NA-Mapping Contest

[Sir_Pee_Alot]

What about a mapping contest for the americans in north africa?

so the best maps wil be released in a map pack on the site

please tell me if you guys like this!

[pizzzaman]

Sounds nice..
But we have limited battles:
-Kasserine
-El Guettar
-Bizerte
etc..

And most of us don't know how to map.

But this could be fun! 

[Nerdsturm]

There's also the problem that mapping in BF2 takes a very long time. For a contest to happen in an even remotely reasonable amount of time the maps would either have to be very rudimentary(not much eye-candy) or very small.

[pizzzaman]

Maybe make the contest a 3 months or more deadline?
Not sure how long a map is made..

[sn00x]

i have never used a lot of time creating maps  Bloody Gulch is a two week job (for a fun and detailed map)

so a 3 month limit is a good coiche

[psykfallet]

Sounds nice..
But we have limited battles:
-Kasserine
-El Guettar
-Bizerte
etc..

And most of us don't know how to map.

But this could be fun! 

You could include Torch, I might even participate..   

[Zeno]

good idea! but i would rather suggest an even more limited deadline, like 1 month

[CptdeS35]

3 months sounds good.

You could include Torch, I might even participate..   

Would be nice !

[Paasky]

TBH the time limit should be 1-2 weeks. Any mapper who knows what they're doing can make a decent-looking map in that time, then spend more time adding all the pretty fiddly-bits. Stuff like base terrain & textures, flags, roads, trees, buildings, equipment etc are quick to make. Then have the top 2 or 3 maps worked on further.

[sn00x]

yeah,like making a "semi-final"  giving the mapper more time to prepare for a final or something, that could be Really interesting

[pizzzaman]

You could include Torch, I might even participate..   

My bad, forgot about that.

Can't 3 months be the maximum time limit?
The mappers could run into some problems irl.

[Stubbfan]

I'd make sure the gameplay is interesting and good before spending 3 months to make a super detailed map with lacking gameplay. This is mapper error #1 (done it myself plenty of times ). I propose 2 stages, gameplay planning 1 month for example, then another 2 to make it pretty (times as you plese).

[CptdeS35]

yeah,like making a "semi-final"  giving the mapper more time to prepare for a final or something, that could be Really interesting

Yeah, and maybe some mappers can work together on a same map !

[pizzzaman]

If only I could map...

I have some ideas for a "Bizerte" map..

[Stubbfan]

If only I could map...

I have some ideas for a "Bizerte" map..

Coming up with a gameplay/map idea is a big chunk of the work you know