I made a mental list of the people sending me requests and only send them back to the same group of people. It's a simple way to take advantage of the social elements without having to feel like you're doing PR for the game. Unlike its predecessors, but very much like every other Facebook game out there, SimCity Social limits the number of turns that you can play at a time. They use an arbitrary energy meter that has a specified amount of actions and requires time to recharge once it runs out. Of course, you can purchase energy using Diamonds (the purchasable currency of SimCity Social), or you could just wait. Again, it's a time vs money proposition. There's something about SimCity Social that just works. It might be the ease of access or the quick gameplay, but either way, it works. It has me right back into my old ways of deciding whether to try laying out my city to look the best or to be the most functional. If something doesn't fit, I have to decide whether to tear up the whole block to make it fit right or if I should just put it somewhere else. It's a constant back and forth and I love it. Listening to me talk about won't do you any good, you just have to try it for yourself. It's classic SimCity and should tide everyone over until the next full next year.