I like it when you leave in "mistakes' it gives the city some characther. otherwise you could remove everything and just make a gridstyle 1 billion inhab city. Keep it a bit messy. all cities have patches that can be better.
The city is really starting to take shape, I love it! To be completely honest I wasn’t the biggest fan when you first started the new series but it‘s developing so nicely now and I can’t wait to see what‘s coming next! Good job James!!! X
I really like the elevated highway it reminds me of the part of the BQE near where I used to live in Brooklyn...or even the highways here in Boston that cut right through the city. Also I think you should make that empty area into like a soccer field on one side of the monorail and then on the other have a few trees and picnic tables
could you possibly show us the entire map since you now have the 81 tiles mod and show us where you plan on laying out a downtown, tourist area, international airport (ect..)?? i love the look of this city so far btw :)
The trees you added completely changed my perspective of the city! It looks so good now. The monorail also looks amazing on that part where it goes in the rocks.
I feel like in that empty space maybe you should make a hotel district since it’s close-ish to the amusement park, kind of making it like a mini Gold Coast
@Flabaliki there's a nice hill between two bridges, it's just a perfect place to have acable car going up from the monorail stop and some entertainment up there and on slopes.
James, have you ever thought of building a tunnel under the main strip? In Seattle, our highway 99, which is a combination of different roads like Aurora, actually is under construction where this highway will go underneath the main downtown and then comes out of the tunnel on the other side. Our Busses and light rail also have their own tunnel as well, mainly express busses coming from the highway. In the new 99 tunnel which won't be open for a while, there are little low grade angle of elevations that go into the outskirts of downtown, which we call Belltown and Queen Anne (where the needle is). If you don't want to go into the city and want to go straight to Seatac, you can avoid the local downtown streets by going into the 99 tunnel. Up until 2014 or 2015, we had the viaduct, which is a elevated highway with southbound 99 on top and northbound 99 underneath and it kind of went along the waterfront kind of where the ferris wheel is. Maybe Seattle might give you some additional inspiration. You have been here once after all, according to you.
James is hands down the best city builder ever. It's organic yet planned out, good connections, yet the suburbs feel spacious. You use a good amount of mods and assets, but it's not the only thing you do, and let the city grow naturally with zoning. I love all of Jame's City Skylines builds!
The elevated roads remind me so much of NYC. Especially the interchanges. And I LOVE the round-about. It's honestly so nice. Also the rocks in the park are just gorgeous. I think adding soccer fields to finish off the green space would look really nice. You could even have half be a soccer field and the other half be more of just a green space with a few trees and nice pathways? Or maybe a little playground?
I love the things you did to the city it looks soooo much better! And yes please turn that field in to a kinda sports area with tennis, soccer and all that stuff it would look so great. Amazing job! Keep it up!
Love the round about. Love the monorail line and am very pleased to see that you're starting to spend more time on the decorating and that you're loving your new-found artistic side. Keep up the good work.
I'm always impressed by how much effort you put into your builds. And suddenly a new build gets an identity and becomes a living city. Well done. I haven't commented on your videos before, but I want to tell you, that I've been enjoying your content immensely. Thank you for your work, your enthusiasm and happy attitude. Watching you play always brightens my day!
this city kinda reminds me of a beach city near me. the amusement park looks great now with all the trees and foliage, and I think the trees filling in the gaps throughout the city did wonders. great job :)
I like the fact that you're adding more details in this city, that really makes a difference! My favourite change was filling the theme park with palm trees, shrubs and rocks.
James make sure all the paths in Seven Mile Beach Park go to park side gate, otherwise leveling up will take longer as it won’t count people who just walk in without going thru a gate... city is looking great tho 👍
I started this episode out fine, but when you said "live video at the 21 minute mark" my heart sank. I thought there's no way this episode could be good, but wow. This was a great episode! The city turned out so well, I LOVE the monorail now, and I totally agree with you about the streets at 30:30. Can't wait to see this city develop!
I don't know about you, but I always love him when he build highway interchanges and anything about pedestrians, and this episode is the mixing of both, so love it, the best episode so far i.m.o. Oh yeah, don't forget to do some Sedona's episodes :)
A few episodes ago I thought this city will go nowhere, but you are now starting to pull it off. I would love to see something like an elevated park with a cable cart connection or something like that. Keep up the good ideas. That roundabout is magnificent and soo different in any way!
