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Whoa this is news to me... I only really frequent the Coasters and VideoGame boards here... Seriously seeing some of the people who have been a lot of fun to talk to saying they aren't coming back is kinda sad. I'm kinda sorry to see things go bad. Hopefully people will be back despite what they have said. As I said I was completely unaware of any of this happening...

Yeah seeing the thing crash was cool. Especially as you accelerate incredibly quickly and then... Swoosh you are flying along the track outside.

I think they could fit a Swatter there... I mean sure it could mean reconfiguring the picnic area a tad but it would so be worth it... C'mon Six Flags... We need some love. Oh and personally I consider the Panda Express we have (or at least had I haven't been there this season) good food. Mmm Orange Chicken... aka Orange Crack... Such good stuff. So I'm hoping for some S&S lovin. It would be sweet.

C'mon S&S Swatter... (Crosses Fingers) Heck one is hoping for a home after Astroworld closes... It could be a great addition to the park. Well I can dream can't I?

Ok yeah so I have no real great names and stuff but hey I thought I would share what I was building because well... it has kinda turned out looking pretty cool I thought. I guess the story is that the whole park started because I wanted to make a park where the centerpiece at the entrance was two half-pipe coasters lauching in opposite directions... I have since found out that half-pipe coasters can't be synchronized despite what the settings for the ride say... But what the heck. Anyway the pics are below. If you are wondering what is in the building it is a Disko that runs really close to the ceiling. I thought it was a cool idea and I don't really like the look of the Disko otherwise. Finally an overview of everything so far. Kinda small but it is gonna grow. Plus I am having fun with it. My computer is gonna hate me soon though... Oh and this is the only shot you can see that the Giga-Coaster goes over the entrance. A simple shot of the station of the giga-coaster. This area is one I am just starting work on. Another shot of the full end... You can see the layout of some of the rides better from this perspective. Better shot of the Intamin style Giant Flume and the giga-coaster can be seen going by the sling-shot. Shot of the most complete end of the park. Seriously compact and the giga-coaster winds around the area. I love the way it all interacts. The Disko is in that building BTW.

Latest shots selected from those submitted for release by the beta testers... Atari has chosen to release these beta testers can't release them themselves. http://www.ataricommunity.com/forums/showthread.php?s=66e68081b006e67610ddf99f6cf3ab60&threadid=493749

Ok here are my two coasters... Ice Flow unfortunately I don't have time to change the scenario so it still has the hills around it. I really wanted to but I just haven't really had much time this week. (fixed that one... I believe...) The other one is Vampire's Flight and I will post the file in a second... I guess I need to get rid of a few paths... I know terrible names but well... Hopefully you will like the coasters... Basically Vampires Flight I put in a castle in the start where the line is housed and it dives into a catacombs area before climbing the lift hill. It also has a small section it goes through as it goes over a camel back. I like it... Ice Flow is a more simplistic design with more limited scenery but it has some nice hills and keeps a pretty nice speed throughout the layout. Oh sorry about the lack of pics... I'll try to get more up a bit later but I have a test tomorrow so I was kinda rushing it all to get it up... (sorry about the continued lack of pics... I don't know if I am going to have time before the contest closes...) Vampire Flight Ice Flow

The Voyage... There is nothing that can compare in my mind... I mean seriously it is the biggest wooden coaster built for years and it is being built in one of the most friendly parks in the nation. I really want to go next year... But seriously how could someone not be excited about it? I mean nearly 30 seconds of airtime... Thats some serious time out of your seat. If you want a second that would almost certainly be Speed Monster right now. It has some seriously messed up inversions and the placement of it on the hillside of Tusenfryd could make it an absolutely beautiful coaster to ride as well as a crazy one. The Flying coaster at Magic Mountain is definitely in my thoughts but we have no idea what it will be like right now so I'm not really excited about it. Well there you have it... Voyage all the way...

Doesn't it seem like the whole Screamscape update today could have been scraped from the forums here? I mean Superman pics... Here... Astroworld closing... Here... In fact only about two of those aren't on the forums here...

The mind just boggles... Is that even a sentence... I think Elissa just conjugated a rodent...

There is a mist generator in Soaked! A few of those produce that sort of effect.

