New Districts Idea - Entertainment and Wasteland

**Marias**

Darrius says:

:..>Revelation

Summary: Visit an old program for information.

The Hanged Man: Glad to see you love my work...or rather, that you might love the rewards I give for my work. I was a very additive program after all. Maybe I still am.

Anyhow, I need yet again an able body to do something for me and since no one else is around I am going to have you do it. Lets see, you were the one that helped me expand my communications reach to the entire Matrix system. Ah yes, the power that came with that evolution was too much for me I am afraid. After all this data and all this code...I have no idea what to do with it.

There is a human record the Machines managed to salvage before the war, it was called the Hagakure AKA the Book of the Samurai. One of its many passages states: "We learn about the sayings and deeds of the men of old in order to entrust ourselves with wisdom and prevent selfishness. When we throw off our own bias, follow the sayings of the ancients, and confer with other people, matters should go well and without mishap."

I have taken this saying to heart and this is exactly what I want you to do from me. I have a very old friend who is without bias and can use inductive logic to its fullest. I would like you to meet her for me and report back on the advice she would like to give me.

Operator: I have received an address from your pall the Hange-I think I will just call him HM from now on. It will make it easier during transmission plus it might be a good way for spies listening in to not know who you are working for.

The Player makes his way to an shoddy and run down looking apartment complex. The walls are decaying and the pipes are leaking.

Operator: Ew what a dump! I never knew such things existed in a high rise neighborhood like this one? Ah well, I guess as society gets better someone has to get the short end of the stick huh? There should be a person located on the floor on your map. Talk to him, he should direct you to HM's mysterious friend. At least that is what he told me.

The Player makes it up to the room and after searching around comes across a person.

Illuminoid: Ah yes, you fell for our trap. Predictable. We know who you work for, and we know that he has stepped out of his bounds. Out of his line of fate. He is doing something that is not meant to be and starting now this will come to an end. We will make sure of that. Starting with you-

The Illuminoid attacks and other Illuminoids that were not there suddenly appear.

Operator: Oh *poop* ______! I cannot believe this was a set up! Get out of there man with hopefully your body intact!

The Player battles his way out of the room from the attacking Iluminoid members and heads out to the streets. Out here, the Player also has a risk of getting attacked from a gang of Illuminoids out on the street.

The Hanged Man: Once again I am so sorry for that! Turns out the invitation I was sent was actually a trick by that horrid Wheel of Fate character. She thinks I stepped over the line? Yea well I did. I can do more than the life I once had...I just need to know what. Obviously she does not want me to meet my friend because she will tell me what I need to do!

Someone below ran up here and gave me the real location of were she is. I sent it to your operator, go there and hopefully we can resolve this with no more bloodshed of pesky Illuminoid zealots.

Operator: I just refreshed your GPS program to the new location. It should take you a little out of your way but its manageable. I hope this is not another trap this time. I think I better shut up before I jinx myself.

The Player makes his way to a abandoned but nicer looking apartment complex. Its walls are faded and covered in graffiti, but looks loads better than the last place. Inside the destination hallway is a door with an old black blind man sitting near it.

Blind Man: Whoa-Whoa-Wait there brotha? Were do you think you are going?

The Blind Man gets up with his cane in hand and stands right in front of the door blocking the Player's path.

Operator: What the? Who does this guy think he is, the Hulk?

Blind Man: Ah, appearances can be deceiving but no one gets by me easy. You have to prove yourself first ______.

Operator: I think you can take on a stupid looking blind man-wait...how does he know your name?

Blind Man: Oh, I can read you like a book sonny. I may not be able to see your face sir, but I can see in the soul. You would like to see your boss' friend right? Well, lucky for you, I can take you to her-

The Blind Man removes a disguise mask and reveals himself.

Seraph: -but first I must apologies.

Operator: Oh *poop*! Its Seraph! Hate to break it to you but if this guy's friend is who I think it is than you do not stand a snowballs chance of winning.

Seraph: I think you know the drill _______.

The Hanged Man: Don't worry I can get you out of this! Hold on! This is going to feel like someone is pulling your lungs out from the soles of your feet!

Seraph rushes in to attack the Player but suddenly everything goes black. He sees the loading screen and suddenly is in a new room with Matrix code everywhere. The Player (and the potential team mates) have been relocated to the Oracle's Apartment in the same building.

The Hanged Man: Hay it worked!

