BemaniAK
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16 minutes ago, GoGoBoy said:
If you had any faith left in the media before this incident, I'm sure it has evaporated now. I have never seen such desperate, click-hungry, irresponsible journalism. They are jumping at anything just to get another story up, clearly because they are attracting eyeballs. Anyone that says anything about anything slightly Dreamworld-related will get quoted in yet another baseless article on the topic. The media is stuffed (generally speaking).
This is honestly really tame compared to a lot of other things they've done in the past, it's been wrong information for quick clicks and views without an apology for incorrect facts, making stories on tiny fringe details, some not even related to the incident.
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Senior Management are not the ones making your burgers.And it's Senior Management that dictates policy, not the youth being employed.
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I'm sure all the High School kids and gap year employees care more about the policies from years ago than they do about just following the rules. As I've already said the speed of the service is a culmination of the pre-prepared food, and the mass burger production line, the policies that drove employees to burn their hands turning patties over on the grill as fast as possible are long gone.However in keeping in line with the "speedy service"(read Fast Food) concept invented by Dick and Mac(The McDonald's brothers), McDonalds employees, quite simply, ARE pressured to prepare these more complicated items with just as much speed.... They have 64 years of that "Speedy" history pressing down on them(regardless of weather or not exact current policy technically dictates it).
Why would you expect them to? Mcdonald's Employees and just about every fast food server at movie world are paid rock bottom minimum wage.So we are now saying that it is not that managers rush staff that this happens but that the staff have no customer service skills? That is much better...
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Nope, that's proof that the staff don't care if you have sauce on the side of your bun. Subway sandwiches for example, take 4-5 times as long as a Maccas cheeseburger, and they're still very messy, and it's not because they rush, it's because they don't care, and until you pay more for the sandwiches/burgers/popcorn/churros/whatever, you probably shouldn't either. I've had everything from overcooked Waffles at SeaWorld to black popcorn at Movieworld. I've also had everything from a reverse Big Mac (Everything stacked opposite) to a Frappe with ice that was too big to go up the straw. Richard, considering Mcdonald's staff turnover, I highly doubt anyone but district managers even remember the old 60 second policy.Proof that McDonalds staff rush
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That's beside his point, I won't argue that a lot of staff at Mcdonalds are completely inept and they make mistakes all the damn time (Especially the one outside MW) but that's not what he said, he said "rushed" which is simply untrue, the staff are not urged to go as fast as possible because their pre-preparation methods and kitchen layout are the reason they are so fast, they're on a mass production line. With that said, my very worst ever food experience still came from Rick's and I haven't been since.At least MW makes things correctly and to order. I bought a quarter pounder a couple of weeks back and they put a lamb patty on it that was half cooked. Meanwhile everytime I go to MW I ask for no salsa on fully loaded nachos and it is right everytime. Maccas can't get a staple of the restaurant correct but MW can get a special order right... That isn't presumptuous, that's fact.
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That's rather presumptuous, the only thing that makes Mcdonald's "rushed" is the factory pre-prepared food. Ive had some good maccas food, Ive had some bad maccas food, Ive had some good MW food, I've had some atrocious MW food,I would rather buy a $15 good quality meal at a theme park then a $5 rushed meal at Mcdonalds.
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probably, wasn't really paying attention to the amount of zeroes in my score.I am pretty sure he meant 75k.... Well at least I am hoping he did!! ;-)
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I got 750k give or take 10k
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Just a warning for everyone that does try and get on it this week, the ride did not open until midday today and the staff members cast members whatever they're called at MW stated this week is their "testing week" and every day might have delayed openings until everything is completely sorted out. Also I'm not sure if I was doing something wrong but most targets seemed to require me to hit them a good 5 times before they registered as a hit, I'm not sure if I'm meant to hit dead on the eye (Which I was doing around the end of the ride) or if they're meant to take multiple hits, my girlfriend got about half my score and also appeared to have the same issue. My sister was dual wielding in the back not really caring
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And that'd be because you have no vested interest in JL, you're willing to accept whatever villain you get without disappointment. What you still don't get is that I loved the ride, I woke up early this morning and waited for almost 3 hours to be the first one on it, not even knowing if it would even open before I had to leave, my only problem with the actual ride itself is the hallway effect caused by the amount of light and effects, the Starro story was fine and I loved the giant animatronic Starro that I almost doubled my score on. There is no convincing to be done, I want things a certain way because I'm a JL fan, other people don't care because they are not. All I've really argued against was the practicality of Uxas.but I'm not gonna get hung up that this wasn't the one story option out of hundreds that didn't get built
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Bmull, how many of them actively read the comics? How many of them have picked up every issue of the main series since they were 12 years old? I can tell you I know a lot more JL fans than just about anyone here since Im actively involved in the community of comic book fanatics, about 3 of us actually care about this ride because we also happen to be theme park fans. The JL theming is not to cater to hardcore fans but to those with a passive interest in the whole DC Universe.