I’m loving this city! The new roundabout looks so good too. To stop the sewage flowing towards the future city, you should build a ‘natural’ barrier like a rock groyne or a spit perpendicular to the shoreline on the left so it travels towards the edge of the map instead
I love what you did with the place! I also sparked an idea when you moved the camera just above the rail line. The idea was that you make a train station just there so that the regional train stop there and you have a bus line that cuts through and terminates by the bus station/university. Just an idea, keep doing what your doing James!
this was amazing! great job. i love the trees and the roundabout the most. The monorail going along the water is nice too :) really liking this city a lot. i would like to see maybe a small sports complex in that field. maybe soccer and a baseball field? loved this episode!
In the open grass area under the monorail, continue one of the parks to that area and have like a sportsplex with soccer and baseball fields. And have a walking track around with a pond in the middle. Like sporting fields on one side of the tracks and a walking path on both sides and a pond on the other.
Loved this episode, it tidied up everything real nice, the round about is really good, you've every right to be proud of it. Wouldn't mind if you did more of these time lapse videos every now and then to tidy up the details
I love it! This city was looking a lot like mine.... messy, unplanned, and full of traffic. Now it looks better and more creative than anything I could have done.
Probably my favorite city of recent years. I would recommend you connect to that railroad line though. It would help reduce traffic entering the city if people didn't all have to take cars.
Might want to build jetties up to / beyond the water and then place the piers; they were originally built for boats to pull up to and would be further out in the water (unless in a deep harbor). Roundabout looks amazing! On a future map, that roundabout would look great in the center of a New York Central Park style park; maybe with the monorail running down the center lengthwise. PS: I can't speak for everyone but I like having the incidents turned on so that the city empties out after the sewage issue (like hard mode in Banished), the unexpected keeps it interesting and it's more like dealing with a real city. Plus there's the question of can he bring it back from the brink of disaster.
The last episode with all the roads and everything was questionable but this one restored my faith in your city designing as it looks really good, especially the roundabout and the trees throughout the area. Good work!
I believe the term you're looking for is an "Elevated Parkway/Expressway". Parkway means scenic broad width highway/commuter route. Your's certainly is scenic, just not wide. One asset that needs to be done is a narrow 4-lane with jersey barriers
This whole city is starting to really remind me of Santa Cruz, which I love because it hits close to home since I have lived my whole life in San Jose right near Santa Cruz
It would be super cool to start threading some little creeks through the more sprawling suburbs, my town near Brisbane has lots of little creeks running though :) Loving this city so far!!
I love the new roundabout and everything else with the city. This is one of my favorite cities ever. Suggestion: Try tunneling your express roads. Maybe save your gave beforehand and see if you like it. Suggestion 2: More bus lines? Suggestion 3: Create a transit hub at the main entrance of the city, then a monorail or tram down the main road through the original park. Could potentially reduce traffic. Again, maybe save beforehand. Suggestion 4: For downtown and even current area, try the Metro Overhaul Mod Keep up the great work and hello from NYC!
I don't like tunnels because we don't get to see the life they bring to a city. I love seeing movement! Same reason I prefer trains / monorails over subways.
I really love how the Theme Park and the roundabout looks now! I'm also a huge fan of all the trees! Personally I almost never think that you can have too many trees :) I'd love to see a Rugby field/stadium in the City somewhere!
I think an overpass is the word you're looking for at around 8 minutes. SF, Ca has highways goes right through the city so its not that bad to have a highway/raised road above the city.
Great job Semaj. I really like the way you designed the elevated road and the roundabout. Keep it up! Maybe you could show us a little bit of "inner city" by using the First Person Camera could be nice.
Love the new roundabout, and the new "Tokyo-inspired" over-roads and the trees make a HUGE difference to the over aesthetic and character of the city. For the field, I'd suggest doing a path network, like you implied, and also add in a school in the middle or maybe even move the university over there (shoutout to @Thomas Kwan for similar mindset) , or some other recreational thing because I really think that adding something extra in that area would also make a difference, however small it may be. ;)) Keep up the good work in this city!
