This U.S. only thing is total bull. Good thing my permanent address is in the states though, even if I refuse to live in that shoddy country. Too bad I ain't gonna fire up my xbox. Ain't worth it. Game simply ain't fun, the community is crap, and I have ZERO faith in this contest being managed well. Especially when they make it only available to yanks.
That's not fair. I don't treat anyone as a nobody. Even members like Toxade are important and have merit. And, in case other posters don't realize it, i go against the grain and actually like and respect SecretSchnitzel. You just have a tendency to present some of your opinions as facts. In the cases where i have the actual facts, i will offer them up to correct any misconceptions. Do you think i enjoyed risking my position as a CC by publicly revealing that our contest was flawed? Each contest held is a learning experience for the next so the negative issues brought by that contest had been rectified in the next. Anyway, there is a Q&A thread at Waypoint but i will try to answer questions here as well since i have this thread on watch. One question which was brought up in a forge test was, "Can we enter mini games like Basketball?". The answer is "No". It doesn't specifically state it in the rules (unless you are adept at reading between the lines) but, the map will be tested using the Ricochet variant presently found in Matchmaking.
I mentioned that in the Waypoint Q&A. Please don't ask me to be a judge. I want to enter this contest.
I just got done measuring the weight of the Respawn Zone with the Rico_Respawn label, and it is just over +200, making it behave like the Reach Respawn Zone. This becomes problematic on the forge canvases when you build small and small side of medium maps that you need to divide between two teams. You can create a spawn trap haven if you are not careful.
Enter it anyway but include the line "I'm not from the USA and realize that i am disqualified from receiving prizes. I would like this map to be considered for Matchmaking". I am doing the first sort of entrants and i am placing the good maps which are disqualified by the location rule into the regular testing queue. In other words, the contest is a straight shot to a CC test.
Hey there.. Would you like to do the spawns on my ricochet map when I'm done with the layout? I got this weird feeling that you could do a much better job than myself..
I would be happy to help anyone with spawn layouts on their maps, particularly for this contest. I live in Hawaii, so the best time to catch me is either during the weekend, or late at night (after I get home from work). Send me an invite any time and if I am on I will try to join.
They're really just variations on a theme. Grifball = run it it. Ricochet = run or throw it in. They could be the same playlist.
you can still enter the contest, you just cannot place in it. but your map can still be considered for MM playlist, which for me IS the real prize.
I saw your map on there Mr Green and I must say I was quite impressed. So simple yet is genius. Great usage of the natural landscape of impact as well. I just put two maps up myself. Good luck everyone!
Probably a dumb question but are you sure?? Because It states that the winning maps may be considered for matchmaking and if you can't place then you can't win... and no matchmaking...
Though they wouldn't go into the playlist as a result of being one of the winners of the contest, multiple CC's have stated that if a map is submitted they will check it out, and that if it plays exceedingly well it would still have a chance of being added to the playlist, just like any other good map they come across. Read Nokyards post about half a page up.
I can't say for sure. You would need to get clarification from one of the CC's on that. My guess would be that if, for example, you submitted a map to the Ricochet contest that isn't playable for Ricochet, they'd probably just be annoyed. In that case, it's probably better to either wait for a contest that better fits your map, or find a different way of getting it looked at.