thekidd33 Posted March 9, 2015 Share Posted March 9, 2015 Hi everyone! As you a lot of you are aware I have been a member here for a number of years and I have always been a big fan of the various polls (especially Mitch Hawker's) each year. It has been my desire to start my own poll for a few years now and with the Hawker Poll becoming a little less frequent in recent years (and seemingly not happening at all this year) I thought now is as good a time as any to jump into the fray. I would appreciate any feedback and hope you all cast your ballots before the deadline! Introducing the all new KASNAK COASTER POLL! The Kasnak Coaster Poll is a brand new poll of coaster enthusiasts from around the world that ranks wood and steel coasters together! Using enthusiast’s ballots similar to other coaster polls, the Kasnak Coaster Poll utilizes a point based system to rank coasters from around the world. How will ballots be scored?: Each ballot received will be scored using a points system. Each ballot will take 100 and divide it by the number of coasters on the ballot. The resulting number will be used to assign a point value to each coaster on the ballot, starting with 100. Example: We receive a ballot with 10 coasters on it. We take 100 and divide by 10, giving us 10. The top ranked coaster would receive 100 points, the second place coaster 90 points, the third place coaster 80 points and so on. After all ballots are received each coaster’s total points will be divided by the total number of riders to arrive at its final score. Scores will be calculated to the hundredth of a point. There will be a minimum number of riders needed to be included in the final results. This number will be based on the number of ballots received. This method serves a couple purposes. First of all it gives the opinions of seasoned riders a little more weight. For example the second place coaster of a ballot with 10 coasters would receive 90 points, but the second place coaster of a ballot with 100 coasters would receive 99 points. Secondly, we believe that it is the best way to give an accurate overall picture of how each coaster stacks up against its peers. Who can participate?: Anyone who has ridden a roller coaster and has an email address is welcome to participate! Whether you have ridden 5 coasters or 500+ we would love to see your ballot! How can I participate?: It’s easy! Using the guide below simply fill out your ballot and email it to coasterpoll@gmail.com! The voting for this year’s poll ends on Thursday, April 2nd at 11:59 pm EST. You will receive a confirmation email that your ballot has been received. When the tabulations are completed you will receive the results, as well as a copy of each submitted ballot to your email as well. I am working to get a website set up that will list the year by year results and ballots from each year. It may or may not be up in time for this year’s poll results. YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS WILL NEVER BE USED FOR ANY OTHER REASON THAN CONTACTING YOU WITH QUESTIONS, CONFIRMATIONS, OR RESULTS. Filling out your ballot: To fill out your ballot simply provide your name, email address, city, and state, followed by a ranked list of the coasters you have ridden, and the park each resides in. Please be sure to specify to the park for coasters that have the same name! You may include defunct coasters if you so desire, however they will be listed separately in the final results. The grouping method is absolutely acceptable if you have a large number of coasters ridden and do not want to/feel like ranking each individually. Having your ballot in an Excel spreadsheet with rank, coaster name, and park in three separate columns would be appreciated but is not required. The following coaster types will be group together (as seen, for example, on Mitch Hawker’s polls in the past) for the purposes on this poll. Favorite Vekome SLC Favorite Vekoma Boomerang Favorite Giant Inverted Boomerang Favorite Invertigo Favorite Schwartzkopf Shuttle Loop Favorite Intamin ZacSpin Favorite Ultratwister Favorite Skyloop XT150 Favorite Gerstlauer Spinning Coaster Favorite Eurofighter 320+ Favorite Looping Star Favorite Extened SC2000 Favorite Intamin Halfpipe Favorite Jet Star Favorite Wild Mouse Favorite Loop-Screw Favorite Wildcat Favorite Windstorm Favorite Spinning Wild Mouse Favorite Powered Coaster Favorite Arrow Corkscrew Favorite Vekoma Corkscrew Favorite Flitzer Favorite RC40/50 Favorite Zyklon Favorite Galaxi Favorite Zyklon Loop Favorite Jumbo Jet (Any) Favorite Tivoli Favorite Vekoma Family Suspended Coaster SAMPLE BALLOT: John Doe jdoe@gmail.com Orlando, FL 1. Maverick, Cedar Point 2. Diamondback, Kings Island 3. El Toro, SFGAd 4. New Texas Giant, SFOT 5. Expedition GeForce, Holiday Park (Germany) 6. Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, Magic Kingdom 7. Favorite Vekoma SLC, N/A A little about me: My name is Vincent Kasnak Scott and I am a long time park and coaster enthusiast from Indiana. I am married and have a Shetland Sheep Dog named Wrigley. I have always looked forward to the various annual coaster polls as the highlight of my offseason. I wanted to create a poll that allows us to see how different types of coasters rank when they are all put on equal footing. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE DO NOT HESITATE TO EMAIL ME AT COASTERPOLL@GMAIL.COM! 