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I was going to do that Mark - have a category for Alton and Thorpe cock-ups but then decided what about Chessington. So basically, and this goes out to everyone wanting to vote, "Biggest Thorpe Cock-Up" can be anything that's annoyed you with regards to Thorpe and "Most Disappointing Merlin Moment" can concern any other Merlin attraction in the UK. Say... if the London Eye fell over, that'd probs count as a pretty big cock-up.
Got three members' votes now
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Good gravy! Has it been a year already!? Only seems yesterday we saw Alton walk the UK Awards, Katun get voted the Best International Coaster and we had our very own Mr JoshC. crowned the biggest fanboy over Marc.
SO. Without further adieu, we will commence with the crownings for the next year of glorious TPMing and Thorpe-whoring/hating. Alas, here comes the boring formality (in a bizzle) Avert ye eyes, fair innocent ones:
The Park Awards:
(text iz big enuff rite? lol xoxo)
The first round 'comprises' of the Park Awards. The park with the most votes in each category wins. Below are the 'selected' categories for 2012:
- Best UK Park
- Best(-Looking) International Park*
- Best UK Coaster
- Best(-Looking) International Coaster*
- Best UK Flat Ride
- Best UK Water Ride
- Best UK Dark Ride
- Best New Attraction for 2012^
- Best Themed UK Experience
- Best Themed International Experience
- Worst UK Ride"
- Most Uncomfortable Ride"
- Most Disappointing Merlin Moment in 2012+
- Biggest Thorpe Cock-Up+
- Best-Looking New Attraction for 2013
- Best Manufacturer
(^) This attraction will have to have opened at an established park (I.e. not a travelling fair, LUKE AYERS) for the start of the 2012 theme park season. It does not have to be UK-exclusive; any new addition for the 2012 season in any country can be nominated.
(") These nominees can be pretty much any attraction you might find a queue for in a theme park (insert joke about Air's queue), in the respective countries of the category titles.
(+) These categories are open. Basically that means you can vote for pretty much anything that has pissed you off about Merlin and/or Thorpe. Merlin and Thorpe do make mistakes. Vote for one that has particularly grated your cheese this year. You could also vote for something Thorpe have done for the Merlin Moment category, if you feel it wasn't simply a decision by Thorpe themselves (I.e. Crash Pad).
Okay, so with that out of the way, look on to see the Forum Awards! These are often a lot more fun, generally because you get to vote for people you want be banned/secretly want to bang and NO-ONE CAN STOP YOU. But don't feel you have to vote for every category is you don't want to.
The Forum Awards:
OKAY. So here are the categories for this year. I'm liking it better than last year already:
- Best Member*
- Best Administrator
- Best Moderator
- Most Knowledgeable Member
- Campest Member
- Funniest Male
- Funniest Female
- Biggest Fanboy
- Biggest Fangirl
- Sexiest Male
- Sexiest Female
- Best New Member^
- Best Quality Posts
- Most Sarcastic Member
- Best TPM Meet"
- Storm Surge Award+
- Most Likely To Be Banned In 2013
quite frankly I'm afraid of the competitionit's only fair that way; they'd only have been a mod for three week or less and they'll have had much more time as a Member. Likewise, any member who is currently a moderator but isn't by the time to results are announced should be voted for in their current category, I.e. Best Moderator.(^) This nominee needs to have signed up after January 1st, 2012. Obviously, but you'd be surprised how many people forgot this last year...
(") Sadly the Guildford trip won't count here, as it's not happened yet. Seems logic. However this category includes all official meets that were advertised on the site. If you need a refresher here they are: Maxy's Premier Screaming Weekend; THE SWARM ERT Meet; Open Day Meet; Colossus Birthday ERT + Exclusives Tour; or Fright Nights + Experiment 10 Exclusives Tour.
(+) This one is simple. Vote for the member who you think reminds you of Storm Surge or should be awarded a Storm Surge for their efforts in
constantly dripping water all over on strangersTPM/in life.So there we have it, all you buttery nipples. These are the categories for this year's TPM Awards. Feel free to vote for as many or as few of the awards as you like, here are the rules and regulations about voting:
Important:
- Should you wish to vote, copy and paste the above lists and clearly denote which park/member etc. you nominate for each category. Once I have your votes, I will PM you confirmation of receiving them. If there is a problem in understanding your votes, I'll PM you back saying so. You can then sort any problems and re-send them back to me, with any other changes in votes you wish to make.
