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  • Corkscrewed%s's Photo
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    Post your comments here, because if you don't, Kumba will haunt you and your family through AIM!!!!!!!!
  • rK_%s's Photo
    the park was good, but ive definatly seen better from Kumba. The theming was pretty nice, it didnt have much of an atmosphere in some areas, like calabash cove just had a few eye catching colors with a nice blend, SAs coaster was very nice, but other then that it was hollow, alot of open land which i think could have been built on to theme the coaster more, and the brown path looked terrible to me.

    Besides hurrican bay, where the walled up water looked too artificial for what its surrounded by, and erwindale, the sections seemed a little small. They archy was nice and had a great style, the colors on island 51 were great, the space ship rental, and alien expo, which the roof pattern was pretty cool, but the expo was empty, just a ride and a rocket, nothing more. cBass' sand castle was excellent, nice spot on there, big cypress was an excellent wooden, great layout and placment, but again the area it was in was lifeless and small, the map seemed dominated by the water.

    i think you did nice but i know you can do better, this was a big map and the areas were quite small, im hoping to see you back with another runner up to one up this one. just a few flaws in my eyes but overall it was enjoyable, just not like the Kumba im use too seeing.
  • Highball%s's Photo
    Congrats on the SRU, Kumba. I'll get around to looking at the park tomorrow night, then I'll post my review.
  • muuuh%s's Photo
    :OMG: i love this ideas!
    the ice palace is my fav! you had worked with so much love to the detail, i think.
    and your ideas are amazing.
    the Monkes, Corkscrewed and Iris are funny :lol: .
    i think the galaxy area was the worst area, but looks ok.
    sometimes I asked myself, why it isn`t a spotlight.
    Good luck for your next park, Kumba.


    muuuh
  • JKay%s's Photo
    Hey Kumba, you already know what I think of the park. I too think this was very close to spotlight, but also feel that Super Runner Up fits it well for some reason; mainly due to some inconsistancies throughout the park as pointed out by Corky. I also think the bar for Spotlight has been raised since you started advertising this park too. Either way, I'm glad to see this thing finally released and can't wait for your next solo (or duo *hint* :p ) project on the horizon...
  • Kumba%s's Photo
    Wow a years work, if not spotlight, a main page post works for me :p

    Ok I will admit this park is not really my best stuff, alot is out of date but I sent it in becoz it turned out just how I pictured it. I had a vision for the park and pulled it off, thing is that vision is over a year old.. People will bitch about the entrance, the everglads and other things, but after a year I just kinda wanted to move on. I will admit I thought id win spotlight anyways, all the testers said it was a lock to win, but just my luck only Corky and iris thought otherwise :rolleyes:

    I aint to mad about it tho, I know it aint my best shit, but the thing that bugs me is that nothing beat it and its just "not spotlight worthy"

    I hope you guys enjoy the park, yeah I clearly went to big on map size so you do get a good deal of water. My fav area is EV by me & Ed, I think this area holds my best work, like Treeeats witch imo is the only true example of me building at 100%

    Anyways im glad after 400+ days its released. I hope you can all give some feedback or I will hunt you down via AIM ;) Also if you have seen the park, and I think like 6 or 7 people have, I seem to have forgotten all your feedback so feel free to post it here, and JKay feel free to edit your post with at leased a 1,000+ word reply :D

    Again enjoy the park and please reply so I may flame you or something. IE:Corky that logo bites! :peace: ....but really Cork thx for the neat layout on the pg and the review.. even if it was not 1,000+ words :yup:

    P.S. The cove is not a joint section, all SA did was the coasters layout, all that themeing and archy is by me.

    Kumba :devil:
  • Tech Artist%s's Photo
    Finally this is released!

    This is definetly your best work to date Kumba. I really liked how you made an atmosphere in each section and the architecture was awsome through out the park.

    Entrance area: Although some of the buildings seemed blocky at times, it was still a pretty good area. The sandcastle wasn't as good as I'd hope.

    Everglades: The coaster was pretty cool and the architecture was as well but other than that it seemed like that it was empty compared to the other areas. I liked the idea though.