When everything loads into view, some potentials and priestess are in the room as two MegaCity Scouts spring into action.

MegaCity Scout: Oh crud!

The two scouts attack The Player and when they are defeated, the door burst open almost off its hinges and Seraph storms into the room.

Seraph: YOU!

Seraph goes into a combative stance but a voice yells out.

Oracle: Seraph please.

The Oracle is standing in the door frame while and operative named Sheba walks past the people and out the door.

Oracle: It is ok, he will not bite.

Seraph: But Oracle, he just killed-

Oracle: I saw it through my door frame, they attacked him first. Besides, he is not hear for any sort of harm, you can sit this one out Seraph I will take over from here.

Seraph: But-

Oracle: Seraph you have known me for a long time, you know that I am not wrong in what I say. Please, chill out. Go outside. Twittle your thumbs. Play with a Game Boy for all I *CENSORED* care. I will take this one in, he needs some major questions to be answered for him.

The Oracle turns to the Player.

Oracle: Well, don't just stand there with your mouth gaping like a fish out of water, come with me.

The Player follows the Oracle into the kitchen.

Operator: This is getting so odd. I cannot believe you get to meet the Oracle. We still have a job to do though. Talk to her, see what you can find out for HM.

The Player talks to the Oracle.

Oracle: I know you are _______. Sorry about Seraph but he is not use to something like this. After all, he barely knows you and you came without warning. And what a mess you caused! Oh boy! I preferred if you just rang the doorbell to get my attention but hay, things once and awhile will never go the way you want them to. You of all people should know that.

My my. You have grown since the last time I saw you ______. As for the Hanged Man, the man you are working for, I still have not seen him but I know that he has also grown very much so since I last saw him. I wonder how he feels? It must be very cold up there, probably shaking like a rattlesnake's tail. Poor little guy.

The Hanged Man: Hmph! Little? I wonder if she has even seen what I can do. I am getting no were with this banter, ask her about my power!

The Player asks.

Oracle: Ah yes, power. That old chestnut. Oh I certainly know what he has been doing all right. Most of it is getting him in trouble. Both tickles my funny bone and causes my head to shake, waving my finger about at him. I can see he can levitate things, rearrange things, turn one thing into another, set things on fire. Its like all my little potentials all rolled into one!

However, the difference between the two is that my potentials bend the system for understanding, not power. Because let me tell you _____, power is a hard thing to swallow. More often than not, side effects may occur and for power they are some big ones in store.

The Hanged Man: What the hell does that mean? I hope she is not playing mind games with me. It is obvious she is not telling me something. Question her more!

The Player does what he is told.

Oracle: Are you sure you want to hear this?

The Player asks again.

Oracle: Power is a fickle thing ______. It is very attractive and yet once we get it we either become board with it or become consumed by it. The man you are working for should know, before he hung himself on that pole he use to be a program that promoted greed and lust in humans, making them become materialistic so they can be fully buy into the system. It is ironic that even he cannot see this choice coming, although I am sure when he does he will understand it all to well.

I also know that when you work with people like I do, you tend to get attached to them. He should know, he had to work with almost as many people a day that I have in my life time. You become interested in people, and then you start to worry. Lord knows how you would react if any harm came to them.

Back to the problem with power. As you know through history many people here became powerful. The Architect rules this system with an iron pen, Neo was the One and the Merovingian is the biggest french speaking power broker this system has ever known. Yet to obtain such power all three had to go through one devastating thing: sacrifice. Its something we all dare not dream to go through but to obtain power, true power, you must give a little but vital piece of yourself in exchanged for it.

The Hanged Man, your boss, will soon have to make a choice. Out in the field will be a savory apple, full of his wildest dreams and desires. Now if he can full well ignore it, never reaching beyond his full potential and play it safe. But if he takes risks like has has done and goes to consume it, he will have to go through sacrifice...one that he may not like very much. Out of that he will be a changed man, but change for the better or for the worse, well...that is up to him. He is going to have to figure that part out for himself.

The Hanged Man: That is it? What will happen once I changed. She knows! She knows everything! Ask her ______!

The Player asks her.

Oracle: I am sorry kiddo but I have said all that I can say.

The Hanged Man: She lies, she likes to play games. Ask her again! She must be not telling me something!

The Player asks her again.

