Counting relocated coasters

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RavenTTD said:
For those of you that adhere to the “one attraction one credit” rule…let me ask you this. I went to SFGAd and on Chiller, Batman was down but Robin was going. I rode it. Do I get half a credit? I think I missed something unique by not riding Batman, but I still rode a complete coaster.

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I'm in the same situation here. I count like Mamoosh and a few others do. One attraction = one credit. I started the other way then got so confused that I decided it had to be simplified. I have not yet had the opportunity to ride Batman on Chiller, but I'm not telling anyone who asks that "I've ridden 110 and a half" coasters" (and no, I didn't know that number off the top of my head, I had to refer to my log). I would report that I've ridden 111 coasters, but just figure I have to go back and get "the rest" of Chiller.

And then, because such things are important, figure out where my next new credits are coming from! :)

Kikky

How would you count Standing & Loop Coaster at Yomiuriland? One track with one sit-down and one stand-up train. (My guess would be most would count it as "painful".)

So do coasters with dual loading stations now count as two?

As for claiming credit for rides based on looking at pictures on RCDB, well, as they say, it's the thought that counts, right?

Getting back to being serious (for a minute, anyways)... its really a tough call. I think the way I will count two-sided coasters in the future will be the same as I have been doing: If its a ride where I can think of one side that I'd rather ride more than the other (Fire vs. Ice, Batman vs. Robin), I'll count it as two separate rides. If its one of those rides that I don't care what side I ride because they both offer basically the same thrill (Thunder and Lightning on Lightning Racer, for example), then I'll count the coaster once.

Well that's just whacked, Rob! ;)

I said I was going to be serious... I never said anything about making sense.

Well then that's seriously WHACKED! ;)

I thought that's what you love about me! :)

Shuddup! Nasai will find out I'm two-timing him ;)

Two-timing him? What about two-timing ME? Just because I count the Chiller as two separate rides and you count it as one doesn't mean that I deserve to be treated this way!

LOL! I'm so glad you have a sense of humor, Rob ;)

Sense of humor? I thought I was being serious. ;)

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I count all coasters with two tracks as two. Notice it's called a "track" record. So I count coasters like Space Mountain and Lightning Racer as two.

I will not count the relocated Wild Maus when I go to Florida this year since I have already rode that "track" at BGW.

How you count coasters is fine, I just wanted to make a comment on the term "track record." The fact that coasters have tracks and you're keeping a Track Record is a coicidence. The definition of "track record" from Miriam-Webster dictionary:

Main Entry: track record
Function: noun
Etymology: 1track (track-and-field sports)
: a record of past performance

We are recording our past, plain and simple.

Recording our pasts? I thought this was a competition...?

Yes, I know that Moosh.;)

Don't you two have something useful to do? Like argue about whether S:TE is a coaster.

We already did that... countless times. We figured the subject of track records was fresh and exciting ;)

Didn't I hear the answer to the S:TE debate is this:

People how have not ridden it do not consider it a coaster... "You only count it to pad your count, you coaster hoarding track counter..."

People who have ridden it coun it "It is a coaster because it is on a track and uses gravity... so I count it and add it to my count considering that I am a coaster hoarding track counter..."

Can't speak for everyone around here, but I consider S:TE to be as much a coaster as TTD.