Contest idea thread!

[UKCS-Alias]

There's plenty of maps that have been orphaned in that forum section

Most of them are orphaned because they didnt seem interesting enough and to me that could potentialy influence the result alot. Would you continue on a map that was stopped thanks to those issues? We need to pick the best out of them to even let that contest have a chance.

Thats why i came with the idea to do just a restyle using maps that have proven to work. It would only require map authors willing to let their map suffer the edits

And maybe with that even allow gamemode changes so for example a map can go from A/D payload to CP based MvM (while in that case the map doesnt require a layout change usualy - or minor ones for balance).

 

[Svedash]

2fort extreme makeover?

 

[Harribo]

2fort extreme makeover?

You should try rd_asteroid, I think Valve beat you to it

 

[UKCS-Alias]

2fort extreme makeover?

I would rather see maps that arent in the game yet.

Simply because that map might have excelent gameplay but lack some eyecandy. With this contest they then can get improved to get excelent details.
It also can be usefull to convert some maps to a moonbase look. Which then would have some more maps to begin with making the valve map not look that lonely.
And ofcourse, event maps! You could make a snowy version of a map or a halloween one. On certain servers its welcome to have some more of those maps.

This contest was partialy inspired by the artpass and 2skillset contest. Both had a solid map people could use and they didnt have to bother about balance. This allows people with good detailing skills to not be turned down by the gameplay part.

And thats why i also came with the idea of a gameplay makeover, so those who are good at gameplay features rather than detailing can make a new mode inside of an existing map. This would cover the other part of the 2 skillsets.

Best of all: they can both happen on the same map!

also... what theharribokid said

 

[fauks]

What about something like: Fix an official map? The goal would be something like Barnblitz or Viaduct pro.

 

[UKCS-Alias]

The problem with fixing such maps is that you get alot of versions called _pro, or _x123 or whatever people want as tag. And what im afraid of is that its going to be hard to find the good versions. Especialy since its a contest thing then. People could just put in 2fort and only add 1 door for example. And that door might be placed bad yet the map in the end could still be called ctf_2fort_pro. A contest would promote that behaviour which i think is bad.

Outside of a contest people would only try to edit it when they know what they want to fix which increases the chance of good versions. Still, those who were able to make a map play alot better (for comp for example) still deserve a medal (to me) for their good work. But that doesnt need a contest.

Especialy since you say fix which can mean nearly everything.

I rather would see that replaced by making people change the gamemode which also is going to take more effort and can still provide the fix part (since the new gamemode can make areas easier or harder).

 

[Turbo Lover]

Robot Destruction Contest. Just throwing that out there for future use, when the gamemode is a stable feature of the game.

An RD contest should also allow for some creativity with the gamemode, the entities for RD are pretty flexible, there's lots of room to innovate with them. Maybe as a rule, as long as your map has some aspect - like the robot-killing or the core-stealing - from the basic RD gamemode, it's allowed?

 

[YM]

Yeah the RD entities allow for a LOT of creativity. It'd be really interesting to see what people could do with it.

 

[Fruity Snacks]

Would you guys prefer to see more contests? Or to am take a break for a few months to let people do whatever they want?

72hr contests would stay.

 

[EArkham]

If YOU need a break, by all means take one.

If any of us need a break, we just won't enter.

 

[Fruity Snacks]

I'm not saying I need a break, I'm just asking if people would like to just not have contests for a few month period. So they could work on their own stuff, without the pressure or distraction of a contest

 

[EArkham]

I think with the wide variety of mappers we have here, there's always going to be some interested in being part of a contest.

That said, it probably couldn't hurt to go awhile without them. If only to make sure that when a contest does happen, it can get more hype.

 

[YM]

if you're planning a break, announce a start date for the enxt contest before the break. So if it's a 3 month no-contest break, we know that we have 3 months to get whatever we're working on wrapped up so we're available for the start.

 

[seth]

Going along with what I said in Berry's thread about basic spawn room design, I think it'd be neat to have a little mini-contest where each entrant design spawn rooms for blu in a payload map. Maybe we could make a basic layout that does not include blu spawn rooms, or use an orphaned payload map, and then have each entrant design the blu spawn room for it. Like I said in the post on Berry's thread, blu spawn rooms for payload are often interesting, big, and full of props to create some things for players to do during the setup time. So this contest could be judged on how fun and interesting the spawn room is to be in during setup, and how functional it is feeding into our predefined layout.

I dunno, I think it may be fun.

 

[Dr. Sasha]

What if we had a contest of retheming maps? Ex. koth harvest from autumn theme to winter theme or one of the showcase maps.

 

[HQDefault]

Okay... regardless of everything that has been posted lately, I'm going to share my idea now because reasons.

The premise is simple: Edit a map. It doesn't even necessarily have to be official, it just has to be well-known. For example, some guy could go and make cp_orange_pro or something like that.

 

[Grizzly Berry]

Berry had the suggestion of a Halloween mini-detailing contest. I think that would be neat.

 

[SSX]

Berry had the suggestion of a Halloween mini-detailing contest. I think that would be neat.

Agreed.

 

[puxorb]

Especially since halloween is only a few months away, I can see that being a great idea for a contest. But is it going to be something of our own, or a re-detailing of an official map?

 

[Fruity Snacks]

There's detailing a map in the h'ween theme (Manor, Eyeduct).
Then there's making a map h'ween themed (Harvest Event).

The first is better