A community Pretty Town would be nice.

Maybe not a whole design team, but it would be great if two people could team up and make one.

yeah, i agree with Pepsi! A community pretty town competition would be nice.

WooHOO~!! Finally, thank you Divine Overlord..

As an official member of the community of HG and AOMH, I would like to see this as Design Team Player Competition, but as Pepsi stated, maybe just a few members as the entire team would probably take too long and most wouldn't even show up even less participate..

But I suppose you meant representating the team so I'll lay off...

YEAH..!!?!?!?!? !

I would like a custom background competition, everybody could make a background:

Advantages:
1. Can be for AoM as well as TT
2. Can be really simple, but very hard to make aswell (everyone can enter)
3. Doesn't have to take much time
4. We lose the boring background from ES
5. It has a use, we could make a big background pack after the competition.

Disadvantages:
1. People we submit multipules might push away the ones who don't in the background pack
2. People we are on low graphic detail can't playtest/use the backgrounds

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Why not completely cinematic?

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Nah, would take too long time.

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Yes, good idea.

A trigger expertise tournament. Have a few sophisticated people think up a load of problems that people have to solve using the AoM/TT/custom triggers (I would like to). There will be the golden medal - for the one to solve the most problems and the most efficient - and the creativity award for the one with the most creative solutions.

They don't have to implement them in actual scenarios, but provide a txt with the outline or whatever. EDIT: No, I think it's best to require the actual scens to be sent after all.

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But thats just no fun Archaeopterix.

I think we should just do a town, with or without a cinimatic. It should be set to like 200 by 200, or 250 by 25, etc.

@ Archaeopterix:
Awesome idea! It would provide, firstly as a creative event, and secondly, as a way for participants to better themselves with trigger problems.

I just had a spark of genious wut about a build a individual building contest u know like combining houses and crap to make a entirely new building

dessigners must make a single player map bassed on a title picked at random.

That would scare lots of people away because it takes so long: a background can be used with making just one trigger, or you can make 1000 of events with around 3000 triggers, you can easily make multipules, overall I think it would be fun for both higher and lower level designers, I am not even sure if we have any designers on low graphic detail.

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Just make triggers one of the things it is rated by, only give top-grades if they solve certain problems, etc. Your idea might also scare of newer people. (Which we want to enter).

How about something to encourage people to create something VERY creative and original.

On a small 50 x 50 map, see who can come up with the most creative, original, and innovative scenario!

You could even make a trigger limit to force the scenario to be about quality, not quantity.

Reasons for:
Encourages creativity!
Fresh new ideas
Easy to review and go through
Is more about quality
Many fun new map styles will be born
Gives designers the chance to explore their most creative ideas
Allows all the files to be easily submitted to the downloads section

[This message has been edited by AdZyZ (edited 06-21-2006 @ 08:01 AM).]

what about just a map, in general?
there could be divisions, iow expert, middle, and beginner.
you design a map in general, and it has to be playable. it can be big or small, and almost everything is checked: if it is cluttered, if you use sound, if you use triggers, and make cinematics, all that.
altogether, whichever map is the most beautiful, complex, or even simple. as long as it works and as long as you know what's happening.
or there could be a cinematic map, where you make a cinematic. and a cinematic only.

or just the pretty town comp.

isnt that just like.. "Everybody make a map. That is all."

I didn't enter because I am no good at towns but I am ok at things like a swamp scene, etc.

You mean your better with more natural effects rather then man made effects? I wold be in the same boat as you I think... Maybe whoever can create the best natural landscape with little to no human inhabitants? It could eb judged on
-Realism
-Quality
-Creativness
-And probbaly some other things...

And! For a guide, they could use an animal of Set. =)

I like teaming up idea for if we've made any "digital" friends here, but has anyone here seen the X-Factor? Its like pop-idle.

Well, basicly, why don't we get 3 judges (like X factor)
and make them judge maps, and everyone votes which one is best, then they go up a group to say the final 4. The person who gets the least votes is knocked out!

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Or maybe, rather then judges, we could have the community vote. Although, you can't vote for your own. Whoever gets the most votes wins... It saves some time for the judges... Problem is, we might get people to create multiple accounts in order to vote for themselves...

What I find worse is the idea people not voting if they want there project to win.

That too... Maybe we could make a rule that if you enter, you are required to vote?

People will vote for the worst ones then, because they think those won't win anyway. And that results in the worst entry winning

If its two people working on a map. And we allow everyone to vote for themselves, they'll simply be raised two votes and even it all out. Just let em vote for themselves.

I think we should have a contest where you just try to create the best scenary possible on a 100 by 100 map. it can be any kind of scenary, such as a swamp, a forest, or the middle of a bustling Greek City. Then they make a cinematic displaying the scenario's good points. It will be a good test of design skills and cinematic skills.
I noticed there is a debate of how to judge the scenarios; I think some select judges should be chosen, and they should judge the scenarios.

i like the idea of a scenary scenario. my love of nature, and especially water- inclusive nature would certainly give me a chance there. and same for everyone else, so they can build up their favourite thing. or we could even turn it into a documentary type thing, where you give facts about, for instance, a wolf, or whale? this also gives you the chance to learn something about nature or people, or history, etc.

Beautiful maps are nice and all, but theyre not very functional. I still like my idea, but I'm probably just being arrogant =P