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[userpay]

*Checks class websites, realizes he has very little due this weekend*

...Anyone want to play Borderlands today or tomorrow? Steam name is same as on here.

[Scelly9]

This, this, oh god, this.

[Vorthon]

I read through Romantically Apocalyptic today, and I loved it. Zee Captain is best Captain.

[Itnetlolor]

Just came across a nice little Roller Coaster Tycoon exploit that I wish I realized earlier.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

With a bit of help using Excel, I managed to calculate that Go-Karts are freaking broken money magnets. Make any kind of track you like (I prefer to keep them short, and have enough starting track to have 12 cars on the field), a sufficiently long enough line to get on (and keep them in there), and make it exciting enough to consistently keep customers going in no matter what (scenery helps improve this, as well as building walkways all around it; especially if it's to get into the ride).

Now then, the real gamebreaker: How many laps do you think are the most profitable (1-10)? The answer will surprise you.






<sub>One (1) lap is the most profitable by a landslide. Sure the overall price (going by excitement rating) per-car isn't much, but:
((ride price) x (up to 12) cars) * (1 hour / ride time) = Potentially enough to legitimately build Mr.Bones Wild Ride


I tested it on the figure 8 track preset that came with the original Roller Coaster Tycoon, which allows for 7 cars on the track. 1 lap is 12 (24 if you include the bonus lap by the winner) seconds, excitement/price is $4.10 and the profit marked in-game says $2598.00/hr, I calculated potentially $4305.00/hr.

So 1 lap: having 12 (24) seconds, $4.10 price, in-game $2598.00/hr, and calculated $4305.00/hr.
As for 3 laps: I got 41 (53) seconds, $4.70 price, in-game $1866.00/hr and calculated $2234.72/hr.
And for 5 laps: I got 76 (88) seconds, $5.40 price, in-game $1707.00/hr and calculated $1546.36/hr.
And for 10 laps: I got 111 (123) seconds, $7.00 price, in-game $1068.00 and calculated $1434.15/hr.

Yeah, 1-lap exploit FTW!!!</sub>

All this was tested on all lap amounts, this was just a summary of commonly-used lap amounts.

EDIT:
I figured it was classic avatar week. Had this thing eons ago.

And I did this research in order to find the most efficient way to profit from Go-karts in general. I kept on using 10 laps for a long time (with matching excite price), assuming it would profit the most. Oh, how wrong I've been.

[Aklyon]

Why not the flying suit or the power armor, itnetlolor?

[penguinofhonor]

Little does anyone else know, but the resurgence of penguin avatars fortifies my dark powers.

[Duke 2.0]

 Now do research on the profitability of launch coasters. Those things are mad cheap and hella valuable for how long they last. Now we just need to figure out the optimum launch speed/track segments for maximum excitement. Sure launching guests from zero to 40mph instantly seems problematic, but they sure seem to like it.

[Gunner-Chan]

launch coasters.

* Janet reads as lunch coasters

.o

What is this wizardry that I presume will be delivering my lunch?

[Duke 2.0]

 I would assume coasters would just be those little disks to keep rings from forming on tables, so basically just a hotpad for lunch?

 Or the equivalent of what I'm thinking of with a few track segments deleted and launch speed cranked way the hell up.

[Gunner-Chan]

Oh yes. I want the latter.

Start the engine! I WANT MY SANDWICH!

[Itnetlolor]

Now do research on the profitability of launch coasters. Those things are mad cheap and hella valuable for how long they last. Now we just need to figure out the optimum launch speed/track segments for maximum excitement. Sure launching guests from zero to 40mph instantly seems problematic, but they sure seem to like it.

Like with the Go-Karts, I would assume shorter track = less time = more customers/hr; time is key/money, if anything. Who cares about how fun it would actually be IRL for the customers?



Just make sure it has at least a loop in it, and maybe a walkway or another ride going through the loop, and surrounded with tall scenery that takes up 1/4 tile each, and cover the perimeter (yes, they all raise excitement; not by much, but enough to rake in more dough), and then profit off it, and adjust accordingly over time.

[kaijyuu]

Compact seems to always win with rollercoaster tycoon 1. Plus it's fun sticking everything in the smallest area possible; I built one large theme park using maybe 40x40 total space. Only one square of the ride needs to touch the ground when built, so I had like 3 vertical layers of rides connected by ridiculously convoluted walkways.


Never played any of the later incarnations of rollercoaster tycoon though.

[Itnetlolor]

You just need to start on the ground. After that, provided you can spare the lost change, you can keep building higher, and then remove the lower segments, and place the starting point up high, as well as the rest of the track. Similar can be used when building a roller coaster (entirely) underground. Just gain access underground first, and then remove any exterior evidence of it being outside.

[Sowelu]

Oh god, I can hear the MUSIC.

It's calling me back.  I haven't played those games in forever.

[MaximumZero]

My lenses are finally yellow!