Map Battle 30 - Christmas! (And other winter festivities!)

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Map Battle 30 - Christmas! (And other winter festivities!)

Postby Jest@ on Wed Dec 10, 2008 12:54 am

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Ahhhh, the Christmas banner image is up, the Santa hats are creeping back onto the avatars, and everyone's hoping for new games in their stockings :) That's right, it's Christmas!the Winter-een-mas warmup!

But of course, only doing Christmas is just soo 20th Century. I know there are plenty of you funny heathen types out there who don't believe in gorging yourself while getting angry with your family for buying crap you don't need or want. You terrorists. As a seasonally-appropriate gift to all you hippies, I'll widen this theme to include other winter holiday themes, like New Year, Winter Solstice, Hanukah etc.
Bonus points for anyone who PMs me the regular expression for different spellings of Hanukah!

So, this should keep some of you dangerous kids occupied over the holiday. When family/shopping/eating/travelling overwhelm you, get mapping! Cozy fireside scenes, wintry landscapes and fairy lights, the New Year's countdown, Santa's suspiciously combine-like fortress, or Red & Blu fighting for control of the 'Christmas Tree' cap point....have fun!

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We'll bring this one to a close at the end of New Years' Day, just as you're recovering :-) I'd advise having your images ready in advance! Remember, 'End of the Day' means GMT; check here to see it in other time zones.

All the usual rules apply; 3 screenshots from a Valve source engine game, posted in this thread. You can post as many times as you like, but please always note whether your images are final or WIP. For the full rules, check here.

As always, if you've got any questions or comments at all, post below or PM me

Congratulations to Srredfire for a strong win in Map Battle 29, and to all the rest who took part! I'd also like to welcome the new design section slave moderator, 904, who will be helping me keep my promises :)

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EDIT: Dang, didn't notice that Srredfire's one-upped me on the old Christmas Cheer! For those of you who want a slightly less cheesy theme and a chance at a free game, check out the 2nd Annual Srredfire Xmas mapping contest in the General Discussion forum :)
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Re: Map Battle 30 - Christmas! (And other winter festivities!)

Postby srredfire on Wed Dec 10, 2008 1:09 am

Didn't think you'd actually post it today.

YA PROVED ME WRONG.

Who woulda though this would be a christmas theme?
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Re: Map Battle 30 - Christmas! (And other winter festivities!)

Postby Meotwister on Wed Dec 10, 2008 1:43 am

I've always wanted to do one of these themes lol.
Check out my continually progressing portfolio!
http://meotwister.com - Finally up! I also blog there, too!

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Re: Map Battle 30 - Christmas! (And other winter festivities!)

Postby TheMiede on Wed Dec 10, 2008 8:03 am

Are we allowed to double submit an entry? Like submit the same work in srred's battle and this one?
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Re: Map Battle 30 - Christmas! (And other winter festivities!)

Postby vcool on Wed Dec 10, 2008 8:21 am

Nay, not that I know, sire.
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Re: Map Battle 30 - Christmas! (And other winter festivities!)

Postby TheMiede on Wed Dec 10, 2008 8:23 am

I'm soo torn! Though, I don't know if I will be able to finish my map in time, considering all the custom content I will need for my plans.
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Re: Map Battle 30 - Christmas! (And other winter festivities!)

Postby KILLA-COW on Wed Dec 10, 2008 10:10 am

I remember the last "Christmas map battle" and it went down like a sack of shit. Hopefully won't be the same this time.
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Re: Map Battle 30 - Christmas! (And other winter festivities!)

Postby Blink on Wed Dec 10, 2008 10:18 am

KILLA-COW wrote:I remember the last "Christmas map battle" and it went down like a sack of shit. Hopefully won't be the same this time.


Because there hasn't been one before?
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Re: Map Battle 30 - Christmas! (And other winter festivities!)

Postby KILLA-COW on Wed Dec 10, 2008 12:08 pm

Blink wrote:
KILLA-COW wrote:I remember the last "Christmas map battle" and it went down like a sack of shit. Hopefully won't be the same this time.


Because there hasn't been one before?


It got deleted because it was such a massive failure.
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Re: Map Battle 30 - Christmas! (And other winter festivities!)

Postby punky on Wed Dec 10, 2008 2:55 pm

Then let's not a make a failure out of it again?...
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Re: Map Battle 30 - Christmas! (And other winter festivities!)

Postby Evil Scotsman on Wed Dec 10, 2008 4:07 pm

sounds kl, ill see if i can get something done between christmas day and new years day
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Re: Map Battle 30 - Christmas! (And other winter festivities!)

Postby oMeSSiaHo on Wed Dec 10, 2008 5:52 pm

Does anyone know of any snow or winter themed textures for TF2? That whole christmas tree cap point got me thinking. :-D
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Re: Map Battle 30 - Christmas! (And other winter festivities!)

Postby punky on Wed Dec 10, 2008 6:01 pm

oMeSSiaHo wrote:Does anyone know of any snow or winter themed textures for TF2? That whole christmas tree cap point got me thinking. :-D

I know someone at mapcore is working on a TF2-snow map...
Maybe you could ask him, his name is TOFU,
http://forums.mapcore.net/viewtopic.php?f=57&t=1552&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&hilit=WIP&start=6600
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Re: Map Battle 30 - Christmas! (And other winter festivities!)

Postby CactusFantastico on Wed Dec 10, 2008 6:13 pm

gah want to join but not sure what to do it on.
hmm

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L4D CHRISTMAS THEME



shit not so loud
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Re: Map Battle 30 - Christmas! (And other winter festivities!)

Postby BubbleQ on Wed Dec 10, 2008 6:25 pm

Wohoo, sounds cool, Already got a nice idea of the newyear! So count me in :smt006
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