OLDC Theme

[M[T]P]

I honestly don't know IF Someone else has posted this before(Too many pages to lookup and search function isn't the best way...)

~~~~~~~~~~~Alright, now let me elaborate:

Instead of free-maps all the time on OLDC mapping, why don't we have
some kind of theme for each OLDC? I think by this way people are forced to think correctly before making maps as they wanted to.

[Although I know the cons might be that 'n00bs' would try to name the map like the theme, but actually isn't(lying), etc. But this is just a suggestion]

If not bi-monthly theme, why not yearly theme? I guess I explained much :P

 

[daiches99]

I honestly don't know IF Someone else has posted this before(Too many pages to lookup and search function isn't the best way...)

~~~~~~~~~~~Alright, now let me elaborate:

Instead of free-maps all the time on OLDC mapping, why don't we have
some kind of theme for each OLDC? I think by this way people are forced to think correctly before making maps as they wanted to.

[Although I know the cons might be that 'n00bs' would try to name the map like the theme, but actually isn't(lying), etc. But this is just a suggestion]

If not bi-monthly theme, why not yearly theme? I guess I explained much :P

Weird, I was thinking about this earlier today.

[/Pointless post.]

 

[Fawfulfan]

Do you seriously think that's a good way to get people to be creative? I never know what to expect each contest. And that's a good thing.

 

[Bbop800]

All of the levels would feel too similar, if not nearly identical to each other.

For example, imagine if we had an ice theme for a contest, we would get a lot of generic ice levels. Same would apply for GFZ, CEZ, or any themes as such.

 

[MascaraSnake]

For single player, this is strictly out of the question. Very few people (if any) would be willing to start a project as large as a single player based solely on external inspiration. To make a good single player map, you need your own ideas, so I guarantee you that if we did this, there would be either no entries or a few really bad ones.

For multiplayer, this could work because layout and theme aren't as strictly linked together. But as others lined out, it's dull to have a pack in which every map has the same theme. So I don't see the appeal of this idea.

 

[sphere]

Hm. I don't think this is a good idea for a bi-monthly contest. Maybe if someone would/could re-introduce that Week of SRB2 thing (or whatever it was called) a broad theme would be a good idea for such a contest instead.