Welcome to the ManiaExchange Monthly Track Contest (MTC) for June 2020! Like a scene from your worst nightmares, this month is hosted by Arkive!




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





Theme of the Month: Thirsty




For many of us, summer's getting started. That means hot tempuratures, so cool off and stay hydrated by making a water themed course!




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Theme Specific Rules

• Your map should feature water in some way
  
• The route must directly involve water at least once (feel free to contact me if you have an idea but don't know if it counts)


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. Example: "swim (mtc)" or "MTC - H2Woah That Was Fun" (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
  
• All environments are allowed
  
• All titlepacks are allowed
  
• Blockmixing is allowed
  
• Envimixing is allowed
  
• Embedded items are allowed
  
• Stadium64 base is allowed
  
• TMUF cars are allowed
  
• Mods are allowed (remember to include locators!)
  
• Press Forward, Left, Right, or similar tracks are NOT allowed
  
• Courses requiring OpenPlanet are NOT allowed

If you have any questions or would like to contest a rule, feel free to ask!


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Deadlines

• Your track should be uploaded before the end of June 30th at midnight EST. Submissions will continue to be accepted until I officially announce closure in this thread, which will likely occur the following EST morning
  
• Tracks submitted within the deadline will have 24 hours after submissions close to make any last minute edits
  
• Public voting will go from July 1st to July 8th or until the internal judging is finished, whichever occurs later
  
• Results are calculated and posted soon after public voting closes



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Prizes
Honour and the right to brag! (Jozii used to say that. I wasn't around then, but maybe some of you still remember him? )
The top 3 winners will receive a showcase of a track of their choice (< 10 awards)

How to Submit

• You MUST upload your map to this map-pack and optionally post a link to your map 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 75/25 between internal judging and public voting if there is 1 public voter, 60/40 for 2, and 50/50 for 3+

• 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 track will be judged with marks 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 must play and vote on all tracks for your votes to count
  
• 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 internal judging will note some detailed feedback with points based on categories (Theme [20p], Creativity [10p], Fun [10p], Detail [10p])

Good luck, and if you have any questions, please ask!