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