The empty green space under the bed bath and beyond would be a really cool space to add a little water feature like a lake. Maybe with a fountain in it like in Geneva
James! The small pointy trees you added in the roundabout disappeared! Other than that, the new additions and upgrades to the city actually makes me like Atherton! I use to be salty about Sedona not being finished but I think when you start a new city and detail it off the bat, it becomes way more alive! Good video :)
Living in the north of Sydney, I totally agree with the tress. This city looks so much better now! I think this is why I preferred Sedona and why I dislike every other cities you tuber. Thanks to the trees. Edit: you now have more money than in Sedona and also there is a monorail pole in the middle of the road in the monorail extension.
Not to distract but when you were panning to the sewage treatment I saw some really night islands you could potentially do nature reserves on. And you did a really nice job on the roundabout!
I mentioned the roundabout triple stack idea in my comment on the last episode. I’m not sure if it was my comment but I’m super happy to see an idea I had implemented in this city, it looks awesome and you certainly did it justice. Well played sir!
For that large open green space, a sports complex would be nice. I personally can't live without putting neighborhood athletic places around my towns, such as soccer field, baseball fields, American football fields, etc. (As well as neighborhood churches, but that does not "green" the city.) When you Google Earth cities, golf courses really stand out and although I haven't done it yet, I do have the props for a make your own golf course which I finally plan to use in my current city.
Your roundabout revamp looks like if France and Japan had a child. I love it though. Gives it a very modern thick urban look along with royalty and elegance. Expand this throughout the city.
I think for the grass area it should be kept mostly plain with some football goals and play equipment, but that's about it. Loved the progress you made btw!
It would be coll if you could put some high density commercial zones on the beach and make it a tourist area so you can somewhat have the hotels and high rises right along the beach. Overall though this city looks absolutely amazing. Seriously well done.
You should see if there are some sport assets like soccer goals (or AFL goals!) and make that field into a sort of community sports park, with a few fields that people can have a kick around on, maybe some basketball/tennis courts, but nothing with stands or too established.
Great episode James! Loved it, thinking about the future where would the airport and down town core be? Just curious, be great if you could mention it in the next episode.
Pretty nice looking roundabout my friend :-)
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I like it when you leave in "mistakes' it gives the city some characther. otherwise you could remove everything and just make a gridstyle 1 billion inhab city. Keep it a bit messy. all cities have patches that can be better.
I agree. If it were a real city, things like that could become tourist attractions. Imperfections FTW!
Good point! Also this is how elevated highways came to be, adjusting to increased traffic in an existing city.
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The city is really starting to take shape, I love it! To be completely honest I wasn’t the biggest fan when you first started the new series but it‘s developing so nicely now and I can’t wait to see what‘s coming next! Good job James!!! X
I really like the elevated highway it reminds me of the part of the BQE near where I used to live in Brooklyn...or even the highways here in Boston that cut right through the city. Also I think you should make that empty area into like a soccer field on one side of the monorail and then on the other have a few trees and picnic tables
could you possibly show us the entire map since you now have the 81 tiles mod and show us where you plan on laying out a downtown, tourist area, international airport (ect..)?? i love the look of this city so far btw :)
You did a fantastic job. I absolutely love it.
I'm watching back through your cities, and this is one of my favs. It's just quite original. I really like it.
Omg yes the added trees are amazing
The trees you added completely changed my perspective of the city! It looks so good now. The monorail also looks amazing on that part where it goes in the rocks.
30:00 Big city park under the monorail.. Woaaah awesome
This is a really beautiful city
Find some soccer fields to complete the green space
Sebastian Ellis Maybe a golf course too.
He should put sports fields by that green space next to the University
I love this series so much!!!
I feel like in that empty space maybe you should make a hotel district since it’s close-ish to the amusement park, kind of making it like a mini Gold Coast
I dont know why I like this city better than any other city he's made..
Newest city is always the best
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@Flabaliki there's a nice hill between two bridges, it's just a perfect place to have acable car going up from the monorail stop and some entertainment up there and on slopes.
Łukasz Grajewski great idea
Add the nature park up there as well. With the cable car would look really good, the viewing platforms up the steps
27:42 From afar the roundabout looks like a Celtic Knot! So pretty! Maybe spice it up with some colourful flowers?
