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The Map Developers would like to announce our third map making competition, the Winter Mapmaking Competition. This mapmaking competition focuses on giving a refresh to the smaller rotations on the Stratus Network. Because of the new rotation revamp, maps for the Micro and Mini rotation are in high demand.

Rules and Submission Guidelines ¶

• Maps must support anywhere between 8 (4v4) to 40 (20v20) players.
  
• Maps with 10 (5v5) or less players must follow these additional standards.
  
• Maps must be in a team format (no FFA).
  
• Maps can be any gamemode.
  
• Maps must not mix different gamemodes (e.g. DTM with KOTH -- DTC with DTM is excepted).
  
• Maps must not be authored by more than 3 individuals.
  
• Individuals can author up to 3 submissions, however only their highest scoring one will count.
  
• Map XMLs must be at least protocol 1.4.0
  
• Submissions into the competition must include [WMC] in the topic title along with the gamemode and map name (e.g. [WMC][CTW] Mo Bamba)
  
• Submissions must be correctly cleaned, pruned, and compiled.
  
• Submissions must be posted in the Map Submissions subforum.
  
• Maps previously submitted to Stratus are not allowed to be entered into the competition.
  
• Individuals cannot submit maps that they did not create themselves.
  
• Map Developers and Judges are not permitted to provide feedback prior to the competition results being released.
  
• Map Developers and Judges can assist with XML related questions and validation of the XML document.
  
• Maps must be submitted before the competition deadline.
  
• Any violation of the rules will result in the submission being disqualified.
  
• Map Developers and Judges reserve the right to deny the admittance of any submission to the competition.
  

Dates ¶

Submissions Open: 31st of January at 11:59 PM EST

Submissions Close: 4th of March at 11:59 PM EST

Public Testing: 8th of March to the 11th of March

Results Released: TBA

Scoring ¶

Scoring will take place once submissions have closed and entries have had any necessary fixes applied to them. Maps will be judged and scored internally by select Map Developers and Guest Judges during and after the public testing period. The judging panel will be announced once submissions close.

The scoring criteria is composed of 3 sections, each with their own sub-sections, with an additional public rating. The average score awarded by each of the judges will be summed together to get the final rating for that map out of a total of 100 points.

Total: 100 Points

Public rating: /10

Gameplay: /40

• General balance /5
  
• Terrain/Layout /10
  
• Player distribution /5
  
• Game progression /5
  
• Understandability of map /5
  
• General gameplay/misc. /10
  

Aesthetics: /30

• Theme /10
  
• Terrain/Layout /5
  
• General aesthetics/misc. /15
  

Innovation: /20

• Layout uniqueness /5
  
• Gameplay innovation /5
  
• Aesthetics uniqueness /5
  
• General innovation/misc. /5
  

Bonuses:

• 3% bonus for completed XML with minimal errors and proper convention.
  
• 3% bonus for map gamemodes in high demand.
  
• 2% bonus for map gamemodes in medium demand.
  

Prizes ¶

The following prizes will be awarded to each of the authors of the top 3 scoring maps.

• Strato
  
• 5x Set Next tokens
  
• Competition Winner trophy
  
• Winner Discord tag
  
• Guaranteed spot in Rot. Update #20

• Nimbus (3 weeks)
  
• 5x Set Next tokens
  
• Runner Up Discord tag
  

• Nimbus (2 weeks)
  
• 3x Set Next tokens
  

More competitions will be held in the future, so stay tuned for that! Our build server is available for donors by connecting to anax.stratus.network. If you have a premium rank but are not yet whitelisted, message a Map Developer through discord with a link to your Stratus profile. You can find helpful tips for getting started with Anax in this thread. We wish the best of luck to all of the participants!

Resources:
Setting up a Map Making Workspace •
XML Documentation •
Map References

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Good stuff :p

The Contest Judges

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• Jexel

   : Head Contest Judge
  

  
  
• Crazy_

   : Head Contest Judge
  

• mitchiii : Contest Judge
  

• Sharkskill : Contest Judge
  

• Valky : Contest Judge
  

• ItzaMeLuigi : Contest Judge

Map submissions will close in less than 12 hours. Any submissions after the deadline: March 4th at 11:59 PM EST will not be considered for the contest.

Please keep this rule in mind:

All micro maps (5v5 or less) will automatically lose eligibility for a bonus with possible additional lost points in the gameplay or innovation category if this rule is not followed.