For the month of July, ThrillNetwork will hold a coaster design contest using the NoLimits software, the winner of which will receive a Six Flags season pass good at all Six Flags parks. Additionally, second and third place winners will receive a NoLimits ThrillNetwork T-shirt. All winners will have their coasters posted and featured on the official NoLimits web site. For those who win that are not living in the United States, you will be receiving a prize package instead of the season pass. You may only win once.

Six Flags season pass prizes for the ThrillNetwork's NoLimits Coaster contest made possible by the generous sponsorship by Six Flags.

July Rules:
Any track style
Must have at least a 200ft drop
-2 to +5 vert g's; -2 to +2 lat g's
Terrain allowed
3ds allowed (will not add to score or be judged)

Entering your track:
1) Log into the site (from the main site at http://www.thrillnetwork.com/ or SpeedZone, but not the forums)
2) Go to SpeedZone at http://www.thrillnetwork.com/speedzone/
3) Select the file you wish to upload and any pictures in the "Upload/Manage Files" tool. Only the track file must be zipped. Also, be sure to include as detailed of a description as possible.
4) When uploading your ride, be sure to check the box that says "Check this box to submit for this month's NoLimits Contest".
5) When the above steps have been completed, click on the "Submit" button. Your file should upload and your track will be submitted for the month's contest.
6) If it fails, check your file sizes, whether or not they are correct extensions, or if you are behind a firewall that may not be properly configured. Those are all common reasons for upload failures.

DEADLINE: July 31, 11:59PM ET

The limit is one contest entry per month. First place winners become ineligible once they win a prize (2004 winners may participate, however).

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"Cedar Point has a wide variety of wooden coasters" - Discovery Channel

So If I understand this correctly this is a free form contest. That would be cool! Although it's hard to compare steel and wood. But I'm in.

Is terrain judged?

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Yep, free form. Terrain itself isn't judged, but if it adds to the ride experience, we'll notice and it'll be accounted for.

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"Cedar Point has a wide variety of wooden coasters" - Discovery Channel

I want to enter this. Am I allowed to have somebody do the supports for me or do I have to do them myself?

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^isn;t that the same question as "are community projects allowed"? on which the answer was "no"?

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Hmm... I should build a wood hyper. Hmm... I'm in.

I'm in but this will be my second ever No Limits coaster. Don't expect me to win and if by any strange chance I do. I don't want any prize whatsoever. Anyway when does it have to be in by?.Thanks

Why wouldn't you want a prize? Free stuff is awesome!

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EVERYTHING must be done by you and only you, no outside help.

Ok. And when is the dealine? The 31st?

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Sounds good, I think I'm going to make a terrain Hyper with airtime, lats, and lots of positive g's. Sort of a cross between Goliath and Nitro, but more spreat out.

^Lats? On a steel hyper?

Crazy.

Since there is no Arrow hyper type, your only options for a steel hyper are from companies that try to minimize lats. Therefore, you should keep the lats low tomake the ride more realistic (and higher scoring).

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I cannot understand why you guys don't keep your ideas a secret.

Who cares. It's only the track type. I need a little help. Well I'm doing a B&M Hyper. Are the supports like Intamin Hypers or what? I just don't have a clue. And I finished my trackwork just now so the supports are waiting

Man your fast at building. I think some lats on a hyper would give a nice variety. Besides it will still bve realistic, just a little different.

Anybody know when the deadline is?

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Probably the last day of July.

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Ithink mine will be the Intamin inverted one I'm working on. But there are still some annoying lateral G problems... the limit is 2G which is high but I manage to not stay within them

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I'm having far too much trouble than normal on the supports. I don't even know if the supports are right hence this being my first coaster ever.(second if you count Batman-The Revenge which isn't even finished yet)

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^Study some supports on real life coasters by looking at pictures on www.rcdb.com just view the type of coaster you are building and who its made by.

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With this coaster I am diving into the world of supports. So far I am pleased beyond belief with the results. If the supports are something that you can't get done in time, then make a wooden coaster and use wood magic.

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I don't want the free stuff because I already have a season pass to SFOT. But I'm still in. I'm thinking wood. Yep. Wood. Time to start.

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"If you focus on your giants, you stumble. If you focus on God, your giants tumble."

Uhh. What are B&M's Hyper coasters supports like when they go over a straight hill?. Do they have one on each side or one in the middle and one to the left or what? I just can't find any good pics of them.

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How can you not find any good pictures? Looks for Apollo's Chariot, Silverstar, Raging Bull and Nitro.

www.rcdb.com

I think i'm going to have to abort the competition. i'll let you know tomorrow. The problem is that my ride just got wiped off of my computer suddenly and every previous version i've tried have all been wiped off too. What am I going to do. I might have to start a new ride but that might get wiped of too.

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Would this still be a 2005 season pass, or 2006. 2005 will be almost over by the time the winner receives the pass, which is a waste of money. I'd suggest letting the winner decide whether they'd like a 2005 or 2006 pass.

I'm pretty sure I'll make a track for this, especially if I could possibly get a 2006 season pass. I recently started a ride that will fit this criteria if it's increased in size slightly, and it's really awesome so far. Anyways good luck to all other participants.

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Right okay the earliest version of the ride that is there is the one with no suports. It should take me about a week to do these supports since I have limited time on my comp due to *apparantly doing worse at school* So my time limit is 1hour 30mins. Oh well it could be worse.

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Never mind. Well. Maybe I still will. But I made this killer B&M cuz I forgot I was going to do a wooden. Then I made a wooden that would have been good exept it didn't make it all the way through the circuit. Maybe I'll just make another one. Maybe I'll use the same idea except in a way that would work. Don't know. Yep. Wood.

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The deadline is the 31st of July. I have edited this in my original post now.

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"Cedar Point has a wide variety of wooden coasters" - Discovery Channel

Thank you.

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