17buddies Solstice Mapping Contest, Counter Strike 1.6 Options

[Chapo]

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17Buddies is proud to announce you the first 17Buddies mapping contest:

2012 Solstice Mapping Contest

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This is a Counter Strike 1.6 mapping contest that will last from Friday, April 20th to Wednesday, June 20th at 11:59pm GMT.


Please read the following contest rules and information closely.


Rules:

• Types allowed: Defuse, Hostage Rescue, Fight Yard, Gungame, or Aim map,
• Only one external wad allowed: 17bsolstice.wad ( No Wadinclude allowed other than mapper's signature),
• Use of 'standard' wads is allowed (cstrike.wad, halflife.wad...) and zhlt.wad allowed,
• The theme of the map must be related to summer, solstice or sun,
• Map must have at least 32 slots,
• Map must have been optimized with 1200 wpolys maximum,
• You must place prominently in the map at least one banner and one button 17buddies provided in the 17bsolstice wad file,
• The map must be your own map and must be made for this contest,
• Do not use custom content without permission from its creator,
• Do not have any disgusting content in the map,
• Only one map per mapper,
• Only one mapper per map,

Judging:

• Visual appeal and attention to detail
• Overall fun and playability
• Lighting – Is the lighting convincing for the situation it’s used it.
• Detail – Pretty simple to grasp.
• Texture use – Do the textures in the map all fit, and flow together?
• Model use – Do the models fit the map?
• Optimization – How well does the map play
• Build quality of map
• Brush use – Did you use brushes well in the map?
• Entity use – Did you use entities well in the map?
• Design
• Balance – Is the map fair for both teams?

Registering:

• Register on 17buddies
• Post a message in this topic with your mapper's name before Friday, April 20th 2012 11:59pm GMT
• Send a PM to Chapo with a valid email where we can send you messages.

Prizes:
Sponsors: If you want to enter this competition and promote your company, please contact Chapo.

• 1st Prize : 6 months of free Advertising on 17's Buddies main pages ( Value : 48 Euros )
• 2nd Prize : 3 months of free Advertising on 17's Buddies main pages ( Value : 24 Euros )
• 3rd Prize : 1 month of free Advertising on 17's Buddies main pages ( Value : 8 Euros )
• ..and all mappers will receive our eternal consideration

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Submission of the Map:

• You must submit a full archive in .zip format with all needed ressources (textures, sky, models, sprites, sounds,...),
• You can use HLBox17b to create archive,
• Map must be send before Wednesday, June 20th at 11:59pm GMT.

Judges:

• (IMG:http://www.17buddies.net/17b2/Images/Countries/fr.png) Chapo
• (IMG:http://www.17buddies.net/17b2/Images/Countries/fr.png) S3B
• (IMG:http://www.17buddies.net/17b2/Images/Countries/fr.png) Albator
• (IMG:http://www.17buddies.net/17b2/Images/Countries/es.png) Unisoldier
• (IMG:http://www.17buddies.net/17b2/Images/Countries/bg.png) Kra40n1
• (IMG:http://www.17buddies.net/17b2/Images/Countries/bg.png) PsYxOpAt

Registered Mappers:

• (IMG:http://www.17buddies.net/17b2/Images/Countries/ua.png) sokol
• (IMG:http://www.17buddies.net/17b2/Images/Countries/ro.png) Tatu Eugen
• (IMG:http://www.17buddies.net/17b2/Images/Countries/ru.png) SergioPoverony
• (IMG:http://www.17buddies.net/17b2/Images/Countries/ve.png) Apps
• (IMG:http://www.17buddies.net/17b2/Images/Countries/ro.png) tizu
• (IMG:http://www.17buddies.net/17b2/Images/Countries/cz.png) Dominio
• (IMG:http://www.17buddies.net/17b2/Images/Countries/gb.png) Grounded
• (IMG:http://www.17buddies.net/17b2/Images/Countries/de.png) warri
• (IMG:http://www.17buddies.net/17b2/Images/Countries/de.png) 23shockwave
• (IMG:http://www.17buddies.net/17b2/Images/Countries/nl.png) Naigel
• (IMG:http://www.17buddies.net/17b2/Images/Countries/ua.png) ZAZA
• (IMG:http://www.17buddies.net/17b2/Images/Countries/pe.png) JaiiRiToO
• (IMG:http://www.17buddies.net/17b2/Images/Countries/ro.png) Kira.
• (IMG:http://www.17buddies.net/17b2/Images/Countries/ro.png) fr33pr0d
• (IMG:http://www.17buddies.net/17b2/Images/Countries/ar.png) Max (von A)
• (IMG:http://www.17buddies.net/17b2/Images/Countries/md.png) XaxaTyH
• (IMG:http://www.17buddies.net/17b2/Images/Countries/ua.png) Palp
• (IMG:http://www.17buddies.net/17b2/Images/Countries/md.png) Vova
• (IMG:http://www.17buddies.net/17b2/Images/Countries/ro.png) chaosmedia90
• (IMG:http://www.17buddies.net/17b2/Images/Countries/fr.png) Project
• (IMG:http://www.17buddies.net/17b2/Images/Countries/bg.png) Berreta
• (IMG:http://www.17buddies.net/17b2/Images/Countries/dk.png) audizmann
• (IMG:http://www.17buddies.net/17b2/Images/Countries/fr.png) lilou&luniz
• (IMG:http://www.17buddies.net/17b2/Images/Countries/us.png) k1no
• (IMG:http://www.17buddies.net/17b2/Images/Countries/se.png) KNE
• (IMG:http://www.17buddies.net/17b2/Images/Countries/de.png) m0535

