I remember Vijch starting one in February this year, so I believe it's time for another one, since we have loads of new young mappers :)

Rules are based on Vij's, but I slightly edited them so the flow is better.

Here's how it will work
1. Anybody can enter the contest - there isn't any sign up, you don't even have to post here (though it would be nice to see how many people are interested in participating for the first time).

2. Every two weeks, a new theme will be selected that the contestants will make a map to.

3. The maps must either be made within the time period, or have already been started when the topic was chosen. Please don't submit any maps that you have already created, even if you haven't posted them anywhere else.

4. They will submit either before or on the deadline or they won't be counted (it'll be fairly flexible to be fair to different timezones).

5. The maps will have to be of a specific mode that will be selected like the map theme.

6. Then, by popular vote, we will choose the winner and crown him victorious over all mappers in the contest.

6/b. The voting will be as follows: people will have to rate maps by their looks, loyalty to the theme and gameplay on a 1-5 scale (5 being the best and 1 being the worst.). Rates such as 4.2 will not be accepted.


The first theme will be posted before/on Friday. Please post in this thread if you are interested in entering the contest.

EDIT 1: Slightly toned the rules again. Made it less democratic, but it's for your good, trust me :)


EDIT 2: First round details:

- Infiltration
- Theme is: icelands. Antarctica, tundra, summit of mountains. You get the picture ;)

All though it's been a while as i made a map,
but hey what's a better apportunity to start mapping again
than a contest!


Count me in.

I'm so in. >:o

I'm in!

I'm in... =/

ill lose but whatever im in :/
edit: when do we start?

Did you just try to copy the text written by other members,
or did you read the 1st post.
In case you did the second you must know the facts...

lol ive never even opened the mapping things.

in the interest of science i hereby declare that i shall enter myself into the compatition! yaysors!

i shall refrain from even downloading a map editor until the map contest starts!

and i may even make a topic detailing my day by day trials and tribulations. which i also believe is called a blog. which are things that i thought that other people wrote.

ah well it may be interesting to see how easy it can be to start mapping from scratch.... would anyone read prey tell?

In, but i don't expect to win. I don't really have much time for soldat anymore :(

What about waypoints?

Ah, nifty. I haven't been making maps lately, maybe this'll give me some motivation. I'm in.

quote:Originally posted by papasurf31In, but i don't expect to win. I don't really have much time for soldat anymore :(

Houh, I'm in too even though my mapping is slow. Looking forward to making a ... 20 texture map ? [xD]

Well usally it isn't 'conditions' on the map like 20 texture!

it can be a theme like.. 'jungle' ..'hell' or even 'Toilet' :D

quote:Originally posted by i am ahab... it may be interesting to see how easy it can be to start mapping from scratch.... would anyone read prey tell?
Tell what? How easy it can be to start mapping from scratch? It depends mainly on how much free time you have and how well you are with experimentation of everything the program can do.

Uhm, i want to know what about the waypoints etc... but i'm in :P

Waypoints are not needed.

Note: I'll post the first theme/mode this Wednesday. (28th!)

so when does it end?
(i need to know how much time i have)

On the 12th of October. A round is 2 weeks long.

EDIT: I fail at maths.

....Sry i don't have too much time for mapping :S

i maybe join another time..

Do you have to be in the first round to be in the second round? 'Cause I'd like to try a hand at mapping, but I'm a little busy at the moment.

No, ofcourse not. But there won't be a second round without a first one :P If maps aren't submitted till the deadline, the theme stays for 2 more weeks.

Only got 1 week but hey why not. Count me in.

Where is the 2nd contest??!!

Since no maps got entered for the first one, why would I expect the community to enter maps for the second?

lol..sorry. I actually have a map for this but the past few weeks have been a b*tch in terms of classes. Still, one map isn't much better...

quote:Originally posted by DeMonIcSince no maps got entered for the first one, why would I expect the community to enter maps for the second?


Because Cookie missed the first one :'(

Ok lemme download a mapmaker, gimme another day or two.

I'll be away for a few days, so let's say the new deadline is November 6th.

http://archive.forums.soldat.pl/topic.php?topic_id=28783

inf_Messner, here we go :P

If you make it more official, and have a larger deadline, people will come

I'll enter the next round. I'm in Australia on holiday at the moment ;)

I'll see if I can do it tonight.

I've made my map, now i've just got to test, upload and get screenshots (it would help if I knew how to do the big ones).

dooble post.

sounds interesting, i'm in. the only problem is that i can never do things on time. for example, a history project is due in about 9 hours, and i haven't even started.

Maps don't take long. I started today, and I don't feel like repeating myself.

mine usually take 3-16 hours to make, and they almost always suck.

