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Welcome to the Hive Workshop’s first teamed competition, ranging from the arts of terraining and modeling to the depths of coding itself. It is with great pride that I give you:
The Hive Workshop Race Expansion Competition
Contest Rules And Conditions
In this contest, gladiators will group in teams of three, each member representing a specific feature of WarCraft III modding: modeler, coder and terrainer.
Once assembled, the teams must work together in creating a standard melee map from scratch, with the following additions to two of the playable races picked before-hand:
- One new building per race with its own distinct function: requiring a custom model. Note: since all the races’ building lists are full, each team must decide on a reasonable solution for the problem (a morph ability for the race’s worker with an alternate building list is permitted).
- One new hero per race with 4 unique and functional spells: requiring a custom model. Spells may, and are encouraged to be triggered.
- One new custom unit per race added to the tech-trees: requiring a custom model.
- An improved techtree that will include the new building as a requirement for units/spells/upgrades. Creativity is a must in this area.
- Up to five upgrades and abilities concerning the unit, an optional summonable unit, and/or the building.
Summing it up, this brings the goal of each team to:
- A completely scratch-made, playable map.
- A total of 6 custom models.
- A maximum of 18 custom spells/upgrades.
The task is not easy, so teams must be certain that they cooperate well with each other to the end.
Submission rules include:
- The terrain of the map must be created using in-game models only, however creativity is still crucial.
- The terrain must be designed to host four players.
- All models and spells must be created for this contest. No previous works allowed.
- No more than 2 upgrades and 2 abilities may be used for each race's unique unit.
- The two races must be balanced out after the additions are made.
- Each hero must have four spells and use the normal warcraft leveling system.
- No triggering is permitted beyond the hero/unit abilities.
- Aside from the custom unit, the only other addition that may be included to each of the two races is the custom advanced worker (for building the special building).
- Any imported icons for the new hero/unit/buildings should be either made by the team members. Otherwise in-game icons must be used. Any ability icons must also be from the warcraft mpq.
- Up to one, in-game model using unit may be added as a summonable creature for either the hero or the unit, per race. Any abilities used by that unit count form the five abilities limit.
- Each team member must stick to his part of the task (terrainer does terrain only, he doesn’t help with coding/modeling).
- The final submission must include: the map file attached directly to the thread; at least two screenshots of the terrain, and a screenshot of each custom model.
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Contest Prizes And Winnings |
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Contest Judging And Voting
- Judging Criteria
Criteria Description Marks
Terrain Originality[c]How creative the terrain is while using only the WarCraft mpq to make it[c]/10
[r]Terrain Balance[c]Is the terrain equally balanced for each of the players[c]/10
[r]Model Originality and Execution[c]How original and well made the added models are[c]/20
[r]Coding[c]How clean the coded abilities are[c]/10
[r]Abilities[c]How original the added abilities are[c]/10
[r]Overall Balance[c]Are the two races balanced after the additions have been made[c]/30
[r]Race Flow[c]How well do the added models and spells fit to the selected races/10
- 50 % of the winner shall be determined by the contest's appointed judge(s).
- 50 % of the winner shall be determined by the results of a public poll.
Contest Dates And Deadline
- Each map must be complete and submitted 6 weeks after the contest begins.
The contest shall begin on September 3rd, 2008 and conclude on [rainbow]
November 15th, 2008, 12:00 AM.[/rainbow] (GMT)
Each team must have a spokesperson who's going to declare the team members, the team name, and submit the final map.
Team members, and names will be filled in the following sheet.
Race Expansion Teams:
Team members, and names will be filled in the following sheet.
Race Expansion Teams:
| Team Name | Modeler | Coder | Terrainer |
General WHISPERhat | General Frank | HINDYhat | frostwhisper |
The Mod Squad | donut3.5 | PurplePoot | Gilles |
eem | skrab | bl4ck.c0d3r | Slaytan |
Rainbow Monkeys | DonDustin | Fulla | Steel_Stallion |
DEV | Darkholme | Eccho | Volvox |
Team WINRAR | Pyritie | Preskooldude | Famouspker49 |
Teen Girl Squad | Xatoga | Kyrbi0 | Anachron |
The Icemark | Ebrik Elitel | Airhead | Hero_Lief |
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