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Creator: chia-tyrant
Time: Aug 13 2010, 7:09 pm

Post #1 chia-tyrant Aug 13 2010, 7:09 pm

Rank: Member

Specifications

All submissions are due August 29^th, 2010, by 11:59:59PM EST.
Deadline may be moved due to a unanimous decision by judges and at the request of participants.
All maps will be judged by a handful of pre-determined judges based on a set criteria.
The maps to be submit must adhere to the prescribed theme.
There is no specification for an amount of players.
~~Mapping teams are not allowed.~~This rule might be removed, pending the approval of the other judges.
Mod supplements are not allowed. Although maps with mods can be submit for fun, they will not be judged (this includes Farty's EUD enabler).
Maps started previous to the starting of this contest are not allowed.
Only one map per participant may be submit in each contest.
Late maps may be submit, but are not guaranteed to be judged, and will not count towards the rankings.

Theme

The theme that each of the maps need to adhere to is: Customization

As opposed to some of the previous contests, almost every imaginable genre is eligible in this one. However, each map must integrate systems that will allow the player to modify certain aspects of the game.
Examples of such systems include:

Upgradeable spells and attributes in a RPG.
Being able to interact with NPCs and modify their behaviours as well as the storyline.

Although a lot of features may be considered as "customization", those features should be omnipresent, essential and offer several viable options to the player. A system that allows the players to select the difficulty or the mode of a game at the beginning, alone, is not enough (although you would still gain some points in addition to those of other features).

Judging Criteria

Gameplay: 10 points

Does the map keep the player's constant attention?
Is the map too hard, too easy?
Is the map actually fun?

Originality: 10 points

Was the entire idea copied from someone else? If so, did you shape the idea into something unique?
Is your map not just a Final Fantasy or AoS clone?

Aesthetics: 10 points

How shiny is your map? How polished?
Is your terrain blocky in places?
Are there any text errors?
Do you have proper grammar?

Theme: 5 points

Is the player consistently offered several meaningful options throughout the course of the game?
Are those choices essential and do they determine the game's unfolding?

Completion: 5 points

Are there major bugs?
Is the map complete?
Do you use the entire map's space?
Was there any more you could have done?

Judges

UnholyUrine
Eteft(U)
Chia-Tyrant

Rewards

Third Prize - you're getting there... waaay back there
Person who gets the third highest overall score in the third week WILL be rewarded with 10 minerals.

Second Prize - So close.. yet so far
Person who gets the second highest overall score in the third week WILL be rewarded with 20 minerals.

First Prize - congrats on getting the title "public enemy of the week"
Person who gets the first highest overall score in the third week WILL be rewarded with a whopping 40 minerals.

Previous Contests

Contest #1 - Puzzle

Puzzle Map By qPirateKing
PSYCHE By chia_tyrant
Bound Escape By Mp)SkLoped
Murder Mystery by Leeroy_Jenkins
Lizard 37 By Foxwolf1
conFuse Demo By -Azrael666-

Contest #2 - Short Story

Autocracy RPG By Azrael.Wrath
Essence By chia-tyrant
Marianne By LoveLess & The Ugly By EzTerix
Mental Asylum By B-ETEFT
One Small Task By lil-inferno
Recursion RPG By CecilSunkure
Rescue Team By Leeroy_Jenkins

Contest #3 - Teamwork

Tower Escape By Azrael.Wrath
Blind By Gidoza
4Chan By Ultraviolet

Contest #4 - Single Player

Tile Shift By Azrael.Wrath

Contest #5 - Empires

Conquest By Azrael.Wrath
The Saddest Map on SC By Leeroy_Jenkins

Rankings

[Rank].[Name]
[first places]/[second places]/[third places] Sum:[sum of ratings] SM:[Number of submitted maps] Ave:[Average Rating] TP:[Total points]

Scoring Process:
-Winners will be scored by the positions they place in. A first place position is worth 5 points, a second place position is worth three points, and a third place position is worth one point.
-The participants who have not yet won any of the top three positions will be ranked by their average map scores.

Azrael.Wrath
4/0/0 Sum:89.7 SM:5(3) Ave:29.9/40 TP:20
Chia-Tyrant
0/2/0 Sum:60.5 SM:2 Ave:30.3/40 TP:6
qPirateKing
1/0/0 Sum:29.5 SM:1 Ave:29.5/40 TP:5
Gidoza
0/1/0 Sum:30.7 SM:1 Ave:30.7/40 TP:3
Leeroy_Jenkins
0/1/0 Sum:52.5 SM:4(3) Ave:17.5/40 TP:3
Loveless
0/0/1 Sum:31 SM:1 Ave:31/40 TP:1
EzTerix
0/0/1 Sum:31 SM:1 Ave:31/40 TP:1
Mp)SkLoped
0/0/1 Sum:24.5 SM:1 Ave:24.5/40 TP:1
Ultraviolet
0/0/1 Sum:23.2 SM:1 Ave:23.2/40 TP:1
Eteft
0/0/0 Sum:29.5 SM:1 Ave:29.5/40 TP:0
lil-inferno
0/0/0 Sum:29 SM:1 Ave:29/40 TP:0
CecilSunkure
0/0/0 Sum:27 SM:1 Ave:27/40 TP:0
Foxwolf1
0/0/0 Sum:- SM:2(0) Ave:-/40 TP:0

Additional Notes:

If anyone wishes to donate something to the contest to act as a giveaway prize, it would be greatly appreciated! Please contact one of the judges via a PM to set up the donation.
If anyone wants to create a banner, please do!

