DATman Posted May 29, 2006 Posted May 29, 2006 http://www.wgal.com/news/9275553/detail.html Sad day in the RCT world indeed. Just watch the vid of this ride, and be amazed that they gave this kid 100,000 dollars.
zburns999 Posted May 29, 2006 Posted May 29, 2006 I agree 100%. This "coaster" had three lift hills, 4 vertical loops, a single corkscrew followed by a barrel roll (on an Arrow looper mind you), about 10 boring 180 degree turns, and no break run. The best part is that this kid was praised as being "a potential coaster designer," for the practicality and originality of his design. I will forever live in fear of the other entries sent in, knowing that this was declared the winner.
Skyfly Posted May 29, 2006 Posted May 29, 2006 Please tell me they were forbidden from using scenery too, because wow. A monkey with a two by four could bang something like that out.
bovinejumpsuit Posted May 30, 2006 Posted May 30, 2006 anyone think he is a son of a hersey executive?
ShoubraStreet74 Posted May 30, 2006 Posted May 30, 2006 Oh look, a 10 year old made a crappy coaster in rct3. Let's give him $100,000.
coasterfreak101 Posted May 30, 2006 Posted May 30, 2006 I was just about to post this! I am so POed with myself, because I didn't enter this. If this freakin' design got him $100,000, my design (or anyone else's) should've gotten at least $500,000. He's gotta be related somehow, it's so wrong. --Tyler *EDIT: According to the caption of one of those screenshots, the kid lives in Lancaster. Isn't that right near Hershey, PA?*
kennywood!007 Posted May 30, 2006 Posted May 30, 2006 One word/expression well two , I should have enterd my 12-year old brother who maybe played Rct3 once, to win me 100,000 dollars!
thefitness Posted May 30, 2006 Posted May 30, 2006 I HATE THIS KID!(kidding) But still WTF how does that coaster win?? his coaster deserves to explode and the judges who picked it
Vekoma Fan Boy Posted May 30, 2006 Posted May 30, 2006 Please tell me they were forbidden from using scenery too, because wow. A monkey with a two by four could bang something like that out. A monkey with a 2x4, are you kidding me? I would have gone with "urine sample". Was this the "Let's see who can build the crappiest coaster" contest? And the 90* banked turn sucked too it wasn't going fast enough. The people would get very uncomfortable.
Angry_Gumball Posted May 30, 2006 Posted May 30, 2006 Now, let's give that kid NL and see what he can't whip up...that's when the truth would come out.
DATman Posted May 30, 2006 Author Posted May 30, 2006 ^nah, that's more of an arrow design, so he's out of a job...
Angry_Gumball Posted May 30, 2006 Posted May 30, 2006 Personally, something like this should have been submitted...now, that woulda deserved the 100k. BTW, anyone remember who built this? (It was a TPR member).
the sound Posted May 30, 2006 Posted May 30, 2006 I was going to enter that, excep tit said you had to live in the U.S.A. I would so have won! That coaster was so crap! I Can't believe it!
inverted_aussie Posted May 30, 2006 Posted May 30, 2006 wow, the crappiest coaster i have ever built on rct wud hav beaten that kid... its amazing what can get u 100 grand these days...
rollermonkey Posted May 30, 2006 Posted May 30, 2006 Yeah, that's pretty bad. I wonder if there was some sort of time limit? Doesn anybody know what the limitations of the contest were?
Skyfly Posted May 30, 2006 Posted May 30, 2006 I'm lazy, so here's a link to the Official Rules. Doesn't look like there's any sort of limitation, AND it was supposed to be judged by a "qualified panel." http://www.hersheys.com/back-to-school/official-rules.asp Seems like they just drew the name out of a hat, though that would have to be breaking a crapton of federal laws.
rollermonkey Posted May 30, 2006 Posted May 30, 2006 Wow, I read the rules. He must have been the only entrant!
the sound Posted May 30, 2006 Posted May 30, 2006 It says there were over 1500 other contestants. I can't imagine there coasters!
jason10 Posted May 30, 2006 Posted May 30, 2006 I could never make a coaster as crap as that even if I tried! If I entered that competition thing I might aswell just make a station, two bends, a couple of streights and another two bends to go in the station. Whoopty doooo. I won $100,000 for trying to make a crap design and not a good one! Grrrrrrrrrrr it makes me so frustrated. *hits himself round the head, the moniter, the screen and the person sitting next to him* Person sitting behind me is saying... "let it all out."
Guest Posted May 30, 2006 Posted May 30, 2006 call that a coaster, I could do better with my eyes shut, i'm no coaster designer in no way at all but thats a disgrace, even my 26inversion coaster is better than that. As AngryGumbal said give him NL, muhahahahaha yeah took me like ages to figure it out, I can't even do inversions on that yet, I wouldn't even give $1 for that, more like half of a half cent. One word to describe that, RUBBISH, saying that so was my attempt of a no limits coaster, but i'll get there.
rollermonkey Posted May 30, 2006 Posted May 30, 2006 I know what you mean, I figured out vertical loops OK, but corkscrews or anything more complex give me NL Nightmares!
Guest Posted May 30, 2006 Posted May 30, 2006 to be honest I have no idea to do them either, hahahahahahaha can I have $100,000 please i'll believe that when I see it
coasters 4 me Posted May 30, 2006 Posted May 30, 2006 Maybe the judges just picked one at random? Because, anyone could make something like that. It is a piece of crap.
coasterdude5 Posted May 30, 2006 Posted May 30, 2006 I'm glad I didn't take the time to make a nice one! That's really sad...
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