Park / Baiht Oashyr Vel Thalloo

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  • Carl%s's Photo
    Well I have only played LL once in the last year, but I still have it installed from the good old days. Will pop it in and give this a looksy. The overview looks amazing, congrats Twisted!
  • GigaForce%s's Photo
    Now that i've seen it...Its awesome!

    Very nice ideas...the Cronk Luma area was spectacular.

    The War of Worlds area was a great idea that was well executed...although being slightly unrealistic for my tastes. The trackitecture was good, but there was almost TOO much of it, but I know thats been ur style forever, so I'll leave that alone. The Breeding Grounds and Galastro areas were nice, and I especially liked the foliage in Galastro.

    Nice entrance as well...reminded me of Audrix but brighter.

    There is such a revival of LL at this site! I love it! Fatha's park is coming, Prince's park... Tracid's that is looking nice... I'm really liking it.

    Oh and for you guys who don't have LL...go buy it right now. Or just download it from bt.
  • cg?%s's Photo

    It didn't win by default. That's why we went like a year only posting 4 spotlights last year. Since when does every park have Runner-Ups?

    Okay, it didn't. Fine. I think it's stupid for a park to win Spotlight when it was the only park submitted for Spotlight recently. Better?
  • iris%s's Photo
    Not really. Bayfront Parc, Disneyland Utopia, Iceman's Disneyland Park, etc. were all submitted for spotlight too.

    It has nothing to do with other parks. If the park is Spotlight quality, it will get Spotlight, regardless of what other parks were submitted, that has nothing to do with it. We don't get enough parks nowadays to turn down Spotlight parks because of what week they were sent in. Quality comes first, and if need be we'll line Spotlights up. Twisted's park fully deserved it. Regardless of what other parks were or weren't submitted.
  • artist%s's Photo
    [font="arial"]awesome park man, i loved it.

    The amount of detailed put into this was amazing and the bridges and invert really had my jaw dropping, spotlight for sure.

    Congrats, wish i could give a better comment but im not too "clued" up in the rct1 side of things.[/font]
  • Evil WME%s's Photo
    Nice surprise, really.


    Maybe I'll post more in-depth comments about it later, but i really must say i'm not as impressed as most other people with the park. I thought the coaster layouts were mediocre, and old fashioned. That's how i felt about the whole park, really, old fashioned. Sure, some of what irsi calls trackitecture is nice, but the feel of a dark park with dense foliage reminds me of the days natelox churned out one ugly park after another (thank god he's not doing that anymore, but a release would be nice) It never felt immersive, and i never had a clue towards what the area was trying to be before looking at it very very closely. That's why the middle area is the best, because its themed. The rest is just so, not themed. I don't know, i'm blabbering, but i was just not impressed by any of it. I did enjoy looking at a spotlight, again. Congrats Twisted!
  • Geoff%s's Photo
    Very impressive stuff. IMO, the best use of ride tracks I have seen in LL, ever.

    I really loved the invert area. Beautiful ride, and atmsohphere.

    Nice job.
  • JKay%s's Photo
    Awesome park Twisted. I never would've have guessed you would be the next spotlight winner.

    Unfortunately, the park wasn't quite as jaw-dropping as I had hoped. Compared to some other spotlights, like CoD and WOMB, it felt way under par. Still though, I couldn't see this park being a SRU, as its got that old school spotlight feel to, so I really do think it was showcased properly.

    Pros:
    -Amazing themes. Each theme was incredibly unique and executed with extreme skill. I mean who would ever think of a Tyrant breeding ground? Really imaginative and creative. Great stuff.
    -The obvious, trackitecture, was stellar and shows great resourcefulness to what LL offers for tools.
    -Map organization. You did a great job at evenly distributing your themed areas proportionally and making good use of space. It really made the park flow well.
    -Lots of neat details. I like all the bridges linking the areas. I also loved New Age Ninja's lift hill. That was brilliant.

    Cons:
    -Coaster designs. They seemed forced and mostly secondary to the theming which really took my focus away from the rides. To me, the coasters should be superior over the theming, and this park was the opposite, but is a common problem I have too. Oh, and some of the coasters were hard to follow, especially New Age Ninja and parts of Lumo Run. I think they ran underground too much and had some really slow parts.
    -Foliage. Some of the tree/foliage selection and placement seemed shotty in areas. I mean, it wasn't terrible, but it wasn't great either and a lot of trees appeared randomly chosen to me. Could just be me though.
    -There wasn't really a standout or really innovative area imo. Don't get me wrong; All the areas were great, but I couldn't pick a favorite one, which is a con imo.

    Overall, I have to agree that this was a weaker spotlight, but I still think its worthy. IMO, the themes and composition made this a spotlight, with everything else at SRU level.

    Its a good start to another year at NE and this has now set a good bar for the next LL spotlight. Congrats Twisted!
  • Ride6%s's Photo
    First Impressions: Great park, not in the upper end of spotlights but certainly not the worst. Unlike PoM I believe this park fully desirves its satus.

    Basically from the little (15 mins) I looked I can say the trackitecture is amazing, some of the best ever and very interesting. However the park lacks in coaster count imo. I love and will inspect in-depth: Cronk Luma, The Breeding Grounds and Galastro. Frankly I think you need to lighten up a bit. Maybe that's why Cronk Luma just pulls me in. And I like to where hats in summer to, ;).

    Excellent park and I'm looking forward to brighter :p things from twisted in the future. Not that I mind the dark stuff so much if it's gritty and earthy, then it does something for me too.

    ride6
  • GigaForce%s's Photo

    And I like to where hats in summer to,  ;).

