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Map Making Competition #4

Valky Posted 4 years ago

After the Micro rotation was introduced almost exactly one year ago
on February the 6th in the 19th Rotation Update,
plenty new maps have been built to fit a small player count.
However, since it is the newest rotation format still,
there are not too many maps that fit into the rotation.
The result is that many maps in the Micro rotation are overplayed
and ready to be replaced with fresh ones...

This is one of the main reasons
why we are so happy to announce our 4th Map Making Competition,
the Micro Map Making Competition!
Micro maps,
an overhaul of the last rating system,
real prize money,
talent scouting
and many more things are coming at you in this competition.
Start building your map now and win special prizes!

Schedule

Start of building period/Submissions open: as of this announcement

Submissions close: March 8th, 11:59pm EST

Testing Sessions: March 14th/15th - 21st/22nd

Scores and winners are announced: March 27th

Dates for Testing Sessions are subject to change and may also take place under the week after based on the amount of submissions, availability of the judges and effectiveness of the tests that occur. Results will likely follow within a week of Public Testing concluding.

Rules

All maps are subject to fit the standards listed in this document: stratus.network/micro
Maps must not be authored by more than ONE person.
Other people are allowed to contribute to your map (building, feedback or else),
but need to be listed as contributors in the submission
along with their type of contribution.
You can submit as many maps as you wish,
but only your highest scoring map will count.
You must not submit maps that have been submitted to Stratus before.
You must not submit maps that you did not make yourself.
Your submission must not exceed the deadline (March 8th, 11:59pm).
By submitting your map you agree to our Map Submission policy.
(stratus.network/map-policy)
Map Developers and Judges are not allowed to give feedback on any MMC map.
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.

Submissions

To submit your map you need to follow these instructions:
Connect to our building server via anax.stratus.network.
Create a new world using /create mmc_<your map name>.
If you would like to let other people join your world, use /state public,
otherwise keep your world private by using /state private.
Build your map in this particular world, you can access it via /map <your map name>.
After you finish the map,
fill out this form with information about your map:
forms.gle/MBjYivc2RnYacGRw6
Repeat for any other maps you want to submit.

All submitted maps are going to receive an XML made by the Map Developers.
If you however want to XML your map by yourself,
send the XML after submitting your map to Ruediger_LP via Discord (Ruediger#4150)

Scores

The judging team consists of the following people:
Valky (Head Judge),
AlmightyBread ,
ItzaMeLuigi ,
Xerorca ,
Blazy ,
and Sharkskill .

Your map can score a total of 50 points.

These points are weighted as follows:

Gameplay /25
- General balance /10
- Layout /5
- Game progression /5
- Understandability of map /5
Aesthetics /15
- Theme /5
- Terrain /5
- Miscellaneous /5
Innovation /10
- Layout uniqueness /5
- Aesthetics uniqueness /5

Anonymity

After we announced the contest,
the community requested to have increased anonymity in this contest,
which made us reconsider this previously discarded concept.
In favor of (highly) increasing the chance of a fair rating for every map,
we assigned a few Map Developers
to handle the submissions entirely
and also remove any track of the author in the map for the testing.
This means that if you submitted a map,
during the testing period your name will not be shown related to your map.
Any player heads,
signs containing the player name or else are also going to be temporarily removed.
(Note: You still need to enter exact names in the map submission,
since otherwise your submission will not be accepted)

We are also restricting the judges from freely teleporting to people
on our building server
as that may reveal the connection between you and the map you are making.
If any judge teleports to you without your consent,
please contact Valky#2870 via Discord. You should however acknowledge that if you for example post screenshots of your map
in Discord or else,
your loss of anonymity will be in your own responsibility.

Prizes

1st Place - $35 (USD), Alto Rank, [MMC Winner] Discord Rank for 3 months

2nd Place - $15 (USD), Alto Rank, [MMC Runner-up] Discord Rank for 3 months

3rd Place - Strato Rank

If you are a winner,
we are going to contact you through the Discord username you submitted your map with
to talk about your preferred method of receiving the prize.

Legal notes

No purchase is necessary to enter this competition.
Shop purchases do not enhance the chance of winning.
Void where prohibited.
By entering this competition,
you declare that you have satisfied all relevant legal requirements
for entering this competition in your jurisdiction,
and you acknowledge that your entry will be void,
should it become apparent that you are legally prohibited from entering
or have failed to satisfy your legal obligations.