As we all know, the Track Central isn't exactly filled with great tracks left and right. So, in an attempt to remedy this, I will be hosting a few rounds (or as many as my budget allows me to) of build-offs. The idea is to have a different theme, which I'll announce here for each round (with the time limits), that everyone is welcome to have a shot at trying to create.
This is a PC-only competition. To sign up, post your ingame-name here.
General rules of all rounds:
1.In order to participate, you must sign up before the announced start date of the competition. 2.Tracks eligible for entry are, unless mentioned otherwise for the round, custom trials tracks. No skill games or supercross. 3.Tracks may be of easy, extreme difficulty or anything in between. No ninjas. 4.Track length is to be set to no less than 25 seconds platinum. No limit for longer tracks. 5. No teams, this is a single effort. 6. Don't copy-pasta or re-release your old tracks. It has to be new and uploaded within the given time-constraints. 7.Stay within the announced theme or your track won't qualify. 8. Once you enter your track, you've committed. No changing the track. 9. One entry / person. 10. Each round will revolve around a theme. The theme, along with the round-rule, will be announced when the round starts!
More on the rules as I think this through. Take note though that each round might introduce special conditions for the track that must be met in order to qualify!
Judging:
Entries will be scored by theme loyalty, general aesthetics, the driving line and execution of round-rules.
Volunteer judges welcome. PM me if you're interested in this role.
Prizes:
To the winner go the spoils, only the creator grabbing first place goes home with the swag (this is mainly because I'm not a wealthy person). Prizes may vary for each round or they might not, I haven't set this into stone yet but they will have some monetary value in one way or another. Currently, do not expect value of greater than 20 - 30 euros. More on this later.
Round 1: Up to 30 € worth of steam games. You pick 'em, I pay 'em. Sadly, I can not get a hold of steam gift cards so this is the way for now.
Round 2: Up to 20 € worth of steam games. You pick 'em, I pay 'em.
Round 3: Up to 20 € worth of steam games. You pick 'em, I pay 'em.
Round 1: CLOSED
Spoiler: Show
Time window: 15th of May (05/15/2013) - 15th of June (06/15/2013)
Theme: Steampunk
Round-rules: The driving line must contain at least one ( 1 ) custom mechanical object ( don't use examples ) that interacts with the bike in a meaningful way. By meaningful I mean that the custom object is a key feature of passing an obstacle or is the obstacle itself.
Participant / Track:
Forum name ( ingame ) / Track
basslineux001 ( bassline001) / Aviary Hall
Karmacoma ( das_n3rvt ) / No entry yet
Kesmolato ( Kesmolato ) / No entry yet
Oski ( Oskiiiii95 ) / No entry yet
TheRealTeeHill ( TheRealTeeHill ) / No entry yet
derekjones94 ( derekjones94 ) / No entry yet
mrjorts ( mrjorts ) / No entry yet
TeriXeri ( TeriXeri ) / Mechanical Vapor
Round 2: CLOSED; Check spoiler tags for results!
Spoiler: Show
Time window for building: 16th of September (09/16/2013) - 30th of September (09/30/2013)
Theme: Natural disasters.
Forest fires, floods, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, you name it! Pick your favourite disaster and get to work!
Round-rules: Driving line must contain two ( 2 ) moving obstacles. Feel free to use physics or OPE and implement this in any way you like i.e. tree that falls once you ride on it, a scaffolding that collapses, you know the drill. The obstacles need not be in constant motion if you do not wish them to be.
It was a tight round and the judging was a true challenge. We have a winner though, so check out this vid!
Round 3: CLOSED
Time window for building: 7th of January (01/07/2014) - 23rd of January (01/23/2014)
Theme: Medieval Times
Castles, moats, markets, knights, dragons, princesses, you name it!
Round-rules: Background must contain at least two (2) moving custom objects. You can decide the nature of the objects yourself and where and how they appear.
