Pretty Town Contest Speculating Thread

I'm say 90% done the map, but then I need to add 50 or so triggers and some sort of soundtrack.

Normally I would say this is tight, but I really want to stick it to Julius so I'll probably find the time.

There is now a 2-week extension to the deadline, so this may shake up the odds a bit! (and hopefully allow for more entries)

The new deadline is July 14, 11:59PM EST.

I'm say 90% done the map, but then I need to add 50 or so triggers and some sort of soundtrack.

So a sitting of 4-6 hours left?

Maybe 10-12 hrs. I went into a stupid amount of detail and now if I don't finish the last few areas the same way they will look out of place.

I plan to put two hours or so into it tonight, so we will see where that gets me.

In light of the deadline extension:

Odds of Julius getting a last-minute entry in on time: 4-1 against

I never bet who will win, so I bet that Matt will take a top 3.

Odds of Julius getting a last-minute entry in on time: 4-1 against.

We have 5.0 (4-1) from HockeySam! I personally think he won't submit anything at all... so 100.0 (99-1)

[This message has been edited by Lildbehr (edited 06-23-2015 @ 12:36 PM).]

Map is 80% done (need to add people and might tweek some stuff here and there). I also need to add some triggers, etc.
Dont Think my entry will be much better than my tavania scenario, detail wise..

[This message has been edited by Knaber (edited 06-23-2015 @ 02:51 PM).]

Odds of Matt getting an entry in on time: 3-1 for

I have spent over 150 hours in witcher 3, and beat it twice, so I can safely say that I've sated myself.

(I also played through tomb raider 2013 again, but that's neither here nor there)

Odds on CK getting a finished entry in: 5-1 for
Odds on CK finishing it the night before: 5-1 for

83%, that's good. I'll fix your odds.

EDIT: Also, from now on, the odds will only tell the chance of people submitting an entry. After the deadline other odds will be posted.

[This message has been edited by Lildbehr (edited 06-25-2015 @ 06:49 AM).]

Muhammed Mirza seems to be on schedule. His odds for finishing in time now goes up.

Bwahahaha. Unknown. Excellent.

Jernside dropped out the other day, btw, due to work schedule issues - he made a post in the main thread saying as much.

I'm about 95% done with my entry. Just a few triggers left.

I made a lot of progress but then the game crashed...

So all work is gone?

No just an hours work. I redid it and the map is now almost done. Just got triggers left.

I'll still be submitting an entry but I fear I won't have as much time to polish as I wanted.

I'm gonna win

Lol hopefully.

MrMew has submitted his entry. Come on everybody get your entries in!

Knaber has also submitted his entry! Yay!

my entry is in.

sadly, I was restricted by the HD edition's ridiculous pathfinding. basically, it crashed as soon as I tried to task units to bring the town to life.

That's not speculation! Tell us how jaw-droppingly awesome your entry is and how no one else has a prayer.

IT HAS SO MANY EYE CANDY UNITS YOU LITERALLY CAN'T PLAY IT BECAUSE THE PATHFINDING IS SO ABHORRENT!

Got a little happy with off grid placement did you?

And all you had to do was listen to the wise sage, Hockeysam.

The portents told me that the poor pathfinding of HD is legend. I just relayed the message from the powers greater than I

In all seriousness, I'm sure it'll be okay. Several entries in the past have proved that you don't need a high-volume, bustling town to attain a good score

I uploaded my submission for this contest...

Tracking number: 12484

Eight contestants have uploaded their entries, that's pretty good for any competition here at AoKH.

[This message has been edited by Lildbehr (edited 07-14-2015 @ 09:48 AM).]

Okay so 12 entries. Time to bet on winners.

My vote is on Matt, because normally he makes good maps that are rushed or half finished. He submitted his entry considerable early (by more than two days) so I think he wasn't rushed and had time for polish.

As for me? I dunno.

Now when the deadline has passed I'm thrilled to hear everyone's opinion. Who will place first, second and third.

My bets are now this:

1st: Matt (Everybody keep saying he will win, so that must mean something.)

2nd: CK (I've seen some really great good PTC designs from 2011 and 2013.)

3rd: Arnas (I heard it's something new and original. He's my wildcard.)

The rest of you, (and me) will just have to see how it goes.

I've seen some really great good PTC designs from 2011 and 2013.

honest to go my first ptc was decent and my second was good, but this one (by my standards) is miles better than either.

as for matt, He did old man and the sea. he's got a legacy of completing one amazing project and then failing on everything else he's announced, which to me means that if got an entry in early, he has something special.

I've seen arnas's, and while I do think it's different, I'm not sure where it's going to fall because I expect good stuff from Jan.

he's got a legacy of completing one amazing project and then failing on everything else he's announced

Ouch.

It was more I couldn't look at it anymore than that it was perfect, to be perfectly honest. And Sam tells me your entry looks excellent, plus you used Forgotten. I expect you to be the biggest competition.

Amusingly, SWS has had a deathgrip on this contest for some time. And I am the only SWS entrant.

technically I am Black Forest. not that I really do anything with them.