This is going to take some doing cause:

Baron = wow

Riven = Oh WOW

Stadric = OMG FORKIN WOW!

I will post some screens and comments soon. I have dozens of pics to upload.

[EDIT]

I would like to apologize in advance. In my excitement of seeing these, I completely forgot to optimize these screens. Yes, they are still small, but not "Orpheus" small. For that I am truly sorry. There are 95 pictures that I uploaded and really don't want to have to do them a second time.

Again, I am sorry for any inconvenience.

I will post my thoughts with the accompanying pics soonish.

For now, content yourselves with the zip files of the entries. I dunno exactly how Gwil intended these be distributed but I see no harm in making them available since the time period has long since expired. BE FOREWARNED: Rivens entry borks my computer badly. I managed to get a few screens but there is a serious error in the map. Be prepared to alt/tab out.

Stadric

Riven

BvSnickers

[EDIT2] All entries are HL2

[EDIT] I edited this more than half a dozen times just to get it this good. I am sorry that its so long but the damned code for the pictures kept borking out and ruining my thumbs. Just deal with it please.

[EDIT2] My apologies for not representing Rivens map in the best possible way. I had no clue that it was supposed to be run in Single Player mode. The text file omitted that. Still, no one is supposed to just look at my screens anyway. download and judge for yourselves. Scoring adjusted.

Snickers Entry: Baron's doors are pretty straight forward. That however doesn't diminish their looks nor

their functionality. The doors had plenty of action as well as sounds.

Door number one: Is made up of three parts. The upper two roll upward, and the lower one scrolls straight down. Here are a couple shots showing it.



Door number two: is made up of three uniquely shaped parts. The two upper pieces move horizontal from each other while part number three slides down.

Two shots from the hall...



And three more from within room number two.





My only comment in a negative way was its lacking in texturing. A map this tiny wouldn't have taken 5 minutes to slap on something. The lighting was dark, but, the lighting as with the textures wasn't part of the competition so no penalty for

them.

My score 7/10


Riven's entry: I admit up front that I couldn't see the entire setup because of the glitch. That said, it is entirely possible that this map could have won the competition because it had the most to offer. As near as I could tell, it had a series of events all going in sequence from door number 1 opening to map shaking ordeals to a scripted sequence involving a wall blowing apart. The map always locked up when the wall burst so I am unsure what follows. However the details I saw told me that a lot of time and effort went into this creation. As I said, the creativity could have won it, but the glitch sadly ruined the effort.

Door number one: As you can see from these five shots not only was the door closing, but something elsewhere was occurring due to the spikes in the graph shown. I could hear a lot of stuff and the floor was shaking.






Door number 2:

As you will notice in these three shots, something is going on at the other end. I had to reload the map twice, just to get these three pictures. You will note the weapons being different. Screen one was before it locked up, screen number 2 was the second loading right before it locked up and screen three was just preceding the second lockup. Seconds after shot three the wall bursts and the map borks, so I assume the action is at that end.





My score is a 9/10


Stadric's entry: This set gets my vote as winner. Its not the most complex of the three, but it does have the advantage of being the best viewed ingame. I ran this sequence about a dozen times before I even started looking to take screenshots because of its eye catchiness. Somehow it just makes you want to press that button.

Door number 1: This set consists of four triangular parts folding outward. Sadly, this set doesn't reset so you must re-start the map to get it to do so. Its anti-climactic when you first see it because you have no idea what the second door does yet. However, since I took 31 screens of door number 2, you'll understand why after seeing it ingame.




Door number 2:This door, even though I took a s**tload of pictures must be seen ingame. The unique features speak that much. The rest of the map is lacking anything noteworthy.











From the other room:








And finally a third angle:













This map scores 9/10