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No, not 90%+...it's good, but not that good. Imo.

^what screens are you looking at?

you now ofcourse i would like it to be a 90% spotlight but i'm already happy to finishing my park.
and get good comments about it , and learn from it.

RMM, screens i'm looking at or Turbin ?

I kinda agree with turbine, I don't see a map that's half parking lot getting spotlight because that would be ridiculous...

No one said it would get spotlight. People were saying it would just be a spotlight quality gold (because it's not big enough).

Although in my eyes, a spotlight shouldn't take into consideration size. If something is of spotlight quality, why should it be restricted because someone didn't build a massive park of that quality.

It's quality not quantity that deserves spotlight.

I disagree, I think the combination is what makes spotlight, quality makes a gold, the size of the park and wow effect it delivers when a full park has this quality is what makes it a spotlight, and if half the size is a parking lot, sorry that won't do it for me

In that case, expect 10 spotlights from me the next month. Al being micro maps.
I think a spotlight needs to have the quality and a everage size of all previous spotlights.

Quality is definately the most important when it comes to spotlight. However for a spotlight you are supposed to have a good dose of quality in the park. In other words: quantity is also a quality. When a decently sized/big park gets a spotlight I'm not expecting that the entire park is on the level of the spotlight quality from some parts of the park. This is as good as impossible. Some lesser, but atleast decent qualities areas will not drag down the spotlight vote for me (or atleast not too much).
When a smaller park gets submitted I personally expect atleast the same amount (read quantity) of quality before I would consider is for spotlight. In other words, the average quality of a small park needs to be a lot higher. Mini-parks can't contain the amount of quality required for spotlight. It's as simple as that.

As far from what I have seen in this thread I think it's hovering in the gold quality range overall. A big park like this can become a spotlight most definately IMO.

quantity is also a quality. Mini-parks can't contain the amount of quality required for spotlight. It's as simple as that.

This.

I think it's ridiculous laying all those "requirements" upon something that is completely subjective. If something is exceptionally impressive, give it a spotlight.. It could be as simple as that, regardless of the size, amount of hacks, m2 of parking lot.
Quantity can be quality, 2 squares of amazing content may also blow your mind.

I think this park could be exceptionally impressive once finished.

While it might be subjective, there's also a standard in place as far as what qualifies a park to receive a "Spotlight". There used to be a minimum size requirement as well. In fairness to all previous Spotlight winners, it would be ridiculous to just start awarding them to every release that has 2 'squares' of mind-blowing content.

You could have all the technique in the world...but, if your dick's only an inch long, it ain't gonna make her scream.

Nice comparison K0NG

I think it's ridiculous laying all those "requirements" upon something that is completely subjective. If something is exceptionally impressive, give it a spotlight.. It could be as simple as that, regardless of the size, amount of hacks, m2 of parking lot.
Quantity can be quality, 2 squares of amazing content may also blow your mind.

I think this park could be exceptionally impressive once finished.

Leonidas, you have to understand that a spotlight is and always has been a full blown park at NE. It has been that way since the beginning and changing that would be a slap in the face to all the previous winners. Considering this was a requirement from LL a full blown park was 128x128. I'm not saying that that is the minimum size for me, but the smaller the park gets, the more amazing it has to be. I most likely can't give for instance a 50x50 or even less a spotlight score, because it becomes very unlikely it can contain that much mindblowing content that is required.
If we are gonna give out spotlights for mini parks then just make a new category because spotlight is reserved for the big stuff, not for the stuff what borders to a design. By all means proof me wrong by someone making a small park that blown my mind so much that I have no other choice than to consider it a spotlight, but I'm obviously sceptic that that is ever going to happen.

*edit, just looked at the size of TP:WoA, if you look a that park (which is in the range of 120x120 if I estimate correctly) you can see that it's not unreasonable to expect some decent size of a spotlight quality park.

ANYTHING, and I mean ANYTHING should be able to be a spotlight. How often to we get releases here, yet alone spotlight 'quality' releases? Anything of spotlight 'quality' is extremely rare here, once, maybe twice a year anymore? A spotlight is what used to show off this website, representing the quality here at NE. And whether is a spotlight quality design, spotlight quality 90x90 park, or a full spotlight quality 256x256 park, they should all be considered top dog parks around here, shown off, and given the extra attention and praise. This ain't 2002 anymore people. We dont have a huge influx of full sized parks being thrown at NE for a spotlight spot anymore. And it never will be again. So to not give this park a 'spotlight' tag because there's not enough quality is ridiculous.

Show me the day one of you rct2ers even come close to filling a 128x128+ park of this quality. Thatll be the day. Instead of bitching and moaning about how this man's park isn't big enough to win spotlight, lets see one of you do it. Fools.

^Exactly.

And sorry gijssie for taking over your topic

ok so if I make a micro that's all guality, it'll get spotlight, that's basically what you're saying, I'm with TY on this one, I think it would be an insult to players like RCTNW that get 2 golds for what 200x200 parks of extreme quality and a park of 70x70 getting spotlight with equal quality just a different style that is more hyped and trendy...

Wrong spotlights needs size, period

Spotlights need quality. Quantity enhances quality. So Quantity matters.
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Spotlights hould be what spotlights have always been. I don't lower the bar because full size parks have become rare.

Micros are different. I'm talking about the 60x60 70x70 80x80 and upwards. I mean cmon there are several H2H5 parks that I would deem to be of spotlight standard.

Plus, size is an issue with the voting panel. Why should a micro not be eligible to win an award? A gold quality Micro should be treated the same as a gold quality 60x60 park, yet it isn't, because the micro is so small it doesn't even get bronze, because of the reason that people think "what's there is brilliant, but I can't allow this to get a Gold because it just isn't big enough".

And, how is it an insult to RCTNW. The panelists obviously just didn't think that RCTNW's parks were of spotlight quality (because the quanitity is there). Why should a smaller park of spotlight quality be penalised because a bigger park that isn't spolight quality, didn't win.

I'd like to point out I have nothing against RCTNW or his parks, and I even thought his work was spotlight work. I'm just using it as an example.

How nice it is to see that so many emotions are attached to our accolades.

Everyone has his own idea of what should and should not be a spotlight. There exists no standard, no matter how convinced you may all sound of your account. I will put my personal account into my vote when this goes up as a submission: a spotlight must at minimum be a park that has 126x126 of squares, corresponding to the origin of the accolade from RCT1, filled with what to my subjective impression can effectively be called "content", i.e. not black tiles or water, and this content has to evoke a very strong and positive emotional stimulation in me.

Reading the replies above, there are obviously people who disagree with me, but thankfully we have the panel where more opinions than just mine are counted with equal weight, unlike previous days of the site where one person's opinion had the majority of weight attached to it.