H2H4 / Week 2: Demigods vs. Strangelove

This is better than Battlefield?
Damn I really do need to re-install.

holy shit. i accidentally clicked view results. but i was trying to vote strangelove. i guess the LL guys are pulling out everything they have for H2H.

This is better than Battlefield?
Damn I really do need to re-install.

Battlefield was a breed of its own, different to judge.

But I'd say yes.

im wondering if all the matches this week are gonna be 1 sided. another great match and already a clear winner has been made.

IMO

1. Erwindale
2. Battlefeild
3. Slime Merdian
4. Blood Island
5. Miami 2040

So pretty damn close to best LL H2H park ever Mantis, id be sure to find that disk if I were you.

Slime Meridian was just more fun to look at. I didn't really like the whole "dark park" style of Twilight Peaks...

sorry to the Demigods

Edited by Ling, 07 July 2006 - 02:57 PM.

I'd put Cajamarca above Miami, but damn, I really do need to see this.
Congratulations to whoever was involved.

i'm guessing ride6 himself because of the martian face that looks like it came right out of cydonia.

No guessing!!! Anyways, I doubt it, just because that would've been two parks in a row. Though I suppose it's not impossible, but considering they were both quality work, and so early, I'd be surprised.

Still need to get a Rct1 disk, so no vote for me. Though I'm 98% sure Stranglelove would've gotten my vote, and various praises. It looks and sounds like the Empire Strikes Back of Cydonia City.

The Demigod's park was pretty good for what was there, but it was also obviously unfinished. I'm going to guess that whatever story this park has is somehow related to the story of The Edge. The style seems similar, and I could see you guys doing that. Though I think I kind of had an idea of what was happening in The Edge, this one was sort of lost on me. And the incompleteness really hurt it, as it was hard to look around and find much that seemed done. Like, I would often see an interesting looking building, then I'd change the view and see that the back is missing. The launched coaster was nice, though I never got to see the ending, since even with RctreliABLE it kept breaking down and stopping on some block breaks at the bottom of a hill near the end and not finishing it's course. Meh. But aside from that it seemed fun. The woodie was alright. Though I think there was no way for people to reach it, other than swimming or base jumping off that bridge above it. I liked the park entrance. It had a rather pleasant, understated garden feel.

im wondering if all the matches this week are gonna be 1 sided. another great match and already a clear winner has been made.

Considering there are only two matches this week, the answer is yes.

No guessing!!! Anyways, I doubt it, just because that would've been two parks in a row. Though I suppose it's not impossible, but considering they were both quality work, and so early, I'd be surprised.

Actually, it is, since it's against the rules to go two weeks in a row. That's why I didn't bother to edit that post even though you're not supposed to guess names until the names are revealed.

Twlight Peaks
Hmmm. This park was sort of decieving from the overview. To be honest, I'm not really feeling it at all. Its really unpolished with all sorts of voids, gaps and emptyness. The coasters were pretty cool, I'll give it that, but its hard to win in h2h with just good coasters. The woodie was certainly the highlight, although it still could've been better imo. And is it just me, or was this an attempt to replicate DJ PT2 park in a more eerie way? I dunno. Regardless, the bottom line is its painfully unfinished and that took away a lot of the enjoyment.
5/10

Slime Meridian
What a glorious clusterfuck of a park this was!!! This definitely lands somewhere in my list of top 5 all time favorite h2h parks. Probably third behind Erwindale and Battlefield RCT. Certainly one of the better LL creations I've ever seen though. But seriously, WHAT THE FUCK? Whoever made this shit (and I think I know who) has some brainwaves off the scale, because there's stuff in here I would never come up with in my wildest dreams. And to top that, its LL!! Lets see here. For starters, the whole hoverboat casino thing. Let me pick my jaw up now. The fucking thing looks like what it sets out to be, but at the same time has a funky, martian-like feel to it that just screams originality. Then that thing you call a windmill. Those hacked vertical barrels are just gawdly. I wish I could think up shit like that. Moving on to the big red spacepaddle things. I still don't know what the hell they are. Cork called them spacepaddles, but wtf exactly is a spacepaddle? Regardless, they look cool. The coaster had its moments and definitely did a lot of benefit to the park. Whew! I could go on forever about this park, but I'll end by mentioning the naming conventions. Pure comedy. My favorite ones, (that I can't help but point out), are:

