Report, edit, etc...Posted by Mini Moose 2707 on 2006-09-09 at 23:43:02
It's time again for contest results, or as I like to call it... the good, the bad, and the ugly. Let's begin.
As a reminder, August's Theme was Robots.
Let's get that judging criteria out there again:
Chrono Legion by TRiGGaMaSTa
THEME: 10/10
Control a robot that can vaporize things, cool.
FUN: 20/25
Grab your Science Vessel and EMP things to make things go POOF. It's fun, it's awesome, it's hilarious.
PROFESSIONALISM: 14/15
A very well made map, though I didn't know what some things were for. The second effects really add to the comedy. Could've used a bit more development or variation.
TOTAL: 44/50 - First Place! 800 minerals
MechArena_1_.scx by Kyuubi.
THEME: 10/10
Mech casters? Traditionally spell casting is for humans, not robots, but I'll let this slide.
FUN: 14/25
Mechs casting spells at each other, it's pretty fun. Needs better balance though. The map had a lot of unused potential. It seemed similar at PoweRena, a previous winner, but just didn't cut it.
PROFESSIONALISM: 11/15
Overall the map was very well made. The scourge spell is too powerful though, those do 11 per hit. Severe damage if not an instant kill for anyone directly next to the caster. There could have been a lot more spells and improvements to them (different costs, etc).
TOTAL: 35/50 - Second Place! 400 minerals
Robot_Defense.bak.scx by 7-7
THEME: 10/10
Robots defending something, whatever.
FUN: 17/25
About as fun as a defense map can be. The "robot malfunctions" make for a nice twist, though.
PROFESSIONALISM: 7/15
The prices listed didn't correspond to the units. I also got 200 minerals when playing with 2 people, and 600 with 6. Nice triggering. Also, when units reached the base from the middle path, we didn't lose. The civilian space is definitely not designed for six players. Half the chat in the game was telling people to move.
TOTAL: 34/50 - Third Place! 200 minerals
Robotic_Challenge.scx by o)KABOOM(o
THEME: 10/10
Construct robots and have them fight, cool.
FUN: 10/25
This map got tedious and boring. The building system is original, but it just gets annoying after awhile. Also, it took quite a while for me to figure out how to play. This map SERIOUSLY needs some anti-camp, given the long build times.
PROFESSIONALISM: 12/15
No major bugs that I saw, just annoying to play and hard to understand at first.
TOTAL: 32/50
Robo Battles!.scx by Falkoner
THEME: 10/10
Robot battles, good enough.
FUN: 13/25
Clever briefing. It had quite a few bugs which took away from gameplay. Missiles seriously need a time limit. Also, WTF is "mail" for?
PROFESSIONALISM: 8/15
Quite a few bugs and imbalances. First off, fix your triggers. The score triggers are based on force, meaning the second players in each force only get money in the rare chance the first one's trigger doesn't run or has run already. Also, my Defiler was able to kill the enemy team's Civilian. Bombs and missiles also bug up, it claims I can't own a second bomb... when I don't own any.
TOTAL: 31/50
Shattered Galaxy.scx by DrgnAlchem
THEME: 10/10
Construct robots and have them fight, cool.
FUN: 12/25
Needs better balance. Otherwise this is a pretty mundane micro arena type map.
PROFESSIONALISM: 7/15
No real bugs, just needs balance adjustments. Lurkers can't burrow, no speed or mines for Vultures. At the end, I just lost. No text or anything? I was rather disappointed in the "storyline", which didn't exist once the game started.
TOTAL: 29/50
robo_battlefield_beta.scm by dumbducky
THEME: 10/10
Robots battling it out, works for me.
FUN: 10/25
A good idea, but not developed to it's potential. It gets pretty boring, a micro showdown between ground metal terran.
PROFESSIONALISM: 8/15
Obviously not fully playtested. How do you create a builder class and not give him Supply Depots to build?
TOTAL: 28/50
Hold_the_Wormbot_1.0.scx by StarKraft
THEME: 10/10
Hold up the Worm robot. Works for me.
FUN: 6/25
The map offered almost no challenge. You have to stop a Reaver from traveling 5000 miles on a narrow path with faster units, big deal. Overall the map gets boring and tiring.
PROFESSIONALISM: 11/15
I liked the minimap, and various other bits of style. The map was good until the ending, where you have to fight Wormbot's children. This takes forever as they never advaned on you and you can't go into their area. Basically it's your respawning army of hydras in a very time consuming battle.
