Christmas Contest

[PurpleJazz]

Time to get into the Christmas mood for another year! To increase the spirit of the community, looks like it's time for another contest. =P

Here comes my 3rd annual contest, and this time as the name suggests the aim this time is to make the best Christmas/holiday themed level.





Rules:

The level can be any game type, although MP is prefered as SP is a little awkward to host online. This will not affect the judging though.
Only one entry per person, however collabs are allowed.
The level must be newly made for this contest. Any level found released longer than a week ago before this contest starts will be disqualified with no exceptions. You may not convert/remake a previous level either.
The level will be primarily judged based on how well it stays true with the Christmas spirit, which does not have to be from any particular point of view. This does not mean gameplay doesn't matter; it will be judged too, so don't go making a 10 minute job.
Although I'm leniant with this, any level that clearly does not have anything to do with Christmas/holiday season will not be accepted.
Send me the levels either by uploading them to J2O and posting the link here, by uploading them to a file sharing site and PMing me the link, or by sending them to my MSN at billy_the_big@hotmail.com.
The deadline is 23rd December.
What are you waiting for? Go make some entries ;)

[CrimiClown]

I feel as if I should enter, though I'm a bit stuck on the whole Christmas theme... I'll figure out something creative.

[Sonyk]

Why just Christmas? Are holidays in general or just winter not acceptable themes?

[PurpleJazz]

Yeah, they'd both be fine. Holiday/winter themes are in my opinion completey acceptable as christmas levels. Anything else associated with Christmas is fine too.

[Ragnarok!]

Im making a hannukah level. :D

[snzspeed]

im in

[Nonomu198]

Im making a hannukah level. :D

your're early

[Unhit]

nielsstijn in (y)

[cooba]

Holiday Hare 2008?

[Hitch]

The Deadline is my Birthday ;P

I'll decide whether I should take part in this or not in the next week or so.

[SPAZ18]

Count me in. Hopefully, I should have something by December.

[Troglobite]

I'll join.

[Jimbob]

I might make another Christmas level for my server (and for this contest) lol :<hi>DDDDDD

[Odin]

If I can recover my hard drive full of JJ2 stuff, count me in.

[DarkSonic]

I'm probably in, but I'm not sure yet. I still have enough time to decide if I'm in or not.

[Jimbob]

I'm definitely in. I'm already making my level, and I'm already having fun.
fyi, I easily get inspired ;D

[Ninja]

I'm in. GL HF

[Black Ninja]

Just so I am sure I understand, updating the heck out of an ancient level would not be acceptable? ;p

[CrimiClown]

Just so I am sure I understand, updating the heck out of an ancient level would not be acceptable? ;p

you lazy bum

[PurpleJazz]

Just so I am sure I understand, updating the heck out of an ancient level would not be acceptable? ;p

Eh, as long as the level hasn't been shown to the public yet it should be fine.

[Ninja]

pft, I'm making a tileset specifically for this level. =P

[Raven aka StL]

Count me in, for now at least.

[master sven]

http://www.jazz2online.com/J2Ov2/downloads/info.php?levelID=5236

[Olsen]

In... perhaps, I think, maybe, might happen and so on.

I want to, but will I be able to force myself? Only time will tell!

[Jimbob]

I had dropped my first level since I didn't like it, but I'm making a new one for the contest.

[Black Ninja]

Count me in for now. I am actually attempting to make something new!

[TechnoPauluz]

I did already start making a final christmas battle level with the same tileset I did use before... But I am not sure if ill get the deathline because I am a really slow but fine JCS'er that really prefer quality above quantity ;)

[Grytolle]

deathline sounds awesomely brutal

[TechnoPauluz]

Haha :D My poor English is always good for an cheap laugh :S

[Troglobite]

Finished.
Deck the Halls (http://www.jazz2online.com/J2Ov2/downloads/info.php?levelID=5242)

[Hitch]

Alright, I'm in if anyone want's to create with me. (Collab)

[FawFul]

i do =D

[Hitch]

Faw & Hitch.

[FawFul]

<strike>D: hitch we got less then a month to do it all alkwjflwkatjlwaktjl</strike>
were going to pwn anyway...
<strike>kuchkuch</strike>

[PurpleJazz]

I hope you guys are busy with your entries :)

[TechnoPauluz]

I just wanna continue work on it to finish it now a days...

BTW. Do you like to betatest it?

[Raven aka StL]

I can't bring myself to jcs, so I'm out.

[Nonomu198]

suprising

[CrimiClown]

suprising
surprising, with an r.

Well, as far as this hasn't been made official yet, I was going to build an Assault level with the Borealis WTF tileset. However, I felt as if this wasn't christmas-y enough, so I decided to try and do something else. Unfortunately, by now, it is safe to say that I won't finish this in time.

Sorry, guys. Now someone else will need to take up last place.

[Nonomu198]

surprising, with an r.

No no, just suprising.

[Raven aka StL]

You need not comment on everything, monux. ;s

[Nonomu198]

ditto

[CrimiClown]

No no, just suprising.

