Cool, got it.

Probably won't be anything up till midweek.

Okay, my video has clocked at a length of one hour lol.

I could speed it up, however stuff actually happens which i need to talk about, a lot of stuff in fact.

So basically can i upload more than one video or something?

A one hour video is unwatchable.

UsaSatsui wrote:

Alowishus wrote: Okay, my video has clocked at a length of one hour lol. I could speed it up, however stuff actually happens which i need to talk about, a lot of stuff in fact. So basically can i upload more than one video or something? A one hour video is unwatchable. You aren't restricted on how you process your video. Please wait until mine is up, though, which means we are again waiting on GPF. Also, you need to send the savestate on (including a copy to me).

Sure. It's probably gonna be three videos anyway so gonna take a while to get uploaded.

I await the go ahead to upload my videos.

Can someone pm me the username and password please?

Dear Citizens of SydCity,

In some respects i have failed you....but in our short time together there was so little that i could do help you. If only i had a longer term then some progress could be made. A graduate from a planning school in Europe has only limited applicability within a system which is very American in design. Indeed, my familiarity with your first iteration from a line of probably more well known iterations was similarly limited - your sequel being my first outing.

Although i may have more knowledge of the ins and outs of planning and the ability to tackle socio-spatial problems than previous Mayors, nothing can prepare you for this. A planner only has a limited role within the overall structure and a mayor has power (a lot more power than perhaps in reality) that planners could only dream of having.

In that respect citizens, this was a daunting task and i may have not been prepared fully to understand the core mechanics of how syd city needed to be ran. However with the knowledge base that i have i endeavoured to do my best despite the hardships that were against me.

In my first year, i increased taxes to too high a level for your satisfaction. You don't need to be a rocket scientist to realise that a tax increase produces more money for the state but decreases citizen happiness. The fiscal budget and the money flows into the state were totally inadequate and continue to be so. This increase was foolish on my part and was quickly rectified. However this then had an impact of services and funding within Sydcity.

These were my biggest faults within my time as mayor but as citizens you must appreciate that i did it so you could have a better standard of living overall. Sacrifices had to be made.

Surely citizens you remember towards the end of my first year, the brownouts that occurred? That was no fault of my own but due to zonings of past mayors and the need for energy. Funding had to decrease so i could even afford a new power station for the next year - and indeed citizens i can assure you that basically all my budget for my second year was spent just building a power station just so you could have electricity. Growth was heavily stunted in my second year and the demand for industry (and now residential) increases.

Again citizens, i must reiterate that sacrifices i made were in your best interests however some of these sacrifices i came to realise were more my greed to promote further growth of Sydcity and were quickly fixed.

The budget still continues to be a problem. However all funding has been fixed to 100% levels for each sector and indeed we continue to make similar money as seen at the start of my term (were at the beginning funding was less than 100% for some sectors). Overall i would not call this a success in budgeting but the economy and the services to you have been improved by my actions and you are now more better off than you were 5 years before.

Another problem was pollution. Sydcity is not like any city i've seen before were large amounts of pollution cause crime. I have never seen this in any city i have studied or worked upon in my life. My mindset as a planner in the early period of my term as mayor therefore did not account for this peculiarity and therefore exacerbated the problem of both pollution and crime.

Sydcity is already a police state with a large police presence in basically every sector of the city. Again i presume this is because of the weird relationship between pollution and crime. To counteract this i started a green initiative. Some of the past mayors work - especially along the right hand side of the city were causing a significant amount of pollution. To improve your standard of living citizens i undertook some work in replacing industrial zones with green space - effectively creating a greenbelt along the right hand side of the city. This action was not intended to be malicious towards any work of past mayors but to improve the overall pollution levels within the city. On this right hand strip, some industry remains but overall i deem the actions i have carried out to be successful in reducing pollution.

I also made actions to improve greenery within the industrial zonings placed early in my term as mayor. All industrial zoning carried out after the beginning of this green initiative has taken into consideration the need for parks and other green space to reduce pollution levels. This can be seen to the right of the city were industry and green space are zoned equally to reduce pollution levels. This again has been deemed a success. There has been a large growth over my term, approximately 30,000 people if i recall and i hope pollution will not effect their lives as it has effected other residents within the city.

There were also some other minor issues which i will include briefly to finish. The power availability towards the south east of the city was only powered by a single mains line. During work following the introduction of the green initiative, the reduction in industrial space caused a loss of some power. This has been fixed by rerouting the mains line and the introduction of more main lines so this problem can be avoided in the future.

Also to increase cashflows a number of casinos were opened which had been available but not utilised by previous Mayors. Similarly an amusement park was also opened to increase entertainment in Sydcity in light of the constant police presence.

Overall citizens my time as mayor has not been perfect. Some problems were self induced but due to lack of experience and understanding of how the interface for Sydcity worked. However personally i think there has been an improvement in the economy overall over my term, in your quality of life with regards to reduction in pollution and to an extent a reduction in crime (minus the huge spike that i caused, sorry citizens).

Although only 50% of you approved of me towards the end of my term, i hope these changes have met your satisfaction and will improve your life for the better. With the challenges i came up against and the sacrifices i made, i would do them again if only to improve the city of Sydcity at the end of it all.

Perhaps we may cross paths again,

Ex-Mayor Alowishus



(I hope you can decipher my thoughts on my term, i tried to make it as clear as i could.)