TOTAL: 24/50
Robots_v1.1.scx by DEAD
THEME: 10/10
It has robots.
FUN: 10/25
The map is just a bunch of preplaced goliaths in a small space that fight. I won without clicking, so it gets a 10. It was also freaken hilarious.
PROFESSIONALISM: 3/15
The map is just a bunch of preplaced goliaths in a small space that fight. I won without clicking, so I can tell this wasn't a serious entry. It gets a bonus because of the small filesize.
TOTAL: 23/50
Artificial_Killers_r6.scx
THEME: 10/10
A briefing with robots and a few units named like robots, whatever.
FUN: 4/25
I watched the white team obliterate the yellow team. I also got the fun of dropping lagging players.
PROFESSIONALISM: 2/15
Humanoid machine... Mobile plasma cannon... Tassadar? Very robotic! Most of the buildings weren't even renamed.
The triggering in this map is terrible, and there is an immense amount of bugs. This map had potential, but the time and testing weren't put in.
TOTAL: 16/50
A big improvement from the last contest. There were ten maps this time, which is a good turnout. They might be attached to this post at some point. I'll get up links to the individual top placers and distribute minerals soon. The one for September won't be at the end of the month this time, so stick around.
As a reminder, August's Theme was Robots.
Let's get that judging criteria out there again:
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Theme (10) - Obviously this one is important. If the map isn't even remotely related to the theme, it won't score very well. A map scoring 0 on this won't be graded further, regardless of how well it fits. Something that looks premade and just custom fit with a few text messages won't score very well.
Fun (25) - Important for me as I'm playing the map. Am I running around having a good time, or watching a unit talk to itself in a movie? Are there huge bugs that prevent play of the maps? If I ever go to this map again, is it going to be to play it with friends or to delete the scm/scx? This is usually it the deciding factor in contest entries.
Aesthetics and Professionalism (15) - Did you use one type of terrain tile and no text color? Are there mispellings distracting me at every turn with some poorly made triggers? Hopefully you can create something that looks and feels decent. I'm not asking for extensive extended terrain or hundreds of sprites, a map that seems well-made should score well. On the subject of professionalism, please PLAYTEST your maps before submission. Nothing looks dumber than a map that obviously hasn't been tested.
Fun (25) - Important for me as I'm playing the map. Am I running around having a good time, or watching a unit talk to itself in a movie? Are there huge bugs that prevent play of the maps? If I ever go to this map again, is it going to be to play it with friends or to delete the scm/scx? This is usually it the deciding factor in contest entries.
Aesthetics and Professionalism (15) - Did you use one type of terrain tile and no text color? Are there mispellings distracting me at every turn with some poorly made triggers? Hopefully you can create something that looks and feels decent. I'm not asking for extensive extended terrain or hundreds of sprites, a map that seems well-made should score well. On the subject of professionalism, please PLAYTEST your maps before submission. Nothing looks dumber than a map that obviously hasn't been tested.
Chrono Legion by TRiGGaMaSTa
THEME: 10/10
Control a robot that can vaporize things, cool.
FUN: 20/25
Grab your Science Vessel and EMP things to make things go POOF. It's fun, it's awesome, it's hilarious.
PROFESSIONALISM: 14/15
A very well made map, though I didn't know what some things were for. The second effects really add to the comedy.
Could've used a bit more development or variation.TOTAL: 44/50 - First Place! 800 minerals
MechArena_1_.scx by Kyuubi.
THEME: 10/10
Mech casters? Traditionally spell casting is for humans, not robots, but I'll let this slide.
FUN: 14/25
Mechs casting spells at each other, it's pretty fun. Needs better balance though. The map had a lot of unused potential. It seemed similar at PoweRena, a previous winner, but just didn't cut it.
PROFESSIONALISM: 11/15
Overall the map was very well made. The scourge spell is too powerful though, those do 11 per hit. Severe damage if not an instant kill for anyone directly next to the caster. There could have been a lot more spells and improvements to them (different costs, etc).
TOTAL: 35/50 - Second Place! 400 minerals
Robot_Defense.bak.scx by 7-7
THEME: 10/10
Robots defending something, whatever.
FUN: 17/25
About as fun as a defense map can be. The "robot malfunctions" make for a nice twist, though.
