Originally posted by gouldy
Sometimes I feel that if every element of your coaster doesn't already exist somewhere in the world in real life on that type of coaster, with that exact shaping, people will knock you for it. It makes me wonder what all new coasters would be like in real life if actual coaster design followed this same format... A few years ago there was a design meeting at Intamin about the idea of a new coaster having a vertical lift hill... a modern day NoLimits designer would say:"Oh no, you can't do that because there isn't already an Intamin with a vertical lift, so that's not something Intamin would do"... Fortunately real design isn't dealt with in this way and therefore design moves forward, and we did end up with a vertical lift on an Intamin.
I agree, however there is a difference between what you described and the absolutely atrociously off shaping the emos like to pass off as realistic that puts them in a tizzy when you mention it isn't. Then you have all of them descending on you for oppressing their creativity (inability to do something right), and that's the primary reason why lots of the veteran members on the site are hesitant to leave rates anymore. Leaving rates isn't worth the trouble of them bickering.
There is different, and there is flat out making poop up.
Also you're right about that tiny floorless in Tivoli, I forgot about that one. Any idea what the size ratio is between these two?
And those lift hill stairs look absolutely fantastic.