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ESGL-Map (Melee) Contest

The contest will last approximately three weeks long until the dead line June 2nd, 2005. There is further information to the Contest on the Contest site.
The following maps are accepted:
4 players maps with a maximum of 4 starting points
4 players air maps with maximum 4 starting points
2 players maps with maximum 3 starting points.

Furthermore the maps must fulfill the following conditions:
1. Low Money, thus only one gas and at the most 10 mineral blocks at each initial position. 2. Maximum size of 128x128, and/or 192x96 (96x192) with not square maps.
3. Maps should be exclusive, meaning they must not exist in other map packs.
4. The maps should few Sprites contained (because of the relatively small Spritelimits).
5. Doodads are naturally no problem.
6. The editor must be able to open the maps and no protection is allowed. If you send a protected map or a screen shot only we will not accept it.s protected to be sent in, do not become beachted (also not if a only a screenshot is attached.

Send in the maps should be sent in in this form:
1.A maximun of four maps may be sent in the map pack, please send it in a Zip or a rar file to pack Zip.
2. It must contain a notepad text file (txt) per applicant, which should contain the following:a. Name of the Authors (must be contained)
b. E-Mail address the Authors (must be contained)
c. ICQ number

Suggestions which will increase the probability that your maps are selected.
Your maps should be balanced, before anything make sure that the mineral and gas patch are well distributed and do not favor a player or race imbalance.
Articles (Doodads) make a map more beautiful, but to many can ruin a map. They should not obstruct or interfere with game play. If you make widened ramp/bridges or similar terrain artifacts, you should make certain that the terrain in the places does not look "cut off" then.

The jury, which will select the winner maps, consists up to now of the following players and known map makers:
x6.jjeaN (Admin of the ESGL Broodwarliga)
Djin)Xuul(
Panschk[FP]

(A few jury members will however still be added)

The supervisor is HashishTasche, send questions and suggestions to: haschischtasche@gmx.net

Here is the full constest article in German:
Full Map Contest Article (in German)

You can Upload your map pack here:
Upload your map pack

Great, i think this is worth entering, for the prestige.

this is for melee right? also, what is an ICQ number?

Yea, for melee. I'll probably enter( if I ever figure out how to zip stuffs..). And can we put AIM SN instead of our ICQ, cause I don't have ICQ..

Sounds like fun...but Melee is something I'm not very good at making.
Good luck to all contestants.

Oh boy, a melee map making contest. Can't wait to join

Yay! Melee map making contests, the melee map making catagory isn't dead!Congrads on your 16th post Entropy, SEN's quietest mod. Now I think you have enough posts to change your title from newbie to something else.

I probably won't enter, I'm not that good at melee map making. Making UMS maps is like enginering, while making melee maps is like an art. I've never been that good at art, but I am the enginering type.

I checked the site, and even though I don't understand German, I did read that it said "RAR" instead of "RSR".

Maybe the guy who translated it didn't read german either ? Ah well, melee, some korean will win it... hmm too bad they can't submit(the people at map dori) any of their maps they are already working on over there.

This would be interesting....
I'm not really that good in Melee, because maybe I don't know how to balance the map for zerg and protoss.. yes, go terran!

Yes, this would be really interesting, is extended terrain avalible?

Yup. As far as I know at least.

For advice, try viewing current popular maps that have been used in recent Tournie's, and work on that formula with some edits to it.

so... what is an icq?

ICQ is the international version of AIM, with some moderate to major differences. However, I hear that ICQ is integrating with the AIM network.

For all your questions, there is google.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=icq&btnG=Google+Search

S is next to A on the keyboard. Honest mistake.

Comming out from someone who made a world-wide announcement on a popular site without double-checking his news item...

Thank you, entropy <3

ADDITION:
Wait, two player islands are not accepted? Coulee wouldn't be able to get in (obviously just an example)?

I feel like a complete newb when all of these hardcore Koreans make mapmaking references... does anyone else get this?

Coulee was a map made by Mora, I beleive. He's one of the best foreign map makers, along with Bill (at least I think he's foreign...). I'll post a link to the image soon.

Yea, thats pretty not cool. (to the only 4 player islands stuff)


Im definately in, thanks entropy.

Wheres noname? his maps are the best here... ill pm him and show him the news, he has a chance.

Here is coulee:



Also, paradoxxx would not be accepted:





They really shouldn't have those rules. I hope Bill and Mora compete and blow us all out of the water.

edit: bad grammar and it an edit that makes sense now

Ha, parradoxxx wouldn't make it anyways cause it has like 14 mineral patches and 2 gases. made for good games though

Edit: o i think that mora is canadian, also made umbra locus if im not mistaken.

i was working on a map and then got bored and realized it was just like lost temple mixed with nostalgia, so i gave up