James, have you ever thought of building a tunnel under the main strip? In Seattle, our highway 99, which is a combination of different roads like Aurora, actually is under construction where this highway will go underneath the main downtown and then comes out of the tunnel on the other side. Our Busses and light rail also have their own tunnel as well, mainly express busses coming from the highway. In the new 99 tunnel which won't be open for a while, there are little low grade angle of elevations that go into the outskirts of downtown, which we call Belltown and Queen Anne (where the needle is). If you don't want to go into the city and want to go straight to Seatac, you can avoid the local downtown streets by going into the 99 tunnel. Up until 2014 or 2015, we had the viaduct, which is a elevated highway with southbound 99 on top and northbound 99 underneath and it kind of went along the waterfront kind of where the ferris wheel is.
Maybe Seattle might give you some additional inspiration. You have been here once after all, according to you.
James is hands down the best city builder ever. It's organic yet planned out, good connections, yet the suburbs feel spacious. You use a good amount of mods and assets, but it's not the only thing you do, and let the city grow naturally with zoning. I love all of Jame's City Skylines builds!
The elevated roads remind me so much of NYC. Especially the interchanges. And I LOVE the round-about. It's honestly so nice. Also the rocks in the park are just gorgeous. I think adding soccer fields to finish off the green space would look really nice. You could even have half be a soccer field and the other half be more of just a green space with a few trees and nice pathways? Or maybe a little playground?
I love the things you did to the city it looks soooo much better! And yes please turn that field in to a kinda sports area with tennis, soccer and all that stuff it would look so great. Amazing job! Keep it up!
Love the round about. Love the monorail line and am very pleased to see that you're starting to spend more time on the decorating and that you're loving your new-found artistic side. Keep up the good work.
I'm always impressed by how much effort you put into your builds. And suddenly a new build gets an identity and becomes a living city. Well done.
I haven't commented on your videos before, but I want to tell you, that I've been enjoying your content immensely. Thank you for your work, your enthusiasm and happy attitude. Watching you play always brightens my day!
this city kinda reminds me of a beach city near me. the amusement park looks great now with all the trees and foliage, and I think the trees filling in the gaps throughout the city did wonders. great job :)
I like the fact that you're adding more details in this city, that really makes a difference!
My favourite change was filling the theme park with palm trees, shrubs and rocks.
James make sure all the paths in Seven Mile Beach Park go to park side gate, otherwise leveling up will take longer as it won’t count people who just walk in without going thru a gate... city is looking great tho 👍
the elevated road network "almost like a road public transit" is called an expressway. At least that is what they call it in New York.
Yeah, but typically expressways are larger roads than the one I've used.
very true, love the videos, i'm struggling too to think of what to call the roads.
Flabaliki I would call it the city bypass?
Roundabout , theme park/beach revamp brilliant!
I started this episode out fine, but when you said "live video at the 21 minute mark" my heart sank. I thought there's no way this episode could be good, but wow. This was a great episode! The city turned out so well, I LOVE the monorail now, and I totally agree with you about the streets at 30:30. Can't wait to see this city develop!
Houston actually has a bunch of these elevated roads above ground roads for better transport to different areas! This is actually a really smart idea.
I really like the Tokyo inspiration. Could you begin on a high tek, high density downtown area . love your videos
The elevated road looks like the West Kowloon Corridor in Tai Kok Tsui or East Kowloon Corridor in To Kwa Wan in my Home town, Hong Kong
I don't know about you, but I always love him when he build highway interchanges and anything about pedestrians, and this episode is the mixing of both, so love it, the best episode so far i.m.o. Oh yeah, don't forget to do some Sedona's episodes :)
Stuck in Sydney Airport for 6 hours, what better to do than watch Flabaliki's videos!
The monorail station near the roundabout really gives it a whole different/futuristic look love it
Love the time lapses to "clean up" and make improvements...I think it helps add to the love in this city! Keep up the great work!
A few episodes ago I thought this city will go nowhere, but you are now starting to pull it off. I would love to see something like an elevated park with a cable cart connection or something like that. Keep up the good ideas. That roundabout is magnificent and soo different in any way!
Thank you for putting in detail, I love it so much!
