Photo Credit: Team A

Photo Credit: Team B

Photo Credit: Team C

Photo Credit: Team D

Photo Credit: Team E

A few short weeks left and these parks will be up for public viewing. So there you have it folks, the first teasers for the Winter Showdown. Keep tabs on which team you like, and be sure to vote for your favorite! But, be aware of the requirements when casting your vote – they are:

• Requirement 1 – winter theme only

• Requirement 2 – flat rides for kids and families

• Requirement 3 – terrain hugging roller coaster

• Requirement 4 – water based flat ride

Meet the teams (not in any particular order):
The Sexy Shareholders: Boston, The Dave, Maylene
oO Productions: Jerr_Oen, Bakaneko, luke_1990
Victorious Secret: LoveTulie, evenstar, 03gibbss
Winter Roosters: maskedbandit101, simtanic8, XStratales
Immel Snowmen: towersdude, Themeparknerd, The_Mad_Hadder

Vote now and show some support!
http://www.ataricommunity.com/forums/showthread.php?t=663482

Photo Credit: -Nuclear Fish-

The fourth and final requirement has been posted. It goes as follows:

• You must build a water based flat ride
• log flume, river rafts, rapids, water coaster, giant flume, dingy slide, etc. can all be used
• Majority should be indoors, but can have outdoor sections
• It must tell a holiday related story – Christmas, Hanukkah, New Years, etc.
• No need to make an epic 10 minute ride… there’s only 3 weeks left

Due date: December 21st
Photo due date: December 7th (park advertisement)

The idea behind the pictures is to advertise the park for the polls later next week. So NO TEAM LOGOS.

Good luck!

Photo Credit: -Nuclear Fish-

Requirement 3 has arrived. Nothing too complex, but it must be a terrain hugging rollercoaster. It must be a flying turns, bobsled, or alpine coaster. It may not exceed more than 3 full wall tiles above the ground (9H), some parts are okay to exceed that however. Shape the land accordingly, and the ride may go through buildings and scenery.

Good luck teams!

The second requirement has rolled in. Let’s take a peek at what contestants must abide by.

• Add two flat rides – one child/family oriented, the other teen/adult oriented
• They must be in the same vicinity, so if the kids want to ride and so do the parents, the rides are right near each other
• Make them interesting and impressive, but don’t let one dominate the other
• Keep it winter themed

Good luck teams!

Photo Credit: -Nuclear Fish-

The winter challenge has begun, and I now present you with the first challenge!

Basic rules:

• Must be “winter” themed – a.k.a. Santa’s grotto, or a winter wonderland
• Map size must be 60×60 or any variation (ie. 50 x 70)
• New requirements are added every monday until the due date, suggested 20×20 per ride
• Deadline is Sunday Dec. 21st

Requirement 1:

• Entrance area – mainstreet, whatever you want – one gift shop, one food shop, one drink shop
• Make a good first impression
• Only widely available Custom Scenery allowed
• No custom rides
• Billboards can be used (as long as images are included)
• Options.txt cheats can be used

Read more on this here… Good luck:
http://www.ataricommunity.com/forums/showthread.php?t=661475

Photo Credit: -Nuclear Fish-

 Well it’s that time of year again. I know what you’re thinking… did the Summer Showdown ever get finished? The answer unfortunately is no, but that will not stop -NF- from pushing for a 5th attempt at the ‘Showdown’ series. Let’s make this one last! No more drop-outs and computer crashes for the contestants. Heres a few sign-up requiremens:

• You will make time for this. Do not sign up if you will give less than 100% of your time into this. (Figuratively of course… you need to eat, sleep, and get educated) but otherwise… no excuses.
• You’re going on vacation… that would be silly to take up a spot
• Don’t sign up if you wont have time for RCT3 (see first bullet).
• You MUST work well in a team.
• Post in the thread saying you want to take part, post your ONE BEST RCT3 work (direct link to it) so drafting can be made easier.

The entrants thus far (and related parks):
andrewm0304
gamer2456
rct3parkmake
XStratales
Jerr_Oen
Themeparknerd
Bakaneko93
deadstar
kylr23
towersdude
Boston

So lets get to it, and make this one a success. Best of luck to all who enter. I’ll be watching you!

Photo credit -Nuclear Fish-

The third and final challenge is here.

Contestants must create a water based tracked ride that tells a story to the public. No ancient temples, Indiana Jones, or jungle themes can be used to spice things up a bit.

Requirements:

• Must have a track
• No roller soaker, or wooden coaster allowed.
• Indoor and outdoor portions must be present
• Needs interesting queue line
• Peep naming and options.txt cheats are allowed
• Keep it realistic.

Due September 6th, 2008.

Follow along here:
http://www.ataricommunity.com/forums/showthread.php?t=654708

Photo credit -Nuclear Fish-

Summer Showdown round 2 voting has begun. However, there are only 5 teams this time, so 4 automatically advance, so after you vote, we encourage you to share your thoughts on each of the parks and what could be improved or what you liked/disliked about them. Thanks for showing your support for the teams! Go follow the progress on the Atari Community (below).

Check it out, and vote here! *opens in new window*
http://www.ataricommunity.com/forums/showthread.php?t=653996

Polling ends on Wednesday the 20th!

Due to some complications with a few teams, round two of the Summer Showdown has been pushed back until this Wednesday. I hope that it’s enough time for the teams to get their entries in! Let’s keep routing for them, and be sure to vote when the time comes.

Follow the thread here:
http://ataricommunity.com/forums/showthread.php?t=652189 

Photo credit -Nuclear Fish-

It’s time for challenge 2! This challenge’s requirements are as follows:

1. Asian/African Themed Area (with a name)
2. Rides w/connecting paths (no stray rides) themed accordingly
3. Make it feel like a park with shops, and seating areas
4. The area does NOT have to be filled (don’t leave rides spread out)
   1. Ride rules:
      1. First must be from Thrill Rides
      2. 2nd must be from either Gentle, or Junior Rides
      3. 3rd must be either thrill, gentle, junior or other
         1. motorbikes, soap box derby, squeaky cycles, and steeple chase CANNOT be used
   2. Rides may be used as scenery as well
5. Peep naming/options.txt cheats ARE allowed
6. Keep it realistic

Deadline: August 11th.
Follow along here! *opens in new window*
http://www.ataricommunity.com/forums/showthread.php?t=652189