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Posted by Leperous on Wed May 25th at 9:56pm 2005

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That's right, it's that time of year again! The theme this year is "unrealism": make a surreal, non-realistic HL2DM level using your twisted, sad minds. Whether it be a mind-boggling mass of displacement surfaces, or a Rats!-style map set in your toaster, we're after levels that you'd never encounter in real life, and aren't based on locations past, present or future. It's a chance to get those creative juices going and to try to break out of the warehouse/Combine mapping cycle, and perhaps turn a few e-heads in the process.

Prizes are yet to be announced (there will be some- the winner can expect at least a console/PC game of their choice), and the deadline is the 14th August 2005.

Full details here: http://www.snarkpit.net/features.php?page=articles&id=175





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Posted by DrGlass on Wed May 25th at 10:05pm 2005

whooooooo hooooO!




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Posted by G4MER on Wed May 25th at 10:21pm 2005

YIPPEE..

Here is a cool web page to help some of you along..

http://www.lhup.edu/~dsimanek/3d/illus2.htm





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Posted by Campaignjunkie on Wed May 25th at 10:32pm 2005

Woohoo, I already know what I'm going to try! Good luck to everyone! <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_smile.gif">

(Tip: Start earlier than you think you should! It may seem like you have plenty of time, but the deadline will creep up on you! Before you know it, it will be August 14th and you'll be frantically compiling your entry to make the deadline!)




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Posted by Adam Hawkins on Wed May 25th at 10:36pm 2005

I'm not entering this time due to lack of time to dedicate to mapping, but if anyone needs assistance/feedback give me a holler. <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_smile.gif"> Good luck!


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Posted by ReNo on Wed May 25th at 10:47pm 2005

We'll see you cave in as the summer months role by, I know it Hawkins

I think its a cool theme this year and I'm certainly interested. Not got any ideas as of yet, but I'm sure I'll think up something. Can't wait to see what people cook up

EDIT: Just wanted to add, that this year I think it would be really nice to see a judging panel. Not to suggest that Lep's decisions in the past have been off or anything (personally I've tended to agree with his decisions, especially that "Torrent" map from a few years back <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif">), but I think it would be really cool to have a set of reasonably experienced mappers who didn't enter themselves give feedback on each level and pick their own "winners". Obviously Lep's decision would decide who the prize goes to.




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Posted by Addicted to Morphine on Wed May 25th at 11:41pm 2005

Good luck to all of you who enter. Time to start thinking out of the box...




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Posted by DrGlass on Thu May 26th at 12:20am 2005

I want to work on a map but feel that I may not make it, if not I'd love to help judge (I've made some pretty bad maps so I know what not to do <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_wink.gif"> )




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Posted by Spartan on Thu May 26th at 1:05am 2005

Is it alright with you Lep if I post a link to the contest on Interlopers.net?



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Posted by Agent Smith on Thu May 26th at 1:11am 2005

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I'm not entering this time


With no one to stop me, at last victory will be mine! <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/heee.gif">

Damn it, I always make the best maps for the wrong competitions.


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Posted by ReNo on Thu May 26th at 1:30am 2005

LOL, I hope we aren't going to see a lazy port mr.smith :P




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Posted by Agent Smith on Thu May 26th at 4:16am 2005

Don't worry, if its gonna be a port, it ain't gonna be a lazy one <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif">.





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Posted by Madedog on Thu May 26th at 6:05am 2005

I try my idea right now... and if it will work, then I will start making a cool map with it... I hope it will though... such thing is impossible to walk on... and you'd be dead if you tried it <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif"> (i think)... so theoretically, you should be unable to be in this place in these conditions... aswell as there is no such gravity as I am going to give it... just wait and see <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_wink.gif">



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Posted by Agent Smith on Thu May 26th at 6:24am 2005

lol, that made a lot of sense :P.



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Posted by Madedog on Thu May 26th at 6:31am 2005

Yea.. it did... anyway it would not work. People would get too low fps. My idea was creating "Heaven"... since it involved having a lot of particles... and the one I created already for the base "cloud", was too... particled <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif"> I had alraedy like... 15-20 fps inside there so It was impossible to create a full map with these <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif">
Anyway... off to thinking a new theme :-P



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Posted by Leperous on Thu May 26th at 7:28am 2005

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Is it alright with you Lep if I post a link to the contest on Interlopers.net?

Yeah of course you can <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_smile.gif">

And yes I think a panel of judges is a good idea, so if any of you experienced types aren't entering and are interested let me know.





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Posted by Agent Smith on Thu May 26th at 8:11am 2005

I'm entering, but is it alright if I judge as well? I promise to be impartial :dodgy:.


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Posted by habboi on Thu May 26th at 9:34am 2005

I think I have an idea *hint* lets just say it has something to do with Valve and Steam <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_wink.gif">

We have ages to do this <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif"> so thats plenty of time to finish other projects...
Thanks Leperous!




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Posted by Madedog on Thu May 26th at 9:46am 2005

I have a great rats (actually it's more like ants) map idea.. I have a real cool case with great inside I'd like to show... but I'm afraid there will be too many of those, so I have to think something else...

Btw... Lep, who deals with checking the tuts? I have one waiting for being checked for ages now! Just wondering, who deals with that... and if it could be checked <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif">



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Posted by Gandalf on Thu May 26th at 1:15pm 2005

Just to let you know I've also posted news of this mapping competition on the website I help out on www.levels4you.com. The more the mappers see it the better the competition.




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