Jarci's Springfield Grades
Now there is a non-biased evaluation. Some people moan and cry about what they don't like here and then come up with a new way to perpetuate it.
Forum Discussion
Updated with 25 more people. Few comments:
ICE_GRYLLZ - Is there such thing as too many flowers? Nonetheless…FANTASTIC!
gobeerbuy - Very simple, but elegant.
DroppinDeuce - You were cruising for an A but then we found your dirty secret.
jbondra - Looking forward to seeing it finished.
Lissarv68 had some good questions so let's go there first:
This is so confusing I have trouble with the phrasing. The original 100 was just me. Then everybody in my household started to participate. We have Apple TV linked up to a projector and 'judge' the towns together. Last Friday we had I think 9 people looking at it (friends). I wish I had video-taped it. It was hilarious to see people arguing so passionately about the merits and demerits of a particular Springfield. Everyone I know LOVES the Simpsons.
None of the towns are on the list. I don't think that would be fair. However, you can see an older version of my town on a post above. Since then it has been demolished and now I am working on something new. Obviously, mid-construction it would get a D or F.
Does your town have an overall concept? A million things could qualify. You could build an island. You could separate Springfield into East Springfield and West Springfield (bonus points if it is accurate to the episode). You could have a residential district, an industrial district and a commercial district. You could have a water city. You could have a military lockdown city. Anything that wraps your town together into one understandable package. If you grew your town organically...you probably do not have this. This can make it very difficult to move from a B to an A because you might have to start from scratch.
There were a number of complaints above. I know this is not for everyone and I can only ensure you that we try to be as objective as possible. We allow resubmission if you want to try to improve your grade. If you really don't like the idea of judging Springfields I will quote some good advice by Melody on the other forum:
However, we do LOVE looking at really great Springfields and encourage you to keep submitting. Hopefully, EA will introduce this feature in the near future and than everyone gets to participate! Keep them coming and keep those creative juices flowing.
ICE_GRYLLZ - Is there such thing as too many flowers? Nonetheless…FANTASTIC!
gobeerbuy - Very simple, but elegant.
DroppinDeuce - You were cruising for an A but then we found your dirty secret.
jbondra - Looking forward to seeing it finished.
Lissarv68 had some good questions so let's go there first:
First off - who is this "we". First you say that "I" will be doing this and "I" will be doing that and then it switches to "we" and "panel of judges". So which is it, exactly?
This is so confusing I have trouble with the phrasing. The original 100 was just me. Then everybody in my household started to participate. We have Apple TV linked up to a projector and 'judge' the towns together. Last Friday we had I think 9 people looking at it (friends). I wish I had video-taped it. It was hilarious to see people arguing so passionately about the merits and demerits of a particular Springfield. Everyone I know LOVES the Simpsons.
Second - somebody asked if this "team of judges" are included in the grades. The question was ignored. So who is this team? Where are their towns?
None of the towns are on the list. I don't think that would be fair. However, you can see an older version of my town on a post above. Since then it has been demolished and now I am working on something new. Obviously, mid-construction it would get a D or F.
Third - do you know what a macro concept is? Explain it. I'm sure those eager to be judged would like to know what you think a macro concept is.
Does your town have an overall concept? A million things could qualify. You could build an island. You could separate Springfield into East Springfield and West Springfield (bonus points if it is accurate to the episode). You could have a residential district, an industrial district and a commercial district. You could have a water city. You could have a military lockdown city. Anything that wraps your town together into one understandable package. If you grew your town organically...you probably do not have this. This can make it very difficult to move from a B to an A because you might have to start from scratch.
There were a number of complaints above. I know this is not for everyone and I can only ensure you that we try to be as objective as possible. We allow resubmission if you want to try to improve your grade. If you really don't like the idea of judging Springfields I will quote some good advice by Melody on the other forum:
...after reading a lot of comments I realise the most effective thing I can do is ignore it if I don't like it. And that I shall do
However, we do LOVE looking at really great Springfields and encourage you to keep submitting. Hopefully, EA will introduce this feature in the near future and than everyone gets to participate! Keep them coming and keep those creative juices flowing.
