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TowersStreet Planet Coaster Speed Build Contest 2022/23: Winners Declared (contest ended 18th March)

Poisson said:
So...from last to submit to first to submit. People of this parish seem to want a water coaster at Towers despite not having the climate for one and the ones I have experienced being not amazing (DVH, Speed, Skattoen, Poseidon and ASS). I, however, have taken the challenge and converted South car park into a water coaster because I have been called many things, but sensible is not one. This, is Poseidon's Revenge.

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Featuring 6292 feet of track, a top speed of 59mph and 11 points of airtime. This would ideally be twin station like DVH, track like the MACK coasters and the articulated boats like Speed but 6 rows of 2 per boat instead of 5 which would give 1440pph.


From: https://youtu.be/JG7RQANVZYg
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Cool submission @Poisson! Your ride is really long and has stacks of airtime, and it certainly looks like a really awesome layout for a water coaster!
 
OK, everyone; I now have a Round 15 submission of my own ready! Say hello to... Allura, an Intamin LSM Launch Coaster:
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The ride stats are as follows:
  • Name: Allura
  • Manufacturer: Intamin
  • Model: LSM Launch Coaster (Custom)
  • Height: 71ft/22m
  • Speed: 63mph/101kph
  • Length: 5,102ft/1,555m
  • Inversions: 4
  • Airtime Moments: 6
  • Maximum Positive G-Force: 4.8G (overall and heatmap)
  • Maximum Negative G-Force: -1.8G (overall), -1.4G (heatmap)
  • Trains: 3 trains with 6 cars/24 riders
  • Throughput: 1,441pph (~60 trains per hour, 1 train every ~1m)
If you want to play with Allura for yourself, here's the Steam Workshop link you can download it from: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2931994516

So that's Allura, my Round 15 submission! I hope you all like it!
 
Matt N said:
OK, everyone; I now have a Round 15 submission of my own ready! Say hello to... Allura, an Intamin LSM Launch Coaster:
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The ride stats are as follows:
  • Name: Allura
  • Manufacturer: Intamin
  • Model: LSM Launch Coaster (Custom)
  • Height: 71ft/22m
  • Speed: 63mph/101kph
  • Length: 5,102ft/1,555m
  • Inversions: 4
  • Airtime Moments: 6
  • Maximum Positive G-Force: 4.8G (overall and heatmap)
  • Maximum Negative G-Force: -1.8G (overall), -1.4G (heatmap)
  • Trains: 3 trains with 6 cars/24 riders
  • Throughput: 1,441pph (~60 trains per hour, 1 train every ~1m)
If you want to play with Allura for yourself, here's the Steam Workshop link you can download it from: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2931994516

So that's Allura, my Round 15 submission! I hope you all like it!
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Brilliant @Matt N! I think that might be your best submission yet!
 
Just as a reminder, we are now over half way through Week 15.

I’ve only had 1 response to the Round 14 Voting Google Form so far, and that is my own. If you’d like to vote for your Round 14 favourites, here’s the form allowing you to do so: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfHuuxfuxOPC-q7HvzF4u2bnTVa37orhHMDRyFacGhkYH4mrg/viewform

There have been 2 submissions for Round 15 so far, including my own. If you would like a deadline extension for Round 15, please notify me before the deadline and I would be happy to facilitate one for you. If you have any issues with uploading videos or anything at all, get in touch with me and I would be very happy to solve these issues for you. If you do not get into contact with me before the deadline, I will assume that you are happy forfeiting this round and move on.
 
Splash Landings Breakfast: The Ride
B&M
Airtime Count: 8
Speed: 73 mph
Inversions: 7

I've often wondered why B&M don't look at the success of the Intamin Blitz model and make their own version. That's what I've gone with here.

B&M Hyper trains on a launched, airtime focused ride with some classic B&M Inversions thrown in.


From: https://youtu.be/1Hoe3_HFSDs
 
Thameslink Rail said:
Formula 1 racing with Jeremy Hunt:

From: https://youtu.be/Y8BSwF3NB4k

(joke explanation:
From: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6MkkpFMy54
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Cool submission @Thameslink Rail! Your ride looks like great fun, with some fun turns and a cool inversion!
RicketyCricket said:
Splash Landings Breakfast: The Ride
B&M
Airtime Count: 8
Speed: 73 mph
Inversions: 7

I've often wondered why B&M don't look at the success of the Intamin Blitz model and make their own version. That's what I've gone with here.

