Comments on: Hanging out in Broken Cove http://chandrapage.org/articles/2006/10/23/hanging-out-in-broken-cove/ Musings on life in a virtual world Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:11:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Chandra Page http://chandrapage.org/articles/2006/10/23/hanging-out-in-broken-cove/#comment-19 Chandra Page Tue, 24 Oct 2006 14:11:05 +0000 #comment-19 Blight is, perhaps, too strong a term. Sutherland wasn't a complete mess, I'll grant you, but the clubby bit was rather distracting from the better portions of the sim. I've loved the hidey hole beneath the Sutherland Dam for some time; I'm happy to see it decorated, and presumably seeing a little use now and then. I'm sad to have missed out on Jessica's steampunk builds; it's a genre I greatly appreciate. But I'm happy to hear that you and other landowners in Sutherland are doing their part to keep the area looking nice. It's a sim with particularly interesting geography, and it always makes me happy to see beautiful things that complement the terrain rather than obscure it. Blight is, perhaps, too strong a term. Sutherland wasn’t a complete mess, I’ll grant you, but the clubby bit was rather distracting from the better portions of the sim. I’ve loved the hidey hole beneath the Sutherland Dam for some time; I’m happy to see it decorated, and presumably seeing a little use now and then.

I’m sad to have missed out on Jessica’s steampunk builds; it’s a genre I greatly appreciate. But I’m happy to hear that you and other landowners in Sutherland are doing their part to keep the area looking nice. It’s a sim with particularly interesting geography, and it always makes me happy to see beautiful things that complement the terrain rather than obscure it.

]]> By: Prokofy Neva http://chandrapage.org/articles/2006/10/23/hanging-out-in-broken-cove/#comment-18 Prokofy Neva Tue, 24 Oct 2006 09:17:40 +0000 #comment-18 Chandra, I love these builds, too, they really are a work of art and I love visiting them. They're in the view of all the land I own in the Sutherland dam area and rent out, so I am really happy to have them as neighbours. Your notion that this area was merely a blighted clubby mess until these folks came along is skewed, however. One parcel on one side was indeed owned for a time by a club hanging over the water -- it wasn't the worst that can happen but we were glad it moved along. The rest of the sim is divided between several landowners including myself who have always tried to keep this area nice. There have been some fantastic builds over time, including Jessica Ornitz's store and home for a time with it's 19th century steampunk look; Elle Pollack's interior decorating of the Sutherland Dam itself, which is a fluke (the land under a Linden build sold so we turned it into a low-impact discussion club); and others who have tried to make it interesting and not merely straight lines and clubs. Chandra, I love these builds, too, they really are a work of art and I love visiting them. They’re in the view of all the land I own in the Sutherland dam area and rent out, so I am really happy to have them as neighbours.

Your notion that this area was merely a blighted clubby mess until these folks came along is skewed, however. One parcel on one side was indeed owned for a time by a club hanging over the water — it wasn’t the worst that can happen but we were glad it moved along. The rest of the sim is divided between several landowners including myself who have always tried to keep this area nice. There have been some fantastic builds over time, including Jessica Ornitz’s store and home for a time with it’s 19th century steampunk look; Elle Pollack’s interior decorating of the Sutherland Dam itself, which is a fluke (the land under a Linden build sold so we turned it into a low-impact discussion club); and others who have tried to make it interesting and not merely straight lines and clubs.

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