dammie16@vt.edu Posted July 30, 2008 Posted July 30, 2008 the only thing I got was the german park and german site and that page 2 meant page two of the resulting google thread since nothing useful was on page two of the thread. But how were we supposed to get plohn and achterbahn or was he just lucky?
HEADCHEEZ Posted July 30, 2008 Posted July 30, 2008 Congratulations! But why did the site go down TWICE during this? Anyway, Thanks Robb! This was the most fun I've ever had on TPR!
Guest Posted July 30, 2008 Posted July 30, 2008 Sounds very cool. Seems like a really unique ride compared to the others GCI has done. Will the tunnels be full, or just roofs like on Roar?
HEADCHEEZ Posted July 30, 2008 Posted July 30, 2008 What was with the Fish, Page 2, and auto bingo? And what were the 3 words?
robbalvey Posted July 30, 2008 Author Posted July 30, 2008 Ok, story time...gather around the campfire little TPR's campers! I was chatting to Joe at GCI last night about some random stuff and we got on the subject of a new GCI project that he *thought* was announced very quietly but he couldn't say anything about it until he could confirm that indeed the park had put up a banner announcing the ride. So this morning I get an email from Evan & Joe with the images in my email box and a link to the post that Coasterlover eventually found saying something about "lets turn this into a game." And I figured "HELL YES!!!" So I posted the images and of course everyone was assuming it was SFMM, WoF, CGA, Morey's or any other "rumored" GCI woodie project that's been floating around. A few people actually did guess the park right but I realized that in order to be a real "game" there needed to be a goal. Finding the link was the most obvious choice for an ending to all this madness. The only REAL clues were the "three words" which, if you Googled "Great Coasters Plohn" you would find on Page 2 of Google this link: http://www.ep-board.de/viewtopic.php?p=50605&sid=fab8546670232988d54801f60cdbcb56 When you think about it, it's not THAT hard. "Manufacturers Name" + "Park Name" The topic subtitle originally said "GCI" but I changed that to "Great Coasters" and that was the "Change" that I made and also two of the words. I thought some people would figure out the third word because "Forellenhof" was a clue in that the park name is "Erlebnispark Forellenhof Plohn." If you searched "Forellenhof" on RCDB it comes right up. I purposely changed the filenames so it would draw attention to "Forellenhof" and thought that would make people go down that road a bit even more. That didn't work! hansrubens was technically the first person who posted about Erlebnispark Forellenhof Plohn so I should probably send him a bag of crap too! Norman translated "Forellenhof" to "Trout Farm" which is why I posted the pictures of the trout and "Fishy Fishy Fish." The bingo cards meant nothing other than "BINGO! You are heading in the right direction!" So congrats to coasterlover! PM me with your address and you'll get a bag of crap! --Robb "Did I leave anything out?" Alvey
natatomic Posted July 30, 2008 Posted July 30, 2008 ^ You left out the fact that I was the one who correctly identified it as being a roller coaster. That was half the puzzle right there! Come on now - give credit where credit is due.
HEADCHEEZ Posted July 30, 2008 Posted July 30, 2008 And the most suspenseful night in TPR history is over. Thank you Robb. this was so much fun!
carolinacaniac Posted July 30, 2008 Posted July 30, 2008 that was a fun little challenge, too bad my little Mel Gibson Conspiracy Theory about the positioning of the tabs on the bingo card was for not! Sounds like a good coaster.
robbalvey Posted July 30, 2008 Author Posted July 30, 2008 So my question is back to Coasterlover...how did you figure it all out? Please explain! --Robb
Guy T. Koepp Posted July 30, 2008 Posted July 30, 2008 This was one of the most fun threads to watch ever! Congrats Coasterlover on your fine detective work. Enjoy your Bag-O-Crap.
CoasterLover Posted July 30, 2008 Posted July 30, 2008 A LOT of luck... I really felt the original name of the images, "forellenhof", was a big clue and I ran with it. When I found that there really was a park with that name, I couldn't get it out of my mind that that was the park in reference. As such, I began a long quest on google to find a page that would present the proof. As such, I searched for pages containing Forellenhof Plohn, 2009, GCII, GCI, roller coaster... any terms that seemed they might work. When you hinted that the page was not in english, I changed my search for only pages written in German and started searching for German terms... achterbahn (the German word for Roller Coaster) being the most helpful. A search for "Forellenhof Achterbahn 2009" yielded no results, but when I changed the search to "Freizeitpark Plohn Achterbahn 2009" (RCDB suggested "Freizeitpark Plohn" as the more common name of the park, I had a hit. The seventh entry down looked to most closely fit my search and when I saw "Great Coasters" in the hit result, I figured I must have stumbled upon the result... A bit backwards of a way of finding it, and probably the most coincidental way to find it, but it ended up being successful, so I can't complain... Robb, I PMed you my addy, if you could verify that you got it, that would be appreciated...
kraken613 Posted July 30, 2008 Posted July 30, 2008 Wow this thread exploded! You created a something Robb! haha
cooksta77 Posted July 30, 2008 Posted July 30, 2008 Congrats CoasterLover! Wow Robb great topic! Fun to watch!
MagicMountainMan Posted July 30, 2008 Posted July 30, 2008 Congratulations Coaster Lover! This is how Magic Mountain should announce their new coaster.
Looty Posted July 30, 2008 Posted July 30, 2008 ^Zing!!! Very nice idea though with the whole easter egg/google scavenger hunt.
socalMAN123 Posted July 30, 2008 Posted July 30, 2008 This was a super fun thread to watch. Very entertaining. Congrats CoasterLover! ---Brent
robbalvey Posted July 30, 2008 Author Posted July 30, 2008 Coasterlover, your "Bag of Crap" is in the mail! I'm sure everyone would like to see a Photo TR of when you get it! --Robb
thrillgeek Posted July 30, 2008 Posted July 30, 2008 Dang I'm so mad I was at work all day and couldn't participate in this little game! Well....it was fun to read about non the less.
hansrubens Posted July 30, 2008 Posted July 30, 2008 hansrubens was technically the first person who posted about Erlebnispark Forellenhof Plohn so I should probably send him a bag of crap too! Yeah I win, I win. But I guess I was too late on giving the details of this coaster. Those damn timezones.
dammie16@vt.edu Posted July 30, 2008 Posted July 30, 2008 Man I wsa so close I was googling Great Coasters Forellenhof and Forellenhof Plohn GCI and Forellenhof Great Coasters BOOOOOO lol P.S. This was a lot of fun and my favorite google result was when I googled "Forellenhof rumored GCI Trout Coaster" lol
CoasterLover Posted July 30, 2008 Posted July 30, 2008 From the same original message board I found the "announcement" they have a picture of the banner and the initial site work now up as well... Initial Ground Work The banner at the park, complete with park logo, ride layout picture, stats, and GCII logo. Again, the link to that thread is as follows: http://www.ep-board.de/viewtopic.php?p=50605&sid=fab8546670232988d54801f60cdbcb56
Ccron10 Posted July 30, 2008 Posted July 30, 2008 Darn! I'm late! lol Looks like you guys had a lot of fun and that layout looks something packed full of airtime. I wonder if it could be compared to the Phoenix?
i am legend--in bed Posted July 30, 2008 Posted July 30, 2008 Well, thanks Robb! That was the most fun I've had on TPR!
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