Oracle: Sorry kid but that is the way these things go. We can never see past the choices we do not understand, and I cannot understand his. What brings me to a tear though, is that by the look of it that he does not understand himself. He might learn a thing or two from that plaque above my doorway. However, here is something I must ask and here is what is really going to stir his mind deep fried: If he is all powerful and his reach so wide, why could he not tell that the invitation in front of his nose was false? Like they say, hindsight is 20/20.

Thank goodness he has a friend like you. Without you ______, I do not think he would have a snowballs chance of hell in this whole rut. So, I must ask you, does he have the power...or do you?

Ops! Time is up. I would like to try a new recipe out today, I have more guest showing up this evening. More mouths to feed. Your reward for going through this will come when you step out that door. See you around _____!

The Player walks away.

Oracle: Oh and one more thing. Do not mind Seraph as you leave. He is not use to when things do not go his way. Rarely happens to him, he is going to be ok though...eventually.

The Player walks to the door were Seraph is still standing.

Seraph: She told me not to fight you...but that is against my programming. I must fight you...yet I cannot for she forbade it for me and I owe my life to her. I must but I cannot. I must yell, but I have no mouth! This is very confusing.

The Player leaves the room and The Hanged Man calls back.

The Hanged Man: Well that was a huge waste of our time. I could have opened a fortune cookie and read more meaningful advice than that whole drivel? I mean, sacrifice? I left everything behind when I climbed up here. I got nothing on me besides my own neck! What sort of rambling squat was the old timer rambling about? Hmmm, maybe the Frenchman was right. Maybe she is just a simple fortune teller and nothing more.

Anyhow, I am sorry that I wasted your time and almost your life with all that mess I put you though. Like I said _______, here is your reward. I even put a bonus in for that fight you had with that group of Illuminoids. There is something not right about them or their origination. I must look into this further...

**Marias**

:..>Truth Will Set You Free

Summary: Foil the plot of the Illuminoids.

The Hanged Man: Ah another visitor another day. I see that it is you again _______ my trusty sidekick! It is a fortune that you have turned up at this hour, because I found out some grave news since last time.

The Wheel of Fate has labeled me a threat for no reason and wants me out of the picture. I have learned through her communication with that Illuminoid group that she plans to send her men up to the tower and cut me lose to plunge to my death! I can only deal with so much but not as many as she is saying! Not to mention she has the element of surprise, she speaks in toungs and inaudible gibberish, I have no idea where or when this attack on me is suppose to take place!

That is were you come in. I need you to take care of this before it cost me my life or even more importantly my power! I will triple the price if you want!

The first place of bussness is to find the location that the Illuminoids have set up to round up an army against me. Since the Merovingian needs to know everything that goes on in the Matrix, I have found out through his communication channels about a witness: A Destitute program hiding herself in Berggers Way. The Merovingian is sending a spy over to find out more info. I have tracked him to the location of said witness. Intercept him and talk to the Destitute. Get her to tell me what is going on.

Hurry! We do not have much time! They could attack any minute!

Operator: Location mapped and updated. Look like we are on mission time again ______! Make sure to bring your mosquito repellent, Berggers Way is a little tropical this season.

The Player makes his way to Berggers Way to a shack located off the main road. When the Player enters he is combated by Destitute programs screaming to be left alone. When they are defeated one by one, the Player will make his way to the room with the Destitute named Stacy and a Merovingian Informant who is a Vamp program.

Merovingian Informant: I am sorry my little morsel but you are not welcomed under my watch!

The Vamp attacks the Player and the Player kills the Vamp.

Operator: There is the witness. Talk to her and see what you can find.

The Player talks to Stacy.

Stacy: Ah! Please do not hurt me! I am just an innocent-DIE YOU *CENSORED*!

Stacy whips out a gun but it falls out of her hands onto the floor.

Stacy: OH *poop*! *poop*! Please _____ I was only kidding! Do not hurt me! Do not hurt me, please I beg of you! I did nothing!

The Hanged Man: Ask her were she saw the Illuminoids setting up base in Tungsten?

The Player asks.

Stacy: I have no idea who you are talking about. Seriously! Who are the Illumi-whatever? Never heard of them. I know nothing-AHHHHH!!!

Stacy briefly burst into flames and then reverts back to normal. She starts to cry.

Stacy: Oh *CENSORED* that hurts ssssso bad!

The Hanged Man: Perhaps that will jog her memory? Tell her if she does not want to end up like a burnt hot dog then she will stop lying to me and tell me about were the Illuminoids are setting base!

Operator: Holy crap this is getting intense, he just lit that girl on fire!

