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17-June 04
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Posix - I actually liked this more than any part of Allure Lake, probably because the buildings really appealed to me. But my favourite part is the foliage and fence-work. You are the king of mid-path theming, especially with the little fence details and formal shrubs. Great stuff. I loved the way 'Berserk' was only set to 'intense' mode
And we love you too
edit - oh, and even though I try and rip off your cool rock outcrops, I still fail
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I'm not sure why I like the park but I think as mantis pointed out the architecture is really cool.
Treetop Cyclone is an awesome coaster that i'm positive I could never pull off.
If the park wasn't as bare, at the moment I think i'd prefer it but if you were to place more trees I think the park may loose the feel that it currently has, which i'm liking.
There are a couple of things that if changed could have made the park even better.
I feel that if the park wasn't as flat and there was some height variations on the paths and in the general area it would look much better, could be wrong though...
I also didn't like how you had the mounds of dirt raised above the ground for whatever reason then just had a staright drop back down to the flat land below. I think it would have been much better if the mounds levelled of from these mounds to the floor rather than cutting of to a drop.
Well Done though, I appreciate what you've gone for and I like it.
Great job Posix, it's a shame it didn't place higher.
I do of course understand those who didn't like the park. It's only natural that there exist different tastes, but I think you should at least be able to see that there is some certain quality in this, even if it doesn't appeal to you.
After recently just getting around to downloading 'Nagas' I noticed that Posix has a wonderful style. I love the simplicty of his work.
The park: I loved it. The woodie's layout is fantastic (loved the turnarounds), and its color scheme (although nothing original) was fitting. I also like the landscaping-or lack of landscaping
Don't even get me started on the layout.
Fuck #20. You shoulda placed higher.
Excellent work. Keep on going, man.
You have showed everyone you can do a fantasy, realistic, and minimalistic park and still keep them beautiful.
I fucking love this park. It really has a wonderful atmosphere. I really can feel that I am in the park. It gives me a warm welcoming feeling. Not like a park with cramped architecture. It truely reminds me when I first got rct and played with it. Anything that can remind me of the old scenerios I used to play is truely one of the best. I love those old memories of playing the game without a care. I could honestly look at this for hours. Minimalism is really actually complex. The same how Mala builds. It look messy but once you look at it again in depth it looks awesome.
I just wish peeps could go in this park. It would make it really amazing. I love peeps. You are definetly one of the best parkmakers out there Posix. Keep building like this. I love it.
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That got my attention the most, but the park had many other subtle scenery/buildings that were really well executed too.
Anyone notice how the music was placed precisely to allow for the sound to go back and forth in the speakers. It actually took me a while to find what rides had music on.
Not bad Posix.
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It's a biiiig shame that you weren't placed higher, but you win some and you lose some, ya know? Oh well. Such is life.
What happened to the good old days where the ultimate goal was atmosphere? Sure, new and exciting is always great and welcomed, but we're so concerned about wether or not it's something "original" and "new and exciting", or complaining about the fact that a building isn't so detailed that it's got you wondering about the sprite limit that we seem to be missing the great philosophy of atmosphere.
Hell, all you have to do is hit the right combination and see how many pieces of "detail" you can fit on one single square. It's cramped as fuck, but now that's the "atmopshere" that everyone is seeming to strive for.
I would like to point out however that there are people who can go into a ton of detail yet still hold this amazing atmosphere (See anything that Toon has touched).
While I've yet to download this park (I believe it's LL, which I haven't dusted off in a while and don't plan on it), the pictures are amaizing. Kudos, and there's nothing wrong with placing at the bottom (Hell, I got 17th out of what, 21 for Hi-Rollers).
As for this park, I wasn't a fan. Posix, I'm really glad that you enjoy building your parks. I think it's some sort of enlightenment when you can say you build parks for you. But if you're going to submit parks for contests and spotlights, you should accept any critisims. As for what I thought of the park: It was very bare and unbareably flat. A few players have done the minimalist thing very well, but I think you've taken it too far. The landscaping, where it exsists is just ugly. The "mini-mountains" don't fit the park and the cliff feel they have to them isn't helping. Tree placement/selection was sub par as was the architecture. In all honesty, I find it very hard to find where you spent the "13 years" building this park. The bright spot was the coaster. The layout was very classical and the short trains showed some attention to detail. My only suggestion was that for it's hieght it was too long. I would've gone with a double out and back instead of a triplett. But you can throw all that down the drain if you enjoy building your parks for you.
You can build parks for yourself and still be interested in what other people think about them. You can work on parks as often or as infrequently as you want to. If there's some kind of percieved peer pressure that you have to keep making parks and posting screenshots, well, tough. Being a parkmaker is not going to change anything. If you think it will, you'll probably end up quitting like Ozone did. There are a lot of people who make what they want to make and are interested in what other people think about them. I'm not going to name names cause then some people will be disappointed that I didn't mention them when I probably should. You know who you are. You take out of NE what you want to take out of it. If you make it a job than it will be. If you feel like you need recognition from others to feel good about yourself, then you're like 95% of the population. It's a very common belief. And my telling you that you don't probably won't change that.
I always have so much more to say than I actually say. It seems I'm just hijacking random topics for rants today. Sorry Posix. I haven't looked at the park yet but I will. I just think that there's a lot of squirming about that goes on when people disagree with each other and it doesn't need to be that way. The sky is never falling and nothing is ever worth insulting people over. Etc, etc. Why do I feel so defeated after writing that. Maybe because it never seems to matter what I say, things pretty much go on as they have been anyway.
That said, I think Posix is underestimated on his skills with building wooden coasters. You seem to be able to handle speed very well and make your wooden coasters look realistic, smooth, and most of all as if someone could ride it right then. I enjoyed vastly the swooping drops and wide turns of Treetop Cyclone. Well done on this and your other wooden coasters.
Which brings us to one point... Perhaps too much of a good thing isn't really good at all, like the baren flat rock land, what was with that? Or perhaps the whole minimalistic style, but nah, keep with that, just maybe add more flares, catchy stuff, or even *gasp* more detail where it is needed, like the ghost train theming, the landscape next to the pavilions, etc. Then yet another point, which Toon has brought up, maybe the adoration by the "statesmen, phliosophers, & divines" is not really a good thing. Maybe we should take it as-is.
But anyways... enough brain work for today. Loved the atmosphere, woodie, architecture, and over-all feel you've brought with this park. Not much else though.
If... WME would have judged
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20. Elements- Gir
21. Darkwood Amusements- Posix
22. Country Squire Amusement Park- rwadams
23. Poplar Grove- Ride6