Simgoober is arriving in force

[Diggis]

Ditto to all the above comments.  Stay well.

[threestooges]

All I can think to say is thanks for the time that you have contributed. The countless BATs you have created have made their mark, and have inspired many of the up and coming BATters of today. I'm sorry to hear that SC is finished for you, but I'm glad you were here for the time that you were.

[rooker1]

This is a very sad news indeed.  But all great things must come to an end sooner or later.

Simgoober has been uploading (or least as far as I can tell) from February 2004 to about the begining of this year.
I said to myself, "Self, what makes a person a Legend?"  So I decided to look up the meaning and this is part of what I found in the dictionary.

LEGEND-One that inspires legends or achieves legendary fame.
            Today a legend can also be a person or achievement worthy of inspiring such a story.  Anyone or anything whose fame promises to be enduring, even if the renown is created more by the media than by oral tradition. Thus we speak of the legendary accomplishments of a major-league baseball star or legendary voice of a famous opera singer.

So does Simgoober fit this meaning? 
I decided to do a little digging.

With 278 Uploaded BATs on the STEX at Simtropolis, he is the person with the most uploaded BATs and his views are at 4,566,212 and the downloads are at 2,206,849.  That's on average 16,425 views per BAT and 7,938 downloads on average per BAT. 
Over the three years of producing 278 BATs at about 9 per month, this doesn't even include the ones you or I have never seen.  Can you imagine how many he really made.
His highest download is his BSC MEGA Props SG Vol 01[LINKIE] at 95,263 views  and 70,458 downloads.  This is a prop pack, how ever, his most down loaded BAT is Embassy Suites Hotel [LINKIE] at  51,420 views  and 25,160 downloads.
These numbers absolutley incredible.

According to the meaning above, I believe this is more than enough to make him a legend!
These numbers will continue to grow for years to come and people will still be talking about him for the same amount of time.
His Legend will continue to grow.

Just because Simgoober may be "no longer doing anything SC4 related", doesnt mean that his name or his BATs won't live on until the last days of this game.



Robin   

PS, all these stats were calculated by myself straight from Simtropolis.  I beleive all my calculations are correct.

[BarbyW]

I haven't finished with his works yet as there are his civic and reward ones still to do. i shall also try and winkle some of his unreleased stuff of him sometime as the new W2W have proved that his work is still desired
Keep watchng the LEX as I hope to have the next set of lots and models out soon.

[Andreas]

@Robin: Those are some amazing numbers indeed, and if anyone deserves to retire from the BAT, it has to be SimGoober. Of course, there are many others who achieved great things, but the sheer number of models that SimGoober created ist most impressive. The "legend" title is very appropriate, I'd say.

[Pat Riot]

i also like the title "The second coming of Jesus" for goober. Seriously, hes probably 30+ percent of my plugins folder.

[capo]

Barby: Thanks for keeping SimGoober 'alive' it's much appreciated!

Robin: Very well spoken, I think we may all call him Sir SimGoober from now on

Sir Simgoober: Thanks for your many great bats and work that you have done for the game and it's community!

[DFire870]

Like everyone else who has posted here, you are truly a legend of SimCity 4 and your BATs are inspirational, with the extreme amount of detail you've put into them. Thank you for all of the work you've done to make those magnificent BATs.

capo, we should just shorten Sir SimGoober to just SirGoober.

-- John

[Diggis]

I have been making a list of my downloads and what I have installed.  I have managed to list almost everything except SG's.  The thought of the sheer size of his folder on my PC daunts me, and I don't think I have everything of his. (Although the recent uploads by barby on the LEX enabled me to get more  )

Legend is too mild a term, but short of God, I can't think of a better one. 

[jeronij]

I've always had (and still of course) a "Simgoober" folder in my plugins  I'd say this speaks by itself, but anyway, thanks for your incompaable work  SG    We'll always be in due with you 

[ky72x]

Thank you, SG, for the large number of excellent, quality BAT's and lots you have made of the past few years.  I wish you well in the future.

- Kyle

[Pat]

Robin that is a wonderful stats you have on Goober... Barby you are awesome and what you are doing is such a great honor to such a legend!!!

[Shadow Assassin]

Just wondering if Simgoober's Santa Clara civic pack will be released on the LEX? For some reason, it's actually not available at ST, but can actually be found elsewhere (maybe CSC, I can't remember where I dl'ed it from).

He actually made a collection of lots with a common theme to them, it included a post office, fire station, city hall and courthouse. So, I was wondering, is that small collection in the master list to be released to the LEX?


EDIT: I have a copy of the relevant files for that collection just in case you don't have it; it's not in an install file and there isn't a readme included though.

[BarbyW]

I have the Santa Clara set in my queue and it is nearly at the top of the list. They should be on the LEX in the next couple of weeks.

[Shadow Assassin]

Ah, that's great news!

It's really a good set.

[SimGoober]

Oh me oh my.  Y'all are gonna give me an ego or something.  I decided to check in for a bit, and find a thread where I am called a legend, a god... hmmm... maybe I should dust off that old signiture line...

"The Great and Mighty Goober has Spoken!"

LOL... Anyhow, I am not really what you would call active anymore, but I did throw a couple BATs together, and Barby is playing with them.  Been A while since I did anything, and the old modding skills got a bit rusty.  No plans to bring the BAT factory back out of mothballs, but a few teasers is all.

Enjoy!

[mightygoose]

good to here.

[CabraBuitre]

Glad to see you're giving us one last shot at some SimGoob goodness... even if it's not lots, it's something, and we appreciate it!

[Pat]

Mister Goober sir its always a pleasure to see something wonderful come from you, even if its just teasers!!!!

[XiahouDun]

Any Goober is better than no Goober at all Your work along with BarbyW and JBSimio were the reason I started BATing in the first place, so a releases from any of the three of you are greatly enjoyed