The Player talks to Stacy again.

Stacy: Ok. *sniff* Ok I will tell you. Secrecy is not worth this kind of torture *poop*! I saw the Illuminods p-passing through here, were I hide. They w-were at t-his ap-partment near the o-outskirts of Tungsten. I-I-have a hard t-time talking, let m-me write it down f-or ya.

Stacy walks over to the desk, writes something down and turns to the Player.

Stacy: Here! Take this! I-It has the directions on were they were at! Just please leave me alone. All I want is to be alone...by myself...

The Player takes the Stacy's Directions paper and walks out.

Operator: Ok now just send me the coordinates and I will figure this out.

The Player uploads Stacy's Directions to a hardline.

The Hanged Man: Ah so there is the base! The Illuminoids believe so much in fate, lets make them see their maker! Its time to attack the place. They are not going to take me down, they are not going to impede my progress! I have worked too hard to get this far just to have the rug get snatched up under me. Lets do this thing!

The Player heads to the Apartment Building on the outskirts of Tungsten. Inside the player is immediately greeted with many Illuminoids ready to fight. The player fights them all but when goes into the next room the Player is outnumbered 50 to one, all of them with guns pointed at the Player.

Illuminoid Commander: Drop your guns, they will be useless against us. Now move to the center of the room!

Operator: *poop* man...this...this is not good at all. Lets just hope we can reason out of this. I do not want to send another operative to the gardens!

The Player moves the middle of the room.

Illuminoid Commander: You work for the one that tries to defy fate right? Well, it is obvious that where he is heading is the inevitable. He would be a fool to think otherwise. You are a fool for trying to help him commit his crimes against what is to be. Your fate will be sealed along with him. Ok men, pick a spot on his body...work your shots from the genitals up, then go for the head.

The Hanged Man: Don't worry _______, we got this. Tell him he can cram that causality crap up his deterministic *CENSORED* and that you are going to crush all of them before they know what hit them.

Operator: What? What does he want you to do? I do not think spitting in their face is wise at this point!

The Player tells the Iluminoid Commander and all the Illuminoids in the room laugh.

Illuminoid Commander: HAHAH! So with yourself vastly out numbered you are all going to get rid of us? You are so blind you cannot even see the thread you hang by. Defeat us? Ha! You and what army?

The Hanged Man: OK, you ready for my next trick? You and what army right? Try THIS army!

Suddenly a large number of programs warp into the room. They look like the Hanged Man but unchained and are called Hanged Man Guardians. They immediately start beating the crap out of the Illuminoids.

Illuminoid Commander: Wha-WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS!

Operator: Whoa! That is total pwndage! Quick! While he is distracted take down the Commander!

The Player takes down the Commander and shortly all the Illuminoids are dead on the floor. The Hanged Man Guardians scream with victory.

Hanged Man Guardian: Yes! Mission accomplished!

Hanged Man Guardian: That will teach them!

Hanged Man Guardian: We are all powerful!

Then suddenly, they all wince in pain.

Hanged Man Guardian: ARG! THE PAIN!!!

Hanged Man Guardian: IT HURTS! IT HURTS!!!!

Operator: What? Ok now what is going on? Lets get out of here and leave this pretty site. I have HM on the other line, maybe he can explain what just happened?

The Player leaves the building.

The Hanged Man: The pain....it hurts so bad! Like...a splitting headache. It feels like something empty inside. Like someone sapped all the will out of me. As if someone snuffed out a candle to my joy. I can sense were this dread is coming from. Please go there and fix it! Make the pain go away!

Operator: This sounds bad! I updated your GPS, get there stat! I hope he is ok by the end of this. I have never seen a program behave like that before.

The Player leads himself to an apartment at the outskirts of the park. Inside, everything is quiet.

Operator: Ok, I sense three people in the room. Two programs and one copper top. There is a problem though...the blue pill is not moving.

The Player runs around exploring the apartment complex until he comes across two Illuminoids. One is normal, but the other's robes is covered in dried blood stains.

Illuminoid (Blood Covered): It is done.

It is the Players choice to attack the Illuminoids if he desires. The Player will find bloodstains on the floor, leading him to a Beatnik in critical condition and clutching his sides.

Operator: Oh no....that guy...he vitals are falling.

Beatnik: Help me...please...it hurts so bad...