    I caught that too lol :D

    Cronk Luma is the best section.
  • Panic%s's Photo
    I admired this park immensely. It's one of those parks that the effort and skill put into it will keep one coming back many times after the first, just to examine the little touches and details - why does that track have gray rails instead of red? - every little something contributes to the overall feel of the park. It takes many years and much skill to be able to use trackitecture well at all. I am just getting used to building in LL and I cannot see myself getting a mental grasp of what track would look good where to represent what for over a year. That it is the architectural highlight of the park, and that every piece looks great and works in the environment, is something that probably only Twisted can do. What will also keep me coming back are the little touches - the guns and artillery on the beaches, the details on the trackless vertical drop car adventure ride, you name it. I am a bit sad to see people immediately calling this one of the weaker spotlights because there is so much in it, and so much put into it. I cannot fathom how long it would take the average person to crank out what Twisted has here. I did think that the coasters were pretty nice, particularly their complex interaction with the surrounding buildings and theming. There were a bunch of spots where for a second, I didn't know where the train was going to emerge. Those coasters that keep you guessing are always great ones. I loved how the GCI woodie worked its way down the hill, in particular.
  • Corkscrewed%s's Photo

    Compared to some other spotlights, like CoD and WOMB, it felt way under par. Still though, I couldn't see this park being a SRU, as its got that old school spotlight feel to, so I really do think it was showcased properly.


    LOL at JKay comparing it to arguably two of the greatest LL Spotlights of all time and using that to say it was disappointing.


    I know that's not what you meant, but I'm just being facetious. (sp?)
  • Twisted%s's Photo
    I guess you guys couldn't decide on the spelling of the name :p

    Thanks very much for the spotlight and all of the comments.
    I'll explain some stuff later as I should be doing some sort of revision right now :(
  • REspawn%s's Photo
    Corky. I think so.

    And Twisted, I'm intrigued now, what language is this name. And what does it mean?
  • Corkscrewed%s's Photo

    I guess you guys couldn't decide on the spelling of the name :p

    Thanks very much for the spotlight and all of the comments.
    I'll explain some stuff later as I should be doing some sort of revision right now  :(

    LOL... I originally had it "Baiht Oashyr Veg Thalloo." Then Iris spelled it "Baiht Oashyr Vey Thalloo" when he sent me graphics and told me "make sure I get the spelling right" implying it was spelled with a Y. And now, in this topic, it's suddenly "Baiht Oashyr Vel Thalloo."

    That's what you get for a ridiculous name. :p Me? I just call it Bovernment. Cuz its initials are BOVT, which is similar to Govt, which is the abbreviation for "government."

    ;)X
  • Fatha'%s's Photo
    Damn only 34 replies....needs much more.
  • Twisted%s's Photo
    Ok, here we go.

    Well firstly the name is supposed to be Baiht Oashyr Veg Thalloo (one letter wrong, not bad) which is in manx and means Soggy Sock Land.
    Any other names throughout the park I either found on google somehow or just plain made up, apart from cronk which is hill in manx.

    Half of this park was built in 2003 as Tyrant Breeding Grounds, Galasro and War Of The Worlds were all either completed or nearlly completed when i first put the park down and left it at the end of 2003. I then picked up the park again a few months ago and finished those areas of and added the new areas.
    With parts of the park being that old I definetly feel if I were to re-do those older areas they would be much better but I was too lazy to do that :)

    Something being brought up here is my coasters which I know arn't anywhere near amazing, they've never been something that iv'e been to good at so I concentrated more on other areas of my parkmaking but I'll definetly work on them for my next park.


    Fatha: I definetly agree on the coasters as mentioned above and using water to seperate areas, It'll be different next time I assure you.

    d4rkj4nu5: I do somewhat agree on what you said about the "future ninja" area. There is a lot packed in especially with foliage. Also it was advertised back in December 2003.

    Leighx: yup.

    GigaForce: The war of the worlds area was more of an area for me to mess around with after seeing Battlefield RCT, but I liked it and kept it although it is quite unrealistic.

    WME: Not quite sure on what you mean on some areas not being themed. About the rest maybe I am just old-fashioned I don't know, we'll see if my next park is any different I guess. It will hopefully be brighter though.

    JKay: I think with the trees it may just be that I kind of have favourite trees that I just feel like including in an area which may give you that idea, not sure.

    ride6: Brighter things shall be seen one day. I'm glad i'm not the only person who likes to where hats in summer.....where exactly did I put that message? I found my others but not that one ???

    Corky: Bah, I coulda made it worse trust me. Bovernment.....hmmm...fair enough.

    Thanks Everyone else for all of the great comments.

    Oh, and i'm with Fatha' on that one :)
  • Ride6%s's Photo
    It's in the Cronk Luma area getting off the upper platforms of the excalators.

    Upon looking again I found the only area I didn't really like was the one with New Age Ninja. It's alright but it just has an odd disjointed atmosphere where the other areas seemed better organized and put together. The central ruins area with the inverted is my favorite, it just has a magical atmsophere. Again I didn't look at the park long, only 15 minutes or so but it was enjoyible. What I really want to see is the organized, intellegent, bright colors of Cronk Luma mixed with the amazing trackitecture of say Tyrant Breeding Grounds, for example. Then again I might just be trying to steer you into becoming another Mantis ;).

    ride6
  • Panic%s's Photo
    lol, look at the number of downloads. 76 total, 10 in the past 24 hours - I'm actually surprised that this thread got as many comments as it did, a 2 to 1 downloads to comments ratio.
  • Jacko Shanty%s's Photo
    ^It's because half the comments are about how they wish they could view the park but they don't have LL.