Contest idea thread!

[Acegikmo]

You know, all the contests so far have been straight forward items with a serious nature. Maybe the next should be something purely for the fun of it.

So, how bout just a 'silly map' contest. Keep it sorta small maybe 5 or 6 rooms. I bet more people than me have some odd idea for a map that we know would never work as a normal map, but would be fun just to see it/build it/make people laugh/etc.

This would be nice.
Sometimes you can get tired of mapping serious maps.
Would be cool to see some creative maps to have fun in

 

[Fraz]

You know, all the contests so far have been straight forward items with a serious nature. Maybe the next should be something purely for the fun of it.

So, how bout just a 'silly map' contest. Keep it sorta small maybe 5 or 6 rooms. I bet more people than me have some odd idea for a map that we know would never work as a normal map, but would be fun just to see it/build it/make people laugh/etc.

Is this Mario Cart silly or what?

On another note, how about creating a fully functional building using lighting, and custom textures, with a limited amount of props, so the mapper in question needs to try and make the building look pretty without too much aid of props.

 

[Icarus]

We should wait for the Scout Update to come around, and see if we can make a contest out of the new gametype.

 

[YM]

We should wait for the Scout Update to come around, and see if we can make a contest out of the new gametype.

Thats already what I'm doing

 

[Randdalf]

I was going to say that

We could also have a skybox contest

 

[drp]

i think doing a push type map contest for the competitive community would be sweet.

 

[laghlagh]

Perhaps a trial-run of a modeling contest would be best, say we pick a theme like 'mining' and allow people to submit either a model, a texture, a small section of a map (or any combination of the three). This would allow us to gauge how many people are interested in modeling or texturing for contests.

This is a great idea, and is in my opinion what we should go for. It really makes the contest more appealing. And by this, if someone wants to submit a model they actually CAN and will probably be voted high too!

I was going to say that

We could also have a skybox contest

You are talking about a 3d skybox, right? or a skybox texture?

 

[Randdalf]

This is a great idea, and is in my opinion what we should go for. It really makes the contest more appealing. And by this, if someone wants to submit a model they actually CAN and will probably be voted high too!


You are talking about a 3d skybox, right? or a skybox texture?

Both.

Making a push map for the comps is a cool idea... as that's sort of the point of my latest endeavour, but mine is to create a decent 5 CP map.

 

[DaBeatzProject]

Making a push map for the comps is a cool idea... as that's sort of the point of my latest endeavour, but mine is to create a decent 5 CP map.

Hmm. I prefer a push map.

 

[Ida]

Push map? Is that a custom game mode?

 

[laghlagh]

yeah, do you mean A/D?

 

[uma plata]

Push map? Is that a custom game mode?

Slang for linear 5-cp maps, like Granary, Badlands, Well...

I've heard from lots of people a desire for more of these type of maps suitable for competition. I think it'd be a great contest idea

 

[Ida]

Ah.

Well, I'm all for a linear CP map contest, although there are already tons of linear CP maps out there. I'd say we wait and see what the Scout update brings - if anything.

 

[Ceiling Man]

I have an idea:

░▒▓Around the World▓▒░

What you have to do is:

Recreate a location somewhere around the world in Team Fortress 2 (NYC, Niagara Falls... The Taj Mahal), it can be any gametype as long as it has the TF2 feel to it.

I was inspired for this contest while I was working on Ancient Mesopotamia. (A school project which I feel like turning into a map)

 

[Fraz]

I have an idea:

░▒▓Around the World▓▒░

What you have to do is:

Recreate a location somewhere around the world in Team Fortress 2 (NYC, Niagara Falls... The Taj Mahal), it can be any gametype as long as it has the TF2 feel to it.

I was inspired for this contest while I was working on Ancient Mesopotamia. (A school project which I feel like turning into a map)

Nice Idea, if it happens I may just do it on my own street... muahahahah

 

[MrAlBobo]

Ah.

Well, I'm all for a linear CP map contest, although there are already tons of linear CP maps out there. I'd say we wait and see what the Scout update brings - if anything.

If the intention is to fill in gaps where few good custom maps exist...
- thanks to the last contest there are an abundance of pl maps
- there are alot of linear cp maps, though not many "good" ones per say...but then the official ones (well, granery) aren't exactly spectacular, so id say this has potential
- multi-stage attack and defend maps (dustbowl) are in very short supply, a few months back i did alot of research on them with the express purpose of a server dedicated specifically to that gametype, I found about 6 maps that were playable, by playable I mean all the setup gates worked, the rounds transitioned cleanly, the cap times were reasonable, and the lighting wasn't painful. Of these playable maps only 1 or 2 could be called a "final", so...I don't know, I think this gametype needs some work, I would recommend this for a contest
- gravelpit types almost fall into the same category as dustbowl maps, but triple the numbers i gave for dustbowl
- ctf probably has the most custom maps in comparison to everything else...but very few good ones in a final state
- arena is well covered

its always possible that a contest could be made where each person only made one round and then the maps were combined...but I remember how the groups payload colab failed...

 

[Memento Mori]

How about the Double Mapper Contest (which seems to already be going on in WIP) where you have to make a map with someone else?

 

[Randdalf]

I'm all for 5 CP maps. We need more of them.

And with that double mapper idea... yo MuffinMan!

 

[Sgt Frag]

I'd probably be more inclinded to a multi-stage A/D like dustbowl.

It can be fun gameplay to try and get that next stage as opposed to 5 point caps that just mean you attack from the other team color.

Might be good to limit it to 2 points for a contest, that way they won't get too big and are more likely to be finished. Then if anyone wants to add or have a 3rd stage ready for post-contest release it would be up to them.

It would also be alot easier to gametest a bunch of 2 stage maps than it would 3 stage maps.

 

[Tinker]

Just wait for the new gamemode with the scout pack