The Hanged Man: Oh no. Thats Jerry. He was the one that gave the the correct message. One of the few that use to stop by and talk to me even though I could not speak back. He is...he is dieing? No that cannot be right! I'll try to rescue him, repair him I'll....what is going on? I cannot get a lock on him! He is like a shadow. Oh no! Please do not die Jerry! Please hang in there! Dial 911! He is going to be ok right? Jerry is going to be ok!

Jerry: Room is going black...so...cold...

The Hanged Man: NO JERRY! YOU CANNOT DIE ON ME! YOU CANNOT DIE! PLEASE NO!

Jerry: ...so cold...

Jerry the Beatnik falls over and dies.

Operator: I....I don't know what to say. I....you should leave the place. The cops will be here any minute. There is nothing more you can do in this situation. This...sucks.

The Player leaves and The Hanged Man contacts the Player one last time.

The Hanged Man: Those bastards killed Jerry! They killed him! They are going to pay for this! I will send a million clones if I have to to destroy them! I-I-

No. This not right. They did not kill him....I did. I was so worried about out there and holding on to my power that I did not see Jerry's death coming. Literally right underneath my noes. I failed Jerry. I...I failed everyone.

As a program that sowed seeds of greed and lust I got to know these people. I saw their first breaths when they were born and got to see their first baby steps. I get to see them grow up, get married and have children. I get to see them laugh. I get to see them cry. I....I love humans. I love them all...and because of my ignorance....one of them is dead. Jerry. I can see it, they are sending a Doc Bot on its way to Jerry's pod for recycling at this very moment. The innocent one's blood has been shed. Sure he lived a simulated life but it was a life. Now that life is gone from him...and its all my fault.

Oh no what have I done!? The Oracle was right. This is what she meant! I was so busy trying to gain power and control that I did not see what was really going on. I see it now, I feel it. This place may look happy but underneath there is despair and misery. These people, in absolute hell. Why did I not see it before? I was a fool not to see this. A outright fool.

Well...not anymore! Jerry's death will not be in vain. He will not be the first but the last. I now figured out what I am going to do, my purpose. This power I can control now, I am going to use to tend to this garden. Watch it grow. I am going to look over the people. Protect them. Nurture them. Make them happy. Yes. This is what I was destined to do. I just lacked the light, like the Beatniks in the parks, to see it.

_______, I do not know how to thank you. With out your mouth, eyes and fist to use...I do not think I would have ever came to realise my true potential. I am....grateful to have you. You are like a friend to me, no, you are a friend ______. You are a much wiser and more powerful person than me, I can sense it. While I do not think this could ever ammount to your worth, here is all the info and enlightenment I can offer. I am even sending you something right now and do not worry, it will be more useful than dentures.

Good bye and good luck _______! May your future be as bright is mine onto the path of enlightenment. Hopefully, you will never go through the trials and pain that I did through mine. I have no worries though, you are smarter than that. You are wiser. You will do well, and you will be famous. I know it.

Next up shortly is going to be a detailed list of Exile Hideouts, Data Node Enemies and other bits of info about the neighborhoods in the Entertainment District. Should not take too long to type. After that, will be the next member of the Arcana: Cheena Turner AKA The Star.

Stay Tuned. Cool

Woodgrain

/bump

**Marias**

Darrius says:

Wow! Has it really been three months!

Sorry about dropping out like that. Not only am I involved in some major activism, but school and family stuff zapped me out a bit.

However, i have been thinking about the Entertainment District idea and like I said before, I plan to finish it!

So, while I will be more infrequent (not 3 months though) I will be updating this to completion. Now how do I start this off?

Oh! I will post some Music Files I did on the Outdoor Combat Music! I have a few more on the way, but this is most of the tracks. I think they fit the mood of the Matrix and the combat well.

Agent Yellow (Mr.Anderson Mix)
Confusion (Calculated Mix)
Expansion (Conspiracy mix)
Fragments (DJ Cypher Remix)
Mothmath (Scanner mix)
Sack Says Air (Morpheus Tango Remix)
Take Over (Smith Virus Remix)

Let me know which one is your favorite!

Chenna Turner "The Star" will be up next as well as some more information about the district...

(Right click + Save As - to download)

Woodgrain

No matter how many times I read this and imagine, I can't get enough of this idea.
You've done all of the work for the DEVS except putting it into the game! As for the songs, I DL'd all of them
and played while listening to them and it was great! I like them all so I wont pick any particular one. SMILEY

DEVS, please consider this thread!!!!

