FAQs
What is a Monthly Map Contest?
Pretty self explanatory. Each month, a contest is held where the community races to finish maps that are centered around a set theme for that month. The race starts at the beginning of the month, or slightly before it, and lasts until the end of the month, when the maps are judged. Of course, the map must be started during the contest and finished before for it to be eligible.
What's the purpose of this?
Minerals, Bragging Rights and most of all... For fun!
How do I join?
By posting here or PMing me that you wish to join.
When will the contest start?
April 1st at roughly 12:00 AM EST when I submit the theme.
What will the them be?
You'll find out when I put the theme at the top of this post. Suggestions are accepted, but there's a small chance I will use them. The theme is used to help ensure that people don't use old maps and give the contest a bit of a twist each month.
Rules
♧ Maps must be finished before the last day of the month in which they are held.
♧ Maps must be started AFTER the contest begins, that means you must start from scratch.
♧ You must create the map yourself, no stealing or team projects, sorry
♧ The map must go along with the theme.
Judging Criteria
Theme
Did your map make good use of the given theme? A 0 in this category results in disqualification.
X/10
Complexity
Was your map easy to create? Was it hard?
X/15
Content
What exactly did you do? Did you go in-depth with the triggering? Was the terrain nice?
X/20
Professionalism
Were there error reports? Did something not work just right? Was the map actually finished?
X/15
Originality
Did you base your map off someone else's? Is it too similar to another?
X/15
Fun & Balance
Was it fun? Did we enjoy it from start to finish? Was the game balanced? Was it too easy?
X/25
This all is worth 100 points in total and will determine the ranking of the maps. There will be prizes for First Place, Second Place and the Best of Show, which will be given to the most popular map. The prizes depend on how many contributions are received, which will be handled by myself. Contributions will be listed below... As well as participating members.
Contributions
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Participants
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None.
