Hello people, the other day I was considering the fact that there is plenty of people on this site that know how to map, eh decently.
So I came to proposition that we should create a contest. The contest itself would be and is promoting new and original level designs for fun.
There would be a few rules and guidelines about this contest as well:

1. Level originality - new encounters, scripting, etc. Mods of other sp maps will not be taken
2. Authors - maximum people of 3 being able to work the actual level (dosen't include dialog, or other tags that are public, etc)
3. Level model - while having a pre-used bsp won't hold anything against you, having a custom bsp will gain you extra points when judged.
4. Story - Each level should contain somewhat of a story, guided by text based dialog or ingame dialog. Quality of writing/ VA will get you your grade here. This also only counts towards SP maps.
4. Grading - Everyone will be graded equally by 3 judges. Judges are allowed to participate, but they cannot grade their own things. Grading will be on a 100 point scale, with the following categories:
* Originality of map (did you copy something?)
* Gameplay (how fun is it?)
* BSP originality (yo, is your bsp custom at all? extra points for prettiness, dosen't count against though)
* Story (is their anyone talking, or am i just gunning down random enemies? this only counts towards sp; mp will be on 80 point scale)
* Level/Encounter Designs (how well did you actually plan this, or did you just wing it?)
5. When submitting your work, please post it here (this thread). The submission should include your map file and any other design files you created when making it (encounter drawings, scripts, story script etc).
6. Starts now; ends in 3 months, May 13th (can be changed if needed by the majority of participants)
7. Have fun!

There will be a prize. It is undecided what it is, so please suggest something down below. Also, feel free to give some criticism on the rules I proposed. I guess you consider me as a judge, so I need two more. Any volunteers?

Participants: (Post in the thread to say if you wish to participate or not)
MatthewDratt
pepzee
Manaic1000
Elefant
Higuy
Skilit
ODST_Nick
Vampire_girl
spartin115

Judges:
Higuy
Lodeman
?

Hoping for some exciting stuff from you guys. Thanks for reading.
Edited by Higuy on Feb 23, 2011 at 06:35 PM
Edited by Higuy on Feb 26, 2011 at 07:48 AM

I guess I could submit a map I'm working on
but I wouldn't want it to be released then. It prob wouldn't be finished, but close

Look out guys, heres you (crappy) competition!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eBIGca-GkY

I could also judge, but meh whatever.
Edited by MatthewDratt on Feb 13, 2011 at 03:03 PM

Hmmm... I wonder if Snowy would qualify (dis hyar's Skilit)

i would participate in this but the sheer amount of work i need to do to complete the map i'm working on is fast becoming very slow in progress,there's so many things i want to do with and add to the my map.
i'm not part of a team and i don't think i will be done even 2 months from now.

good luck guys.

Interesting.

Would a firefight be allowed?
Edited by pepzee on Feb 13, 2011 at 04:51 PM

Yes.



Well, if the majority of the particpants want longer time, I can change it.

I guess that also means I'm a judge.
Edited by Higuy on Feb 13, 2011 at 04:56 PM

I will be entering this contest, i am looking for a couple helpers though.

Yeah, I just started on something I'd love to enter but I doubt I'd be able to finish it in 2 months. Considering school, that gives me only weekends, which means 18 days, including today.

So if you reserve 4 hours a day to eating/sleeping/using the restroom/homework, that gives you 360 hours to work on it. No excuses

Also I might enter, depends on my progress with things in a week or so from now and if I can overcome a certain obstacle that has halted a lot of work.

1st place - the winner will get his name appeared in the next part of Lumuria in the shape of a cloud in the sky or maybe carved in a stone?

2nd place - Will get 12 muffins baked by Higuy of course.

3rd place - Higuy will open a server and he will allow you to use aimbot vs him.

My ideas for the prices, well I am off I have loads of anime eps I want to see tonight, :)

I can change the time then. What would everyone want instead of 2 months, 3?

Yes. The more time we have, the better results you'll get :p

Alright. The new time will be 3 months, so submissions must be submitted is May 13th.

Feel free to post any WIP content for your project here, so we can have some massive pile of awesome content in one thread

when will you release the map? :D It's been a long time that you talk about it and I'm very impatient xd

Summer 2011. I'll give the final release date at CE3
Edited by MatthewDratt on Feb 14, 2011 at 03:54 PM

Edited by MatthewDratt on Feb 14, 2011 at 03:58 PM

So Dave, I presume you wont be putting DTSP into the contest.

How disappointing.
Edited by Higuy on Feb 14, 2011 at 04:09 PM

*hides in the shadows and waits to snatch one of the unexpected mappers into CE3*

Or instead of me kidnapping you, if your map is the winner me and Dratt will be glad to show you off in CE3

360 hours isn't nearly enough time. Plus, I do have other things in my life besides Halo >_> I can't just sit down and spend my entire weekend on Halo, then it would get stale REALLY fast. Plus, 4 hours a day for sleeping/eating/bathroom/homework? Sleeping is at least 8 hours just by itself, and homework is usually 2-3 hours.
Edited by UnevenElefant5 on Feb 14, 2011 at 05:17 PM

Well this is going to be quite a challenge for me, considering my basic scripting skills and not being able to model a map at all. Whatever I can try, I don't expect to win against MattewDratt and his Takedown V2(unless it's as bad as V1, no offense). Also Higuy, your a participant and a judge? That seems as if it may be a little unfair.

^let dennis be the overall judge then.or at very least the 3rd judge.

Nah, Dennis is just gonna come in here and tell us about the rating system for all of the maps, or just give us links to the top 100 favorites list.

But that is a good idea, he does generally speaking have an unbiased opinion.

pepzee just do your best man,im having some mapping problems as well but,
the show must go on

My slogan is gonna be:

"Better than the average BG mod, we hope."

good man,now that's positve thinking right there!!! lol

He said judges can participate, but they will not grade their own projects. It's in the first post.

I'll be a judge if you need one. I have the time to play, but not the time (or resources) to create anything soon.

I know, but still. What I'm thinking of is that he will compare our projects to his and grade us on how well we did compared to his.

taking part is what counts,it's for fun sure.no ones going to get a job working for bungie over it.
sure mine is gonna suck,but i couldn't care i will try to do what i can.

at least if my map sucks it will entertain a few people.
yeah hell put me on the list i'm in.

:P it says but all I see is single player requirements

so...are we to asume lumoria 2 is on it's way into this contest??

nice1 thanks,i still have half a chance then.

if you read the first post, it explains how multi player is graded differently then single.

Let's just hope this actually happens: even the b30 contest I held during the summer fell apart and I was pretty devoted. I guess there just wasn't enough interest, but this seems far more promising!