Jail Mapping Contest

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Calling all mappers! The Edgegamers CS:S division is having a Jail mapping contest! Fire up hammer and get to work because all entries will have the chance to be put on the server and added to the rotation!​

Basic Guidelines / Rules:

• Must be fully compiled
  • Normal BSP
  • Normal Vvis
  • Normal Vrad
  • Cubemaps must be correctly setup and built
  • HDR Lighting is optional, however, the better
  
  
• Map must be optimized and not lag FPS or Internet wise
• Should look decent
• There should be plenty to do and ways to escape!
• Do NOT plagiarize aka steal parts of other maps!
• Do NOT name the map after yourself or add eGO in the map names (e.g. ba_jail_roguesniper or ba_jail_eGO <--- DO NOT DO EITHER OF THESE)
  
• Please also refer to this thread: Extended Rules

Judging:
The maps will be voted on by the EdgeGamers CS:S Leadership.


Submissions:
All maps must be submitted to Mostly Harmless in a Private Message here on the forums by February 28th to be entered to the contest. Any submissions after February 28th will be void.

• What to submit:
  • A fully compiled map file (BSP)
  • A VMF of the map
  • A VMF.log (aka the compile log)
  • Four screenshots showing various parts of your map
  • All of the above in a RAR / ZIP file

Prizes:
The overall winner will receive 35,000 casino cash, Novint Falcon*, and their map permanently placed on the Jail server. During the voting / review process, the CS:S leadership team will also pull out maps that are fit to be on the server from all the submissions.

*Shipping and handling charges must be payed​

Good luck to everyone, and happy mapping!​

 

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Extended rules and guidelines or known as the Specifics​

• Map must be optimized and not lag FPS or Internet wise
  
  
  
  - Start all weapons and props constrained or asleep [Picture 1]
  
  - Optimize your map correctly via func_details, func_areaportals, and neat brush work [Picture 2]
  
  - Ceiling of the map should not be 1000+ feet above the highest reachable place. Reduce the height of the map
  
  - Cannot contain any Vvis leaks
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• Should look decent
  
  
  
  - Use a variety of textures [Picture 3]
  
  - Use the variety of textures correctly [Picture 4]
  
  - Absolutely NO full bright, must have lighting [Picture 5]
  
  - Lighting must be decently done [Picture 5]
  
  - Props static/dynamic/physics should be used and placed properly [Picture 2]
  
  
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• Must have things to do and ways to escape
  
  
  
  - Should have activities for the prisoners to do
  
  - Have ways to escape
  
  - Should be balanced for both CTs and Ts
  
  - NO Deagles in the cells
  
  - No vents into armory, defeats the purpose of working as a team to escape or rebel
  
  
  [*] Must contain lock down after 10 minutes that will kill all players in the jail. This is to prevent extremely long rounds.
  
  
  [*] Must be a newly started map. Any maps started before this contest can not be submitted to this contest.
  
  
  [*] Only one map submission per member
  
  
  [*] Name must be ba_jail_prisonnamehere - ba_jail_
  
  
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Image references:

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[Picture 5]

Questions about these guidelines, feel free to PM Rogue Sniper

DO NOT ASK ROGUE SNIPER FOR HELP ON HOW TO MAP!​