Mapping Contest

[gamer102]

I am holding a mapping contest for all to enter.
Three people will grade your maps to see who the winner is.
The mapping contest will end September 1st, 2006

MAP RULES

Can be any map version (ROC - TFT)
You may have custom data inserted in to the map. (Abilities, Triggers, Models, Icons, etc.)
Maximum map size will be 256x256
Feel free to protect your map
If your map is bigger than 500 kb, then put it in a zip file
you may use map optimizers to speed up the loading time
You can base your map on any idea, as long as it's fun (Example: George Bush's Hero's Battle)Map Types

You can create any map type you can think of.
Grading
If a judge enters a map, the other jugdes will grade it
I will be grading on the following 5 things in your map.
The grading will be done in points

Fun (Is it fun to play over and over again) (100)
Professionality (Is it well built, or poorly thought out) (100)
Bugs (Is there any bugs in your triggering) (100)
Theme (Is it just a couple of flowers, or some grasslands and a waterfall) (100)
Originality (Is it another DOTA map to fill the list, or is it your own idea) (100)
Total (500)
Grading





We don't know how to grade your map because it involves grading differences with each map (More imported files, better icons, etc.) So We, The jugdes, Will grade your map in a complete perspective. We will grade your map on how well everything fits inside your map and copes with every other custom object. Your map is like a puzzle, that puzzle can be any size, it can have as many pieces as you want, any size, and all those pieces together make the whole picture. If those pieces fit perfectly with one another, your great, but if any pieces don't fit, or are from another puzzle completely, you will get marked down points.Imported Files will not be graded for quality, but for how well it copes with your map


All Custom Objects will be gradedSince some people protect/optimize thier maps, We cannot go into deep grading, only to grade what we see playing the map in the full picture (Trigger Complications, everything inside the map, .etc)

Grading Basics+ Bugs (Why won't it...c'mon..work ...aahhrrrrrr.. Stupid map)+ Tooltips (if there's a unit tooltip that says "Build house" - A flying unit that has fireballs"....oooh... deep doo doo)+ Balancing (Making sure everything is balanced)+ Custom Object Editing (A talking dog, abilities that don't make sense, flying boxes that have hero names, an artifact for free, buildings that can upgrade to itself again)+ Lag (Disconnected.....Again)+ Loading screen text (Version 38, Hard to see, Defend the..uhh)+ Icons (whats that green square)+ If there is anything else in your map that just doesn't fit or doesn't look right (what's that? oh..ok..sure, ill give that talking box a cookie potion)+ Wasted map space (whats all that stuff for)+ I, personally will play your map in single player and use cheats to find bugs,errors without actually playing the whole thing (though i will)+ if your map has a custom camera, make sure it can see your unit+++ Replay factor (is it playable over and over)++++Battle.net compatible (does your map keep crashing because it stepped over the line?)+ like i said "like a puzzle"







Threads

On September 1st, I will have a thread for posting RoC and tFT maps
You can post your map at any time on September 1st, the map contest closes on September 2nd.
If your map is linked to another website because it is too big. When you post that link, post the size of your map
Jugdes
Jugdes can enter maps as well

gamer102
dayoh
Zipsco
Contestants

bacalhau
dayoh
Eternal255
hooded
ice
karma323
sid
Refl3ction
Stealth_Prawn
The_Hotshot
Zipsco
Prizes
The winner of this contest will get the following

A customized,professional, and animated Avatar
A custom signature with winners name and entered map

[Dayoh]

I have a feeling not many people are going to go in this maping contest, but i may.

Yucky RoC maps, ill have to think about this...

[Hotshot]

I would enter, but the maps I am making at the moment don't qualify and won't be finished by the deadline. Why limit it to Reign of Chaos? That will make things harder by far.

[Dayoh]

I could make a map for it in RoC, but im busy with a map atm.

[Sid]

Enter my and AncientOfWind's BftCv1.30AIv1.20 currently there in Forge... Anyone else as our Rivals?

