And the questions start again.... It's disappointing to read all the negative and rude posts. The discussion is not positive towards the goal of providing Tremulous with new quality maps.
Are we looking at 2 mapping contests (Kaleo and Gareth)? Has Kaleo turned things over to gareth? Should the two of them discuss things privately with some of the established mappers with maybe a final consultation from some of the devs before objectives, rules, criteria and the contest is announced? Gareth - Your announcement has less detail and guidelines than Kaleo and you saw how that was accepted.
I won't support multiple contests. I was hoping to provide seed money to increase motivation and incentive and make things a little more interesting, but thought it might be matched or other prize contributors step forward. So far, not.
I admit that $100 is nothing compared to the time it takes to submit a good map and will increase it to $150 (or equivalent currency for the winner(s)), but still admit it is lacking and hope others join the prize money efforts. I would favor a first prize and a runner up with some division of the prize money to be decided.
I don't agree that some of the maps that have been recently released should not be included. These mappers went through allot of effort without the hope of any reward and since no one has really judged them, they have not been recognized by most of the players. Something should be decided that takes these into consideration in some context and allow these mappers to polish and tweak them before judging.
(Sorry for the double post as there seems to be duplicate threads.)
