2005 Match-up Contest (Round 1) - RESULTS pg22

yeah, congrats to everyone...
busters ride must be insane I hope he'll uploade it.

Yeah, it'd be nice to see Buster's track. And congratulations to all who moved on, and better I hope those who didn't make it try again next time, so there are so many entries again.

[hyyyper]

i'm sad because i didnt make it into the next round (not that i didnt expect it, though)

Quite frankly, having seen buster's ride, I'm surprised it did this well. For one thing, I saw several footers sticking through the track. Not saying that it wasn't a good ride, but frankly I don't think it was one of the more inventive rides in the contest. Basically just a bunch of inversions, not very compact all. The whole thing felt like something he threw together at the last minute from pretty much stock elements. I was expecting it to finish in the top 10 for sure, but not this high.

It had the best pacing, and was almost technically perfect. I admit it wasn't perfect, but I reflected that in the originality score.

BTW, Round 2 template and rules are now posted.

If I lost a point or two for the undercarriage collisions, which I'm not contesting, how come he didn't lose anything for this little gem, which is a MUCH more obvious problem:



(the size of this photo was edited by cjd to eliminate the picture going over the boundary lines and making the contest results hard to read)

That was one collision... your coaster had 9 of them, Tyler. I will admit that I missed the one on Buster's track, but it would not have changed the results. The technical score would be .5 lower, and his track would win the tiebreaker. BTW, it doesn't matter how severe a collision is. They are all still collisions and would mangle the train while it was running.

Yea, it would have actually. Dropping his tech down to 9 would have droped his overall score down to 8.83, putting it in a 3 way tie with my track and unfortunate smileys, which I would have won for having the highest adreneline and originality scores. At least it would seem to, based on the way you broke the other ties, and that I have the have the highest score award in both categories.

Actually, he would have won. The only reason that his track got an originality of 8 was because he forgot to give it a name and used all prefabbed supports. The track itself had better terrain use, and equal adrenaline.

Fine, I have no problem with the decision now that I understand the exact reasons for it being made.

[mkingy]

Thanks for the comments and rating CJD. I appriciate the fact you bothered to rate such a bad track and give me a few pointers! Just a question, was that cobra roll sorta inversion smooth enough?

It had alot of pumping in it, and a rough transition between the rolls. It was a nice element, though.

Thanks CJD, i know my ride was technically very bad, i struggle with steel coasters a bit, i try and go too crazy and original from what i can actually cope with, lol. But YAY 7th i got through. [:D] Also Well done Buster, Tyler, Dirk, Unfortunate Smilie, Ish, McFly for coming higher than me. And well done to everyone else who got through, congrats. Thanks CJD, great job so far. [:D]

wait...what? am i in round two? my head is still damaged from the paintball shot right on the forehead. lol. but it seems to me like me ANd ragan are still in...cool!

The rules were changed... Your track was one of the 16 highest rated tracks submitted, so you moved on.

Congratulations, deadnsleepin. How great it is to hear another member of this fantastic coastercrazy.com is moving on to round 2. Good luck with that woodie.

Yay my coaster sucked! REally I dident think it was HORRIBLE, but I do agree with my rating. Eh oh well, ill try again next year.

Colin C

p.s. ill post it so everyone can laugh at it and say "OMG MY HEAD AHHHHH!!!!"

Originally posted by Tyler

woohoo

No offense ya'll -- but I cannot believe you idiots were waiting up for these results to be posted! LOL! Like any of you started designing last night after he posted them!

LMA[LOL]!!! LMA[LOL]!!! LMA[LOL]!!! LMA[LOL]!!!

I'm sorry - I just found it VERY hilarious looking at the time stamps of your postings!
At any rate -- congrats to everyone who advances!!

It's because I have no social life, ha. I'm not even in the contest and I was excited for the results.

Hey ish, you wouldn't happen to be Felixleprachaun over at C2K would you? I haven't seen trackwork and supportwork like that since Leviathan.

hmmmm nope, i'm not felixleprachaun at c2k.
I only tried to make supports like on real b&m rides, that's all.and to the trackwork...I build all my tracks like this.

Ok. I thought I had a match there but oh well. You are both awesome designers and that last track was incredible.

[coolbeans326]

Thank god for no match up!

thank you iron man...

I have to admit, you surprised me too, ish. I had never even heard of you until you signed up for the contest, and you made one of the best tracks. Great work, and I hope you start posting some more coasters for all of us to enjoy.