    Calabash Cove: My favorite area is defiently this one.
    The colors went perfectly together and that coaster reminded me of Shockwave that was at SFGAM and Vortex at PKI. I also liked how you built the shark tank into the landscaping.
    Overall this area was definetly had a awsome atmosphere and felt welcoming. Nice job!

    Erwindale Forest: My 2nd favorite area. If this isn't considered a forest than what can be? It is the best forest area I've seen since Ed's Erwindale. I liked that whole fire ride as well. Nice job!
    Btw, the racing faries kicked ass. :D

    Hurricane Highlands: As Cork said, the use of landscaping and architecture was very good. A few places seemed a bit random but after a Hurricane things do look random so it works. This is my 3rd favorite area.

    Island 51: This wasn't as good as I expected it to be. Some architecture was good while others weren't. I wasn't that impressed with Stolen Science. It was alright but it wasn't as good as when you 1st showed it.
    This is definetly a hit or miss area.

    Overall, awsome job Kumba. Your architecture, landscaping, and use of hacks definetly made this park great. I think you could have gotten Spotlight if you put a little more into it but you definetly deserve a Super Runner Up.

    Great job and congrats!
  • Kumba%s's Photo
    Oh btw look out for X250 he said he'd run naked in the streets if it lost. LMAO :lol:
  • Marshy%s's Photo
    Hm..it deserved its spot as super runner up.

    I had a quick go-through this morning. I thought I'd post.

    I have to admit, I thought the Island 51 area wasn't too good, in fact I thought it looked very odd. The cooaster was cool, but every thing else in the area wasn't of my liking.

    The entrance was nicely done. Even if it was out of date, I still liked it, I actually thought cBass's castle ruined it.
    My favourite part of the park was Hurricane, one of the best coasters I've seen, I just loved the layout, especially the turnaround-around the water slide, it was very nicely done.

    Other parts that I liked were:

    -The adventure ride around the shape of the woodie (cant remember the name), The woodie was okay at the beginning, but I thought that it was too slow after passing below the loop.
    -The Erwindale section was fabulous. full stop.

    So, all in all, It was a great park, with a few bad spots. But well worth super runner up.

    Good job Kumba, and suck my balls. :it:
  • X250%s's Photo
    Should have got spotlight imo, it is probably the park that i have spent most time looking at. I must have spent two hours looking through the park and what i saw was incredibly impressive. Some areas lacked a little, but areas like Erwindale made up for that.

    Erwindale
    Best area of any park i have ever seen. Simply amazing detail and the whole 'hackiness' of the area is pretty cool too. :) The coaster with the lightening through its station was a little disappointing, but the rest of Erwindale was just... wow. So much detail, excellant hacking.

    Island 51
    My second fav area, full of bright vibrant colours and neat hacking. Stolen Science was stunning, no idea how it worked but it was great fun to look at! The lost go-karts ride made me laugh, some great ideas in this area and they were very well executed!

    Calabash Cove
    Unique theme, i love the idea of the shark tank. The coaster was great, a little slow in places but still decent. The custom-ride in the area was superb, a little large in contrast with the rest of the park though. :p

    Hurricane Highlands
    An area with its own scenery, the coaster was really well paced until the end where it seemed to lack a little speed. The archy was below your usual standard, but i think this was probably one of your first areas or summat. Still, a great area to look at!

    Entrance
    Nice, nothing too special for an entrance but seemed to fit the rest of this spectacular park.

    Everglades
    Didn't like this area sorry, seemed a little simple compared to your Erwindale area- a bit of a lack of detail. However, what a fantastic wooden coaster! :)

    Just watch your spelling in places, i remember a sign in one area which said: "Bapfront parc", which made me happy. Erwindale forest as i said before is the best area in any park i have ever seen- never have i seen such detail. Amazing park Kumba, probably just shy of a spotlight in this case but would have definitly got it if i were judging. :p

    Can't wait to see what else you have up your sleeve.

    -X-
  • penguinBOB%s's Photo
    I nominate Coral Creature for Coaster of the Year.

