SimCity 4 Devotion

SimCity 4 Devotion
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Version Number	2.0 (?)
Webmaster	jeronij
Administrators	None
Languages	English

The Site

General

Sim City 4 Devotion, most commonly called SC4D, is a member supported fansite dedicated solely to the Electronic Arts (EA) game Sim City 4 (SC4). The site caters to the "serious player," and is the home of a number of the premier SC4 custom content development teams, such as the BSC, Network Addon Mod (NAM) Team, and the AC Team. The site also hosts US member dedgren's Three Rivers Region (3RR) and Chrisadams3997's Rural Renewal Project (RRP), along with many popular mayors' diaries and a long-running and very successful Best Picture competition. SC4D is also the portal and co-host with BSC of the LEX, the community's premier custom content download site.

SC4D was founded on November 4, 2006, by jeronij, a member of the SC4 community from Spain, who had prior to that time authored the wildly successful Simtropolis (ST) city journals Sculpting Columbia River and Simtropia. jeronij initially privately sponsored the webspace for the site and did all of its formatting and design. A core of many of the community's most distinguished members had joined by the end of 2005, and 3RR moved over from ST and set up shop as one of SC4D's first mayor's diaries in December of that year. South African member Colyn, also known in the community as Vlakhaas, and dedgren became the site's assistant administrators early in 2007.

By SC4D's first birthday in 2007, the site had grown to just under 5,000 members. Its forum sections are very busy, with a fairly consistent daily average since that time of about 300 new posts. jeronij and his admin team created a staff from the most involved and knowledgeable SC4D members, and the site has received many accolades for being well organized and efficiently run. The NAM Team and AC Team relocated from Simtropolis to SC4D in ___ and ___, 2007, respectively.

In ___, 2008, US member Tarkus and RippleJet, a member from Finland, were appointed by jeronij to fill two newly created administrator positions. The growth and activity on the site during its second year increased substantially, with SC4D's membership growing to well over 15,000 members by its second birthday. As of late 2008, at any given time there are about 50 members online. In ___, 2008, the site experienced its first real growing pains, as its servers became overwhelmed by all the activity and the demands of hosting the LEX. This caused jeronij to move SC4D onto dedicated server space, at a substantial increase in monthly cost. Rather than require members to contribute to defray expenses, jeronij opened the site up to limited advertising, which a member has the option to eliminate by "subsribing" for a nominal amount (currently, as of December, 2008: ___). SC4D also worked with BSC to produce a "Best of" custom content CD, which was released in November, 2008, and is sent to any member who contributes ___ or more to the site.

SC4D enters it third year true to its original purpose. Over the years, its relations with other SC4 fansites, notably ST and Pegasus Productions, have mellowed, and there is a notable absence of the controversies between sites that have marked the past. In late November, 2008, dedgren and Colyn left their admin positions and jeronij selected Barbyw, a member from France, and US member thundercrack83 to replace them. dedgren, who had asked to step down based on his desire to focus his time on 3RR, remains on in the capacity of an advisor to jeronij and the staff as "SC4D Counselor." 2009 is expected to be a challenging but rewarding year for SC4D, as a competitor game, CITIES XL, is anticipated to be released in the market during the first six months of the year. On the other hand, SC4D's custom content teams are creating new things for SC4 at levels never seen before, with major releases planned in almost every category.

Rules

See Membership Rules for detail.

The Staff

Here is a list of SC4D staff. (also found here)

Administrators

Here is a list of the admins

• BarbyW
• jeronij - Webmaster
• RippleJet
• Tarkus
• thundercrack83

Moderators

Global Moderators

• Andreas
• callagrafx
• freedo50
• jplumbley
• wouanagaine

Board Mods

• barnatom
• beskhu3epnm
• burgsabre87
• CasperVg
• ChrisAdams3997
• cogeo
• Colyn
• DebussyMan
• dedgren
• diggis
• Ennedi
• Heblem
• iamgoingtoeatyou
• jmouse
• JoeST
• metasmurf
• NikNik
• pilotdaryl
• praiodan
• rhizome21
• rooker1
• sebes
• snorrelli
• Swamper77
• threestooges
• Voltaire
• xxdita
• z

Exchange Moderators

• BarbyW
• callagrafx
• Colyn
• RippleJet
• thundercrack83

Other Staff

• dedgren - SC4D Counselor