Competition entries

My hosts are changing their e-mail system (apparently, for new spam systems etc.) and, disturbingly, the competition e-mail box is completely empty- there hasn't been any spam delivered since a few weeks after setting it up. So, if you're entering your map, please let me know in here or PM me, and if you've already e-mailed me, also please say so here or PM me. Thanks :smile:

I recommend this worthy of a sticky post? Its bound to slide away if not.

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There is no history until something happens, then there is.

I agree...so consider it sticified :smile:

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Maybe no ones entered :razz:

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-[Better to be Honest than Kind]-

Maybe no ones entered :razz:

i just entered :razz:

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this should be on the front page...

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'tis.

Submitted

lol i think i'm not too late coz i sent a map to you and...

did you get it?

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Ok, found my inbox again with a bunch of entries in it, phew Yes Falco, I have your map, thanks.

Can I help judge, I have no map to give cry

Can I help judge, I have no map to give cry

Same goes for me. :heee:

I'd also like to help judge. And I MIGHT have a map

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I can assist teh judging too, if needed. I didn't have time to complete a map.

Looks like there are more wanna-be judges than there are maps!

I think an extension might be in order. Eh?

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My maps are stupid.

I might miss the map deadline by like 5 days :sad:

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As it says on the front page, I'm going to be away (starting yesterday) for a while, so you've got a couple more weeks... I'll also try and contact potential judges in the meantime.

Will they be pitters?

Since I've just gotten a load of assessments out of the way, I might be
able to whip something up, as I've already got an idea. I made
Parallaxion in about a week from scratch, no reason I can't do it again
:smile: .

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'Get your stinking paws off me, you damned dirty ape!'

As it says on the front page, I'm going to be away (starting
yesterday) for a while, so you've got a couple more weeks... I'll also
try and contact potential judges in the meantime.

Looks like I have time to enter then... :smile:

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ok, who'se thuh wise-dude coz thuh falco aint got his reply-on-forum-submitted-on-my-e-mail-thingie

thuh falco is worried 'bout this

sry for the language but i watch too much stupid cartoons (b&b, soopuh-fly)

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Submitted mine (and it worked this time too).

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Looks like there are more wanna-be judges than there are maps!

Everyone votes for their favorite maps (or at least thats how it was
done last time), a second place and a first place if im not mistaken.

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Posting And You

Theres community voting and judge voting as always I assume. Lep gets back today, he will say.

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-[Better to be Honest than Kind]-

Community voting isn't that great, though, since many people simply
vote for maps based only on the screenshots so the presence of judges
with mapping know-how is recommended.

Community voting isn't that great, though, since many people simply
vote for maps based only on the screenshots so the presence of judges
with mapping know-how is recommended.

Could set something up so that you can only vote if you've downloaded that map. Also ... if that's the only map you've downloaded (at the time of voting) it could change the value of your vote based on the number of contest maps you've downloaded.

Just a thought, of course.

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what's a map?

Yay, the yak population returneth!

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Usually the final map selection is released as a pack, and you download the pack. Community voting doesn't decide who gets the prize, its just mainly for kicks and giggles really.

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Hello, Checking to see if my comp entries were received; Cropastylis and Rhopastylis, Cheers, msg me rather then here.

I also submitted a map, which should be on time.

It won't win, but it means a lot to me to enter.

Ok, got all the maps in, will try and judge them over this week :smile:

How many have been entered lep?

Sorry I didn't get a chance to get mine of the ground.

Hello Lep

There must be alot of maps to judge, Any idea when we might find out what map was our golden ticket?

Cheers, Mad J

Is there at least a list of submissions some where? I'm
interested in seeing what people came up with. Maybe a map pack
for download if there aren't too many?

Not yet. Some of the submissions (including
mine, which is
apparently worth 1/10) have already been posted, but you'll have to
hunt around a bit for those. I'm sure there will be a list before too
long.

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Ok, got all the maps in, will try and judge them over this week :smile:

Alrightee, that was about 2 weeks ago. How about an update, chief? :smile:

Well, the entries sure are...

...um...

...ahh...

...hmmm...

...interesting.

Seriously though, there are some interesting entries. I'll have to take a proper look when I've got the time.

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'Get your stinking paws off me, you damned dirty ape!'

(not as impressive as you thought, though?)

Oh come on...! Is it really that bad?!

Edit: This was posted after agent smith, before he edited the post, and before Andrei's comment appeared.

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LOL. I haven't played yours yet Loco, but from the screens I wouldn't
give it a 1/10. Pulling off the concept is worth 2/10 at least :smile: .

As to the general quality of the entries, they accurately reflect the
mappers who made them. A number are fairly new to mapping so there work
isn't going to be as swish as the veteran mappers. I think thats the
thing, it seems that none of the veteran's here or on other sites have
been able to enter. A sign of the times I guess, having less time to do
the things you love.

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'Get your stinking paws off me, you damned dirty ape!'

Oh come on...! Is it really that bad?!

Edit: This was posted after agent smith, before he edited the post, and before Andrei's comment appeared.

No, actually saturated was one of the best in the lot. Stop torturing
yourself :smile: . There were some othe entries that I thought looked good
aswell, but I really didn't fancy one of the maps (i'm not giving any
names) since it had some very tight and dark areas and was very
hard to navigate.

interesting.. always better than uninteresting i suppose :wink:

for those wondering about why my 2 entries etc, check my profile news or their respective profiles.

grtz

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I downloaded the Orderlies_vs_Patients map a couple of times and
it said the file was corrupt. Anyone else have a problem with getting
that one to work?

Just took a quick run through of the other maps. I guess I can't
be too critical since I couldn't muster the energy to sit in front of
the computer all summer making a submission myself. But as someone with
a surrealist art background I felt like maybe I was expecting too
much. But then again, I really like a couple of these.

It's tricky making someting surreal and yet playable as a fun DM
map. There's a lot of give and take choices to make. I
spent a lot of time working out ideas in my head when the contest was
first announced and spent hours trying to mork them out. (one was
the magic hallway of doors from cartoons made with a series of
teleports- I'd love to see someone make that work).

I downloaded the Orderlies_vs_Patients map a couple of times and
it said the file was corrupt. Anyone else have a problem with getting
that one to work?

Yeah I get the same thing.

Andrei said:
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<DIV class=quotetext>I downloaded the Orderlies_vs_Patients map a couple of times and it said the file was corrupt. Anyone else have a problem with getting that one to work?

Yeah I get the same thing.
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me too. i sent him a pm about it more than 2 weeks ago, but to no avail :/

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I have looked at all the maps, and have pretty much picked the best one in my opinion. A few are pretty cool looking, while a few aren't that good. Orderlies verus Patients does not work for me either.

It probably doesn't work because it's part of a mod, not a HL2 DM map.
Really I'm not sure why it was submitted, since it seems to be for a
medical training simulator that hasn't been released. Not very surreal.

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'Get your stinking paws off me, you damned dirty ape!'

No, it is a HL2DM map(you're thinking of a different map.) It is not the bsp that is corrupt but the zip will not extract.