Mitch Hawker Steel Coaster Poll 2012 - Results!
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tomahawk
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Re: Mitch Hawker Steel Coaster Poll 2012 - Voting!
This is the first time I voted, even though it was one of my lowest coaster years. Texas Giant was 1, and my last was Revenge of the Mummy USH. I think I had 44 total. It was weird seeing it lower but then I realized clones aren't included and the number made more sense.
This is the first time I voted, even though it was one of my lowest coaster years. Texas Giant was 1, and my last was Revenge of the Mummy USH. I think I had 44 total. It was weird seeing it lower but then I realized clones aren't included and the number made more sense.
Treeis
Mega Poster
Re: Mitch Hawker Steel Coaster Poll 2012 - Voting!
Ok, Im done, boy that took a while.
Top ten:
Nemesis Alton Towers UK,y,n,1
Stealth Thorpe Park UK,y,n,2
Space Mountain Disneyland Paris FR,y,n,3
The Swarm Thorpe Park UK,y,y,4
Winjas - Fear Phantasialand DE,y,y,5
Black Mamba Phantasialand DE,y,y,6
Rock n Roller Coaster Walt Disney Paris FR,y,n,7
Pepsi Max Big One Blackpool P.B. UK,y,n,8
Oblivion Alton Towers UK,y,n,9
Nemesis Inferno Thorpe Park UK,y,n,10
Ok, Im done, boy that took a while.
Top ten:
Nemesis Alton Towers UK,y,n,1
Stealth Thorpe Park UK,y,n,2
Space Mountain Disneyland Paris FR,y,n,3
The Swarm Thorpe Park UK,y,y,4
Winjas - Fear Phantasialand DE,y,y,5
Black Mamba Phantasialand DE,y,y,6
Rock n Roller Coaster Walt Disney Paris FR,y,n,7
Pepsi Max Big One Blackpool P.B. UK,y,n,8
Oblivion Alton Towers UK,y,n,9
Nemesis Inferno Thorpe Park UK,y,n,10
Re: Mitch Hawker Steel Coaster Poll 2012 - Voting!
I would say Sooperdooperlooper is slightly positive. It's no MindBender, but definitely on par with Revolution at SFMM.
Let me put it this way - I have yet to ride a Schwarzkopf looper and say, "that was awful." They are old school loopers that do what they are supposed to.
I would say Sooperdooperlooper is slightly positive. It's no MindBender, but definitely on par with Revolution at SFMM.
Let me put it this way - I have yet to ride a Schwarzkopf looper and say, "that was awful." They are old school loopers that do what they are supposed to.
andrus
Giga Poster
Re: Mitch Hawker Steel Coaster Poll 2012 - Voting!
Just sent in my ballot!
Here's my top 20:
1) Skyrush: most intense airtime available atm, incredible adrenaline rush!
2) Intimidator 305: unparalled sensation of speed!
3: Black Mamba: amazing theming, incredibly smooth and great landscaping
4) Favourite woodie: Troy
5) Stealth: one of the best launches available, smooth and best top hat I've been on!
6) Nitro: imo a lot better than the other B&M hypers I've been on, a lot of sustained airtime
7) Katun: powerful coaster with great landscaping
8) Bizarro (SFNE): great coaster that probably deserves a higher ranking, but the awful theming and restraints destroyed it a bit for me.
9) Goliath (WW): a bit lower, shorter and not as powerful as Bizarro but with a much better setting! (and more comfortable restraints)
10) Goliath (SFNE): freefall forwards and backwards! Plus a nice and smooth looping section :--D
11) Flight of Fear (KD)
12) Furius Baco
13) Oblivion
14) iSpeed
15) Fahrenheit
16/17) Winjas
18) Kingda Ka
19) Euro-Sat
20) Krake
Bottom 5:
5) Shockwave (KD)
4) Loch Ness Monster
3) Favourite Tivoli
2) Favourite Vekoma Boomerang
1) Tornado (Bakken)
Just sent in my ballot!
Here's my top 20:
1) Skyrush: most intense airtime available atm, incredible adrenaline rush!
2) Intimidator 305: unparalled sensation of speed!
3: Black Mamba: amazing theming, incredibly smooth and great landscaping
4) Favourite woodie: Troy
5) Stealth: one of the best launches available, smooth and best top hat I've been on!
6) Nitro: imo a lot better than the other B&M hypers I've been on, a lot of sustained airtime
7) Katun: powerful coaster with great landscaping
8) Bizarro (SFNE): great coaster that probably deserves a higher ranking, but the awful theming and restraints destroyed it a bit for me.
9) Goliath (WW): a bit lower, shorter and not as powerful as Bizarro but with a much better setting! (and more comfortable restraints)
10) Goliath (SFNE): freefall forwards and backwards! Plus a nice and smooth looping section :--D
11) Flight of Fear (KD)
12) Furius Baco
13) Oblivion
14) iSpeed
15) Fahrenheit
16/17) Winjas
18) Kingda Ka
19) Euro-Sat
20) Krake
Bottom 5:
5) Shockwave (KD)
4) Loch Ness Monster
3) Favourite Tivoli
2) Favourite Vekoma Boomerang
1) Tornado (Bakken)
CanobieFan
Strata Poster
Re: Mitch Hawker Steel Coaster Poll 2012 - Voting!
