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Official Melee Map Contest

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Official Melee Map Contest

Official Melee Map Contest

Congratulations to Pyrodactyl for winning the contest! Congratulations to the two runner ups, Draqz in second and Reborn91 in third!

Welcome to Wc3Sear.ch's Official Melee Map Contest!
This contest is the perfect opportunity for you to show off your terraining and your strategic mapmaking skills.

Rules*:
  • Melee maps only - that means no triggers, imports, object editing, or any other alteration. Only pure editor material.

  • Blizzard style only - follow the generic melee map style. Normal starting locations etc.

  • Only regular World Editor maps. Maps made with WEU, WE No-Limits etc. will not be accepted.

  • Solo maps only - no groups of people working on a map together.

  • The map can be as many players as you want.

  • Submit your map via the Maps section's melee map category. Send a link to your map via PM to me, and I will add it to the list of contestants below.

  • Maps made before the contest was declared will not be allowed. They will be disqualified.

  • The map you submit must be the finakl version. Once submitted you will not be allowed to update it.

Marking Scheme*:

Terraining .......... /50
~You will be marked for originality of terraining concepts, diversity and appeal of the terrain.
Layout .......... /50
~You will be marked for the layout of the map, which includes placing of bases, neutral units, and usage of terrain to create the map strategic. The more strategic the better.
Total .................... /100
*The rules and marking scheme are not finalized. They may be modified at any time in the contest's course.

Current judges will be VGsatomi and ElfWarfare (judges may be updated in the future).

The winner will recieve a custom title proclaiming him as a winner, as well as Director's Choice award for his map.
The two runners up will recieve a custom user title proclaiming them as a runner up.

Good luck to all participants!
The due date is April 17th, so there is still plenty of time.


Current Contestents:

Last modified: April 17 7:00 PM EST
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Dark Destroyer
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Yay, something I'm good at...I think...
Is there a size limit...and most importantly when is the deadline?
IceMage
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I submitted my map, (8)Whispering Waters
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Im in. @ Dark Destroyer read the final line.
but whats the file size limit? is there one? though I don't think a mere terrain and gold mine map will take much memory.

sign me up :)
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When I said follow the Blizzard style, I also mean that the map should have a normal size for a melee map, nothing extremely large.
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Dark Destroyer
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@DeadDogNoGoWolf
That is not the deadline on the final line...
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oz02The due date will be announced shortly.

There you go.
VGsatomi
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Size limit? Heh, a max-size melee map with max doodads, creeps, neutral buildings and items on the map is still only 800kb tops.

@Icemage: That map was posted before the contest announcement.
-VGsatomi
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Is WEU allowed so we can get around the maximum number of doodads?
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oz02
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No, I want pure Blizzard ideas. That's beside the fact that the map has to be very classic melee-like, and if you put that many doodads then you're going to have a problem.
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Max_Cola
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oh ya :P good point
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DeadDogNoGoWoof
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....Blizzard did not use WEU...


they should have. :mrgreen:

ok. back on topic.
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taur
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well

this i must say i am rather disappointed in, it completly singles out terraining, no positions for triggerers or modders, i was actually looking forward to this contest, guess i was wrong. I have no idea why it took you soo long to make, but really, why not a contest that allows for all skills and ppl, e.g. a race contest where u make ur own race... or a sorta contest where u make a map, but terring is graded, but this?
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*snaps*methinks we should get back on topic... :evil:

what about this? if your not interested, don't enter. btw making a race is modeling... :|