# Simcity 5 Doper region organizing thread **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [March 3, 2013, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simcity-5-doper-region-organizing-thread/651942 "2013-03-03T21:57:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2013, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simcity-5-doper-region-organizing-thread/651942/181 "2013-03-09T01:43:18Z")
Woo! I was finally able to get on today! Not on North America East 1, only on 4, despite the fact that it says 1 is available, until I click on it then it says unavailable. I’m not quite sure what to do once I start. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2013, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simcity-5-doper-region-organizing-thread/651942/182 "2013-03-09T03:39:47Z")
“Godzilla” just appeared and headed right for my garbage dump. Fortunately that part of town is sparsely populated. Destroyed a couple of homes and an amphitheater. ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2013, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simcity-5-doper-region-organizing-thread/651942/183 "2013-03-09T04:45:12Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > “Godzilla” just appeared and headed right for my garbage dump. Fortunately that part of town is sparsely populated. Destroyed a couple of homes and an amphitheater. I have buildings which I swear have some sort of witch coven or curse or owner with bad karma or something. Before I razed my town, I had four disasters, all four destroyed the high school. Post-reconstruction, I’ve had three and all of them targeted the shuttle bus depot. My town has decided that it can’t find educated workers. I do not understand this. I have like three public libraries, a fully expanded high school, a fully expanded grade school, and a fully expanded community college. I have excellent bus coverage. The education map shows basically every home as bright green educated, every student is enrolled. Many of these areas are high or medium density, and rich. But no, my industry is whining that there aren’t any educated workers. What the hell? (Incidentally, for some reason every time I build a new education building my education level slowly climbs up to 4 hats, then immediately crashes to 3 hats for some completely undetermined reason – maybe you need a university in the cluster to maintain it \>3 hats?) ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2013, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simcity-5-doper-region-organizing-thread/651942/184 "2013-03-09T08:36:32Z")
Some bad news: while attempting to join Ceciltopia tonight., **Krinthis** (aka LonelyFatKid) has inadvertently nuked Spooner Plains. The site has gone the way of Cotton Bend and become completely inaccessible. I really don’t what’s going on here. ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2013, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simcity-5-doper-region-organizing-thread/651942/185 "2013-03-09T08:48:10Z")
Flying saucers over Podunkton! Much anal probing ensued. One building collapsed under the strain, stranding several dozen confused, anally-probed residents. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2013, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simcity-5-doper-region-organizing-thread/651942/186 "2013-03-09T14:35:29Z")
So my town is pretty much boned. I’m operating at a deficit of 10,000 simoleons/hour, something that not even my thriving earth-raping industry can quite compensate for. I’ve got no more room to zone ANYTHING. I think I’ve maxed out this city. I’m gonna make a small region and screw around in it until we start New Ceciltopia. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2013, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simcity-5-doper-region-organizing-thread/651942/187 "2013-03-09T15:11:15Z")
Plainville is thriving, despite a monster attack that leveled an oil drill and a brief zombie outbreak that didn’t seem to do much at all. My industries are screaming for skilled worders - it seems like I bulldoze 12 abandoned industry buildings every day - but I was having trouble filling my University with more than 500 students. Finally I maxed out the elementary and high schools and added a library, which seems to be slowly bringing enrollment up. I’ve also got a Mining HQ built now so I hope that will help bring in the samoleans. Can anyone answer a question about MaxisMan? I keep sending him out on mission after mission to fight crime, and he has not arrested a single criminal. What’s wrong? Is my crime to low for him to find one? ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2013, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simcity-5-doper-region-organizing-thread/651942/188 "2013-03-09T16:14:29Z")
The random number generator hated me last night. Within 2 hours real time I had an earthquake, monster attack, meteor(which left a big smoking radiation pile next to downtown), monster attack,ufo and monster attack. Plus I have 2 rows of residential skyscrapers that bitch there are no schools. I have them surrounded by bus stops. plenty of school capacity and an absurd swarm of school busses(who mostly travel the exact same route in a bizarre inefficient parade), but the parade passes through the neighborhood 3 times. they just will not enroll. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2013, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simcity-5-doper-region-organizing-thread/651942/189 "2013-03-09T17:50:16Z")
