Personally, I have beaten 8 of the 15* maps in the contest. I've played 13 of them to some extent, but there are some logistical issues preventing me from playing some of them. For example, I haven't been able to put together a group to play FF:BoG or HS yet. I'm not sure how soon judging will be done, but I remember that in previous contests it took a loooong time. I think I'll be done playing all the maps within 2 weeks though, and I've got notes written up for all the ones I've already played. Some judges appear to be far behind, so we'll see how that goes. Anyway, have patience! If it were up to me, the results would be out by mid-February, but I can't exactly force the other judges to comply. Stay tuned I guess.

*I have excluded some maps from being judged.

....care to tell us which?

I second this. Not only which ones, but why.

I only think Wonder and Cataclysm are the only ones not being judged.

HS too. What was the 'RPG' part of it, seriously?

1. There are characters you can play as.
2. There are traditional RPG elements as far as character building goes.
3. You play through a story (that is described in the main thread)

Where's the part that's not an RPG?

I dunno... I haven't seen any RPG that is PvP and that your goal is as simple as going pwning a base because they said bad things about us.

Don't you think HS is more of an AoS than an RPG.

Payne invented a new genre: The 1-quest rpg.

I give Norm all credits

Wonder and Cataclysm.

Norm, it's nice that you put a lot of effort into writing a backstory in your thread, but I want to let you know that we are only judging the content in the maps themselves. The judges are not obligated to read your thread or any of the threads for other maps.

Basically, if it's not in the map, it won't be factored into your score.

I am confused how come Wonder and Cataclysm aren't being judged? Is it because they were incomplete? I quite enjoyed them, compared to the others. Quality over quantity you know I'd rather play 30minutes of perfection then 3 hours of bland.

Anyway just curious.

Ultimo's Lost Souls does have a forum thread:

http://www.staredit.net/topic/9648/

can the judges fill us in at how many of the games they played? It's um...been a while ;p

I"m not a judge but I have played all of the maps and ranked them myself as I went...taking notes and all . See people's choice awards thread -->>

I have lost all faith in these judges. I mean really, how long does it take?