I’m loving this city! The new roundabout looks so good too. To stop the sewage flowing towards the future city, you should build a ‘natural’ barrier like a rock groyne or a spit perpendicular to the shoreline on the left so it travels towards the edge of the map instead
I love what you did with the place! I also sparked an idea when you moved the camera just above the rail line. The idea was that you make a train station just there so that the regional train stop there and you have a bus line that cuts through and terminates by the bus station/university. Just an idea, keep doing what your doing James!
this was amazing! great job. i love the trees and the roundabout the most. The monorail going along the water is nice too :) really liking this city a lot. i would like to see maybe a small sports complex in that field. maybe soccer and a baseball field? loved this episode!
In the open grass area under the monorail, continue one of the parks to that area and have like a sportsplex with soccer and baseball fields. And have a walking track around with a pond in the middle. Like sporting fields on one side of the tracks and a walking path on both sides and a pond on the other.
Loved this episode, it tidied up everything real nice, the round about is really good, you've every right to be proud of it. Wouldn't mind if you did more of these time lapse videos every now and then to tidy up the details
I love how he's so proud of his roundabout (it's a great roundabout btw)
I LOVE the roundabout! Just one suggestion: maybe put the monorail-bus hub on the beach instead of the bus hub and the monorail station separately?
I love watching time lapse videos ❤ also my favorite new additions are all the trees in general and the new trees and rocks around the theme park
The high density area in the middle looks like a mini down town . It makes the city look amazing
The city looks amazing! I am so happy to be here for the beginning of it.
I love it! This city was looking a lot like mine.... messy, unplanned, and full of traffic. Now it looks better and more creative than anything I could have done.
Probably my favorite city of recent years.
I would recommend you connect to that railroad line though. It would help reduce traffic entering the city if people didn't all have to take cars.
I really love the look of those beach side condos
Might want to build jetties up to / beyond the water and then place the piers; they were originally built for boats to pull up to and would be further out in the water (unless in a deep harbor).
Roundabout looks amazing! On a future map, that roundabout would look great in the center of a New York Central Park style park; maybe with the monorail running down the center lengthwise.
PS: I can't speak for everyone but I like having the incidents turned on so that the city empties out after the sewage issue (like hard mode in Banished), the unexpected keeps it interesting and it's more like dealing with a real city. Plus there's the question of can he bring it back from the brink of disaster.
I like the idea of keeping those two big roads. It looks cool
The last episode with all the roads and everything was questionable but this one restored my faith in your city designing as it looks really good, especially the roundabout and the trees throughout the area. Good work!
I believe the term you're looking for is an "Elevated Parkway/Expressway". Parkway means scenic broad width highway/commuter route. Your's certainly is scenic, just not wide. One asset that needs to be done is a narrow 4-lane with jersey barriers
This whole city is starting to really remind me of Santa Cruz, which I love because it hits close to home since I have lived my whole life in San Jose right near Santa Cruz
This city is coming along so nicely!! I love it!!
Its like the spine to the city connecting all the vital areas
I'm in love with that roundabout and the new expressways you put in! I think this city is really coming together. :)
It would be super cool to start threading some little creeks through the more sprawling suburbs, my town near Brisbane has lots of little creeks running though :) Loving this city so far!!
I love the new roundabout and everything else with the city. This is one of my favorite cities ever. Suggestion: Try tunneling your express roads. Maybe save your gave beforehand and see if you like it.
Suggestion 2: More bus lines?
Suggestion 3: Create a transit hub at the main entrance of the city, then a monorail or tram down the main road through the original park. Could potentially reduce traffic. Again, maybe save beforehand.
Suggestion 4: For downtown and even current area, try the Metro Overhaul Mod
Keep up the great work and hello from NYC!
I don't like tunnels because we don't get to see the life they bring to a city. I love seeing movement! Same reason I prefer trains / monorails over subways.
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I really love how the Theme Park and the roundabout looks now! I'm also a huge fan of all the trees! Personally I almost never think that you can have too many trees :) I'd love to see a Rugby field/stadium in the City somewhere!
I think an overpass is the word you're looking for at around 8 minutes. SF, Ca has highways goes right through the city so its not that bad to have a highway/raised road above the city.
Great job Semaj. I really like the way you designed the elevated road and the roundabout. Keep it up! Maybe you could show us a little bit of "inner city" by using the First Person Camera could be nice.