PROFESSIONALISM: 7/15
The prices listed didn't correspond to the units. I also got 200 minerals when playing with 2 people, and 600 with 6. Nice triggering. Also, when units reached the base from the middle path, we didn't lose. The civilian space is definitely not designed for six players. Half the chat in the game was telling people to move.
TOTAL: 34/50 - Third Place! 200 minerals
Robotic_Challenge.scx by o)KABOOM(o
THEME: 10/10
Construct robots and have them fight, cool.
FUN: 10/25
This map got tedious and boring. The building system is original, but it just gets annoying after awhile. Also, it took quite a while for me to figure out how to play. This map SERIOUSLY needs some anti-camp, given the long build times.
PROFESSIONALISM: 12/15
No major bugs that I saw, just annoying to play and hard to understand at first.
TOTAL: 32/50
Robo Battles!.scx by Falkoner
THEME: 10/10
Robot battles, good enough.
FUN: 13/25
Clever briefing.
It had quite a few bugs which took away from gameplay. Missiles seriously need a time limit. Also, WTF is "mail" for?PROFESSIONALISM: 8/15
Quite a few bugs and imbalances. First off, fix your triggers. The score triggers are based on force, meaning the second players in each force only get money in the rare chance the first one's trigger doesn't run or has run already. Also, my Defiler was able to kill the enemy team's Civilian. Bombs and missiles also bug up, it claims I can't own a second bomb... when I don't own any.
TOTAL: 31/50
Shattered Galaxy.scx by DrgnAlchem
THEME: 10/10
Construct robots and have them fight, cool.
FUN: 12/25
Needs better balance. Otherwise this is a pretty mundane micro arena type map.
PROFESSIONALISM: 7/15
No real bugs, just needs balance adjustments. Lurkers can't burrow, no speed or mines for Vultures. At the end, I just lost. No text or anything? I was rather disappointed in the "storyline", which didn't exist once the game started.
TOTAL: 29/50
robo_battlefield_beta.scm by dumbducky
THEME: 10/10
Robots battling it out, works for me.
FUN: 10/25
A good idea, but not developed to it's potential. It gets pretty boring, a micro showdown between ground metal terran.
PROFESSIONALISM: 8/15
Obviously not fully playtested. How do you create a builder class and not give him Supply Depots to build?
TOTAL: 28/50
Hold_the_Wormbot_1.0.scx by StarKraft
THEME: 10/10
Hold up the Worm robot. Works for me.
FUN: 6/25
The map offered almost no challenge. You have to stop a Reaver from traveling 5000 miles on a narrow path with faster units, big deal. Overall the map gets boring and tiring.
PROFESSIONALISM: 11/15
I liked the minimap, and various other bits of style. The map was good until the ending, where you have to fight Wormbot's children. This takes forever as they never advaned on you and you can't go into their area. Basically it's your respawning army of hydras in a very time consuming battle.
TOTAL: 24/50
Robots_v1.1.scx by DEAD
THEME: 10/10
It has robots.
FUN: 10/25
The map is just a bunch of preplaced goliaths in a small space that fight. I won without clicking, so it gets a 10. It was also freaken hilarious.
PROFESSIONALISM: 3/15
The map is just a bunch of preplaced goliaths in a small space that fight. I won without clicking, so I can tell this wasn't a serious entry. It gets a bonus because of the small filesize.
TOTAL: 23/50
Artificial_Killers_r6.scx
THEME: 10/10
A briefing with robots and a few units named like robots, whatever.
FUN: 4/25
I watched the white team obliterate the yellow team. I also got the fun of dropping lagging players.
PROFESSIONALISM: 2/15
Humanoid machine... Mobile plasma cannon... Tassadar? Very robotic! Most of the buildings weren't even renamed.
The triggering in this map is terrible, and there is an immense amount of bugs. This map had potential, but the time and testing weren't put in.
TOTAL: 16/50
A big improvement from the last contest. There were ten maps this time, which is a good turnout. They might be attached to this post at some point. I'll get up links to the individual top placers and distribute minerals soon. The one for September won't be at the end of the month this time, so stick around.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by xmrxsiegecopx on 2006-09-09 at 23:49:29
Wow... nobody only TRiGGaMaSTa got into the 40+... maybe if I had participated, I could've won the top three.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Tuxedo Templar on 2006-09-10 at 00:01:34
I didn't get to see Robot_Defense or Robot_Challenge, but I saw a few of the others. Guys need to get some better speedmapping techniques. Unfortunately, SC isn't like other games where speed mapping is as applicable.
