TPR Challenge - We have a WINNER!

[A.J.]

Okay, so, I have some bad news.

 

CrazyParkManager left his computer at the Orlando International Airport. So, rather than use his phone to let us know about it, he chose to, well, not let us know about it! So, while he enjoys Thanksgiving with his family and waits for his computer to be delivered via snail mail, I've taken the helm and organized the public vote for his Village Gardens project. (Someone save me from this trauma, please...)

 

So, that means it's time to...

VOTE for your favorite Village Gardens parks!

 

If you've never voted for one of our challenges before, it's rather simple. All you have to do is select the two parks you like best in the multiple-choice poll.

 

Voting for the contest will last for just over two weeks. Voting closes at 3:00PM EST on Friday 9 December.

 

Remember that you will be disqualified if you vote for yourself.

 

At the close of the voting period, the park with the most votes will be declared a winner.

 

As always, the winner will receive a Theme Park Review Bag of Crap!

 

Click the names of the creators to be taken to their park's Game Exchange page.

 

 

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fab_74

 

 

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AJClarke0912

 

 

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AlmereStars

 

 

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MrSum1_55

 

http://themeparkreview.com/game_exchange/images/thumb/2462_SCR8.BMP

 

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accelerate

 

 

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deathbydinn

 

 

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The_SETGO_Guys

 

 

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sfgamguy

 

http://themeparkreview.com/game_exchange/images/thumb/2476_SCR149.BMP

 

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PDXtwistedsteel

 

No screenshots provided. Just one more excuse to download and see the park for yourself!

 

 

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That's it! Remember that you can vote for two submissions!

Edited December 19, 2011 by robbalvey

[QueerRudie]

Major kudos go to AJ for putting up the voting- due to a minor defect in your moderator here, my disk is being Fed-Ex'd here- THANK HIM! He did a great job with this!

 

R.D.

GFMT

[AlmereStars]

Thank You AJ!

 

So here are my votes (and thoughts for that matter)

 

[MOD EDIT: Remember, these are the opinions of one member- and aren't considered part of the voting process- R.D.- GFMT]

 

Fab_74

 

The first thing that I thought when I opened this park was "He didn't do a lot"... I was surprised that you managed to achieve the goals with not that many things. I really struggled with the challenge, so good job with this efficient park.

 

Unfortunatly the park doesn't have a lot to offer, it has 2 new rollercoaster and a couple of flat rides along with the rides that came with the challenge. It also could have used some theming.

 

I also have a qeustion for you.. cause I found this in your park, what where you planning to build?

 

Rating: 5/10

 

AJClarke0912

 

Good park! At the entrance of the park you didn't at a lot, but when you stroll down the rest of the park you'll find some great stuff. I like the fact that you added multiple stations to the railroad and incorporated them with the stations from other rides.

 

The wooded side of the park looks good, but the park has it down sides.

You used 2 standard rides (Splash Mine and Manic Miner) including the standard theming. Which is allowed, but I personally think creating your own adds some more charm to it.

 

The woody of the park, Black bear, looks really good. But sadly its closed and when I opened it I soon found out why it is closed: People are too scared to ride it

 

The star of the park is Bergsprung. Which is a great coaster, with a high capacity (and generating a lot of cash)... Its a big ride, which probably cost you a lot of money.. so good job on creating this coaster

 

Rating: 7/10

 

As I'm not rating my own park, lets move on to:

MrSum1_55

 

You open the park and BAM Duel rollercoaster! Awesome! I believe you are the only one that has a Duelling coaster in the park, so your scored some points on that! The blue one is going kind of slow though, but great job.

 

Now that the dueling coaster is out of the way, I don't think it is the big star of this park. For me that would be Runaway Mine Train. I love mine trains, and although it doesn't have a lot of theming it looks good (trees do a lot). You are on of the few people who didn't use the Splash Boats as the water ride. but I think you could have done more with the River Rapids.

 

Overall theming is simple, yet effecitve. But Super Looper is an unnecessary ride which spoils the entire lake. For me, the park also lacks flat rides.

 

Rate: 6.5/10

 

accelerate

 

Damn, you have a lot of money!.. why didn't you use that to plant some trees or something? its a shame, cause the park in general looks like a fair instead of a park.

 

But it has some good things! I like how you incorporated the bridges inside the stations of the railroad and The Bunny Hop. The custom Supports on Forbidden are great and I think time consuming.

 

The Go karts are really ugly though and the pathway towars Tsunami shouldn't cross the entire lake. I think that if you mirrored Tsunami and let the pathway go to Geurillia, it would have looked better. About Geurillia: I like it a lot! Nice compact coaster.