> [@Skammer](#): > > Can anyone answer a question about MaxisMan? I keep sending him out on mission after mission to fight crime, and he has not arrested a single criminal. What’s wrong? Is my crime to low for him to find one? Have you built his garage yet? All I can do is have him rescue injured people, building a garage might open more options. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2013, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simcity-5-doper-region-organizing-thread/651942/190 "2013-03-09T18:15:05Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > Have you built his garage yet? All I can do is have him rescue injured people, building a garage might open more options. Yes, I had him rescue enough people to build the garage and I keep sending him on crime-fighting missions (at 1,000 simoleans each!) and he arrests nobody. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2013, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simcity-5-doper-region-organizing-thread/651942/191 "2013-03-09T18:17:40Z")
Perhaps he only arrests criminals associated with Dr. Vu? Or maybe it’s yet another bug. ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2013, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simcity-5-doper-region-organizing-thread/651942/192 "2013-03-09T19:27:16Z")
**Krinthis** joined us last night, developing the fine town of Stackolee Ravine. With both Spooner Plains and Cotton Bend bugged out, we have only one site left in the region. I’ll give it to whomever responds to my invitation first. I took a pic of each city from region view, starting from the southwest looking northeast: [Ceciltopia](http://imgur.com/a/mpQIW#0). I may have mixed up some of the names, especially for Cluster C; you guys are so far away that I hardly ever see your Sims in my city. Cluster A Terminus Wetlands - TerminusEst920 Sapleton Forest - Pleonasticity Willowcrest - Jragonmiris Marshlanding - KinthalisT Cluster B Moss Yell - LSkywatcher68 Wolf Island - wolfman1393 Plainville - Keeene [Skammer] Cecilia - Eliahna Cluster C Podunkton - Zaparthes [Knorf] Kyriopolis - jstilwell13 [Kiros] Spooner Plains - ??? Bravasia - caleknight [Johnny Bravo] Cluster D Rising Sun Valley Stackolee Ravine - LonelyFatKid [Krinthis] Mount Olympia - Bryllyn [Athena] Cotton Bend - ??? ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2013, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simcity-5-doper-region-organizing-thread/651942/193 "2013-03-09T19:36:01Z")
Nobody’s in the game now, are they? I’ve been trying to log in for 2 hours ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2013, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simcity-5-doper-region-organizing-thread/651942/194 "2013-03-09T19:41:42Z")
> [@Skammer](#): > > Nobody’s in the game now, are they? I’ve been trying to log in for 2 hours ☹ Crap. I knew I shouldn’t have logged out to process the pics. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2013, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simcity-5-doper-region-organizing-thread/651942/195 "2013-03-09T19:48:54Z")
Opened launcher, updated, closed launcher, reopened launcher, and got on. Can’t find servers, though. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2013, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simcity-5-doper-region-organizing-thread/651942/196 "2013-03-09T19:54:39Z")
Tried again and was able to connect to the server. Aaand they’re down again. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2013, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simcity-5-doper-region-organizing-thread/651942/197 "2013-03-09T20:16:46Z")
Yeah, Maxis Man must be bugged. Moss Yell has injured Sims but he’s ignoring 'em! ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2013, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simcity-5-doper-region-organizing-thread/651942/198 "2013-03-09T21:37:44Z")
And now I can’t send out an invitation to the region. Did they disable that aspect of the game now, too? ---
**Author:** ![Foggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foggy/32/1082_2.png) [@Foggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foggy)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2013, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simcity-5-doper-region-organizing-thread/651942/199 "2013-03-09T21:37:53Z")
The pictures are great. What are those circle area? Also are all the city lots the same size? Thanks ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2013, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simcity-5-doper-region-organizing-thread/651942/200 "2013-03-09T21:41:34Z")
The circles are for ‘great works’ projects. They’re massive, highly expensive projects that provide benefits to everyone in the area. The lots are all the same size, yes. Too small, in my opinion. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simcity-5-doper-region-organizing-thread/651942.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simcity-5-doper-region-organizing-thread/651942.md?page=11)