TDG Mapathon Contest

This year, Clan TDG will again be hosting a new series in mapping contests to be held every weekend. The TDG Mapathon is a 2-day (48 hours) event that is meant to inspire creativity by using a keyword as a theme and then allowing contestants 48 hours to create, develop, and complete their mapping project.

The contest is primarily oriented towards interactive multiplayer maps (at least 2 players, not just a cinematic) and will be judged on the basis of 3 criteria: Theme, Ingenuity, and Potential.

The contest begins every weekend at 8pm EDT (12 PM GMT) on Friday and concludes Sunday at 8PM EDT (12 PM GMT)- followed by a period of game play from 8PM on, where contestants will be given the opportunity to play and comment on entries. (Times are GMT, without Daylight Savings Time. EDT times are Daylight Savings Time)

The contest is open to the public. The official rewards are small, but include featured map status on the Clan TDG forums/website and optional support (including but not limited to) dl only hosting and playtesting provided by Clan TDG, plus bragging rights.

Anything goes with respect to custom models, custom script, 3rd-party editors, and entries do not need to be unprotected. For more complete description of the rules of the contest series, check the clan TDG Mapathon forum.

http://www.jx3.net/tdg/forum/viewforum.php?f=41

This year, there will be a slight change from the format of last year. Rather than running a competition each week, we instead will only run the theme-based concepts for eight weeks. The maps made after 48 hours will be judged on concept, and not playability or completeness. After this eight-week period, contestants will have one month (4 weeks) during which they may polish up any map of their choosing, and after these four weeks, a complete judging of all maps shall occur, using the same criteria as before, in addition to the Playability.

Galahaut and myself will be in charge of coming up with themes and in charge of judging, but all are welcome to come to help test the maps and help in the judging (if they have not submitted a map).

The first contest of the Mapathon series will begin on Friday, May 25. Therefore, the eight weeks will go from Friday, May 25th until Sunday, July 15th, with the month-long period lasting until Sunday, August 12th.

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