SBWT Mapping Competition (Winner Results!)

[Beed28]

Only one map out of each the four categories will make it in (probably Yellow Devil's and not mine for the Wave Man category unfortunately).

[Linnie]

Is everyone going to get feedback on their maps when it's done? I'd really like to know how to improve my future maps.

Honestly, even though I know I still stand a snowball's chance in hell of winning, I'm eternally glad I signed up for this competition. The feedback I got throughout it taught me in a single map what is good and what is bad for map design.

[Kapus]

I would actually like to hear Ivory's opinions on the maps as well. He is generally the first person I go to for advice, but since he's the host of the competition, I could not do that.

[Hallan Parva]

Honestly, even though I know I still stand a snowball's chance in hell of winning, I'm eternally glad I signed up for this competition. The feedback I got throughout it taught me in a single map what is good and what is bad for map design.

THIS. THIS SO VERY HARD.


Personally I also think this competition turned out leagues better than the previous map/weapon compos. I think Messatsu described it as a "co-op-petition" because everyone was helping each other out like a big mapping family, heh heh. I can't speak for everyone who entered but personally I had a blast, and though my chances of victory are small I still feel incredibly proud of my work.


EDIT: I made a video of Linnie's map as part of my mid-stage critique. If you want something similar, let me know after the compo ends and I'll be glad to give you a review of your own. If you even care. Marginally. Or something.

[Ivory]

The competition is now closed. Thank you all, further details will be posted at a later date.

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[!] W A L L - O F - S H A M E [!]
Blaze because of that Mega Holiday Pack incident >_> <_<
Cold Noodles
Myroc x2 SHAME due to doing the same for the CTF Compo >_> <_<
<geminibro>
Linnie (because he asked to be on)


[!] W A L L - O F - D I S A P P O I N T M E N T [!]
Mendez
KorbyHe didn't complete his final funbox map!1111!11!11



None of you get to be stars! Poof!

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[Hallan Parva]

well fuck myself



[2:59:28 AM] *** Cobbler sent SuperBurstFighterII.wad ***
[3:00:15 AM] Ivory: too late
[3:00:22 AM] Cobbler: wait what
[3:00:32 AM] Ivory: It's past midnight for me.
[3:00:40 AM] Cobbler: I call hax
[3:00:48 AM] Ivory: my clock is the one that matters~
[3:00:54 AM] Cobbler: so I still lose then
[3:01:09 AM] Cobbler: darn



Oh well, best of luck to Mendez and Fyone. NEVER MIND

[SmashTheEchidna]

Ooooooooohh...Ouch, man. Better luck next time.



Can't wait to see all the maps that've been submitted.

[Russel]

Well...Korby was a bro for Smash and got him a plus side for Ivory's closed...damn, I can't find a place to put the b.

Either way, Korby convinced Ivory to accept the map, and Smash was happy.

[Kapus]

Great to hear. The more recent the map, the better.

[SmashTheEchidna]

Ah, well that's good news.

[Ceridran]

So Mendez and I just talked for maybe not that long actually, and we realized a THING.

Why wasn't Quickman's stage here to be reworked?

[Magnet Dood]

That can be a question asked for many, many maps, depending on your opinion.

[Beed28]

Could there be a new Cutstuff anime series coming soon? Korby: Right Back at Ya!!

Anyway, I hope everybody's been hiding a Yashichi in their maps because I have. And I feel sorry for all the people who ended up on the [!] W A L L - O F - S H A M E [!].

[Ivory]

So Mendez and I just talked for maybe not that long actually, and we realized a THING.

Why wasn't Quickman's stage here to be reworked?

Because the 3 stages here were objectively the worst of the core maps. We were striving to only include maps that weren't opinionated bad, they were maps that were for the most part, avoided/not looked forward to/etc. Top Man was added to even it to 4 categories due to being on the bland side and being a map Mike wouldn't mind seeing replaced. Maybe future there will be another mapping contest for another batch of core maps deemed in need of help, but the next competition I run is probably going to be a weapon compo to break up all the mapping ones. After all, it gets into grey territory with opinionated bad map vs objectively bad maps.

[Myroc]

Sorry about the lack of a map, but I managed to screw up two separate deadlines, thinking that this one was due to end on the 20th. Meanwhile, I rushed to get something else done by yesterday, not realizing that wasn't due for another week.

You'd think I would keep better track of these things. Best of luck to the other contestants.