The 2015 Summer 72hr Mapping Contest!

[Folkye]

It was my first map but I'm out from contest. Good luck everybody in voting!

 

[Hyperion]

8hr panic! How I make realistic-looking ice?

 

[LeSwordfish]

In a 72hrmap? Don't. Or search the site for an ice texture.

 

[Sokar92]

As I do so that you can test the map?? There are some tutorial? THx =)

 

[BeepSterr]

This was really fun to do! I hope to be joining more of these events!

 

[MaccyF]

So many Powerhouse style 3 cp entries this year

 

[Vel0city]

67 FUKCING MAPS no shit the website couldn't handle it.

Good luck to all the people in the contest, and let the best people win!

 

[Grizzly Berry]

Is anyone planning on creating a 72hr map pack to download? Would be really handy.

 

[Hyperion]

Is anyone planning on creating a 72hr map pack to download? Would be really handy.

I could if you tell where I can find all those maps if there is some outside of upload thread

 

[Vel0city]

I have this feeling that's already being done right now by one of the site staff.

 

[Grizzly Berry]

I could if you tell where I can find all those maps

Here's a link to the upload thread.

I was also wondering if there's going to be any kind of scheduling this year. I remember during the last contest I felt there was a lot of time wasted replaying maps. Any chance we could do scheduled events a few times a week? I would be able to run some as long as it's after 7pm EST.

We could maybe do 6-7 maps a week and have 3-4 events where we play only those maps. I think that would be helpful because players would get to have all week to knock out those maps and then the next week they would be different. This way we'd all be on the same page.

Just a suggestion.

 

[Idolon]

It's finally over! A while ago. I'm slow. We got a whopping 66 entries this year! Here's a complete list:

Spoiler

ctf_14bit_72_a6
cp_nixonsummer2015_72_a4
cp_peasant_72_a4
koth_waterock_72
cp_kubeking_72_a5
cp_sakura_hill_72c
cp_mom_72_a1
tc_valleyhamlet_72_a2c
koth_powerplant_72
pl_geit_72_a1
ctf_intersect_72_a6
cp_blandsjapan_72_a4
cp_trotim4_72_a2
pl_tornadoom_s2_72_a3
cp_snowlodge_72_b4
arena_scamper_72_a1
pl_spacebase_nioxed72_b3a
koth_crop_72_a4
cp_tidewater_72
cp_suomimies55_72_a4
koth_Ra_72_a1
koth_cloudtop_72_b2
ctf_contour_72_a3
cp_woolfe_72_a1a
koth_basin_72_a5
cp_banana_72_a5
cp_track_point_72_final1
pl_way_72_b1
koth_watertower_2
cp_coelslaw_72hr_a2_withdetail_hdr
plr_trestle_72
rd_wormatty_72_a1
cp_garden_72_a3
cp_echo_72
cp_gunfight_72_a5
cp_ace72_a2
koth_egan_72_a5
pl_displacement_a1_72
pl_clocktower_a1_72
koth_hazzmando_72_b2
cp_jess72_a4
pl_zippycewpew_72_a6
koth_turbulence_72_a1
koth_slaughterhouse_72_rc1
koth_altwine_72_a1
pl_cargo_72_b1
koth_pughead_72_b1
cp_duststroll_72_a3
cp_zespice15_72_a1
koth_transpose_72_a3
cp_cowcanyon_72
sd_gremlin_a1
koth_rocket_pit
cp_overgrown_b3
koth_mangoe_72_a5_fix
arena_maccyf_72_b4
tc_sinkhole_72_b2
plr_gravelroof_72hr_a1
cp_mayan_72_v5_1
koth_safari_72_a1
cp_kalt_72_b3
koth_nonameyet_72_b1
cp_rocktown_72
cp_estuary_72_a2
cp_timber_72_a2
koth_turf_72_b3
cp_frostgale_b1

Geit will be providing a download for all of these at some point, so nobody needs to waste their time with that.

As for scheduled playtesting, that's sort of what my plan is. I don't have the schedule actually worked out yet, but I'm thinking 3 gamedays a week with 6 maps each. That's 18 maps a week, or just under 4 weeks long. Those 18 maps will probably also be the default rotation for that week. Again, not set in stone, but that's the current plan.

 

[Cole Slaw]

do i win an award for unintentionally longest map name?

 

[YM]

No, but long map names are potentially problematic for servers. So maybe an award for narrowly avoiding breaking everything?

 

[Hyperion]

Fuck this shit. I uploaded wrong version of my map because I had koth_nonameyet_b1 AND koth_nonameyet_b1_001 in tf/maps folder!!! Please kill me and then murder Hammer. Silently.

 

[~curlysnail]

I like the scheduling idea.
I'm nervous about the prospect of people actually playing my map...

 

[tyler]

I like the scheduling idea.
I'm nervous about the prospect of people actually playing my map...

It's the best way to get better. Try to feel excited: you're about to learn in the best way possible.

 

[~curlysnail]

It's the best way to get better. Try to feel excited: you're about to learn in the best way possible.

Don't get me wrong I am excited, just nervous

 

[Doktor Richter]

My commendations go out to everyone who rose up to the challenge, even if you didn't manage to make it on time. It's a tough end to meet, for sure, but it was great to see everyone putting forth their best, and to see our newer members learn a whole lot about mapping in a really short time. Everyone put forth great effort, and I'm looking forward to playing all the maps.

I've thrown together a spreadsheet you can use to keep track of all the maps, what you have and haven't played, and what comments you got for the authors: https://www.dropbox.com/s/fwxsklt68qq5uwr/TF2M S2015 72h Map List.ods?dl=0. Hopefully it makes everyone's lives easier in the huge lot of testing to come.

Best of luck, everyone.

EDIT: Updated to include bisquit's entry and a few more threads.

 

[Geit]

http://eu.tf2maps.net/72hr_sum_2015_maps.zip