be seeing most of me, as I'm pretty much the Simtropolis co-ordinater for SYM Productions, but you'll be seeing Yatagan_L some of the time...

OF COURSE we're still accepting applications... I opened the thread not 3 hours ago! Thanks all I've updated the list. - CDI_spy

Beautiful work TMS... this IS one of your best updates ever... - CDI_spy P.S. Page 44!

All right you guys are hired! @Eastwinn: When it comes to MODding, how much you need to know depends on how much you actually know... so what do you know? @Praiodan: Welcome! I put you down as 512MB tester... do you have a PC? And I'm glad to know you would like to make lots. On the fictional project, I could really put you to work... Keep those applications coming, we accept part-time workers! - CDI_spy

All right here's the moment all of you have been waiting for... WE'RE RELEASING Huh? Oh, ok... uh ladies and gentlemen? Here's just an update... seems we're... *cough*... not done yet... Just had to do that... I'm in a wacky mood... ... no, not QUACKY mood, WACKY mood... geez... Anyways here's an update: - I've toned down the textures, - re-modded and refined the TEing, and - rendered 2 other versions; a 25 degree-angled one, and a minus 25 degree-angled one. EDIT: Darn... I'm testing them now and the custom LODs screwed up so I'll have to re-render... Which mean another 2-3 hours... I'll try to have pictures later tonight or tomorrow... - CDI_spy P.S. On top of that, this is our 666th post...

Wow lucky you you're just discovering the wonderful world of Simtropolis. I know, I was amazed at all the custom content and such... but you'll get used to it and soon you'll be cruising the forums and downloading like a pro! All that to say Welcome to Simtropolis! - CDI_spy , proud part of SYM Productions

Interesting... I've never seen a city built on a mountain before, I'll keep an eye on this one... - CDI_spy , proud part of SYM Productions

Ooh... darn... Ok well thanks for letting us know where you were at, happy new year and we'll be looking forward to more updates when you get back... - CDI_spy

Fantastic work Tonks you're one of the best around... - CDI_spy

Ooh... that's beautiful... I'll definately keep an eye on this one... Like I've said before in other CJs, I usually only visit a CJ if EVERYONE is talking about it or the title catches my eye... and boy this title caught my eye, because Iceland is a place we hear a lot about very often, so if someone is re-creating it, it must be interesting! Do you live in Iceland yourself? Actually we have an Icelandic communtiy north of my hometown Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada called Gimli. It has strong cultural ties to Iceland, because the immigrants were forced out by volcanic activity, I believe... Do continue my interest is piqued! - CDI_spy

I just had an idea, and I want people to comment... let us propose a reality where: - there is undeniable proof that every religion's (god, spirit, whatever) exists - there is undeniable proof that depending on how you think of post-death, that post-death experience will happen to you (e.g. Christians will go to Heaven or Hell, Buddhists will re-incarnate, etc.) Would you accept this proof? AGAIN, I am not implying this is the case. - CDI_spy

Oh my... I've lurked around for a while and haven't posted much, if at all ... not sure... Anyways your port looks AMAZING you have definately been crowned one of the best journalers, because look at Sculpting Columbia River... how many pages??? Excuse me??? 119???!!! And now this... you have an amazing patience for development Jeronij... it shows! Continue to update this one because you have a crowd following you! - CDI_spy , proud part of SYM Productions

Amazing work on the maps Louisville, especially the perpendicular satellite and zone maps! It's so cool to see exactly where and what kind of development there is in your city! I didn't even notice your agricultural outskirts until now... HYPER realistic in the development process my man! And the whole thing going on along a bay/river. Some people have their downtowns in the middle of nowhere, which is okay, cities don't just pop up... they are founded for a reason... Anyways fantastic work; do continue, because you're quite the inspiration to the CJ I'm currently pre-writing... - CDI_spy EDIT: 300th post in this brilliant CJ!

