Author Topic: 2009 Wood Coaster Poll - Mitch Hawker (Read 3206 times)

Jason · « **on:** Nov 11, 2009, 08:23 »

http://www.ushsho.com/bestrollercoasterpoll.htm

The handful of locals should be able to help out Prowler.

Swoosh · « **Reply #1 on:** Nov 11, 2009, 10:42 »

I wonder how bad Blobb and Theme Park Revenue skeww the polls this year.

steel · « **Reply #2 on:** Nov 11, 2009, 03:13 »

Representin' the Midwest. Prowler, Outlaw, and Renegade ftw.

Prowler182 · « **Reply #3 on:** Nov 14, 2009, 10:04 »

Alright gave some good scores to Prowler, Timber Wolf and of course El Toro. I think Prowler might crack the top 10. If ACE is good to it and scores it well then it should.

steel · « **Reply #4 on:** Dec 25, 2009, 05:34 »

http://www.ushsho.com/2009_preliminary_roller_coaster_poll_results.htm
Prowler #7 in the preliminaries!

We beat Thunderhead!
What they have:
1. The Voyage
2. El Toro
3. T Express
4. Boulder Dash
5. Ravine Flyer II
6. Balder
7. Prowler
8. Phoenix
9. Fireball
10. Thunderhead
11. Aska

STEEL
1. Bizarro (SFNE)
2. Eagle's Fortress
3. Expedition GeForce
4. Diamondback
5. Goliath (Walabi World)
6. Piraten
7. Kawasemi
8. Nemesis
9. Katun
10. Millennium Force
11. Pyranees
12. Blue Fire

zztop · « **Reply #5 on:** Dec 25, 2009, 07:55 »

yea 7 we might be 6 it looked close

Prowler182 · « **Reply #6 on:** Dec 25, 2009, 10:01 »

Wow Diamondback cracked the top ten! Hats off to Kings Island for building a great steel. I'm impressed that it cracked such a good spot and beat out Millennium Force at that. Very happy with the El Toro and the Prowler rankings though!

smileyboy57 · « **Reply #7 on:** Dec 25, 2009, 11:39 »

#7!?! That is amazing! Excited it did so well!!!

Jason · « **Reply #8 on:** Dec 26, 2009, 08:02 »

Very impressive. The top rated GCI!!!

smileyboy57 · « **Reply #9 on:** Dec 28, 2009, 10:09 »

http://www.ushsho.com/detailedwoodrollercoasterpollresults2009.htm

Let's go ahead and make that number 6!!

Super proud of my baby

Ben Dover · « **Reply #10 on:** Dec 28, 2009, 11:25 »

Is it too late to vote? If it isnt can you guys give me a link so I can put vote in for Prowler.

Jason · « **Reply #11 on:** Dec 28, 2009, 12:46 »

Sorry Mr. Dover but voting ended a while back.

6th is pretty way beyond what I had expected. It's actually not that far from 5th either.

steel · « **Reply #12 on:** Dec 28, 2009, 04:26 »

It also makes me happy in a Schadenfreude kind of way to see Thunderhead out of the top ten entirely.
Incidentally, Underground at Adventureland is the 9th worst coaster on the list, haha.

zztop · « **Reply #13 on:** Dec 28, 2009, 05:44 »

ah Schadenfreude got to love avenue Q

zztop · « **Reply #14 on:** Dec 28, 2009, 05:47 »

wow hades is 14th and timberwolf dropped a lot from last year to 145 ozark wildcat is still up there beating out terminator wow that says a lot

smileyboy57 · « **Reply #15 on:** Dec 28, 2009, 08:54 »

Although I love the ride I really didn't think Prowler would crack the top 10. I was thinking it would be somewhere around 14ish. I'm glad to see it get such a high ranking which I think it deserves!

steel · « **Reply #16 on:** Dec 28, 2009, 09:23 »

I'm more interested in the fact that it beat Thunderhead than Terminator or Wildcat or Renegade or anything else. Thunderhead was the one to beat. I honestly didn't expect us to do that.
Zztop - Way to pick up the obscure reference!

Quote from: Elissa Alvey

All of the Prowler fanboys should enjoy this while it lasts. I have a strong feeling it will not even be in the top 10 next year.