B&M Hyper trains on a launched, airtime focused ride with some classic B&M Inversions thrown in.


From: https://youtu.be/1Hoe3_HFSDs
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Great submission @RicketyCricket! Your ride looks brilliant, with some fun-looking airtime moments and awesome inversions!
 
Week 16 Weekly Digest (18th-24th February 2023)
OK, everybody; Week 16 is now here! As per usual, I have 3 things to get through this week, so let's get straight to it!
Round 14 Results
After a week of voting, Round 14's results are now in! I can confirm that I got 4 responses in the Google Form, and the winners of Round 14 are as follows:
The leaderboard for Round 14 is as follows:
RankingUsernameOverallRealismOriginality
1@Connor982120
2@Matt N1000
3@RicketyCricket1000
4@Thameslink Rail802
5@Poisson800
6@Matt.GC000
7@mo237000
8@Archermav000
9@Burbs000
10@immelmanloop000
11@JAperson000
12@MaxPower000
As such, the leaderboard for the overall contest so far is as follows:
RankingUsernameOverallRealismOriginality
1@Connor98205203
2@Matt.GC171141
3@Matt N15391
4@RicketyCricket14587
5@Poisson143118
6@Thameslink Rail124319
7@Archermav118101
8@Burbs4808
9@mo2374112
10@immelmanloop910
11@JAperson000
12@MaxPower000
Great round, everybody! Now let's move onto Round 15 voting...
Round 15 Voting
Our Round 15 submissions are ready and built. Therefore, the voting stage must now begin!

Please vote for your Round 15 favourites via this Google Form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc9eEpsi4iGf5QTb5h-qqFI3vJ7Ehen9tAqgNHdd8KfNQBClw/viewform

Let me just recap a few things about voting, if you need a reminder.
  • 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.
For this week only, I do have one final request. As there were only 5 submissions for Round 15, please only choose a #5 if you did not compete in this round. If you posted a submission for this round, please only vote to #4 to ensure that you are not voting for yourself. I have made the #5 choice optional within the form for this reason; please only vote for a #5 if you did not post a submission for this round.

Here are the Round 15 submissions so that you know what you're voting for:
  • Poseidon's Revenge, a Mack Rides Water Coaster by @Poisson:
  • Allura, an Intamin LSM Launch Coaster by @Matt N:
  • Icon Reborn, a Mack Rides Launch Coaster by @Connor98:
  • Formula 1 racing with Jeremy Hunt, an Intamin Accelerator Coaster by @Thameslink Rail:
  • Splash Landings Breakfast: The Ride, a B&M Hyper Coaster by @RicketyCricket:

The Round 15 voting deadline is Friday 24th February 2023 at 11:59pm.

Now that I've covered Round 15 voting, it's about time I moved onto Round 16...
Round 16 Building
Now that Round 15 is over and done with, it's about time I revealed Round 16, don't you think? The Round 16 brief is... Hero Replacement at Flamingo Land! The context for this round is as follows:
Hero at Flamingo Land may be a relatively new roller coaster in the grand scheme of things, having only opened in 2013, but it's not the most popular among guests. It has already garnered a reputation for its supposedly brutal ride experience, so Flamingo Land have decided that they no longer want the ride operating and being an active drain to the park's reputation. As such, they're calling upon none other than you to devise a replacement for it! The park are not letting you stray outside of the ride's area, which leaves you with very little space to work with, but other than that, the sky's the limit! What Hero replacement will you devise?
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The constraints for this round are as follows:
  • Maximum Footprint 50m*53m/164ft*173ft
I would recommend using Scenario Editor to apply the footprint constraints if you are on PC. As per usual, I have created a Steam Workshop park with the constraints applied that I would be happy for you to download if you struggle to design a scenario yourself: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2918727830

As for console users, I would recommend setting out the footprint constraints using wall pieces or path pieces to build yourself an "area" to work within. I know it's not ideal, but it's sadly the best I can offer given that neither Scenario Editor nor Steam Workshop are seemingly available on console... sorry for the inconvenience, folks.

As for how 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 16 submission deadline is Friday 24th February 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 16! If you have any questions or concerns, don't hesitate to get in touch with me.

Good luck, everybody... get building for Round 16 and voting for Round 15, folks!
 
