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COME BACK BRANDONG

Wow, i've always wanted to do a track park like cotaland or something, this looks really cool. Love the new objects and the texturing. The red and white lips for the track would have come in super useful for my monaco gt entry. And are those some even larger turn/road lines on the outside of the turn? Very intriguing. 

This looks really great! Super interested to see what the rest of that jumbo jet layout looks like!

Steve, I am loving this park a ton! You always ask me, "where is the grid??," but I can easily ask you the same with this bad boy right here. I absolutely love how the park is laid out. I wanted to do something similar, but Native American themed, and I found it somewhat difficult to get an organic off grid path layout that is interactive but also counteracts against the linearity of the coaster. You execute it here flawlessly. 

The paths, architecture and foliage are all done so expertly. I love the texturing changes for the bridges, and the bunches of buildings across the paths from the coaster that are textured so nicely and integrate landscaping into them really well. I love how the rocks and foliage are right up right against the wall of a building, it has a very thematic element to it that reminds me of great parks in real life like Busch Gardens, and it also simply adds a nice aspect to the buildings of rooting them down to the earth and connected with everything else around. They really feel like they belong where they are. You also managed to make LOTR rocks look good again, which is particularly impressive on its own.

There are many details in this park that I will have to take note of and come back to, because it is jam packed! The backstage is particularly really well done for being what it is, and it just looks great. The road infrastructure helps a ton to add to this effect of believability, and all of the little scenes of backstage work happening near garage doors and stuff further bring this to life in areas where you cant have traffic on half diagonal roads. 

Overall, I can really tell that you put in the extra mile to make this park truly a great one by skipping out on the deadline, and going for the fully fleshed out vision you have for it. Even under the time you built this, it is still pretty fast, but the park does not feel rushed at all. I loved every bit of it, and congratulations on finishing such a great design! Great work!!!

To begin, a huge congratulations to Daylan for winning NEDC, earning the Elite Parkmaker title, and breaking the 90% threshold. It is so incredible to see!

Daylan, if I could hug you right now, I would. I am so proud of you. There has been an ongoing topic bounced around at NE, about building for yourself, and not for others. I think that building for yourself is so important. It’s what makes the gift of viewing these parks so special - being able to see how everybody takes a stab at a blank canvas in their own unique way. This contest has been a bit of a synonym for that individuality, as we have been able to take a glimpse into the minds of the builders at NE, and how they attempt to decorate the coaster layout elected at hand. But you, Daylan, have taken this aspect of parkmaking to the next level, and I am so proud of you, and also of the accolade panelists for recognizing the absolute raw expression that was captured in this park, and seeing it worthy of such high accomplishment. 

As someone who I have known for a long time, I have a deep respect for Daylan. He is one of, if not the nicest person I have met at New Element. He is the whole reason I am here to even begin with when he dragged me into this community in late 2019, and I think it is safe to say that I am not sure I would be who I am right now if it was not for Daylan. He is a dedicated man, who is able to manage his end of the rope when need be, and it has been such a pleasure to be able to build with such nice and great people like him. I don’t want to go in depth about what I know of his background and the backstory for this park, but in a way it’s been part of my journey also for the past few years. There were times where I would be stuck with the park because it was date night for Daylan, but it was not a burden - I was always just happy for him. He would share the parks we made together with her, and I was always delighted to hear that she loved it or even had an interest in our niche hobbies to begin with. Needless to say, I really felt everything that this park was communicating. When Daylan first showed me the park behind the scenes, I was at a loss for words. I was just so proud of him for dealing with his grievances in such a beautiful way.

I’ve had my own rollercoaster of a time in life, and there were many moments where I wanted to take the feelings emerged from that and express it in a creative way. RCT never became much of a medium for that for me personally, and I think I opted towards making music instead a lot of the time. As much as I would love to do it, expressing my feelings through RCT always seemed incredibly hard for me to do as it just takes so much dedication. But then, Daylan slaps his hand down on the table and gives us this masterpiece. It’s a bit ironic, because while we talk about people building for themselves, I don’t think we have seen something quite like this park. 

I could go on and on about the content of this park, but I won’t go on forever. Immediately what caught my attention was the sound. Having visited a few entries before viewing Daylan’s, I was very much adjusted to expecting to hear crowds of peeps. What we get instead in his park is a moment of silence, followed by the start of a beautiful piano theme. It immediately sets the tone for me as a viewer, now considering the psychology behind the materiality in this park. 

Each vignette of a memory is so expertly executed. They seamlessly blend into each other, just like the thoughts in our heads. The signage done with CTRs and custom scenery takes the polish of it to the next level, and each memory feels so complete. The lack of guests in the park emphasizes the presence of the dark scenery peeps, complimenting the scenes of you two together. This really resonated with me trying to enter your mind, as everyone else around seems like an irrelevant void of background noise in the image of a memory. I totally get that, and in an artistic sense, I appreciate how it guides the viewer around the park. 

I could continue on about the skill of the architecture, but I am sure you know it’s great and I dont need to tell you that. The amount of objects you created for this shows me how dedicated you were to creating this park, and I am so excited to use them myself! You continue to prove yourself as the contemporary goat of landscaping, creating such gorgeous moments like it’s a piece of cake. You are truly gifted at your skills, Daylan, and I am so glad that you are still building RCT with us!

All in all, a huge congratulations to you Daylan for your accomplishments on this beautiful and memorable park. If there is one thing I want to say, it’s don’t be sad it is over, be glad that it happened. This is all part of life, and how you dealt with it is just so amazing. Never change that energy. Energy stays in the atmosphere, and while some of it may be good, and some bad, you can choose what to do with that energy. You created something so incredibly beautiful - and look at the response you got. Be proud Daylan! Keep on pushing.

-Elliott