[gamer102]

Because I only have Roc
I can't have Frozen throne maps if i cant play them
But I don't know
It's just a thought
Ya i'll extend the deadline


Important Question: What is the Editor Version on the scenario properties dialog say for TFT
(Map Version [##] Saved with version [####] )

Question: Is there a mod so I can play TFT Maps?
Map Versions: ROC and TFT
Deadline: September 1st
Edited the first post

[Dayoh]

is sid is going in then, id better just to woop his a$$.

[ice]

i'm in too

[Sid]

Come on... Let's have some fun!

[gamer102]

Ok then, Tell everybody you know
I can find a way to view your maps.

I will have more of these in the future (Much better)

[Stealth_Prawn]

I guess I'm in...

[Hotshot]

I guess with the new changes I'm in too.

[Stealth_Prawn]

Mwahahahaha!!! I've Done It!! I Shall Win This Contest For Sure, Now!! My Map Rules!!

Here it is. Full details on win conditions/ect. are inside.

P.S.

My map was saved with editor version 6052.

[Dayoh]

Thats in early but im afraid mine wont be in early lol, too many spells and stuff to do.

Oh and btw, is there some kind of prize it doesent have to be big, a siggy will do nicely ;)

[Sid]

I'm entering with BftCv1.30AIv1.20. It's for RoC and Made by me and AncientOfWind
Link -> http://www.epicwar.com/maps/3709/

Can we have two dofferent sections for RoC maps and TFT maps?

None of my TFT maps are ready right now, I am working on Ruins : Domination Tourney and DotA : Gladiators but it'll take two weeks to get 'em out of BETA stage.

[Stealth_Prawn]

Shoot, I messed up. My map wasn't the right version. The REAL one is in my old post now.

On second thought... the more I play, the more bugs I find. So I'm going to keep editing for another month.

[Dayoh]

I tried that halocraft, stealth_prawn.

What do u have planned for future versions of it?

[Stealth_Prawn]

More players, units, and maybe some new models and stuff. I'm also gonna make the units more balanced, and use better sound clips. I might even add some AI so the White House's spawned units will attack the Brute Armada, and vice-versa.

[Dayoh]

So it will turn into a AOS?

[Sid]

Anybody tried my map? At least for this contest?

Gamer102, ur the man of the contest, Tried it?

BTW, what is one getting for winning it?

[Dayoh]

i have tried the map but i dont know what version it was, the gameplay was good, but i think hero's need to be stronger in general and more terrain work and twrs need to be stronger.

[Eternal255]

hmm map contest eh? id enter, but knowing how little im devoted to this game, and how much time i actually spend working on my map, and how much time is needed to complete this map im working on (although it will be great), i dont think ill finish by the first of september

[gamer102]

P.S.

My map was saved with editor version 6052.

On my old comp... Thats what it says too but its RoC
Here's the funny thing see i messed with my mpq so much that its acting like TFT so.... i can create tft maps... but i cant open them
ill get TFT before september to play your guys's maps Though

Anybody tried my map? At least for this contest?

Gamer102, ur the man of the contest, Tried it?

BTW, what is one getting for winning it?

Yes i will try it.
An all expense, paid trip to (drum roll) France!!!!! Just kidding
I Don't know

A. Knowing that you are the best mapmaker
B. I will think of something to give you (Thinking over internet?)



I will have seperate threads for posting Roc and tFT on September 1st
Edited Rules
http://www.warboards.org/showthread.php?p=342939#post342939

[Dayoh]

So the deadline is september 1st, any certain time to hand em in by?

My map for this comp is coming along really well, but there is no AI, mainly cause i dont know how to do it :s

[gamer102]

you can hand them in any time until september 2nd because i dont know what tim it is where you guys might live


so any time on sep 2nd

[karma323]

Anybody tried my map? At least for this contest?

Gamer102, ur the man of the contest, Tried it?

BTW, what is one getting for winning it?

