Welcome to the ManiaExchange Monthly Track Contest (MTC) for June 2021! Your Sisyphian tormentor Arkive hosts once again!




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: Teaching New Dogs Old Tricks




Build a course focused on teaching/training a single technique or skill.




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Theme Specific Rules

• All techniques and skills are allowed, from basic drifting to advanced techniques like neosliding or speed drifts.
  
• The focus should be on a single skill, but the course does not need to use it exclusively.


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: "Prelude to Kem (MTC)" or "mtc|beginner's guide" (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
  
• Maps must be built specifically for this MTC and uploaded after the theme is announced
  
• 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!

A map of magnet tricks...

Submissions are officially closed! All authors have 24 hours to make any last minute edits to their maps. The public voting sheet should be available sometime tomorrow.

June 2021 Public Voting Link: https://forms.gle/Ab6zwuZqcmeRXeCs5

This month there's 3 maps! Download them here.

In the voting sheet, give your score before your feedback (0 to 10, decimals are allowed). If you have comments, leave them right after your score. For example:

8.5 - Really good map to train on!

• 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
  
• The mixture will be 75/25 between internal judging and public voting if there is 1 public voter, 60/40 for 2, and 50/50 for 3+
  
• You must be able to play and vote on all maps for your votes to count

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A panel of judges will also judge the maps.
This internal voting will follow the format of:
Theme (20p) | Creativity (10p) | Fun (10p) | Detail (10p)

All public voting will soft close on July 10th, 2021 at midnight EST. After that, you may still vote until the internal judges complete their voting.

"Voted "

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SolideZeehond drifts (but only a little!) into first place!

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• This track did a great job teaching me something I actually didnt know before! - Skybaxrider
  
• Really nice map to learn drift cancels. The setup and routing is really fun after a few tries. - ThaumaticTom
  
• It has nice instructions and a GPS. - Mazer

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Mazer's two wheels get silver!

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• Cool canyon track with 2 routes! - Skybaxrider
  
• It sure uses the two wheels to its full potential. - Arkive
  
• I enjoy this map and the concept of having multiple routes. - ThaumaticTom

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pjw attracts bronze with magnets!

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• I can't help but be impressed that you built a track which builds on the environmental mechanics of magnets rather than the driving mechanics. - Arkive
  
• A trial like map certainly is interesting. - Mazer

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Congratulations to our winners!

Each winner gets a news showcase of their choice for placing in the top 3.

Here's the link to the full results sheet.

Thanks to all participants this month for joining in the contest, and thanks to all of our judges as well!

August is right around the corner, so keep your eyes peeled for more MTC action.