NoGhost Mapping Competition for Quake 3 Arena Mappers from the community are encouraged to participate in this competition; both veteran mappers and those looking to get into mapping are welcome to join in on the fun. Prizes will be awarded to the best maps and be judged by the community and players.
:: Official start: November 1st, 2009 and will run for 6 weeks until midnight December 12th
:: Prizes and Sponsors
-1st Place: AMD Phenom™ II X4 965 Black Edition Processor and Sapphire Radeon HD 5850 Graphics Card
-2nd Place: AMD Phenom™ II X4 965 Black Edition Processor and Sapphire Radeon HD 4650 Graphics Card
-3rd Place: Sapphire Pure 950W Power Supply
-Sponsored by: AMD, ATI, Sapphire, NoGhost.net and Maverick Servers
:: Rules
-The map should hold at least 8 players suitable for FFA or 4v4 TDM/CTF or a 1v1 map
-All maps are judged on the same scale, so a smaller map will be held to same to the same quality standards as larger maps
-Doesn't necessarily have to support a specific gametype or mod, but you are welcome to specify one
-Map must contain sponsor images
-Map must be previously unreleased or a new design; please no map remakes or edits
-A majority of the map should be indoors; please no maps without walls or a ceiling/roof, i.e. space maps
-Map textures must be legal to use; ID stock textures are allowed, just be sure not to include them in the map's pk3 file because they are copyrighted
-Each participant is allowed to only submit one map
:: Judging
-Will be done by a panel of experienced players who are familiar with that map's chosen audience (ie: a CPM map is judged by CPM players, a CTF map is judged by CTF players, etc)
-Scored on gameplay/design, overall looks, creativity, and layout
-Will occur from December 13th to the 19th; winners will be announced immediately afterwards right here
-Judges are not given details about the author of the map to prevent bias
-Judges so far: Karol "Hell5pawn" Zagórski and Anthem from NoGhost.net, Tig from lvlworld.com, Valentino "kEy21" Viglione a Quake 3 Clanbase admin, Hipshot from zfight.com
:: Homepage
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http://mapping.maverickservers.com/ -------------------------------------------------------
I'm entering it ^^