Sudden Death Experience

Charles Manson writes "I'm sure you and your readers have already heard about this evil monster, but I just stumbled upon a fantastic review of it. Cedar Point has always been an innovator, but god damn, this thing is just sick. I'm glad I only live a hundred miles away becuase I'll be practically living there this summer. My favorite quote of the article is 'If Hell has thrill rides, this brilliantly evil machine should be one of them.'" We mentioned the Cedar Point coaster earlier. The best parts of roller coaster riding are the little surreal notes, i.e. looking over the side and seeing 500 hats on the ground below.

Comments

500 Hats?

[Anonymous Coward]

Bartholomew Cubbins rides Roller Coasters?

Evil monster

[Zakabog]

Evil monsters, sudden death, are you talking about the slashdot affect?

Almost like a roller coaster

[lcsjk]

I fell out of a tree once. Same rush as a roller coaster. The ride was almost as long too! Best part was that I did not have to wait in a two hour line to get started

Launch into sky...

[pjdepasq]

I wonder how long it will be before the damned thing breaks and the "car" portion just takes off into the sky landing about 1 mile from the park.

Re:Launch into sky...

[X_Bones]

we used to do that in Rollercoaster Tycoon... there was this one ride, like a shuttle launch or something, that was basically a track angled at 60 degrees into the air which the coaster cars would travel on. You could control the initial velocity of the cars so we pumped it up all the way; the next line of cars to run went flying off the end of the track, burst into flames, and landed far away, with little cartoon people running around and screaming.

(We also built hedge mazes in front of the bathrooms, but that's a different story...)

Personally

[A Proud American]

Personally, I find the new page scheme scarier than most rollercoasters.

Amusement park rides tend to make me more dizzy than scared, whereas games.slashdot.org makes me downright puke.

While reading that review

[teamhasnoi]

I think I peed myself.

Re:While reading that review

[Anonymous Coward]

Actually, while we were going over that loop, you peed the rest of us, too.

Re:15seconds for 60 $?

[Jason1729]

You're not factoring in the 4 hours waiting in line. That brings it down to 25 cents/minute.

Jason
ProfQuotes

Re:BE CAREFUL!

[stratjakt]

You tell your daughter slashdot is quality?

You should be in prison with the other child abusers.

Re:Slow Friday?

[slyckshoes]

>I mean, this just got posted, no replies to it yet, and the damn thing's already slashdotted.

Wow, you mean people are actually reading the article before posting replies? Dang, that's amazing.

While the coaster does seem pretty amazing, I would love to read about the technical hurdles that had to be overcome in creating it. How do you achieve that kind of acceleration? What are the safety measures (I'm sure there are a ton)? How many computers control it? Etc, etc, etc.

Warning

[ergonal]

Warning slashdot users. Do not go on this ride. If you do, you brain will turn to mush. Here's one testimonial taken from here to prove my theory:

This is the greatest page ever made in the history of internet!!!!!!! I am a ride fanatic, mean you know what I mean "PSYCHO!!!!!!!!!!!!!" I am 18, i have been loving rides since i was nine. Every ride!!!!!!!!!!! I can't believe I found this page!!!!!!!!! Thank you so much, is there any Club i can join?????? I am going crazy!!!!!!!!!!!! Ah!!!!!!!!

You've been warned.

average /. reader is safe

[feed_those_kitties]

from the Cedar Point website:
May not accommodate Guests of Exceptional Size.

Whew! I guess I won't be going on this beastie!

I'll just continue to enjoy the Magnum XL-200, even though now people will think that a 200 foot tall coaster is 'wimpy'...

!Sig

Stupid Joke

[Syncdata]

the world's first "strata-coaster," a 420-footer
So this roller coaster is exactly 4:20 feet 'high'? I wonder if that top out was intentional? Chuckle.
If you don't get the joke, than I applaud your studious nature when you were in high school/college. You probably make more money than I do now.

Re:I do miss Cedar Point

[Deagol]

My last Point excursion was to ride the Magnum. I remember looking down at the Gemini and thinking, "Shit, I'm toast."

Kinda dates me, though. I used to think the Demon Drop was pretty scary. My 30-year-old heart would probably bust a valve if I tried one of these new-fangled coasters!

Not capitalized

[Anonymous Coward]

It doesn't say which god is damned.

There are other gods, you know. Lots of them. And some of them wear silly hats.

Re:Slow Friday?

[irc.goatse.cx troll]

"Wow, you mean people are actually reading the article before posting replies? Dang, that's amazing."

Reading? We just click through and hope they have pretty pictures/video.

As inspired by the headline

[div_2n]

New alias for the slashdot effect: Slashdeath

Re:At 420 feet....

[B3ryllium]

420? Cool, man. I'm sure hundreds of people would want to toke up at 420.

killer magnet

[forgetmenot]

Isn't the need to experience thrills to enjoy life one of the defining traits of a sociopath? Wouldn't that make this thing a magnet for psychopaths and axe-murderers?

Re:I do miss Cedar Point

[FireballFreddy]

Remember kids, it's all fun and games until somebody's uncle pops a ventricle.

Then it's just fun.

omfg

[abhisarda]

Take a look at this picture. I laughed and screamed at the same time.

I don't know who is scarier-the man on the left or the ride itself.