# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2013, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simcity-5-doper-region-organizing-thread/651942/61 "2013-03-06T18:23:08Z")
**Podunkton’s an oil town.** _Always has been_, always will be\*\*. \* But that doesn’t mean we won’t give back to the community some minuscule portion of what the citizens of our great city originally provided for our success. The Podunkton Oil Company (PodOCo) therefore hereby pledges simoleons to support the education of our region’s fine citizens. Today we are proud to announce our support of the financial backing to create **Podunkton Tech** , an investment in the future of our great community. Podunkton Tech will be a leader for science and engineering in Ceciltopia; our graduates will be the leaders of industry, who will carry our communities forward into the bright future for us all, and make sure we live in comfort and wealth in our long retirements. _,_\* See above. ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2013, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simcity-5-doper-region-organizing-thread/651942/62 "2013-03-06T18:25:12Z")
> [@Pleonast](#): > > My approach has been to start out with avenues. They’re not the much more expensive than roads, and replacing roads with avenues is extremely expensive (in terms of short-term revenue loss) if there’s any development. I agree with this in general, but be sure to start with medium density avenues, and don’t blow half your starting simoleons on a massive avenue system. ---
**Author:** ![sandra\_nz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@sandra\_nz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sandra_nz)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2013, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simcity-5-doper-region-organizing-thread/651942/63 "2013-03-06T18:44:54Z")
Man, I’m getting so jealous reading this thread. SimCity drops on the 8th in the UK and with a bit of luck, I should have my computer back from the computer hospital. ---
**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 6, 2013, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simcity-5-doper-region-organizing-thread/651942/64 "2013-03-06T18:52:38Z")
> [@sandra\_nz](#): > > Man, I’m getting so jealous reading this thread. SimCity drops on the 8th in the UK and with a bit of luck, I should have my computer back from the computer hospital. Hit me up on Origin (username TerminusEst920) and I’ll send you an invitation to the region when you get the game. ---
**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 6, 2013, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simcity-5-doper-region-organizing-thread/651942/65 "2013-03-06T19:03:44Z")
I’ll probably be purchasing the game on Saturday. Will there be any room for me in your Cecildom? ---
**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 6, 2013, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simcity-5-doper-region-organizing-thread/651942/66 "2013-03-06T19:23:50Z")
Plenty of room, **Skammer** (see post #59 above). See you soon. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2013, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simcity-5-doper-region-organizing-thread/651942/67 "2013-03-06T19:42:40Z")
> [@Terminus\_Est](#): > > For planning purposes, here are the sites that have been claimed in the region so far: > > Wolf Island - wolfman393 Just no one thinks I’m a doppelganger it’s wolfman1393 I’ve decided I’m going for Cultural center spec. which means saving up a simbutt load of cash and doing some bulldozing. Well not right now though. “Login is closed for Maintenance and will open at \”. I guess I can’t start until \+1Min 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2013, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simcity-5-doper-region-organizing-thread/651942/68 "2013-03-06T20:14:56Z")
> [@Terminus\_Est](#): > > **Jragon** and **Lute Skywatcher** , I noticed you claimed additional sites but haven’t done anything with them. If you don’t intend on building there, I think we’d all appreciate you abandoning them. I know we didn’t agree on a single site per player, but there are still more Dopers coming in (the game still hasn’t even been officially released in ANZAC and EU) and I’d like to reserve some space for them. I don’t have the ability to kick anyone so if you keep the sites, I can’t do anything about it. > > In my next post, I’ll share what I’ve learned about clusters and region play. That was lag, sorry. When I was first joining it kept telling me the (blank) region I picked was claimed so I tried a different one and I didn’t get that one either, until suddenly the universe righted itself. I’m still trying to figure out how to abandon. ---
**Author:** ![sandra\_nz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@sandra\_nz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sandra_nz)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2013, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simcity-5-doper-region-organizing-thread/651942/69 "2013-03-06T20:19:21Z")
> [@Terminus\_Est](#): > > Hit me up on Origin (username TerminusEst920) and I’ll send you an invitation to the region when you get the game. I’ve registered sandra\_nz as my username on Origin, but I’m not sure how to get in touch with you via the site? ---
