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[FireSworD]

Inspired by Unknown Rabbits contest. All you have to do is simple: Make the best level you can. You've got till tuesday 12:00 AM EST to finish your levels.

The main reason I'm holding this is not because I'm trying to copy Unknown in someway, but because I like the idea of contests allowing only a short period of time.


Prize? Perhaps, but it won't be money.

Oh, and no TSF levels are allowed.

[MoonBlazE]

I only have TSF you racist =[[[

[$n00z]

My contest level is ready now. i didnt have much time to make it.

//http://www.freewebs.com/sn00z/CoreXI.zip

copy + paste that into your url browser without two slashes, because freewebs = face, so the hyperlink won't work.

[Fawriel]

Aaaaaaaaaaawwwwwwww, why did you have to choose THIS DAY?
I'll try anyways. Even though father'll frag me with three headshots if I don't get this art project done... and I actually have to learn for math, too... '_'

[FireSworD]

Deadline has been extented till wednesday at 12:00 AM EST.

[Violet CLM]

Awww... but why?
Anyway, your topic name doesn't make much sense. You're looking for levels that deserve a 10 or less, as far as I can tell. Doesn't that apply to anything?

[Risp_old]

Yes, but the title of the topic is made to mock <= 1.0

[Violet CLM]

Which is why my topic name was "<= 1.0", as in less or equal to 1.

[Risp_old]

I put the sign the wrong way, sorry.

[FireSworD]

Yes, but the title of the topic is made to mock <= 1.0

Yes.

A few more entries are expected, if everything goes right, the best 3 levels will be posted on a poll for the community to vote on the winner. However I'll still eliminate some other levels beforehand.

[Fawriel]

Whoohoo, deadline!\o/
Now I'll be able to finish mine.. excellent.

[FireSworD]

Due to comments on the death of this contest; I will revive it again today, and I'll take BlurredD's suggestion and give everyone a week to finish their levels.

[Fawriel]

Aww. But then I'll have to submit a <i>good</i> level. ;_;
Ah well.
I'll just finish the one I've built already, no matter which place I'll get.

[MoonBlazE]

Firesword, you should get the administration to annoncement this contest by a newspost and possibly give people a little more time so newcomers have a chance.

[Blackraptor]

MB, the original idea of this contest was for who is able to build a good level in a short amount of time (although that didnt work out to well). Anyways, I'll submit something.

[FireSworD]

Once your entries are done send me via MSN, ICO or email: FireSworD_DM@comcast.net

I will also accept entries posted in this topic.

MB: thanks for your suggestions, particularly about asking an admin to announce the contest. However as for allowing more time; I want the shortest time possible so only the most skilled level makers will make the deadline.

[Sacrush]

I am making a battle level for the contest. And it will be my best battle level.

[Superjazz]

Well, I'm just asking a simple question:

Does the level have to be CTF or battle or sp, etc.? If there's a free choice, then I wonder that how will those so different levels will be judged.. :confused:

[Disguise]

I don't know what I should be more ashamed of.

1. I only noticed this topic 1 week after it was posted

2. I really don't feel like making a level for a contest right now

Bah, the deadline is tomorrow anyway, I'll go play city of heroes *vanishes*

[Violet CLM]

It's more like in five days than tomorrow.

[FireSworD]

Well, I'm just asking a simple question:

Does the level have to be CTF or battle or sp, etc.? If there's a free choice, then I wonder that how will those so different levels will be judged.. :confused:

All levels will be judged according to their gametype. I'm not blind to that.
However, certain gametypes can be more fun/better than others. Good luck getting far with a hotel.

[Superjazz]

Oh well. So, when is the dead-line exactly? I still want to make some level quickly and submit to the contest.

*opens jcs and eagerly begins to work hardly

[wadledee]

Ok I see... I'm posting now the lvl to you FireSword. It's my first CTF btw... Hotels are allowed to!!? May I convert my SUPERDELUXE hotel to 1.23 and post? I allready submitted to J2o with 1.24, so I don't know it's ok to convert it and use as entrie...

Contests RULEZZZZ! :Z :lol:

[Fawriel]

Oh. Great. Now the contest's alive and I'm too busy to do stuff.. aw well, I would've gotten the last place anyways. XP

[cooba]

Ok I see... I'm posting now the lvl to you FireSword. It's my first CTF btw... Hotels are allowed to!!? May I convert my SUPERDELUXE hotel to 1.23 and post? I allready submitted to J2o with 1.24, so I don't know it's ok to convert it and use as entrie...

Contests RULEZZZZ! :Z :lol:

ERM?!?!?! i wants to sey taht a hotles r boring ant remakink lefels to 123 is konsideret as czeatinging OMG

But indeed, contests rules. But only if they're original as Violet's one.

[wadledee]

Cooba: Hotels are boring


Some hotels, but if you know that sure that my hotel is boring, you better could look at it: http://www.jazz2online.com/downloads/moreinfo.php?levelid=3084 This hotel contains loads of fun, 4 rollercoasters, bank, rooms, and know what more, so know what u say!