- Please make sure your votes are final, as once they are received and there is no issue with them, I will only allow you to change your votes once. If you decide to change your votes then you must PM me saying so, along with your new votes for the categories you wish to change. Once your votes have been change, I will send you another confirmation PM. You will not be allowed to change your votes after this point because I'm only human and it's hard to keep track o' y'all.
- You do not need to vote for every category. Should you wish to withdraw yourself from voting in a certain category, simply leave it blank and don't be confusing.
- This topic will close at 20:00 (8pm) on December 18, 2012. This gives you 30 days to vote, which is more than last time because I'm feeling generous. Any votes received after this time on December 18, 2012 will not be counted, so be speedy, ite?!
- The details set out at the bottom of each category list is final. All your votes must adhere to these rules, you silly sausages.
- The categories listed above are not for further negotiation. Dun dun dun.
- All votes will be kept confidential.
- You are not allowed to vote for yourself in any of the Forum Awards categories.
- Each vote will count for one point for each nominee for each category and ill be 'totted up' 'cumulatively'.
Here's a picture of a lamb to get you started:
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Going through a really rough time of late. Been feeling up and then down and each time an up comes round its like I have so much else going on that I barely have time to appreciate why I came to Winchester in the first place. But to cut an essay short:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wm4MyPIj46s
Beautiful song, and worth every second of it's 7:53 length (lyrics don't come in till about 2 minutes in). It just works. It works as a personal song and song that speaks of a wider, further-reaching stuff about human nature. The finale though
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Lap-bars on Outlaw Run? That'll be insane!
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Clicking the logo works for me.
I have no idea how you end up at the Hub Bot posts though! 
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That was the joke... Bitchy forum rivalry is an easy target...
- pluk, Stokesyboy, Mer and 1 other
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Can I just say: I've wanted the colour scheme of the Ocean Park Wing Coaster at Thorpe/heck, any Merlin park for a long time. Lovely combo.
As you were.
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TST CHOPPER WOO.
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I imagine Marc will know, as he was the one who set up the live feed page during the last TPM meet (for Fright Nights). But then again, it wasn't very successful...
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It depends what you class as failing really dont it, because if fastrack was as bad as people made out people would vote with their feet and simply not buy it, but they do so some people must like it.
What is this tomfoolery? These people are clearly dumb or unaware of the alternatives. And since when does people liking it have anything to do with it being a fair system? Maybe we should just abolish the abolition of Apartheid.
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Seems like people have a lot of free time on their hands to be able to pick up on something like that..
I guess it could be for anything really. Would laugh if it ends up being a new name for X:\NWO if that gets a name change with the rumoured retheme. In honesty though, would prefer if this was not the name of SW7.
If this is payback for the Wikipedia comment...
... well played, fine sir.
Oh yeah, and in case I haven't made it clear, "The Smiler" isn't even laughable. It's like one step below being a registered sex offender. It's atrocious.
- UnderItAll, BigBobJones and JoshC.
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I thought The Smiler was the trade mark name for the image of the face with spirals not the ride but remember around this time of 2009 Th13teens name was known as Surrender but saying that it was as early as August when we got the name for The Swarm August 1st I believe but take it with a pinch of salt
Excellent point, Jack.
The SW7 (I refuse to call it The Smiler) logo is still an IP of Merlin Entertainments. Look at Liam's photo again. One of the entries is "The Merlin Entertainm... [something]", which could just be a registered trademark of the company currently in use. It may even be the actual Merlin Entertainments logo. Point is, Intellectual Property doesn't just consistent of rides and attractions for companies like Merlin - logos, slogans, event names etc., even the actual owned property (I.e. Warwick Castle, which also appears in that list) all count as part of the Merlin Entertainments Group property. It's possible that, as Jack said, "The Smiler" is simply a name assigned to the logo so that it becomes a recognised intellectual property of Merlin Entertainments (which would make sense, as it appears to be focal to the ride promotion and possibly even the actual ride experience itself) and therefore cannot be reproduced for other purposes not involving Merlin or Alton Towers in some way.
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Can someone point me in the direction of a reputable source?
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Gangnam is a district in the capital city of South Korea, Seoul. Gangnam style would relate to how they live their lives their, which is apparently quite 'trendy' and 'hip'. The song in general is about finding a perfect girlfriend or something, and how he lives a Gangnam-style life. The 'Oppan Gangnam Style' line is saying how he is Gangnam Style, as 'oppa' is a word used by females to refer to older male friends in day-to-day conversation.. (At least, I think that's how it is. May not be exact, but that's the general gist of it.)
