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    NEDC Updates and Surprise Spring News
     

    Welcome to our Spring News Update! Things are heating up here at NE as the weather turns pleasant again, and we have several exciting news items. First: NEDC4!

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    NEDC 4: Deadline Extension
    We're pleased to announce that interest in NEDC4 has been significantly higher than the last NEDC efforts. We are expecting to see multiple entries from old and new community members, but several builders have expressed interest in a few days of extra time to allow them to get a late start or clean up a few details. Particularly in light of the next update, we believe a deadline extension is warranted. If you haven't started yet or need to check in on the details, please see the official contest topic.
    New NEDC4 Contest Submission Deadline: Monday April 17th, 2017 8:00 GMT, 3:00 EST, 0:00 PST

    NEDC 4: Layout Use After the Contest
    It has been a surprisingly complicated decision-making process, but we feel the best compromise is this: After the (newly-extended) contest deadline, designs using the unmodified NEDC4 contest layout will be accepted for up to one month as NON-COMPETITIVE submissions. Beyond one month after contest end, submissions using the unmodified NEDC4 contest layout will not be accepted. Submissions that use a version of the layout that is sufficiently modified to have strong differences will be accepted in either competitive or non-comp categories with no restrictions.

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    NEDC 3: WINNERS ANNOUNCED
    The New Element Design Challenge [2015 Edition], or NEDC3, has clearly been one of the most successful contests in New Element history. No event has elicited such passion, such creativity, such wonderful taste sensations, as this contest. It has been second only to PT3 in both magnitude and total entries received. We know everyone has been going absolutely mad awaiting the results since the deadline on Mar. 31st, and we are incredibly excited to announce the winners here in a truly star-studded Top 3.

    In THIRD PLACE,
    Dynamite Dunes by Stoksy!
    The lack of the required NEDC coaster on this map really held it back, but the quality of work so impressed everyone in the community that it carried through for a strong 3rd regardless.

    In SECOND PLACE, an old favorite
    Liam's Food Blog by Liampie!
    With an unparalleled creative vision and maybe a little bit of bribery, Liam has won his way into a podium finish with yet another blend of mayonnaise, instant mashed potatoes, and a balding parrot. Definitely a must-see.

    And your winner, in FIRST PLACE!
    Timmy's Muffin Mountain Adventure by ][22
    ffs guys nobody else even entered enjoy the jokepark




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    NE Multiplayer Server 5

    Unfortunately, we have received word that Tycoon Planet, friends of the site and official hosts of the NE Multiplayer Server versions 1-4, will be closing their virtual doors effective next week. We'd like to take this opportunity to thank the TP team for the continued support and all the good times, and offer an open invitation to Tycoon Planet members - join us here at NE! This does leave us temporarily without a multiplayer host, but rest assured that the show must go on and there will be an NE MP5. Look for a thread soon - we're expecting that this edition will be about finishing a partially-complete RCT2 group park.
    Post-April-1-edit: Yes, the TP closure was a prank, yes, we will be hosting NE MP5 after NEDC4, yes, it will still be on TP servers.



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    The Return of the New Element Podcast


    We recently wrapped up the NE Awards for this past year, and during the ceremony we experimented with voice chat as the admin team hosted and commented on the year's events and releases. That wasn't all we were doing, though! The voice chat during Awards was in actuality a test-run of a feature that has long been discussed and has even been attempted a few times over the site's history; the NE Podcast. We're happy to announce that the Podcast is returning officially this year to cover current RCT events, meta-discussion of perpetual community topics like realism vs. fantasy, RCTLL vs. RCT2, The List, Accolade categories, and more. We'll also have special guest interviews from time to time and recurring segments like Tag of the Week and This Day in NE History!

    If that sounds like something you're interested in, I've actually got even better news! There's no need to wait - we have the pilot episode out RIGHT NOW.

    Check out The New New Element Podcast, Episode 1
    Post-April-1-edit: This is a link to Sensual Ethiopian's noise album, not the NE podcast. If you're interested in an actual NE podcast post your thoughts below.



    That's it for the Spring Update!
    Thanks for reading along - post your thoughts below, and we hope to see you in NEDC4.
  • Jaguar%s's Photo

    This is freaking amazing... and Merzbow disguised as the Sensual Ethiopian Police of all people is doing the Podcast? Just epic.

  • Stoksy%s's Photo

    I hope the NE podcast return isn't an April Fools, as much as I enjoyed being able to listen to some of SEP's noise

  • pierrot%s's Photo

    I enjoyed half of the Togorando.

  • Version1%s's Photo

    Can't we just rent a server for MP ourselves? With the number of people playing on it I can't see financing being a problem.

  • Bubbsy41%s's Photo

    Can't we just rent a server for MP ourselves? With the number of people playing on it I can't see financing being a problem.


    We won't need to because it's April Fools day.
  • trav%s's Photo

    Wait does that mean ][22 is a solo contest winner now?

     

    CBass, Phatage, 5Dave, Camcorder22, 5Dave again, Liampie....and now ][22

  • SensualEthiopianPolice%s's Photo


    This is freaking amazing... and Merzbow disguised as the Sensual Ethiopian Police of all people is doing the Podcast? Just epic.

    That's all me baby 
  • Scoop%s's Photo

    click bait!!! but really I wish there was a new podcast.

  • Version1%s's Photo


    We won't need to because it's April Fools day.
     

     

    Yeah, I thought stuff like this would be off limits.

  • G Force%s's Photo

    An NE Podcast is still a very real idea, and something that has been attempted in the past.  Though I almost feel that streaming sort of makes this redundant in a way, as we could just run an official NE stream and accomplish all the same with a bit more user interaction.  Obviously it would then be saved as a VOD or to YouTube and then could just act as a podcast.  It would also solve the audio sync issue which caused issues for the attempt in the past.

     

    The kicker really is, what would we talk about?  Current events on the site, new releases or screens, perhaps real life events?  Or maybe more parkmaking and NE philosophy with even some NE history as well.

     

    I think there is only so much talk that can be had about the history and philosophy of the site and the game, at least before it becomes annoying or boring.  It would really just depend on what people want to hear and what people would want to talk about and how interactive it would be.  I don't know how likely it would be for this to get off the ground in the near future, but if people are interested I'm sure we could make a push for it in one form or another.

  • Version1%s's Photo

    I think the ideal set-up would be 1-2 hosts with a guest for each episode. The themes could vary from tales about the construction of a park or future plans to more general question, like how someone translates real life into building or plans out the paths.

  • ][ntamin22%s's Photo

    Post-april-fools' edits made for posterity.


    Post your NEDC4 feedback here.

     

    Post your NEDC3 feedback here or comments on my amazing grand prize-winning park here.  Do not encourage Liam at his food blog here.

    Post your NE MP feedback on the current server map thread here or thoughts on future maps in the Discord.

    Post your NE Podcast thoughts and suggestions in this thread. Do not encourage SensualEthiopian at his soundcloud here.

  • csw%s's Photo

    Dang, I forgot to submit my NEDC3 entry! 

  • Liampie%s's Photo
    Did you need more time?
  • csw%s's Photo

    Nah, I've had it done for a good year. Here's the file if anyone is interested, it's really not worth opening to be honest. Just me screwing around for a few hours over top of dynamite blaster. 

    Attached File  _NEDC3.SV4 (277.02KB)
    downloads: 85

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