But still, I didn't get any answhere... Is it allowed to convert my hotel to 1.23 to use as entrie, while i uploaded it allready in 1.24?



Contests Rulezzzzzz :H :lol: !!

[R3ptile]

Hotels are bad, boring, and the hotel you posted is also boring and bad, I even shouldn't look at it to know. Don't recommend your own hotel.

[cooba]

For reply to a PM you <s>stupidly</s> send me :

Agree with R3p.

[Violet CLM]

And people complain I never host Newer Rabbitaria anymore. Whatever.

Wadle: I doubt it. It wouldn't exactly be a level made in this time period, just edited.

[wadledee]

Okay UR.



Carrotpie


CONTESTS RULEZZZZZ :Z :lol: !!

[cooba]

Add CONTESTS RULEZZZZZ to your sig. And BTW, I agree with Violet here.

[Risp_old]

Some hotels, but if you know that sure that my hotel is boring, you better could look at it: http://www.jazz2online.com/downloads/moreinfo.php?levelid=3084 This hotel contains loads of fun, 4 rollercoasters, bank, rooms, and know what more, so know what u say!
SHAMELESS PLUG

[Odin]

Ugh.....stuffed from pizza...

My level's finished. I'll upload it and post the link.

-ThO

Edit: Click (http://www.jazz2online.com/downloads/moreinfo.php?levelid=3219) here.

[NeoBlaze]

Ugh.....stuffed from pizza...

My level's finished. I'll upload it and post the link.

-ThO

Edit: Click (http://www.jazz2online.com/downloads/moreinfo.php?levelid=3219) here.
That must be a cool level! Ill certainly play it later. Where do I get the tileset it needs tho?

[wadledee]

I uploaded my lvl too for the contest: http://www.jazz2online.com/downloads/moreinfo.php?levelid=3220 that is him. It used the tileset Temple.j2t and music Jack of Spades (jj3, jack.it)

Carrotpie


Edit:http://www.jazz2online.com/downloads/moreinfo.php?levelid=3220

[Sacrush]

My contest level is finished and it is battle here is the link.

The lava cave (http://www.jazz2online.com/downloads/moreinfo.php?levelid=3222)

[Chiyu]

Yes.

A few more entries are expected, if everything goes right, the best 3 levels will be posted on a poll for the community to vote on the winner. However I'll still eliminate some other levels beforehand.
I don't think the winner has to be chosen that way. It would be more of a popularity contest then, because everyone will vote for his/her friend even if the level is sux. ;|

[FireSworD]

I don't think the winner has to be chosen that way. It would be more of a popularity contest then, because everyone will vote for his/her friend even if the level is sux. ;|

BlurredD tryed to make his contest rid of that, he wasn't entirely successful, though.

I'd tell who broke his rules, but I'd get my head bit off ;)

[Alister]

Y'know, ideally there'd be runoff voting...
Just think of the potential spam if you use the JCF! "Okay, this poll thread's been up a week. Now for another thread with a slightly smaller selection!"
Yay! :p
Anyway, have I missed the deadline?

[FireSworD]

Y'know, ideally there'd be runoff voting...
Just think of the potential spam if you use the JCF! "Okay, this poll thread's been up a week. Now for another thread with a slightly smaller selection!"
Yay! :p
Anyway, have I missed the deadline?

If I understand you correctly, I think the board has a feature in which you would have a poll which should close in a matter of time set.

The deadline is tomorrow.

[Black Ninja]

I am posting to say that it's over, since that hasn't been said here. Or maybe it has and my connection is just that slow. Anyway, bye.

AND PAGE CLAIM

[White Rabbit]

But the deadline is today and I sent my lvl today. Is that ok?

[FireSworD]

You're lucky I'm a nice guy, White Rabbit. I'm gonna post review the levels soon.

[FireSworD]

The contest has just ended. I'd like to thank all those who've participated. And to those who have at least tried to make a level yet ran out of time.


Now time for me to quickly judge theese levels:


Nippius level 2
A JJ1 level by Violet_CLM aka Unknown Rabbit.


I was surprised Violet sent me a JJ1 level for this contest. I actually had to use a different computer to get JJ1 to work so I could play this level. I started in a place where I saw a bunch of zombie Jazzes walking around, surprisingly they couldn't hurt me, I found a path near the upper right corner which led me out of that particular spot. I then approached a place where I saw a blaster shot seemingly coming out of the wall at certain times, because of the way it was placed, it was very difficult to avoid. And there were other strange JJ1 events used like swinging springs, yes SWINGING. I can't provide any more details about this level since you just have to see it for yourself once I have it posted on the poll.


Boss - The First
A Boss level by RoW_Odin314

This reminds me of a concept BlurredD tried once. Clients could only join the server as red and your job as a client would be to take on the server with all his almighty powers, however BlurredD's level was CTF. This on the other hand seems to be designed for players just to go towards the bottom which I assume is where the server "Boss" should be.

Throughout playing this in LRK's server, I got the powerups which I assume only the server is supposed to get, and I was on red team too. I'm not sure if this is what you've intended as I admit I don't think I totally understand this concept.


