PhD: The thing is, everybody is submitting Tier 1 level work so it's almost even more appropriate we don't have the two tiers for this one. I think Dan did the entire winter competition in Tier 1 and did quite well with some deserving work. Only thing I don't want to see is a tier with only 3 or 4 people, because again I'll throw Dan under the bus, the three guys in the winter competition in Tier 1 were doing great work but getting third place was also getting last place, and I know that was sucking the fun out of it for them. In short, if the next competition had two tiers and you decided to enter and I was a judge, I would want you in Tier 1. And also, I still don't believe you're new to this Rug: I don't think there was anything wrong with your original photos because when I saw them I was quite threatened. But I will agree that some of your restaurant detail work didn't transfer and those new photos showcase it well. What you did with the floor [stealing that!] and the buffet line... good god that's amazing. One non-judge suggestion I can make in hindsight is this: Since there's so much glass on the front, maybe doing something different with the interior walls to differentiate them from the exterior, like a different color, or added detail like a chair rail/wainscot or something. It sucks the wallpaper they gave us isn't recolourable. I need to work on my interior wall theming as well.
Forgath - I had originally had a hard time trying to figure out what objectives you were trying to meet here so thanks for clarifying that. I will start with the good news…at least you submitted an entry even with limited time and the most of the work you did do is very nice. I like the park -like areas for guest to sit and relax and putting all the support buildings in a single structure is a great space saving idea. The coaster also looks to be a nice layout, but in option 2 it had to cross over to the church lot and I don't see where this is happening. Again, it was hard to really tell if all the objectives were totally met, so it made it difficult for me to rank you higher this time around. I do like that even though you couldn't get more work done around the church...you show that its still a work in progress. Nice touch.
For some reason I did really well in The Winter Showdown, but this time around I just I'll be working on building and configuring the layout and thinking how good this is or how much better it is from last round, then BAM nope lol. Not quite sure whats happening haha