As for the song, it's annoyingly catchy and I like it.
Ahh, Wikipedia seems to be accurate this morning...
Oh, and I love this song. It's alarmingly stupid and a bit of fun.
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SplashDown poole is pretty decent IMO, They have some pretty good slides, and you can easily be entertained for a good few hrs, I just love riding the Spacebowl Slide nearly all day
, be warned though that Splashdown is Water Slides ONLY, there is NO main swimming pool area, so dont go there expecting to go for a nice swim as well unlike The Sandscastle and others which offers everything in one,Well hey now, Splashdown does have that adorably pointless Jacuzzi thing at the top of the Black Baron, next to the Mississippi Drifter.
Awks how only about three of the vents actually pump the pool with warm water and how the whole thing serves as the only entrance to the upper slides, meaning while you're relaxing you've got people of all ages splashing past you as they hurtle towards the Black Baron...Aww, Splashdown...
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That too will not happen...
Where's the sauce?
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I dont see why its good? Whilst fastrack is annoying, like everything in life the more you pay the better your treated and get a premium service than people who
choose not tosimply can't pay.Edited
- BigBobJones, Stokesyboy and Mer
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It's not fun being depressed or miserable because it can cause you to lack the motivation and the enthusiasm to do simple things from doing chores or being pleasant or helpful to your family. Your Mum does that exact thing that my Dad does and I'm not going to lie, it really does irritate me and thankfully...my sister and Mum and it only makes matters worse.
I feel that you should maybe talk to your Mum and tell her how you feel. If she's a good Mum, she will be supportive and try to help you but it's a good thing, to find the right moment to talk to her...where she's not busy with her hands full doing something. With brothers and sisters from personal experience, we always seem to bicker about the most stupidest and silliest of things.
Your Brother asked you something minor about the laptop and it's not a big deal to just take one or two minutes from your whole day to help him out. He will feel grateful because you're able to make the time for him and maybe your relationship with each other will improve and if your Mum sees that both of you are getting on, she will feel better too.
Interesting post. It's odd to see a reply like this to a Rant topic post. Even I've been guilty of replying to such a topic's posts only to vent my own problems, and it seems like that's how most of this thread as panned out. That's not to say we're all bad people for not trying to counsel everyone else (srsly ppl), but its just nice to see support for others members here.
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I lose track of what spoiler topics are and where they are these days. Wasn't there a Fright Nights spoiler topic? Who's idea was that?
But either way, woo SW7.
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Misfits ended for me when Robert Sheehan left, it went downhill fast from then on in.
QFT. Him and Socha (Kelly) made it for me. Kelly was pure class.
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Whilst I agree with the fact that later openings may not actually help the ride (the ride may be closed but the queue will begin to fill regardless, resulting in many shorter cycles in a shorter space of time than the normal queue time:cycle time ratio and exerting an equally if not more stress on the ride hardware), surely the recent renovation/maintenance the ride received has been helping it with it's somewhat troublesome behaviour?
I understand the main reason for the maintenance was the zeroing difficulties, after one such incident could've ended in disaster for the guests and the park, so surely Samurai shouldn't be struggling with these anymore?
Alton Towers Ride Game 2012/13
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Air (5)
Battle Galleons (5)
Berry Bish Bash (5)
Charlie & The Chocolate Factory (5)
Congo River Rapids (5)
Driving School (5)
Doodle Doo Derby (5)
Duel - The Haunted House Strikes Back (5)
Enterprise (5)
Frog Hopper (5)
Galloper's Carousel (5)
Haunted Hollow (5)
Heave Ho! (5)
Hex - The Legend Of The Towers (5)
Ice Age The 4D Experience (5)
Marauders Mayhem (5)
Nemesis (7)
Nemesis Sub-Terra (6)
Oblivion (6)
Old Macdonalds Singing Barn (5)
Ripsaw (5)
Rita (4)
Riverbank Eye Spy (5)
Runaway Mine Train (5)
Twirling Toadstool (5)
There's Something In The Dungheap (3)
The Blade (5)
The Flume (5)
The Gardens (6)
The Towers (5)
Th13teen (6)
Sonic Spinball (5)
Sharkbait Reef by SEA LIFE (5)
Skyride (5)
Squirrel Nutty Ride (5)
Submission (3)
Wobble World (4)
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Oblivion +1
Dungheap -1