 

Like AJClarke0912 you also used standard RCT2 rides, which is a let down for me. And the whole layout looks like a mess with bridges and tunnels etc.

 

but overall theming looks okay. Unlike other parks it looks mechanical, while most parks uses Jungle and Mine theming.

 

Rating: 6/10

 

deathbydinn

 

Western/indian theming! nice and unique You also used River Rapids instead of Splash Boats but I don't really like this one. I think that if you lowered the ground beneath the ride, so the water is on ground level, it would have looked better. Its also pretty small and could use some more simple theming (like roofs on some points etc.). Also in that area, I think that the buildings are too blocky. If you change the height of several roof area's a bit it looks a lot better and more dynamic. Just like you did on the bridge in front of Tidal Wave. You can'also try to make your houses not to look like squares.

 

I Guess the Mine Mania rollercoaster is on sale, cause here it is again

 

Hillside Hurricane looks like a fun terrain coaster with some nice bunny hills at the end.

 

I love Water Coasters, so I like the fact that you used it You are also the only one that uses chairlifts. Which are good, but I think it would've looked better if you let them go trough the hillside some more.

 

Rating: 6/10

 

The_SETGO_Guys

 

Bleu Streak got some brothers! Thats a lot of track in so little space! Its funny to watch that for a second. I like it. Moo Moo Milk Farm is a great name! Boo Boo to the trims though.

 

This part of the park has some good rides, but there is little to no theming. Theming this place is a challenge on its own though with all the rides going trough each other.

 

The other side of the park is themed a lot better. Starting with a good Spiral Coaster. jeeh for the water coaster. But the stars (yeah 2) of the park got to be Arrow Mining Company and Summit! They look good, and if you themed the stations they would be one of the best in this challenge.

 

Overall its a shame that only one part of the park is themed.

 

rating: 6.5/10

 

sfgamguy

One of the view that didn't use single path! It looks a lot better. The entrance square is good, altough the Wild Mouse could use some station theming. Ghost Shaft looks good! You didn't use the normal Haunted House theming (like I did), but it still looks a like a good Haunted House.

 

Overall the Mine area of the park looks clean and open. I like what you did with the Log Flumes going over the pathway.

 

It looks like you had a time issue on the other side of the park.. which is a shame cause it has potential. The Hyper-Twister coaster is a fun small addition. But the enitre side of this park lacks theming.

 

Overall a good park!

 

Rating: 7/10

 

PDXtwistedsteel

Now thats weird..

 

Mine Mania has yet another clone. Splash Mine is also a standard ride. But I do like the Virginia Reel.

 

I think this park also lacks theming and it doesn't have a lot of rides.

 

Rating: 5.5/10

 

So thats it! My winners are sfgamguy and AJClarke0912

Edited November 27, 2011 by QueerRudie

[AJClarke0912]

Thanks for the detailed report! I like to see what other people think of my park.

 

I voted for you and deathbydinn. My two personal favorites!

[Jerrykoala2112]

I too voted for AJClarke0912 and deathbydinn. I loved the fact that they did a full circle around the lake. I didn't submit my park, but when I built my park, I didn't come close to building around the lake because it was too costly, so cu does to them!

 

Almere Stars, loved reading your reviews! I agree with most of them, if not, all of them!

[accelerate]

@Almere Errr... Thanks? I understand where you were critical, and btw, your park is amazing! You got a vote from me.

 

Oh, and A.J., the pic of Godzilla you have in my park is out of date; I've added theming to it.

[A.J.]

Sorry, I used only screenshots from the Game Exchange and the thread.

 

Haven't voted yet? You should! Voting ends in just over 24 hours!

[A.J.]

Congratulations go out to AJClarke0912! He has won the popular vote, so he gets that satchel of poopy...I mean bag of crap.

 

AJClarke, go ahead and PM your name and address to QueerRudie.

 

Thanks for everyone who played!

[MrSum1_55]

^Will there be a moderater's choice for this contest as well?

[QueerRudie]

Not this time around- There were less than 10 entries, so I felt that we didn't have enough for a second prize this time...

 

That having been said, you'll have another shot at some NIFTY goodness coming up in the next week or so...

 

R.D.

GFMT

[AlmereStars]

Congratulations!!! You know you had my vote

[netdvn]

Congratulations Justin

 

May your new Bag O Crap be as awesome as your last! Everybody else had some great parks too!

[AJClarke0912]

Wow I didn't know I had so many votes! Thanks everyone for voting for me and enjoying my park!