Hey there, it's me theharribokid. I'm one of the site staff at TF2maps.net and we've got 2 Contests starting. Bak is kindly posting this for me being I don't have enough posts here in order to be allowed to make a thread and I don't want to shitpost to be able to. First up we having our upcoming 72hr mapping contest:
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We're continuing to hear about these UFO sightings from other TF2Maps.net community members. Scientists are saying that these are merely scouts, scanning the Earth for something. What it is they are looking for, we don't know yet, but we're hoping to find out soon.
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Our top scientific speculators suggest they may be looking to invade the upcoming 72hr Mapping Contest this weekend. For more information regarding the newly announced 'theme' to the 72hr mapping competition, http://forums.tf2maps.net/showthread.php?p=303169
So, as the lore-ish thing above says, we're having our summer 72hr mapping contest this weekend, June 27th @4PM EST to June 30th @4PM EST, 2014. It's a mad great challenge for new and old mappers alike to seriously focus on one project for a few days and see what comes out on the other side! It's one of our favourite events as a community as everyone is working at the same time together, helping one another and as playtesters you get to see real, quick, iterative design at work as a results of the feedback received. All gamemodes are allowed and we have a whole host of people streaming their work as they go and some prizes for the winner and top 2 runners up. For some details including the rules and list of streamers so you can follow the action go here: http://forums.tf2maps.net/showthread.php?t=22602
and with our 72hr contest starting us off we have our Major Mapping Contest #11 starting too, graciously sponsored by fellow emporium member and TF2 contributor, Roninsmastermix
TF2Maps.net Major Mapping Contest #11 - Mercs vs. Aliens Introduction
“No one would have believed that in the middle of the 20th century that this world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than man's and yet as mortal as his own; that as men busied themselves about their various concerns they were scrutinized and studied, perhaps almost as narrowly as a man with a microscope might scrutinized the transient creatures that swarm and multiply in a drop of water.” - H.G Wells, War of the Worlds
Thats no Moon... base. It's an attack! Aliens are attacking for one reason or another, probably relating to hats. It's time to plan. Build the battlefields that the mercenaries will take the fight to the aliens on! Of course, RED and BLU can't get along, so there will be that to take care of, but remember no matter who the victor is, you want to see that Mother-ship brought down! So go! you have until October 27th of THIS YEAR to do this, so hurry! Time is already running out.
So this is all about making a map where you eliminate the alien mother-base as shown above, the rules are slightly different from our 72hr contest, collabs/teams are allowed for this contest for instance. As for prizes we have our rare Mapper's medallions as always and this year we have Vintage and Unique Lo-Fi Longwaves donated by our friends at Kritzkast as well as a seriously hefty 500$ prize for the winner donated by Ronin. Alien Invasion themed assets will be arriving in the coming weeks and there a few reference models to start you off with for now, don't be afraid to make you own of course though. For more details check out here: http://forums.tf2maps.net/showthread.php?t=22761
And with that I just want to say thanks for reading all that and please check out our steam group http://steamcommunity.com/groups/TF2Mappers if you are interested in helping playtest any of these maps or making one of them yourself! We all hang out in the steam group chat and test regularly and announce on there for people to join and have fun. Any questions on anything feel free to ask!