O Hi, fancy seeing you here. Well I like maps and such, but there are so many maps (and mapping competitions) that are just about eyecandy, but in actuality horrible horrible maps, that I thought I should do something about it. Say hello to the newest mapping competition in town - MINE!
So gather 'round children, make your maps, call your friends, win some stuff and everyone goes home happy (or else!)
Rules:
- No textures used from the 1.1 default maps. (other textures from same sets ok, just nothing used in 1.1 allowed)
- Must be enjoyable and playable (no seizure-inducing crap)
- Should aim to balance the map for 4v4 through 7v7 (8-14 players)
- Should be a NEW, never before seen map, not a port or other such nonsense
- Must be your or your teams work, no one else’s.
- If your entry is not from one individual, ALL contributors must be credited
- You must signup by the signup date or cry to your mother (no exceptions - you must do one of these)
- Must submit the map by the due date and time.
- Can submit as many maps as you want – no limit!
- Must include .map in the pk3 submission
- A KhalsaCola machine (http://khalsa.mercenariesguild.net/comp/khalsacola.jpg) *must* be somewhere in your map. (or any other KhalsaCola product)
Judging Criteria
- Balanced as well as possible for 1.1 and for MGDEV
- Gameplay Gameplay Gameplay
- Gameplay
- How well your maps plays
- User experience while playing your map
Judges
None of your business, they know who they are and you might find out later. They are welcome to speak up if they like.
Tips:
DO NOT - Make a box map: Box maps are lame, boring, and do not have good gameplay.
DO - Make a cool creative balanced map: No durrr idiot, this is how you WIN
DO NOT- Make a symmetrical map: pretty much same as above
DO - Suck up to Khalsa and the judges: Just like real life, sucking up might get your somewhere! (probably not though)
DO NOT - Break the rules: Are you stupid or something?
DO - Bribe the Judges or Khalsa: I accept cash, checks, money orders, paypal, WoW gold, land, oxen, women, and hand-made quilts
DO NOT - Completely ignore how the map looks for the sake of gameplay: Just cause the focus is on gameplay, doesn't mean we want shitty untextured maps with no eye on design
DO - Beta test your maps: Lots of fun public games gives you a better idea of how to fix your maps
Prizes
****Overall Winner****
Buy you a Mofrag Shirt + 1 year webhosting + 2 months free tremserver + Something else I haven't thought of yet
****Khalsa's Choice****
1 year webhosting + 1 month free tremserver
****Secret Criteria****
1 month free tremserver
Signup
You must signup stating your intention to create a map no later than Friday, February 6th 2009 5:00 pm CST. Send an email to Khalsa+contest @ ioquake.org with your name, or the name of your Team+members. *****If I do not receive 7 individual and distinct signups, this competition will not move forward. I'm not going to waste my time, the judges time, my money, those cool prizes, and the communities mindshare on a crappy little contest with only 2-3 maps. The internet is serious business folks!
Submission
Email your final submission as a complete and final PK3 to Khalsa+contest @ ioquake.org . The file name must be in the following format: Yourname-Mapname-Khalsacomp.pk3 Substitute your teams name for yourname appropriately. The pk3 must include all sources used in the map (.map, sounds, textures, etc.)
Due Date
Final Submission Due Date will be announced within the next couple days, will be about a month out.
No late maps will be accepted. <--Period (seriously)
Releasing
You are highly highly highly encouraged to create a thread in the mapping release forum documenting the updates and changes to your map. You are highly encouraged to create alpha's/beta's as much as possible and distribute them throughout the community to garner feedback. The only thing we ask is that you DO NOT release the .map and/or other sources untill after the contest winners have been announced.
Legalese
All maps must be licensed under an open and free license. Khalsa reserves the right to do whatever the fuck he wants with your map and .map. (Yes, that means I get to make sick sick love to them whenever I like, and there is NOTHING you can do about it!) (In all likelyhood I will do nothing, since I know jack squat about maps and .maps (other than the source file to a map is called .map)) This small text is a bit hard to read, isn't it? Maybe I should make it a little larger, no - on second thought all you sharp-eyed mappers should easily be able to read this. Also, I reserve the right to change anything and everything in this post as I see fit, when I see fit, how I see fit. (I'm looking pretty fit eh?)