Thanks:
We wish to thank the following sites that allow us to promote our mapping contest:

• GameBanana
• Cstrike Planet
• Clubic
• Vossey
• Mapping-Zone
• CS-Mapping
• Mapping.ro
• Comunidad UpC
• Modding-Area
• CS-BG
• Bulgarian-Kreedz
• Sector.BG
• HDservers
• Gameplay-BG
• Papyrus-kn
• Mapping BG

We DO NOT want to thank the following site(s):

• Site du zero:
  A french 'community' with mapping tutorials that doesn't seems to like mapping contest. They have edited our topic. (IMG:http://forum.17buddies.rocks/style_emoticons/default/glare.gif)
• Extreamcs.com:
  They moved our topic to recycle bin.

Questions:
If you have any more questions don’t think twice about asking, but read carefully the FAQ below before asking.

I wish you all the best! Good luck, and happy mapping!

This post has been edited by Chapo: 14/06/2012 - 17:55:47

[S3B]

Day - 4

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[lilou]

(IMG:http://forum.17buddies.rocks/style_emoticons/default/blink.gif) voilà c'est fini pour moi j'ai rendu mon travail (IMG:http://forum.17buddies.rocks/style_emoticons/default/icon_cry.gif)
et bonne chance autres mappeur (IMG:http://forum.17buddies.rocks/style_emoticons/default/felicitation.gif)



(IMG:http://forum.17buddies.rocks/style_emoticons/default/blink.gif) This is it is finished for me I made my work (IMG:http://forum.17buddies.rocks/style_emoticons/default/icon_cry.gif)
and good luck other Mapper (IMG:http://forum.17buddies.rocks/style_emoticons/default/felicitation.gif)

[KNE]

How do I send the map in when I'm finished?

[Chapo]

Upload your map on 17b like any other map. For example, you can call it xx_17buddies_yyy (xx = de,fy,cs,..) and yyy you map name.

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[KNE]

Upload your map on 17b like any other map. For example, you can call it xx_17buddies_yyy (xx = de,fy,cs,..) and yyy you map name.

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So it have to be 17buddies in the mapname?

[Chapo]

We prefer

[KNE]

We prefer

Ok (IMG:http://forum.17buddies.rocks/style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

[KNE]

Is it ok to use wadinclude on 17bsolstice.wad?

[Chapo]

Yes, if you use ONLY 17bsolstice and standard textures.

We will check in bsp file for included textures and if a non allowed texture is found (other than mapper's banner) map will be disqualified.

[KNE]

Yes, if you use ONLY 17bsolstice and standard textures.

We will check in bsp file for included textures and if a non allowed texture is found (other than mapper's banner) map will be disqualified.

Well nevermind, I'm finishend and I didn't include the wadfile. Hope you like it, and GL to all mappers! (IMG:http://forum.17buddies.rocks/style_emoticons/default/icon_cool.gif)

[m0535]

phew finally I'm done (IMG:http://forum.17buddies.rocks/style_emoticons/default/icon_razz.gif)

[SimeriaIonut]

Well, where are we able to see the mapper's maps for the solstice contest? I mean all of them.

P.S. Congratulations to all the mappers in this contest.

[Grounded]

Well, where are we able to see the mapper's maps for the solstice contest? I mean all of them.

http://forum.17buddies.net/index.php?showt...p;#entry1083675

[S3B]

Only good maps in this contest - Gj to all mappers for this hard work and the time spend.

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[deepeyes]

Congrats for the participant ... (IMG:http://www.deepeyes-maps.com/forum/Smileys/onions/peace.gif)

[m0535]

Hey there 17Buddies (IMG:http://forum.17buddies.rocks/style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

for your next contests (I hope there will be a lot (IMG:http://forum.17buddies.rocks/style_emoticons/default/icon_razz.gif) ) you might also consider promoting your mapping competition on thewall.de, which is a quite popular German mapping community.
By spreading the news on thewall.de you would probably reach most of the German map developers, which would most likely increase the number of participants and conesquently the number of entries.

I ,for myself, only found out about this contest due to S3B's example map, which i saw on gamebanana.com and therefore I sadly wasn't able to join earlier (IMG:http://forum.17buddies.rocks/style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)

Now enough of my advertisment for thewall.de (IMG:http://forum.17buddies.rocks/style_emoticons/default/icon_razz.gif) , let the judging begin and might the best entry win (which will be most likely warri's de_kassai xD).

Nevertheless good luck to everyone else, sadly there are just so few entries (IMG:http://forum.17buddies.rocks/style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)

I'm looking forward to joining the next contest soon (IMG:http://forum.17buddies.rocks/style_emoticons/default/icon_razz.gif)

[deepeyes]

I hope the next competition would be Counter-Strike Source, or maybe Counter-Strike Global Offensive ... (IMG:http://forum.17buddies.rocks/style_emoticons/default/icon_razz.gif)

This post has been edited by deepeyes: 25/06/2012 - 16:43:39

[Chapo]

Results are published here:

http://forum.17buddies.net/index.php?showtopic=13276

de_kassai by warri has win our first contest (IMG:http://forum.17buddies.rocks/style_emoticons/default/bravo.gif)

Thank you everybody !!!