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Arigaito! (spelling, sorry!) The Japanese seem to have this gadget fetish like no other place on earth- and I thought Narita had a lot of Gadget shops- this is ridiculous!

Crap. So that's where it was three weeks ago. I was in the wrong terminal. LAX can't even get the suicide booths in the right place. Robb: The TR needs more food photos- and by far, two pics of StarPort 86 are NOT enough.

^ Best. TPR BAG OF CRAP. Post. Ever.

Stunning, Mike, simply stunning.

A.J.: that would have to be ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

^ ICK. ICK. ICK. (No wonder your mother couldn't order things from Sears... the pages were sticky.)

Using the A.D.A. Guidelines to eliminate lines at theme parks... (Thank you US Government for that... no more Q-Bots, no more lines, no more waiting)

Amazing Photo TR; Just out of curiositiy, do you have more pics of the River Rapids ride? That one looks INSANE.

^ ENTER it in the Track of the Week Contest!!! R.D.

^ Kleenex, please. Amazing, A.J. Simply Amazing. A perfect rendition of one of my top-ten coasters ever. R.D.

Shuttle Launch allowed? <: Head meet wall. Wall meet Head. Become friends. Repeat. I'm wondering if just for ONCE somebody would SIMPLY READ THE F'ING statements. I mean REALLY. If it got spelled out any clearer, Helen Keller would be able to PLAY THE ToTW contest. End rant.

Before answering that, remember this: 1.) How many B&M shuttle coasters are there? 2.) How many B&M launch coasters are there? There's your answer! (Seriously for a second, folks: Don't try to interpret too much out of the given track! If we say "B&M Sitdown Looping, that's pretty clear- it's a sitdown looper by B&M. Not a launcher, not a shuttle, but a full-circuit B&M Looper.) R.D. Games Forum Moderating Team

Nah- Our kids are WAAAY too bright for that, after all, you ARE sitting down, therefore it's a sitdown coaster... (Perhaps, just for the sake of our slower, not-so-bright apple kids, we should S-P-E-L it out for them: A coaster like Kumba, Dragon Kahn or Wildfire is a SITDOWN LOOPER. A coaster like Medusa, Dark Knight or Kraken is a FLOORLESS coaster. Just in case there's confusion over it...

I can hope so- When I get back to my own computer, I'll be re-writing the format for the spreadsheet (and re-organizing it as well). I think this will really put a fire underneath people to get moving.

It looks like the numbers didn't change all that much; CBC was the winner- but by a narrow narrow margine of less than 5.0 pts. (THe spreadsheet is acting 'funny' so I've had to do it by hand. The winner is Coasterboy80-

Sure nuff- I'll try to get it out as soon as possible- but have a 'dinner' meeting in a few minutes- R.D.

Anyone interested in stopping by and paying him a visit? Damn my being on the wrong side of the country- and the wrong side of the planet right now... I'm wondering what sort of 'clue' those will be- or for that matter, if anybody will get one 'digitally'?

B&M Sitdown looping for me- although inverted works out well, too. How did you like it? I'm looking for ideas for the next update for it already; I've got a few ideas, but I'd like feedback on how you liked it's design. Also, I'd run the numbers tommorow morning, just to be on the safe side- I just found the last competitior in the bin a few minutes ago (On a different schedule right now due to the Paris Air Show). (And yes, your ride DOES have that special feel to it that I really liked, A.J. The CBC clone knocked my head off- and got 'demerit' points when I ranked it.) As for the new 'points' system for the ToTW contest: Perhaps we should explain that we're changing up the system officially starting tommorow- and explain the earlier you get your park in, the better it is for a potential 'win' in the challenge. Any thoughts about this?

The cutoff for the Track of The Week contest is Midnight Monday- so any entries to that point are elegible. HOWEVER: The sooner you get your ride in, the sooner you can be voted on.

ERT on Mindbender... I'm SO there!

Ummmm... I don't think that your listed website exists... could you please verify the name?

Halfway point update: 11 entries- plus the one I've put up as well (my own) with one that's a potential DQ due to being out of format. I've e-mailed him to send us the 'saved game' format- instead of the Scenario format (for obvious reasons; if he's made it into a scenario, it's going to be impossible to see if he's 'fixed' the park up with that feature) Not a bad start- but I want to double that, plus some. My goal is 25 entries this round- if not more. C.P.M. will be 'promoting' the park today- and continuing to offer encouragement along the way. R.D.

ToTW 'points' generator v.1.01 (Or how I learned to stop worrying and love the functional equasion of advance requirements) OK: Here it is: After some tinkering and some experimenting, version 1.01a is now ready to be used. It's simple: I think we're ready for a 'dry run' of the spreadsheet with today's contest- we can then take a look at how close it plays out to what's desired. Instructions are the same- but I think it will make it easier for us to get an accurate 'point-count' in the future. I'm already working on V.1.02 and V2.0 for the future- stay tuned. R.D. ToTW worksheet 1.01A.xlsx Here it is- have fun...

Such a good time I think to visit my friend Paolo in Ancona...

OUT. FREAKIN. STANDING. R.D. Games Forum Moderating Team