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= History =
The Amazing Earl started making rides in 2000, along with [[BUGGY]] of [[Interactivities Ink]]. Together, they created the world's first [[REAL Rides]]: [[Swinger]] and [[Motocross]]. He later went on to create his first solo ride, [[Spinning Cups]], and history was made.
== The Infamous Guestbook ==
[[The Guestbook]] was a feature on the old site. It was a place where people could post in and say how much they liked/disliked the site. Despite the fact that Dan Wolfe stated countless times not to request rides and post advertisments, about 1/3 of the guestbook are those. It was closed down on 4/1/04 after people started to complain about the rumored "Harry Potter Scenery" and the fact that it was cancelled.
== The Announcement ==
After a few months of being absent, The Amazing Earl posted this message:
<center>"Where has Amazing Earl been?"</center>
Greetings my RCT Friends,
As many of you have no doubt noticed, there have been no new RCT-related projects posted on this website for quite some time. A few people have emailed to both complain about the lack of updates or to express their concern. To the former, I stress that nothing has ever been promised to them. The Rides I made were offered as a gift to the RCT Community...which I was not obligated to give. To the latter, I appreciate their thoughtfulness and thank them for kindly thinking of me.
Will I be making any more Real Rides? Not for the foreseeable future. At least temporarily, I am officially announcing my retirement from making Ride and scenery making.
Rest assured that this decision was certainly not because of rude little comments in my RCT Guest Book. Any time you put your work on public display, harsh criticism is to be expected. As Mark Twain said, "Nothing is so good that somebody somewhere won't hate it." The Guest Book was closed because I grew weary of constantly deleting the daily vulgar posts and anonymous assaults to my character by those too cowardly to confront me directly via email. The one that remains as the final entry was not the worst. It was simply the last.
The decision was also not made because of the incessant nagging about future projects. Although the daily requests and begging for particular (and usually impossible) rides became boring after a while, they at least indicated to me that people were interested in my work.
It is not because of bandwidth concerns, web hosting or other reasons of that type. Neither is it health concerns, legal problems nor anything of that nature...as some more "creative" RCT-ers have asserted.
It's simply become apparent to me that other things in life must take precedence over the Real Ride and scenery object projects for a silly computer game. Not to put TOO fine a point on it, I've simply decided to devote my time and talents (I have talents?) to other areas...ones that unlike the RCT projects, have the potential to increase my bottom line. Bills keep coming in, mortgages must be paid and I have this annoying habit of needing to EAT every day...
Will there EVER be any more real Rides from me? Difficult to say. As other interests gain momentum and I find myself with more available time, there may well be. However at the moment, I have absolutely no timetable regarding when I might start them up again...so please don't ask. My crystal ball is busted. When and if I do, they'll be here at the website.
And so in closing, I want to thank you all for your kind support and encouragement over the past year. I'm always thrilled (and constantly surprised) at the reception to my little projects.
I also thank you for taking the time to read this long-winded ramble...which I know most of you won't bother to do.
I will not be leaving the RCT community completely. This website will remain open and I also hope to retain my position as a Moderator in the Forums at [[RCT2.com]]...which compared to the enormous amount of time and effort it takes to create Rides, I should be able to manage.
May your Park Rating never drop below 900...
-- "The Amazing EARL"
= The New Site =
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