Some race level
A Race level by Blackraptor

I kinda rushed Blacky into submitting this to my contest. To be honest, this actually feels like a foo race with good eyecandy, in the beggining you're whipped by fierce (TOO FIERCE) winds while trying to shoot blocks after that, you're playing is now shifted to more vertical landscapes in which you should avoid springs and such. At some point after in the level you have to run left, get the trigger, then run right to progress; it's been done before, and I personally hate that concept. Still this level is good, however because Blacky didn't upload the level on J2O or couldn't provide a link to it. I just can't add it to the poll. Sorry Blacky.


Abandoned Mines
A Single Player level by White Rabbit

This level was a late submission. It's a fun level, but there are some parts I questioned heavily, like at the part which you should push the boulder down to a certain area, I once pushed it all the way to the back of a wall without realizing I should've stomped some other blocks below it first. I tried, going as far away from that place as possible, but it just wouldn't reset itself. Another thing: the place where the boulder should be going, I can RF climb up it, I dunno if this was intended or if it's a bug. Also, Some places seem biased towards Spaz.


Near the Temple
A CTF level by wadledee

You entered a contest, and made a level with a gametype which you say you're new to. Not something I'd ever do. The teams apparently have been named "Light Team" and " Dark Team" and to fit the theme, the lighting changes as you enter either places where the bases are placed. The level doesn't seem too balanced, Blue base or "Dark Team" is so much easier to defend than Red base, even eviler than in JAIL aka Happy Castle CTF. As for the eyecandy I can't say I dislike the moving sand around the middle section of the level, but the animations are somewhat ugly. There's also pointless use of ice in the level, although some people may not consider this a big problem, I take it seriously because of JJ2's annoying auto-change feature. That's about all I can say for this level.


The lava cave
A Battle level by Satan

Interesting music choice. The layout of this level is very linear, some places are too platformy. Flowing is very good though thanks to it being so linear. the eyecandy is dead average. You need about 50 coins to get the seeker powerup - not a problem. Two +1 carrots are placed at the top area both on opposite sides, and you can easily get both of them at once. There's really nothing else about it, but it's a decent level.


Foundation Ship
A CTF level by DarKSoNiC

A balanced symmetrical level. The design of the layout isn't too pretty and the eyecandy is yet again dead average. Because of the lack of originality I can't really say anything else about it. However, I have some pointless advice for you: Try to put a little more effort into the design of your levels, and don't always rely on using a symmetrical layout just because it's one of the easiest ways to balance a CTF level.


Lost Pyramid
A CTF level by Snooz

Probably my favorite aspect of this level are the brick walls in the BG, the windows look very nice, the use of layer 6 may look a bit out of place, but still nice looking, and very original. The layout is surprising good considering it's another symmetrical level. I especialy like the flow, however some places are weird flow-wise. Overall I like this level. Because Blacky and White Rabbit didn't upload their levels, this one is most worthy of it's place on THE poll. Congrats Snooz!


E. Prime
A Battle level by BlurredD

I couldn't decide wether to judge the LRS version or the battle version, oh well. This level just rocks, and is definitely going on the poll. I refuse to give away information about the level you just have to see it for yourself.



Congrats to the three l33ts:

Violet
BlurredD
Snooz


Good luck you've all done well. I'll now post the poll.

[Stijn]

Nice idea to let the forum visitors decide (I think that's what Fire Sword! meant with his poll????). I think people like Fire Sword! are really important! I mean, if Fire Sword! and Disguise and BlurredD wouldn't make contest we'd miss a lot of original JCS inventions, so thank Fire Sword! for this contest. I might even get the levels someday by joining Fire Sword!'s server, if he'll ever host them.

Sorry, but I like the ! behind your name to much. I really mean it, btw :)

[FireSworD]

Or you could get the best levels that I've posted on the poll.

Your name rules too Flash! I mean it! :) I mean thoose symbols for a for @ and s for $, I mean you must think you're so cool with them I worship you! :) :lol:

[Lark]

Flash always likes writing out full names like that. It started when Bjarni said, "Fl@$h aka BlewMeUp" like 5 times in the same picture comment, without using any pronouns. Then Flash responded, using, "The real one Bjarni" like 5 times in the same post.

[Stijn]

Flash always likes writing out full names like that. It started when Bjarni said, "Fl@$h aka BlewMeUp" like 5 times in the same picture comment, without using any pronouns. Then Flash responded, using, "The real one Bjarni" like 5 times in the same post.

Indeed, since then I've always liked wiriting out full names. I know it sucks, I just can't resist it. BTW, those @ and $ look stupid, which is my fault *gets called Fl@$h by everyone :(*

I shouldn't have made that post, but I was in a funny mood and extremely bored. Sorry anyway ;(

[Alister]

If I understand you correctly, I think the board has a feature in which you would have a poll which should close in a matter of time set.
What I actually meant was voting in which people who vote for the lowest scorer get to change their votes to a higher scorer. The process is repeated until there are only two levels left, at which point the highest scorer wins.
For nine levels, you'd need anything up to eight polls, which would be pretty annoying. And would last for ages.

Anyway, time to actually play them...