DUDE~ YOUR MAP ROX LIKE HECK!!!Sid wins...:smirk:

[Zipsco]

If i can get my battlearena done until then, i'd enter otherwise iam looking forward to see what other people notice in the maps that are entered, especially because i know some of them :)

[Dayoh]

DUDE~ YOUR MAP ROX LIKE HECK!!!Sid wins...:smirk:

I wouldnt straight away say that, there are some great mappers around here,

anyway shouldent we have a panel of judges instead of just one,
eg like 3 judges, the judges should be people that play WC3TFT and own it, and experienced in it.

[karma323]

Hey, I play, I try, but I do not own in melee...:confused:

Im not a judge, just saying...its good lol

Just for the heck of it, here ya guys go...
http://www.epicwar.com/maps/4275/
Its Army Wars...I must admit online play is better then single player on this map...

[Zipsco]

Sorry but i gotta say i've seen better from sid, i liked Ruins : Domination better :) more creeps to bounch!

[Sid]

Yeah, Ruins was much better than this...
BTW, how can one forget Demons Race?

Ok, From now, I'll be little irregular for next 2 months...
Sorry for that. But I have my own personal reasons...
I can assure that I will be regular from October...
So all of my Maps will be delayed heavily...
Extremely Sorry...

[gamer102]

anyway shouldent we have a panel of judges instead of just one,
eg like 3 judges, the judges should be people that play WC3TFT and own it, and experienced in it.

Ok, I will have 2 more judges so we can judge the maps.
So... anyone interested

Eternal
Zipsco
Karma
Are you guys in?

[Zipsco]

Ill help you out, if my map is entered the other judges will simply rate it. Just give me the maps and the scores / subjects you want it rated by. Also, if the score includes in-edit check-up on the quality of constructions, aso, aso.

[refl3ction]

yeah i gotta agree, i liked ruins better than bftc but neways hopefully i can get my arena out (Snowspire PvP) i still need that multiboard and items

[Dayoh]

Excellent this is turning out be a real good contest now, GJ everyone, it will be good to play what people submit and all that cool stuff :D.

Im really working hard on my entry atm, i hope ill get it to the lvl i want it by the deadline, but i think ill be able too.

Oh and by the way is there any rules to this comp?

[Zipsco]

Well i think that depends on the dept of the judges analysis, but i would guess that if we should look at the edit perspective, since we are a mapping community here, a good rule would be;

must inform of all third party integrations, including:
Models/animations and other imported 3d
Terrain taken from another creator
Triggers imported, meaning third party trigger systems

Now of course i mean that in a not so strict way, meaning i might have had one person make me a spell, thats not really the big picture, but more like, iam using Hajuta's item system 1,03. And stuff like that! Also a model example would be if i download a model from another site. Now if you have had a friend make a model specifically for your map thats abit different since it will only mean that your map was made with help from a friend.

Now since iam not an official judge these are just examples and should not be treated as a ny rule yet.

[karma323]

Hey, dude sure! :D I would rather have MY map rated though... But ill be a judge if I have to.

http://www.epicwar.com/maps/4275/ :D

[Dayoh]

Well my map i will be entering Apocalyptic Arena(not sure what version yet lol).

The terrain was done by a friend, Refl3ction, i thought id better let yous know, since it is in the rules.

Oh and if u need any more judges id gladly help, since im sending in a map i just wont rate mine and be biased.

[Zipsco]

hehe, in the rules?

[Sid]

So is mine... I and my brother AncientOfWind (Ice, remember he gave you a small idea during your old campaign about Illidan?, Then he released Demon Hunters Mini Game with me) Terain, Items, and Hero design was from him, not me. I just did the triggers. (AncientOfWind is known as Sam on Workshop for those who don't know him)

Woot! I posted! Actually just got a little time to spare... I did one more hero in Ruins and Improved Ruins AI a bit.

[Dayoh]

I thought it said in the rules that if someone else did something, on ur map u should say what is. So i did

[Zipsco]

Now since iam not an official judge these are just examples and should not be treated as a ny rule yet.

:) so noted.

[gamer102]

Updated Rules
http://www.warboards.org/showthread.php?p=343995&posted=1#post343995

I've got contestants and jugdes
and grading board

[hooded]

is it too late to enter still? if not, im in.

