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Post by pockysquirrel on Mar 2, 2008 11:46:18 GMT -5
Since a few people have brought this up and I for one think it's a really neat idea, this is a thread for creating a more comprehensive list of locations in Flamingo Heights and maybe - just maybe - an actual map of the place. So to kick things off, I'm just going to list all the assorted locations that pop into my head.
EDIT: I'll be editing the list as people reply.
- Fandango High School - Flamingo University - Dining hall - Faculty offices - Dorms - Bonaparte Elementary/Middle School - The beach - The park - The mysterious wooded area - The mall - Movie theatre - Victoria's Secret - Arcade - Game store - The coffee shop - The music cafe/bar (Though are we going to keep this with Gren gone?) - Fallen nightclub (Do we have more bars than this?) - At least one hotel - Ayame's clothing shop - The Target (Which makes me feel there should be a Walmart) - Restaurants - Asian noodle place - Mexican - Pizza place - La Dolce Vita (Upscale Italian restaurant) - Breakfast/lunch cafe (Which is also maybe a bakery? Snow, I'm thinking of Oneonta and your fanfic here) - Ice cream shop - Upscale Japanese restaurant - Pet store - Animal shelter (?) - Theater/Opera house - Karaoke bar - Dojo - Skate park - Pipehouses (these are underground, right CT?) - Day care center (Aww...)
I'm sure there's more, so throw 'em out there. And if anyone can come up with clever names for these places, throw them out there, too!
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Post by Emely on Mar 2, 2008 12:00:19 GMT -5
Could we also add an actual theater for Millie's sake? :3
The Italian place was La Dolce Vita
The Pet Store if I recall was....I'll have to look back on the log Ally and I did. There was a shelter too if I recall
A Kareoke Bar
Perhaps have a convention center? xDD
Oh and the Arcade, but that can probably be in the mall :3
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Post by cindyjeans on Mar 2, 2008 12:10:40 GMT -5
The bar/nightclub Reno said he works in part time is called Fallen o.o and I know Axel works at a cafe that is kinda like one of those little breakfast and lunch places. I know in one of our RouLing logs we mentioned an ice cream parlor o.o
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Post by countessrae on Mar 2, 2008 12:10:57 GMT -5
An actual map of Flamingo Heights would be awesome. That could probably be done in Sims, actually. Or Sim City or something. All of the places mentioned would be great.
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Post by celestialtiger on Mar 2, 2008 12:13:25 GMT -5
I'm really itching to sit down with a peice of paper now ;D But as for places, there needs to be a fairly wooded area. I can't remember who's still here and who's not, but Aries lived in an isolated place like that and Kakashi trained there, and Seiji went there sometimes XP OH and the mall needs a game store, that's where Mikey worked. Oh and Seiji's dojo. And maybe set places for the pipes for Mario and Mikey's pipehouses.... Mikey's skatepark! a Nice Japanese resturant ice cream shop
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Post by pockysquirrel on Mar 2, 2008 12:14:56 GMT -5
I think that's part of what Saria is trying to do with her Sims project? I'd really just like something fairly simple and user-friendly that everyone can look at and refer to and add to when needed.
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Post by Snow on Mar 2, 2008 12:16:44 GMT -5
There should be a daycare center somewhere. I'm toying with the idea of Michel having Noel around more and I can totally see a few characters working with small children...*drags her work into her game*
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Post by celestialtiger on Mar 2, 2008 12:23:55 GMT -5
Here's a question, do we want all original places, or use real places? Like Pocky mentioned a Target, and/or Walmart (which makes me want a K-mart too XP) So we can see what the main movie theater chain is in Florida and use that, and what department stores and stuff. It would make naming things a little easier and not as much to do.
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Post by Snow on Mar 2, 2008 12:30:56 GMT -5
- Breakfast/lunch cafe (Which is also maybe a bakery? Snow, I'm thinking of Oneonta and your fanfic here)
This place, I think, was never given a name...Mebbe it was just "Julia's" since your mom ran it. Here's a question, do we want all original places, or use real places? Like Pocky mentioned a Target, and/or Walmart (which makes me want a K-mart too XP) The reason there's a Target is that Michel mentioned being held hostage (by teddy bears XD) in one during the Valentine's event.
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Post by celestialtiger on Mar 2, 2008 12:42:34 GMT -5
Here's a question, do we want all original places, or use real places? Like Pocky mentioned a Target, and/or Walmart (which makes me want a K-mart too XP) The reason there's a Target is that Michel mentioned being held hostage (by teddy bears XD) in one during the Valentine's event.[/quote] But I'm asking is do we want more? Do we want to outfit flamingo heights with stuff that exists in the real world? or do we want to keep it fictional? We've had Disney World mentioned as well, as other places, so just saying it would be really easy.... instead of having to think of places and names.... to pick stores and restruants that really do exsist and plop them down into Flamingo Heights. Then we'd have a McDonalds, Pizza Hut, IHOP, or Macy's, Sears, JCPennys..... Victoria Secret has been mentioned.... Halmark.... *trying to think what's in the mall where she works* you know stuff like that.
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Post by celestialtiger on Mar 2, 2008 12:44:37 GMT -5
- Pipehouses (these are underground, right CT?) Yep, but the tops of the pipes stick up. Like Mikey's was on the edge of the mall parking lot, and I think Mario and Vash's was near the Uni. And I'd imagine there were a couple of others somewhere.
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Post by pockysquirrel on Mar 2, 2008 12:49:36 GMT -5
I think it's a balance, CT. Anyplace you go, you're going to have both the chain stores and the quirky, independently owned, one of a kind places. So, like, Mikey's game store could easily be a GameStop while the coffee shop downtown doesn't necessarily have to be a Starbucks, follow?
If you want my personal take, I'd love to create two main commercial areas: the mall and downtown. The mall would be all the chain stores like Target and Victoria's Secret, and downtown would be more the restaurants, bars and unique stores like Ayame's place. That's kind of what it's like in my hometown. :3 AND downtown Oneonta has those buildings that are a store on the first floor and apartments above? That would be great for housing some of the characters.
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Post by celestialtiger on Mar 2, 2008 13:00:00 GMT -5
If you want my personal take, I'd love to create two main commercial areas: the mall and downtown. The mall would be all the chain stores like Target and Victoria's Secret, and downtown would be more the restaurants, bars and unique stores like Ayame's place. That's kind of what it's like in my hometown. :3 AND downtown Oneonta has those buildings that are a store on the first floor and apartments above? That would be great for housing some of the characters. *nods* That makes sense. I just had a thought. I know Saria's doing her SIMS thing, but instead of just say relying on her to do everything, we should assign certain areas of the town to different people. Like say you could do a downtown area, one or two streets. What's there and how many apartmetns and stuff, I guess I could do the Mall, what stores are in it. Someone else could do the HS, how big, how many floors, any secret halls and stuff, another the Uni, another the Elementry/JrH. stuff like that. Then take all the parts and Saria and fit them into her SIMS world and make them into the whole. Though you may have been thinking this already XP
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Post by pockysquirrel on Mar 2, 2008 13:17:19 GMT -5
I actually hadn't thought of that because I don't do the Sims. ^^;;;
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Post by celestialtiger on Mar 2, 2008 13:25:19 GMT -5
Making the sims themselves takes quite a bit of time, not toe mention having to BUILD the buildings. She can d/l quite a bit of it offline, but will probably have to build a few things from scratch and that takes forever in a day to do. If we split up at least what's in a section of town it would make it a bit easier for her to find the proper buildings and/or build what is needed.
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