The hardest round to judge by far! Awesome tracks from amazing people. There can only be one winner though so check out this video (YouTube comments disabled to avoid spoilers).
04-24-2013
IImayneII
Re: No one expects the competition! Round 1
Well Interesting initiative! I was waiting for some compititions, hoping they will generate some cool tracks.
Question time, though: How do you enforce this: 6. Don't copy-pasta or re-release your old tracks. It has to be created and uploaded within the given time-constraints.
?
In case the theme allows for it: if I take one of the two somewhat halfway-ish finished tracks I have and take this competition as the incentive
to not agonize over their freaking tiny details that nobody will notice anyways (...) and just make and finish them already,
how can you tell? And if you can't, does it really matter?
Suggestion time: Not caring about an actual prize-prize http://forum.redlynx.com/forum/image...con_asleep.gif think it's awesome that you do), but if you want to actually hand out one that has monetary value,
I suggest a selectable gift through steam or amazon or something like that.
anyways, a month is plenty of time, so.. ingame-name: das_n3rvt
04-25-2013
rlmergeuser
Re: No one expects the competition! Round 1
wow that's pretty neat and surprising.
but here are some suggestions:
more then one theme.
i think a 10€ steam gift card is more then ok as incentive.
Difficulty restrictions like easy-medium // hard-extreme, because im seeing some problems judging an easy track against an extreme one.
why the 15 ? can't it start sooner? ^^
Question time, though: How do you enforce this: 6. Don't copy-pasta or re-release your old tracks. It has to be created and uploaded within the given time-constraints.
?
In case the theme allows for it: if I take one of the two somewhat halfway-ish finished tracks I have and take this competition as the incentive
to not agonize over their freaking tiny details that nobody will notice anyways (...) and just make and finish them already,
how can you tell? And if you can't, does it really matter?
The rule was badly worded. What I meant was that it has to be something you haven't uploaded before and not a re-release. Also, having the theme announced at the start and there being a round-rule (which will involve building) should make every participant spend some time in the editor. That and the fact that I will check for re-releases is about all the enforcing that I think should be needed.
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Originally Posted by Karmacoma
Suggestion time: Not caring about an actual prize-prize http://forum.redlynx.com/forum/image...con_asleep.gif think it's awesome that you do), but if you want to actually hand out one that has monetary value,
I suggest a selectable gift through steam or amazon or something like that
This is actually what I currently have in mind. I'm just not sure if I'm gonna go for a gift card (after I find out how to make that happen) or set an amount of money people can spend on steam out of my pocket (kind of a "You pick 'em, I pay 'em"-deal).
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Originally Posted by Kesmolato
wow that's pretty neat and surprising.
but here are some suggestions:
more then one theme.
Assuming people get into this competition and my budget can withstand it, there will be other themes in following rounds. Finding out who executed the theme of their track the best is easier when they're all doing the same theme
Quote:
Originally Posted by Kesmolato
Difficulty restrictions like easy-medium // hard-extreme, because im seeing some problems judging an easy track against an extreme one.
No problem, really, since all difficulties share a common factor: the driving line. It's easy to see who had the best flow to their track regardless of difficulty.
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Originally Posted by Kesmolato
why the 15 ? can't it start sooner? ^^
That's mainly because I don't have a lot of free time on my hands atm, at least not as much as I think is required to focus on this once we get rolling. I'll be a much happier panda by the 15th with all of the stuff I'm dealing with now behind me. I also believe there are some competitions running at the moment on the box so this should give the guys with both Evo and Gold a chance to get those out of the way.
