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ParkCrafters RCT3 20th Anniversary Competition Information & Signups

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INFORMATION & SIGNUPS

Welcome to the official ParkCrafers competition of the 20th Anniversary of RollerCoaster Tycoon 3! Can you believe it's been 20 years? We're celebrating this big milestone with a friendly competition all focused around one thing - RollerCoaster Tycoon 3! Read on below for the information!

 

WHAT IS THE RCT3 20TH ANNIVERSARY COMPETITION?

The RCT3 20th Anniversary Competition is a friendly community-wide competition where members can sign up and create something in RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 to help celebrate the 20th anniversary of the game! Members can create whatever type of project they would like in RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 and the highest member-voted submission will win! However, there is a twist with this competition - only scenery, rides, and content that is in the base game are allowed! NO CUSTOM CONTENT ALLOWED AT ALL! Let's see how you all do working with RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 as it was natively released! Once all submissions are complete, we will put all projects up for public voting.

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RCT3 20TH ANNIVERSARY RULES

To ensure that this competition runs smoothly, please keep the following rules in mind when participating in the RCT3 20th Anniversary Competition:

  • You MUST create something in RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 ONLY. No other games are allowed for this competition!
  • Your final project can be anything created in RollerCoaster Tycoon 3. It can be a coaster, park, landscape, building, firework effect, pyro show - anything! As long as it was created in RCT3 then you're good!
  • Custom Scenery, custom attractions, custom firework effects, or any other custom content that must be installed into the game are NOT ALLOWED for this competition! This is strictly a no-custom content competition!
  • Any game manipulation via cheat peeps or file editing such as options.txt is NOT allowed. We want this to be as vanilla as possible!
  • You may only use scenery items, attractions, coasters, and effects in vanilla RollerCoaster Tycoon 3, Soaked, Wild, and Platinum/Complete editions. No other items are allowed!
  • To compete, you must sign up for this competition by responding to this thread. Once you've signed up you are free to begin working and planning on your project!
  • You must submit either a video or photo(s) of your final project before the deadline, otherwise, you will forfeit - plan accordingly!
  • All final projects will be put up for public voting, the project with the most votes wins!
  • This is a solo-only competition, you may not work with other people or copy other people's work for this competition - everything must be 100% created by you!
  • Staff members are allowed to participate in this competition as well.
  • All community rules and guidelines of ParkCrafters apply to this competition.

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RCT3 20th ANNIVERSARY AGENDA

Below you can find a list of all important dates for this competition, please keep them in mind if you're looking to participate!

  • RCT3 20th Anniversary Competition Signups OPEN on September 8th, 2024, and CLOSE on September 15th, 2024. This gives everyone 1 week to sign up! Once you've signed up, you can immediately begin on your project - this means if you sign up earlier, you'll have more time to work on your project!
  • All projects MUST be submitted to any ParkCrafters staff member before October 20th, 2024! This gives you a little over 1 month to work on your project
  • Public voting will begin on October 20th, 2024, and will end on October 26th, 2024.
  • The winner will be announced on October 26th, 2024 - exactly 20 years after RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 was released!

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RCT3 20th ANNIVERSARY COMPETITION PRIZES

The crowned winner of the RCT3 20th Anniversary Competition will receive a rare winner badge on their ParkCrafters profile (this is only obtainable through this event) along with their name immortalized on our Trophy Case on our Discord server! The winner will also receive a Steam copy of RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 Complete Edition if they do not own it. If the winner already owns RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 Complete Edition on Steam, they can also choose to receive a digital $20 Steam Gift Card!

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SOUNDS GREAT! HOW DO I SIGN UP?

If you would like to sign up for the RCT3 20th Anniversary Competition, just simply respond to this thread stating you'd like to sign up! Remember, the earlier you sign up then the earlier you can start working on your submission. Keep in mind that sign-ups for this competition will close on September 15th, 2024, so be sure to sign up before then if you're interested!

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QUESTIONS?

If you have any questions, comments, or concerns regarding this competition, feel free to ask directly on this thread or send a private message to any ParkCrafters staff and we'll be happy to help!

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Good luck to all competing members!

 

OFFICIAL COMPETING MEMBERS:

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    3 minutes ago, Supra G.L. said:

    Not in my best mood lately, but it would be a bad decision for me to skip this contest. I'll see what I can do, so count me in!

