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Postby Soxman on August 16th, 2004, 11:02 pm
I reall do not understand why people love to knock Screamscape. They knock the site, but yet know what is Lance is reporting. It is a rumor site and rumors make great conversations and people like hearing what COULD happen.

The best example is Major League Baseball. The hottest time of the year on the web for MLB is the trade deadline because of the rumors.

Disney sites are loaded with rumors. You can check out Mice Age or Laughing Place and you will find interesting topics. 75% of the time the rumors turn out false, but who cares. Rumors are fun to talk about and you really find out about a persons opinions through rumors.

Obviously Screamscape is still around and people enjoy the site. Even if you don't agree with the site it doesn't mean others feel the same way.
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Postby Timmy179 on August 16th, 2004, 11:04 pm
I tottally agree with the site, but its so easy to get something posted on it
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Postby Soxman on August 16th, 2004, 11:09 pm
From what I read of on the site Lance knows WDW really well because he lives in Orlando. The problem is he relies to much on others for other park info. He gets burned sometimes, but thats life
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Postby ihauntu2 on August 17th, 2004, 11:19 am
aero737 wrote:Might I say somthing.

Unless you want this topic locked, the title is the stupidest rumors of all time. That means DONT JUST MAKE UP YOUR OWN RUMORS.

No more warnings.


Sorry, poor attempt at humor. Here is the original "waverunner" rumor that I was making fun of.

http://www.sfgamworld.com/phpBB2/viewto ... waverunner

I think I saw other variations on this rumor. Some stated that it would be the tallest floorless or a hyper floorless, and I even think that there was one out there saying that the new floorless would have the same inversions as Shockwave. I don't know if all of those came from this site or not, but it is one of my favorite stupid rumors. Who in their right mind would call a rollercoaster waverunner?
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Postby w00dland on August 17th, 2004, 11:31 am
Later in that topic it says that it might be a wild mouse coaser instead of a Floorless. Also that topic was from before SUF even opened. If you think about it that topic had some truth in it. It talked about a new territory and mouse coaster which we got this year...
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Postby The Beast on August 17th, 2004, 12:51 pm
ihauntu2 wrote:
aero737 wrote:Might I say somthing.

Unless you want this topic locked, the title is the stupidest rumors of all time. That means DONT JUST MAKE UP YOUR OWN RUMORS.

No more warnings.


Sorry, poor attempt at humor. Here is the original "waverunner" rumor that I was making fun of.

http://www.sfgamworld.com/phpBB2/viewto ... waverunner

I think I saw other variations on this rumor. Some stated that it would be the tallest floorless or a hyper floorless, and I even think that there was one out there saying that the new floorless would have the same inversions as Shockwave. I don't know if all of those came from this site or not, but it is one of my favorite stupid rumors. Who in their right mind would call a rollercoaster waverunner?

Who in their right mind would name a coaster Hurler? :?
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Postby Aero737 on August 17th, 2004, 4:06 pm
w00dland wrote:Later in that topic it says that it might be a wild mouse coaser instead of a Floorless. Also that topic was from before SUF even opened. If you think about it that topic had some truth in it. It talked about a new territory and mouse coaster which we got this year...


Woodland..that was in December 2003-Superman opened in May 2003. We all had ridden S:UF by then.

You are talking about this http://www.sfgamworld.com/phpBB2/viewto ... waverunner , arnt you?
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Postby twixmix0303 on August 17th, 2004, 5:12 pm
Soxman wrote:It is a rumor site and rumors make great conversations and people like hearing what COULD happen.


To go along with that, there is a difference between rumors and conversations about what could happen. Right now, we're having a conversation about where the waterpark could go. It doesn't mean someone is saying "I'm 100% sure that the waterpark is going here". Saying that would be considered a rumor, because you're making it up (unless, of course, you really do know).
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Postby w00dland on August 17th, 2004, 9:40 pm
aero737 wrote:
w00dland wrote:Later in that topic it says that it might be a wild mouse coaser instead of a Floorless. Also that topic was from before SUF even opened. If you think about it that topic had some truth in it. It talked about a new territory and mouse coaster which we got this year...


