SC2Mapster

• Update: If anyone's interested in discussing the Custom Maps Contest by Blizzard, visit the thread in our forums.

• There's an article on GameReplays talking about the mapping and quoting us :)
• Return to Castle Wolfenstein & Enemy Territory source code are now available. You might be interested :)

Blizzard Custom Map Contest

Blizzard is launching its first custom map contest and the rewards are huge: $5000 and 1 pass + travel + hotel for the 2010 Blizzcon where they will show off your map in the demo room. There are no specific rules about the map, any map is good!

You have been making awesome maps for months now so you clearly have a huge advantage. It would be so amazing to have winners from the sc2mapster community :) Go ahead and win!

Quote:

You've conquered the single-player campaign and climbed the multiplayer ladder, but do you have what it takes to be a StarCraft II custom map designer?

In Blizzard's first-ever StarCraft II Custom Map Contest, they're challenging you to craft the most fun, creative, and polished custom map that the galaxy’s ever seen.

If you think you've got the skills, fire up the StarCraft II Editor that came with your copy of the game and get started. The Editor is a powerful, robust, and complete development tool, and it's everything you'll need to build your creation. Keep in mind that we’re looking for originality, innovation, and fun, so whether you want to make the next DotA, craft a mini-RPG, or concoct a third-person shooter, let your imagination run wild.

Even if you've got some experience creating custom maps, you'll want to kick your efforts into overdrive for this one, because the stakes are high.

Deadlines & Submission

• Map makers will have until September 11 to submit their entries.
• US entries may be submitted here.
• EU entries may be submitted here.

Rules

• Entry rules can be found here.
• Must be in English and not feature explicit or obscene language.
• By submitting the map you grant licensing rights to Blizzard Entertainment, and will not display, post, or share it until after the contest closes on September 11, 2010.
• Must only feature music from Blizzard products or of my own original composition.
• Must only contain images, sounds, voice tracks, designs, and other copyrighted content that you obtained from Blizzard, is your original creation, or that you have properly licensed for use in the map.
• Must follows the game's End User License Agreement and Terms of Use from which it was taken, as well as the Blizzard Video Policy.
• By submitting the map you grant licensing rights to Blizzard Entertainment, and will not display, post, or share it until after the contest closes on September 11, 2010.
• Must be under 10mb.

Reward

Three (3) qualified entrants will be chosen by Sponsor as the "Grand Prize Winners," and will each win a prize package consisting of the following:

• One (1) check in the amount of $5,000.00.
• One (1) trip to BlizzCon 2010 in Anaheim, California that includes round trip coach air fare from the regional airport nearest the Winner's residence.
• Two (2) nights lodging at a hotel in Anaheim chose by Blizzard, with an aggregate approximate value for the trip of $600.00
• One (1) ticket to "BlizzCon 2010" with an approximate retail value of $150.00.
• Your map featured in the BlizzCon 2010 SC2 Demo area.
• As an added bonus, if you promote SC2Mapster, we'll throw in a full year's worth of Curse Premium and be proud of you :)

THE Card Game Tournament

This is the first time I organize a tournament and I'm really happy as it went really well. I would like to thanks TinMan for the streaming, he was the only one from europe that accepted to stream and I found him 3 hours before the start of the event. There were technical difficulties but there will be gone for the next tournament :) Thanks to the 20 teams who participated (40 people!), I really hope you enjoyed it.

Here's the final score:

• First: Smeargle STFU (Forsen.298, Hjälten.780)
• Second: Losers of Life (Antiga.940, fietstas.277)

• Third: Time Jumper (Trikx.818, Asuma.759)
• Third: Team MerryMakers (Phaaze.598, enraze.406)
• Third: The Crabs (Horrorplant.727, tedde93.205)

If you were'nt there, you can hear me and my super sexy french accent :) commenting the show off match between me and Clord, the map maker, versus the winners!

Puzzle TD by gemGreg

While validating the maps I found out Puzzle TD. This is the first time I see a TD on a terrain that is not all square. Also there's a fun concept, your worker can also deposit mineral, and you have to build probes to gather minerals. This is interesting. It's currently in Alpha but I like the ideas :)

Fan Arts

Three new Starcraft fan arts have been added to the Blizzard section.