Major Mapping Contest #4

[Ravidge]

I finished with time to spare even.
keep finding shit to add at the last minute in these competitions

Well, good luck to everyone participating, Seems to be a quite a few top contenders. Guess this gives me reason to fire up some pugs again.

 

[Grim Tuesday]

Good luck everyone, I know I have less than a 0% chance with most of the big names in! All I care about, though is that now I can use hammer efficiently, and it has become quite an inclusive hobby for me!

 

[strangemodule]

Good luck to all the entrants.

 

[MangyCarface]

Good luck everyone, I know I have less than a 0% chance with most of the big names in! All I care about, though is that now I can use hammer efficiently, and it has become quite an inclusive hobby for me!

Names are nothing, everyone has a chance!

 

[Grim Tuesday]

Not when you see my map
I really need to work on my brushwork...

 

[grazr]

ugh I can't believe I forgot the tf2maps posters. :V

TF2 posters as well as Novint gear? Well, i guess that's me disqualified... i don't even remember reading that requirement.

 

[Grim Tuesday]

I wouldnt be surprises if YM would let you put it in, just the posters or whatever. It could be considered a "game breakig bug".

 

[grazr]

1 overlay? :/

He'll just say if i submitted it 1 day early then that was 1 day i had to notice that missing submission requirement. Rules are rules and they're a lot more strict since the contests have gotten more popular. It sucks, but i don't doubt it'll come down to a disqualification; i mean why should i get special treatment? Even if it's something as petty as a missing overlay.

At best i'll get to enter it but not get a chance to win anything because it's not fair on those who have met all the submission requirements.

 

[Grim Tuesday]

Its not that you should get special treatment, but it was an honest mistake. People make them. You should not have months of your work wasted for a simple oversight, and I hope that YM can see that.

 

[Okrag]

Good luck everyone, I know I have less than a 0% chance with most of the big names in! All I care about, though is that now I can use hammer efficiently, and it has become quite an inclusive hobby for me!

Pitto placed 3rd for plr. Anything is possible.

 

[Armadillo of Doom]

Mad props to all of the authors We have 26 entries, up from 16 last time. This is gonna be sweet :thumbup:

 

[grazr]

Its not that you should get special treatment, but it was an honest mistake. People make them. You should not have months of your work wasted for a simple oversight, and I hope that YM can see that.

I only wish it worked that way but i can't seriously expect that given the number of entries. Don't get me wrong, i know what you're saying (and i would like it to be this way too), but i'm also seeing it from their perspective. To me it's months of work vs a missing overlay, to them it's a broken rule and 25 other maps that met those rules without any problems.

 

[Armadillo of Doom]

I only wish it worked that way but i can't seriously expect that given the number of entries. Don't get me wrong, i know what you're saying (and i would like it to be this way too), but i'm also seeing it from their perspective. To me it's months of work vs a missing overlay, to them it's a broken rule and 25 other maps that met those rules without any problems.

That is surprisingly insightful Grazr

 

[grazr]

I PM'd YM about it. He'll tell me what will happen... but he was pretty strict about meeting the rules in the OP.

 

[sniprpenguin]

Good luck to everyone else who entered! A lot of good stuff on there.

 

[Icarus]

Disappointed at the lack of a last-minute ID map entry

 

[Armadillo of Doom]

Disappointed at the lack of a last-minute ID map entry

Me too. But school comes first. However, you can expect an amazing last minute entry for our next big event this summer

 

[Armadillo of Doom]

Due to the exceptionally high number of server-crashing bugs we had last time, all authors will now receive a 1-week grace period, as per the rules. You can make changes and resubmit your map, only for gameplay/server-breaking problems. Adjustments of props, timers, etc. is not allowed. After this grace period has ended, voting will begin.

 

[Ezekel]

1 overlay? :/

He'll just say if i submitted it 1 day early then that was 1 day i had to notice that missing submission requirement. Rules are rules and they're a lot more strict since the contests have gotten more popular. It sucks, but i don't doubt it'll come down to a disqualification; i mean why should i get special treatment? Even if it's something as petty as a missing overlay.

At best i'll get to enter it but not get a chance to win anything because it's not fair on those who have met all the submission requirements.

well...you could always argue that if it wasn't for hammer borking and then servers borking, that A: you had less time to work on the map and give it a "adhering to rules" pass, and B: fewer people got to run around it who MIGHT have pointed it out to you. (it's not impossible)
but all that aside, we're trying to build a friendly community here, surely?

heck, in the spirit of fairness i was going to submit colt's ctf_soda on his behalf because he's not been online for a month (according to steam at least), but then he popped online to let me know he was pulling out of the contest.


@ immortal D (and anyone else in the know):
oh and in regards to what can be fixed/can't be fixed:
gameplay issues - does that mean if some area REALLY needs some sight-line breaking up, can an appropriate model (asthetically speaking) be used, or would it have to be just a dev-textured brush?
or is does it just only refer to things like "i forgot to turn on my playerclips when compiling", "my inputs/outputs are broken so my doors don't work", etc?

 

[littleedge]

No. He means if you didn't compile with playerclips, go fix that.

If your BLU flag gets capped by having RED touch it (like what happened in Mexico a bit ago), fix it.

If you have a 2048 unit long sightline where fps drains to 2, sucks for you.

[I think]