EDIT: Hurry up and submit your map. This time we will have a good competition due to so many maps, which is a rare opportunity to test your mapping skills!
The deadline is Sunday night. Gogogo!


Yes that's right!
ESL introduced a new cup format: Author cups!
And this is the part where the MTC comes into play. As a winner of the MTC you will be chosen as author for that cup of the month. That means your winning MTC map will be played and additionally you can pick a few more maps of your own for that cup. Furthermore there is an (optional) interview, which will be featured on the cup page. How cool is that?

You can find more information in this ESL News and in the topic of the currently running MTC March, which is the MTC to begin with the cooperation.

Tonight there will be a TMU knockout.

We will return to a collection of oldschool tracks, mostly from TrackMania Original, combined with a few of MrA's selected tracks. It has worked in previous spontaneous knockouts, so we'll try it again . It's time for another Retro TMU Knockout!, with a bias towards classic environments...

Thursday 5th March 2015 : 20:00 GMT - (20:00 UK Time) - (21:00 CET)

Join the usual TMU KO server before the designated time to take part!

The Background has mutated!!

There was a hunt for fresh backgrounds and now the results are out.
So we'll cycle through the best findings in the near future. We begin with Zack11's amazing loop shot! Enjoy the fresh atmosphere

This month's theme is "Mixed Styles", in which you have to build a map using 3 different styles:
Dirt/Offroad + Fullspeed + Obstacle

Furthermore we will use the Judging System of the BASCO 2104 (or was it 2014? )

To check out the full rules and start building, click here.
gogogo

Edit on March 13: The prices for this month were elevated. See the top news for information about the new cooperation between the MTC and ESL

We have completed major site maintenance work (server move). With such a large change its possible there may be some things wrong or not working. Please report these on the 'Site Bugs' forum, and we will try and deal with them as best we can.

Thanks for your patience and for returning to Mania Exchange!

MrA

Due to a scheduled server move, TM-Exchange and Mania-Exchange will be unavailable for some amount of time. TM-Exchange will go under maintenance around 23:00 today (GMT+1), Mania-Exchange and related services (karma) will go under maintenance around 13:00 tomorrow (GMT+1). These times are guidelines, not strict times and can change depending on how we progress.
Thanks for your understanding.

The KnockOut Returns for 2015

MX Knockout - TM2 Multi Env - 09:30 GMT
MX Knockout - TM2 Multi Env - 20:30 GMT

Just turn up on the server to join these events, but you need to be on time.

To know more Read the Forum.

Look forward to seeing you online in 2015

It's time for the very first MTC this year!

Custom Cameras
Your task is to build a track using a forced custom camera, which has a different perspective than the standard Nadeo cameras. You could create a helicopter cam, a backwards forced camera, a camera that is always locked to one position and doesn't move, a vertical camera or whatever you desire.

For more details check out the forum topic.

Hoping to see you in!

EDIT: The results are out!