themeparkologist Posted April 6, 2010 Share Posted April 6, 2010 (edited) I am doing a Nolimits contest for TPR and I will be needing a helper and a second judge/co-host. The system of receiving and judging will be anonymous and totally secretive. The helper will receive all entries by email and simply rename them something generic (track1 etc.) to send on to the judges. I will be a judge and another judge will be accepted by me. And we will co-host the contest together. No progress photos will be allowed! Information: Judge: Only one selected by myself to help me in the judging of the coasters. All entries will remain anonymous to us until the day a helper sends the key to us to place them in the order of highest score to lowest. You must be able to tell and fairly accurately rate a coaster of its quality. It will be taken into account! The judge and I will average our ratings for each track and hopefully will be close to each other. Helper: Simply is emailed the tracks, renames them generically, sends them to the judges, who will rate, and then the helper sends the key to the judges. (Key: track1=_____). The helper MIGHT make a template that I will use. No 20 meters by 20 meters for a B&M Mega, Helper. It will NOT affect the track type, though. The contest will be held from April 12-May 10. If you will not have access to a computer with Nolimits for the end of this contest (Judge) or to receive tracks at any time (Helper), please, do NOT sign up. Those who request information may NOT work on their track until someone else requests and accepts. If you are the only one so far or are selected to preform that task then you cannot enter and upload your entry. (you know who you are!). You may not enter until you (judge or helper) are not selected. Then, on April 12, you may start and enter at free will. Remember, nobody has all of the info except me, and even I won't know a little of it until later. Those interested for_ Judge: 1. haux 2. nln00b 3. monkeyoverlord71 4. Eamon Kelly 5. Jcoasters 6. Helper: 1. Jcoasters 2. Coastergeek101 3. .nlpack is needed for both positions! If you post or PM that you are interested, please include which position you want, and info will be PMed or emailed to you. If you have questions, please ask! Details and winners to be released at a later date. EDIT: Please PM me if you received information or not! Edited April 11, 2010 by themeparkologist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoasterGeek101 Posted April 6, 2010 Share Posted April 6, 2010 I am interested in a helper, I am not good enough for a judge. Also, do you need nlpack? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haux Posted April 6, 2010 Share Posted April 6, 2010 I'd like to be a judge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themeparkologist Posted April 6, 2010 Author Share Posted April 6, 2010 ^^.nlpack is needed, it's free however. There is a thread with a list of tools in this forum. It is available there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoasterGeek101 Posted April 6, 2010 Share Posted April 6, 2010 Ok, I will get nlpack anyways. If I end up not being a helper, I am currently working on a secret track that I will enter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themeparkologist Posted April 6, 2010 Author Share Posted April 6, 2010 ^!'m sorry, you cannot do this. You have the information. You MUST wait until April 12. Maybe you could work on Octillious. Besides, I haven't given you all of the information. Only I have all of it. Re-start later, have fun redoing everything! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nln00b Posted April 6, 2010 Share Posted April 6, 2010 I'll volunteer to be a judge. I know I'm not that great at making them, but I am able to detect what the problems are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeyoverlord71 Posted April 6, 2010 Share Posted April 6, 2010 I'd judge it with you. I'm not the greatest builder but I heve helped a few people work out the problems in thierr tracks and would like to think of myself as a good judge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoasterGeek101 Posted April 7, 2010 Share Posted April 7, 2010 ^!'m sorry, you cannot do this. You have the information. You MUST wait until April 12. Maybe you could work on Octillious. Besides, I haven't given you all of the information. Only I have all of it. Re-start later, have fun redoing everything! My bad, I will have tons of fun re-doing it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themeparkologist Posted April 7, 2010 Author Share Posted April 7, 2010 ^Is this a definite I don't want to be a possible helper? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoasterGeek101 Posted April 7, 2010 Share Posted April 7, 2010 ^Is this a definite I don't want to be a possible helper? No, I still would like to be a helper. P.S. I found nlpack and installed it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themeparkologist Posted April 7, 2010 Author Share Posted April 7, 2010 ^Good! Do you have an account at nolimits-exchange.com? It's the official exchange site and all you need is and email password and username (preferably the same as here, it makes things easier). If not, get one! You can download all sorts of nice tracks (most are .nlpack) but you must rate most of them and use the proper rating technique. The best to get show up on the highest rated coasters of all time. You might want to get the top 15 or so to learn things. And then, search for your favorite real coasters. Rate them! The rating system being used for this contest is similar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoasterGeek101 Posted April 7, 2010 Share Posted April 7, 2010 Ok, I found the site and I am applying for a membership. I will use CoasterGeek101. When will we know what the final helpers and judges are? