Nexuiz Ninjaz is - 1st Year Anniversary Celebration!

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Community Favorite

While the judges and myself are still going to do a calculated score. I'd like to bring to everyone's attention a community favorite poll. This contest was based on inspiring others. Please visit the Final Submissions Thread and vote for the person you think has positively influenced the most people in this competition.

Vote Here

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To heighten awareness of proper packaging and some other neat features that have been added to the game, such as divVerent's radar system, Nexuiz Ninjaz is hosting a Repackage, Remake, Reinspire Mapping Contest.

We're putting a big emphasis on the proper packaging of maps, including the new .mapinfo, map pictures, bot waypoints and radar pictures but we're always focusing on 5 other dimensions. Textures, Sounds, Music, Item Placement and Flow. This mapping contest is like none you've ever seen!

PRIZES will be awarded to the top 3 contestants.

Please read this thread in it's entirety for details.

Nice to see such efforts! I think that's what we need now what some of us has already mentioned: quality media for the quality code!

As for myself, I won't take part... sorry. I'm a judge

Judges can still participate but they are ineligible for prizes. I have a few maps in mind I plan on updating / remixing . Thanks for the kind words.

Hmm since its three months I may well enter. I have plenty of maps that need updating too!

Hmm... this opens a new perspective
However, I think I'll help you mappers in other ways

i'm not a mapper , so can i judge maps? e.g. gameplay,weapon placement etc.

What type of mode is it, I couldn't find it (or missed it)? Or can you choose yourself? Also with 'flow' do you mean gameplay? Cause if so gameplay varies for instance from a DM to TDM to CTF etc.

Would be perfect if the content would be released under GPL so it could be included in official Nexuiz.

Mirio wrote:i'm not a mapper , so can i judge maps? e.g. gameplay,weapon placement etc.

Sorry Mirio, the Five judges have already been picked. However, you can express your opinions in #nn.contest as the maps come out. We'll also have a "people's choice award" that I haven't mentioned in the post.

ai wrote:What type of mode is it, I couldn't find it (or missed it)? Or can you choose yourself? Also with 'flow' do you mean gameplay? Cause if so gameplay varies for instance from a DM to TDM to CTF etc.

Any modes you want. Flow is described in the news post on NN. It does vary map to map and will probably be one of the hardest things to judge but between the 5 judges, I think we'll be able to come to a fair balance on the points earned.

Alien wrote:Would be perfect if the content would be released under GPL so it could be included in official Nexuiz.

This is really up to the mappers but yes, it would be nice.



I'm hoping some fun classics will be improved or otherwise fixed. However, this contest is not limited to just remaking, remixing or otherwise improving maps. Mappers may create a map from scratch.

THE EMPHASIS is on proper packaging.

Also, you can collaborate with other players and divide the points .

Can someone sticky this?

Hooray!
Congrats to NexuizNinjaz and -z- for 1 year of ninja-skills!
I'll take part if i don't fail due to the deadline
/me is s slow mapper lately

Strahlemann wrote:Hooray!
Congrats to NexuizNinjaz and -z- for 1 year of ninja-skills!
I'll take part if i don't fail due to the deadline
/me is s slow mapper lately

I prefer slow and good. Fast and crap sucks.

Chubby wrote:

Strahlemann wrote:Hooray!
Congrats to NexuizNinjaz and -z- for 1 year of ninja-skills!
I'll take part if i don't fail due to the deadline
/me is s slow mapper lately

I prefer slow and good. Fast and crap sucks.

SCNR

If time and motivation allows i may just enter this.

Strahlemann wrote:Hooray!
Congrats to NexuizNinjaz and -z- for 1 year of ninja-skills!
I'll take part if i don't fail due to the deadline
/me is s slow mapper lately

That would be awesome. I love your maps. You are truly a master of multiple perspectives. Too few maps have this touch that gently throw you into different situations you can lose yourself in. Your kind words of motivation from times past have kept my ninja heart strong.

Thank you and good luck (if you decide to enter, which I hope you will).

Right, I've just posted this over at NN. I've got my first entry but I'm not -quite- entering it yet. I want some of you to have a look at it and tell me what needs improvement.

Here be the thread: http://www.nexuizninjaz.com/forum/showt ... hp?tid=627

Contest over 2/15/09 -- that is Feb 15th

I've been quite busy in some other projects, including the one very important task of rebuilding/upgrading my old computer. After learning more about Linux and having everything else in order for the hardware to rebuild my old computer, I've recently taken the time to migrate and separate/organize my software better.

Having a clean operating system with a better understanding of how I should organize things, both visually and logically has given me a stronger idea of my priorities. This has helped me organize some of the other projects surrounding Nexuiz and the Ninjaz. You'd be surprised how much time can go into admining some game servers.

Over the past few months I've spread myself across many different projects surrounding both communities and including other open-source supporting ones. With my old computer a bit unstable and my motherboard RMA not going as smooth as a good company would let it (no bias against EVGA here), it was discouraging to get involved in the mapping process myself. However!! I've recently started mapping again now that I have these computers sorted out and time on my side .



I'm starting to finalize my first map zion to get a feel for my style again before I try applying my abilities to remixing some of the other maps I had in mind. With only ~18 days left in the contest, it's a little tight, especially considering all the recent brush work I did is failing but I still have the urge to finish these things in time.

I hope others are aware the deadline is approaching and perhaps kicking it into high gear.

I'd like to remind everyone to submit their maps to the Contest thread (or here if you _really_ want to) by 2/15/09 -- that is Feb 15th

contest over 2/15/09
contest over 2/15/09
contest over 2/15/09

Which reminds me.

