Oh boy here we go!

And those prizes. Damn. Forgehub's not messing around.

How much money is appreciation worth?

Get top 3 and you won't have to worry about it.

I'm going to make a map that resembles my naked body....Bumpy, rotund and generally unappealing.

Are you sure your body can hold 4 men?

Great stuff guys. I will say though that the submission deadline seems a bit far out. I would personally have it at the end of January, but I'm not the one hosting the contest so what do I know. Best of luck to everyone.

Because you're all going to need it if you plan on beating me.

soo.. would submitting my complexion remake get low scores because its a remake?

Halo 5 has not seen 'complexion' yet, this is a new game and new forge so its open season to remake and bring back your own designs. If you would like to design an entirely new map then that's great too. Typically we have restrictions on creation dates but that doesn't apply here since forge was just released. Start your forge engines and make some great 2v2 maps!

oh, i wasn't sure if "Q. Are remakes from (insert game here) allowed?
A. Yes, however it is extremely unlikely that a remake will win any prizes because it will automatically receive a low score in the Originality/Creativity judging category.
Anyone found to be plagiarizing maps from other forgers will be disqualified, and shall forever be shunned by the forge community (so don't do it)." counted your own maps from previous halos as well.

Awesome competition. I love forging small, 2v2 maps so I will definitely be submitting something. The prizes are amazing too :O

Glad to see you plan on entering

As to why the contest deadline was set to February - we want to give entrants a decent chunk of time to get used to the controls/mechanics/options of H5 forge AND to build a map.

i will be entering this i cant wait to show off what i got

No, people like me have jobs & a family so we can't sit on the couch forging all day (like I used to). So the later deadline is much appreciated.

Brace yourself.


For Trinitwo.

Can't even process this.

Is there a limit on how many maps a user can submit? Will competitive merit be part of how maps are judged? I would hate to forge a map for this if it's more forge hub bull of promoting looks over game play.

The better a map looks the better the gameplay. Every underqualified map designer knows this.

Maps will be judged base on a combination of the criteria outlined above. We believe that gameplay is extremely important.

Aesthetics is what colors people's first impressions tremendously so I feel like it definitely should influence a map's judgement a fair amount. With Halo 5's Forge there are plenty of ways to make maps look at least halfway decent without running into performance issues (especially for a 2v2 map) so no more excuses. No more gray Lego block maps anymore, please.

Looks like my forging days are over.

When it comes to comparing maps, aesthetics are for sure the first thing I notice, but they ultimately carry less weight than gameplay. If I'm comparing 5 maps that are relatively equal in how well they play, aesthetics could play a big part in determining which maps I prefer. So yeah, it's definitely an important piece of the puzzle.