Six Flags Great Adventure Rollercoaster Introduction: Part 5

Next up is the Great American Scream Machine (GASM for short), which is a steel corkscrew rollercoaster built in 1989. When it opened it was the world’s tallest rollercoaster for a whole month. GASM rises up to 173 feet and drops down 155 feet reaching a top speed of 68 miles per hour. The ride length is 3800 feet and ride time 2:20 so one could consider it a larger, faster and more complex version of the Korkkiruuvi (Finnish for corkscrew) rollercoaster in Särkänniemi amusement park in Finland. In addition to the two corkscrews found on Korkkiruuvi, GASM has three vertical loops and one batwing a.k.a. boomerang double loop (the opposite of a cobra roll) making the total number of inversion seven, which is the same as with Medusa.

GASM’s track and trains are of course colored to match the American flag, and the trains are named accordingly: Freedom, Liberty and Spirit. Even without such patriotism I’m sure I will be engulfed in a spirit of great Americanism :D, since no rollercoaster in Finland comes even close to what GASM has to offer :(. All the more reason to be exited about our upcoming trip and all the more memorable it’s going be =)! Perhaps even an orGASMic experience, LOL!

Yet another Video from Sid Meier's Space Strategy Franchise

I’m of course talking about the series that includes the totally superb strategy game Alpha Centauri (I gave it 9.4 out of 10) and it’s great expansion pack Alien Crossfire (8.7 out of 10). Over the course of the almost two years that I’ve been a Youtuber, I’ve been uploading videos from both these great games. I started off with their introduction videos and made my way through the secret project videos of Alpha Centauri and its expansion pack. After a while I uploaded two requested videos: What happens when you loose the game if a rival faction transcends before you, and a video introducing The New Factions of Sid Meier's Alien Crossfire. All except the last one are included in the embedded playlist below.



If you're having problems with the first video (Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri Intro) you can download it from FileFront using the link below.


Until a fellow Youtuber mentioned it on a comment, I had totally forgotten about another ending video, so now I’m honored to present Sid Meier's Alien Crossfire: Progenitor Victory embedded below along with its description.



This is what happens in the strategy PC videogame expansion pack Sid Meier's Alien Crossfire when either of the alien (Progenitor) races achieves a Progenitor victory by completing the Resonance Communicator. It's comprised of 6 Subspace Generators (Required tech: Singularity Mechanics) constructed in 6 bases of at least size 10. The Resonance Communicator allows the alien faction to send signals to their home fleets in a far distant portion of the galaxy. The power of these fleets is well beyond the combined abilities of all the humans on the Planet to combat, so when communication occurs and the fleets arrive, the humans (and the other Progenitor faction) must capitulate.

The Progenitor victory videos for the Carertakers and Usurpers are exactly the same, except for the color of the arriving fleet. Even so I put both in one vid so anyone can't complain about leaving either one out. Enjoy =)!

Six Flags Great Adventure Rollercoaster Introduction: Part 4

The next rollercoaster’s name is very accurate, at least if you suffer from a heart disease, since after riding it you’ll probably need to take some nitroglycerin pills to stay alive :D! When built in 2001, Nitro was the east coast’s tallest and fastest rollercoaster until Kingda Ka was built four years later. Nitro climbs up to 230 feet and then plummets 215 feet in a 66 degree angle gaining a speed of 80 miles per hour, wow!
And that’s not all. Unlike Kingda Ka, Nitro isn’t a short ride with just a couple of drops, but instead a full blown rollercoaster with a length of almost 5400 feet and ride time of more than two minutes. Because it doesn’t have any inversions, Nitro can use simpler lap restraints to make the ride even more intense when dealing with up to 4 G’s of down force. An on-ride photo is taken at the bottom of the first drop, and on a clear night the skyline of Philadelphia can be seen from a few tall points even though it’s 50 miles away. The stars of the first embedded video must be somehow related to MatoApina, since they make noise just like us on the second one :D!

Darth Vader Just Got Owned!

The title is one part o fthe title of my newest self-made video. The whole title is Star Wars Battlefront: Darth Vader Just Got Owned!, so it’s from Star Wars Battlefront (d'uh :D), which I got just a few weeks ago. This vid is more spontaneous than planned, because it's the result of me testing the the Gamecam recording software for the first time.

Like the video’s Star Wars style prelude text says, I was fooling around and not playing too seriously, when suddenly I got into a duel with Darth Vader himself (AI controlled one of course :P). I added some funny comments (so a sense of humor is a must), Star Wars music and prelude text, and tested some cool special effect offered by the Sony Vegas editing software (screenshot above), so the vid wouldn’t be something any jerk with Gamecam, Fraps etc. could do :D! So it’s nothing that special or planned, but a lot of effort did go into it so I hope you enjoy =)!

Six Flags Great Adventure Rollercoaster Introduction: Part 3

Next we have a traditional wooden rollercoaster called Rolling Thunder. It’s sort of a bigger version of this rollercoaster in the Linnanmäki amusement park, since it goes faster, higher and stronger by rising nearly a hundred feet in the air plummeting 85 feet down reaching a top speed of 56 miles per hour.
Besides the shape, one of the biggest differences between the two is that Rolling Thunder doesn’t have an old school braking system, where a park employee known as the “brakeman” rides in the train and uses the train’s own brakes to smoothen the ride. While Rolling Thunder is only 50 feet longer, another significant difference compared to most rollercoasters, is that it has two tracks running alongside each other the whole time, only slightly varying in vertical inclines. If the queuing system allows it, we should definitely try to get on both the dueling trains at the same time, and videotape each other “speeding” by in the other train :D! Conveniently videos from both tracks can be found at YouTube and embedded below.

Six Flags Great Adventure Rollercoaster Introduction: Part 2

This week’s rollercoaster introduction is for the the world’s first floorless rollercoaster, the twisting steel rollercoaster called Medusa, which was built in 1999 an has a total of seven inversions! At least three of them are visible in the picture below. The picture is dominated by a cobra roll, which means two half loops combined by two half corkscrews, thus making the track do a 180 degree turn back to the way it came.

A similar cobra element can be found on the Tornado rollercoaster in Särkänniemi amusement park in Finland, but as the Finnish saying goes: “Everything is bigger in America”, that cobra roll is probably at least half the size of the one on Medusa! The queue line for the Medusa begins under the cobra roll, and the on-ride camera is attached to the Medusa sign, so in order to get a goofy on-ride photo, we have to remember to make funny faces at that spot :D! The Medusa is most definitely going to be an aweosme and wild ride, since it sores to a height of 142 feet and has a top speed of 61 miles per hour. It’s length is close to 4000 feet and the ride time is more than two minutes, which is quite a lot compared to many rollercoasters in Finland, FUCK YEAH =)!