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They look like theyre off a kids backpack specifically because the designs you picked out to post were from the Justice Leage children's show. Since youve never ridden Astro Blasters Ill make it clear, static humanoid sculptures do not look tacky or out of place. There is no "diminished" because we have nothing to compare it to, the point is the ride is not bad but it would be better without starro and any real JL fan you ask would tell you the same thing. Keep blabbering on about what you think JL fans wanted or are excited about but the truth is that the huge majority of JL fans do not particularly care about the ride since it does not contribute to the comic's canon and continuing story, it just so happens that my love for theme parks and my love for JL came together and Im disappointed that it decided to represent an unloved villain for easiness instead of using one of the greats, djrappa can spout off whatever he likes but Im not the only one vested in this conversation, Gazza argues against me through his desire for MW to do as well as possible monetarily and I disagree as a JL fan, my love for the ride experience is not going to be ruined by this fact (its the first shooting dark ride in Australia and theure my favourite type of ride in any theme park ever, by the way) but my dream of having an amazing JL ride was let down, as much as djrappa would hate to admit it, Gazza does care because he's responded to me many times with his own opinion. You'll find very few hardcire JL fans who give a damn about theme parks and thats exactly why Im the only one on this very small very local website who has this view, if you looked up POVs of the ride you'll find a few more, even those who dont seem to be JL fans, who are confused why they chose starfish in this gigantic pit of possible enemies. Im going to be banned for pointing out that djrapper is a circlejerking mod like a lot of teenagers are, so I wont be back to mention that I enjoyed the ride for the ride. And I will do just that, see you all whenever.Looks pretty goofy to me, like something you'd see on a kids backpack. I just don't see it. If you wanted to fill a ride with 100 of them (There are presently 100 targets in the ride), to make animatronics out of them would be well out of the rides 9 mil budget. So instead you'd end up just having 100 static parademons, which would be hardly threatening, and would look gash. On the ride, its hillarious seeing the various citizens in a zombie like state, trying to pull the starro spores off their face, saying "starro! starro!" like a zombie would say "braiins, braaaaains!". So what's this about the ride experience being diminished? Because I didn't find that to be the case, and everyone else who has ridden (have you?) seem to agree.
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You know exactly what I mean, the majority of people who will watch the JL ad will not research the ride beforehand, its made to do nothing but excite people and make them want to see what the fuss is about, its not criticism at all, the constrictor has the same marketing, I didnt even know it was out. You can take your dicks out of each others mouths whenever you're ready.
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By that do you mean the ride was closed for a long time in the morning? EDIT: Whoops, posted instead of editing my other post by accident, is there no post deleter in the editor?So we missed it by 90 mins... After sitting there since 10am... Dammit. Oh well got Tues and Weds off so will be down there to do it all again.
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I disagree, I know they both have cyborg-esque features but nothing else matches. Also I haven't seen any "marketing" for Starro beyond that one picture posted a while back and a video that I'm led to believe is actually on the ride, also posted on here, replace him with Uxas and all you get is a different face doing and saying the same thing. What you're saying about Merch is correct, which is why as I said before the decision was made for business and not for ride experience and no JL fans should have to take that as an excuse.BemaniAK, as much as i agree with all that you have said; Uxas looks too much like Cyborg, so people (mainly kids) will get the 2 mixed up. Especially in the dark.... And Starro's were probably also chosen from a marketing perspective too; it would most probably be a bit more cost effective and easier to market a giant starfish than a humanoid.... Also how ever they make plush's although a starfish would be harder and a CAD drawing for the machine taking a bit longer to produce, and if the price of purple is like it was 200 years ago, a humanoid would use more colour variations and thus more ink.
