Contest idea thread!

[Sgt Frag]

Yeah collabs can be a pain with 2 dedicated mappers. Start throwing in a bunch of peopel who 'want' to map, or 'have time' to map. Or you do work and someone else takes their time....

I think another small contest could be cool.

Much like the one where we made a building.

But this time maybe a L bend 'hallway'. Like we have 5 blocks of 512x512 space to use.
3 of them HAVE to be in a line. The other 2 can be places anywhere. So you could make a zig-zag, and L bend, a T shape... They just have to share verts like you do for displacements.

As tall as you want (at least tall enough for good sticky jumps).

So instead of one building it can be several, inside and out. At the end they could be put together in blocks to make a payload or CP map.

 

[uma plata]

Adding my vote for a small contest like the spawn room one

I'd really like to participate in one of these, but I'm at the very bottom of the learning curve!

 

[Pink_Panther]

something small would be nice. the payload one was pretty big and is still going even though its already over. Something quick, painless and easy to vote on without lots of play testing to get that precise vote rating we all want to give.

 

[ProfFiendish]

Asymmetrical CTF or CP! Yes!

That would be a lot of fun in my opinion; the contest could just be to block out an asymmetrical map with dev textures, and the entries would be rated on balance.

 

[Pink_Panther]

Asymmetrical CTF or CP! Yes!

That would be a lot of fun in my opinion; the contest could just be to block out an asymmetrical map with dev textures, and the entries would be rated on balance.

I like that idea a lot.

no props, textures and lighting to worry about. Just raw map layout.

Definatly a contest for every skill level!

 

[TMP]

So make a good cp_orange map? XD.

 

[Ida]

So make a good cp_orange map? XD.

Heh, I'm afraid it could evolve into a crapload of unfinished maps just sitting there, but you'd obviously be free to detail it afterwards. I know I would.

 

[ProfFiendish]

*sigh*... Muffin's probably right on that. But for hopefully there would be a few decent entries, so that the winner wouldn't be a "cp_orange".

The reason I suggest dev-texturing is that it would make the contest more informal and put the focus on map layout and balance, which would be the most important for asymmetrical maps.

 

[Ida]

I should probably mention that despite what I said, I totally agree that a contest focused on gameplay only would be great.

 

[Icarus]

Payload Race Contest?

 

[Rexy]

Payload Race Contest?

Yes, perhaps, I'd be game for it, but we'd all need to see how the map plays first!

 

[DaBeatzProject]

Payload Race Contest?

How original .. But I have to agree with Rexy.

 

[HeaH]

Asymmetrical CTF or CP! Yes!

That would be a lot of fun in my opinion; the contest could just be to block out an asymmetrical map with dev textures, and the entries would be rated on balance.

I like this alot! Would be fun to see how balanced you can actually get things like that

Anyway, I would like to suggest a contest where you have to do something that makes it better to detail maps for the Alpine theme. Right now there's not really many things for detailing, only one ground texture and things like that. You could make a poster, a model, a prefab, anything. The entries would have to be useable, look good and fit into the alpine theme.

 

[Fraz]

I like this alot! Would be fun to see how balanced you can actually get things like that

Anyway, I would like to suggest a contest where you have to do something that makes it better to detail maps for the Alpine theme. Right now there's not really many things for detailing, only one ground texture and things like that. You could make a poster, a model, a prefab, anything. The entries would have to be useable, look good and fit into the alpine theme.

I like this idea. So I +1 it

~M

 

[DaBeatzProject]

I should wait a bit until the scout update comes out.. You don't know what they've got left for us, a new alpine themed map perhaps?

 

[Icarus]

Who knows... we still might get the rumored Third Community Map with it's fan-made gamemode

 

[Dustoxx]

Yeah.
Maybe something like a contest with the new gamemode?

 

[ProfFiendish]

I should wait a bit until the scout update comes out.. You don't know what they've got left for us, a new alpine themed map perhaps?

The double payload looks desert-themed, so I think this is probably unlikely.

In which case, an alpine-themed modelling/texturing contest would be pretty nice.

 

[NovaSilisko]

I say the next contest should be the best central point for a symmetrical CP map.
Voted on detail/gameplay(maybe just detail)

 

[ProfFiendish]

Gameplay! Gameplay is more important!

But yeah, that's another good idea for a contest.