Welcome to the ManiaExchange Monthly Track Contest (MTC) September 2018 hosted by a drunk person named Akiliyh

In the MTC your task is to build a track on a given theme. Later, all the entered tracks are rated and a winner is found.

Theme of the Month: The Straightness of the Line
This month's theme is to make a map where all starts, checkpoints and finishes should appear as being on the same straight line when viewed from above!


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Theme Specific Rules



• This month's theme is to make a map where all starts, checkpoints and finishes should appear as being on the same straight line when viewed from above!
  
• You must put in your map at least 5 CPs.
  
• The height of checkpoints, finishes and starts does not matter. You can place them at the height you want.
  
• The axes of the checkpoints, finishes and starts also does not matter .
  
• Fake finishes are allowed but must follow the same rules as real one
  
• All other blocks ( and the scenery) can be put anywhere on the map ( we still have to notice a more or less straight line viewed from the sky ).
  
• You cannot place checkpoints, start and finish blocks underneath or on top other checkpoints, start and finish blocks.
  
• Embedded start, finish or checkpoint objects are NOT allowed , you must use the officials ones !
  
• All straight line positions and directions are allowed as long as the line appears as a straight line seen from above.
  
• There is absolutely no order for checkpoints , finish and start, as long as you see a line from the sky it will work, that means you can start from the start, go straight, to the checkpoints and do a half turn to come back and arrive at the finish ^^
  
• Tracklength between 30s and 3 minutes
  
  As a reminder a straight line is this:

  Not drunk person says:
  

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Allowed:

• All environments
  
• Blockmixing
  
• Envimix
  
• Multilap
  
• Embedded items but not embedded finishes , starts and CheckPoints
  
• Custom time of day
  
• Mods (if a locator is included)
  
• Nadeos Canyon, Stadium, Valley, and Lagoon Titlepacks
  
• Oversized maps
  
• Custom titlepack allowed this month:Competition Titlepack , MultiEnvironment TPs by Nadeo/Dommy/MrSloppi.


Not Allowed:



• Other player made TitlePacks .
  
• Maps that require Openplanet are not allowed
  
• Press Forward, Left, Right, or similar tracks
  
• Embedded finishes , starts and CPs
  
• To build bad maps ( great humour )
  


General Rules

• You may submit ONE TRACK maximum.
  
• Duo tracks are allowed; but each map counts as one track for each author involved.
  
• MTC should be present in the track name. Example: Ink of Pain (MTC); or [mtc]Zone 51.5 ; or MTC - Intensity (check that any special characters do not break in the TM or MX track name).
  
• The track should be built in the most recent version of the game.




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Tips


• Updating your track AFTER the submission deadline has passed will lead to a disqualification. You are free to update your track once Results are published, though.

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Deadlines

• Your track should be uploaded before the end of Sunday September 23rd, 2018 at midnight EST
  
• Public voting will go from September 24th to October 6th 7th
  
• Results are calculated the week of October 10th

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Prizes
Honour and the right to brag! (Jozii used to say that. I wasn't around then, but maybe some of you still remember him? )
The top 3 winners will receive a showcase of a track of their choice (< 10 awards)

How to Submit

• To submit a track, upload it to MX and post a link to your submission here:
  MTC September 2018: Submissions Thread
  
• You can update your track within the deadline as many times as you want.

Judging: Public and internal
We will use a 50/50 mixture of the public voting system and the internal judging

• Everyone is allowed to judge, even players who submitted a track, but the vote for your own track will not count (give your own map a 10).
  
• You must have access to all environments and vote for all tracks for your votes to count.
  
• Every track will be judged with marks from 1 (bad) to 10 (good).
  
• The internal judging will note some detailed feedback with points based on categories (Theme [20p], Creativity [10p], Funfactor [10p], Detailwork/Scenery/MT [10p]).

Good luck, and if you have any questions, please ask!

MTC September Public Voting Link: https://goo.gl/forms/Ch7Ar2E2Rdrzzs502

There are 10 MTC entries . Download them all here !

Submissions are closed. Do not make any edits to your track until the results are posted.

In the voting sheet, give your score before your feedback (0 to 10, half points are allowed), and then feedback right after it, for example:

# - feedbackfeedbackfeedback...

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 0 (bad) to 10 (good). All votes 7+ or 4- and lower require constructive feedback on why you gave it that score.

Note that you have to judge a stage entirely. You cannot judge only half of it. If you are not able to finish the map, your vote can still count, but please only leave that as a very last resort, and still judge the entire map fairly.

You need to verify your vote by making a post here. (for example: "Voted ")

One best and one worst vote for each map will be ignored if more than 10 people vote.

The overall score will be a 50/50 mixture of the average public score and the average internal score.

You must have access to all environments that were used in the MTC and vote for all maps for your votes to count.

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A panel of judges will also judge the maps.
This internal voting will follow the format of:
Theme (20p) | Creativity (10p) | Fun (10p) | Detailwork, MT, Scenery (10p)

All voting will close on October 6th 7th, 2018 at midnight PDT !

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The results are out! Check them right now !

  squiki.wp wins by a very small margin, with only 0.41 points of difference !

The calculations are excellent. I feel like the track should be accessible to amateurs and above... -AR »rexine

...Overall a superb Map, accessible, fun, creative and many other meliorative adjectives that I forget ^^. - Akiliyh

absolutely amazing scenery and track... - Ozon

  Snake55wildcat Also made a very good map that deserves his second place !

mtc | Reclamation of Muse by   Snake55wildcat

...The overall flow is fantastic. It makes the track fun every run... - AR »rexine

Great transitions. Really nice flow. Killer scenery. Speed. Great MT work. - eyebo

...Great flow, cool scenery, nice use of custom objects, and really fun to drive... - pjw

  Larentz obtains a well deserved third place!

MTC - BloodLine by   Larentz

...Definitely very enjoyable to me pretty much from the first try on... - Racho

Incredible item usage. Quite good flow. - eyebo

The scenery is absolutely awesome... - AR »rexine

The battle was also fought for the 3rd with only 1.25 points difference between the 4 competitors!

squiki, Snake55wildcat, and Larentz receive one front page track showcase of their choice (having less than 10 awards).

Thanks to all participants this month for joining in the contest, thanks to all those who publicly voted and gave their feedback !

Find the full results and feedback here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1BuPft59RE6pZNj9Hz81j7fXzkM6zJ2cUfee0Pvco_i4/edit?usp=sharing

If you want even more MTC don't hesitate to participate in the October edition October 2018 MTC!