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McSalsa Posted March 9, 2015 Share Posted March 9, 2015 ^Just a quick question- do we have to give our real names? 'Cuz I just used "McSalsa" if I recall for the Mitch Hawker poll, and that worked out just fine. Also do we include dedicated "kiddie" coasters like Great Pumpkin Coaster? The Mitch Hawker poll ignored them. Anyhow, I will probably vote on this so here's how my ballot should end up....not including kiddie coasters. I'm apparently only worth 150 points though. (I'm also giving my personal grades for each for a bit of clarity...) 1. The Beast @ Kings Island 2. The Legend @ Holiday World 3. Banshee @ Kings Island 4. Diamondback @ Kings Island 5. Voyage @ Holiday World 6. Raven @ Holiday World 7. Flight of Fear @ Kings Island 8. Vortex @ Kings Island 9. The Bat @ Kings Island 10. The Racer @ Kings Island 11. Backlot Stunt Coaster @ Kings Island 12. Adventure Express @ Kings Island 13. Hoosier Hurricane @ Indiana Beach 14. Firehawk @ Kings Island B 15. Favorite Invertigo (Invertigo @ Kings Island) Including Kiddie Coasters... 16. Woodstock Express @ Kings Island (not sure if this would be a clone ride or not...) 17. Great Pumpkin Coaster @ Kings Island 18. Howler @ Holiday World Oh, and to clarify a bit: Invertigo is still a ride I do like and would wait up to around a half-hour for. Wouldn't wait longer than that though. I have yet to ride a roller coaster I actually didn't like to this point...granted, so far only 15 of them... 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thekidd33 Posted March 9, 2015 Author Share Posted March 9, 2015 Your user name is fine! You can include kiddie coasters, I will see how many are included on ballots and make a decision then. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tr0y Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 Too much effort for me to participate. <a href="http://s362.photobucket.com/user/x241/media/image.jpg1_5.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i362.photobucket.com/albums/oo63/x241/image.jpg1_5.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo image.jpg1_5.jpg"/></a> 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thekidd33 Posted March 10, 2015 Author Share Posted March 10, 2015 The goal is for it to be that easy eventually! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDMC01 Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 Dude, you made Screamscape! http://www.screamscape.com/html/industry_news.htm#Internet 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thekidd33 Posted March 12, 2015 Author Share Posted March 12, 2015 That I did! Lance was kind enough to include it in lasts nights updates. I would love to see some more ballots from KICers! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thekidd33 Posted March 31, 2015 Author Share Posted March 31, 2015 Just two days left to get those ballots in! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
APE Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 Hmm this may take some work but I'll see what I can do in a days time 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thekidd33 Posted April 15, 2015 Author Share Posted April 15, 2015 And the results are in! It was an interesting process and I certainly learned a lot over the course of handling everything. If nothing else, I think going forward we will be better equipped to better target the groups we are looking to get votes from and expand out to better reach oversees groups. A better response from riders who have been to Asian parks would be great. In the end we had 205 accepted ballots with over 9000 individual rankings. A total of 468 coasters/groups of coasters had enough votes to be ranked. A coaster had to appear on at least six ballots to be included in the final rankings. The Top Ten: 1. Bizarro - Six Flags New England - 96.82 average points 2. New Texas Giant - Six Flags Over Texas - 96.81 3. Leviathan - Canada's Wonderland - 96.25 4. Balder - Liseberg - 96.24 5. Boulder Dash - Lake Compounce - 95.52 6. El Toro - Six Flags Great Adventure - 95.326 7. iSpeed - Mirabilandia - 95.323 8. Shambhala - PortAdventura - 95.25 9. Expedition GeForce - Holiday Park - 95.1 10. Iron Rattler - Six Flags Fiesta Texas - 94.4 Kings Island Coasters: 36. Diamondback - 88.26 60. Beast - 82.99 64. Banshee - 82.54 196. Flight of Fear - 57.71 206. Firehawk - 55.93 253. Racer - 47.54 263. The Bat - 45.64 280. Vortex - 42.31 298. Invertigo (grouped) - 38.87 325. Adventure Express - 34.36 357. Backlot Stunt Coaster - 29.44 428. Flying Ace Aerial Chase (grouped) - 11.53 429. Woodstock Express - 11.52 If anyone who didn't vote wants to see the full results just pm me with your email address and I'll send them to you. They will also be posted to the facebook page by the end of the week. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marth555 Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 I guess Fury 325 didnt rank because not enough people have ridden it yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thekidd33 Posted April 15, 2015 Author Share Posted April 15, 2015 This was technically for the 2014 season so Fury was not included. After seeing how high Leviathan finished though, I am curious to see where it lands next year. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.