Absolutely beautiful TMS, you've really got the touch! - CDI_spy

Thank you Angela this is a very good guide for newbies and congrats on your 1Y anniversary! - CDI_spy

I am envious of your modelling skills Paul... or does 3dsmax do all the work? Kidding that is a FANTASTIC pre-rendition of the HSBC! - CDI_spy

Rich update Louisville you've got a gem of a downtown! I love the Harbor Fill-in project... anyways keep up the great work! - CDI_spy

Date: 12/28/2005 2:09:38 PM Author: the_new_simman I might just stop posting in this thread due to the reputation loss..although that is pretty bad if people think of me any less because I'm religious. Sad what the world is coming to...if your religious your foolish. quote> Not true at all! I have lots of respect for you, Simman, and I don't believe people will think any less of you because you are religious. Everyone is allowed to do what they want in life, including you, and except no one! - CDI_spy

Still quite speechless! - CDI_spy

Absolutely beautiful, inspiring work Micke! I dunno what your CJ will look like, but I know it will be fantastic with custom content like this! - CDI_spy , proud part of SYM Productions EDIT: 4th fantastic page!

Wow same day delivery! But are my pics slightly too big? Sorry I'll fix that and send them back to you... Thanks again, this is great! - CDI_spy EDIT: Here they are: http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/7199/wrp16ct.png align=baseline>http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/4713/wrp28mw.png align=baseline>http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/1558/wrp39vk.png align=baseline>http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/8683/yatagan8at.png align=baseline>http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/7685/matlab7ze.png align=baseline>

Eastwinn I've see your good and quick work... good you make a dissolve between these 5 images, in that order? Thank you in advance! - CDI_spy - Yatagan_L - Mat_lab

Date: 12/27/2005 10:20:39 PM Author: timotheus4 Reading through this I just see so many things that are either or . I will try to speak as politely as I can without being or . Do realize though that I am intolerant. I may even be offensive. What I mean by intolerant is this. Most people who have spoken here are in rebellion against God. This means that you will go to hell if you don't change your ways. That may sound hard but that is the truth. However, I take a 'hate the sin love the sinner' attitude. I will not insult, discriminate against, take a holier-than-thou attidude towards, or otherwise be nasty to you. I am the most intolerant person in the world when it comes to speaking what is right. I am the most tolerant in the world when it comes to loving my fellow humans. (Note the hyperbole. In threads like this you can't be too careful.) The website that TNS linked to, www.reformed.org , has a lot of great things besides the two creeds. I highly recommend it as a resource for those who truly want to know what the Bible teaches. ID/Creation. I'm not going to really touch this one. I feel generally incompetent to hold my own against the machine of evolutionary thought. I do recommend www.icr.org and www.answersingenesis.org as resources for the curious. Note especially that ICR has completed a study on the age of the earth and has a technical book on the results for sale for $80 and a non-technical, shorter one for $14. 'You never know what God has up His sleeves!' True, but God has given us a relatively simple formula in the Bible for who is saved and who is not. I quote Peter from Acts: 'Nor is there salvation in any other [speaking about Jesus], for there no other name under heaven, given among men, by which we must be saved.' (Note the must) Yellowlab...Genesis 3. A loving God created the world. Man fell, and the world with it. This is the reason why everything is so messed up. God, in His unending love, made everything all the more glorious by sending His Son to atone for man's sin. Thus louisville327 - Scientists never had and do not have a monopoly on the truth. Science changes. Christ doesn't. Sola scriptura...I await you on MSN, eph. Deism is a very mild form of intelligent design. It is a sort of way to excuse people's conscionces about God. 'So what we're told is right; don't question it. Have faith. Hmm..' Not necessarily. I consider my faith reasonable. But there still requires a leap of faith to get there. It's just not impossibly large. It takes faith to be agnostic, too...more faith than you think. 'If God wants me to go to hell, sobeit.' I doubt you will have that attitude for long. Some more general things: All roads lead to God? This is patently impossible. Christianity, as I have shown, says that none others can be correct. Thus Christianity and X could not both be correct. Many of people's doubts about religion come from the idea that there is no absolute, or if there is, we do not know it. The thing is is that there is an absolute and it has been shown. Relativism doesn't cut it. My apologies for disjointedness. I'm not in the best of forms tonight. Hopefully some of what I've said is useful! Ok myself, I'm trying to keep in mind your not in the best of forms, as you say, but in my general opinion certain religions aren't very open-minded about other beliefs, although I totally respect your points of view, Timotheus, and I celebrate the fact someone can involve himself/herself in his beliefs. No matter your religion or lack of religion, it's good to have strong convictions! EDIT: The_new_simman, I think atheists (or at least the more spiritual ones) believe in themselves and their friends, family, etc. They enlighten themselves and accept help from others and live their lives entirely in the corpeal world. - CDI_spy

Wow I can't believe I haven't seen this before! Impressive work Matt you have an fantastic BATting future! - CDI_spy , proud part of SYM Productions