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^Dear Dreamworld, I'm not buying a pass until you tell me what this "New Attraction" is. Being vague about new rides is so 2010.
In DW's defense the Justice League TV Commercial is very vague and cryptic as wellThe vague campaign is great... But you need to start like 9-12 months out... By now the ride should be revealed. Still say Space Probe 7 was best ride advertising campaign ever.
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I'm going tomorrow morning to get a ride in before afternoon shift at work. Anyone who's been there this weekend, was the ride closed for extended lengths of time yesterday or today?
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And Parademons are Aliens that hit people, simples...... Since you clearly know nothing about JL, Uxas and Starro have nearly identical lack of mainstream knowledge (Uxas having more fans who are semi into comics and have seen the Justice League Cartoon, Starro having no fans at all) identical motivation for invasion (Only Uxas has revenge against JL piled on top of it), the only difference is, Parademons are well designed, cool looking villains, that would have appealed to just about anyone. The decision for Starro was made by someone more interested in having a generic target plastered everywhere and oohhh mist effects rather than making something that matched the excitement of the Batman Simulator Rides (Which by no means set the bar high) What really grinds my gears the most is that the Starro arc in New Earth was chock full of self-depreciating humor and comic relief because the comic makers themselves know Starro is not a serious or well designed villain, even after his Executioner-esque redesign, but this ride presents him as if the creators truly believe Starro has some redeeming qualities as a villain.So it's a case of just picking someone and running with it, and obviously starroes made the cut because they allow for the simplest storyline without needing to know much about the background of the characters...They're aliens that stick to your face and take over, simples......
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That's because bad representation of JL is very easy to see in a low quality video, Starro was a very minor villain and Uxas was a major villain, so in the first fully JL themed theme park ride they decide to represent a minor villain. If you'd read my posts properly you'd know my complaints have nothing to do with the enjoyment or experience of the ride, only that JL is so much better than what they're showing off.A couple go pro videos and people are already saying what they are disappointed in.
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If they are high-popularity villains such as Lex Luthor there's a higher chance of knowing who they are than friggin Starro. I understand the Starro choice was for cost purposes, that doesn't mean it wasn't a bad choice for the experience of the ride. Scrap the mist projection and use the Parademons would be my mindset whilst making the ride.people might not know who all of them are.
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Uxas is the king of a planet that allows him to command the Parademons, there are thousands of them in existance and there's even a few of them that got special mention in the comics with unique personalities (Mid-bosses anyone?)But its not the same. You cant make 100 little Uxas and put them on a wall.
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The Starro edge also means you're shooting people in the face. Yes, they have Starfish wrapped around their faces but the fact remains.Also think about the fact it is a family ride... Much easier to explain to kids, shoot the stars rather than, shoot the extraterrestrial humanoid...
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Uxas. Truth be told, I'd prefer big targets with many weak points (lots of main villains, as anti-canon as that would be) than a bunch of little targets, but Parademons>StarfishSo if you were doing a shooting ride where you have to have say 100 targets or so, what villain would you use for the 100? Does Arthur light have minions or whatever you could scatter throughout the ride?
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I'm aware of that, unlike a lot of people here I actually read JL, and Starro was one of the worst International villains, even though he was decent in Green Lantern. There's so many good Villains from JL, even if you restrict it to New Earth: Uxas Prometheus Roland Cyrus Gold Arthur Light I could go on and on even without branching off to sub series villains I actually assumed they'd be going off against a string of series-specific villains since Starro was in Green Lantern, but I find it annoying that he's the entire focus of the ride. I'm looking forward to the effects and overall experience and can't wait to see animatronic Cyborg, but seriously, Starro's a horrible choice.Starro is a villain from the DC universe: http://www.google.co...iw=1212&bih=633
Speculation and media beat ups - Thunder River Rapids incident
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Yes, completely wrong information because they were too hasty to get their story out, and not apologizing for giving out that false info, as I said.
It's business as usual for them.