Your map won't win, no matter how much you smash other mappers.
But mine has an infinitely better chance of winning than yours. That is, since you couldn't even come up with the balls to enter the contest, much less finish a map. Go ahead and make excuses.
Not every map requires the same amount of time or effort. With this in mind, a finished map may not be as good as an unfinished one. I could have easily finished my map, but I didn't because of the standard I hold myself to while constructing the thing. Also, as I said earlier, not everyone here has a ton of time to spend mapping, some of us are very busy and may have even joined the contest late to begin with.
I'm able to judge for the contest and submit a map because the point of me submitting my RPG into the contest was for reasons other than winning the contest.
Contest rules in general prevent judges from entering for a reason, to prevent bias. I'm not saying I'm going to win, nor am I saying that I deserve to win, I'm just trying to get everyone on even grounds and clear up the rules. Like I said, if everyone only had to submit a short "demo", then everyone could spend all their time on pretty systems and flashy terrain for the first bit of the map. And what reason would you have to enter an incomplete map while being a judge? Sure if it is just a challenge to create a finish a nice RPG then there should be no judging at all. But I would think that only maps that meet the requirements of said challenge (Quality, Completeness) should be displayed for mappers that rose to and completed the challenge. Most of us don't have a whole lot of time to finish the map, I go to college, and work 7 days a week, but I still finished mine during my breaks/free time. We did have an entire year. Excuses are like assholes, everybody has one.
You should probably not bash the straw-man.
I'm not sure what you mean by "straw-man" when you use it in this context. Now, if what you mean is "You shouldn't offend a judge" then you prove your bias against creators of the maps. Instead of judging by the criteria provided. Thus, I request that you be removed from your position as judge in this contest and replaced by a less biased individual. I do not expect to win but I do expect to be judged fairly. I've already heard several comments from other map makers that have entered this contest about the bias of the judges, and I don't intend to take it lightly regardless of how it may affect my chances. You have a false sense of power because you are a "judge", don't expect it to keep me from voicing my opinion. If you meant something different by that statement, then please clarify and disregard the previous paragraph.
It's not a competition, it's a challenge to finish an rpg. There shouldn't even be judging other than the DLDB rating system.
This can't be true. Some of the people that entered the "challenge" entered with an abandoned or demo RPG that will never get completed. I agree with your second statement, if it was indeed a "challenge" then let's not make it into a contest. Especially one with biased judges.
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