Is Tornado that bad? I looks horrifying in POV (incredibly rough)
I just did my weed out and Y/Y Y/N... Some 210 coasters to now place in order, I'm stupid and still do it all by hand :? (and I haven't done the steel poll since 09 so I cant even use my old ballot as a guide)
Is Tornado that bad? I looks horrifying in POV (incredibly rough)
I just did my weed out and Y/Y Y/N... Some 210 coasters to now place in order, I'm stupid and still do it all by hand :? (and I haven't done the steel poll since 09 so I cant even use my old ballot as a guide)
madhjsp
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Re: Mitch Hawker Steel Coaster Poll 2012 - Voting!
Is it irresponsible to submit a ballot that only includes your top 40 or so ranked coasters? I've only ridden 88 steel coasters and I still can't be arsed to distinguish between the lower half of them.. just a whole bunch of meh, mostly. A tip of the cap to those of you with larger counts who still summon the motivation to rank everything they've ridden.
Is it irresponsible to submit a ballot that only includes your top 40 or so ranked coasters? I've only ridden 88 steel coasters and I still can't be arsed to distinguish between the lower half of them.. just a whole bunch of meh, mostly. A tip of the cap to those of you with larger counts who still summon the motivation to rank everything they've ridden.
CookieCoasters
Giga Poster
Re: Mitch Hawker Steel Coaster Poll 2012 - Voting!
In my ballot i put down 38 coasters because i was doing it on my iPad and i couldn't seem to add any more. Also i forgot to put down where my fav woodie goes in list, but i'd say it stands at number 6.
1. Goliath, Walibi Holland
2. Expedition GeForce, Holiday Park
3. X2, Six Flags Magic Mountain
4. Tatsu, Six Flags Magic Mountain
5. Montu, Busch Gardens Tampa
6. Nemesis, Alton Towers
7. Black Mamba, Phantasialand
8. Manta, Sea World Orlando
9. Batman: La Fuga, Parque Warner Madrid
10. Katun, Mirabilandia
11. Superman: L’Atraccion d’Acero, Parque Warner Madrid
12. Blue Fire, Europa Park
13. Ispeed, Mirabilandia
14. Bizarro, Six Flags New England
15. Silver Star, Europa Park
16. Riddler’s Revenge, Six Flags Magic Mountain
17. Stunt Fall, Parque Warner Madrid
18. Batman: The Ride, Six Flags Magic Mountain
19. Xcelerator, Knott’s Berry Farm
20. Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit, Universal Studios Orlando
21. Colossus, Thorpe Park
22. Colorado Adventure, Phantasialand
23. Sheikra, Busch Gardens Tampa
24. Stealth, Thorpe Park
25. OzIris, Park Asterix
26. Klotti Coaster, Klotten Park
27. Kraken, Sea World Orlando
28. Nemesis Inferno, Thorpe Park
29. Winjas Fear, Phantasialand
30. Goliath, Six Flags Magic Mountain
31. Hungarian Horntail, Islands of Adventure
32. Raptor, Gardaland
33. Krake, Heide Park
34. Expedition Everest, Disney’s Animal Kingdom
35. Winjas Force, Phantasialand
36. Air, Alton Towers
37. Cheetah Hunt, Busch Gardens Tampa
38. Dragon Khan, Port Aventura
In my ballot i put down 38 coasters because i was doing it on my iPad and i couldn't seem to add any more. Also i forgot to put down where my fav woodie goes in list, but i'd say it stands at number 6.
1. Goliath, Walibi Holland
2. Expedition GeForce, Holiday Park
3. X2, Six Flags Magic Mountain
4. Tatsu, Six Flags Magic Mountain
5. Montu, Busch Gardens Tampa
6. Nemesis, Alton Towers
7. Black Mamba, Phantasialand
8. Manta, Sea World Orlando
9. Batman: La Fuga, Parque Warner Madrid
10. Katun, Mirabilandia
11. Superman: L’Atraccion d’Acero, Parque Warner Madrid
12. Blue Fire, Europa Park
13. Ispeed, Mirabilandia
14. Bizarro, Six Flags New England
15. Silver Star, Europa Park
16. Riddler’s Revenge, Six Flags Magic Mountain
17. Stunt Fall, Parque Warner Madrid
18. Batman: The Ride, Six Flags Magic Mountain
19. Xcelerator, Knott’s Berry Farm
20. Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit, Universal Studios Orlando
21. Colossus, Thorpe Park
22. Colorado Adventure, Phantasialand
23. Sheikra, Busch Gardens Tampa
24. Stealth, Thorpe Park
25. OzIris, Park Asterix
26. Klotti Coaster, Klotten Park
27. Kraken, Sea World Orlando
28. Nemesis Inferno, Thorpe Park
29. Winjas Fear, Phantasialand
30. Goliath, Six Flags Magic Mountain
31. Hungarian Horntail, Islands of Adventure
32. Raptor, Gardaland
33. Krake, Heide Park
34. Expedition Everest, Disney’s Animal Kingdom
35. Winjas Force, Phantasialand
36. Air, Alton Towers
37. Cheetah Hunt, Busch Gardens Tampa
38. Dragon Khan, Port Aventura
Re: Mitch Hawker Steel Coaster Poll 2012 - Voting!
