17Buddies is proud to announce you the first 17Buddies mapping contest:
2012 Solstice Mapping Contest
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:
Registered Mappers:
- sokol
- Tatu Eugen
- SergioPoverony
- Apps
- tizu
- Dominio
- Grounded
- warri
- 23shockwave
- Naigel
- ZAZA
- JaiiRiToO
- Kira.
- fr33pr0d
- Max (von A)
- XaxaTyH
- Palp
- Vova
- chaosmedia90
- Project
- Berreta
- audizmann
- lilou&luniz
- k1no
- KNE
- 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. - 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!