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Hello employees, Cave Johnson here. You all have permission to take a temporary break from your work to listen to this important company-wide announcement. That is, I gave permission for a mandatory break. Stop what you're doing or you're fired. Also, your pay stops until the break is over.

Every time I look at our little community here, I am reminded of the old site. Now, it wasn't big. Just a simple mapping site. A simple mapping site that produced great maps. These maps were the backbone of the activities on the site. Make 'em from scratch. Spare no expense. And never cut corners. Well, except for when making fancy custom aesthetics with rounded edges, obviously you cut them there. Point is, we had a pretty good thing going. Until, one day, the site up and died. Just like that. And I thought to myself, "Cave, that won't do at all." So I went and I built this site from scratch, with just a text editor and an FTP client. Inspiring stuff. Oh, and some other people helped too. Point is, we're almost done! Still some spit-shine left to put on, but I think it's high time we put ourselves back out there as a portal mapping community. So that's why we're having a contest to promote the site.

Allow me to introduce the first official mAI Mapping Contest! Community building event, with some advertising thrown in. The theme of the contest is Custom Content. A good map doesn't just have a difficult puzzle, it also makes itself look real pretty. Hold on... Greg tells me that the contest also allows audio content. Point is, make your map something special, so the judges will like it. That's right, you're being judged. Stand straighter.

All right, any questions? That was a rhetorical question, as this is a pre-recorded message. All right, get back to work. And get started on those maps!

You can view the contest details here.

I might, however, create a small something to pop in the contest.

P.S. Hi.

PS: Hi ChickenMobile

ChickenMobile wrote:
A $30 dollar game doesn't seem like enough incentive in order to spend weeks on creating a map for Portal 2 which involves hard work in creating custom sounds / textures / models / stuff.
Just sayin'.

Well pardon us for not being Valve sponsored and having a small budget related to our website's smallness.

ChickenMobile wrote:
A $30 dollar game doesn't seem like enough incentive in order to spend weeks on creating a map for Portal 2 which involves hard work in creating custom sounds / textures / models / stuff.
Just sayin'.

I might, however, create a small something to pop in the contest.

P.S. Hi.

We have been looking into alternative prize options. Watch this space

vanSulli wrote:
The video on the front page is listed as having been removed by the user. Otherwise, a relatively clean beginning.

Also forgot to set the contest server var to true last night when I put everything up. I really shouldn't have done it at 11 PM. Trying to roll with the punches, though, if anyone sees any other embarrassing oversights, do let me know and I'll try to get it fixed up ASAP.

I will update the contest page with then new information once I receive it.

/lamesongreference

t3x wrote:
I don't know, but the rumors say she had a little lamb.

Yes. I heard it followed her to school one day, and all of the schoolkids died of rabies soon after.
horrible incident. but, who is mary?

She works the front desk or something

p0rtalplayer wrote:
Yay!

:OOO

[list=1:1g2og2ly][:1g2og2ly] Does it have to be the length of 3 chambers like you mention in the Competition Rules? Since I can't be bothered in putting in a $300 effort for a chance of $30 and a signed poster, it is going to be short.[/:m:1g2og2ly]
[:1g2og2ly] If I do include custom content does it have to be made by me? I want to include a heart thumping noise and I believe that may be a bit hard to record myself - probably would use stock sounds for it.[/:m:1g2og2ly][/list:o:1g2og2ly]
Don't threat about me not making custom content. I have already made a custom script and are planning to record custom Voice acting.

ChickenMobile wrote:
Ok, so I have a few questions regarding the contest:

[list=1:15qgf19c][:15qgf19c] Does it have to be the length of 3 chambers like you mention in the Competition Rules? Since I can't be bothered in putting in a $300 effort for a chance of $30 and a signed poster, it is going to be short.[/:m:15qgf19c]
[:15qgf19c] If I do include custom content does it have to be made by me? I want to include a heart thumping noise and I believe that may be a bit hard to record myself - probably would use stock sounds for it.[/:m:15qgf19c][/list:o:15qgf19c]
Don't threat about me not making custom content. I have already made a custom script and are planning to record custom Voice acting.

Your map will be judged based on what content you do create. Any stock sounds, music, etc. will not be considered in your score.

And no, the 3 chambers is only if you want to, as some users expressed a desire to submit multiple maps.