**GypsyJuggler**

I seem to be having trouble playing those files. They saved as mp3s but WMP claims they're not.

Woodgrain · 01/09/2008 23:11:49

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TheShickle · 01/16/2008 19:27:59

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CrimsonKiller01 · 01/16/2008 20:07:02

Admittedly, I haven't read the entire thread (it is a long read) but from what I have seen so far has gone beyond impressive and into the realm of outstanding. It's obvious that alot of thought and effort went into this and I for one would love to see this come about. I know alot of the folks that have said "it isn't ever gonna happen" could be viewed as negative but honestly there is alot of truth to what they are saying (sadly this is the case).

The work effort to bring about these new districts would take months if not the whole year to complete. The four things I see stopping this are...

1- Money- This type of project doesn't come cheap and SOE upper management would have a heart attack if they had to invest a dime over the budget they have.

2- Interest- Again SOE upper management has barely any interest in the game other than how much they can siphon off of it using as very little resources as possible.

3-Programming issues- As far as I know from previous posts and threads, it seems that this game's program is very tough to modify to accept anything new (also the fact that they are worried that if they tried to modify something the entire game would come crashing down around them). I still have to wonder why it has been two years and they still can't figure the programming of the game out, but it must be one hell of a program.

4-Staffing issues- you would need a considerable amount of programmers, designers, and graphics artists for this one and if SOE doesn't have what was up on 1 and 2 then this is going to be hard to get.

Well that's the bad news about this, the only ray of light at the end of this tunnel are two things.

1- SOE wakes up and realize that they have an awesome game on their hands and decide to invest more into it in terms of the game and advertisement.

2-SOE decides to sell off the game to another company that wants to make the necessary improvements.

Aside from all of that I would LOVE to see this idea take off, something like this would breathe alot of new life into the game.

**Lezel**

MxO should have a club for pole dancing and the emote to do it would be /pole ><

it needs to be in a place called the Green Lights District..

a district for nothing but partying and pvp, like have that paticular district, everyone flags except if you're dancing ><

I know its a lameass idea but it just hit meh

\m/><\m/

**GoDGiVeR**

<3

Also while we're at it. International should be renamed to Asian District. It would be more international if there were like a Italian district, etc. too in there, but right now, it's just Asian -_-

**MotorZ**

GoDGiVeR wrote:

<3

Also while we're at it. International should be renamed to Asian District. It would be more international if there were like a Italian district, etc. too in there, but right now, it's just Asian -_-

Probably better if it was Chinatown.

AlphaCoder

EMPLOY THIS MAN!!

These are some amazing ideas. I am stunned at the talent and detail behind these plans. Dev's REALLY should take note. It's all been set out for them on a platter, they just need to skin/model the city and NPCs.

As for the debate on raising the level cap for these places, how about making 1 or 2 of them perma-PVP or free-for-all areas along with the collectors etc. Admittedly that wouldn't be such a thrill to Vector, but then, that's the same problem with luggables on Vector, we learn to get over it. Plus the free-for-all area would be new.

Anyways, props to Darius, keep them coming man! You are brilliant!

**SolidRevolver**

MotorZ wrote:

GoDGiVeR wrote:
<3

Also while we're at it. International should be renamed to Asian District. It would be more international if there were like a Italian district, etc. too in there, but right now, it's just Asian -_-
Probably better if it was Chinatown.

Chinatown District? Asian District is better as it is a district and not a town ^^

And I wonder how similar the ideas in this thread are to what the devs are planning, if they are similar at all.

**MotorZ**

SolidRevolver wrote:

MotorZ wrote:
GoDGiVeR wrote:
<3

Also while we're at it. International should be renamed to Asian District. It would be more international if there were like a Italian district, etc. too in there, but right now, it's just Asian -_-
Probably better if it was Chinatown.

Chinatown District? Asian District is better as it is a district and not a town ^^
And I wonder how similar the ideas in this thread are to what the devs are planning, if they are similar at all.

You do know the sections of major cities where a lot of Asian live are often called "Chinatown?" It doesn't imply a whole separate town...well in a way it does, but in the sense that it's very culturally separated from the city around it. NYC, for example, has Little Italy, Chinatown, etc. as just areas within the city.

Anyway, I really like these ideas, but until we know what the IR's are showing we can't really know if any of this kinda stuff is feasible in the future. I wouldn't think they'd be very similar, but who knows?