Welcome to the ManiaExchange Monthly Track Contest (MTC), August 2015.

In the MTC, your task is to build a track on a given theme (see below). Later on, all of the entered tracks will be rated and a winner will be found.


• Theme of the Month: 15-second tracks
  Your track must be longer than 10 seconds, but not longer than 15.99 seconds.
  No other restrictions. Simple as that! But harder than it what it might sound like...
  
  
• Deadline
  All tracks should be submitted before the end of Wednesday 19, August 2015 PDT (To give our Americans a last full day to built too)
  
  
• Prize
  The winner of this MTC will be chosen as the author for the new ESL Author Cup. (more information in this news)
  Honour and the right to brag! (Jozii used to say that. I hope anyone still remembers him? )
  Top 3 tracks will be featured in a video, getting extra spotlight.
  The top 3 winners will receive a showcase of a track of their choice (< 10 awards)
  
  
• Rules
  
  
  • The track must be longer than 10 seconds but not longer than 15.99 seconds.
    
  • As long as it's possible for any good player to drive the track within 16 seconds, the track will qualify. Your author time can exceed 16 seconds if you lack the skills to drive the track faster. However, your author time cannot be under 10 seconds.
    
  • If the track is obviously shorter than 10 seconds, (for example 7.50 seconds on an average run), the map will disqualify. Author time does not matter in this case.
    
  • LOL maps (gimmicky and lucky maps) are allowed... but think twice before you use one as your only entry.
    
  • Envimixing allowed
    
  • Blockmixing allowed! Just make sure to build no flickering textures because they're ugly.
    
  • Custom Titlepacks are allowed
    
  • No PressForward, PressBackward or pressAnyKey maps
    
  • 1 map per author
    
  • You can update your map within the deadline as many times as you want.
    
  • Include the sequence of letters MTC somewhere in the track name so that it can be easily discovered on mania-exchange.com.
    
  • To enter a track, simply upload it and post a link to your submission in the submission thread.
  
  
• Judging
  We'll use the public judging system of the BASCO 2014:
  • Everyone is allowed to judge, even players who submitted a map (give your own map a 10)
    
  • Every map will be judged with marks from 1 (bad) to 10 (good).
    
  • Note that you have to judge a stage entirely, you cannot judge only half of it.
    More details will appear after submission ends
    
  
  Good luck and have fun mapping! If you have any questions, please ask!

FT»lolig says:
15second maps? ready for some sick entries
I can't wait to see some experimental stuff etc.