Sir Clinksalot

You don't need RCT3 to participate in the coaster challenges/contests. We are trying to encourage players of any RCT to get involved, if you still use RCT1 you can still participate, just save a coaster design that meets the conditions. If you use RCT2 or 3 just use the coaster designer to create a coaster that meets the conditions.

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That would be very cool. I don't have RCT3 though.

Hey Flyby, No actual challenge has been set yet, it's due to be officially started tomorrow complete with the full rules etc. But if you want to get practice in, these are the preliminary conditions: To design a rollercoaster using the Coaster Designer in any RCT (RCT1, RCT2 or RCT3 entries are allowed) that meet the following criteria. * Must fit within a 15x15 grid including the entrance and exit * Must be a regular Wooden Coaster, not ANY Wooden Variety (i.e. no Wooden Wild Mouse or Side Friction Coasters) * Must have an Excitement rating higher than 7 and an Intensity rating less than 8 These may be fleshed out a bit in the actual challenge but it's enough for if you want to get some practice in Edit: Clarified some parts of the post.

Thanks for that, I haven't played RCT1 for awhile, you can still save coaster designs though right ? in which case you just need to make sure you don't use scenery etc. Yeah it should be fun, I'm looking forward to seeing what everyone creates !

Yep, once we announce the first challenge it will have a specific coaster type listed. I believe it's a straightforward Wooden Coaster, no mine train or anything like that, just the Wooden Coaster. Also, all the rules will be set out in the post as well as how people should submit their coaster/parks. But for those that want to get some practice in before the announcement, the basic conditions for the first challenge are: To design a rollercoaster using the Coaster Designer in any RCT (1, 2 or 3 entries are allowed) that meet the following criteria. * Must fit within a 15x15 grid including the entrance and exit * Must be a regular Wooden Coaster, not ANY Wooden Variety (i.e. no Wooden Wild Mouse or Side Friction Coasters) * Must have an Excitement rating higher than 7 and an Intensity rating less than 8 So there you go, go practice, I'm sure that me and crispy will have an official thread started with the complete rules for submission and entry very soon. Be warned, the conditions may change but that should at least give you eager beavers something to play with for practice.

You might also want to create banners for signatures, also. Some folks might want to keep their avatar. Just a thought. Good point coasterdude5, I'll work out some banners too

Thanks for the comment Robb, it's much appreciated. Crispy and I don't mind doing it at all, I can't speak for crispy but I enjoy doing this kind of thing. I'm just working on some custom avatars as rewards for the winners. I've been pleasantly surprised by how positive in general the feedback for this is. It's nice to know that you support this ! Cheers, Pucechan

Hey Crispy, just thought I'd post, seeing as no-one else is! You know i'm interested! I've been practising and I am having a bit of difficulty in getting the excitment high whilst keeping the intensity low! It's driving me crazy, but it's fun! By, the way, I voted for "Yes that would be awesome" in case you were wondering!

As you know crispy, I'm all for it, I think it would give the Video Game forum a much needed injection as it can be fairly slow in there. I think some healthy competition is always welcome and can't do any harm.

Hmmm, I think you'll find we have Me, Bocakey, Crispy, AllisonY2K, Richard, Coasterdude5, Hattuchili and yourself. That's 8 so far by my reckoning Well, Crispy is the dude on this one, It'd be nice if we could get support for this from the powers that be. We'll see how this thread goes first.

I don't necessarily think the expansions were BAD as such for RCT2, they just didn't add very much in the way of rides. Both Wacky Worlds and Time Twister adding a fair amount of scenery and scenarios but that was all. I think Frontier have learnt their lessons since the RCT2 days as the expansions seem to actually be EXPANDING the core gameplay in RCT3. Soaked! gave us waterparks as well as a fair amount of scenery, fixes and features that people have been requesting since RCT3 launched like Tunnels and quite a few UI improvements, especially staffing related. With Wild! it looks like Frontier are really trying to expand the core gameplay again, with the whole Animal angle finally enabling people to produce all-in-one parks. They seem to be making it another all-rounder expansion, with new flatrides, new coasters (2 prototypes seen so far), more scenery and the whole Safari/Zoo aspect. Wild! could be a huge disaster though although I seriously doubt it based on Soaked! All in all I'm looking forward to Wild!

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What bugged me was the news last night. This was the first story. Then, seemingly less important, was a standoff where the guy had dynamite and was going to blow up a building. Um, I think we need to get our priorities straight around here.

Did I mention that I was interested?! What a good idea! I can't wait for it to start! I'm ready now!!!!

Ideally we'd make the parks/scenarios as identical as possible between RCT2 and 3 (at least as much as needed for a fair challenge) and then just have them to download. Then have a deadline and have people post the completed scenario/challenge for rating/voting. All the actual rules and stuff could be sorted out later, we just need to get a fairly good turnout of interest first. I imagine this to work similarly to how the Civilisation 3 Game of the Month contests are run at CivFanatics.com. I am really excited about this and will gladly help out with whatever is needed, scenarios/parks, graphics etc.

No worries crispy, this is the sort of thing that should be encouraged. Coaster Challenges like the one you suggested are great, there are so many other options for competitions with RCT as well... we should really never run out of options. Feel free to e-mail me or pm me to help out.

Yeah for the most part there shouldn't be any conflict, some coasters may be slightly different between the two games though (pieces etc.) but I can't see any reason why we can't have entries from both in the same competition. And yes it's a great idea, should generate a lot more interest in the Video Games forum as well as create some healthy competitive atmosphere. I'll definitely help out with Map/Scenario creation for either RCT2, RCT3 or Soaked! Let me know if I can be of service GREAT IDEA!

Hey Crispy, I'm definately up for any kind of RCT competitions! Don't mind if it's in RCT2 or 3 cos they are both cool! Great idea!

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^ Aren't trolls evil things that live under bridges? BTW that was a joke and I don't need to be told what a freaking troll is!

Fair enough, I agree, they could probably have found a more interesting looking screenshot, and hopefully they will in following Fridays. But you have to remember that what people write can be taken a couple of ways depending on how they are read. It also depends a lot on where people are from, how well they know you etc. Just saying, "This looks freaking tacky." especially with the freaking, looks like a straight out attack and a comment meant not just as a troll but as a wholly negative statement. Single-line posts are rarely constructive unless in a poll-type situation. A little clarification would have made that post look a lot more mature and un-troll like.

^^ okay, okay, why oh why does it look "freaking tacky"? I really would love to know what you mean by it! It may turn out to be a "freaking tacky" expansion, but we've only seen 8 pics so far. Give it a chance!!!!!