Welcome to the ManiaExchange Monthly Track Contest (MTC), April 2016.

In the MTC your task is to build a track on a given theme (see below). Later on, all of the entered tracks will be rated and a winner will be found.


• Theme of the Month: 10 different blocks
  You have to pick 10 different blocks and only use those to build your map
  • Start, checkpoints and finish are free, i.e. they don't count for the 10 different blocks.
    
  • In one corner of you map please place all the 10 different blocks you chose. This way it is easier ingame to see what you picked.
    
  • Attach a picture or list of block names+IDs (X-X-X , 1-3-2,...) to your submission post. (see example)
    
  • No Custom objects allowed
    
  • Terraforming is free
    
  
  
  
• Deadline
  All tracks should be submitted before the end of Sunday 17, April 2016 PDT.
  
  
• Prize
  Honour and the right to brag! (Jozii used to say that. I hope anyone still remembers him? )
  The top 3 winners will receive a showcase of a track of their choice (< 10 awards)
  
  
• General Rules
  • 64x64 basemap is allowed.
    
  • Track-/Laplength below 2min
    
  • No Custom objects allowed
    
  • Envimixing allowed
    
  • Blockmixing allowed
    
  • Custom Titlepacks forbidden
    
  • No PressForward, PressBackward or press[AnyKey]-maps
    
  • MTC in mapname
    
  • 1 map per author
  
  
• How to submit
  
  • To enter a track, simply upload it and post a link to your submission in the submission thread.
    
  • You can update your map within the deadline as many times as you want.
  
  
• Judging
  We'll use the well well well known public judging system:
  • Everyone is allowed to judge, even players who submitted a map (give your own map a 10)
    
  • Every map will be judged with marks from 1 (bad) to 10 (good).
    
  • Note that you have to judge a stage entirely, you cannot judge only half of it.
    More details will appear after submission ends
    
  
  Good luck, and as always: If you have any questions, please ask

Some Tutorials


Example picture of 10 blocks I picked:



Example for the list:
GP Road 1-1-1
GP 90° turn 1-1-5
GP 90° red inside 1-1-7
GP s-turn. switching red and white side 1-1-8
GP s-turn. switching red and white side 1-1-7
...

Sounds fun! Gonna give it a try despite the tight deadline... I'm still building my track for the January edition

I thought two weeks was enough.
If there are some others in the next 3 days asking for more time, I can extend the deadline. That's a very easy thing. I simply need to change a number

could it be possible that there 10 blocks count for the road the scenery is extra?

custom titlepacks allowed but custom blocks not allowed?

nope, the scenery must be of these 10 blocks too

Yeah I see, custom TPs don't make sense:
Custom TP forbidden

The theme sounds familiar.. hm, lets get back to basic trackbuilding! Good luck!

rip skellborn this theme

I didn't plan on building something anyways. The problem with these builds is the time investement. Which means i either need to have an idea i would rather die than not building it or i need the vacation in between semesters of my university (If you look at the months i participated, you'll see it really fits to the second ) Something like the 15 seconds track is always nice tho, as it lowers the time to an at least somewhat exceptable level

But yeah who cares what i'm writing -- Good luck everyone

Does terraforming count towards the 10 blocks limit or can use it freely?

Edit-bonus question: can we use custom cp/start/end?

Terraforming is free

no custom start/cp/fin