Week 10 Weekly Digest (7th-13th January 2023)
OK, folks; Week 10 is now upon us! The things I have to go through this week are slightly different, so let's get straight to it!
Round 8 and Round 9 Voting
Both Round 8 and Round 9 are being voted upon this week.
As I previously explained, Round 8 Voting has been delayed to this week due to an extension request. I apologise for the delay.
Nevertheless, Round 8 Voting is now open! Please vote for your Round 8 favourites via this Google Form:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeVVNdbrfgVdxV6kQlBTOC_RmCam81M5GfLNjr2KxZ--M3V_Q/viewform
Just as a reminder, here are the Round 8 submissions:
As Round 9 has just ended, those submissions also need voting on.
Please vote for your Round 9 favourites via this Google Form:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfZLG_YrTWDdD2tB1ZJEaLp6t6FxvBnJB8OSmP2nDC1MfFzSQ/viewform
To give you a reminder of what you're voting for, here are the Round 9 submissions:
For both rounds, let me just remind you of a few things with regard to the general voting process:
- If you're not clear on how I'd like you to vote; please pick your top 5 track layouts and rank them in order of preference from #1 to #5. If you give a player a particular ranking, the points allocated are as follows; #1 ranking = 5pts, #2 ranking = 4pts, #3 ranking = 3pts, #4 ranking = 2pts, #5 ranking = 1pt.
- You will also receive the opportunity to nominate a submission for Realism or Originality if you wish. Unlike last year, these nominations are not compulsory; you can award them if you wish, but you do not have to nominate anyone for Realism or Originality. Each Realism or Originality nomination a player gets will grant them 1 Realism point or 1 Originality point.
- Please only fill out this form once. I have not mandated this within the form itself, but I'm trusting you all here.
- Please do not vote for yourself. I know that there is no way I can mandate this, but I trust you not to. Please can I request that you only nominate submissions that are not your own.
- Please judge submissions on track layout only. This is a coaster layout building contest; theming is pretty much irrelevant here.
- I know that this form of voting is a lot more anonymous than the voting process was in the last contest. If you would like to add a slightly more personal touch, you can still post a comment in this thread indicating your top 5 choices, as well as any Realism or Originality nominations, like you did last year if you would like to. However, can I please request that the Google Form be your first port of call for voting; I will only count votes cast within the Google Form, as if you post in this thread, I wouldn't like to assume whether you've already voted in the Google Form or not. Post your choices in the thread by all means, but please make sure that you log your votes within the Google Form first, as the votes within the Google Form are the votes I'll be counting.
The deadline for both Round 8 Voting and Round 9 Voting is
Friday 13th January 2023 at 11:59pm.
Now that everything is cleared up with regard to voting, let's move onto Round 10...
Round 10 Building
Now that Round 9 is done, it's time for a new round. With that in mind, it's high time I revealed Round 10! The Round 10 brief is...
Crazy Bats Reloaded at Phantasialand! The context for this round is as follows:
The round constraints are as follows:
- Must Fit Within Crazy Bats Building ((52m*88m/171ft*289ft)+(28m*68m/92ft*223ft) Building Area, 59ft/18m Building Height)
- No Terraforming Allowed
The area of Phantasialand we're building within is as follows:
As with the Project Horizon round back in Round 2, I will require you to build within a building rather than a template like you build within in most rounds. This building has been designed to roughly parallel the real Crazy Bats building. I could not devise a building with the exact same dimensions and shape due to Planet Coaster's lack of support for diagonal walls, but I had a stab at devising a building that approximately matches the dimensions of the real one. In case you're wondering, I extrapolated the 18m building height from a statistic quoting the Crazy Bats building volume as 120,000 cubic metres.
If you are on PC, I have constructed a pre-built building template for you to build within that can be downloaded via the following Steam Workshop link:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2912584694
If you are on console, I regret to inform you that I cannot provide you with a pre-built template, as Steam Workshop cannot be accessed on a console. I apologise for the inconvenience. All is not lost, however, as I have provided a step-by-step tutorial showing how to construct the building yourself.
This can be accessed in the form of a video where I show myself building the building so that you can build along with me (I apologise if it's a bit crude...):
https://youtu.be/EoDCsLTu7tM
This can also be accessed in the form of a Google Doc showing written instructions with accompanying pictures, if you prefer written instructions:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mqEXR8wCk2LeggI_iv-16EOJ38WGzag2gODqTVp6PQg/edit?usp=sharing
To determine your ride height, please use Terrain Relative height markers (the option denoted by the picture of a mountain).
As for what you need to do to submit; please build your submission, film a POV and off-ride shots, and post them in this thread. You can do a brief description of what your ride is if you wish. If you have any issues with uploading your video(s), please don't hesitate to PM me.
May I once again emphasise that this is a
coaster layout building contest. By all means add some light theming and landscaping if you wish, but the
coaster layout should ideally be the focus. Quality of coaster layout is pretty much the be all and end all here; heavy theming won't gain you any points, and no theming won't lose you any points.
The Round 10 submission deadline is
Friday 13th January 2023 at 11:59pm. If you struggle for time and would like me to extend the deadline, please PM me or request an extension in this thread before the deadline. I would be more than happy to facilitate an extension for you if you would like one.
If you do not make contact with me and ask for an extension, I will assume that you are happy to forfeit this round and move on after the posted deadline.
So, that's everything for Week 10! If you have any questions or concerns, don't hesitate to get in touch with me.
Good luck, everybody... get building for Round 10 and voting for Rounds 8 and 9, folks!
P.S. I apologise for the fact that the later videos in this post are hidden within URLs rather than being embedded media pieces within the post. The forum would not let me post a post with more than 10 embedded pieces of media.