Favourite Alternative Challenge

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Favourite Alternative Challenge

Poll ended at 16 Apr 2016, 18:15

Alphabet
0
No votes
All Lines
1
11%
Mouse
2
22%
Bottle
0
No votes
Zone 1
2
22%
DLR
2
22%
Tramlink
1
11%
Overground
0
No votes
Royal
1
11%
Roads Streets & Lanes
0
No votes
 
Total votes: 9

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Favourite Alternative Challenge

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What is your favourite non-FNC Challenge? Zone 1? DLR? All will be revealed in this poll!


P.S. If it is not on the poll, post below
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R15
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Sorry, couldn't fit that in! I'll edit so people can post what theirs are if it's not on the poll
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:D
Going Underground wrote:R15
Defiantly more fun and competitive Kev :D
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Going Underground wrote:R15
Agree, especially twist rounds.
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I love the Parks Challenge!
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tractakid wrote:I love the Parks Challenge!
Yes Christmas Park would be number 2 for sure :)
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Having only got a limited repertoire of completed challenges my vote is somewhat biased. I've been most successful on the Mouse whilst I've had most fun doing LO!
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R15 is a lot of different skills as you can't pre-plan it
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Out of the listed challenges, I had the most fun on the Royal. I haven't tried the Overground since before the 2015 reset but it may supercede the Royal (the sheer variety of the Overground is great!!).

Favourite has to be the R15 though. Especially the twist rounds, the normal ones have actually been quite dull recently. Park Challenge wins an award for sheer insanity, but my second favourite challenge to date was tractakid's National Rail Zone 1.

In terms of suggested but never implemented challenges, I'm most interested in The Raven's Rainbow Challenge and the Thames Crossings Woolwich to Teddington Lock Challenge (with possible extension to include the Dartford Tunnels, the QEII Bridge, HS1 and the Tilbury - Gravesend Ferry).
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The Orange One wrote: In terms of suggested but never implemented challenges, I'm most interested in The Raven's Rainbow Challenge
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So far the only challenges I've done are the R15, the Bottle and the Z1Z2. Of those I'd say the Z1Z2 is my favourite - the Bottle (at least with a free choice of start) is a fairly boring one .
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The Orange One wrote:my second favourite challenge to date was tractakid's National Rail Zone 1.
Damn I forgot that one; that was immensely enjoyable!! Can I re-vote haha :lol: :lol:
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TC95 wrote:
The Orange One wrote:my second favourite challenge to date was tractakid's National Rail Zone 1.
Damn I forgot that one; that was immensely enjoyable!! Can I re-vote haha :lol: :lol:
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Tube Geek wrote: NO!
That told him.
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