Major Mapping Contest #4
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Not everyone is free this weekend, Flame.
- Apr 19, 2009
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I think we could move all the non contest maps out of the contest sections to make it easier for people to find the submitted maps.
Dragonstorm24
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- Nov 16, 2009
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i seem to have really bad luck, I was almost ready to test my map then I had comp. problems and had to transfer files so i could fix it and for some reason my maps didn't make and I had no backup, it is sad day for giant man 
I do agree that a week is a long time to fix things that will probably take less than ten minutes. Sure, people are busy on the weekend (Compared to being busy during schooldays. Huh.) so, like, Tuesday could be the deadline. I mean really. a majority of maps were submitted before last minute (Fubar, Rav, Grim excluded) so any errors they probably have already noticed.
It's not so much about fixing them as it is finding them. This is a time when the more people looking at the maps the better.
I doubt they're going to go through every map with mat_visleaf 1 checking that you havn't also changed/added hint brushes. But i guess that comes down to your moral obligations to adhering the rules. Personally, i would have considered that game breaking but shit like that doesn't generally pop up over night.
As for my missing poster, i've been allowed to submit a version with it in in the week leeway. It's not what it's there for but YM and ID said i could get away with it.
5 months is for making a map for the contest. This is for any error that was developed in the rush to get a final release for the contest.
The map doesn't have to be perfect, but if its something that clearly needs to be fixed in order to be playable, this week is for finding such errors.
The map doesn't have to be perfect, but if its something that clearly needs to be fixed in order to be playable, this week is for finding such errors.
Shit happends with compiles, packing and so on. Okay.
But a week is a long time, when all you really need is 1 hour to check if you map works like it should. Then another short pit stop to recompile and release again.
Then to fit it to everyones schedule make it a 2 or 3 days period. 7 is waaaay to long.
But a week is a long time, when all you really need is 1 hour to check if you map works like it should. Then another short pit stop to recompile and release again.
Then to fit it to everyones schedule make it a 2 or 3 days period. 7 is waaaay to long.
not server crashes ect. you need more time to make sure it doesn't have an intermittent crash.
The grace period length doesn't matter, it doesn't mean we're just gunna sit and twiddle our thumbs for an entire week. It just means if anything pops up in the next few days (my mind is far away from the contest so when I say week I mean "few days + some" and not a rigid 7 days) you'll have a chance to fix it before we say "tough tits, you're out of the contest"
I encourage all members who can, to set up pugs on as many of the maps as they can using our servers and the lobby system. Don't be silly and assume nothing is going to happen in the grace period.
- Feb 26, 2008
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I do think a week is too long... I think we're all eager to get the judging started!~ (I've waited awhile haha)
Duly noted. I'm pretty sure the maps are at least loading on all servers, and I adjusted the map cycles. We'll give it just a couple days, then break out the voting threads.
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