Welcome back! The ManiaExchange Monthly Track Contest (MTC) has been resurrected on TM² for May 2024! I am Arai, your brand new host.

Theme of the Month: Back, But Not On Track

Only scenery blocks and items are allowed.

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Theme Specific Rules

• You may only use terraforming, and blocks contained in these following block folders within the map editor
  Canyon - 3, 10
  Valley - 10, 11
  Stadium - 8, 7, and dirt tents (6-9)
  Lagoon - 7, 8, 9, and metal scaffolding (4-6)
  
  
• You may use items that are typically only used for decoration.
  
• You may use non-collidable checkpoint items.
  
• You may use one start block and one finish block.
  
• Blockmixing is allowed.
  
• Duo maps are allowed.
  
• Author time must be between 20 seconds and 3 minutes.

Titlepacks allowed:

• TM² Canyon
  
• TM² Valley
  
• TM² Stadium
  
• TM² Lagoon
  
• TM² MultiEnv / TMAll

General Rules

• MTC should be present in the track name. Example: "SuperCoolTrackName (MTC)" or "mtc|EvenCoolerName"
  
• Maps should be built in the most recent version of the game.
  
• Maps must be built during the month of this MTC.
  
• Maps requiring drivers to use OpenPlanet are NOT allowed
  
• Maps must be under 4 MBs (online server limit)

How to Submit

• You MUST upload your track to this mappack and optionally post a link to your map in this thread
  

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Deadlines

• Your map should be uploaded before Thursday May 23rd @ 23:59 CEST. Submissions will continue to be accepted until I officially announce closure in this thread.
  
• Maps submitted within the deadline are allowed to be updated during the voting week at the cost of losing your votes!
  
• Voting week begins on Friday May 24th @ 18:00 CEST and ends on Thursday May 30th @ 18:00 CEST
  
• Results are calculated and posted soon after voting closes
  

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Voting

• When the voting week starts, the maps will be available on a server in the TM2 MultiEnv titlepack.
  
• The server will be open for 7 days.
  
• To vote, use the karma system on the server.
  -- 1 point (bad)
  - 2 points
  +- 3 points
  + 4 points
  ++ 5 points (good)
  
• Everyone is allowed to vote, even players who submitted a map (your vote on your own map won't be counted)
  
• You must vote on at least half of the submitted maps in order for your votes to be counted
  
• Your votes will be averaged for the maps you didn't vote on. But please try to vote on as many maps as possible.
  
• Note that you have to finish a map in order to vote!
  
• Players are encouraged to leave an award on the maps they liked, and to post constructive feedback on as many maps as possible

Prizes
The top winner will receive a front page feature of a track of their choice
Bragging rights and a feeling of accomplishment!

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

Awesome to have MTC back! One question, what about Checkpoints? Is it encouraged to try to build a map completely without, or rather use unobtrusive item CPs for it?
EDIT: I had the tab open too long, I see the post was already edited

Mystixor says:
Awesome to have MTC back! One question, what about Checkpoints? Is it encouraged to try to build a map completely without, or rather use unobtrusive item CPs for it?
EDIT: I had the tab open too long, I see the post was already edited

Good question! you may only use the checkpoints that are located within the allowed block folders as well as any other non-collideable item checkpoints.

The rules only apply to the route right?

I will try to join this, sounds fun!

hetna says:
The rules only apply to the route right?

Yes. You may use other blocks for the surrounding scenery as long as you don't hide a secret route that drives on said blocks.

I'm definitly participating to this again. It's been so long since MTC.

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matsu says:
I would like to join in!~

You can! I hope you have fun making it

I probably don't have time to participate this month, but I just opened the Valley editor to tempt myself, and block group 10 in Valley is all roads. I assume this shouldn't be allowed.