Linktoria City/Lake Newport 2011 - comments

K50 Dude wrote:And it's certainly not just custom content, all of my pictures are edited... and not with MS Paint, but with GIMP. Joe's pictures are edited as well, but he probably uses Photoshop or Inkscape (although I doubt he uses Inkscape on his SC4 images).

Do you see a pattern here?

I'd just like to point out the none of the SC4 pictures I have ever posted anywhere have been enhanced in any way with Photoshop, Gimp, or any other image-editing software, bar putting a title on them. This is mostly because I don't have time, and partly because I hate how people invariably oversaturate everything, making it look like a very large nuclear bomb has just detonated a little off screen.
I also don't have the BAT or lot editor, so everything in my cities is unaltered stuff you can download. Just goes to show that it can be done with a little time and patience


And wacky, I suggest you do a bit of research into what you're actually trying to build. From your ski slopes, its painfully obvious you have no idea what facilities most of the winter events require. Moguls and Halfpipe have already been pointed out to you, but the main ski slopes have protruding rocks, and are too steep for the likes of the Slalom and too short for the Downhill or Super G. I think you need to slow down - a lot. You're building seems to be done at warp speed, and consequently it looks like everything was slapped together without much thought going into it, and then posted up unfinished. IIRC, your last two summer bids had garbage all over your streets - its not a particularly good look. Bids don't close until the end of the year, so there's plenty of time to sit back, assess what you need to do, and then rebuild anything you need to. Remember there are no prizes for posting the first bid, only the best bid.

Wacky - I got some stuff for you (Ski Lifts)

http://sc4devotion.com/csxlex/lex_filedesc.php?lotGET=2471 - Giraffe

http://www.simtropolis.com/stex/index.cfm?p=results - Pegs ski stuff

K50 - for most stuff, unless your a pro at GIMP, I say try to do your best in Sim City (Made some half pipes and Ski Jumps from Terra forming (Took me 20 minutes)

Remember Wacky - patients (I hope I spelled that right) will lead you to get better landscapes - and a better bid, and yes I suggest GIMP (I have some tutorials to help you)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFIuPODFDEw try this I'll find more

At the absolute least try to pull up the contrast and the brightness a bit. Just the little things make the difference (although I have certainly starting to go more elaborate on things recently)

EDIT: This particular setting is one I have ALWAYS used. It just makes everything bolder. Seriously it's a big difference


Also, PowerPoint can do a lot Powerpoint made my signature, my big logo, my teasers for my bid, etc. wacky do you have powerpoint?

.... .Powerpoint? like Microsoft?

Yup

I use powerpoint for logos sometimes. K50, nate says update the tropics cup.

K50 Dude wrote:Yup

Tutorial por favor

Ok, you guys win again, im sick of you guys talking crap about my bids. Im bidding for the ISC Session! I'll bid for April/May! Happy?

Sorry for getting mad, but im gonna improve!

Well, i may have to go back to ISC Session, ill think about it. And Linktoria will also host a leg of the torch relay and a block party after the games, and host qualifying tournaments, and bid for the next games in April or May!

Maybe if you would actually take some of our advice your bids wouldn't be crap and we would have no reason to criticize...

I am taking advice, give time and it'll look a whole lot better!

Don't lie, you've had tons of time and so far I have seen no improvement. If you were taking advice you would have improved greatly.

Im gonna have this as undecided, lemme think, bid or ISC Session?

Im gonna pay attention man!