I have another entry, which is Symdusty v2r1. It just needs compiling and packing at the moment. Cept I cant get it to compile (see my thread in support/bugs).

Hopefully I will have time to do one more map after that.

my contest maps

#1

http://forums.alientrap.local/viewtopic.php?p=53723#53723

#2

http://forums.alientrap.local/viewtopic.php?p=53316#53316

Here's a draft of all the submitted maps I know of. The deadline is tomorrow, please somehow tell me what your submitting and provide me a link. Preferably here or in the Contest Thread.



mikeeusa:
http://cat2.optus.nu:81/nexuizserv/aren ... tica15.pk3

alphagod:
http://www.nexuizninjaz.com/forum/showt ... hp?tid=681 | http://unknown.nexuizninjaz.com/Develop ... x_v1r1.pk3

map-ctf-13void_nex_r2
map-ctf-aecap_nex_r2
map-ctf-af3gate_nex_r3
map-ctf-bunker_ctf1_nex_r3
map-ctf-cpmctf1_nex_r1
map-ctf-cpmctf2_nex_r3
map-ctf-cpmctf4_nex_r1
map-ctf-cpmctf5_nex_r1
map-ctf-cu3ctf1_nex_r3
map-ctf-DK_DIG_nex_r3
map-ctf-dk_ht2_nex_r3
map-ctf-dmlctf01_nex_r3
map-ctf-geit3ctf2_nex_r3
map-ctf-heatctf_nex_r3
map-ctf-kellblack_nex_r3
map-ctf-killfactor_nex_r3
map-ctf-mIKEctf2_nex_r3
map-ctf-mIKEctf3_nex_r3
map-ctf-moonstone_nex_r3
map-ctf-mvctf01_nex_r3
map-ctf-ninemil-ctf3_nex_r3
map-ctf-NovaFortress_nex_r3
map-ctf-on-Xctf1_nex_r3
map-ctf-on-xctf2_nex_r3
map-ctf-on-xctf3_nex_r3
map-ctf-on-xctf4_nex_r3
map-ctf-on-xctf5_nex_r3
map-ctf-on-xctf6_nex_r3
map-ctf-pm_incognita_nex_r3
map-ctf-polo3ctf1_nex_r3
map-ctf-q3mdctf1_nex_r3
map-ctf-rrctf2_nex_r3
map-ctf-saintctf2_nex_r3
map-ctf-sbctf1_nex_r3
map-ctf-spirit3ctfduel1_nex_r3
map-ctf-stchctf9a_nex_r3
map-ctf-turboctf01_nex_r3
map-dm-cpm1a_nex_r1
map-dm-cpm2_nex_r2
map-dm-cpm3_nex_r1
map-dm-cpm3a_nex_r1
map-dm-cpm4a_nex_r1
map-dm-cpm6_nex_r1
map-dm-cpm8_nex_r1
map-dm-cpm10_nex_r1
map-dm-cpm11_nex_r1
map-dm-cpm11a_nex_r1
map-dm-cpm12_nex_r1
map-dm-cpm13_nex_r1
map-dm-cpm14_nex_r1
map-dm-cpm16_nex_r1
map-dm-cpm17_nex_r1
map-dm-cpm18r_nex_r1
map-dm-cpm19_nex_r1
map-dm-cpm20_nex_r1
map-dm-cpm21_nex_r1
map-dm-cpm22_nex_r1
map-dm-cpm23_nex_r1
map-dm-cpm24_nex_r1
map-dm-cpm25_nex_r1
map-dm-cpm26_nex_r1
map-dm-cpm27_nex_r1
map-dm-cpm28_nex_r1
map-dm-cpm29_nex_r1
map-dm-ospdm1_nex_r2
map-dm-ospdm3_nex_r2
map-dm-ospdm4_nex_r2
map-dm-ospdm5_nex_r2
map-dm-ospdm7_nex_r2
map-dm-ospdm9_nex_r2
map-dm-ospdm12_nex_r2

map-ctf-X3map_nex_r1
map-ctf-ctctf_nex_r1
map-ctf-ospctf1_nex_r1
map-ctf-ospctf2_nex_r1
map-ctf-mikectf1_nex_r1
map-dm-ospdm6_nex_r1
map-dm-ospdm8_nex_r1
map-dm-ospdm10_nex_r1
map-ctf-rota3ctf1_nex_r1
map-ctf-rota3ctf2_nex_r1

Sepelio:
http://www.nexuizninjaz.com/forum/showt ... hp?tid=627 | Effluent_v1r1
http://www.forums.alientrap.local/viewtopic.php?t=4213 | http://maps.nexuizninjaz.com/symdusty_v2r1.pk3

Cortez:
http://forums.alientrap.local/viewtopic.php?p=53723#53723 | Greatwall Overloaded ctf/ons
http://forums.alientrap.local/viewtopic.php?p=53316#53316 | dm2


MooKow and PCLizard:
Paralyze
Virtual Earth

Grasshopper:
its_mayaball_b1


Dax:
Chemical



PLEASE GET YOUR NAME ON THIS LIST IF YOU HAVE A MAP YOU WANT ENTERED IN THE CONTEST!

Updated list of submissions on http://www.nexuizninjaz.com

There is now a vote for community favorite as well, see first post for details.

The winner of the community choice goes to Moo and PCLizard, check the NN thread for details and an explanation of their prize.

Congratulations to everyone, there were certainly some exceptional entries and I believe this contest was successful in not only raising awareness of packaging but in other aspects of make making including collaboration.

Awesome work guys!


I'm still awaiting the grades from the other judges (whom are very busy) but when they are tallied I will announce the official winners of the contest and send out the prizes.