Perhaps some motivation

[Ziggurat]

CEVO is running a TF2 map contest which is giving $250 to the winner of the best ctf or cp map. Full details and stuff are here:

http://www.cevo.com/index.php?page=forum&func=viewthread&id=5821&forumID=61

Apparently it will be user-decided via polls etc. Is anyone doing this?

[Immortal-D]

Oh very cool. Right now I'm working on a TC map though :( Still, very very tempting.

[A Boojum Snark]

Naming requirements of slapping their tag on it turns me off terribly.

[MrTwitch]

Also, read the terms and conditions, I'd rather host my map myself than submit it to a contest for it not to win and me to be all like "Aw man, I didn't win." and then them still send all my personal info out into the world wide internets and me be an even bigger loser.

I think eventually, not now though, we should hold our own contest, maybe ion a few months when everyone is more familiar with Source and TF2 mapping. Is anyone else noticing a horrible trend in people making huge, wide open maps that are... not fun at all?

[TheBladeRoden]

1st Place: $250.00 CASH.

So they would literally mail me two Franklin's and a Grant?

[spaceweasels]

Unless it's $250 Canadian. Then, it would be two Franklins, one Grant and one Hamilton.

[Moon-Guardian]

one month... to create a professional map.

*Sigh*

It took me 4months to complete my (horrible) TFC maps. And im new to source! I don't know a think about HDR, or any of that fancy lighting...

I guess the tutorials are going to become very, very helpful soon!

[Ziggurat]

The 1 month duration of this contest ensures most maps will either be rushed, partially incomplete, or simply a map already released and then renamed (oddly enough this isn't against their rules)