Commonwealth of Marathon

[CasperVg]

Well, well well.. Some great pictures here once again. Although you said you haven't played with canals a lot, I must say that you've pinpointed the right looks already. The showcase of Meister-Z's Victoria Gebaude remembered me that I still have a partially finished relot of it laying around.. Thanks for that 

Greetings,
Casper

Page 17!

[JBSimio]

I'm not even going to attempt a round of Jeopardy here... but I had to stop by and say that I've loved your last couple of pictures.   

December 8 was a beauty... especially with the building in the lower left fitting so perfectly into the diagonal corner there.  The fact that you made that all work so close to an underground expressway is most impressive and speaks very highly of your city building skills!

Today's picture was also very nice.  I really love the canals and can only wish that I could make them fit in as well as you have.  The row of buildings along the left side of the lower (southern?) canal branch is wonderful but it's the circular building across the way that really makes the picture work in my opinion.  Great job (as always)!!!

JB

[thundercrack83]

projectadam: Hi! Thanks for playing, my friend! We'll see how your answers stand!

alan_vzla: Thanks, my friend! And thanks for playing again, too!

Joan (Jmouse): Thanks so much, Joan! I'm still trying to get the hang of canals at this point. There's a lot of pieces in there that I have to sort out. And don't worry about being too busy for the latest round, we'll catch you next time!

Zack (woodb3kmaster): Hmmm....are you correct? We'll see...

bluesinjid: That's OK! Thanks for your support!

Casper (caspervg): I'd love to see what you do with the lot of Victoria Gebäude, my friend! Thanks for stopping by and for your great comments!

Jon (JBSimio): Hi, Jon! Thank you so very much for your comments and support, my friend! It means a lot to me!



Well, I think we have some results...

$200: alan_vzla, What is Boris?
$400: projectadam, What is Platoon?
$600: Zack (woodb3kmaster), Who is J.D. Salinger?
$800: Zack (woodb3kmaster), What is Damscus?
$1000: projectadam, What is Salzburg?

Today's picture, as well as today's Jeopardy! will follow later. I'm off to bed now, as it's almost 3:00 AM here in Pennsylvania!

See you then!

[bat]

That's a great picture for December 9 there!
Looking forward to more...

[rooker1]

Ahhhh man...I missed a round.  How am I ever to catch up now.
I'll have to pay closer attention.

Hello Dustin,
Hope all is well.
Great picutre and you are doing really well in the SC4D Picture Competition. 

As for the Victoria Gebäude by Meister-z, I just had a look at it and I don't see any way to add more props to the LOT.  The entire model and it's base were BATted together.  This means to get props to show up you need to raise it so high that when you rotate, the props will show up in different places.  You can already notice this with the people props on the LOT.  In one direction they are on the sidewalk and in another they move closer to the middle.  The parking lots on the outside however you can do anything you want there as they are not part of the BAT.  The LOT could be made larger and props could be added around the model.    Anyways this is one of my favourite models, it's just too bad it was all BATted together.

Sorry for jacking your MD.....

I look forward to this afternoon and another round of Jeopardy.
Robin 

[thundercrack83]

bat: Thank you so much, bat!

Robin (rooker1): Hmmmm...that's a shame about Victoria Gebäude—it's a fantastic building! And don't worry about Jeopardy! either, my friend. There's plenty of rounds to catch up!

DECEMBER 10

Trying to create a more urban housing development-like setting. Similar structures, only distinguishable by their colors, all together in one area.

Oh, and the OSITM picture from December 8 made it through three rounds of competition and has been inducted into the Picture Competition Hall of Fame! Many thanks to all who voted!

And...

Official results for December 9...

$200: alan_vzla, What is Boris?
$400: projectadam, What is Platoon?
$600: Zack (woodb3kmaster), Who is J.D. Salinger?
$800: Zack (woodb3kmaster), What is Damscus?
$1000: projectadam, What is Salzburg?

And our current standings...

[tabular type=5]
[row]
[head]

CONTESTANT[/head]
[head]

WINNINGS[/head]
[/row]
[row]
[data]Zack (woodb3kmaster)[/data]
[data]

$3200[/data]
[/row]
[row]
[data]projectadam[/data]
[data]

$1400[/data]
[/row]
[row]
[data]Matt (threestooges)[/data]
[data]

$600[/data]
[/row]
[row]
[data]Joan (Jmouse)[/data]
[data]

$400[/data]
[/row]
[row]
[data]alan_vzla[/data]
[data]

$200[/data]
[/row]
[row]
[data]Robin (rooker1)[/data]
[data]

$200[/data]
[/row]
[/tabular]

Looks like Zack (woob3kmaster has jumped out to an early lead! Can anyone tighten the gap? We'll find out now!

