Hey.

Maybe you remember or have seen my videos on youtube because they do bump up often when you search for tropico 3 as I made a video pretty early after the game had released.

Anyway these are my old videos of my old island, i have made a topic here earlier; http://forum.kalypsomedia.com/showthread.php?tid=2802

But now, almost a year later I have just made a new video of an even greater island and it should be the best island out there, so check it out:

>>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_OmYG2bwdc <<<<

I am sorry for the strange size youtube have made it into, it should be a full covered widescreen video with 1080p HD but I can´t really figure out why it is not.

Do you have an island you can challenge mine with? Go on, post it here

First, I can't see too much, but it seems like you have 13 millions by 2040, which isn't really that much considering there's a challenge around that requires you to stockpile 40 in a couple of decades

Under 1000 pop... Much wasted space... Job quality is disastrous, with that much money you could pay your serfs a bit Bad pollution also

What are the settings? Random island or challenge? Mineral wealth, vegetation, pol/eco difficulty? Random Events? Your President's setup?

What are exactly the criterias for your evaluation of greatness? Pop? Living standard? Economics? Standing army? "Greatness" is not really objectively definable, some evaluation points would be nice

Simply "Good-looking"? Love the sandbags near the refinery by the way

Frito-patata did some pretty staggering cities with his urban layouts, very efficient economicly

I don't want to sound too much of an ass, but you need to give some matter to justify calling your island "greatest ever". Some basic info would be appreciated.

A nice island no doubt, but nothing out of the extraordinary for sure. Others might disagree with me thought, just giving my 2 cents here.

Judging points on the Greatest Island Ever:

1.) High population.

2.) High Income.

3.) High Overall Happiness.

4.) No banned factions.

5.) Diverse and renewable income sources.

6.) Beautiful with low pollution.

7.) Excellent relations with both superpowers, or Nuclear Program.

8.) Excellent relations with all factions without the tax cut.

9.) Honest elections with Paramount democratic expectations.

10.) No threat of rebels, uprisings, military coups, etc...

11.) Considerable Swiss account gain, or "Incorruptible".

12.) Very efficient road/garage system.

I'm sure I could think of more, but I think they'd overlap too much. Keep in mind to say you got the "best island ever" you need to be a bit less subjective.

The best island out there is the one that the player who built it has the most fun playing. For some of us that could be a sprawling metropolis where everything is smooth sailing. For others it could be a small clump of dirt where nothing goes right and every minute is full of challenges and compromises that upset all our serfs.

i dont know if its cuz its my own island but in my opinion i think my island is a bit more layed out, i have an area for everything, im kind of ocd so tropico is an ideal game for me. your island seems to be a little high on everything but organization. to many tenements, power plant in the downtown district, jesus if that shit where real and it blew up, say by by to tropico. overall some advice plan it out in the beginning. plan your factory district, your tourism and everything els. something i learned is to take it slow, ive gotten to the point where my people are happy enough i dont even have to make a speech. all in all nice island but calling it the best is a little to exaggerating.

(06-09-2010 03:14 AM)jerry1305 Wrote:  im kind of ocd so tropico is an ideal game for me.

I'm starting to think that I may have a touch of ocd, if things aren't just right I will just bulldoze it and make it better. A total waste of money when I should be spending it on the essentials.

The greates island ever would be one where Religion doesnt count in as happiness. If religion make you unhappy, stop doing it!

(12-09-2010 02:22 AM)Sovereign Wrote:  The greates island ever would be one where Religion doesnt count in as happiness. If religion make you unhappy, stop doing it!

This is where they need an "angry" smiley.

More talk like that and heretic you are!! *angry smiley*

Heresy! Nobody expects the Tropican inquisition!

check this island out man, i have made this island in just 48 years.
i have set all the workers wages to $50 in June '96 but my economy is still in the rise!!!
when i increase their wages in '96 my treasury was $3.2m and now its is $3.6m.
fully utilization of Oil and Gold resources luckily i got the gold resources of 26000+ in random map mode, and oil was the 56000+ and iron was just 12000+ and no bauxite.

http://img812.imageshack.us/img812/544/best00.jpg

http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/7043/best01k.jpg

So we got the next megalomaniac in here...

There is just a "best island ever" for you! The most others will have a different view on that one.
F.e. I'm also quite glad about the "Amish Paradise" I built up lately. It was a good isle for it's purpose at least and I liked to play it. But there will no "best" ever be.