News / New Element's 15th Birthday: A List, a pärk, and some news!

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    New Element Newsflash
    15th Anniversary Edition / Summer


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    Over fifteen years ago, New Element was conceived by proto-admin iris. No one could have foreseen that the site would prosper for so long, but it did, and still does. At the 10th anniversary of NE, we celebrated it with multiple events chronicling the history of NE up to that point. This time we celebrate a bit smaller, but not without fitting grandeur. We bring you two gifts, and some general small news as well!



    Historically, The List was one of the main features of NE. Created and regularly updated by Iris, The List was last updated, as a one off, in 2007. As the site moved on with new versions, The List became outdated, and is no longer present. With this year being the 15th year of New Element, we decided that it was about time we had an updated ranking, featuring the brilliant parks that have pushed the boundaries in more recent times. Thus, we bring you a new version. The new List differ from iris's in format, scope, purpose and method, it is no longer an arbitrary list of personal favourites, but now becomes a mathematically determined ranking based on the input of ten judges. The method used to create this new list is more elaborate and objective, and the scope of what the list sets out to do is more ambitious. To read more about all this, click on the logo above! There you will also find the RCT2 parks ranked #75 through #61.

    Our second gift does not require much introduction. All we need to say that it's not 'our' gift technically; Lagom deserves all the credit for this masterful piece of RCT. Click the logo above to check out the freshly released Gröna Lund!

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    New NE Discord rules
    As you may well know by now, NE has had its own Discord channel for a while now. For the uninitiated, Discord is a chat server on which NE has it's own chatboxes. It started out small and unofficial, but over the past few months it has evolved into a very active and de facto official extension of the website. It is for this reason that we're going to enforce a new rule: on Discord you must use the same nickname as on New Element, or you should be recognizable at least. We also ask you to take screenshots and meaningful discussion to the site, as whatever is said on Discord will get buried there. Discord is an extension of the site and should not suck life out of the website. If you share something on discord, share it on the site as well.

    Upload your reddit contest parks!
    Here at New Element we strive to have a rich and complete database of parks. We've found that many of you have participated in reddit contests, now or in the past, but that these parks are missing from your profile. We would like to fill these gaps, so you're more than welcome to submit your old reddit parks. That goes for other old releases too. Include the original release date and/or a link to the original release in the description.

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    New Releases Overview
    In addition to the NEDC4 entries, the following maps have received an accolade score during the last three months:

    TBD - Ashford Grove and Squirrel Sanctuary by SSSammy (LL)
    TBD - Gröna Lund by Lagom (RCT2)
    Spotlight - Mario Kart: All-Cup Tour by bigshootergill (RCT2)
    Gold - Jappy's Wildland Adventure Kingdom by Jappy (RCT2)
    Gold - Shambhala by theflowdiskord (RCT2)
    Gold - Disney's Hollywoodland by disneylandian192 (RCT2)
    Silver - Parenzo by RWE (RCT2)
    Silver - NE's Sandwich Springs (RCT2)
    Silver - Erlebnispark Haslach by Version1 (RCT2)
    Bronze - Ciadad Antigua by Wouter VL (RCT2)
    Bronze - French Quarter by SupraTheHedgehog (LL)
    Bronze - Aetatum Auream by MK98 (RCT2)
    Design - Vortex by G Force (RCT2)
    Design - Montu by Shotguns? (RCT2)
    Design - Musket by Kumba (LL)
    Design - Venom by alex (RCT2)
    Design - Wildwood Echoes by bigshootergill (RCT2)
    No win - Legend of the Lake by Terry Inferno (RCT2)
    No win - Port Aransas Pier by Iron Rattler (RCT2)
    No win - The Terraforming of Mars by Liampie (RCT2)
    No win - Mammoth by Julow (RCT2)

    Old Releases Overview
    Sometimes, parks are in the database without having a savegame attached. Sometimes, parks should be in the database because they had an official release at some point, but aren't. We regularly add such parks, again for the sake of having a rich and complete database of parks. The following old releases have been added during the past three months:

    Mountain Beach (2000) by Mala (LL)
    Phoenix Rising (2004) (RCT2)
    Pro Tour Bench (2004) (RCT2)
    Pro Tour 2 Bench (2005) (RCT2)
    Corrosion by Jaguar (2010) (RCT2)

    With NE5, we've gained the option to give old accolades, those won before the accolade panel existed, a score. A comprehensive list of which parks have received their score can be found here, as well as a list of parks that have yet to get their score. The latter is especially relevant for panelists. Since the last update, these old accolades have received a new score:

    Spotlight - mantis - Walkman of My Brain (87.50%) (LL)
    Spotlight - Fatha' - Disney's Movie Magic (87.50%) (LL)
    Spotlight - RRP - Sea World Atlanta (86.25%) (LL)
    Spotlight - natelox - The Aegean (83.75%) (LL)
    Spotlight - Twisted - Baiht Oashyr Vel Thalloo (83.75%) (LL)
    Spotlight - x-sector - Universal's Outrage (83.13%) (LL)
    Spotlight - x-sector & posix - Audrix Towers (80.63%) (LL)
    Gold - Kumba - Bayfront Parc (76.88%) (RCT2)
    Spotlight - Coaster Ed & Blind Guardian - Cataclysm (76.88%) (LL)
    Silver - posix - Kronecraft's Allure Lake (75.63%) (LL)
    Design - posix - Nagas (74.38%) (LL)
    Design - Kevin - Helios (74.28%) (RCT2)
    Design - posix - Machete (73.75%) (LL)
    Silver - Splash-0 - Port Azure (71.25%) (RCT2)
    Gold/NE Group Park - Group Park - Amity Cove (70.00%) (LL)
    Design - posix - Dragonslayer (70.00%) (LL)
    Silver - AustinPowers - Roman Epic (68.75%) (RCT2)
    Silver - Ride6 - International Odyssey (67.50%) (RCT2)
    Design - Splash-0 - The Beasts (66.88%) (RCT2)
    Silver - JKay & Richie - Mystic Sands (63.13%) (RCT2)
    Gold - Group Park - Archicon (58.75%) (RCT2)
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    Congratulations, NE. 15 years is a long time. If NE were a boy, he would have had a low (albeit screeching) voice, pubes, a confused self-image and a mild resentment of his parents now.

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    If you class us admins as the parents, I'm sure NE fits the mild resentment.

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