Love the new roundabout, and the new "Tokyo-inspired" over-roads and the trees make a HUGE difference to the over aesthetic and character of the city. For the field, I'd suggest doing a path network, like you implied, and also add in a school in the middle or maybe even move the university over there (shoutout to @Thomas Kwan for similar mindset) , or some other recreational thing because I really think that adding something extra in that area would also make a difference, however small it may be. ;)) Keep up the good work in this city!
The roundabout looks amazing ! What a beautiful exchange hub! I'd probably miss my connection taking in the beauty !
It took me over an hour to watch the whole thing. Internet connection was so bad even the ad was buffering. I persevered and have no regrets.
You should raise up the land on seven mile beach and give it a bit more length and width. Make it closer to 7 miles long of usable beach 😂
The empty green space under the bed bath and beyond would be a really cool space to add a little water feature like a lake. Maybe with a fountain in it like in Geneva
Monorail is looking great - that tram/monorail interchange is fantastic. Theme Park looks good too :)
James! The small pointy trees you added in the roundabout disappeared! Other than that, the new additions and upgrades to the city actually makes me like Atherton! I use to be salty about Sedona not being finished but I think when you start a new city and detail it off the bat, it becomes way more alive! Good video :)
Living in the north of Sydney, I totally agree with the tress. This city looks so much better now! I think this is why I preferred Sedona and why I dislike every other cities you tuber. Thanks to the trees.
Edit: you now have more money than in Sedona and also there is a monorail pole in the middle of the road in the monorail extension.
Not to distract but when you were panning to the sewage treatment I saw some really night islands you could potentially do nature reserves on. And you did a really nice job on the roundabout!
I mentioned the roundabout triple stack idea in my comment on the last episode. I’m not sure if it was my comment but I’m super happy to see an idea I had implemented in this city, it looks awesome and you certainly did it justice. Well played sir!
Maybe you can add a food truck area to the beach or near the university. A little plaza/square, with food trucks around and picnic tables.
That roundabout is a thing of beauty!
This is my favourite episode of the parklife series
Turn the field into a sports park! I imagine that a soccer field, basketball courts, and a cricket pitch would look well for the area!
For that large open green space, a sports complex would be nice. I personally can't live without putting neighborhood athletic places around my towns, such as soccer field, baseball fields, American football fields, etc. (As well as neighborhood churches, but that does not "green" the city.) When you Google Earth cities, golf courses really stand out and although I haven't done it yet, I do have the props for a make your own golf course which I finally plan to use in my current city.
Love the timelapse episodes. Good job, Flabs.
Your roundabout revamp looks like if France and Japan had a child. I love it though. Gives it a very modern thick urban look along with royalty and elegance. Expand this throughout the city.
I think for the grass area it should be kept mostly plain with some football goals and play equipment, but that's about it. Loved the progress you made btw!
Best episode, honestly this was such an improvement to the city
The best thing for traffic are timed traffic lights. I highly recommend using them.
It would be coll if you could put some high density commercial zones on the beach and make it a tourist area so you can somewhat have the hotels and high rises right along the beach. Overall though this city looks absolutely amazing. Seriously well done.
Yes, that is a good roundabout! Those verges are very snazzy!
i prefer time lapse episodes
Loved your trees! I think you should do this kind of episode more times
You should see if there are some sport assets like soccer goals (or AFL goals!) and make that field into a sort of community sports park, with a few fields that people can have a kick around on, maybe some basketball/tennis courts, but nothing with stands or too established.
You really should do something with that islands! I used to like sedona much more than this city, but now I think you should not continue sedona.
New Oreleans actually has an area where two major boulevards are only one block apart. It's a thing that happens sometimes
It’s looking great!
In the roundabout though, I think some of the trees in the planters disappeared..
one of your best videos and i'm following you for several years
I love timlapse episodes because you make everything you've done so far shine.
What happened to the skinny trees in the round about? In the live game play they weren’t there
I love Roundabout and all of it. keep it up! Can not wait for more.
Looks great, use some tourism or entertainment specialized zones
I would love to see you do a Venice inspired city with the canals. It would be amazing.
Great episode James! Loved it, thinking about the future where would the airport and down town core be? Just curious, be great if you could mention it in the next episode.