Review Site Needs Map Submissions For Playtesting

Rabid_LlamaRabid_Llama Join Date: 2002-11-02 Member: 4340Members
edited March 2003 in Mapping Forum
<div class="IPBDescription">Get your map playtested and reviewed!</div> Okay, so we're not really professionals, but we HAVE been doing this a while <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->

The TFC Map complex ( <a href='http://www.mapcomplex.com' target='_blank'>http://www.mapcomplex.com</a> ) has decided to take on NS maps, as the TFC map pool is running very dry. I'm really excited, as I can't wait to start reviewing for NS, but we need one thing:

<b>MAPS!</b>

That's where you mappers come in. If you have a map that <b>you have made</b> and would like to have playtested and then reviewed, send it to <b> jeffraven@mapcomplex.com</b>. Please no beta maps, however, only fully released maps - we aren't a beta playtesting service, the playtests are just a way for us reviewers to write something with a basis in experience. TFC maps you can kind of figure out just looking at them, but NS maps are gonna have to be tested before us reviewers will be able to figure out what to say. Also, please only submit maps that you yourself have made.

The way that the Complex works is you submit the map, we schedule a playtest (usually weekly, and the TFC ones are on Saturday at 1PM EST, and NS may take this spot), and then two or maybe three maps will be played fully through. Afterwards, players leave feedback, and then us reviewers give our opinions on the map.

There's no need for you to have your own hosting, either -- we put all of the playtested maps up on our website for playtesters to download.

For more information on the playtests themselves, check out <a href='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/index.php?act=ST&f=1&t=27643' target='_blank'>this thread</a> in General Discussion.

Comments

  • RivalRival Join Date: 2002-09-02 Member: 1264Members
    I am part of the reviewing team for Mapcomplex and have been reviewing TFC maps for some time. The playtests are loads of fun and open to the public, so anyone can join. We hope to get many submissions from you talented authors and have success within the NS community.
  • OlljOllj our themepark-stalking nightmare Fade Join Date: 2002-12-12 Member: 10696Members
    I like ns_eclipse though its not "finished complete".

    Whats your definition of "beta"
  • Rabid_LlamaRabid_Llama Join Date: 2002-11-02 Member: 4340Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--Ollj+Mar 29 2003, 09:37 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Ollj @ Mar 29 2003, 09:37 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I like ns_eclipse though its not "finished complete".

    Whats your definition of "beta" <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    well, ns_eclipse was officially released to the public as a finished map. It's not ns_eclipse_b4, it's the final version of ns_eclipse that everyone gets and plays. Even if it's not perfect, it's still "finished".
  • Rabid_LlamaRabid_Llama Join Date: 2002-11-02 Member: 4340Members
    shameless bump <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
  • OlljOllj our themepark-stalking nightmare Fade Join Date: 2002-12-12 Member: 10696Members
    Dont expect to get one ns final map released every week.
    This thread will stay in mind and be found by seach engines when ever a final is finished ...
    BUT NOT stay on top all the time.

    Not as long as noone [b]webbs/b] it.

    Would be different if you play beta maps <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
  • rimj0b_r0dentrimj0b_r0dent Join Date: 2003-03-16 Member: 14581Members
    Hold on to your horses I'm still working on my map.. Won't be done in a month, at least.
  • The_Real_QuasarThe_Real_Quasar Has the I.Q. of 12,000 P.E. Teachers Join Date: 2002-11-26 Member: 9998Members
    Mine will be a while also. Do you accept "funmaps"? I have one of them i just completed i would like to test...
  • Rabid_LlamaRabid_Llama Join Date: 2002-11-02 Member: 4340Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--Ollj+Mar 30 2003, 06:00 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Ollj @ Mar 30 2003, 06:00 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Dont expect to get one ns final map released every week.
    This thread will stay in mind and be found by seach engines when ever a final is finished ...
    BUT NOT stay on top all the time.

    Not as long as noone [b]webbs/b] it.

    Would be different if you play beta maps <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Yeah, I know, I'm just trying to make sure people see it.
    Also, people already HAVE custom maps done, but I don't think we can review them unless the authors submit them. I mean, look at the NS map listing in one of these threads -- there's a good twenty or more maps out there already. That'll take a few months to go through on its own. But we need people to submit 'em first! <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
  • Rabid_LlamaRabid_Llama Join Date: 2002-11-02 Member: 4340Members
    edited March 2003
    <!--QuoteBegin--The Real Quasar+Mar 30 2003, 07:21 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (The Real Quasar @ Mar 30 2003, 07:21 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Mine will be a while also. Do you accept "funmaps"? I have one of them i just completed i would like to test... <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Yes, we do accept and review "fun" or gimmick maps, but they don't usually score as high as "normal" maps. Our out-of-100 scoring system is geared much more towards normal maps, and even though the "fun" element of a map is a pretty good chunk of the score, if a map lacks teamwork, good design, a nice layout, etc., it will end up with around a 50% score no matter how much fun it is. Now, the "Reviewer's Opinion" score (the unofficial score at the end) will reflect the fun factor much better, and the review will be focused mainly on the good elements of the map, but the bottom line is that gimmick maps don't numerically score as well as regular maps.
  • RivalRival Join Date: 2002-09-02 Member: 1264Members
    You can check out our current scoring system here : <a href='http://www.mapcomplex.com/content.asp?criteria' target='_blank'>http://www.mapcomplex.com/content.asp?criteria</a>
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