**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 6, 2013, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simcity-5-doper-region-organizing-thread/651942/70 "2013-03-06T20:34:42Z")
> [@Terminus\_Est](#): > > 7 **Lute Skywatcher** , I noticed you claimed additional sites but haven’t done anything with them. If you don’t intend on building there, I think we’d all appreciate you abandoning them. I was having a look around at what sites were available and the game must have decided I wanted to build there while I was still deciding on which I wanted. “Moss Yell” is a variant of “Mos Eisley”, of course. Sounds better than “Mossy Eel I”. 🙂 ---
**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 6, 2013, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simcity-5-doper-region-organizing-thread/651942/71 "2013-03-06T20:35:16Z")
> [@Jragon](#): > > I’m still trying to figure out how to abandon. On the opening screen, click on “Play”, choose the Ceciltopia region, and select the city you wish to abandon. > [@sandra\_nz](#): > > I’ve registered sandra\_nz as my username on Origin, but I’m not sure how to get in touch with you via the site? In the Origin client, select Friends -\> Add a Friend and put in TerminusEst920 in the appropriate search box. I’d add you myself, but I think you’ve got your privacy settings up so high that I can’t even search on you username. ---
**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 6, 2013, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simcity-5-doper-region-organizing-thread/651942/72 "2013-03-06T20:44:41Z")
> [@Jragon](#): > > That was lag, sorry. When I was first joining it kept telling me the (blank) region I picked was claimed Ah, that’s what happened to me. ---
**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 6, 2013, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simcity-5-doper-region-organizing-thread/651942/73 "2013-03-06T22:41:18Z")
> [@Skammer](#): > > I’ll probably be purchasing the game on Saturday. Screw it, I’m gonna find a place to pick it up on my way home tonight. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2013, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simcity-5-doper-region-organizing-thread/651942/74 "2013-03-06T22:48:30Z")
I had no idea ground water ran dry. I may have to grab on of the unclaimed towns to make pump town, or else wolf island is dead. Can it rain on off session to refill? ---
**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 6, 2013, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simcity-5-doper-region-organizing-thread/651942/75 "2013-03-06T22:55:15Z")
> [@wolfman](#): > > I had no idea ground water ran dry. I may have to grab on of the unclaimed towns to make pump town, or else wolf island is dead. Can it rain on off session to refill? Yes, rain refills the water table. Can’t you make a deal with a neighbor? **Lute Skywatcher** should be able to fix you up. ---
**Author:** ![Kinthalis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kinthalis/32/16084_2.png) [@Kinthalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kinthalis)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2013, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simcity-5-doper-region-organizing-thread/651942/76 "2013-03-06T23:52:40Z")
> [@Jragon](#): > > That was lag, sorry. When I was first joining it kept telling me the (blank) region I picked was claimed so I tried a different one and I didn’t get that one either, until suddenly the universe righted itself. I’m still trying to figure out how to abandon. Holy crap man! Did you pay off EA or something? How did you build that metropolis in your sector? It’s putting the rest of us to shame! I’m in region mode and I start panning around and the moment you can see your city my wife is all like: “How come yours doesn’t look like that?”. ---
**Author:** ![Kinthalis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kinthalis/32/16084_2.png) [@Kinthalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kinthalis)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2013, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simcity-5-doper-region-organizing-thread/651942/77 "2013-03-07T00:19:24Z")
Servers are down again. ☹ ---
**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 7, 2013, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simcity-5-doper-region-organizing-thread/651942/78 "2013-03-07T00:29:48Z")
I sent a friend request - my username is Cale Knight. I’m gonna buy the game and hopefully get in tonight, servers willing. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2013, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simcity-5-doper-region-organizing-thread/651942/79 "2013-03-07T00:29:53Z")
OH NOES! Godzilla attacked, … and played around in my dump for a while 😕 Didn’t even destroy it, which I had planned to do in a bit anyway. btw, I could use the regional university advancement to allow hazmat trucks. ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2013, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simcity-5-doper-region-organizing-thread/651942/80 "2013-03-07T00:42:57Z")
> [@Kinthalis](#): > > Holy crap man! Did you pay off EA or something? How did you build that metropolis in your sector? > > It’s putting the rest of us to shame! > > I’m in region mode and I start panning around and the moment you can see your city my wife is all like: “How come yours doesn’t look like that?”. My “metropolis” is a hellhole, it merely has the facade of a utopia when really everybody is suffering and the city has no money. 😛 ETA: They’re all really smart and well educated, though! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simcity-5-doper-region-organizing-thread/651942.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simcity-5-doper-region-organizing-thread/651942.md?page=5)