October 2005 Unofficial NL Contest

**Erik Leppen** · #1 10-08-2005, 05:12 AM

I'm sorry guys, I thought I posted this thread recently, but apparently I didn't. Sorry guys, I am kinda new at this...

This month's contest is about making a compact coaster. An amusement park in the far ends of the world is in desperate need of a compact and thrilling coaster, satisfying the following conditions:

Track must be steel, you can choose any track type
Should be compact*
Vertical G's between -1.5 and +5
Lateral G's between -1.5 and 1.5
Exactly one station
Either exactly one lift, or exactly one launch
Height must stay below 200 ft = 60,96 m
Minimum 2 trains
Must pass E-stop
No terrain is allowed
Trees are allowed, but will not be judged
3ds are allowed, but will not be judged and the ride should work without them (i.e. not depend on 3ds for supporting)

The park will judge the ride on

Building Technique such as G-forces, smoothness, blocking, supports, track shaping.
How fun the ride is
Original or unique ideas

This is an unofficial contest, there is no prize.
The deadline is October 31, 11:59 Eastern Time (US). Let your creativity flow and make something of it. In the first week of November, we hope to get decided which of the coasters the park will choose, and which are second and third.

Use this thread for questions.

*There is no exact definition of what is compact and what isn't, so here are some examples of what is considered compact.
Joker's Jinx at Six Flags America
Zonga at Six Flags Marine World
Timberland Twister at Camp Snoopy
Xpress at Walibi World
El Condor at Walibi World

pipesdrums · #2 10-08-2005, 10:43 PM

Sounds like a fun contest, I wish I had some extra time to build a track

riddler · #3 10-09-2005, 07:33 PM

Ill take a shot at this, might be some fun.

Nightmare500 · #4 10-11-2005, 11:06 PM

Im in, i think im gunna have a large coaster with nice lat producing turns at the bottem!

coasterdude28 · #5 10-11-2005, 11:13 PM

Nice contest. I'll try to make a better coaster this time.

Cephas · #6 10-13-2005, 10:10 AM

If I enter a coaster into this contest, can I also enter it into the official contest some day?

**Erik Leppen** · #7 10-13-2005, 01:24 PM

Cephas, sorry but no unfortunately you can't. Besides that, there isa big change your coaster won't match the next contests' rules.

EDIT: In some very occasional cases, ther might be a contest allowing previously built coasters, but even in those contests, coasters entered in previous TN contests still are not allowed.

Cephas · #8 10-14-2005, 06:17 PM

Can I even upload the coaster on to TN without risking disqualification?

**Erik Leppen** · #9 10-23-2005, 05:35 AM

If you just upload it without entering in a contest, disqualifiation is of course impossible. But you are not allowed to enter two TN contests with the same coaster. For each contest you enter, you should make a new coaster.

Sorry for the super-late response by the way...

**Erik Leppen** · #10 10-29-2005, 06:25 AM

This contest lasts until two days from now, so that is the time you have to complete and upload your entry. So if you want to join, then don't forget to upload.

Just a reminder...