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	Message: : Hello! I'm here again to notify you about this year's netmap contest. Last : year I hosted a similar one, and the winners can be found on Fileball : under "Victory Dance." This year, I hope to make it bigger and : better than before. : IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, HERE ARE THE RULES: - The deadline is July 24 -- as of : this post, you have three weeks in which you must have submitted your map. : - ONLY NETMAPS ARE ALLOWED : - Any ORIGINAL netmap that was not completed before July 1 will be allowed. : - No remakes or "rhapsody" (combination) maps. Following with the : above rule, I am judging your map on its creativity and originality. : - No 7-polygon maps. Your map will be judged on the depth of your mapping. : - Only one map per person. The last file received by any competitor on July : 23 will be judged. : - No collaborating. The map must be constructed by you, and you alone, though : you are free to playtest it with other people. : - No CTF maps or any map that requires scripts -- just for simplicity's sake. : - All maps must use DEFAULT INFINITY SHAPES, SOUNDS, PHYSICS, etc. : I will judge the maps on a 70-point scale. The map that scores the most : points out of 70 is the winner of the contest. The scoring table is below: : FLOW: 20 points : - As in, how facilitated is player movement, how easy is it to find combat, : how well you can find the guns, how fast and succinct the corridors and : lifts are, etc. etc. Being that flow is the most important factor in any : map, it's worth the most points. Trick lifts, water cannons, and so forth : BALANCE: 15 points : - Misplaced spawn points, blind teleports, slow-moving doors, skewed weapon : locations, ridiculously overpowered guns based on map design, excessive : health or powerups, or any instance where the surviving player holds a : massive advantage over any other player will cause this to go down. : ARCHITECTURE AND DEPTH: 10 points : - The depth of your polygon usage goes here. Attention to detail, "eye : candy," fancy lighting, and what-have-you all factor into this. A map : that is nice to look at will do better here, but remember: don't sacrifice : flow for good architecture. Last year's winner (Sacral) was not the : greatest looking map ever, but it won, and it looked quite nice : regardless. : ORIGINALITY: 10 points : - If your map, in design, is unique, you will get the full points here. Arena : maps will do very poorly, because I have seen way too many arenas for : another arena to possibly be original anymore. This doesn't mean "lol : map made out of hallways," but one-room maps will probably get only : one or two points. Any map that scores a 0 in Originality will be : disqualified. : FUN: 10 points : - Proper weapon placement, a good level of carnage without being excessive or : unfair, and a properly-sized map are all good factors of sheer fun. Flow : does not necessarily mean fun. : FUNCTIONALITY: 5 points : - No untextured sides, no inescapable traps that don't automatically kill you : (lava traps are okay, empty holes are not), include eight player spawns, : and so forth. It's not hard to get all 5 points here. Any map that scores : less than 4 points in Functionality will be automatically disqualified. : Score summary: FLOW: 20 points : BALANCE: 15 points : ARCHITECTURE AND DEPTH: 10 points : ORIGINALITY: 10 points : FUN: 10 points : FUNCTIONALITY: 5 points : TOTAL: 70 points : Your map is not guaranteed a section-by-section critique of your map (i.e. : why your map only got 12 points for Flow), but you will be scored. : Remember: the deadline is July 24, 3 weeks from the start of this contest. : The winner will be announced anywhere between then and August 1. Anyone is : allowed to compete. The top few maps will be merged into a pack and : distributed, while the remainder will remain forgotten. : Heh. : Most importantly, though, have fun. And let the game begin. To submit your : map, e-mail it to RyokoTK@Gmail.com -- do not submit it as an attachment : on any Pfhorum or send it to me by any other means. You are not allowed to : seek critique from me. Don't ask. Your score will be reserved until the : contest is over. : Disclaimer: Submitting your map to me means you forefit all right to your map : -- in other words, it is mine to distribute. You will be credited : appropriately for your map. I reserve the right to disqualify any map or : mapmaker for any reason not listed above at any time, or no reason at all. : If you have any complaints, questions, queries, or anything else like : that, e-mail me, but know that I may spontaneously decide to disqualify : you if I don't like what you wrote. Just kidding. Or am I?
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