[Zipsco]

Is sid available at that time as a judge? (just asking?)

Anyway as alittle pre-judge knowlegde, play the maps multiple times, with only 1(uno, one, et) aspect at the time. Helps keeping focus, therefor giving all the same quality of rating. Last but not least, if you rate a persons map after rating several others, if the grades for each person are very different (in size matter) try playing the first couple of maps again, to see if your standard have rised while you were playing (or fallen for that matter). Giving the last method i surgest playing each map first and grade them of 1 of the aspects such as overall "fun'ness" then for professionalism aso. Thereby limiting the time gasps between the same aspect grading making it less of a possibility to misgrade.

Not a must, just an advice, its what i do when multiple peoples maps

ANS:
No hooded not to late, just turn in sometime before or on the acutal date of the 1 (2 could be tollerated due to the time differences!

[karma323]

I am sorry dude but I SUCK at making RoC maps...only tFT...sorry man, but heres mine, rate both please, I'll contest with whatever one is better!:D

[refl3ction]

sweetness the deadline is September 1st, i thought i was august 1st but yeah ill be putting my Snowspire PvP map in when its done

[Hotshot]

For those interested, the map I'm entering is called 'Hunters Deathmatch'. It's a 12 Player FFA (I might add teammatch if there is time). That's all I can say for the moment. ;)

[Dayoh]

this has became very popular maybe we should have more mapping comps in the future.

[Zipsco]

Might even make a website and do this on regular basis, where the winner's map will be hosted and a list of all winners through time. :) if people like the idea i might refer it too some of my mates, who could help me with a website.

[hooded]

2 quick things:

-since the judging is now empirical, would it be possible to establish a baseline (example(s)) before the entries are required? (this allows us to see what our maps would be like in addition to making it more standardized among the judges.

-How will the catagories be judged? ie, the imports, is it quantity and quality, or use of. More information would be nice for especially the second part.

thanks

[Zipsco]

Baselines are always hard to establish, but maps won't be rated with the best map as 100 % and the other maps relative. The maps are gonna be rated on indivual performance. Now since the judges haven't really had any comm on this, we need to get these things straight, but iam quite sure that gamer102 is the head judge with veto rights, before anything else have been decided, also iam still unaware of sid's availability since he said we shouldn't "count" on him until october... Besides that, if i were to decided quality/quantity, it will be different per map, since the maps and map-types require different quantities, but quality will always give some extra points. A good advice to a map with a million items or skills, make sure they are graphically perfected, since the actual performance of the skill is hard to determen even from inside the WE, but big lag spikes everytime a certain spell is casted is never a good thing and is said to be quite obvious.

so what iam trying to say is, i can't tell you until talking to gamer102, but my prefference would be:

Quality, with the right amount of quantity.

With lag of something, it would of course reduce the impression of the map, which could decrease other categories aswell.

[gamer102]

Might even make a website and do this on regular basis, where the winner's map will be hosted and a list of all winners through time. :) if people like the idea i might refer it too some of my mates, who could help me with a website.

ya ...that'll be great
and if you don't have any money, just sign up for a forum place and make your own (A contest holding forum)

but yea a website would be cool

you would'nt have time to host the maps and have a contest (too much time)
you would have to put in javascripts and robots if there's too much to do on your own

There's lots of things on softpedia.com
If you don't have a website tool look for| Yahoo Sitebuilder |, I have it, its fun


Hooded----
yes im rethinking that part, i will add to it and change things
---------

[Zipsco]

Iam a little freelancer on the webpage area, so ill manage, but if i were to do it, there should be some interest, like what you are showing :D and it will be done correctly and big. Iam recruiting some of my freelancer friends, so it might be a bit bigger than just a little page. But i need to like convince them :) Also why i need some of them is that i mostly doing webpage systems using php or asp, but mostly php.

[gamer102]

Important

---Everyone---
Big change in grading
Grading Basics added
http://www.warboards.org/showthread.php?t=19070

---Jugdes---
How do you like the "Map Rules" so far, are they ok with you, want to edit something, put in an opinion?

