Welcome to the ManiaExchange Monthly Track Contest (MTC) May 2019 hosted by Rexine!

In the MTC your task is to build a track on a given theme. Later, all the submitted tracks are rated and a winner is determined.

🗺️ Theme of the Month: Do You Know De Wey ✂️
(suggested by Alcator and lolig)

Work in 3+ hidden cuts into your map





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Theme Rules



• Create at least 3 intentional cuts that are faster than the obvious route
  
• The cuts should be difficult to spot
  
• Internal judging will consider the route with the cuts over the regular route
  
• How well the cuts flow with the map will have a large influence on your score



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Allowed



• All environments and titlepacks
  
• Blockmixing
  
• Embedded items
  
• Custom time of day
  
• Mods
  
• TMUF cars

Not Allowed



• Press Forward, Left, Right, or similar tracks
  
• Maps that require Openplanet
  
• Trial maps



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General Rules



• You may submit one track maximum
  
• Duo tracks are allowed, but each map counts as one track for each author involved
  
• MTC should be present in the track name
  Examples: Ninja Route (MTC) ; [mtc] That is Not Da Wae ; MTC – Would the Real Path Please Stand Up (check that any special characters do not break in the TM or MX track name)
  
• The track should be built in the most recent version of the game



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Deadlines



• Your track should be uploaded before the end of Thursday, May 30th at midnight PST
  
• Tracks submitted within the deadline will have May 31st to make any last minute edits
  
• Public voting will go from June 1st to June 8th
  
• Results will be posted June 9th at the earliest

Prizes

Honour and the right to brag! (Jozii used to say that. I hope some still remember him? )
The top 3 winners will receive a showcase of a track of their choice (< 10 awards)



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How to Submit



• To submit a track, upload it to MX and post a link to your submission in this thread
  
• You can update your track within the deadline as many times as you want
  
• Submitted courses may be updated within 24 hours of submissions closing, in case of any necessary last minute changes. New courses may NOT be submitted in this time frame
  
• Updating your track after the revision deadline has passed will lead to a disqualification. You are free to update your track once the results are published

Judging: Public and internal
We will use a mixture of 70/30 between internal judging and public voting if there is 1 public voter, 60/40 for 2-3, and 50/50 for 4+



• Everyone is allowed to judge, even players who submitted a map (your score on your own map will be removed, so give it whatever you want!)
  
• Every map will be judged with a decimal number from 0 (bad) to 10 (good). All votes greater than/equal to 7 or less than/equal to 4 require constructive feedback on why you gave it that score
  
• Note that you have to judge a stage entirely! You cannot judge only half of it. If you are not able to finish the map, your vote can still count! Please only leave that as a very last resort, and still judge the entire map fairly
  
• You need to verify your vote by making a post here (for example: "Voted ")
  
• One best and one worst vote for each map will be ignored if more than 10 people vote
  
• The overall score will be a mixture of the average public score and the average internal score
  
• You must have access to all environments and vote on all maps for your votes to count

Good luck!
If you have any questions, please ask

Do the cuts have to cut separate parts of the track (so the fastest run would have 3 cuts in it) or can they overlap (meaning there may be a couple different cuts you could do or link together to get the fastest run)?

They should be separate. When you return to the regular route the cut ends.

Is driving a different route counted as only 1 cut?

No, you don't have to make 3 separate routes (if I understand you correctly). You should be able to do all the cuts in one run.

... says:
how well the cuts flow with the map will have a large influence on your score

So cuts that work often are good? #riolu004flashbacks

https://tm.mania-exchange.com/s/tr/162961