[CS2] Big Adventure Mapping Contest

I guess this is the only way to make sure most competitors have roughly the same amount of time to prepare a map for the competition. It wouldn't be fair to start with something you've already been working on for months, while others start from scratch. Starting with a layout that has already been worked on and refined but never published is not illegal but it is unfair and you want to minimize that, and the time of publishing a map to the workshop is one of the few ways to objectively determine how long a map was worked on. That being said, rule 3 says "Remakes (maps of the same name and mostly identical design of an existing map released for public download) can NOT be entered. An entrant’s own prior ideas or concepts may be improved upon for this contest if their entry is, on the whole, new and uses a new name." So technically you could change the name and re-release the map only after you've made significant changes to the previous design (I don't know if this counts for the layout only or for the theme as well). I suppose there could have been a compromise made to allow old maps as long as the final version of the submitted workshop map is mostly distinct from the initial version that you started with, but again there is no way to prove that — unless you create a new workshop submission.

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On 4/10/2024 at 7:12 PM, Lizard said: I was here! Good luck everyone!

Me too!

im only starting now 😬

Does anyone know what that means exactly? Whitelisted cs_minimap_create_output_size setting for Counter-Strike 2 Workshop Tools.

excited to see the creativity

any idea how many maps will make it into the second stage?

Hello all You've all surpassed our expectations, and we've been blown away by the number of high quality submissions to the Contest! This is the biggest contest we've held to date by far, and the mapmaking community has truly risen to the challenge. After 2 weeks of review here are the go forward maps from the Stage 1 judging from our 3 judges:

