2010 NLT - Round 1

How harsh is the marking going to be on tree branches hitting riders?

[slosprint]

Just delete the trees that are doing so.

It was meant to be mildly humorous.

Haha, Alton.
As of now, I'm at the Mcbr. But I cant get the train up on the Mcbr without going 25mph or murdering pacing.

[slosprint]

a Mcbr isn't required, is it?

[gouldy]

Originally posted by hyyyper


Must run 3 trains with 12 cars, this is to simulate the new, longer B&M trains.

If you can acheive this in a smooth none stop operation without an MCBR.

Originally posted by ianko66

Haha, Alton.
As of now, I'm at the Mcbr. But I cant get the train up on the Mcbr without going 25mph or murdering pacing.

Yeah, mine either. It barely manages to get above 25, but it passes Estop, and I managed to get some more air time in it after, so I don't really care, I'll be lucky to manage to complete my track. Hopefully I can start supporting by tomorrow or Thursday.

[slosprint]

Originally posted by ianko66

Haha, Alton.
As of now, I'm at the Mcbr. But I cant get the train up on the Mcbr without going 25mph or murdering pacing.

imo any Mcbr murders pacing lol.

^ Not if you design it right. *Voyage*

[slosprint]

I said imo, I don't think you can argue an opinion.

my mcbr is slow compared to that

Compared to what? Mine?

yes, I wont say how fast it is though because that would give mine away.
speaking of remaining unknown, what if 2 or more people name their ride the same thing?

Then we're all screwed. Or they could just reply to the email asking for their username.

Highly Unlikely. But possible.

[Metazoanhaddock]

Wait, but isn't it going to be anonymous? So will Hyyyper rename the coasters, like, "contestant 1" "contestant 2" and so on, so forth? And then he'll just have a list with the corresponding member's name...I don't know, to me, that just seems more logical.

[hyyyper]

^Oscar will be renaming the tracks. Then gouldy and me receive a package with numbered tracks, where all info that could hit to a user have been removed.
When the rating is done, the names are once connected with the numbers and voila

[gouldy]

The tracks will be picked up by Oscar. Oscar will know the username of the uploader and the track name.

Oscar will create copies of the files with new names "track 1, track 2..." or whatever system it is he chooses.

Oscar will still have the original trackfiles and when the tracks come back with mine and hyyyyper's ratings on, Oscar will pair them back up with their original tracks and publish the results.

You do know what happened last time Oscar was involved with a contest, right?
*Cough* Tight Fit *Cough* Contest *Cough*


Also, Hyyyper, for estop, will you be pumping the breaks or just letting the train stop, then go. Im not being cocky, I know this has caused a problem last year.

[hyyyper]

^I will not be pumping, I will press the E-stop at the very last moment, then disable estop and see if it makes it back to the station.

The best thing to do for you guys is either use transport tires or build the track on a slope so that it'll never happen. You know, just to be on the safe side [:)]

The very last moment being the train hanging off the end of the Mcbr? or the train fully on it, just at the end.

[slosprint]

... I keep hoping that somebody will ask my question for me so that I don't give away which track is mine... I wish I was telepathic.

[Coasterkidmwm]

You could send a private message to Oscar and then he could forward your question.

[slosprint]

yeah that's a good idea, thanks!

[hyyyper]

Originally posted by ianko66

The very last moment being the train hanging off the end of the Mcbr? or the train fully on it, just at the end.

With the train hanging off the end, at the last possible moment the mcbr could still stop the train. I press the estop at the point where the train will get the least amount of kinetic energy to complete the course. If the train makes it back on that run, it'll always make it back.