Official 2006 contest WIP thread.

On the front page you say there's only 12 hours left.
July 1^st 12PM GMT is a little less than 32 hours away.

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Blame it on Microsoft, God does.

Perhaps I'm missing something here, but August 1st is more precisely 30 days or so away :razz:

I'm presuming this is a timezone thing or some sort of joke that's going over my head...?

Once again though: It would be nice to know who's e-mails and files have been recieved, considering the difficulty I had initialy :smile:

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Breaking the laws of mapping since 2003 and doing a damn fine job at it

Ha ha ha. Yes.

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Blame it on Microsoft, God does.

My bad :razz:

OK. These are the emails I received. I will download them tomorrow and confirm them. Times nearly up. Is this all?

Pvt. Scythes - 1 zip link
BlisTer's - 1 zip link
Evilis - 3 zip links..
G.Ballblue - 1 zip link
Naticus - 1 zip link
Kasperg - 1 zip link
dewdle - 1 zip link
Mr.INSANE - 1 zip link

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The best things in life, aren't things.

I am trying desperately to acquire these files. If another admin comes online any time soon with broadband, can they please try also.

I wanna confirm these files are intact so we can contact any author who needs to resend theirs.

Thanx

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Problem:
I tested everyones map to see if there were any issues.
Dewdles map lacks some textures.. I am unsure why.
Any clues?

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What does this mean exactly? Could it be the cause?

All content included in mini-mod format

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Problem fixed :smile:

mine has been sent in.

Its The Deadline!!!! In California that is

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Why Do we all have to wear these ridiculous ties

Pvt. Scythes - received "Polluted Coast" for HL1
BlisTer's - received "Modularity" for HL2
Evilis - received "DeepSpaces" for HL2
G.Ballblue - received "Bar Remix" for HL1
Naticus - received "Roman Pool" for HL2
Kasperg - received "Serene" for HL2
dewdle - received "Cathedral" for HL2
Mr.INSANE - received "Stricken" for HL1
M_Gargantua - received "Garg" for HL1

I looked through all the maps save Garg yesterday. My official word is "Fantastic"

I would also like to point out that a few do not fit the guidelines BUT (and I will get a general opinion on this) I will allow them with the condition that they cannot win 1st place. This means that they can win 2nd or 3rd if they get enough votes but that 1st place is reserved for the mapper who followed all the guidelines.

Also, there are enough entries for an HL1 and HL2 vote.. Separately. :biggrin:
(Also with the condition that dewdles entry is classed as HL2 and not subclassed CS/S)

I am open to any/all opinions on this.

Thanx be to everyone.
Orph

[EDIT] I archived everything and left only the 9 maps pertinent to the competition in the Gmail account Gwil. If you need to see the files hit the link to "all"

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Bah, you archived half the pieces to one of the files...

/me grumbles whilst he clicks 2 buttons to restore the files, and spends more effort writing this little grumble.

[Edit]- WHAT THE HELL?! Why is the cathedral map 20mb?! Thats insane! Its a small arena contest, what did you include, a 300m tall tower with 1280x1280 res textures?! At least it only took 3 minutes to download (pokes fun at Orph :razz: ).

As for what you said Orph, sound perfectly fine to restrict winning to those who followed guidelines, and the HL1 + HL2 seperate voting seems a good idea, as many people probably no longer have HL1 installed (me for instance).

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-[Better to be Honest than Kind]-

I actually archived 5 extra copies of the same file Myrk. I am completely mystified why he sent so many but, the one I left should be the only one needed.

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I'm a fool, ignore everything. Textures are in the BSP's and Lost coast was free, I got it confused with Ep1.

So lemme get this straight... Just 4 HL2 submissions? That means theres only 1 person who doesn't rank in!

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I will post links just as soon as I am able. For now, here are a few spoiler shots. These took me hours so... Moan softly about the quality since I really don't wanna hear all the sorrow. :wink:
G.Ballblue
M_Gargantua
Pvt. Scythes
Mr. Insane
Evilis
Blister
Naticus
Kasperg
Dewdle

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Orph, it says "Garg" in my maps picture site titlebar. :smile: If you could fix that at somepoint I'd be glad. :razz:

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''Everyone wades in s**t until they're competent enough to walk on it. Jesus style.''
Dystopia - Empires

My deepest apologies. You prolly have no idea how long those spoilers took me.

Even with assistance from HTML programs it was an adventure. I am not really gifted in web pages.

If you notice any other anomalies, let me know.

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I know it wasn't the fastest thing to do, but I thought it was worthy
to point it out. I'll keep my eyes open for other anomalities.

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Dystopia - Empires

Give me about 2 hours and I will have download links. Hopefully, functional ones.

I am uploading these maps to my Pit. An arduous task. I just uploaded a 5 meg file successfully with 56k. :eek:

Please be patient.

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