[tabular type=5]
[row]
[head colspan=3]

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10[/head]
[/row]
[row]
[head][/head]
[head][/head]
[head]

___________________________________________________________________[/head]
[/row]
[row]
[data]

$200[/data]
[data]

SOUNDS LIKE AN ARMY UNIT[/data]
[data]One of the four fundamental operations in arithmetic[/data]
[/row]
[row]
[data]

$400[/data]
[data]

NAME THE AUTHOR[/data]
[data]The Iliad, The Odyssey[/data]
[/row]
[row]
[data]

$600[/data]
[data]

NORTHERNMOST CAPITAL CITY[/data]
[data]Warsaw, Tokyo, Lisbon[/data]
[/row]
[row]
[data]

$800[/data]
[data]

WORLD CITIES[/data]
[data]This capital of Saudi Arabia was built at an oasis[/data]
[/row]
[row]
[data]

$1000[/data]
[data]

RUSSIAN FIRST NAME'S THE SAME[/data]
[data]Gromyko, Sakharov[/data]
[/row]
[/tabular]

CATEGORY EXPLANATIONS
For "Russian First Name's the Same," we've given you two last names of people who have the same first name. Give us that first name.
For "Northernmost Capital City," give the capital city that is the furthest north on the map.
For the category "Sounds Like a Army Unit," the answer will be a word that is also used as a unit for troops in the military—e.g. squad, detachment, etc.

Good luck! I'll be heading into the game to do some work on the next update!

[rooker1]

$400 Who is Homer.
$800 What is Dubia?

Robin 

EDIT: Merged your posts to avoid padding the post count! - Dustin (thundercrack83)

[paroch]

Hi Dustin - great idea here.  Jeopardy is not a game I've seen in the UK, so I'll hopefully get the idea......

$200 - What is Division
$400 - Who was Homer
$600 - Where is Warsaw
$800 - Where is Al-Riyadh
$1000 - Who is Alexei

Great pics as well - especially the canal 

EDIT: Hi, Paul!

And seeing it in print, I would like to amend the $1000 if that is allowed.......

Thanks

Actually, you can only answer once. And you're second answer was correct, too, so I removed it when I merge your posts! But don't worry, I can neither confirm nor deny at this stage, but you might be onto something! - Dustin (thundercrack83)

[rooker1]

$1000 Who is  Andrei?

[bat]

Wonderful new picture there! The one for the 10th December is great!
Looking forward to the picture for tomorrow!

[dsrwhat316]

Hey, Dustin!

I see you're living up to your OSITM promise of an update a day. Everything looks great, but I do have one peeve. In update nine, the parking lot running between the canal and Victoria Gebaude. I personally hate the Maxis parking lot textures and prefer to use Simgoober's or the ones shown on today's update (which, by the way, I like your use of my favorite lofts!).

Looks like I arrived a bit late to play Jeopardy!, but I'll try and catch the next round. I like what you're doing here, Dustin; giving us quality cities and exercising our brains at the same time. Take care!

~ Dan

[projectadam]

World Cities for $800: What is Riyadh.
Russian First Names for $1000: Who is Vladamir

[woodb3kmaster]

Well, it looks like I'm too late to earn anything today, since I can see that the four correct answers I know have already been posted. Nevertheless, I'll stay in the game. My answers:

$200: What is division?
$400: Who is Homer?
$600: What is Warsaw?
$800: What is Riyadh?

On a different note, today's picture is very nice, Dustin! You did a great job with that residential development. I'd love to know what set of BATs that is...

Looking forward to more!

[Lilojame]

Ahh well, those that I know are already answered correctly...  But regardless of that, I do like the 2 pictures! May I ask where did you found those lovely apartment blocks in the last picture?
You are doing a great job, Dustin!

See you around,
Karin

[thundercrack83]

Robin (rooker1): Hey, Robin! Hmmmm...we'll see if you're correct!

Paul (paroch): Your answers look like they may be OK, Paul! We'll have to wait for the official word!

