Contest idea thread!

[hutty]

off topic idea

a standard any-mode contest (with an emphasis on detailing)

But before it starts everyone participating gets to ban 3 textures from use in the contest.
Then the environments have to be put together with the remaining stock textures.

other rules:
no custom textures (for obvious reasons)
no dev textures on map submissions

essencial textues tools/skies/water/signs cannot be banned

...

a similar thing could be done with props
*bans shipping container

 

[ibex]

Make a TC map from anything in the orphan repository. Call it "Dr. Frankenstein's Monster Contest"!

 

[Berry]

Make a TC map from anything in the orphan repository. Call it "Dr. Frankenstein's Monster Contest"!

TC/PLR/SD/CTF/Arena contest, call it "Things valve have given up on contest"

 

[takabuschik]

What Berry said, but with medival, 3cp piramid, and steel-like setup allowed as well.
And the prize for the winner is to go official.

 

[radarhead]

And the prize for the winner is to go official.

Like we can officiate that.

 

[Vel0city]

I've said it before, but it would be really cool if we did something where the only rule is that you can only use natural lighting, so just a light_environment for lights. It'd be interesting to see what people can come up with and how it would affect gameplay.

 

[Another Bad Pun]

Like we can officiate that.

I mean, we did it one time.







very long ago

 

[Zed]

I mean, we did it one time.







very long ago

That was the result of good timing and a chain of emails.

 

[Fruity Snacks]

I'm pretty sure Valve has said YEARS ago, they'll not officialize another 3CP pyramid contest and maaaaaaybe another steel one (Defeinite no more GPit styles, unsure about steel).


And medieval is just eh

Like we can officiate that.

I can ask around, but I don't think much will come of it.

 

[UKCS-Alias]

(Defeinite no more GPit styles, unsure about steel).

Yet of maps with 3cps those are the best ones. And what about mvm maps with 3cps?

Also, if you want such contest which involves a map going official you would need a blueprint that has proven to work and barely has detail. Maybe asking some mappers that have a finished blueprint but no detail to see if they want their map take part of such contest could work.

Since valve already barely does anything map related asking shouldnt harm. We are waiting ages for new official (and detailed) maps anyway.

 

[Zed]

Yet of maps with 3cps those are the best ones.

Gravel Pit and Junction are the only official examples, and they're mediocre at best.

And what about mvm maps with 3cps?

And why would they bother making a statement about that?

 

[Another Bad Pun]

Gravel Pit and Junction are the only official examples, and they're mediocre at best.

That's just an opinion, really.
I think Gravelpit is a good map. Junction not so much, but I wouldn't call Gravelpit mediocre in a million years.

ontopic real quick:
just want to randomly say that I really hate contests that have no gameplay mode restrictions (SS, MvA) and the reason is because without a restriction, the final products end up being some maps that look identical to any other map that isn't in the contest. Besides the fact that it was made in two stages, or it has a UFO in it. None of those things matter at all to be honest in my opinion. Contests like this make contests seem completely pointless, and they're not. They really aren't.
TL;DR
I don't like all gamemode allowed contests. I know people like options, but I don't think options like this belong in a contest at all. The only thing you get out of it is judging, and we know that doesn't always go well.

 

[chemelia]

Yeah, going along with what abp said, I think themes and restrictions for contests are a good thing. Consider the Winter 2015 72hr contest with no theme that ended somewhat recently. Sure, it was fun and all, as contests always are, but I think when there are some guidelines, it's much more fun seeing how people incorporate them into their map.

 

[Pocket]

I find Gravel Pit annoying, but it's still very popular apparently, so I dunno what Valve's problem is with that style. Meanwhile, they've said that they don't like multi-stage maps anymore but then they went ahead and released the most needlessly multi-stage map ever. I feel like whoever is saying these things isn't even speaking for the whole team.

 

[CommodoreKong]

I'm pretty sure Valve has said YEARS ago, they'll not officialize another 3CP pyramid contest and maaaaaaybe another steel one (Defeinite no more GPit styles, unsure about steel).
[/QUOTE]
I'm not personally a fan of Gravel Pit 3CP so I don't mind to much if we never get another one of those, but I love Steel. I would love to see Valve or someone make a really good Steel style map.

I haven't honestly seen many of those types of maps made by the community (probably because I would imagine they are much more difficult to develop then normal maps) besides from Upland, which I only played a few times but I thought was decent.

I find Gravel Pit annoying, but it's still very popular apparently, so I dunno what Valve's problem is with that style. Meanwhile, they've said that they don't like multi-stage maps anymore but then they went ahead and released the most needlessly multi-stage map ever. I feel like whoever is saying these things isn't even speaking for the whole team.

Yeah I kinda wonder if different people on the TF2 team have different opinions on what to do with community maps (and what maps to add) and that's why we are barely getting any community maps made official. We had zpqrei at Valve almost a year ago and he was told by Corey Peters that they knew they were falling behind adding community maps and wanted to buy way more maps....and we haven't had the TF2 team buy a single map in over a year, despite the fact they haven't been able to put out a finished, non Halloween map. It's so odd (and frustrating).

 

[HQDefault]

Since valve already barely does anything map related asking shouldnt harm. We are waiting ages for new official (and detailed) maps anyway.

Yeah, would it really kill us to ask?

 

[CommodoreKong]

Good luck getting Valve to respond to any questions.

 

[HQDefault]

Good luck getting Valve to respond to any questions.

Well it still wouldn't kill us

 

[Jummbl]

Kind of a "fun" contest idea, but ever since the '14 h'ween update went live, I've been in love with bumpercars. Maybe we could host a bumpercar map, with prefabs included? Prefabs being carts, cart spawns, spells, speed boosts, perhaps some optional track pieces, mini-game stuff, anything relating to carts really

Not sure if it should have a theme/gamemode limit on it, since there are so many different things that could be done with bumpercars.

thoughts?

 

[Lain]

Make a TC map from anything in the orphan repository. Call it "Dr. Frankenstein's Monster Contest"!

that sounds amazing..