---sid---
Are you still wanting to be a jugde?

[Zipsco]

but if any pieces don't fit, or are from another puzzle completely, you will get marked down points.

I couldn't agree more, nice comparising, also i took out the thing i thought sounded nice, and what i would like to emphasize! the qoute line i bold repeated here --> "or are from another puzzle completely" is quite important, remember it!

[Dayoh]

the due date 1st of september is abit far away, its only july we have all the time in the world just to make one map lol

[Hotshot]

its only july we have all the time in the world just to make one map lol
Actually, its more like August. I'm really gunna need those 4 weeks.

[Zipsco]

Hahaha, good job dayoh missing a month :D

[gamer102]

dayoh...haha

[Dayoh]

No seriously i dont think ill need all of august to work on my entry.

[gamer102]

Ya at least if you work on like 1-2 hours a day (1-2 hours * 28 = 28-56 hours of work on your map.)

Hey dayoh, would you mind being judge if sid can't?

[Dayoh]

It doesent worry me, but since in entering a map i just wont judge mine?

[gamer102]

Ok, me and zipsco will grade your map if you're jugde

[Dayoh]

kk, but since im not judging it it, would it be unfair if only 2 judges judge my map? We will prolly work something out anyway.

[gamer102]

ya we will

[Dayoh]

;), yer we will, anyway this comp is getting some good feedback maybe their should be more map comps in the future.

[refl3ction]

well im almost ready to put my map up: Warriors in the Mist
for all the info on the map go to Sid's Workshop and then go to the Refl3ctive Unconscious, there you can get info and dl the latest versions of my two maps already out: Tyrian Wars 1.7 (RPG) and Snowspire PvP (Arena) well keep a look out

EDIT: Well here it is this is my entry: WitM at Epic War (http://www.epicwar.com/maps/4503/)

[Hotshot]

refl3ction, nice map! I tell you now, its gunna be a tough one between our 2 maps.

[Dayoh]

Whats ur entry if u dont mind me asking, hotshot.

[Hotshot]

Whats ur entry if u dont mind me asking, hotshot.
It's listed 23 post's back, lol. (Post #48)

For those interested, the map I'm entering is called 'Hunters Deathmatch'. It's a 12 Player FFA (I might add teammatch if there is time). That's all I can say for the moment. ;)

[hooded]

i just played reflection's map for 10 secs, looks really good. :D Just one thing i noticed, you can gain a small advantage and negate alot of the fog effects by zooming in just a little bit with the mouse wheel. To fix this, fiddle around a bit with the density (make it less) and change this distances so they are closer. Maybe exponetial for would work better for this purpose, with the z-start and z-end close together.

In other words, change the fog so that it starts and ends close to the ground.

Also, try downloading a hero glow pack (i think there's one on wc3sear.ch), and add it to the units that dont have glow (the naga model, the coast elemental, etc.) the heros with glow stick out more. I dont know if this is intentional, or if ther balancing of the heros negates this.

Really nice skins tho!

[refl3ction]

well thanks guys :), ill have to take a look at your suggestions ;)

[gamer102]

Hey guys this thread has the 2nd most posts in this thread
http://www.warboards.org/forumdisplay.php?f=17&daysprune=-1&order=desc&sort=replycount

only about 20 more and we'll be the first

[Zipsco]

Hey wow lets spam alot, or hey wait, lets not. Should we set a time were the judge will talk about the current rules and how they should be interpred, and what should be changed/added/removed?

[gamer102]

I haven't really thought about it yet
Do you want to edit something?

Ya...we can have editing,just post a suggestion in this thread and we will go over it, I still need sid to say if he's going to be a jugde or not.



This is not for the contest, but here's a TINY Minigame for Uther's Party type maps

[Dayoh]

Also, try downloading a hero glow pack

I think somewhere in the "hero" triggers, u can give them a hero glow.

[refl3ction]

I still need sid to say if he's going to be a jugde or not.

sid said (on sid's workshop) he was gonna rarley active till october

I think somewhere in the "hero" triggers, u can give them a hero glow.

and it doesnt work

[gamer102]

Ok then...

