Jarrett
Most Obnoxious Member 2016
As much as we like getting new credits that we really like and putting them in our top tens, it always comes with a price. When you add one, one goes away. It's not a top eleven, it's a top ten. That one coaster that you get to show off at the top of your rankings on your forum signatures and on Facebook's numerous "Post your top ten!" posts in the groups is no longer one you get to recognize as being one of the ten coasters that describe what you like in a coaster. I've seen people say it felt bittersweet to add a coaster that kicked another one out but I don't think we've ever had a proper topic for it, so here goes!
I can come up with two:
Banshee- This coaster has a ton of sentimental value to me as it was what replaced that death trap from my childhood known as Son of Beast. I had logged over 100 laps on it, it was always my first stop at my home park, and up until very recently was my favorite ride at my home park. Among enthusiasts that knew me, it was commonly known that I loved the thing, with my girlfriend even going so far as to assign me that god awful Banshee Boy nickname and making it actually stick. Banshee was in my top ten for about two years before Storm Chaser came in and kicked it out.
Millennium Force- Another Ohio coaster that held a bit of sentimental value to me, being my number one for about two years. I first rode it with my best friend on my first trip ever as an enthusiast and rode it again with my cousin two years later, getting my first night ride on it during a full moon that was still one of my best coaster experiences ever to this very day. It had been in my top ten for five years, the longest any coaster has ever been in it, until it was knocked out by Boulder Dash, which ranked only two spots above it. It was my favorite coaster in my home state, my longest running number one, and it got kicked out by a coaster I felt barely deserved to be the one to kick it out. But sadly, that front seat ride was too good for me not to acknowledge, and I gave old Millie the boot. It continued to be my favorite coaster in Ohio for a few more months before I rode Mystic Timbers. It's still in my top twenty, it's still my favorite ride at CP, and I'll always be a Milliever, but sadly it's just not up there anymore. I continue to show off how much I love this coaster by taking people who typically don't think much of Millennium Forceless and getting them in the back where they'll actually like it. I've taken a few people for rides that changed their opinion on this coaster.
I've fortunately not had to do it yet, but the next one to be incredibly depressing for me will likely be Cheetah Hunt. I literally obsessed over the construction of this thing in 2011, it became my #1 in 2013, and I'm still known among my friends for having a weird thing for this coaster.
I can come up with two:
Banshee- This coaster has a ton of sentimental value to me as it was what replaced that death trap from my childhood known as Son of Beast. I had logged over 100 laps on it, it was always my first stop at my home park, and up until very recently was my favorite ride at my home park. Among enthusiasts that knew me, it was commonly known that I loved the thing, with my girlfriend even going so far as to assign me that god awful Banshee Boy nickname and making it actually stick. Banshee was in my top ten for about two years before Storm Chaser came in and kicked it out.
Millennium Force- Another Ohio coaster that held a bit of sentimental value to me, being my number one for about two years. I first rode it with my best friend on my first trip ever as an enthusiast and rode it again with my cousin two years later, getting my first night ride on it during a full moon that was still one of my best coaster experiences ever to this very day. It had been in my top ten for five years, the longest any coaster has ever been in it, until it was knocked out by Boulder Dash, which ranked only two spots above it. It was my favorite coaster in my home state, my longest running number one, and it got kicked out by a coaster I felt barely deserved to be the one to kick it out. But sadly, that front seat ride was too good for me not to acknowledge, and I gave old Millie the boot. It continued to be my favorite coaster in Ohio for a few more months before I rode Mystic Timbers. It's still in my top twenty, it's still my favorite ride at CP, and I'll always be a Milliever, but sadly it's just not up there anymore. I continue to show off how much I love this coaster by taking people who typically don't think much of Millennium Forceless and getting them in the back where they'll actually like it. I've taken a few people for rides that changed their opinion on this coaster.
I've fortunately not had to do it yet, but the next one to be incredibly depressing for me will likely be Cheetah Hunt. I literally obsessed over the construction of this thing in 2011, it became my #1 in 2013, and I'm still known among my friends for having a weird thing for this coaster.
