Bubbles1 Posted April 29, 2013 Report Share Posted April 29, 2013 That makes a lot more sense. I was so confused! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshC. Posted April 29, 2013 Report Share Posted April 29, 2013 Credit to TPG. Some theming work has been going on at the base of the vertical lift; looks good. I'm also surprised at the seemingly high accuracy of the game thus far! OldFarmerDean 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky Posted April 29, 2013 Report Share Posted April 29, 2013 this has to be photo of the year to be honest: credited to TowersTimes Ryan, Inferno and Smidget 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coaster Posted April 29, 2013 Report Share Posted April 29, 2013 Haha, the amount of problems with this ride already! And it hasn't even opened yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted April 29, 2013 Report Share Posted April 29, 2013 I do love a good bodge job... At least it's not sinking into the ground though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EC! Posted April 30, 2013 Report Share Posted April 30, 2013 video posted by pressassociation about the smiler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPGG Posted April 30, 2013 Report Share Posted April 30, 2013 http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=yXqtZjHcrs4 Those needles look fab Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky Posted April 30, 2013 Report Share Posted April 30, 2013 That could be painful going through those jets from the needles.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubbles1 Posted April 30, 2013 Report Share Posted April 30, 2013 That was what I thought, but maybe if they set it to inject just before the train gets there, then you get the spray without the pain? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EC! Posted April 30, 2013 Report Share Posted April 30, 2013 DEM NEEDLES the giggler was less powerful then I was expecting it 2 be, maybe it will be more powerful in testing cos it looks abit mundane there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coaster Posted April 30, 2013 Report Share Posted April 30, 2013 Can't see the video . Says the user closed their account, can anyone post a link to a working version? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky Posted April 30, 2013 Report Share Posted April 30, 2013 https://www.facebook.com/towerstimes?fref=ts Both videos are on here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky Posted April 30, 2013 Report Share Posted April 30, 2013 *awkward double post* Ryan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshC. Posted May 1, 2013 Report Share Posted May 1, 2013 And for those who may be thinking that that's some random image Ricky's made, we have this... So, we have a guy called Miles Cedars (which so happens to be an anagram of 'Smile Scared') who likes to make people smile, who has been interviewed by a couple of university students; here are their Twitter pages: https://twitter.com/Danny_Holden90 https://twitter.com/Trisha__White The book referenced in the video was apparently avaliable off Amazon, but was taken of by the 26th April. A screenshot from Trisha's Twitter. Trisha also set an alarm for '5:14am', which seems to hint back to the 'Camera 5/14 active' thing sent in the marketing email in December. The Twitter accounts are fairly recent, but have only just started posted things which could directly relate to Smiler. The past few days they've been posting things relating to smiling and stuff, and following a select few people. And, who remembers the leaked potential video a couple of months back, which I believe was a proposal idea from one of the potential companies that could produce the videos for Smiler? Comparison picture made by TST member 'Cheese'. Don't these two look rather similar (if you ignore the stark contrast in facial expressions)? So, the big question of everyone's lips - real or fake? Personally, I think this is real. It's elaborately thought out (as a whole, with the Twitter tweets and hints they make their), the video seems quite well made and seems to have had too much effort put in for a fan-made video. And, a point which I read on TST which was really good, it isn't trying to convince you it's related to Smiler. There's no links to Dr Kelman, The Ministry of Joy, marmalisation, etc. Surely if an enthusiast wanted to make fake marketing videos, they'd want to try and make it scream 'REAL' to other enthusiasts by adding in such hints? YAY, speculation! alexander, Mer and Ryan 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pluk Posted May 1, 2013 Report Share Posted May 1, 2013 Clever stuff, love it whoever has done it (pretty sure this is Towers produced). 5:14, thats the 5 marmalisation steps and 14 inversion is it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjh123horry Posted May 1, 2013 Report Share Posted May 1, 2013 There's no links to Dr Kelman, The Ministry of Joy, marmalisation, etc. If you remember in the sanctuary, with dr kelmans shpeil at the beginning, he said they shut his project down because his methods werent working and they thought he was mad. So possibly as the new experiement to ce from the ministry of joy, their trying to hide dr kelman up? Its weird but could be a possibility. You know what real life companies can be like. They make a big mistake so they hide it up and act like nothings happened so they dont get the back side bitten off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitchada04 Posted May 1, 2013 Report Share Posted May 1, 2013 Official or not that is brilliant and has seriously hyped me up for this ride when I go in July Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
- Michael - Posted May 1, 2013 Report Share Posted May 1, 2013 Loving this style of marketing, although more people need to see it Jammy3112 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexander Posted May 1, 2013 Report Share Posted May 1, 2013 Loving this marketing, really, really, clever. I was quite impressed with the people's acting in that YouTube video until the end. - Michael - 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jammy3112 Posted May 1, 2013 Report Share Posted May 1, 2013 Like Michael said above, it needs to be rolled out more. Would it be plausible to play short Smiler videos in places like Waterloo Station or ? Kinda like they did with the smiley faces? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EC! Posted May 1, 2013 Report Share Posted May 1, 2013 oh god that support looks bad! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pluk Posted May 1, 2013 Report Share Posted May 1, 2013 I think 'support' could be the wrong word! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EC! Posted May 1, 2013 Report Share Posted May 1, 2013 yes, I shouldnt call it a support its not supporting anything! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted May 1, 2013 Report Share Posted May 1, 2013 Because it's going to be left like that isn't it? There were already pics of an extended support in the same style of the unconnected one... Unsurprisingly with construction, not everything gets done 100% correctly all the time (for various reasons, mostly seen in this project), and as such solutions to problems that cannot be experienced until the thing is put together in real life are done... You can test calculations 100s of times on a computer, then when you try and build it in real life it won't work, that's engineering for you... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshC. Posted May 1, 2013 Report Share Posted May 1, 2013 I guess one of the many troubles of having the delay with groundworks and site issues is that any problems / testing faults are in plain view of the public and, more critically, the enthusiast community. Imagine if this ride was on schedule. We likely wouldn't have known about the support-which-doesn't-support-yet-support, the one screen of The Marmaliser not working first time, one of The Tickler's brushes not spinning at full speed first time, etc. I'd hate to think what would happen if a car was to stall during one of the first test runs or something like that. Has been interesting, though, seeing a UK project (especially one of such size thematically) be completed, as we normally wouldn't see the final 2-3 months of any project like this. Just a shame that some enthusiasts worry, panic and/or slate every time something goes wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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