Dayoh: You are officially the new "Judge"

[hooded]

the old COTA thread was actually split in two by a post bug (if i remember correctly), so it should be up there at number one.

as for hero glows: http://www.wc3campaigns.net/showthread.php?p=625339#post625339

and attached zip file (with the mdxs inside) dont know why its zipped at 3.7 kb, but w/e

also, ive never tried this, so it may not work, as an alternative, I think weu has hero glows built in as an additional feature.

finally, as the last possibility, skin a circle of power to a transparent nothingness, and use it as a model for an ability, as they glow.

[refl3ction]

ok, i dled the pack (thanks to hooded) and i was wondering does ne1 have ideas as to how i can add a heroe glow using the heroe's player clolor

[Hotshot]

I couldn't get that glow pack thing working. And where in the editor does it have the hero glow option anyway?

[Nahotnoj]

I'm in, is there a deadline?

[gamer102]

Read The Rules #1 Post
Deadline: Sep. 1st
Any Map Type
Expansion map is okay
First post link in my sig.

9 More Posts to go untill 1st # Posts ever

Ya well.....your kinda late
if you can make a good map in a month, go for it
I will hold a thread just fo posting your guys maps

[hooded]

http://www.wc3campaigns.net/showthread.php?p=625339#post625339 supposedly shows how to attach (w/ different player colors), but ive never tried to add hero glows before. If it doesnt work with this, try my other suggestions, if you want to.

[gamer102]

Here's a simple ability I made.

[Dayoh]

How long is the judging period going to go for, and is there going to be some form thing to record the results of the maps etc

[gamer102]

Yes I will hold A seperate thread just for posting and grading maps

[Hotshot]

My entry is almost done. You guys better be ready for some tough competition, I intend on winning. :cool:

[Dayoh]

I havent done any work on my map in 1 month :P, im taking a well deserved break but ill start working on it again on the 15th prolly or maybe earlier:shiftyl:

[refl3ction]

ZOMG!!!!
is there any point, like any meaning of one thread having the most posts???
i just seems stupid, its good if an entire forum has the most post but i single thread....

[Dayoh]

Well it cant be pointless spam if the MODs havent said anything, this thread has been on topic pretty good, its good that the map forge is getting this much attention ;)

[Zipsco]

Gamer102, please stop spaming the thread for some stupid post count war, it also updates our subscription, so we have to read stuff like ->

Guess what? This is the reply that gets us in the most posts.
Just checking on progress

[gamer102]

Ya i know, but how far are you guys on your map (Almost done, halfway)

[refl3ction]

ive alredy entered and plus i just released an AoS this morning, which wont go into the contest but ill post it here for ya guys to play :)

[Zipsco]

I think i will be delayed past the deadline, so i don't think ill be entering.

[hooded]

i just started a little while ago :D

i posted a couple of screenshots at sid's forum...heres the link:

http://sidworkshop.forumup.in/viewtopic.php?t=289&mforum=sidworkshop

and if you are refering to your project of chess w/ AI zipsco, i dont think that is really plausable, as chess is a very complex game. (spend 20 mins trying to make a tic tac toe ai, and then give up out of frustration :mad2: . It would take a very skilled and organized trigger, fluent in JASS (not really necisary, but i think it would help a little ;) ), virtued with infinite patience and wisdom , but w/e, you might be the guy.)

[Dayoh]

My map is actually going pretty well not ready though :P

[Schwitzer]

Gamer102, please stop spaming the thread for some stupid post count war, it also updates our subscription, so we have to read stuff like ->
I agree; there's no special prize for posting in the biggest thread. Particularly if the posts that were made to get it there are just crap. Please don't spam like that.

[Hotshot]

Mine is almost done. Just needs a few more features, final touches and a couple of trial runs. Despite this I will be posting it in closer to the deadline - builds the suspence.

[gamer102]

Schwitzer, Yes, I know that but it's just this thread has had the most feedback, I won't spam.