Blasted American.

[Nonomu198]

Blasted American.

I beat you in spelling :rolleyes:

[cooba]

surprising
1. Present participle of surpriseWiktionary does not yet have an entry for suprising....

[CrimiClown]

...

Oh, I thought 'suprise' was just American spelling, since they're too lazy to write characters they don't pronounce anyway.

[Nonomu198]

Oh, I thought 'suprise' was just American spelling, since they're too lazy to write characters they don't pronounce anyway.

wtf :confused:

[Odin]

wtf :confused:

He's referring to how Americans omit the "u" in "colour", "neighbourhood", etc.

[n00b]

One of these days I'm getting 't of the S'th so I can write my words properly like those smart Europeans.

[The Menace]

Here, I have the solution, just go to this site: http://www.translatebritish.com/. There problem solved.

Here, I hae the solution, just go to this site: http://www.translatebritish.com/. There problem solved.

Oh, and by the way, if we Americans are "lazy" why don't you put the 'v' in have? Also, are you enjoying your gas prices over there? In the US, gas is going down..

[Nonomu198]

But it IS correct to spell color and neighborhood. "u" is a very lame letter. du u nuw wut i am tuking abuut?

Also,

I've misspelled surprising on purpose.








So ha.

[TechnoPauluz]

Yay foor beying of topik :P

B.T.W. Can the deadline be 23 December? I might need to betatest my level...

[Valco]

What if I were to submit the last level of Grace, which is ice-themed, before I released the pack itself? Would it be accepted?

[PurpleJazz]

Yeah, that will be fine.

[Valco]

Yay! I'll finish Ice Climber (Level 4) before Temple of Shifting Sand (Level 3).
I hope I win, but my chances are slim. The are some good levelmakers here.
Good luck, all.

[PurpleJazz]

If you guys planning to enter haven't started your level yet, start it NOW.

[Hitch]

Me and Faw just finished our level. Touch ups will be made tomorrow, and probably uploaded to J2O by then.

[PurpleJazz]

Due to popular request, the deadline has been extended to the 23rd.

[PurpleJazz]

The contest is now over. No more entries will be accepted.

[FawFul]

you doubleposted xP

anyway, when do you think you finished the judging :)?

[cooba]

the team of judges have decided that there is no winner in this contestWell I definitely haven't...

[CrimiClown]

Well I definitely haven't...

OBJECTION. Only speak when spoken to.

...never mind that. My congratulations to the winner! Or lack thereof!

[DarkSonic]

gg.

[Eigus]

gg ^D

[Ragnarok!]

Laaame.

[FawFul]

I agree with Ragnarok..
The winner of an contest is the best in the competition.. it's not about quality in general.

[Grytolle]

hehehhehe jj2's level makers suck

[TechnoPauluz]

I gues it has something to do with arrogance :P

I am happy I wasn't involved with this contest, deathlines suck so do deadlines ;D

I Agree with Faw & Rag though...

[Hitch]

[VERY LATE RESPONSE XD]

<s>If your going to make a contest, atleast pick a freaking winner. I don't mean to be a whinner, but honestly, we wanted to know who really came on top. I never would have volunteered to be in this if I was going to know no one was going to win. JEEZE.</s>

That's all I have to say about that.

[PurpleJazz]

Ok, since you guys are so desperate...

1. A Generic Christmas CTF


http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/2216/contestwinnerwa4.png

This level captures the christmas spirit very well. It feels jolly and gives you that nice warm feeling during the holiday season, and makes a few innovative tileset uses, some are a bit weird but the majority of the level is well decorated. The layout and gameplay are decent enough too. While this level is nothing too great, it does what I set out you to do and so it is the winner, gj Spazzer.


2. Aurora Citadel

http://img353.imageshack.us/img353/4018/contestwinner2yw9.png

While this is the best entry gameplay wise, it doesn't feel quite as merry as GenXmas CTF. I dislike the dark feeling in this level, something I wouldn't think of as christmassy. The eyecandy also feels a little "spammed" and some uses are a bit too abstract for my tastes, however I liked how you extended the houses. It still gets 2nd place for having the best gameplay as mentioned beforehand. I can see this level being a decent choice for 2vs2 TBs.

3. Deck the Halls

http://img357.imageshack.us/img357/7808/contestwinner3tq8.png

It's such a shame this level has some serious flaws, had this had worked out it would have easily got 1st place no questions asked. I love the tileset here; a genius and funny idea of "decorating" caste to represent "Deck the halls". While the concept of 4 bases might sound like a cool idea, in reality it just glitches up the way CTF works. Also, I dislike how open the layout is, but at least there is no Seeker PU. All in all, this could have been great, if the gameplay would actually work out, but for the "cool" factor and the clever christmas theme it gets 3rd place.

[DarkSonic]

<s>I object</s>

Too bad I didn't update my level before the deadline. I don't know why I always make levels with confusing eye candy for contests, but I hope I won't do it again.

[Raven aka StL]

Someone threw their cookies with the ranking.

[Hitch]

Lawl