# 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:** 7
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2013, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simcity-5-doper-region-organizing-thread/651942/121 "2013-03-07T22:30:04Z")
Podunkon’s proud high-speed train and ferry system will be sure to have stops at Wolf’s Island. (Probably I have to run my sim a bit after you set up stuff.) ---
**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, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simcity-5-doper-region-organizing-thread/651942/122 "2013-03-07T22:31:27Z")
Are you only able to interact with cities in your little pod? I haven’t really messed with regional stuff yet. ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2013, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simcity-5-doper-region-organizing-thread/651942/123 "2013-03-07T22:31:48Z")
> [@Terminus\_Est](#): > > I was a little bored this afternoon, so I took some pictures of my city: [A day in the life of Terminus Wetlands.](http://imgur.com/a/sAii6#0) It’s funny you took a pic of the protesters. I can never manage to appease them, either. At this point, I’m not sure what I can do outside of call in the national guard and have them all shot. We can do that, right? ---
**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, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simcity-5-doper-region-organizing-thread/651942/124 "2013-03-07T22:33:41Z")
The game is flipping gorgeous, no doubt. Unfortunately, my city is on track to be a pollution nightmare, so I probably won’t have much in the way of inspiring vistas to take photos of. ---
**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 7, 2013, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simcity-5-doper-region-organizing-thread/651942/125 "2013-03-07T22:34:06Z")
> [@Kinthalis](#): > > Yeah, I sent everyone a metric ton of oil 'cause it was piling up. I couldn’t sell it on the world market fast enough, and I needed to move 9,600 barrels in one day before I could open up an Oil corporation to start refining the stuff. > > 🙂 > > I’ll see if there is some way to recall the truck. Oho! Don’t dump your oil in my pristine wetlands. No need to recall the truck. It’ll probably just sit there for eternity. ---
**Author:** ![even\_sven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dfb087/32.png) [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2013, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simcity-5-doper-region-organizing-thread/651942/126 "2013-03-08T00:00:13Z")
If there is room, could you invite me! I’m jenniferrobot. ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2013, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simcity-5-doper-region-organizing-thread/651942/127 "2013-03-08T00:19:25Z")
Ok, in all honesty, should I buy this game right now? I liked Sim City 4. ---
**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 8, 2013, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simcity-5-doper-region-organizing-thread/651942/128 "2013-03-08T01:35:02Z")
I’ve played every SimCity and found that building a functional city is much easier with this one. If you like the idea of being able to follow every sim, even when they’re driving, get this! ---
**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 8, 2013, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simcity-5-doper-region-organizing-thread/651942/129 "2013-03-08T02:05:23Z")
> [@Eliahna](#): > > Ok, I think I just did all that. Let me know if it worked 🙂 Nope, still don’t see you. Make sure you join the NA East 2 server and try again. > [@even\_sven](#): > > If there is room, could you invite me! I’m jenniferrobot. Sent you a friend request. I haven’t heard back from either **Silophant** or **Lips Obsession** , so if you can get on before them, you’re in! I’m still holding a couple of slots open for our friends Down Under ( **Eliahna** ) and across the pond ( **sandra\_nz** ). In other news, **Skammer** couldn’t get back into Cotton Bend so it looks like that city is completely kaput. He’s gone and taken Plainsville (former Harper Plains) instead. > [@RandMcnally](#): > > Ok, in all honesty, should I buy this game right now? I liked Sim City 4. If you can get past the server issues, the game is really, really good. As I’ve posted before, the simulation is quite deep and region play (when it works) brings something quite new to the franchise. ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2013, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simcity-5-doper-region-organizing-thread/651942/130 "2013-03-08T02:44:09Z")
Remember when I said, Podunkton is an oil town, and will always be an oil town? Well, I have one word for you, just one word: plastics. ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2013, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simcity-5-doper-region-organizing-thread/651942/131 "2013-03-08T03:01:32Z")
The scientists at Podunkton Tech have made a new invention, one sure to revolutionize power generation in all of Ceciltopia: the Concentrated Solar Array! We should charge the lot of you through the nose for the plans for this, but inside some dogooder is making us provide the plans for free. Enjoy! ---
**Author:** ![even\_sven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dfb087/32.png) [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2013, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simcity-5-doper-region-organizing-thread/651942/132 "2013-03-08T03:19:58Z")
If you are facing server issues, for some inexplicable reason, launching the program with “run as administrator” did seem to help. ---
**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 8, 2013, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simcity-5-doper-region-organizing-thread/651942/133 "2013-03-08T04:10:47Z")
Built myself a cool Dutch windmill in the hopes of snagging some tourist dollars, but my low-class visitors only seem to be interested in shopping. _Would it kill you guys to snap some pictures while you wait for the bus?_ If things don’t turn around, I’m going to have to shut it down as that thing is just leaching money. ---
**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 8, 2013, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simcity-5-doper-region-organizing-thread/651942/134 "2013-03-08T04:29:25Z")
I started over tonight, since I couldn’t get back into Cotton Bend/Bear River. My new city of Plainville is doing well…really well in fact. Money is rolling in thanks to the oil and coal deposits. I’m not sure I know how to upgrade my roads though. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_the\_Immortal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Max\_the\_Immortal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_the_Immortal)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2013, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simcity-5-doper-region-organizing-thread/651942/135 "2013-03-08T06:24:37Z")
> [@RandMcnally](#): > > Ok, in all honesty, should I buy this game right now? I liked Sim City 4. I’d also like to know. I was on the fence about buying it for this weekend, but I think I’ll hold off. Online chatter indicates that SimCity is having more launch problems than North Korea. ---
**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 8, 2013, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simcity-5-doper-region-organizing-thread/651942/136 "2013-03-08T07:04:24Z")
I see Polygon has altered its review of SimCity, in light of the server issues and the way EA have removed game features: [SimCity (2013) Overview | Polygon](http://www.polygon.com/game/simcity-2013/2630) ---
**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 8, 2013, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simcity-5-doper-region-organizing-thread/651942/137 "2013-03-08T08:01:56Z")
So we’re down to the last few slots in the region. I’m really glad I set up a 16-city region. I sent **Eliahna** an invitation; hopefully she can get on. **sandra\_nz** , are you still in? **Johnny Bravo** , did you snag Spooner Plains? At this point, I’d really like to keep it to one city per Doper now as I’ve got some more requests to join the region. ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2013, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simcity-5-doper-region-organizing-thread/651942/138 "2013-03-08T08:37:58Z")
I got in and accepted the invite in between cooking dinner and corralling the children. I hope I’m still in when I get back to the computer in 10 or so minutes. ---
**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 8, 2013, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simcity-5-doper-region-organizing-thread/651942/139 "2013-03-08T10:33:42Z")
> [@Terminus\_Est](#): > > **Johnny Bravo** , did you snag Spooner Plains? At this point, I’d really like to keep it to one city per Doper now as I’ve got some more requests to join the region. Yeah. It asked me if I wanted to see a tutorial on claiming a new region, and when I clicked yes it literally _forced me_ to go through with it. Then the servers crashed and I couldn’t get back in to abandon it. I’ll drop it as soon as I’m able (hopefully right now). ---
**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 8, 2013, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simcity-5-doper-region-organizing-thread/651942/140 "2013-03-08T11:37:20Z")
> [@Terminus\_Est](#): > > **sandra\_nz** , are you still in? Yes! Remember that the game is only released in the UK today! 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simcity-5-doper-region-organizing-thread/651942.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simcity-5-doper-region-organizing-thread/651942.md?page=8)