It took me less than 2 hours of work, less than 24 hours (I had to go to bed). Here is Inf Penguin: http://www.soldatforums.com/topic.asp?topic_id=28874 :).
So is it actually a contest or just a thing to get us to make a map?

Here is my entry to the contest, inf_Iceberg:

Overview
Download

Edit: Updated post.

This is my entry to the contest: inf_Iceberg.

Now waypointed, thanks to Keron! Rock on man.

I'll wypt. that, 'Geologist! I already have rainrider's inf_Shrehu practically done; I just need to test the wypts. in-game, and the new jet strength on inf_Messner and I'll get all those released no later than Saturday.

Wow, I'm actually part of something major at the forums now... xP

Keron: we all [ppl needing waypoints] love you :* :D

It's all taking time away from my Null Soldat Mod. I haven't touched it ever since I've been wypting ;-| It'll displease that one guy who hates all the modern weapons mods (forgot your name dude, sorry)!...

@rainrider: I spruced up the map. I added crates on the surface around Alpha spawns (with the 3D shadow in your style), one or two more crates in the Bravo spawn, a support collumn for the left Bravo flag spawn, and I revised some spawn point locations. I hope that's all right with ya...

EDIT I also laid a strip of grass with those two lone trees; kinda looks weird without any other vegetation. And I think I put some more roots.BMP in a corner of the darker areas. I'm not new to mapping; I know how maps work. It's just the polygon colors, texture, and shading that screw me up.

So if anyone wants general map-1337izing I'm also here :-D

I'd appreciate teh waypoints Keron. I was going to try and do it myself, but I might not have enough time before the deadline. I'll post the DL link up here today or send you a copy of the map to work from.

ill be submitting a map wait for me!

@The Geologist: just PM meh.

So I take it, DeMonIc, the deadline can't be stretched any further?... :-/

Maps are coming in nicely I see.

Further? It's already been extended once, how much time do you guys want/need?

well i just figured out that its inf and not any type of map. Therefore I'm back to the drawing board...but no worries, i can pump out a good map in less than a day if i hurry.

It's only the third...if it takes you less than a day why should it be extended.

did i say to extend it, i just said to wait for me. I didnt really mean it sincerely. Why are you scared?

Responding to you and Keron, and I have no reason to be scared of anything you have to offer. If you can make a map before the deadline, let's see it. More competition the better.

Oh my god! Only 2 days left, and I just found out there was a contest today >.<. Lol, I'll do my best ;). Never made an Ice-themed map, or an inf map for that matter.

BTW, any prizes other than bragging rights?

I'll advertise the map on IRC, stuff like that. Maybe it'll even get hosted, who knows? ;)

idono if mines going to happen, ill wait for the second contest i guess.

What? Oh, I meant buying time to waypoint xD But I'm almost done, at least for my part. I'll PM you the best I was able to do. You can go expand on that if even that's possible to do, I guess...

EDIT Done. Check your PMs Inbox.

Rock on Keron, j00 rules zee waypoints.

I'll make a vote topic with the candidate maps tomorrow in the late afternoon (reasonable time). Try and not make any last-minute entries please.

Here it is, http://archive.forums.soldat.pl/topic.php?topic_id=28878

Can you make an independent topic for it? Just to make my job easier.

http://archive.forums.soldat.pl/topic.php?topic_id=29061 :*

It's gonna be a public voting? No group of 1337 judges?...

so whats the next contest!?!?!?!?!?!!? i wanna try to map again even tho i suck sum serious ass

This round of the contest has to end first. Just wait.

Hasn't it already ended?

Voting doesn't end until Friday. When the votes are in and the counting is done, then the winner of this round will be announced in addition to the new theme and deadline.

Cool

i got it.....dammit i can't wait

a bunch of doubts..
so where did (is this thru already?) voting take place? was there a thread made for this? how do you judge gameplay: by the looks, by trying it out? if you judge gameplay by trial, shouldn't that be done with enough players?
thanks for the answers, even if this has finished already :0

Since I took over this contest and I cannot edit the title of Demonics topic, I started one in the General discussions section. Pay attention to the general discussions topics? You'll find all of your answers in there. Maps were judged by three criteria 1) looks, 2) gameplay, and 3) overall appeal, and ordered depending on the number of contestants. A rank of 1-4 (if four maps were in the comptition) was used, with 1 being the best and 4 being the worst, and in the end the map with the lowest number of votes is the winner.

There is a second round of competition going on now, just began today, which ends in two weeks time.

Edit: Can a mod please lock this topic? Once again, I cannot change Demonics topic title, and this topic seems to be confusing people a bit.