Sometimes I wonder if I type to hear my own keyboard clicking. So few seem to read a word I write.

@ SnowForSkate, how can you have "Playability" and "Flow" in a single area? I realize that for most of us, the general consensus seems to be "Area = tiny" but I beg to differ. My room/area/zone/geographical location is going to be rather large. On the order of "BIG" so lets not get all confused but even so, playability and flow aren't going to be a priority since it will "HAVE NO EXITS!"

@ Rumple. Thanx a bunch for covering for me. I appreciate it.

@ Blueballs. I already specified that I feel any HL game should be allowed. My reasoning is simple. Not everyone has bought HL2 yet and to exclude them on a simple one room contest seems awfully unfair.

@ Juim, same as post above. Not everyone lives in the USA to Britain. Some here either don't have HL2 yet, or cannot afford it. I have good friends here who I know do not have the machine to run it yet. I'd rather have them join us in an older game engine than not have them join at all.

@ EVERYONE... If you want to make a killbox, go right ahead. You know as well as I do that it will never win, but if it makes you happy, I am happy, and I imagine everyone else will be too. A killbox definitely has no exits and is contained within one zone. You may fail in originality, but you might just win with craftsmanship, if your box is made up of more than lifts and grating.

Again, let me stress. The idea is to be creative. You got to admit two things. Creating one area/zone/room/whatever cannot possibly take over one month and you sure as hell should be able to admit that creating one room and making it "Interesting" is one hell of a challenge.

People, lets have fun. and maybe produce something to be proud of.

[EDIT] If anyone posts in another thread about this contest, please post a link to it so we can keep tabs on its popularity elsewhere. I am interested to see who thinks that they are just to freaking good for this and who is humble enough to be interested. I have met some of the best mappers out there and IMO, none of them are so skilled as to be above it.

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I like that. Its a lost cause but I like the tenacity.

Bad thing is, we have only 12 votes and 3,200+ members. I figure we will have more.... confused posts soon.

I'd like to see... 40 or 50 votes at least, but... Thats even more optimistic than you.

I would rather them not be allowed BUT...

I see no reason not to use them as long as:

1) They are already ready for use and will cause no delay.
2) You make everything available ( In a separate zip, assuming you wadincluded) for the users to have when the competition is complete.

This way, if Blister wins, and someone wants to use his area, they have the tools to do it with.

Hows that sound?

I assume everyone understood that the VMFs will be released once the competition is compete.

I am not seriously opposed to people retaining their goods but.. It just seems a shame to restrict a learning adventure, because you fear theft.

As I said, if only a bsp were required to teach, people could do that by playing online.

@ForceFlow... How about a general consensus, once its determined we will even have a competition?

A month seems fair, but so does two or three. As long as it has a respectable deadline. No 1/2 year crap...

And room = anything you want it to be as long as it has no exits.

I can assure you that if I make mine the way I want to, and thats a big if, it will be big...very big.