Woodland..that was in December 2003-Superman opened in May 2003. We all had ridden S:UF by then.

You are talking about this http://www.sfgamworld.com/phpBB2/viewto ... waverunner , arnt you?


We all know once every 2 days I mess up really, really badly on a post. Everybody watch out for another coming to you in 2ish days!

Eh, either way good prediction.
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Postby sixflagsguy5 on August 18th, 2004, 11:50 pm
In recent years I have noticed that Iron wolf has not had anything done to it. It needs new trains, and a paint job. The line is never that long so I think six flags is going to let it go in '05 or '06. I personally love the ride and would hate to see it go, but I think six flags is not going to put anymore money into it and take it down. It is B&M first coaster, and first Stand up coaster and they didn't do a good job because of the speed that you go into the corkscrew.

(THIS IS NOT A RUMOR, IT'S A PREDICTION BASED ON FACTS.)

Please tell me I'm wrong.


Yes it is a rumor.
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Postby twixmix0303 on August 19th, 2004, 12:11 am
IT IS NOT A RUMOR!

Please see my post above.

There is a difference between rumors and conversations about what could happen. Right now, we're having a conversation about where the waterpark could go. It doesn't mean someone is saying "I'm 100% sure that the waterpark is going here". Saying that would be considered a rumor, because you're making it up (unless, of course, you really do know).
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Postby Mr. SFGAm on August 19th, 2004, 5:23 pm
The general rule of thumb when it comes time to try and distinguish rumor from opinion(conversation):

*Rumor: Usually starts with or includes the phrase; "I heard from...", "I read somewhere...", "Guess what we might be getting", or "My sources say...."

Opinion or Converastion: Usually starts with; "My opinion is..."(duh :wink: ), "I think that...", or "Does anyone else think...".

Conversation is very different from rumors, but usually ends up with nothing but rumors.
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Postby RagingBullFan on August 20th, 2004, 1:52 pm
twixmix0303 wrote:
Soxman wrote:It is a rumor site and rumors make great conversations and people like hearing what COULD happen.


To go along with that, there is a difference between rumors and conversations about what could happen. Right now, we're having a conversation about where the waterpark could go. It doesn't mean someone is saying "I'm 100% sure that the waterpark is going here". Saying that would be considered a rumor, because you're making it up (unless, of course, you really do know).



Screamscape goes into the classification for me of the Tabloids, they just dig up every single piece of dirt and the post it just so that people will read ( or visit ) them.

I'm sure people will continue to go there, but I'm sorry that site is not deserving of my time, I would much rather find truthful news from a trustworthy site. Or in my case, you just go do the journalism yourself. I find REAL news to be more exciting than rumors, simply because it will not be something in your imagination forever.
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Postby NoUseForAName on August 20th, 2004, 2:10 pm
Still, the worst I've seen is the launched underwater Togo standup in replace of IW rumor from ThrillNetwork.
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Postby Sedir on August 20th, 2004, 11:17 pm
A weird rumor I heard was that someone slipped through the restraints on giant drop AND NEVER CAME DOWN.

As in they flew up into outerspace or something.
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Postby sixflagsguy5 on August 20th, 2004, 11:28 pm
This is the funniest and stupidest rumor of all time.

Six Flags Great America New Coaster for 2005?
'I was at Great America when i went on the splash ride on the top of the big hill i saw some white roller coaster parts(?) and some blue ones i saw the same ones on the american eagle and they were on the hill by the picnic grove '


Um yes that would be shockwave, which was taken down 2 years ago.
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Postby Sedir on August 22nd, 2004, 7:56 pm
Yeah that one was good.

But what I'm wondering is that person someone who lives by Six Flags and goes there all the time or are they from somewhere else.
It's scary because it sounds like they live by Six Flags. Why else would they be excited for a new coaster there.
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