Not if your bottom ones are all "best Boomerang", "best Zyklon", etc. Just junk really that will never ever get anywhere.
If you - honestly - think that say a ride like Bizarro at SFNE is worse than a Boomerang, then you should put them in, as it makes a difference to the ranking of those "well regarded" coasters.
But yeah, if it's all turd, then it's up to you.
I do love that the poll is a real leveller in terms of "creds" and is even right wing for my tastes
I had a choice of just 88 coasters, which is fantastic and that means I've been on a "good variety" of 88 steels coasters, which is down about 30 or so on my real count - so I must have been on 20 types of complete bollocks not worth putting into the poll
madhjsp said:
Not if your bottom ones are all "best Boomerang", "best Zyklon", etc. Just junk really that will never ever get anywhere.
If you - honestly - think that say a ride like Bizarro at SFNE is worse than a Boomerang, then you should put them in, as it makes a difference to the ranking of those "well regarded" coasters.
But yeah, if it's all turd, then it's up to you.
I do love that the poll is a real leveller in terms of "creds" and is even right wing for my tastes
I had a choice of just 88 coasters, which is fantastic and that means I've been on a "good variety" of 88 steels coasters, which is down about 30 or so on my real count - so I must have been on 20 types of complete bollocks not worth putting into the poll
davidm
Strata Poster
Re: Mitch Hawker Steel Coaster Poll 2012 - Voting!
That took me a little longer than I'd planned - pesky missing a few years out meaning some head-scratching...
Anyway top'n'bottom don't change ; Nemesis and X:\No Way Out respectively (although Piraten is pushing the top and Goudurix pushing the bottom since the last poll)
That took me a little longer than I'd planned - pesky missing a few years out meaning some head-scratching...
Anyway top'n'bottom don't change ; Nemesis and X:\No Way Out respectively (although Piraten is pushing the top and Goudurix pushing the bottom since the last poll)
andrus
Giga Poster
Re: Mitch Hawker Steel Coaster Poll 2012 - Voting!
The problem with Tornado though isn't the roughness (I remember it being rather smooth?) but the awful banking! >< Some of the transitions are really tight and if you're in the wrong position in the spinning car you will inevitably get some severe neck shopping!
But if you, like me, have some highly ranked coaster pretty far down your lift (Expedition GeForce is eg at the bottom half) then you probably should submit the whole list! I agree though, it's a pain in the ass to do all the rankings
I think it is that bad. It aint my overall worst coaster though. There are a lot of woodies that I would rank lower. And a lot of the "your favourote vekoma", are a bit misleading since some are really nice like eg Limit while others are dreadful like El Condor!CanobieFan said:
The problem with Tornado though isn't the roughness (I remember it being rather smooth?) but the awful banking! >< Some of the transitions are really tight and if you're in the wrong position in the spinning car you will inevitably get some severe neck shopping!
If the rest are just "a whole bunch of meh" I don't think it mattersmadhjsp said:
But if you, like me, have some highly ranked coaster pretty far down your lift (Expedition GeForce is eg at the bottom half) then you probably should submit the whole list! I agree though, it's a pain in the ass to do all the rankings 
bmac
Giga Poster
Re: Mitch Hawker Steel Coaster Poll 2012 - Voting!
Another thing is you'd be amazed how many coasters won't be on your list because they're basically clones. I had only like 55 steel coasters on my ballot even though I've ridden over 100 of them.
Also about my sooper placement. I really enjoy classic coasters and Soops so far hasn't disappointed me for stupid, oldschool fun. Will Mindbender and Shockwave beat it out when I ride them? I hope so or I probably need to get my head checked for real.
andrus said:If the rest are just "a whole bunch of meh" I don't think it matters
Another thing is you'd be amazed how many coasters won't be on your list because they're basically clones. I had only like 55 steel coasters on my ballot even though I've ridden over 100 of them.
Also about my sooper placement. I really enjoy classic coasters and Soops so far hasn't disappointed me for stupid, oldschool fun. Will Mindbender and Shockwave beat it out when I ride them? I hope so or I probably need to get my head checked for real.
Re: Mitch Hawker Steel Coaster Poll 2012 - Voting!
I had 165 steel coasters on my list (although I grouped some together like the 2 Winjas and 4 Intamin Impulse coasters) and 71 woodies, meaning I've been on about 150 either clones or things which weren't even good enough to get on the ballot. :lol:
I had 165 steel coasters on my list (although I grouped some together like the 2 Winjas and 4 Intamin Impulse coasters) and 71 woodies, meaning I've been on about 150 either clones or things which weren't even good enough to get on the ballot. :lol: