Competitions

Every six hours there is a competition. These require you deliver a certain number of goods in a specified period of time. The time given is very generous especially at the initial stages. There are also city competitions where the top 10 cities as determined by a formula and not by the official ranking is split into two groups of five. I will deal with this topic later.

In terms of the daily competitions, there is a newbie quest given by William L. Smith to complete five competitions. The faster you do this the better it will be. There are also two categories of medals. One has to do with the number of completions won and the other with the number of competitions completed. You can focus on competitions to get these medals but this is not something I do. My approach is to mainly take part in competitions where the goods demanded are required by the city. There is nothing wrong in taking part in other competitions too but you may get a lot of flak from the people in your city. The bottom line is that you take part in competitions as long as it does not hinder the growth of your city and you are not being too selfish. A classic example of being selfish is to take part and win a competition that gives a bonus train. You will get the money equivalent of the train which is peanuts and it would be more beneficial to another person and your city if you do not win. Sometimes it is better to sacrifice prizes and competitions for the greater good.