Anybody who wants to play SimCity 4 MP

[Adagio]

Updated...

[Eli]

What? No! You cant leave me alone.

[Eli]

I'll switch to this one then...

[Eli]

And I should really get the game already.

[General Ludd]

Originally posted by Eli
What? No! You cant leave me alone.

You would still be able to connect to him with a bridge

[vovan]

Yep, the way it is before your switch is you and I are connected. But Actually if you select that new one, then all of a sudden Osweld is also connected to the rest of us. So it's really your call.

EDIT: Oh, I see ADG's already moved you... So, never mind.

[Eli]

Is there a way to make "sleeper-cities"?

So that after couple centuries when our cities are all developed and there isn't much left to do we'll take more free spots on the map and develop them too?

[Adagio]

I'm not sure what you mean with "sleeper-cities"? Do you mean, that we reserve the other free spots now?

Couldn't we just say, the first one, to finish his city (using all space, etc), can choose a spot to continiue the game. Then when another one finishes his city, he may choose a new spot, etc...

[vovan]

Well, I would think that "sleeper-cities" would be what is called bedroom communities in english. At least that would be the literal translation from Russian. I would think that that might be also the case for Eli's native language. As for the question itself, yes, you can pretty much make those. As long as you don't build industry or a lot of commerce in your city, it will develop into a bedroom community. It will be full of one-story buildings, with the wealth of residents depending on how well you supply them with services, and how far away the nearest job is. So, if the industry and the commerce are all in immedate neighboring cities, and the people can commute easily, then they will live in your city. Mass transit is therefore key, since the people don't travel far by car, and also you want to keep the air exceptionally clean so that the people would prefer the clean city + inevitably long commute over short commute + pollution. But subways are too expensive, so the way to go would be buses, and rail stations. Note, however, that it is relatively hard to balance your budget in such a city, since industry and commerce for one make more profit, and for another don't require the stuff residents need - hospitals, schools, etc.. So, unless there are lots of vacancies in neighboring cities, it might be a bit hard to create a bedroom community that makes a profit.

[Eli]

ADG got it right.

[Adagio]

Vovansim >> Strange, I think it's easier to make a bedroom community...

Eli >> Wow, I got something right... sensation

[Adagio]

Seems like we have everything settled now: Lots of players has reserved a spot in the game, and the turn is set to two years (so keep an eye on the date)... is there anything we're missing?

If not, then should we say we play the first turn now, having it played til Friday? Or did I forget something?

Btw, for neighbor connections (with roads, railroads, highways), talk to your neigbor. About the neigbor deals, let's see how it works, then we set the rules for this later...

[Eli]

Hopefully, I will have the game by Friday.

[Jonny]

I'm ready to start.

[vovan]

I think we need to decide how we are going to deal with distributing the files once we play our two years. They seem to be too large for an attachment - over 500K, substantially. And besides, it might be a pain to download for those on dial-up connections. (I have DSL, but hey there might be those on 56k )