We have a large 1500 Euro bill to pay by the end of February for another 6 month contract with our hosts. Its a lot of money and we have nowhere near that much in the bank, so we need to ask for donations.

About donating
We usually give some rewards for donators, but these are mostly not ready yet. The development of the site is an ongoing thing and in some ways we have neglected to do the donations update becuase we have worked on other things. However, your 'days of priviliges' will be added to your MX portal account and the 'green title' should work. In the comming days/weeks we will add more special things such as the ability to upload tracks larger than 750Kb, the ability to download more than 1 track at once, and a place in the yet to appear 'MX Supporters tracks' list on the front page.

Donate via the PayPal link in the 'Welcome' window above
And allow PayPal to redirect you back to the MX Portal Page

How much should I donate?
Please donate whatever you can afford, if 10 Euros is not much to you, then consider donating 20, we really need to make a big push to collect the money if we are to keep Mania-Exchange and TMX alive.

You may ask questions in this thread on the forum.

Thank you from the MX Crew for your support.

The new duo account system has arrived and is ready to be used!

React on the blog here!

Saturday 10:00 GMT
Today's TM2 MX KO started out with 25 players competing on KO2 tracks.

Buly
Voyager006
Marius89

Satuday 22:00 GMT
This time was attended by 25 players as well.

Voyager006
Marius89
Kryw

- ManiaExchange News -

Replay downloading is now available.
The blogs are live. Read the welcome post.
The rules page now has some site rules.
Mania Exchange now has an official IRC channel.

Read more about updates in the public changelog.

- Official ManiaExchange Contests -

Monthly Track Contest (MTC) December
Submissions have been closed and we await the judges results.

mx Knockout Track Building
We're always looking for new maps for the weekly Knockouts. Submit your latest unreleased creations for use in the knockouts!

mx Weekly Knockout
Time: Every Saturday @ 10:00 & 22:00 GMT
Where: "mx Knockout" server in London, UK.
Who can come: Everyone is welcome. Just arrive before it starts!
--- Please note: There will be no official mx Knockout on the 24th and 31st due to Christmas and New Years Eve (see below for an alternate knockout). The official mx Knockouts will resume in January.

- Community Hosted Projects & Contests -

INSOMNIA X-MAS / NEW YEAR Event
Goal: Be one of the top50 most active players on the INSOMNIA LOL server
Prizes: 75,000 planets
Ends: January 19, 2012

TRIALMASTER 2012
Goal: Drive some Trial maps!
Prizes: 50,000 planets
Begins: January 1, 2012.

PDT Trackmapping Contest
Goal: Make a map that receives the most karma & votes on the PDT Canyon server.
Prizes: 1000 planets
When: This contest will be held monthly

Electronic Tournaments
These guys have a long and well respected history of hosting competitions in TrackMania.
They've been actively hosting competitions in Canyon since the beta.

Electronic Sports League
This organization is well known for hosting competitions in many games.
They're also hosting competitions in Canyon.

- Topics of Interest from the Forums -

Planets Competitions
This is a topic where people post competitions for the best times on their map and reward the best players with planets.

The Big RPG track thread
Interested in building something a little different? Try building an RPG!

Online Servers Forum
If you run your own server, post about it here!
Or if you're a driver looking for a good server, look through the existing topics.

Screenshot Competitions & Requests Forum
Need a screenshot for your map? Have some spare planets? Put on a contest for the best screenshot! Or on the flipside, maybe you enjoy making screenshots. Take part in some competitions here and show off your creative talents.

The Big Wallpaper Topic
This is a place to find or post some cool wallpapers taken in Canyon.

ShootMania Storm Topic
Share in the discussion about this upcoming ManiaPlanet environment.

[b]TrackMania 1 News
Still have United or Nations Forever installed? Want a break from Canyon?
Check out some of the contests and events still going on in TM1.

The blogs are officially open!

You can react here, as well as good a look at the rules before you start participating!

Nobody wanted microwaves until they were invented! The MX blog is a microwave!

Enjoy!

- - - - - Official ManiaExchange Contests - - - - -

For Builders:
Results for the MTC November have been published! Tobbe scored a victory over Enai Siaion and Nimrod. There are still two days left to submit a track for the MTC December! This month's theme is "Connect the Blocks". We're always looking for new maps for the mx Knockouts! If it's convenient, please take a little time to build & submit some new maps for the Knockouts!

For Drivers:
The mx Knockout is held every Saturday at 10:00 & 22:00 GMT on the mx Knockout server. Please note: There will be no official mx Knockout on the 24th and 31st due to Christmas and New Years Eve (see below for an alternate knockout). The official mx Knockouts will resume in January.

- - - - - Community Hosted Projects & Contests - - - - -

For Builders:
metoxys is looking for a new map for his new 1k project. WTC is looking for Trial maps for their Trialmaster 2012 driving contest which begins on January 1.

Interested in building something a little different? Try building an RPG! What is an RPG? Check out The Big RPG track thread in the forums to find out!

For Drivers:
DriftN clan will be hosting knockouts on their server in Australia on the 24th & 31st at 10:00 & 22:00 GMT. VooTrax Winter Challenge is offering 15000 planets for the highest ranked player on their rounds server by January 2nd. Check the Planets Competitions thread in the forum for Planets to win by driving good times on tracks. zootie is offering a TM2 Canyon key for the best time posted to Snip'thib's new MTC map! exD-Clan is hosting a x-mas Cup. INSOMNIA clan is offering 50,000 planets for the 50 most active users on their server between Dec 19th and Jan 1st.

Looking for an interesting server to play on? Check out the Online Servers forum. If you run your own server, post about it there!

Don't forget that Electronic Tournaments and Electronic Sports League are both hosting competitions regularly in Canyon. If you're into driving competitions, definitely check some of those out!

For Graphic Designers:
Check the Screenshot Competitions & Requests forum for competitions to take part in, or start your own there! Have a cool TM2 wallpaper that you made? Share it in the big wallpaper thread. ScreenMania has hosted screenshot contests in the past, so check them out and see if one is ongoing. If there isn't, you can still browse through some of the stunning imagery on the site.

For Video Producers:
If you like video production, check out the Infernal Movie Contest 5 ! Hurry though, submissions close on December 20th!

TM Actu was privileged to get a first look at a real match in ShootMania Storm. There's some nice screenshots and details to whet your appetite for the upcoming ManiaPlanet environment.

Check out the article here.

Feel free to discuss it in the forum thread here on MX.

In case you missed them, here's some interesting videos about ShootMania:

- Paris Games Week - October 21 - 25, 2011 -
Trailer for ManiaPlanet & ShootMania
Hylis presents ShootMania
First Look Players View (snippets taken from video above)
Interview with Hylis

- ManiaNews - July 26, 2011 -
Benjisite interviews Hylis about ShootMania

The site appears have to got itself into some kind of mess, most likely due to gremlins in the system. (I have one particular gremlin in mind)

For the moment its maybe not a good time to upload your new best map, as it will be like it disappeared into a horrible black void, even though its really there.

(Topically, it will be like your own higgs boson, nobody will be able to see it except one or two people who live deep underground).

We will work to resolve things as soon as we can.

Use this thread to post a link to your track if you have uploaded it and its not showing up
Note: for the moment, user download of linked tracks may also not work

Saturday 10:00 GMT
Today's TM2 MX KO started out with 45 players competing on KO1 tracks. We played with multiple KOs until we were down to 30.

Milmyy
Marius89
Pepsimax

Saturday 22:00 GMT

shaDow
Voyager006
prodi84

More maps for KO1 and KO2 map pools are always needed! Please see the KO track building thread for more information.