04-26-2013
Inquisitor_FIN
Re: No one expects the competition! Round 1 [Open]
As much as I appreciate our three contestants for taking part, more are needed! Any volunteers for the judging panel are also appreciated. Naturally you can't be part of both the contest and the judges http://forum.redlynx.com/forum/image...on/biggrin.gif
04-27-2013
ConfusedMuscles
Re: No one expects the competition! Round 1 [Open]
Re: No one expects the competition! Round 1 [Open]
as the timeslot does not open earlier than may 15th i am sorry i must withdraw.
my laptop get taken back to my college and i wont see it till 3 and half months so i will port back to xbla and create tracks there but i will come back in the fall.
i doubt my own laptop could play but if it does i may wish to register again.
Re: No one expects the competition! Round 1 [Open]
Sorry to hear that. I'll update the list but if your laptop is up to it, you're welcome to come back
04-30-2013
rlmergeuser
Re: No one expects the competition! Round 1 [Open]
I'll go for this long as the weather isn't beaming sunshine as if so ill be out on the boat(s) http://forum.redlynx.com/forum/image...icon/smile.gif shame I don't have a laptop, would love to track build afloat in the middle of a broad
04-30-2013
Inquisitor_FIN
Re: No one expects the competition! Round 1 [Open]
Quote:
Originally Posted by TheRealTeeHill
I'll go for this long as the weather isn't beaming sunshine as if so ill be out on the boat(s) http://forum.redlynx.com/forum/image...icon/smile.gif shame I don't have a laptop, would love to track build afloat in the middle of a broad
Re: No one expects the competition! Round 1 [Signups until 1
it turns out i am able to keep my school laptop over the summer so if i may, could i please rejoin back in with this competition ^^
05-10-2013
Inquisitor_FIN
Re: No one expects the competition! Round 1 [Signups until 1
Quote:
Originally Posted by Dubz
it turns out i am able to keep my school laptop over the summer so if i may, could i please rejoin back in with this competition ^^
Most definately, welcome back
05-10-2013
TeriXeri
Re: No one expects the competition! Round 1 [Signups until 1
Signing up for this, been building tracks already so having a special theme to go with should be fun as well as comparing with other builders for the same theme.
TeriXeri in game as well.
05-10-2013
Inquisitor_FIN
Re: No one expects the competition! Round 1 [Signups until 1
List updated, welcome aboard
05-13-2013
Inquisitor_FIN
Re: No one expects the competition! Round 1 [Signups until 1
Re: No one expects the competition! Round 1 [Signups until 1
05-15-2013
Inquisitor_FIN
Re: No one expects the competition! Round 1 [Entries open!]
Sign-ups closed, entries open. Check the theme and round-rule in the OP. Also have a look at the prize. Most of all, fire up that editor as we are rolling!
I would still welcome judges that can be unbiased with their work, any volunteers appreciated. I'd like the result to be based on more opinions than just mine.
05-15-2013
rlmergeuser
Re: No one expects the competition! Round 1 [Entries open!]
Re: No one expects the competition! Round 1 [Entries open!]
just bumping cuz its getting closer to the 15th.
BTW, Confused Muscles has submitted his track.
05-31-2013
Inquisitor_FIN
Re: No one expects the competition! Round 1 [Entries open!]
Quote:
Originally Posted by derekjones94
just bumping cuz its getting closer to the 15th.
BTW, Confused Muscles has submitted his track.
There are two comps running on the PC at the moment and as far as I know he didn't specify which comp that track is entering. Therefore I'm a bit hesitant about updating the list.
05-31-2013
ConfusedMuscles
Re: No one expects the competition! Round 1 [Entries open!]
Quote:
Originally Posted by derekjones94
just bumping cuz its getting closer to the 15th.
BTW, Confused Muscles has submitted his track.
My track is for the RL comp. I have not submitted for this comp yet.
06-01-2013
rlmergeuser
Re: No one expects the competition! Round 1 [Entries open!]
Quote:
Originally Posted by ConfusedMuscles
Quote:
Originally Posted by derekjones94
just bumping cuz its getting closer to the 15th.
BTW, Confused Muscles has submitted his track.
My track is for the RL comp. I have not submitted for this comp yet.