Hey well the Log Flume is under the Roller Coaster category in RCT3 (heaven knows why... It seems they just threw all tracked rides there... WTH)... So technically it would count. I would really suck with a Log Flume ride though. Then you get to analyze my craptacular scenery in slow speed...

Wait can a monorail be built in a 6x6? I guess it could just... I mean the corners are 2x2... You could almost fit a full monorail with stations into that space.

I just hope we get the Swatter at EG... We need a good flat... This is a bit disturbing though as it sets a bad precedent for the rest of the parks... If the land is worth enough the park is gone... Thats not something I want to think about. I know Elitches is pretty damn small but it is smack dab in the middle of downtown Denver now and I can't imagine the space is worth nothing...

I'm not really complaining about this contest... I just kinda don't want to have to always fake tunnels. The way that Soaked does tunnels is just so much better than the way that you can do it otherwise in RCT3. I'm kinda having fun this contest but I have some ideas I can only do with real tunnels... I'm just hoping that I will be able to do those in the future.

I've been working on my entries... I just am really bad at building... So it is taking me a long long time. It is fun to do a themed coaster but I'm not understanding why we aren't allowed to do tunnels just because there isn't the ability to do it in the original RCT3. I mean heck the main reason why I got Soaked before having fun with the waterslides was for the tunnels...

So PuceChan why should those of us with the ability to tunnel be punished? I just don't understand why we need to throw out the baby with the bathwater here... I mean sure they can't tunnel. Well they can work around it... It would be about equivalent to saying that RCT3 owners can't use track sections that aren't in RCT2. I guess I am saying if you want to make it a part of the challenge for one or two then I am ok with it. I don't think it should be consistent just because some people can't do it.

I've seen them at quite a few parks as well... Heck I have seen several water fight things with 4 of those little booth things.

I definitely think that there should be ones without scenery. For some of us (ie me...) scenery is a really big challenge. I love building rides but when it comes to theme them half the time I have screwed up by placing sections too close together or I just don't feel like going through the tedium of building a building piece by bloody freaking piece and then putting on the roof... UGh!!! I think the compact coasters are a really fun challenge and they shouldn't be stopped in favor of just going with scenery related ones. Oh and BTW when you guys create the next scenarios you should edit out all other rides.

Of course... Considering CP has 2 rides above the largest in MM... Considering that Flashback hasn't operated in a few years... Considering that CP at least still has transport rides... Magic Mountain needs to put in some more family friendly rides again... That said of course I can't wait to see what this ride turns out to be... I just think Magic Mountain has to refocus their efforts a bit.

Elissa are you guys gonna do a domestic trip for those of us of the financially challenged nature (stupid college tuition is expected to keep rising... dumb exchange rate...)?

Ack... So no traveling through the building? How can they not see that is one of the coolest things in the Florida version. I mean it just boggles the mind the first time you ride that you are moving horizontally and have left the lift shaft. It is just such a weird experience. I dunno I guess it just seems kinda sad that only the Florida version seems to have that. BTW can anyone explain to me how the DCA version works? Is it able to run two different cars because it has the two loading levels? So like one is in the ride system while one is loading? Does the DCA one have a higher capacity? These have probably been answered before but I can't remember. Ok I just read that my assumption was right... How does being on the different levels affect the ride? It seems like it would right?

Why isn't there? The ride has a track for the section it is actually moving through the building it isn't on a track during the drop sections... So it could easily have a simple track for the progress through the building which it leaves to go into the drop section.

No it would be impossible... You couldn't get that much energy out of a linear motor(at least I don't think you can consistently yet)... It would have to have a longer launch area... Seriously don't you guys think that the engineers there know what they are doing? I'm sure they would have gone with something else if they could affordably do it but it just doesn't make sense when a ride already is running as much as TTD did. I mean I know the military is working on linear motors for launching airplanes off of carriers but if they don't have it working yet why should civilians?

Yeah it has been pointed out several times that PGA is about the only Paramount park without a Scooby dark ride... I would probably guess that... Although I would love them to try out that Adams Family or the MTV coaster... PGA needs a new coaster. It has been 4 years since one was added and 2 years since 2 were removed...