That's right folks, after about 10 days, 19 judges and a collective amount of 122.1 hours of gameplay, we finally have our result!

Before I announce the winners I would first like to congratulate everyone who entered and all the judges which put in their personal time for this competition. Well done people, you all deserve a massive pat on the back!

...And the winners are...

1st:

The Corrupted by Pitkakorvaa with a rating of 4.37 (14 votes)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuBfZp3VWCM&feature=plcp

2nd:

He is about to kill you by JWcreations with a rating of 4.12 (14 votes)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-IQ6WEa_1w&feature=plcp

3rd:

JOINT POTENTIAL - Act 1 by Moth with a rating of 4.11 (11 votes)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uz1845Tknro&feature=plcp

Well done Pitkakorvaa, JWcreations and Moth! You will soon get a message asking for your details so your prizes can be sent off to you.

See the complete list of rankings to see how your map fared off in the competition.

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The contest gave us some great material, don't think we have forgotten about your great entries!

Honourable and dishonourable mentions:
- Kizzycocoa Prize (worst map): Follow the Camel by bandanablandana- SP Honourable: PortalCraft by sicklebrick- COOP Honourable: Sticky Bridges by Amran- Best disqualified map: tc_vitrified by ChickenMobile- Best custom voice acting: [SP] Alternate by Vordwann- Best new puzzle element: [SP] Mho' Power by wrathofmobius- Best custom-made content: Gamma Test 1 by Naulziator- Best story: He is about to kill you by JWcreations- Best Half-Life 2 Canon Crossover: Collateral Damage by LambdaCore 21- I told you that you would never finish: Ode to Turrets I: "The Factory" by Kaleido

The contest is over... what now?

Go on and play the contest entries (SP workshop page link) and don't forget to subscribe and watch play-throughs of the levels on the official TWP YouTube channel.

We would also like to mention that since judging has finished, you are welcome to edit your maps freely now and continue improving them.

Again, a huge congratulations to everyone and of course... the winners!

That's right folks, the contest is over and we would like to congratulate everyone who entered on a job well done.

Visit the Contest Downloads page and go play these fabulous maps.

There is also a contest workshop collection page here. Not all maps have been added because not everyone read the submission rules properly and haven't submitted their entry as a workshop external link.

The judging process will take a little while but we will soon have the winners.

This year's judges are:
msleeper . . . . ChickenMobile . . . . Nacimota . . . . Djinndrache . . . .
lpfreaky90 . . . . UsCobra11 . . . . HMW . . . . RJackson . . . .
wstrika . . . . Mevious . . . . omnicoder . . . . ColorCubeMan
That Greek Guy . . . . CaretCaret . . . . quatrus . . . . Idolon
BEARD! . . . . zivi7 . . . . KennKong . . . . Kay . . . . DaMaGepy . . . . Fluppy

Good luck to everyone and may the best maps win!

Competition, 6 days left!

That's right folks, you have 6 days to finish your map and submit it to the contest section for this years competition. If you are interested in seeing what people are working on: see the Contest WIP page. For now here is some screenshots of work in progress:

Remember to relook over the rules before you submit your map.

New Staff

Congratulations to UsCobra11 and HMW on becoming staff!
UsCobra agreed to take control of all the media side of TWP and we just thought HMW deserved to be one seeing as people on the forum actually thought he was.

ThinkingWithPortals and The Portal Wiki are proud to present the 2012 Heavy-Duty Super-Mapping Super-Contest

This contest is a follow-up to the successful 2011 Summer Mapping Initiative here at ThinkingWithPortals. We are aiming to promote and reward skill in puzzle design and advanced map-making techniques. In achieving the above, we anticipate the contest will produce fantastic content for the Portal 2 player-base to enjoy, and provide incentive for folks newly introduced to mapping via PTI to grow and expand their skills.

The contest is a free-roaming mapping competition, meaning entrants have complete creative freedom over their entry. The very best maps, as judged by a team of staff and community members from the Thinking With Portals and The Portal Wiki communities, will receive the prizes listed below; and have their work spotlighted on ThinkingWithPortals.

The contest will run from Thursday, July 18 until Sunday, August 5 - 19 days to map!

We will be awarding a huge number of prizes given to us by Valve and The Portal Wiki staff members. Entry rules and more specific information can be found on the contest site.

The 2011 contest produced a huge number of amazing maps, and we are sure this contest will be no less! What are you waiting for? There's no time to waste!

2012 Heavy-Duty Super-Mapping Super-Contest

Hey guys! It's that time again. This community round-up will cover some of the best maps from May 8th through July 8th. Get ready to play some quality maps!

SINGLE PLAYER

The Lone Future Starter by Sejievan puts you in the place of a forgotten Aperture employee- left to rot in an abandoned docking station, your only objective is to get out of there. This well detailed map will show you outside the facility, like you've never seen it before.

Once you found your way out, you only managed to find a single-portal device. Don't worry, you can still play through Secondary Fire: Patience by RubyCarbuncle with a single portal! This map includes neat puzzles involving one portal.

After you finally found that dual portal device, let's go behind the scenes again. Interlude by ColorCubeMan has a small, enjoyable puzzle with amazing aesthetics behind Aperture.

Let's get back into classic tests. Logic Gravitational by Sleter will challenge your mind for a while.

Another chamber for you to try out is Photonic by p0rtalplayer. It's an excellent clean-themed map that includes custom music, textures, and more!

Don't worry, if single maps aren't enough for you, we've got two map packs. Forsaken Chambers by torquestomp has two satisfactory maps - along with the Statis Map Pack by Dreey, which contains absolutely amazing maps that are sure to keep you entertained.

Crash through the floor and end up in Flings & Roundabouts by Moth. This awesome underground-themed test is worth the play!

Memory Lose by GHoST61 is sure to interest you. With collectibles and new puzzles throughout, you'll have a great time playing through the map.

The original test elements can get quite repetitive... so how about some new ones? Introduction to Multidimensional Travel by Aicxe, Prey by Sicklebrick, and Solid_field by ColorCubeMan all have brand new test elements that you are welcome to try out!

Up for a challenge? Dojo of Pain(t) by MarKiu and SP Hard Light by greykarel will provide you with some tough tasks, are you enough of a ninja to complete them?

How about we take a break from tests, and head off to the Aperture Science State-of-the-Art Game Room and play a nice game of Cube Dozer by sicklebrick. This fun mini-game is a nice change of pace!

The fun doesn't stop there. Grab a partner and try these out...

COOP

Let's start off with Problematic by Insomnautik. Do you and your teammate have the wits to solve the problems in this challenging map?

Head underground and play Quad by JinxMontalgo. This Old-Aperture map will keep you and your partner thinking!

OTHER NEWS

ThinkingWithPortals is starting a new series of video reviews and playthroughs of maps posted here on TWP. The first up is a review by wstrika of the map "Aperture Offices":

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Watch out for more new video series, including a PTI review series called Mevious Hates Your Map and a coop playthrough series called Drinking With Portals.

Lastly, TWP has setup a new dumb tumblog for all of the ignorant, funny, and dumb comments posted on the Portal 2 Steam Workshop. Stop by Thinking With Portholes and submit some content to us!

That's all for the round-up. Hope you all have fun playing through these maps- see you next time!