This post was edited 4 times, last edit by chia-tyrant: Nov 6 2010, 5:33 pm.

Post #2 UnholyUrine Aug 15 2010, 10:14 pm

I choose you!.. um.. if that's alright with you...

Rank: Regular

I may try to enter this one myself

.. I've got a good idea, but I need a terraineer.

Anyone wanna work w/ me? PM me!

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.. as you Pee
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Post #3 Tempz Aug 16 2010, 12:26 am

What a caterpillar calls death a master calls a butterfly.

Rank: Regular

UnholyUrine your a judge... 0_o

If you weren't a judge i would join your team

@@Terrainer For Hire@@

This post was edited 1 time, last edit by Tempz: Aug 16 2010, 12:32 am.

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Post #4 CecilSunkure Aug 16 2010, 12:32 am

Rank: Veteran

I'll be submitting one.

Good luck all.

Post #5 chia-tyrant Aug 16 2010, 1:20 am

Rank: Member

Quote from Tempz

UnholyUrine your a judge... 0_o

He can enter a map. Obviously, he won't be rating his own map but the two other judges will. I, as the host of the contest, am the only one who cannot enter.

Quote from

CecilSunkure

I'll be submitting one.

That's good to know

. Let's hope we'll get more entries this time.

Post #6 ETEFT(U) Aug 16 2010, 3:38 am

Rank: Member

I'llsubmit1.

Post #7 Dizzy Aug 16 2010, 4:15 am

Rank: Member

I know I'm a less heard of map maker but I hope this contest makes me know to people for how creative I am. Now, Let's Do This! :wtfawesome:

Post #8 Leeroy_Jenkins Aug 16 2010, 5:22 am

Rank: Regular

I'm in.

Post #9 HCM™Aristocrat Aug 18 2010, 6:57 pm

✁ - - - - - - - - -

Rank: Regular

Can I copy the triggers for the custom mobile grid from my test map? It's technically a "system" that can be implemented in a map just like hyper triggers/location grids/etc.

Post #10 FoxWolf1 Aug 18 2010, 7:11 pm

Rank: Regular

Quote from HCM™Aristocrat

Can I copy the triggers for the custom mobile grid from my test map? It's technically a "system" that can be implemented in a map just like hyper triggers/location grids/etc.

I'd regard that as perfectly fine-- it's really just a fast way of creating those triggers in the contest map, so long as the result is something new, with distinct gameplay from the pre-existing source. We'd have no problem with using 3rd-party programs, such as yoonkwun's nifty grid generator, to create systems automatically, or with using blends from a palette map or brush file for terrain...having a "palette" of trigger systems to draw on is just a way of doing the same sort of thing.

I'm in, by the way.

Post #11 CecilSunkure Aug 18 2010, 8:52 pm

Rank: Veteran

I got SC2, so I'm pulling out. Sorry folks, not enough for SC2 and map making.

Post #12 UnholyUrine Aug 18 2010, 11:09 pm

I choose you!.. um.. if that's alright with you...

Rank: Regular

Traitor

BEWARE!
I'm watching you.. (signature image)

.. as you Pee
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Post #13 chia-tyrant Aug 19 2010, 12:32 am

Rank: Member

Quote from HCM™Aristocrat

Can I copy the triggers for the custom mobile grid from my test map? It's technically a "system" that can be implemented in a map just like hyper triggers/location grids/etc.

I don't see what's wrong with that and I doubt that the other judges would object. As long as you didn't start the map itself well before the contest, everything should be fine.

Post #14 Leeroy_Jenkins Aug 19 2010, 11:27 am

Rank: Regular

My layout was prettier, by the way

Post #15 Azrael Aug 20 2010, 8:22 pm

Rank: Regular

Quote from

Leeroy_Jenkins

My layout was prettier, by the way

I agree.

Post #16 FoxWolf1 Aug 20 2010, 8:41 pm

Rank: Regular

Meh, I like this one better

Post #17 chia-tyrant Aug 20 2010, 11:00 pm

Rank: Member

I find that the collapsed boxes are a little ugly though I guess they can be useful for the less useful categories like judging criteria. It would be great if bbcode anchors were implemented to make an index; that would be much prettier and more useful.

Edit: Do you like the new template better?

This post was edited 1 time, last edit by chia-tyrant: Aug 21 2010, 2:16 am.

Post #18 FoxWolf1 Aug 21 2010, 3:19 am

Rank: Regular

Personally, I'm not a fan of the collapse boxes; straight text, with a nice system of headings and quote boxes for categorization, is much easier to look through than a bunch of hidden expandable things. I also like the look of text better, though given that I tend to maintain a books to bookshelf space ratio of at least 3:1, I might have more of a fondness for long text than most....

Post #19 Azrael Aug 21 2010, 3:55 am

Rank: Regular

The formatting does look better now, I think there were too many black boxes before

Two improvements I would suggest.

1) The Overall Scoreboard should be immediately apparent.

2) Each previous contest's results shouldn't be in it's own separate box.

I don't really want to type a lot so hopefully that's enough of an explanation =P

Post #20 chia-tyrant Aug 21 2010, 5:03 pm

Rank: Member

Wow, I'm glad everyone can agree on what's the best layout :lol:

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Personally, I agree with Foxwolf that collapsed boxes are an eyesore. I could always use encaseboxes (restricted size) instead of regular encases to reduce the size of the post though. Anyway, I'll revert to the old template. Sorry Azrael

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