Alright, guys, it's been a while, and I have quite a bit of news about the direction of the "Best Of" project.
First and foremost, I will be creating a collective "Best Of". This means that all years will be in the same pack, thus creating for a few of the biggest rotations to be seen in an SRB2 multiplayer pack. After a discussion on IRC with others, we came to an agreement that the convenience of having all maps in one wad definitely outweighs the resulting file size. The wad, of course, won't be finished immediately, so I'll be releasing the annual Best Ofs one at a time as "check points" of progress, per se. My question is whether we should encourage the annual Best Ofs to run alongside the collective one upon the latter's release. Your thoughts?
Another important bit of news is that FuriousFox showed me a li'l zip on his old webspace, and guess what was among the old SRB2 content: that's right, the 2003 contest maps! Thanks to this, I can start to host the 2003 contest wads on my webspace and start working on the Best Of for that year after I'm done with 2004.
Next are a couple pieces of news that kind of tie in together: the official release date for the Best of 2004 is October 20th. However, I've decided to hit two birds with one stone and host a contest on SigSev Cafe (see signature) with the 2004 maps on October 17th and 18th (if we don't have enough contestants, we'll just stick to the 18th). So if you want to try out the 95% complete version and, eh, "bug test" it with us ;) ... then sign up for the contest for either day that pleases you most. The contest is partially for competition, but its real goal is to gather up folks for a netgame they'll appreciate. So, if this method proves popular, I'll be sure to do the same for other Best Ofs.
So, yeah, I think that's all I wanted to say. Unfortunately for you guys, I don't plan to work on the Best Of stuff this week, since I gotta catch up a little on school work. Expect some results soon afterward, though.