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I hope prize don't include money. Root of all evil!
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papercoffee wrote:I think about a price ... maybe ...I draw the winner as a UT character with his favorite weapon.
Simple shaded with colour and print quality.
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I will contribute a sealed big box Totally Unreal to the winner, postage paid, if you like.
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Post by TARZANFROMJUNGLE »

I like the enthusiasm and am also in need of an excuse to map.

I guess creating a poll with all the aforementioned things is the easiest way to decide.

My preference goes out to the frozen in time theme actually, though to really nail that feeling in the map you have to be rather experienced in mapping I guess. On the other hand, Halloween offers loads of possibilities as well.. Ahwell, we'll see.
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How about bringing Blito's 300k mapping contest back to life?

rules:

- 300k max filesize.
- screenshot MyLevel'ed.
- brushes intact as in UNDELETED.
- DM,CTF or DOM only.
- Bot support.

For those who don't think anything good can come from such small mapsize - head over to the sadly dead unrealplayground.com and search for 300k and see what can be done if planning well.

last contest was 2008: http://www.unrealplayground.com/forums/ ... le&id=7292
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TheDane wrote:last contest was 2008: http://www.unrealplayground.com/forums/ ... le&id=7292
Guess you wasn't here when he made 2011 and 2013 contests then :mrgreen:

Naaaah let's keep the 300k as UPs exclusive contest ok?
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Post by Dr.Flay »

Actually, I believe the Dane means the last 300k contest.

We are still not settled on a theme yet, so I'm not sure adding limits is a help at this point.
However starting with a limit can help you choose your theme.
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Chamberly wrote:Best tutorial mapping contest? <3
Love this.
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TheDane wrote:How about bringing Blito's 300k mapping contest back to life?

rules:

- 300k max filesize.
- screenshot MyLevel'ed.
- brushes intact as in UNDELETED.
- DM,CTF or DOM only.
- Bot support.

For those who don't think anything good can come from such small mapsize - head over to the sadly dead unrealplayground.com and search for 300k and see what can be done if planning well.

last contest was 2008: http://www.unrealplayground.com/forums/ ... le&id=7292
hmm...

I'm pretty sure Blito3 and others would join in :)

a few points, though: most 300k contests allowed brushes to be deleted for the contest map... this allows for much needed minimal details and additional light actors or decos which often made the difference between "really simple300k" and "simple but GOOD looking 300k". The screenshots were also not required but i always made sure i used one (8k max). ASSAULT is also usually allowed - some very good 300k assault maps were made.

before anyone gets snooty about 300k, let me just say this... It is very HARD to make a decent 300k map and it takes a LOT more SKILL than you think. Speaking for myself (and i've made several 300k maps by now) it is way easier to make a 1000 brush map where you just keep adding bsp, lights, movers, whatever.

On the upside, 300k contests are a hoot, the maps are often funny and entertaining, some suck but some are brilliant. Mappers can make as many as they want (or have ideas for) so you end up with a pile of new maps to play... so if 50 maps are made altogether, then 10 are going to really great maps. Mappers can also develop their 300k maps into bigger more detailed maps later on if they want (although most people don't)

Anyways, i'm all for 300k if you guys want to do that - if you do, be sure to announce over at Unreal Playground :)

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Just asking: is 300k some kind of magic number? I mean, why not 400 or 500k? I agree with FraGnBraG that with a 300k map, design is king and it needs mappers to be quite clever, but can't help to wonder why 300.
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Dr.Flay wrote:Actually, I believe the Dane means the last 300k contest.
I did mean those ;)
http://www.unrealplayground.com/forums/ ... hp?t=59544 2013 version (I... I... messed up there... don't want to talk about it :oops: )
http://www.unrealplayground.com/forums/ ... =300k+2011 2011 version... where I 1st tried to register at UP but the system there got messed up or something :noidea
Carbon wrote:Just asking: is 300k some kind of magic number? I mean, why not 400 or 500k? I agree with FraGnBraG that with a 300k map, design is king and it needs mappers to be quite clever, but can't help to wonder why 300.
Blame blito3 :P
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Carbon wrote:Just asking: is 300k some kind of magic number? I mean, why not 400 or 500k? I agree with FraGnBraG that with a 300k map, design is king and it needs mappers to be quite clever, but can't help to wonder why 300.
heh, you'd have to ask Blito3, although the 300K contests started before I joined at Unreal Playground which was in mid 2002...

It could be due the forum-post attachment size limit at UP... iirc, the UP system had a size limit of 300K per attachment, which meant you didn't have to go through the lengthy map upload process just to post your 300k contest map, which kinda fits with Blito3's "no fuss" philosophy.... well that's a theory, dunno :)
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Post by papercoffee »

Ok, we have now 10 suggestions as Theme ideas.
  • Stuck inside a different video game.
  • All under water theme maps.
  • Quake themed levels.
  • Best tutorial mapping contest. (I don't really know what you mean with this ...sry)
  • Anatomical maps
  • Samhain / Halloween
  • Christmas themed
  • Revival of the 300k contests.
  • Micro maps
  • Frozen in time maps.
I'll make a vote in this thread.
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I first voted for Video Games and 300k, but then I got a great idea for a Micro Halloween map, so I chose those 2 options instead :satan:
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UnrealGecko wrote:I first voted for Video Games and 300k, but then I got a great idea for a Micro Halloween map, so I chose those 2 options instead :satan:
then just narrow it down to 300k and you got three categories covered :tu: ..... place a pumpkin on top of an ice cube and make it stick - then you also covered the "frozen in time" as halloween theme is a "time" of the year thing too? ... 4 categories covered in just one map.... Now place it all in say a maze? Then you covered the video game category as well by making it look like you play inside pacman? ... 5 catagories covered in just one map - the ghosts from pacman would do fine for your halloween theme :satan:

actualy there's no reason your videogame-micro-300k-halloween-frozen map scenary couldn't take place on the bottom of the ocean? > 6 categories covered.... :omfg:
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