Should we have a mapping contest in 2015?

[giftmacher]

I will join unless it's right now! I'm super busy with IRL stuff but past february I will have more free time again.. what date/format are you guys planning?

[Animo]

So, when will the contest actually begin, if we have enough people?

[Null]

Jan 25, 2015 9:02:12 GMT -5 spirit said:

I cannot guarantee that I will submit something, but I will try it. Maybe I can convince Henneck as well. We'll see.

That would be awesome!

[Null]

Originally we were planning to have it for the full month of February so we could have the maps rated in March, but we're pretty flexible with the dates. There are a couple other options on the table, so let us know what works best for you. We're also considering:

Feb 15 - Mar 15
Feb 15 - Mar 31
Mar 1 - Mar 31

[thehappyfriar]

Doesn't specifically matter to me when, I just need to come up with annoyingly awesome ways to make the players life miserable. I'm one of those few who just love those maps that the player tries to survive while doing some DM (that's why I loved Doom/D3 maps).

I'll start something soon.

[hardcoal]

If only I hadnt lost some large part of my work.. well who knows maybe Ill do that..
I always got great ideas never being done on quake.

[giftmacher]

March 1-31 is best for me but if you go with February I will put at least some hours into it. I'll submit a minor piece and enjoy the show

[Animo]

Any of those dates work for me, I just needed an idea of when it would be so I didn't forget about the contest and miss my chance to submit a map.

[hardcoal]

God knows.. if Ill make a map after losing some data but its good to see its still alive

www.dropbox.com/sh/1u0e3xjmgw78yko/AAChwztQp1_xzcWNpv6yOWOla?dl=0

[Wixen1 [Q2C]]

And it's a GO!......

-W1

[jaydolan]

Jan 23, 2015 14:14:29 GMT -5 Null said:

Currently this is a Quake 2 only contest, but we're not ruling out the possibility of cross porting or sharing the maps with other Quake 2 Engines. So if that works for you, we could use a prize or two for promotional purposes. Either way it'll be a WIN - WIN for everyone

I would donate prizes in exchange for the possibility that someone might bother to port one map to Q2W? Not sure I'd call that "WIN - WIN."

I'll donate $250 in prizes if the contest is specifically for Quake2World. It'd be a great opportunity to expose some of the most prominent and faithful Quake2 mappers to Q2W. It'd give those mappers a chance to create higher-fidelity maps that take advantage of some newer and unique features, but without having to learn an entirely foreign game. And by including the winning map(s) in the actual game, it'd move Quake2World closer to completion. Now that is more like a WIN - WIN, no?

[Null]

For all those wondering, the Contest Is now Official!
Thank You to all those who expressed interest in having this Contest!

You can now begin singing up for the real thing
Note: Mappers please sign up by Feb 15th 2015.

If you're a mapper please sign up here:
leray.proboards.com/thread/3596/ahead-sign


Make sure to read over the contest rules:
leray.proboards.com/thread/3589/rules-contest
Note: If you took part in the past contests, you're probably already familiar with them :-)

Also please direct your discussion to the Main Contest thread, Thank You:
leray.proboards.com/board/81/10th-mapping-contest

[fifthelephant]

So it's a Deathmatch contest? I could whip out a DM map fairly quick probably. Shame it's not SP, I already have something going on with that.

[Null]

We would prefer DM content, although it shouldn't be that hard to adapt what you got to fit DM, with a little bit of ingenuity. Either way we'd love to have you participate,

Join the signup thread and Contest Board for more details:
leray.proboards.com/thread/3596/ahead-sign
leray.proboards.com/board/81/10th-mapping-contest

[Kaal979]

Definitively also in 2015 a mapping contest makes more sense!
But though im loving great Q2 i also prefered other game (UT)
because of the missing muzzleflash vweap files. Thats probably
why i never made a single map for it and think its not worth
investing a editor studium. Not to mention my general shooter
abstinence since most multiplayer servers proved have player
fake bots. Maybe someday i wanna upload all working strogg
player replacement models on moddatabase - for the sake of
a classic that could still be the best of all.