Jason · « **Reply #17 on:** Dec 29, 2009, 07:38 »

That's strange. I wonder why she thinks it would fall out of the top 10. I highly doubt that it will stay at 6 but did they even make it out to ride it this year?

steel · « **Reply #18 on:** Dec 29, 2009, 08:17 »

Holy crap, it's a freaking warzone over there. Anyone who says anything in response to that gets a 24-hour ban for being childish. They're saying that GCIs always slide and that they "know" it will not be in the top ten next year. I'm not stupid enough to think that it will stay where it is, and it definitely won't be top ten forever, but Thunderhead has been around for a pretty long time now and it *just* missed the top ten this year.
Here's what I said before that all:

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How many times have you told people off for rating or judging coasters they haven't ridden? Yet here you are doing exactly that. You have not ridden Prowler. You clearly have been paying very selective attention and are extremely biased against it if you are still unwilling to consider that maybe it might be worth something. Listen, I'm sorry you think I'm such an idiot, I'm sorry that I'm happy because a completely deserving coaster did way better than I thought it would, and I'm sorry that I'm going to get screamed at for saying this, but your comment comes off as pretty snarky and a little mean. No offense meant in any of this, of course.

I don't know, it all just strikes me as extremely hypocritical. Which I guess is nothing new.

But I am still happy and they're not going to be able to change that, no matter how hard they try. Prowler ftw!

Oh, by the way. Has anyone here ridden Timberhawk? I thought it looked pretty good when it opened, but then I didn't hear anything about it at all and it's near the bottom of the list. Is it rough or slow or something?

Jason · « **Reply #19 on:** Dec 29, 2009, 08:59 »

I'm guessing that a bunch of posts got deleted???

It looks as if I'm retarded because I'm a Prowler fan-boy.

smileyboy57 · « **Reply #20 on:** Dec 29, 2009, 03:37 »

I love you steel

You know in a manly way

Ben Dover · « **Reply #21 on:** Dec 29, 2009, 04:17 »

What does the TPR crew got against Prowler? Have they even ridden it?

zztop · « **Reply #22 on:** Dec 30, 2009, 11:00 »

i got a ban once because i used wof i guese it got put under slang or something since then i have stopped posting there

steel · « **Reply #23 on:** Dec 30, 2009, 11:05 »

Yeah, I think they deleted a bunch of posts so it looks like it's a very one-sided argument.
EDIT: Yep, they just deleted my latest post, which I tried very hard to make polite and civil and a lot nicer than they deserve. When you disagree with the Alveys, your posts get deleted. When you disagree with Joseph McCarthy, you get blacklisted. Just saying. But it's pointless to even try. I should know better by now.

Um, basically, one of the clique-members gave it an underwhelming review, thereby damning it forever in the realms of TPR history. Also it did better than both Terminator and Balder, which of course means that it is a horrible ride or something.

You too, smileyboy.

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Huh, interesting, since I was completely calm and reasonable in all of my arguments.
If Robb or Elissa is reading this, which I doubt very strongly, good riddance and f you.

Bradley Robertson · « **Reply #24 on:** Jan 4, 2010, 10:06 »

Happy for Prowler, disppointed for Timber Wolf. TW drops 22 points, yet was running the best in last 5 years. I thought maybe with some of the crowds I saw at TW this year finally the word would get out that it is as close to it's number 1 ranking as it will ever have. All good though. Won't stop me from being an advocate for it to the gp.

Swoosh · « **Reply #25 on:** Jan 4, 2010, 08:00 »

Quote from: steel on Dec 30, 2009, 11:05

Yeah, I think they deleted a bunch of posts so it looks like it's a very one-sided argument.
EDIT: Yep, they just deleted my latest post, which I tried very hard to make polite and civil and a lot nicer than they deserve. When you disagree with the Alveys, your posts get deleted. When you disagree with Joseph McCarthy, you get blacklisted. Just saying. But it's pointless to even try. I should know better by now.

Um, basically, one of the clique-members gave it an underwhelming review, thereby damning it forever in the realms of TPR history. Also it did better than both Terminator and Balder, which of course means that it is a horrible ride or something.

You too, smileyboy.

As of 4:30 today:Huh, interesting, since I was completely calm and reasonable in all of my arguments.
If Robb or Elissa is reading this, which I doubt very strongly, good riddance and f you.

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Jason · « **Reply #26 on:** Jan 11, 2010, 08:35 »

Here are the steel results.

http://www.ushsho.com/detailedsteelrollercoasterpollresults2009.htm

Bradley Robertson · « **Reply #27 on:** Jan 11, 2010, 10:11 »

Three other coasters rated lower than Dragon? Haven't heard of any of them, but that is hard to believe.

Swoosh · « **Reply #28 on:** Jan 11, 2010, 11:32 »

I'm sorry, a ride with only 13 riders that's SBNO should ranked #2 in the world. IMHO

tonyblackjack · « **Reply #29 on:** Jan 11, 2010, 11:50 »

I agree every year there is something that sticks out to me about this poll that makes me think that this poll is a JOKE only 13 riders and still #2 in the world is silly. Minimum Ridership to be on this list at all should be at least 50! This poll is almost as bad as the BCS!