{"id":19858,"date":"2013-03-04T12:02:31","date_gmt":"2013-03-04T20:02:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/?p=19858"},"modified":"2013-03-04T18:55:10","modified_gmt":"2013-03-05T02:55:10","slug":"simcity-motocross-fans-suck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/2013\/03\/04\/simcity-motocross-fans-suck\/","title":{"rendered":"SimCity: motocross fans suck"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"fancybox\" rel=\"19858\" href=\"http:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/night_at_the_metro1.jpg\"<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/night_at_the_metro1.jpg\" alt=\"night_at_the_metro\" width=\"600\" height=\"334\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19865\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sometimes icons pop up in your city.  If you click on them, citizens offer you missions.  If you accept the missions, they&#8217;re listed on the right side of the screen where your quests would go in World of Warcraft.  Sometimes the missions are so important they go straight to the quest list.<\/p>\n<p>For my latest city, one such mission was to build an expo center and hold an event.  Fine.  It&#8217;s expensive, but money in SimCity is inevitable.  A given sum of money is usually just a matter of how long you have to wait to get it.  Bonds?  Pfft.  <\/p>\n<p>So I waited long enough to buy an Expo Center and crammed it into one of my last remaining corners of free space.  As for the Metro Arena&#8217;s inaugural event, I&#8217;m not about to wait to save up enough to have a fancy rock concert.  My people get the less expensive motocross event, which SimCity says appeals to low wealth folks (I know dogwhistle terms for white trash when I hear them).  So far my city of about 20,000 people consists of mostly of low wealth citizens, so that should be perfect.  I can seat 3000 of them in the Metro Arena.  First come, first served, folks.  Get here early.  No pushing, please.  <\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the final tally for an event that cost me $30,000 in a building that cost me $150,000:<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"fancybox\" rel=\"19858\" href=\"http:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/moto_box_office.jpg\"<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/moto_box_office.jpg\" alt=\"moto_box_office\" width=\"257\" height=\"113\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19860\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Up next: let&#8217;s play SimCity!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-game-diaries"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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