"Now Demi-gods are 0-2"
"Demi-god torture machine"
"Shasty McNasty Windmill"
"I. Hate. Naming. Shit."
"Probably a roof"
"Who cares if its named?"
"Welcome....to....ugh...our....shit."
"Little Bitches Flight School"


Overall, a totally enjoyable, uniquely fucked-up little creation of a park that I'm sure will remain in my memory for a long time to come. That said, it gets my vote. Its good to see LL this alive.
9.5/10

Vote = StrangeLove

Slime Meridian.
I just consider it a better park...although both parks are great.

agreed, both were very good, just that Slime Meridian pulled it off very well.

No contest.

Slime Meridian wins on sheer WTFage.

-ACE

Slime Meridian is sweet for a LL park! Deserving of a win...

Twilight Peaks just seemed a bit too bare in spots. It had nice coasters, and the buildings that were there looked fine, great actually.. it's just the stuff/nothingness between the buildings that killed it.

I enjoy watching these posts and guessing which people voted based on what they thought and which voted based on what everyone else thought...

Anyways, despite my love for LL, I voted Demigods. Unfortunately, I didn't quite see what others did in Slime Meridian. It had a wonderful entrance, but for me it started to decline after that. The architecture seemed like it had no thought behind it, although I must say I am a fan of the arches they built. Definitely used well. But that's about it. The hoverboat isn't even hovering, by the way, lol.

To me, it seems as if hacking the crap out of things can look cool, but it doesn't necessarily mean the park is great. It's how you use the hacks. And unfortunately, they only used the hacks well in a couple areas.

Slime Meridian was not at all a bad park. It just wasn't what I would call fantastic, and I actually enjoyed the Demigods park for some reason.

So I reinstalled and looked at Slime Meridian - it's fantastic stuff. I don't think i'd place it top 5 ever, but I do rate it very highly. For starters, the imagination involved in some of those structures is fantastic - especially the monorail work around FSC's station. And of course the use of stacked diagonal rapids on those landing pad supports - finally someone realises you can use Ozone's trick from Lumbini Point and magnify it. I am giving myself intellectual credit for that, even though that's very unfair...
The things that I thought were lacking slightly included the coaster (yes it looks great, but as a coaster I didn't like it that much...especially the brakes/boosters all over the place) and some tidiness (e.g. banners, using previously named rides in non-linked places etc). But those are minor gripes.
To those responsible, this is a great H2H park. Congratulations.

On a side note, does anyone have any explanation for why LL causes my laptop to overheat? It uses little memory, but as soon as I run it my fan goes into overload and the area around the vent at the back of the computer gets ridiculously hot. Is this because my graphics card is shit/fucked? Or could there be some other explanation? Even running it in the lowest resolution doesn't seem to help. It's seriously annoying, especially when I want to test out darkfire's new toy.

edit - i'd also like to point out the attention to detail in all the fence-stacking and path-through-windows hacking in Slime Meridian. It's things like that that put a smile on my face, along with the in-your-face ideas.

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I did enjoy the Demigods' park but Slime Meridian has some great hacks and little details. That and the execution of ideas pushed it forward for me.

i am crying because my LL won't work.

well, let us tell you that Slime Meridian kicked Twilight Peaks' ass

Time to call this one. The final score is 59-17. Finally our division gets a win as Strangelove catapults to the top of the divison with the win, moving them to 1-1. Meanwhile the Demigods fall into second by default due to having more votes, though that will probably change next week when the Ferocious Tigers are back in action. Congratulations to both teams for submitting some great parks, especially Strangelove.

Slime Meridian was created by Fatha' and Harakiri
Twilight Peaks was created by Kevin and CoasterForce.