    Kumba, you should stick to themes like that one, erwindale, and hurricane harbor. The entrance wasn't too shabby either, but the rest of the themes I felt weren't up to par with the rest.
  • Steve%s's Photo
    my surf shop is still the best part of the park.

    Great job, Kumba, and congratulations.
  • Coaster Ed%s's Photo
    Hmm, I really thought this was Spotlight quality. So many times parks get recognition for what they are on the surface and there's little beneath that. The quality of this park is seen in all of the little details. You have to get up close and personal to appreciate it all, but I'm just amazed at how much Kumba was able to pack into these themed areas. Yeah the coasters aren't the best ever, especially the older ones like in Hurricane Highlands and Island 51, but the quality of the theming is really in a league of it's own. It's not the prettiest park to look at, and I've seen better looking work from Kumba in QFTB and in H2H too, but there sure are a lot of fun details. I'd like to think there's more to the spotlight than how good a park looks. It's about innovation and quality and given the comparitave lack of elite parks released lately (shown in the lack of spotlight worthy parks) this really is a good example of what parkmaking can be when someone puts a lot of time and effort into it.

    I think more than anything else, this isn't spotlight because Kumba posted too many pics, maybe nagged a few too many times, and acted like he'd already won it on more than one occasion. Well anyway like I said many times before, the park speaks for itself, whether it's a spotlight or a runner-up or something else. This is really something to be proud of and I'm proud to be a part of it, in my own small way.
  • posix%s's Photo
    runner up at max for me. looked very nonprofessional.
    the only area that showed little promise was the one with the wooden twister.
  • Coaster Ed%s's Photo
    Sure runner-up at best if all that matters about a park is how it looks and how well the coasters conform to the prevailing standards of coaster quality. For all the complaints about the 'NE Style' and lack of originality, it seems that the only real constant around here is that if you make it look good, you'll win top honors. Everything else is undervalued in my opinion.
  • the_legacy%s's Photo
    After several months away from rct (due to travelling), I come back to find two beautiful parks on display at New Element, Bijou Magique and Bayfront park. After a long look around both I was truly stunned on a number of occasions. The difference between the two parks is notable. Bayfront Park is better in parts but worse in others and that in my opinion is what costs Kumba a spotlight, consistency. The park I think should have won spotlight though, as the "bad areas" were few and far between. Even so the good areas were so brilliant and original that the park in my eyes is a spotlight. The daft thing is Kumba, you know where these "bad areas" are yourself, a little more time on these areas and the park could well be very high up that list of Iris's.

    So perhaps you only have yourself to blame. ;)

    Still, it is one of the greatest RCT2 parks created and perhaps the best ever park not make spotlight. It just shows how good you have to be to make spotlight, and makes me realise that parkmakers like me will never be sunbathing under that glorious light.

    Congratulations, maybe next time your undeniable talent will be rewarded with the prize a parkmaker of your quality deserves. (Hell if there is not there is no hope for most of us).
  • sloB%s's Photo
    whatever title it received, the park was fun to look at. like you guys have said, it wasn't the prettiest park i've ever seen, but it was just good plain fun.

    i honestly enjoyed it Kumba, and congratulations on your much deserved super runner-up.
  • mantis%s's Photo
    It is a lot more enjoyable exploring the details if they do, in fact, look good.
  • laz0rz%s's Photo
    It's finally released!

    I can't wait to see it!
  • natelox%s's Photo
    I don't think the park warrented the intense focus associated with the spotlight, but it is suitable as a runner up (So good work Corkscrewed!). The park lacked in quality of architecture, themeing, layout and composition; or atleast, lacked the quality needed to achieve the spotlight title. What kept my intrest however was Kumba's creativity. From the screens displayed in the advertising district I wasn't too impressed, but there were many details that were fresh and entertaining. The helicopter, the racing fairies, the curtains, the golf course (complete with windmill and bones), the coral sinage (I hope you know what I mean) and the east bridge all made me smile. If this is the level of work I can expect from Kumba in the future, he's got another fan.