Moose, I'm gonna eat your babies if you send another defiler after me in that 'Robo Battles!' map.
Moose, I'm gonna eat your babies if you send another defiler after me in that 'Robo Battles!' map.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Mini Moose 2707 on 2006-09-10 at 00:06:37
ROFL. I forgot to score TRiGGaMaSTa's map. Hold on, I might have to change the winners. Sorry for decieving you all. >_<
Report, edit, etc...Posted by KABOOM on 2006-09-10 at 00:18:45
damnit y did it have to be so complicated... it seemed quite simple of an idea too me. and i spend like a day balancing that map... the anti camp was the serounding water for unit displacement plus the fact that if they camped you, you can just not spawn intill they move. meh well gj to the winners
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Moogle on 2006-09-10 at 00:41:29
Congrats to winners, good job kyuubi 
ya came second, after all that testing i guess payed off.
ya came second, after all that testing i guess payed off.Report, edit, etc...Posted by WoAHorde2 on 2006-09-10 at 00:52:40
Another succsseful contest.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by -bilal92- on 2006-09-10 at 00:55:11
congrats guys, 7-7 didnt know u would enter, lol. 
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Tuxedo Templar on 2006-09-10 at 01:31:05
Wow, Boneless's map got first place. Nice job Trigga!
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Heegu on 2006-09-10 at 02:23:52
graz winners If my map wouldn't be corrupted i maybe.. would win 3. place.. again.
If my map wouldn't be corrupted i maybe.. would win 3. place.. again.Report, edit, etc...Posted by Rantent on 2006-09-10 at 02:44:23
Congrats all..
The map I made for this contest sucked too much to enter.
The map I made for this contest sucked too much to enter.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Hitl1r1 on 2006-09-10 at 03:09:18
I think I played Trigga's map when I was helping test the DLDB maps with Voyager. If it was the one I played, then it was really fun.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by JaFF on 2006-09-10 at 03:13:06
Moose add the links faster ! I didn't find Triggamasta'z map in the contest topic...
Report, edit, etc...Posted by JordanN_3335 on 2006-09-10 at 07:47:46
Congrats to the winner except the fact someone who made a map called "Robo battles" had the same name as my map 
Oh well.
Too bad I was there but didnt test I told you take screenshots moose.
Oh well.Too bad I was there but didnt test I told you take screenshots moose.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by dumbducky on 2006-09-10 at 08:20:34
Moose, who was the idiot who sent in the map with the overlaps?
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Mp)7-7 on 2006-09-10 at 08:45:01
Wow, with my map, I wasnt really expecting any minerals for it! My next map will be better! I was camping while I was making it, so I couldnt really consintrate that much.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Deathawk on 2006-09-10 at 08:53:51
Hahha, yeah, like 2 or 3 people made maps with overlaps?
Also, the mail man came when you were afk, got me 5 minerals and them left... unfortunatly, I wasn't able to buy anything... that game was really buggy..
Was fun playing
Also, the mail man came when you were afk, got me 5 minerals and them left... unfortunatly, I wasn't able to buy anything... that game was really buggy..
Was fun playing
Report, edit, etc...Posted by dumbducky on 2006-09-10 at 08:55:46
Only 'cause Moose was on your team with his 8 explo-bots. It was Über gay for me and Tux.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Killer_Kow(MM) on 2006-09-10 at 09:22:50
Good participation. Nice.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by fritfrat(U) on 2006-09-10 at 09:29:51
I have to congratulate DEAD in getting not last place. That's pretty impressive.
Oh, and kudos to you, too, t-masta
Oh, and kudos to you, too, t-masta
Report, edit, etc...Posted by PCFredZ on 2006-09-10 at 09:43:23
Moose, add a note in the post to tell the participants to submit their entries to the DLDB so they can go on the spotlight.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Gigins on 2006-09-10 at 09:45:20
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Voyager7456(MM) on 2006-09-10 at 09:54:21
QUOTE(PCFredZ @ Sep 10 2006, 09:43 AM)
Moose, add a note in the post to tell the participants to submit their entries to the DLDB so they can go on the spotlight.
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Aren't attachments still broken?
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Gigins on 2006-09-10 at 09:56:49
Works for me. 
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Voyager7456(MM) on 2006-09-10 at 09:57:53
Not for me... 