2004 Rare Entries Contest I is Here!!!

[monopotassium]

13. Name all 5 rides located in Camp Cartoon Network. Scooby Doo's Mystery Machine, Yogi Bear's Yahoo River, Spacely's Sprocket Rocket, Bedrock Boulder Roller, and Rocky Rovers....

That is not the name of the ride.

[Sedir]

[quote="InsaneNewman"]As for my strategy, I put the most obvious answer for each one, assuming that most people would attempt to find the least obvious answer. Well exceot for the few answers I found that I thought might truely be rare answers..[quote]

That's what I did too. But sadly I know that I got plenty of wrong answers.

[DejaVu The Ride]

13. Name all 5 rides located in Camp Cartoon Network. Scooby Doo's Mystery Machine, Yogi Bear's Yahoo River, Spacely's Sprocket Rocket, Bedrock Boulder Roller, and Rocky Rovers....

That is not the name of the ride.

For one, you were not involved in the contest. Second, the research I did came up with that name. If it has changed, then it really doesn't matter because it was once named that and it will not affect any aspect of the contest.

Anyways, no one else answered throughout the time that question was up, so it was acceptable to me. Thank you.


Plus, Woodland, S:TE was not on the 2003 edition of Extreme rides. Sorry.
They were S:UF, TTD, Xcelerator, Thrill Shot, Swat, and Delerium.

[monopotassium]

For one, you were not involved in the contest. Second, the research I did came up with that name. If it has changed, then it really doesn't matter because it was once named that and it will not affect any aspect of the contest.

Sadly, your incomplete research does not make that the ride's name In fact, it would seem impossible to find the name on the internet, though most come close with "Rocky Road Rescue Squad." (Here's a hint: those riding become the squad) Otherwise, the ride's de facto name is simply "cars."

And I must humbly apologize for not participating in your "contest," but there were a few non-starters:

"Ride had to of operated"
- goes without saying, though I also disliked the request, since barely anyone actually knew the Hometown Park ride names.

"6. Name a SfGam roller coaster that can run more than 2 trains/cars."
- SUF, Iron Wolf, and American Eagle make this an unfair request

[CoasterDave316]

In fact, it would seem impossible to find the name on the internet

Not impossible to find: http://sfgamworld.com/Rides/Yukon_Terri ... work.shtml

As a matter of fact you can find it out on this site.

There can find the ride name and the manufacturer of all the ride's in Camp Cartoon Network.

[DejaVu The Ride]

The name I found, was from a site that I felt showed merit.

If anyone had any questions about any of the questions, then I made it clear that they should be addresed to me. No one asked specific questions, and those who did address me with problems, I handled efficiently.

For one, S:UF does not have the blocking for 3 trains to run efficiently. Iron Wolf also doesn't have the blocking nor ever has. American Eagle can in fact run 3 trains if the computer was re-configured and if the blocking was re-set.(The ride once did run 3 trains on each side, so it was counted as an answer. No one answered with S:UF or Iron Wolf. I had to use my best judgment on this one.)

And believe me, some people did in fact know the names of some of the Hometown park rides. You have to remember, I am not perfect and that I did this for the fun of it.

Thanks for acted superior to me and my little contest.

[w00dland]

"6. Name a SfGam roller coaster that can run more than 2 trains/cars."
- SUF, Iron Wolf, and American Eagle make this an unfair request

SUF at SF:OG can run three trains and infact we probably have the correct blocking possibilities on our model as well, but do we have three trains? Do we even have a place for a third train? And anyways, everybody still ends up hanging outside the station for awhile anyways...so our model was clearly not designed to run 3 trains.

Iron Wolf doesn't even have MCBR's so don't count on that one either.

[rct2wizard360]

SFOG's can run 3 because of the Dual Station. 2 In the station, 1 on the circuit.

[DejaVu The Ride]

Exactly.

Anyways. All accepted and declined answers will be up by Sunday.

[w00dland]

Wow my fault there big time...for some reason I thought the first brake run were block brakes.

[LAFFfan4lyfe]

i placed twelfth, what can I say? I tried my best, and for not being a big SFgam buff as many of you are, I thinik I did a pretty good job

[mr. dejavu]

I'm impressed with myself getting 21st. I'm not as much of a "old SFGAm fan," so to speak, as most people here. So I'm impressed with myself.

[monopotassium]

Not impossible to find: http://sfgamworld.com/Rides/Yukon_Terri ... work.shtml

As a matter of fact you can find it out on this site.

There can find the ride name and the manufacturer of all the ride's in Camp Cartoon Network.

My claim would be that that is not the name of the ride. You snuck around confusion well, but still missed. (FYI, BBR isn't a Zamperla, and MM is the only ride that opened in 1998.)

For one, S:UF does not have the blocking for 3 trains to run efficiently. Iron Wolf also doesn't have the blocking nor ever has. American Eagle can in fact run 3 trains if the computer was re-configured and if the blocking was re-set.(The ride once did run 3 trains on each side, so it was counted as an answer. No one answered with S:UF or Iron Wolf. I had to use my best judgment on this one.)

SUF would creep up the lift with 3 trains extending the ride time and not so much affecting efficientcy. Anyway Iron Wolf and Superman both can stack trains right before the station and on the first brake without breaking the ride. American eagle cannot right now.

[InsaneNewman]

Anyways. All accepted and declined answers will be up by Sunday.

Uhhh.... really? 'Cause Sunday came and went, and I saw no answers.

[LAFFfan4lyfe]

hey hey, he might be busy....

[DejaVu The Ride]

Been very busy. Sorry.

Answers will definately be up Friday afternoon.

So while we all wait.

What did you guys think of the contest and what things do you think I can improve. I already figured out many new things, but I want to see what you all think.

One thing I noticed is that the amount of questions could have turned some people away from the contest. Maybe 35 was a little too much?

Thanks.

[DejaVuGurl1203]

I thought it was fun, and I got it done a lot quicker than I originally thought I would. It was also easier than I thought it would be. I certainly didn't think I'd be in the top 5, either.

Overall, it was pretty fun. Helped the offseason go by a bit quicker. Is there gonna be another one sometime in the future, Jeff?

[DejaVu The Ride]

Not in the near future. At least not this year.

[punkbunny24242]

Very fun.. thank you

[SFGAmfreak4life]

When will you do another? Not to be pushy or anything.

[LAFFfan4lyfe]

It was good

[sixflagsguy5]

I have done a bunch of coaster papers for English, and the best website for block systems is http://www.coasterquest.com it explains the whole process and how it works. Every coaster varies for how many trains it can run. I also think it is better to run 2 less trains than the amount of blocks that the track has, so the trains do not stop in the middle of the ride.

[DejaVu The Ride]

I think we all understand how the block system works. It was just a matter as to if S:Uf could efficiently. It doesn't matter though anyways. All scores are final.

[Sedir]

It was a very fun contest.

[LAFFfan4lyfe]

i'm going to expand on my i like thing. I thought it was really fun, and it made some time come by. I didn't place in the top ten, but it was still fun, and I think that a lot more people should try the contest if he does it again.