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New Element Newsflash
Winter 2018 Edition

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NE Awards 2017: The Results!
2017 had many great parks, but which one is the greatest? What was the best coaster? What was the best idea? Who was the best newcomer? The people have spoken! Listed below are all the winners of this year's NE Awards.

Game Performances
Park of the Year - Riverland by Fisch
Design of the Year - The Junkyard by alex
Screenshot of the Year - El Dorado by Fisch
Best LL Release - Giari Palms Theme Park by Liampie
Best NCSO Release - Blue Oak Amusement Park by Shotguns?
Most Original Release - Mario Kart by bigshootergill
Most Realistic Release - Gröna Lund by Lagom
Best Area - Alpenland in Riverland by Fisch
Best Idea - Moving Crabs in Mario Kart by bigshootergill

Abilities
Best Architecture - Riverland by Fisch
Best Foliage & Landscaping - Ghoul/Veteris Shores by Steve
Best Atmosphere - Riverland by Fisch
Best Ride Design - Riverland by Fisch
Logo of the Year - Blue Oak Amusement Park by hpg

Ride Design
Best Steel Coaster - NEDC4 layout by Louis!
Best Wooden Coaster - Musket by Kumba
Best Other Attraction - Miniature City in Riverland by Fisch

Members
Parkmaker of the Year - Fisch
Non-Parkmaker of the Year - WhosLeon
Most Promising Newcomer - Julow
NE Member of the Year - Steve

To see how all other nominations fared in the polls, you can find all results here.

Head 2 Head 8
Ladies and Gentlemen, it's time to collect all your energy and go Head-2-Head. The biggest and most competitive contest in RCT history, NE's H2H returns for its 8th season after three years. You ain't no complete RCT player unless you've been a part of it! Sign-Ups open now. Participate while you can, and hope to get drafted: click

New Releases Overview
The following parks have received an accolade score during the last three months, or are otherwise significant releases:

Spotlight - Giari Palms Theme Park by Liampie (LL)
Spotlight - Coors Park by Shotguns? (RCT2)
Spotlight - Veteris Shores by Steve (RCT2)
Spotlight - Riverland by Fisch (RCT2)
Gold - Spacetopia by Faas (RCT2)
Gold - Adventureland by G Force (RCT2)
Silver - Sven's Adventureland by Sven (RCT2)
Silver - Merlin's Bay Themeland by RuyataxRCT (RCT2)
Silver - Knoebels Amusement Resort by saxman1089 (RCT2)
Silver - Walibi Belgium by Jonny93 (RCT2)
Silver - Euclid Beach Park by G Force (RCT2)
Silver - Terra Ventura by FredD (RCT2)
Bronze - Halloween Throwback Park by IonZer0 (RCT2)
Bronze - Green Fir Grove by Terry Inferno (RCT2)
Design - Zula by WhosLeon (RCT2)
Design - Röthbach by Poke (RCT2)
Design - Chione by Poke (LL)
Design - Forest Fire by SSSammy (RCT2)
Pending - Old Amsterdam by MK98 (RCT2)
Pending - Zitterwald Park by Daoniyella (RCT2)
Pending - Thundering Sierra by Terry Inferno (RCT2)
Pending - Volare by RWE (RCT2)
No Win - Callisto by Poke (RCT2)
No Win - The Poltergeist by BlazingEmpireHD (RCT2)
No Win - Le Twist by SuRCT2 (RCT2)
No Win - Falco di Ferro by Terry Inferno (RCT2)
No Win - Maelstrom by CoasterCreator9 & shnupz (RCT2)
No Win - The Real Drachen Fire by Scoop (RCT2)
No Win - Zuiderstadspark by 6crazy6king6& MK98 (RCT2)
Other - Disney Marvel Studio (unfinished) by Tom_dj (RCT2)
Other - Eastwinds (unfinished) by G Force (RCT2)
Other - Baker Lake Amusement Park V3 by Coupon (RCT2)
Other - Feuille Tremblante by SupraTheHedgehog (RCT2)
Other - Townsville County Carnival by Ziscor (RCT2)
Other - Gravity Gorge by X7123M3-256 (RCT2)
Other - Cannibal by Julow (RCT2)
Other - Geon by Ge-Ride (RCT2)
Other - Shooting Star by Ride6 (RCT2)
Other - Arid Heights by savoytruffle98 (RCT2)
Other - Space base by Deurklink (RCT2)
Other - Postapocalyptia by Deurklink (RCT2)
Other - Error - park name not fou by Deurklink (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:

Attractiepark Duinenzicht by Paul 999 (2005) (RCT2)
Solemnis by tracidEdge (2005) (RCTLL)
Secret Heights by Ride6, Valp & CoasterkidMWM (2005) (RCT2)
The Milieu by rctfreak2000 (2005) (RCTLL)
Quataña Bay by Roberto Roboparks (2005) (RCTLL)
Kingdoms Theme Park by yyo (2005) (RCTLL)
Aviator by yyo (2005) (RCTLL)
Obelisk by yyo (2005) (RCTLL)
Butterfly by Artist (2005) (RCT2)
Islands of Wonder by Chocotopian (2008) (RCT2)
Flight of the Sparrow by inVersed (2005) (RCT2)
Resort Heusenhout by Paul 999 (1995 version added) (2006) (RCT2)
Aeshylus by Keane (2007) (RCT2)
Biesbos Park by Nick (2010) (RCT2)
Switchback by Xenon & Geert (2006) (RCT2)
De Keukenhof 1997 by Denno(2007) (RCT2)
Summer Contest by DHTsoldier (2008) (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:

Gold - Highball - Disneyland Park (76.25%) (RCT2)
Design - Loopy - Bodhisattva (73.75%) (LL)
Gold - Six Frags - Mystique (70.63%) (RCT2)
Gold - Junya Boy - Mysterious Islands: Lost at Sea (66.88%) (RCT2)
Silver - Cedarpoint6 - The Black Lagoon (68.75%) (RCT2)
Silver - CoasterForce - Portrait of Heaven (65.63%) (RCT2)
Silver - Six Frags - Puysegur Point Themepark (62.50%) (RCT2)
Silver - Roomie - Ville des Fleuves (61.88%) (LL)
Silver - JDP - Korsareian Valley (55.63%) (RCT2)

I can't believe G force went from worst player in H2h history to announcing the next H2h

Congrats to Fisch on cleaning up, winning a crazy 8 awards. I need to stop being lazy and finish my write-up on Riverlands. It's an epic park, in my top 3 all-time!

 

A bit sad to only see Zach get one award after an epic year. Keep it up man, you are a beast of a parkmaker. Lagom getting just one award seems wrong too, another amazing 2017 release from him with Grona Lund. Steve did great too, nice to see. 

 

Very happy to take Best Wooden Coaster with Musket. First time I have won a coaster award with an original layout. Thanks!

I thought I won the best promising newcomer?

edit by Liampie: apologies, fixed

I love how river land was released the final day of the year too.

Congrats to all the winners. While a bit expected, it's crazy how much awards Fisch took! Man of the year for sure and a certain nr one pick at the coming H2H8 which I'm so excited for

I'm proud of my third place for best Non-Parkmaker. Hoping to make Parkmaker this year!

 

Also; there was a tie for most promising newcomer!