I blame Smash. And Pokemon. And Smash again.
I guess I win then give me that yellow text!
There is no "submission period". You can submit maps at any time.I think the problem is that there's no announcement or anything of the sort about the beginning of an OLDC's submission period (Or at least, nothing I've seen), which results in people having no idea that it's time to submit their maps.
All contest submissions are due by 7:00 PM local time in the eastern time zone of the United States on the last day of every other month. Because of Daylight Saving Time, this is GMT-4 on April 30th, June 30th, August 31st, and October 31st, and GMT-5 on December 31st and February 28th/29th.
Any late submissions entered before the compilation is created might be included, but there is no guarantee of this, so please get your entry in on time. Entries that miss the cut-off will be entered into the next contest period. If, for any reason, the contest deadline is extended, an announcement will be made announcing the extension. The deadline will never be cut short.
That's probably because literally nobody has been discussing their ideas for the December OLDC, which makes it seem like there's nothing to do. I'm just saying, if there would've been more discussion, map screenshots, whatever, perhaps more people would've been inspired to make a map in time for the OLDC themselves.
2muchtrees4me.