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Mega Roundup 450 - Winners Revealed!

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Posted April 6, 2022· Edited July 21, 2022

Scroll down to see contest rules in the next post.

Official Roundup 450 Entry Form

Hey folks, so Roundup 450 is happening, and this year marks the return of physical prizes. Woo! This year you're playing for...posters from the phenomenal artist Gabby Gomes, a coaster nerd in her own right with some really awesome artistic skills. If your project is selected as one of the honorees, you'll get an amazing attraction art poster created of your work!

Check out Gabby's other coaster art on her main site: https://gabbygomes.com/

Entries are due September 18th, with the Roundup revealed on Wednesday, September 21st.

Also I'm going to work on printing up t-shirts for winners of previous roundups that did not get physical prizes. Be patient while I work through designs, printing, and shipping. I've emailed everyone who won those roundups with a survey link to fill out for t-shirt information.

Let's get building!

-Ride_Op

Posted April 6, 2022· Edited July 21, 2022

What is Roundup 450?

Every week the NoLimits 2 team searches YouTube and creates a top 10 list of the best NoLimits 2 videos found that week. Beginning with Roundup 100, we started making it an annual contest to submit the most amazing works for the chance to be featured on one of the Mega Roundup lists. Honorees have received prizes for placing on these lists. Check out the jaw dropping amazing work from Roundup 100, Roundup 150, Roundup 200, Roundup 250, Roundup 300, Roundup 350, and Roundup 400!

What are the rules?

The rules are fairly simple: Build an amazing coaster or ride experience in NoLimits 2 with great scenery fitting some kind of theme or story, film the ride, edit the video to music, then post it to YouTube unlisted and fill out the entry form.

Some more rules:

  • You may work in a team, though only one prize is awarded
  • The coaster/ride experience must be your own work. You can't take someone else's park/coaster and film it to call it your own even if you get permission. (Note: you can download & use free/shared/commercially available scenery files...just give credit where due)
  • The coaster/ride experience should not have been released before - new work please so there's a surprise when your video comes out!
  • Videos should be 3-5 minutes long. Yes you can make it shorter/longer, but keep it captivating.
  • Please include the full ride experience in your video.
  • Scenery should cover all of the default terrain environment. Remember, you only need to build what the camera sees, but we will see plain undeveloped default flat terrain and it won't look that good.
  • Please don't show off all the surprises or full POVs of your work. Keep it secret until the list is revealed - the surprise is more fun!

How do you judge the results?

All entries are judged on 3 main categories:

  • Quality of the Ride Experience
  • Quality of the Scenic Design
  • Quality of the Presentation

Ride Experience looks at what the finished ride experience is like. Is it fun? Does it flow well? Does it tell a story? Your creation does not have to be the biggest, flippiest, fastest, launchiest, anythingest. In fact, a well themed family coaster has taken the top spot before. We will also consider how well the theme or story is presented in the ride.

Scenic Design looks at the quality of the scenery surrounding your ride creation. We consider foliage (if present), lighting, sets, animated objects, special effects, sound effects for the ride, surrounding area visuals, and everything else built to be part of the attraction. The best attractions seem to take us to a different place. The scenic design is the stage on which your attraction performs.

Presentation boils down to video editing. This is a video contest, so your finished video should be sharp, well edited, and feature lots of great shots that capture and hold our attention. Music selection is just as important as the music should underscore and support the emotion of the ride experience. Ideal length for a video is 2-4 minutes. You of course can go longer, but it becomes increasingly difficult to keep long videos interesting. Less is more. Note, please include a full POV of your ride. Also note, we don't need a walk through of your queue nor do we need a full uncut ride up the lift if nothing happens other than going up (see captivating). **

Great! How do I enter?

Click to fill out the submission form: Official Roundup 450 Entry Form

FAQs

Can I work in a team?
Yes! Only one prize will be provided free, however we are working with the artist to make a limited run of all the posters available to purchase. That way other members of your team can purchase the finished artwork, and you can purchase the art for the other winners!

Do I have to make all the scenery/scripts/textures myself?
No, you can download pre-built scenery, scripts, and anything else you need to fulfill your vision. Please give credit where credit is due to the original creators.

Can I show off what I'm working on?
Yes - but keep the ride experience a surprise. We really want that magical moment and amazing reactions when people see your video for the first time when the Roundups are announced. Showing a screen or two, even a limited video teaser, is fine. When you show a full POV of your attraction you leave no surprise for the Roundup reveal. That is why we ask your finished video to remain UNLISTED so that your finished ride experience is revealed the day Roundup 450 comes out.

Can I use copyrighted music?
Yes you can! Important Warning: Make sure that you can actually use it. We've seen entries that the music was stripped out because the copyright did not allow it to be used on YouTube. Our best recommendation is to upload a test video with the music you want to use and then see if there are any restrictions. Most of the time the restriction is that you can't monetize the video but you can use the music. Sometimes the music can't be played in certain countries. On rare occasions the music can't be used at all in any form. It's best to figure this out BEFORE you spend a week editing the video to that specific music only to learn it's been removed from your video.

I have more questions

Ask below!

-Ride_Op

Posted September 22, 2022

Roundup 450 All Entries
Roundup 450 Honorable Mentions
Roundup 450

Congratulations to all the honorees! You will each have your creations turned into attraction posters by Gabriela Gomes. And as a bonus, all 3 Honorable Mentions will be featured in a collage on an 8th attraction poster, and you will each receive one of those.

Thank you to everyone who put in the time to make and submit a creation this year. Next year is Roundup 500, and with such a major milestone we will offer prizes again so we can have the biggest year ever!

After 500, with interest waning we may move to an every 100 schedule going forward. Open to suggestions - the contest is fun to do and the creations that have been showcased from it are outstanding, and there's no shortage of new videos each week to keep the Roundups going. I know it takes a lot of work to go for these big mega roundups. I'm hoping that we can keep fun going and continue to have this best of the best competition each year.

-Ride_Op

Posted January 5, 2023

Attention Roundup450 honorees: check your emails (and spam folders). I sent out a survey to collect shipping address information. We're figuring out the estimates to print and ship everything to the winners. Thanks!

-Ride_Op

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