    You've been added - good luck!

    there's this illusion of the reality, but it's not really really real, like it's beside and inside and inside and beside, but never on top.. nevermind, just kidding but not really

    It would be a shame to me if I didn't participate.

    LET. ME. COOK.

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    "What I'm about to do, it doesn't make any sense, it's not logical, it is a gut feeling!" -James T. Kirk

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    55 minutes ago, Anon-P said:

    It would be a shame to me if I didn't participate.

    LET. ME. COOK.

    Added, good luck! Choose to bow out so I've removed your name from the list of competitors.

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    2 hours ago, Bookworm91 said:

    Sooo…lasers and fountains…what are the rules on those…since they are naturally customizable in game without using cheat codes.

    Also, sign me up!

    This was a question already asked to me but I figured I should add it publicly here in case anyone else is curious. Waterjets and lasers can be customized through the advanced designer as that is in the game available, however, firework effects must be the base game effects since the AFE was originally hidden and not accessible unless by cheat codes! So for any members looking to create a pyro show for this competition, lasers and waterjets can be customized but firework effects can not - you must use the base game fireworks! Custom music however is allowed for firework shows since that was also a feature introduced in the game, similar to how people who create attractions and parks can use custom images for their billboards!

    You've also been added - good luck!

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    7 hours ago, Wilhelm1407 said:

    Will having an edited text options file for disabling collisions be allowed? 

    This is not allowed as it is not something originally intended in the game - we're aiming for the most vanilla experience!

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    I'm down! I don't think I'll stand a chance at a 0 custom scenery design compared to some of the crazy stuff I've seen before, but I will just participate for the fun of it :)

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    18 hours ago, m00nkinftw said:

    I'm down! I don't think I'll stand a chance at a 0 custom scenery design compared to some of the crazy stuff I've seen before, but I will just participate for the fun of it :)

    You've been added - good luck!

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    37 minutes ago, Sunki2 said:

    I wanna join, dunno how i'll do tho

    The great thing about it being a "Vanilla-only" competition is the playing field truly is level for all participating. I am massively excited to see what players like yourself come up with!

    Something, sometime, eventually...

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    4 hours ago, Kablary said:

    Heyooo, I'm in! 

    1 hour ago, Sunki2 said:

    I wanna join, dunno how i'll do tho

    31 minutes ago, Mayamythical said:

    I'd love to join.

    You all have been added - good luck to all!

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    2 hours ago, plasmagd said:

    This sounds super fun! Il definetely give it a shot :)

    You've been added! Can't wait to see what you build!

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    Creation is submitted, good luck to everyone else!

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    hiding submission

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    5 hours ago, m00nkinftw said:

    Here's my submission. By the way, I always go ham when it comes to editing but naturally speaking I hope the main focus is the creation itself and not all the bells and whistles in terms of video editing and stuff :) Hope you guys enjoy and good luck to everyone else!

     

    Nice layout. Great job keeping the coasters lined up after splitting and coming back together. You used all the layout tricks to manage this. Equal balancing of outside and inside turns, etc. Its hard to do dueling coasters correctly.

     

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    7 hours ago, m00nkinftw said:

    Here's my submission. By the way, I always go ham when it comes to editing but naturally speaking I hope the main focus is the creation itself and not all the bells and whistles in terms of video editing and stuff :) Hope you guys enjoy and good luck to everyone else!

     

    Wow you work fast! Can you private message me your submission so I can have it for when voting goes up? Thanks and the coaster looks great!

    1 hour ago, D S said:

    That's such a great idea. I'm in!

    You've been added as a competitor, good luck!

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    5 hours ago, wolfpaw said:

    Wow you work fast! Can you private message me your submission so I can have it for when voting goes up? Thanks and the coaster looks great!

    You've been added as a competitor, good luck!

    Done! And yeah I had some inspiration so I decided to hammer it out when the ideas are still fresh😅

    Edited by m00nkinftw

    Count me in. 🙂

    17 hours ago, Kablary said:

    Are we encouraging public submissions for the contest? Nothing against @m00nkinftw and posting his - just curious if the idea is to keep everything secret (like the Canvas Clash from May) or if the rest of the submissions should be private before voting.

    This is a good point. Will the submissions be private?

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