2012 Mapping Competition winners!
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!
(FIRST co-op?) :-p
Every single competition entry was astoundingly good, considering we only had a week and a half. Serious thanks to the staff at TWP for organising this competition!
I skipped the contest this same reason, because I could not make a proper quality map. Maybe the next contest will be Free-for-all, allowing any kind of single/coop level. Maybe for Xmas?
BTW workshop is now coop-friendly, so the coop entries should be uploaded to there soon as well...
Congrat to the winners, and cheer for non-winners!
SpAM_CAN wrote:
This may not be possible, but can we see the judges comments (if they exist)? It'd be more helpful to me for next year to know exactly what people didn't like.
That's up to the judges if they want to post it. I personally did.
El Farmerino wrote:
Didn't play Moth's as I have no friends...
MasterLagger wrote:
I played the best disqualified map, and the worst map. ChickenMobile, tc_vitrified is awesome. As for "Follow the Camel," my main complaint is this: Where is the damn camel?
It appears in the picture frame on the wall next to the air vent, after you get the Portal Gun. Following it is supposed to be indicative of the player using it as a clue regarding what to do next, which is to shoot your portal into the vent.
Just like the rest I've played from you, my friend!
Congrats to JWCreations too because the map is incredible! 
I loved the use of the diversity vents so clean and cleverly in the puzzles.
And ofc Moth, I already said I got my favourite map for winner only based in those pics you posted in the WIP Contest showcasing thread... I haven't played it though 
................. Btw:
El Farmerino wrote:
Congratulations guys! Didn't play Moth's as I have no friends
Excuse me?? If it wasn't already clear: now you've got one Unfortunately, I'm aware you're in one of those journeys of yours and will be out for a while, so allow me play this with someone else 
I'm eager to start playing many contest maps I haven't already played!
I'd like to congratulate also to the rest of mappers too for having released good maps as well that I will test immediately! With the contest and the later amending of my submission, I couldn't play much, so...
Congratulations finally to the staff for the contest! Even though there haven't been those many submissions as last year, it has been full of impressive works, surely hard to rate, but you got to carry it on awesomely! A hard work, no doubt. You are the best
So.... finally..... LET'S PLAY PORTAL2!!!!
Moth wrote:
Every single competition entry was astoundingly good, considering we only had a week and a half. Serious thanks to the staff at TWP for organising this competition!
You clearly did not play "every single competition entry" if that's the case. Follow the Camel is easily one of the shittiest Portal 2 maps I've ever seen (and I've played hundreds). It would have scored "perfect 1s" if it wasn't for the 2 that ChickenMobile inexplicably gave it for aesthetics.
It's pretty amazing how much quality work people can come up with in 2.5 weeks!
Being in the jury was a lot of fun, and I would love to do it again in the future.
SpAM_CAN wrote:
This may not be possible, but can we see the judges comments (if they exist)? It'd be more helpful to me for next year to know exactly what people didn't like.
I will post my judging comments on the maps' threads soon. I wasn't sure about doing this, but you're right, it's useful feedback for map authors, just like any ordinary reply.
Moth wrote:
Every single competition entry was astoundingly good, considering we only had a week and a half.
That's probably a little too generous. There were frustrating maps, broken maps, maps with missing custom content, and one map had a painful, headache-inducing colour scheme. There was plenty of good stuff too, but it wasn't a sea of perfection.
tanger2b wrote:
Congrats to all the winners. All these maps were great, and I'm glad I finally know who won. I'm kinda disappointed there weren't more entries, weren't there LOTS more last year?
Yes, last year there were more submissions. It's not a secret though that the community of Portal 2 slowly shrinks over time since the game is getting older.
more than expected actually
congratz to the winners, i will certainly look for the next contest!
Djinndrache wrote:
Yes, last year there were more submissions. It's not a secret though that the community of Portal 2 slowly shrinks over time since the game is getting older.
Well, the community doesn't seem to shrink, but that's mostly because of the workshop and PTI mapmaker so I guess that doesn't affect this contest at all. Still, there seems to be quite a large fanbase.
On topic, of course, let me just say congrats to the winners, those maps truly are great. And congrats to Chicken, too, for having made a great chamber even with no chance to win as a judge. I've had fun playing some of these maps and will play through the rest as well.
Also, great job judges. I haven't played everything but from what I can tell you all took the rating process quite serious.
Please excuse me while I return to the relaxation vault 
Lol I had a great time in the competition and got a lot of positive feedback and suggestions, so was very nice, you are a very welcoming community, rather than just getting called a noob (which I am :p)
It has encouraged me to start mapping so I hope to keep improving. Thanks again to everyone hugs for all