A little late news on the site finances. By the 1st Feb 2013 we paid for the MX / TMX server for another year! This is great news as we did it without needing to request new donations and support. So we would like to say thank you to everyone who supported the site during the past year, for making the next year possible.



Of course, in another year (actually its less than 11 months now), we will face the next payment, so if you ever thought of donating but did not, maybe now is the time.

Whether or not you can donate, please pay attention to the MX Supporters window on the front page and give these maps a try, it can be your 'thank you' to the people who supported the site.

I post this also as blog article for your comments

Video makers! Nadeo are running a video making contest for mania planet games, which is open until 25th March.

The categories
o TM² Stadium Open Beta = $400 Amazon Giftcard
o TM² Canyon = $400 Amazon Giftcard
o SM Storm = $400 Amazon Giftcard

The rules
o You must use the ManiaPlanet music
o You can only submit one video
o You can not use copyrighted material
o Format of video: 720p or 1080p, H264, .mp4, Stereo sound

Check the post made by Cerovan on the Maniaplanet forums : A videos contest on ManiaPlanet!

We need to just explain that Mania Exchange is for sharing your own creations with the community. Since the new Stadium arrived, some users have uploaded old stadium maps which are not their own work. Please only upload maps which you yourself have created and are the author of.

Thank you for respecting this rule.

Last night, your TM2 Canyon received a new blocks update via the ManiaPlanet client, and now TM2 Stadium is available to download and play!

Get the Open Beta from ManiaPlanet
http://www.maniaplanet.com/download




As we understand it, there will be a version which is free to access at release, while the full version will be €9.99 to buy.

"Hylis of Nadeo" says:
At the moment, the free access should be a station with time attack and a demo campaign. The paying version will have a full campaign, the official times, the custom modes, datas and other Maniaplanet services, including the planets and planets related services.

Theoretically, Mania Exchange should 'just work' with Stadium maps, without any (or very little) update, but this is not at all tested, so lets see

Edit: It works

The first official MX Community track has been released!

Check out the trailer on YouTube or TM-Tube, or go straight to the track page and read the author comments for more details.

MX Weekly Knock Out Returns for 2013 !

Next Knockout Contest: 9th Feb 2013 KO1 - Rounds

1st KO Start Time: 9:30 GMT
2nd KO Start time: 20:00 GMT

Start Times are GMT, which means it starts an hour earlier for most European players due to recent changes around daylight savings times. GMT always stays the same, but your time zone may not, so check your own time relative to GMT, to be sure of when it begins.

We look forward to seeing you at the Knockout!

Theme of the Month
Bi-Directional: Build a track with Multilap Start/Finish which splits soon* after start, forcing the player to choose one of at least 2 directions around it, and which finishes by entering the Multilap Start/Finish in reverse direction.

Deadline
Saturday, February 23rd 2013

http://tm.mania-exchange.com/s/ft/1777

All wrapped up inside the month, here are the results of the January MTC....

"[MTC] Rise and Fall by   Sayotoshi
"MTC-Nosedive by   Beatinfected
"Invasion (MTC) by   Mr.DVD

MTC Results Thread

Congratulations to the winnners and we look forward to seeing some of you at the next MTC

Welcome to the ManiaExchange Monthly Track Contest (MTC), January 2013, hosted by Alcator for MX.

Up and Down
For this months theme, build a track in which the car reaches the lowest and the highest buildable level during the race, at least one of them twice, with the other one in between. In other words, the track has to contain a climb from the bottom to the top, followed by a descent from the top to the bottom. Or a descent from top to the bottom, followed by a climb from bottom to the top.

Building Deadline : Saturday, January 19th 2013

Forum thread with full rules and instructions

Be sure to check the forum thread, or your track may be disqualifed, your statutory rights are not affected, this news may contain traces of nuts as it was posted by someone who is nuts!