OK, folks; I have a Round 16 submission ready! Say hello to... Whirling Dervish, a Maurer spinning coaster:
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The ride stats are as follows:
  • Name: Whirling Dervish
  • Manufacturer: Maurer AG
  • Model: Spinning Coaster (Custom)
  • Height: 49ft/15m
  • Speed: 36mph/58kph
  • Length: 1,577ft/481m
  • Inversions: 0
  • Airtime Moments: 2
  • Maximum Positive G-Force: 5.3G (overall), 3G (heatmap)
  • Maximum Negative G-Force: -0.5G (overall), -0.3G (heatmap)
  • Trains: 5 cars with 2 rows/4 riders
  • Throughput: 753pph (~188 trains per hour, 1 train every ~19s)
If you want to play with Whirling Dervish for yourself, here's the Steam Workshop link you can download it from: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2935419329

So that's Whirling Dervish, my Round 16 submission! I apologise, as I know it's not my greatest submission (I really struggle under constraint), but I hope you all like it regardless.
 
Poisson said:
So a small plot needs a compact coaster. Naturally I have decided to build a wing coaster because I need help.

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It gets 1700pph but being at Flamingo Land it's more like 1.7pph. 4260ft long and goes 62mph. I uploaded POV in wrong place so the link below should work soon


From: https://youtu.be/lS-7DbZW7sw
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I have to say that it is quite a long ride considering the small plot of land you had to work with!
 
Since the world has moved on in the 7 or so years I've been around these parts, I've decided that it would be best I didn't outstay my welcome on this forum - upsetting people when I should be admitting I'm past my sell by date so I'm going to bid everyone a farewell.

Thanks once again @Matt N for hosting such a brilliant contest. I may lurk around in the back ground from time to time without commenting, and if get the time I may jump back in just for this competition in the future if I get the time and everyone is OK with that? But for now, I want to thank everyone who has participated in this thread and the last one as both have genuinely been enjoyable and these threads have a had a great atmosphere that's felt different to the rest of the forum.

For what it's worth now, I did get 90% the way through creating a submission for the last round and uploaded it on Friday. I thought it would be a waste to spend a few hours on it and not post it anyway. So here is what I would have submitted. WD40: Reborn. Of course it has black track, purple benches, fences and bins everywhere (even the monorail!), is within a new themed area called "Dingy Woodland" where there are haunted trees, and involves a "secret sinsiter organisation" discovering cursed WD40 cans that rose from the earth during "routine excavations".


From: https://youtu.be/O2k7-9aPPxU


I wish you all well and I hope you all continue the creativity seen so far. It's been a blast and good luck to you all for the rest of challenge. Best wishes to all of you. M
 
Farewell @Matt.GC . Always enjoyed your submissions mate.

I've created a monster. Based on the mythical Polercoaster planned for Orlando.

Name: Eyesore
Model: Gerstlauer Infinity
World record height - 535ft
World record Inversions- 25
Length - 1072ft
Speed - 75mph

Managed to keep the forces reasonable with a 4.72 intensity rating.

Ride it while you can because it will probably topple over if theres a slight gust of wind.

And it's pink, because why not?


From: https://youtu.be/53B0hxdDIRY
 
Matt.GC said:
Since the world has moved on in the 7 or so years I've been around these parts, I've decided that it would be best I didn't outstay my welcome on this forum - upsetting people when I should be admitting I'm past my sell by date so I'm going to bid everyone a farewell.

Thanks once again @Matt N for hosting such a brilliant contest. I may lurk around in the back ground from time to time without commenting, and if get the time I may jump back in just for this competition in the future if I get the time and everyone is OK with that? But for now, I want to thank everyone who has participated in this thread and the last one as both have genuinely been enjoyable and these threads have a had a great atmosphere that's felt different to the rest of the forum.

For what it's worth now, I did get 90% the way through creating a submission for the last round and uploaded it on Friday. I thought it would be a waste to spend a few hours on it and not post it anyway. So here is what I would have submitted. WD40: Reborn. Of course it has black track, purple benches, fences and bins everywhere (even the monorail!), is within a new themed area called "Dingy Woodland" where there are haunted trees, and involves a "secret sinsiter organisation" discovering cursed WD40 cans that rose from the earth during "routine excavations".


From: https://youtu.be/O2k7-9aPPxU


I wish you all well and I hope you all continue the creativity seen so far. It's been a blast and good luck to you all for the rest of challenge. Best wishes to all of you. M
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I am pleased that you gave a farewell. Nothing worse than a regular poster suddenly stopping without explanation.
 
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