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it's beautiful, the tall off white towers are great. love the waterfall behind the double drop

AJ's Prairie Lightning

nice little map here that i very much enjoyed, but it didn't feel particularly in line with my expectations for the round objectives. however the quality level is very obvious here, and the overall feel of the map is great. 

Chamberlain Steel

lots to like about this map, outstanding quality level and some beautiful work. coasters are interesting and really well done, architecture is pretty great and the little touches really bring this up a level. flowing water, turning brown by the factory, great concept that's executed really nicely. i would have liked a touch more "cohesiveness" on the map as a whole which felt slightly like a bunch of different vignettes linked by empty path, but that's nit picking as you guys obviously have the quality to pull it off. great work.

Modern Foundations

this map felt "clean" in a way that didn't totally vibe with the objectives/theme, but there was a lot to really like here. a tad more understated than a couple of the other maps, i really liked the central canal setting, and almost wish there had been way more of that.

clever. really, really clever, and a fresh vibe for this round (and any round, this is a wild concept). very nicely pulled off, the color of the projections was pretty great and the work itself in there was also interesting and fun to look around. a mad idea.

Steel Valley

traditional Lurker goodness, always a pleasure to look around your maps. if you're wanting feedback (you probably aren't) then i'd love to see you differentiate your themes on a fundamental level a bit more, feels like all of your maps are kinda similar macro-wise with a layer of theming objects or colors to denote the theme. 

The Last Frost Fair

this is the map that is closest to what i'd imagined for this round. i actually wanted to enter when i heard the theme, but no way the deadline would work for me. but i wanted to do london dockyards, and you've done a great job of that with the added layer of winter and the frozen thames. it's a piece of history i'm somewhat familiar with, and you've done a great job. architecture all over is beautiful, great coaster, and interiors to boot. probably the winner of the round, for me.

Victoria Mine: Shaft 13

this is probably the second best "park" of the round (i also had to vote for the movie night, too clever) - a really high quality map with the best coaster of the round. obviously i wish there was a cleaner way to do the tilt on the coaster but the point gets across. but this map has everything - scale, height variation, clean readable architecture, enough variation and really cool ideas to more than fill the area. a super believable slice of real life here, great work. the really long coal train is brilliant.

i mean it's absolutely massive, and i cannot wait to see what you cook up on a map this scale. 

i absolutely loved this park, mainly for its differences to most parks than its similarities. 

the word that comes to mind most for me is "thoughtful". to make a map of this scale work, you can't just ignore the parts of the map that aren't traditionally RCT. a lot of my favorite parts weren't actually rides, or a theme park. it was little farming scenes, riverbanks, waterfalls with a soundscape to match. really beautiful stuff, built with love.

having said that, there are also some really nice rides here - especially the green coaster rotated view-wise to where the river runs straight down the screen. it's unorthodox, interesting, and a beautiful color scheme that goes against my usual feelings on making a coaster stand out. but it goes against it for a really good reason, so it works. that ethos is all over this map - things aren't usually done this way, but here's the reason why i've done it this way instead. only a few builders have this level of novel vision, and you've really impressed me with this map.

love it, well done.

just noticed, is that a goddamn go kart YES