Hey, just wanted to take an interesting conversation on the Steam Chat to the forums. Thought it would do the site some more justice plotted out here.
Here is a copy/paste of the chat:
Some general themes of the chat were to have a contest based on innovation, A/D, or asymmetry. If anyone wants to weigh down in the replies below, that would be very helpful and appreciated.
Here is a copy/paste of the chat:
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10:53 PM - Ido: i just want a contest where the emphasis is on creating something new and interesting
10:53 PM - Ido: breaking out of old fomulas
10:53 PM - [UEAK]Crash: dynamic payload was a fun contest
10:53 PM - Auwi: lets take upward and make it 5cp
10:53 PM - Auwi: that might be cool
10:53 PM - Jethro: let's take upward and make it downward
10:53 PM - ynders??: I try to make my maps interesting
10:53 PM - KubeKing4556: I was honestly thinking what Upward would be like as an a/d map
10:53 PM - Stiffy360 is now playing Team Fortress 2. Click here to join.
10:53 PM - Auwi: theres probably a gamebanana map like that
10:53 PM - ynders??: but they usually end up being way too fucking dumbto be fun
10:53 PM - KubeKing4556: Not deceivingly thinking
10:53 PM - PyroDevil: i tried to make cliffside interesting
10:54 PM - ynders??: I tried to make coniferous interesting
10:54 PM - Freyja: Let's have an a/d contest
10:54 PM - Freyja: a/d of any type
10:54 PM - ynders??: whynot
10:54 PM - Auwi: a/d TC
10:54 PM - Freyja: because people always make symmetrical maps
10:54 PM - Auwi: sounds fun
10:54 PM - KubeKing4556: Yeah, seems fun enough
10:54 PM - ynders??: isnt a/d tc just 3 stage a/d
10:54 PM - Iiboharz/theredder: has there ever been a gamemode-locked 72hr?
10:54 PM - Jethro: a/d of any type?
10:54 PM - Ido: hmm
10:54 PM - PyroDevil: it was untill layl surfed the playerclip and then just had the base jumper and just floated to the bottom
10:54 PM - Ido: that could be neat
10:54 PM - Freyja: payload, a/d cp of 3stage or gorge style
10:54 PM - Auwi: the thing is people are just bad at a/d
10:54 PM - Freyja: exactly
10:54 PM - Ido: 72hr has always been open, iibo
10:54 PM - Seba: are they better at sym
10:54 PM - Freyja: that's why it'd be fun to do Auwi
10:54 PM - Jethro: what about a/d ctf ho ho ho
10:54 PM - Ido: asym contest
10:55 PM - Freyja: It'd force people to not do koth and 5cp maps for a change
10:55 PM - KubeKing4556: green giant
10:55 PM - Ido: just anything asym
10:55 PM - ynders??: yes
10:55 PM - Freyja: Yeah actually Ido, that's better
10:55 PM - Ido: asym arena? sure
10:55 PM - Freyja: because then people could attempt asym koth or something if they wanted
10:55 PM - Ido: yeah
10:55 PM - Jethro: asym 5CP
10:55 PM - Ido: i like this idea
10:55 PM - Freyja: I'd like to see that
10:55 PM - KubeKing4556: TF2Maps presents... the Asymmetrical Contest!
10:55 PM - Auwi: a/d arena might be cool
10:55 PM - Freyja: Everyone always seems to do sym maps
10:55 PM - KubeKing4556: How would that work?
10:55 PM - Seba: can't do symmetrical maps
10:55 PM - Seba: simple
10:55 PM - Freyja: Except don't call it that
10:55 PM - ynders??: I do sym maps because I'm super lazy
10:55 PM - Ido: only rule is that your map can't be symmetrical
10:55 PM - Freyja: Because we already had the a/symmetrical contest
10:55 PM - Auwi: a/d plr
10:55 PM - Ido: the lopsided contest
10:56 PM - ynders??: and bad at mapping
10:56 PM - Noizeblaze: http://puu.sh/emkvD.jpg
10:56 PM - Jethro: did we?
10:56 PM - Seba: yes
10:56 PM - Seba: ravidge hosted it i think
10:56 PM - Freyja: That's the one that crossaint came out of
10:56 PM - KubeKing4556: I do asymmetrical maps cuz I'm super lazy!
10:56 PM - Freyja: and process?
10:56 PM - Freyja: and snakewater I think?
10:56 PM - Freyja: don't remember
10:56 PM - Auwi: not snakewater
10:56 PM - Freyja: everyone just did 5cp for it anyway
10:56 PM - Auwi: it was I think clocktower
10:57 PM - Ido: even if we do an asym contest, i want to push innovation as a thing
10:57 PM - Auwi: and some 4 word maps
10:57 PM - Ido: like
10:57 PM - Auwi: map*
10:57 PM - Jethro: that's... sort of funny, on the wiki entry for it, there's only four 5cp maps
10:57 PM - Ido: make it a judging category
10:57 PM - Auwi: in was in water or soemthing
10:57 PM - ynders??: what was the premise of the a/symmetrical contest?
10:57 PM - KubeKing4556: Yeah, Ido, I second that
10:57 PM - Jethro: or atleast 4 symmetrical maps
10:57 PM - Jethro: which is why i'd assume it was 5cps
10:57 PM - Freyja: One of the winners was copperhead though
10:57 PM - Seba: bonus points for innovation
10:57 PM - Freyja: that was a cool map
10:57 PM - Freyja: ynders: it was just cp
10:57 PM - Freyja: cp of any type
10:57 PM - ynders??: alright
10:57 PM - Seba: was copperhead owly's map
10:57 PM - Ido: i have some ideas on how to revamp the judging system
10:57 PM - Ido: i should write them down sometime
10:57 PM - Freyja: Yes seba
10:57 PM - Freyja: Ido please do this contest
10:57 PM - KubeKing4556: Hold on: making a thread now.
10:57 PM - Ido: i wrote them down in that thread but i never really wrote a complete system
10:57 PM - Auwi: for what kube
10:58 PM - ynders??: maybe I'll do a contest sometime
10:58 PM - Auwi: no an admin will do it
10:58 PM - Seba: write me things and I'll put them in the staff forum ido
10:58 PM - ynders??: I know: training map contest
10:58 PM - Seba: or just pm the admins doesn't matter
10:58 PM - Ido: ok uhh
10:58 PM - ynders??: mwaahaha
10:58 PM - Ido: i wont tonight
10:58 PM - Freyja: No ido
10:58 PM - ynders??: now people have to learn new things
10:58 PM - Ido: and i'll probably be busy tomorrow
10:58 PM - Freyja: Put it in the discussion thread
10:58 PM - Freyja: for this exact topic
10:58 PM - Freyja: That barely anyone used
10:58 PM - Ido: im the last post in that topic atm
10:58 PM - Ido: i think
10:58 PM - Auwi: so an innovation contest then right
10:58 PM - Ido: asym contest
10:58 PM - Auwi: oh kk
10:59 PM - Ido: innovation being a judging category
10:59 PM - Ido: possibly
10:59 PM - Freyja: asym contest with a focus on innoation
10:59 PM - PyroDevil: ^
10:59 PM - Freyja: innovation
10:59 PM - [UEAK]Crash: that said, we should wait awhile before starting any new contests, imo
Some general themes of the chat were to have a contest based on innovation, A/D, or asymmetry. If anyone wants to weigh down in the replies below, that would be very helpful and appreciated.
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