Robin (rooker1): Ha! I said, we'll see!

bat: Thank you so much, my friend!

Dan (dsrwhat316): I know, I'm not a fan of those parking lot texture myself! I wonder if there's anything that can be done...Robin—can anything be done? (tease, tease...)

projectadam: Hello! Thanks for coming by to play! The official word is coming!

Zack (woodb3kmaster): Thanks so much for your kind words, Zack! The lofts are the NDEX Belton Lofts by DuskTrooper.

Karin (Lilojame): Hi, Karin! Don't worry, there's still more round! And see my reply to Zack (woodb3kmaster) for the link to the lofts! Thanks for coming by, my friend!

DECEMBER 11

Another FAR/R shot with a bit of Photoshopping. Did I mention that I love the FAR/R?

Official results for December 10...

$200: Paul (paroch), What is Division?
$400: Robin (rooker1), Who is Homer?
$600: Paul (paroch), What is Warsaw?
$800: Paul (paroch), What is Riyadh?
$1000: Robin (rooker1), What is Andrei?

Here's the current standings...

[tabular type=5]
[row]
[head]

CONTESTANT[/head]
[head]

WINNINGS[/head]
[/row]
[row]
[data]Zack (woodb3kmaster)[/data]
[data]

$3200[/data]
[/row]
[row]
[data]Paul (paroch)[/data]
[data]

$1800[/data]
[/row]
[row]
[data]Robin (rooker1)[/data]
[data]

$1600[/data]
[/row]
[row]
[data]projectadam[/data]
[data]

$1400[/data]
[/row]
[row]
[data]Matt (threestooges)[/data]
[data]

$600[/data]
[/row]
[row]
[data]Joan (Jmouse)[/data]
[data]

$400[/data]
[/row]
[row]
[data]alan_vzla[/data]
[data]

$200[/data]
[/row]
[/tabular]

Robin has made a big jump, and Paul bursts onto the board to second place, but Zack's margin is still sizeable! Thing will get even more interesting with today's round...

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[row]
[head colspan=3]

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11[/head]
[/row]
[row]
[head][/head]
[head][/head]
[head]

___________________________________________________________________[/head]
[/row]
[row]
[data]

$200[/data]
[data]

NAME THE AUTHOR[/data]
[data]The Idiot, Crime and Punishment[/data]
[/row]
[row]
[data]

$400[/data]
[data]

NORTHERNMOST CAPITAL CITY[/data]
[data]Montevideo, Buenos Aires, Bogota[/data]
[/row]
[row]
[data]

$600[/data]
[data]

WORLD CITIES[/data]
[data]This Puerto Rican capital's harbor is guarded by Fort San Felipe Del Morro[/data]
[/row]
[row]
[data]

$800[/data]
[data]

RUSSIAN FIRST NAME'S THE SAME[/data]
[data]Eisentein, Rachmaninoff[/data]
[/row]
[row]
[data]

$1000[/data]
[data]

SOUNDS LIKE AN ARMY UNIT[/data]
[data]Homonym for the center of a Granny Smith or a Macintosh[/data]
[/row]
[/tabular]

CATEGORY EXPLANATIONS
For "Russian First Name's the Same," we've given you two last names of people who have the same first name. Give us that first name.
For "Northernmost Capital City," give the capital city that is the furthest north on the map.
For the category "Sounds Like a Army Unit," the answer will be a word that is also used as a unit for troops in the military—e.g. squad, detachment, etc.

Still have that update in the pipeline, too! It will be posted before midnight (EST) tonight!

Stay tuned!

[rooker1]

$800 Who is Albert
$1000 What is Core?

EDIT: Merged. Thanks! - Dustin (thundercrack83)

[homefryes]

$1000 what is Corps?

EDIT: Edited your post for the sake of the game is not allowed. Sorry! - Dustin (thundercrack83)

[dsrwhat316]

$200 Who is Fyodor Dostoyevsky?
$600 What is San Juan?
$800 Who is Sergei?
$1000 What is the Corps?

~ Dan

[alan_vzla]

$200: Who is Dostoevsky?
$400: What is Bogota?
$600: What is San Juan?
$800: Who is Albert?

Nice picture, the coloring gives it an awesome aspect! Congrats!

[nerdly_dood]

$400 What is Bogotá?
$600 What is San Juan?
$800 Who is Albert?
$1,000 What is the core?