Mapcore mapping contest?

    Portal mapping contest!Or another HL1DM contest, that could be really fun.

    It's always a safe bet with Valve tech for participation.

    Or maybe even a full on TF2 map contest. If enough people are up for a more serious/time consuming project.

    Any idea when this contest is going to be decided on? Only asking as I'm holding off other projects at the moment in the hope that I will be able to participate in this one. I'm not trying to hurry up the decision process, just inquiring.

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    ":35duqhiz]I still don't get it why you guys want to limit this compo to a single engine/game, you'r missing the point.

    I totaly second [HP], a good themed mapping contest and we're done!

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    ":1qaoihw8]I still don't get it why you guys want to limit this compo to a single engine/game, you'r missing the point.

    What he said.

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    ":1zr8e6b8]I still don't get it why you guys want to limit this compo to a single engine/game, you'r missing the point.

    kk, you use Cryengine 2.0, I'll use the half-life 1 engine, let's see who ends up making the prettiest level.

    I get what you're saying but I think the relativity of that sorta thing may be a bit of a stretch? You eliminate a lot of ambiguity in terms of what the 'best' map is when it's all on a level playing field.

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    kk, you use Cryengine 2.0, I'll use the half-life 1 engine, let's see who ends up making the prettiest level.

    I get what you're saying but I think the relativity of that sorta thing may be a bit of a stretch? You eliminate a lot of ambiguity in terms of what the 'best' map is when it's all on a level playing field.

    why? were all gamers here, i trust we know how to judge a map (wich is more then appearance on itself, like atmosphere, creativity, gameplay etc) and then again, its us who have to choose who we think is the winner. i for one would rate paranoia map higher then a ''13 in a dozen'' farcry map (wich may look nicer in terms of graphics). so, i dont see the problem?

    i suggest a moderator starts a poll, before this initiative dies a slow death.

    The only problem is that most of people judge maps by screenshots, we would need to go for some sort of diferent judging than before and make people actually play these maps. Portal Contest would eliminate these problems somehow but on the other hand if it be a 'scene' contest there should be no problems with it at all!

    Valve tech is also positive because the number of people around here who can actually play the entries would be much higher than the number of people who own Crysis, UT3, Doom3 and a Valve Game.

    Don't know if this works but Portal The First Slice should be enough to run Portal Custom-Maps (if you preload the full game it is?)

    maybe higher voting standards? i.e. instead of a poll everyone writes a (short) revieuw of the map with pros and cons (and numericly rate maps). this way people will have to invest a serious amount of time into voting wich may filter out the jokers and stimulate better feedback.

    the downside would be that noone would bother.

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    the downside would be that noone would bother.

    Yes, that's what I fear as well...

    (Look at the low poly robot compo submitions)

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