[Hotshot]

Finally, my entry is complete. :D
Despite this, I will probibly add some extra features before I upload it later in the week.

[Dayoh]

Interesting looks good man, my map is coming along really well, im not going to enter it till the due date so i can get everything how i want it ;)

[Hotshot]

Hey gamer102, don't spose you could make the thread for the submissions a few days before Sept 1st, because chances are I won't able to submit it on the actual day (very busy around then).

[gamer102]

Sure, so around the last 10-5 days of agaust?
becuase if i make it now and then no one posts in it, it wont stay up, it will go down

[Hotshot]

The last 2-3 days should be fine.

[Stealth_Prawn]

Well, I guess this is my final submission of this map. I'll let you know if I change anything else

[gamer102]

=The_Hotshot=
Ok, last 2-3 days then

=Stealth_Prawn=
Good, can't wait to try it out

[Hotshot]

So approx. how long until a winner will be decided?

[gamer102]

September 1-2 = Posting
September 3-5 = Grading (Unless Jugdes Have Other Things)
September ? = Winner Announcment

I will give 2 days for posting due to time differences
I don't know when ALL the juges will be open for grading, so the time might change
(that goes for grading time)

WINNER
After grading the maps, each Judge will post thier top 3 highest scoring map
9 possible maps will be slimmed down to the top 3 (1st, 2nd, 3rd)

[Hotshot]

So hows the judging going? Not much has been happening in the Map Forge as of late.

[Dayoh]

Iv had a little go at each of the maps, except for mine cause im not going to be biased. I havent fully played them as of yet due to work, but i will do it soon.

[Zipsco]

Sorry i have been away for some time, iam having a bit of wc3 trouble, iam trying to fix it so that i can get started with grading your maps.

[gamer102]

I got all ok, except my dsl router thing
all i have to do is fix the firewall and then i will start grading with multi-player

[gamer102]

Update
I have my firewall fixed, I just need to test it and I'm...Good to go...grade your maps.

[Hotshot]

Will the maps be graded within the month? It's been ages since the contest ended.

[Dayoh]

This subforum is pretty much dead, noone here at WB's is interested in mapping, iv stoped for several reasons. I dont think the maps will ever be judged, non of the judges are even reg. anymore... WC3TFT itself is on a downhill slide anyway its best to just join the masses of DotA fans.......

[gamer102]

thats true, i think the grading wont go very well, because, its just grading
but the most i could do is just grade the maps on singleplayer, becuase it still doesn't work when i changed the firewall.

the maps that are best are [Battle For The Conquest][Apocalyptic Arena][Halocraft]

I still havent tested out Last Isle AOS

If i were to hold up a contest, i know now that i probly have to post it at w3sear.ch or have my own website just for posting contests , maps

i might have a fairly easy contest later becuase you cant just grade any map to another, you have to grade it by category

ill have a contest just for making [Mario Party][Uther's Party] Type Game


ya dota's the way to go.

[Zipsco]

Sorry Dayoh, for me not getting to grade your maps, is quite a big defeat. Iam having trouble with wc3 and x64 xp. Didn't use to have problems, but now i got them. I wanted to reformat my hdd, but i haven't got the time for such a task, started bicycling to work. Thats 20 miles a day. Jesus. Anyway I might have to forfeit judging title, because of a 'technicality'. Last time i tried to open my current creation it gave me errors on that aswell, iam trying to salvege what i can from it.

Again sorry bout the inconviency. Zipsco.

[Hotshot]

This place has become a shambles lately, and Dayoh has apparently abandoned Warcraft for Starcraft: Brood War so I guess he won't be judging maps either. That means there are effectively no judges left. So much for the contest...

[Dayoh]

Not for SC for D2...
But i did play the maps, and wrote down a rough marking thing on some paper.

[Tharisfal]

Hey, I'll be judge if you guys let me and if it isn't too late. I'm a pretty much a newb, but I can separate crap maps from good maps (after all, you need only some common sense). I can't analize triggers and see if the maker checked for leaks and all though.

[gamer102]

no, its kinda over dude.