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themeparkologist Posted April 7, 2010 Author Share Posted April 7, 2010 ^I knew I forgot something! On Friday, the 9th at midnight. Last minute sign ups are due by 11:59 PM Central Time. For helper, at some point, send in your required deciding factors (if you will be or won't) by email to me. Judges, I will look up your ratings and what you have rated in the meantime to determine who will get the position. If two or more are very close, I will close my eyes and point somewhere on the screen. The closest will get the position. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eamon Kelly Posted April 8, 2010 Share Posted April 8, 2010 I'd be interested in judging. I know I haven't posted much, but I frequent the site a lot. I think I'd make an excellent judge because I'm a mechanical engineering student. I'm from the Ohio State Theme Park Engineering Group, and right now I'm the intern at Great Coasters. I've also used NoLimits, including some of the 3rd party add-ons like elementary. I know a lot about coaster physics, and would definitely be able to judge accurately on the 'realism' of the models. Let me know what you think! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themeparkologist Posted April 8, 2010 Author Share Posted April 8, 2010 ^Thank you for stating this! I had to look up others reviews and see if they were fair in judging or not. Sometimes its difficult. Remember everyone, there is still time to sign up! ^Remember, get the Track Packager if you don't have it already! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eamon Kelly Posted April 8, 2010 Share Posted April 8, 2010 ^Thank you for stating this! I had to look up others reviews and see if they were fair in judging or not. Sometimes its difficult. No problem. This is supposed to be in my sig, but here's a link to my personal website: Link. It'll give you a little more info about what I'm all about. ^Remember, get the Track Packager if you don't have it already! Got it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themeparkologist Posted April 8, 2010 Author Share Posted April 8, 2010 ^To add your signature to every post, simply go to the user control panel and board preferences. Always attach signature will be in edit posting defaults. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eamon Kelly Posted April 8, 2010 Share Posted April 8, 2010 Ah. Thanks. Didn't know I had to turn it on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jcoasters Posted April 9, 2010 Share Posted April 9, 2010 ^Good! Do you have an account at nolimits-exchange.com? It's the official exchange site. Actually, no it is not. There is no "official" No Limits exchange website. -- Also, I would like to be a judge. I have been playing No Limits for quite some time now, and although I'm no master, I'm not a n00b either. Additionally, I have read many books on structural engineering, and know quite a lot about it. I often criticize works of structural engineering that I see, wether I'm driving down the highway, or watching a show about engineering. Oh, and if you don't know, structural engineering is the engineering of bridges and towers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nln00b Posted April 9, 2010 Share Posted April 9, 2010 I'm no master, I'm not a n00b either Is that referring to me? JK! Should be a great contest! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themeparkologist Posted April 9, 2010 Author Share Posted April 9, 2010 ^^Glad more are signing up! Also, I'd heard that nolimits-exchange was. Guess he wasn't right. P.s. Who on this site doesn't know what structural engineering is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jcoasters Posted April 10, 2010 Share Posted April 10, 2010 I'm no master, I'm not a n00b either Is that referring to me? JK! Should be a great contest! No. I was not saying I was a n00b. I'm in between. ^^Glad more are signing up! Also, I'd heard that nolimits-exchange was. Guess he wasn't right. P.s. Who on this site doesn't know what structural engineering is? Yeah, NL - Exchange was started by Mathew Davies. And, some people do not know about structural engineering. For example: on NL Bench I answered several people's questions about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themeparkologist Posted April 10, 2010 Author Share Posted April 10, 2010 This is very last minute but is anyone interested in helper? He's dropped out. PLEASE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themeparkologist Posted April 10, 2010 Author Share Posted April 10, 2010 The sign ups for being a Judge are over. Judge announced soon. It saddens me that there is no longer an entry for Helper... However, if anyone is still interested in Helper, I'll extend the Helper sign ups until 6 PM Central Time tomorrow night. Speak now or forever hold your peace. In the event that there is no helper, there will be some changes to the original plan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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