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Posted by Orpheus on Thu Apr 20th at 11:51am 2006

Seems the only obstacle yet to overcome is the dates. So, lets try to get this nailed down shall we?

Sorry, no "Other option" this time. If you have another date in mind, post it.





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Posted by Gwil on Thu Apr 20th at 1:15pm 2006

June 1 - July 1. I got 6 essays to write in between now and the middle of May so that date suits me fine.




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Posted by fishy on Thu Apr 20th at 3:57pm 2006

i think the start date is a bit superfluous now. no?




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Posted by Gwil on Thu Apr 20th at 4:04pm 2006

That's true. Can't really police when people start with their entries.




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Posted by Belgarion on Thu Apr 20th at 4:23pm 2006

sooooo.. therefore we should start asap! ^_^ i voted may 1 to june 1, but there's no reason we can't just say "Ends June first, everybody go!"


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Posted by reaper47 on Thu Apr 20th at 4:30pm 2006

2 months sounds fair because it helps if "something happens" and people can't work on it that month. Deadlines are important but a single month sounds a bit stressful. Three months is a bit long (also July is too hot) but I prefere it over 1 month.



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Posted by ReNo on Thu Apr 20th at 6:39pm 2006

I voted May 1st - July 31st, for the purely selfish reason that I finish uni mid-May, and start my new job straight after, so will only have any sort of time to work on my entry during July most likely. 3 months does seem a bit too long, but hey, shorter would be no good for me personally so why would I vote otherwise <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_smile.gif">



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Posted by rival on Thu Apr 20th at 6:58pm 2006

im going back over to Washington this summer so id would prefer if i could get everything sorted by June 30 at least.


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Posted by Belgarion on Thu Apr 20th at 7:41pm 2006

how bout we just start now and finish everything by the end of June? i.e. have all the voting and such done by then, so maybe a June 20th submission deadline? that way everyone gets the time they will need when they need it. if you can't do it in those three months.. well, you probably aren't going to be doing any mapping whatsoever, so you really shouldn't be entering anyway.


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Posted by ReNo on Thu Apr 20th at 8:02pm 2006

Thats not 3 months though is it :P Thats April 20th - June 20th, which by my reckoning is two months <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_smile.gif"> I think the problem is that a lot of people are busy with uni/school during may, not that they are too lazy to do mapping. That said, if the deadline was the end of June, that is still a month or so from the end of May.



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Posted by Belgarion on Thu Apr 20th at 8:58pm 2006

uhhh well you have a point, but this isn't supposed to be a super-long competition. a short one. that's kind of the goal of this comp: to make it easy for people to enter. just do a single room and be done. that's all it is.


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Posted by Loco on Thu Apr 20th at 9:50pm 2006

Well, my exams (and as far as I'm aware generally the A2 exams in the UK) end in late June (26th for me), so if we're saying July 1 then I'm out I'm afraid.

Purely from a selfish point of view, of course... <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_smile.gif">


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Posted by Orpheus on Thu Apr 20th at 11:13pm 2006

? quoting Gwil
That's true. Can't really police when people start with their entries.

No, all we can truly govern is the ending, sooo, I suggest we begin soon and postpone the ending to the latest popular date.

Hope that made sense.

You have my word that I have not laid the first solid yet.

That said, I votes May 1 through July 31





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Posted by Orpheus on Fri Apr 21st at 1:13am 2006

? quoting Belgarion
to make it easy for people to enter. just do a single room and be done. that's all it is.

Why do I suspect that you missed that part of the thread that specifically says it can be very big rooms?

Anyway, I suspect some have already begun and it looks/appears as if July 31 is the most popular ending date... So far.

I suspect that it will win the poll.

Still... We'll see. <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_smile.gif">





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Posted by Belgarion on Fri Apr 21st at 2:50am 2006

I'm not sure. Why do you suspect I did not read that part? My room was originally planned to be huge - around half a kilometer long. but my point was that people need not create an entire map, or even a very large detailed room. a small detailed room has plenty of chance for winning as well. that was the goal of that statement.


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Posted by Orpheus on Fri Apr 21st at 9:49am 2006

OK..

It just caused some massive confusion early on. I never dreamed that a forum full of smart people could be so.... thick.

1/2 a K huh?

Sounds like your room will be 1/3 the size of mine.





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Posted by Belgarion on Fri Apr 21st at 1:36pm 2006

well, not anymore. I changed it. But.. who knows. I usually end up changing everything when I go to hammer. I'm quite interrested in seeing what you have planned though. Mapping competitions are always good spectator sports.



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Posted by Elon Yariv on Fri Apr 21st at 4:47pm 2006

Start it in july. Two or one month. It's really hard for me to participate now. I got many works and exams to do.


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Posted by Belgarion on Fri Apr 21st at 7:04pm 2006

there's no reason we can't have a second competition...


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Posted by ReNo on Fri Apr 21st at 7:11pm 2006

Now now mate, lets not get ahead of ourselves <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif"> We have enough trouble with one a year :P



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