Welcome to the ManiaExchange Monthly Track Contest (MTC) for October 2020! Unfortunately, there's grave news; Arkive is hosting again.




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





Theme of the Month: Driven by Fear




It's Spooktober! Just make a really spooky map.




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Theme Specific Rules

• Make a map with elements of horror. Show us just how atmospheric your courses can be!
  
• There are no requirements that must be met. Go nuts!


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: "blood run (mtc)" or "[MTC] Valley of Shadows" (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
  
• All environments are allowed
  
• All titlepacks are allowed
  
• Blockmixing is allowed
  
• Envimixing is allowed
  
• Embedded items are allowed
  
• Stadium64 base is allowed
  
• TMUF cars are allowed
  
• Mods are allowed (remember to include locators!)
  
• Press Forward, Left, Right, or similar tracks are NOT allowed
  
• Courses requiring OpenPlanet are NOT allowed

If you have any questions or would like to contest a rule, feel free to ask!


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Deadlines

• Your track should be uploaded before the end of October 31st at midnight EST. Submissions will continue to be accepted until I officially announce closure in this thread, which will likely occur the following EST morning
  
• Tracks submitted within the deadline will have 24 hours after submissions close to make any last minute edits
  
• Public voting will go from November 1st to November 8th or until the internal judging is finished, whichever occurs later
  
• Results are calculated and posted soon after public voting closes



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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

• You MUST upload your map to this map-pack and optionally post a link to your map in this thread
  
• You can update your track within the deadline as many times as you want
  
• Submitted courses may be updated within 24 hours of submissions closing, in case of any necessary last minute changes; new courses may NOT be submitted in this time frame
  
• Updating your track after the revision deadline has passed will lead to a disqualification. You are free to update your track once the results are published

Judging: Public and Internal
We will use a mixture of 75/25 between internal judging and public voting if there is 1 public voter, 60/40 for 2, and 50/50 for 3+

• Everyone is allowed to judge, even players who submitted a map (your score on your own map will be removed, so give it whatever you want!)
  
• Every track will be judged with marks from 0 (bad) to 10 (good). All votes greater than/equal to 7 or less than/equal to 4 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! Please only leave that as a very last resort, and still judge the entire map fairly
  
• You must play and vote on all tracks for your votes to count
  
• 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 internal judging will note some detailed feedback with points based on categories (Theme [20p], Creativity [10p], Fun [10p], Detail [10p])

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

i would've made a PX map with a spooky mod and mt for this xD

but same old rules, i always forget x)

Submissions are officially closed! All entrants now have 24 hours from this post to make any last minute changes to their maps.

October 2020 Public Voting Link: https://forms.gle/66J3fp1LqX1D1tw2A

This month there's 3 maps! Download them here.

In the voting sheet, give your score before your feedback (0 to 10, decimals are allowed). If you have comments, leave them right after your score. For example:

8.6 - I was thoroughly spooked! Though, the route felt a little lacking...

• Everyone is allowed to judge, even players who submitted a map (your score on your own map will be removed, so give it whatever you want!)
  
• Every map will be judged with a decimal number from 0 (bad) to 10 (good). All votes greater than/equal to 7 or less than/equal to 4 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! 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 mixture of the average public score and the average internal score
  
• The mixture will be 75/25 between internal judging and public voting if there is 1 public voter, 60/40 for 2, and 50/50 for 3+
  
• You must be able to play and vote on 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) | Detail (10p)

All public voting will soft close on November 10th, 2020 at midnight EST. After that, you may still vote until the internal judges complete their voting.

We have three entries, and the results are out!

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The gold skull goes to Larentz!

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• Very dark and very cool. Atmosphere is on point - Voyager006
  
• When I came around the corner into the field of scarecrows I actually had a bit of a real jumpscare! - banjee
  
• The use of offzone really creates a sense of being lost through haunted woods - Kousseau

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WRAITH takes home some spooky silver!

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• Creative map with fun concepts - Clearvision
  
• A fun map, the use of MT with images is pretty cool to get in the ambiance - Kousseau
  
• Great use of sound and MT to create a spooky atmosphere - banjee

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Roche gets treated to a bronze medal!

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• A pretty good Canyon map. The feel in the cave with the embedded items is great - Kousseau
  
• The room with the huge spider was quite spectacular - banjee
  
• You can probably tell there is a progressive scary feeling to this; it starts off rather harmless but the further to go the more spooky it gets - Voyager006

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Congratulations to our winners!

Each winner gets a news showcase of their choice for placing in the top 3.

Here's the link to the full results sheet.

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

Apologies for the length of time it took to get these results out. But, on the bright side, it's the perfect time to get into the December MTCs!