Babar Tapie

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Nice topic !

My pov :

I rarely rate design submissions

I make a distinction between creation and imagination when rating parks. These are the 2 axes of my rating, with great importance given to the imagination part.

-Creation: the way you build something from a technical point of view (a building, a station, etc.).

-Imagination: the way you design a park. This includes theme choices, the way a building or element is designed, the general idea behind the park, artistic choices (artistic direction), the ‘touch’. Basically, thinking outside the box.

It's a very personal reflection, but I find that on NE we have some very good technicians, but a lot of people who stay within the classic patterns of a park: same choice of themes, release of big franchises (Disney, Six Flags, etc. etc.).  Why don't people try to create their own franchise? Or try something ambitious and unusual? Or fantasy park? Imo It's a bit sad to see different things mainly at H2H.

To finish, I don't expect the same from a legendary parkmaker as I do from an untitled player or a NE parkmaker. For the second category, if I see that the player has made great progress between his park and his previous work, I won't hesitate to give him a higher score, even if the quality is a little lower than what we usually see. I try to be as flexible as possible.

So cool and smart, great work

@Six Frags 
Yeah it was mainly to try this new feature I built my zoo, I was curious to see how it would look ig! At first I just wanted to make an enclosure, then it turned into a complete zoo

Very cool Fred ! But are you sure about using the lines on the paving? It gives a slightly weird grid effect, imo I think you could do without it, and replace it with a light crunch instead

I'm usually not a big fan of dkso and ncso parks, but I have to admit that over the last few months the quality has really improved. I'm not an expert on that style but I love your work here. It's full of great ideas, the level of detail is top notch and the care you've put into the whole thing is really cool. I really like the backstage area for exemple. I don't have any negative criticism to say, just that I'd love to see a bigger park from you! I was already a big fan of Serpentine, keep it up man!