Map name Mapcore Topic Workshop link Alpine https://migrationtest.mapcore.org/topic/29585-alpine-wip/ https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/fi…/?id=3221491619 Apple https://migrationtest.mapcore.org/topic/29917-apple/ https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/fi…/?id=3233720152 Barranco https://migrationtest.mapcore.org/topic/29593-de_barranco-wip/ https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/fi…/?id=3227991278 Bath https://migrationtest.mapcore.org/topic/29756-de_bath-wip/ https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/fi…/?id=3259420299 Beached https://migrationtest.mapcore.org/topic/29938-beached/ https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/fi…/?id=3302965335 Bounce https://migrationtest.mapcore.org/topic/29579-de_bounce/ https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/fi…/?id=3225215564 Bridge https://migrationtest.mapcore.org/topic/29702-de_bridge-wip/ https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/fi…/?id=3240246166 Buckeye https://migrationtest.mapcore.org/topic/29721-de_buckeye/ https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/fi…/?id=3246216254 Canopy https://migrationtest.mapcore.org/topic/29592-canopy-wip/ https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/fi…/?id=3231465363 Citadel (by Sh1ft) https://migrationtest.mapcore.org/topic/29879-cs2-citadel/ https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/fi…/?id=3296138943 Coaline https://migrationtest.mapcore.org/topic/29601-de_coaline-wip/ https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/fi…/?id=3223564524 Contact https://migrationtest.mapcore.org/topic/29576-de_contact/ https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/fi…/?id=3247503946 Copper https://migrationtest.mapcore.org/topic/29868-copper-wip/ https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/fi…/?id=3290934397 Crude https://migrationtest.mapcore.org/topic/29685-crude/ https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/fi…/?id=3237446696 Dartagnan https://migrationtest.mapcore.org/topic/29947-de…rk-in-progress/ https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/fi…/?id=3273796914 Dunes https://migrationtest.mapcore.org/topic/29632-de_dunes/ https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/fi…/?id=3261128705 Echolab https://migrationtest.mapcore.org/topic/29669-de_echolab/ https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/fi…/?id=3239216729 Elevation https://migrationtest.mapcore.org/topic/29771-de_elevation-wip/ https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/fi…/?id=3262775891 Equation https://migrationtest.mapcore.org/topic/29937-de…dventure-entry/ https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/fi…/?id=3285513317 Erosion https://migrationtest.mapcore.org/topic/29731-erosion/ https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/fi…/?id=3279747898 Fachwerk https://migrationtest.mapcore.org/topic/29616-fachwerk-wip/ https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/fi…/?id=3245038278 Factory https://migrationtest.mapcore.org/topic/29929-de_factory/ https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/fi…/?id=3302613150 Flick https://migrationtest.mapcore.org/topic/29574-de…updated-photos/ https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/fi…/?id=3262390709 Fore https://migrationtest.mapcore.org/topic/29580-de_fore/ https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/fi…/?id=3244765366 Gloriosa https://migrationtest.mapcore.org/topic/29684-gloriosa-wip/ https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/fi…/?id=3238509273 Golden https://migrationtest.mapcore.org/topic/29932-golden/ https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/fi…/?id=3286163323 Grail https://migrationtest.mapcore.org/topic/29602-grail/ https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/fi…/?id=3246527710 Honour https://migrationtest.mapcore.org/topic/29761-honour/ https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/fi…/?id=3260668378 Inertia https://migrationtest.mapcore.org/topic/29849-de_inertia-wip/ https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/fi…/?id=3283015859 Jura https://migrationtest.mapcore.org/topic/29783-de_jura-wip/ https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/fi…/?id=3261289969 Kendo https://migrationtest.mapcore.org/topic/29696-de_kendo/ https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/fi…/?id=3243015889 Kowloon Walled City https://migrationtest.mapcore.org/topic/29583-kowloon-walled-city/ https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/fi…/?id=3231162414 Leagues https://migrationtest.mapcore.org/topic/29923-leagues/ https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/fi…/?id=3301752508 Lux https://migrationtest.mapcore.org/topic/29747-lux/ https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/fi…/?id=3302009197 Marble https://migrationtest.mapcore.org/topic/29715-marble/ https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/fi…/?id=3247314493 Matinee https://migrationtest.mapcore.org/topic/29710-cs_matinee-wip/ https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/fi…/?id=3245391564 Minas https://migrationtest.mapcore.org/topic/29642-minas/ https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/fi…/?id=3230427672 News https://migrationtest.mapcore.org/topic/29692-de_news-wip/ https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/fi…/?id=3240414571 Palacio https://migrationtest.mapcore.org/topic/29637-palacio/ https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/fi…/?id=3249860053 Pango https://migrationtest.mapcore.org/topic/29916-pango-wip/ https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/fi…/?id=3298833586 Rail https://migrationtest.mapcore.org/topic/29645-de_rail-wip/ https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/fi…/?id=3252251249 Relic https://migrationtest.mapcore.org/topic/29575-relic/ https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/fi…/?id=3220451933 Saguaro https://migrationtest.mapcore.org/topic/29777-saguaro/ https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/fi…/?id=3263564177 Scorch https://migrationtest.mapcore.org/topic/29681-scorch/ https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/fi…/?id=3237337808 Shepherd https://migrationtest.mapcore.org/topic/29922-shepherd/ https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/fi…/?id=3287246469 Skyline https://migrationtest.mapcore.org/topic/29609-skyline/ https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/fi…/?id=3247917616 Sol https://migrationtest.mapcore.org/topic/29891-sol/ https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/fi…/?id=3297722815 Stronghold https://migrationtest.mapcore.org/topic/29568-stronghold/ https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/fi…/?id=3262011327 Taisha https://migrationtest.mapcore.org/topic/29562-de_taisha/ https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/fi…/?id=3228604299 Talence https://migrationtest.mapcore.org/topic/29804-de_talence-wip/ https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/fi…/?id=3287777905 Teriea https://migrationtest.mapcore.org/topic/29638-de_teriea-wip/ https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/fi…/?id=3231465169 Timber https://migrationtest.mapcore.org/topic/29857-timber/ https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/fi…/?id=3275538574 Tomb https://migrationtest.mapcore.org/topic/29712-tomb/ https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/fi…/?id=3243129765 Tundra https://migrationtest.mapcore.org/topic/29733-tundra-wip/ https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/fi…/?id=3237619935 Warden https://migrationtest.mapcore.org/topic/29742-warden/ https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/fi…/?id=3256988376 Wild https://migrationtest.mapcore.org/topic/29908-wild/ https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/fi…/?id=3300443462 Wrecked https://migrationtest.mapcore.org/topic/29668-wrecked/ https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/fi…/?id=3263081962 We will be announcing the plan for the stage 2 FACEIT hub rotations soon via the discord channel. Congratulations if you made it through to stage 2!

Congrats everyone it was a cool adventure

Congrats everyone and good luck in the next stage

Well done to all of the stage 2 mappers. Best of luck!

Goodluck for maps that are going on.....

Congrats to all the mappers ❤️ Great competition so far, already some heavy hitters in here!

Congrats everyone

congrats to everyone =D

Congrats, cant wait to see those maps finished

Congrats everyone)

Сongrats to everyone. I'm happy that I got to the next stage

and now the fun part will begin...

Congrats everyone, especially those in their first contest!

Congrats to everyone who made it!

Congrats to everyone who made it to Stage 2! Huge milestone and looking forward to seeing the before and after screenshots in 2025 before the start of Stage 3!