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Level Designers Dueling!
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Level Designers Dueling!
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by NanTheDark » September 19th, 2011, 11:04 am
Disclaimer: This is NOT like the official Level Designer Contests. Read the whole thing before saying something, please.
Level Designer Dueling!
Ever wanted to test your skill against another Level Designer? Now you can!
This is how it works: (rules updated in Oct 19, 2011)
Challenge someone to a duel. If the person agrees, post here saying you wish to duel.
The duelists settle on what theme will they work with. If they don't have a theme, we'll pick one for them.
Then, the duelists can choose to have a deadline or not. If you do, failure to deliver your level before the deadline results in automatic victory for the other duelist.
When a duelist finishes the level, s/he sends it to me and I'll forward it to our judges, who will give them a score. For now the judging method is similar to the LDCs:
The levels will be judged when both duelists have sent their levels, or if they have a deadline, when their time is up.
The scores are averaged for each duelist and whoever has the best score, wins the duel! And for winning you get... nothing. Except for satisfaction and bragging rights (unless someone decides to make a medal for this).
Just so you know, you can't use a level you made before the duel.
Current Judges
- Karyete
- ~MP3 Amplifier~
- GMDragon11
- AwesomeJRFD
- Star king
- SuperMIC
Right now I want to reduce the number of judges to four, because six seems like too many. I may or may not let go of some judges and bring in new ones. But for that I need to be sure of some stuff... So, if you want to be a judge, please let me know, either in this topic or in a PM, and tell me if you have experience or something. Also, you must want to do this. No forcing anyone. I'll eventually post our new list of judges.
If you are a judge, when a duel comes you have to be ready to receive the levels and review them. Also, if a judge is dueling, he or she can't judge in that duel. Also, let me know if you can't judge at a certain time.
Duel Statistics
Soon to contain stats. Victories, scores and all that kind of stuff.
Finished Duels
Duel #1
MessengerOfDreams vs Venexis
The first duel between these two legendary duelists begins today, on September 30th!
The theme for your duel will be:
SPACE
The final frontier. Anything about planets, and asteroids, and spaceships... there's a lot of room for creativity here!
The results are in! Click here.
Duels in progress
Duel #2
~MP3 Amplifier~ vs SuperMIC
Our lovely judges will duke it out on this duel, which starts now, on October 5th!
Their totally original theme is:
Dream
The ever-changing and mysterious world of dreams. Could involve a happy place over the clouds, or maybe your worst nightmare.
Duel #3
NanTheDark vs Killswitch
The One who masters the Darkness... against some dude named Killswitch.
Our theme shall be:
Tower
A tower is a tall structure, usually taller than it is wide, often by a significant margin.
Duel #4
Star King vs Master 1.0
The King of Stars and the Master of binary code shall duel!
Their theme will be:
Halloween
Can include zombies, vampires, werewolves, and all kind of scary things. And costumes.
Duel #5
fourinone vs Volcove
The 15th LDC winner has receives a challenge from fourinone. Who shall be the victor?
The theme for this one is:
Pipes
A level with pipes. Lots of pipes.
Unlike the previous duels, this one actually has a deadline! Starting NOW (I don't see the point in giving you a starting date since you both know the theme already
), it will end in
December 8th.
Deadline's changed. Now it's
January 2nd!
Deliver the level before then. If both contestants are ready before the deadline (assuring they won't do any more changes to the level), judging begins inmediately.
Duel #6
GMDragon11 vs DarkBlaze
...Can't think of something to put here...
Their theme shall be
Forest
Anything with a lot of trees.
This duel starts in December 25th. You can't start your level before this.
Your deadline is
January 14th!
Make your level before then.
Challengers
Here's a list of people looking for someone else to duel with.
-Megaboy is looking for an opponent to have a 14th LDC-themed duel (No glitches).
-JSlayerXero is "Looking for someone willing to wait four years".
This is how it works: (rules updated in Oct 19, 2011)
Challenge someone to a duel. If the person agrees, post here saying you wish to duel.
The duelists settle on what theme will they work with. If they don't have a theme, we'll pick one for them.
Then, the duelists can choose to have a deadline or not. If you do, failure to deliver your level before the deadline results in automatic victory for the other duelist.
When a duelist finishes the level, s/he sends it to me and I'll forward it to our judges, who will give them a score. For now the judging method is similar to the LDCs:
Taken from the 15th LDC wrote:10 points: Fun
Did you enjoy the level? Are there some parts that are frustrating, or annoying?
5 points: Graphics
Does the level have cutoff? Does it work well with the theme?
5 points: Other
You start off with 3 points. Judges will decide whether to take off or add on points based upon how deserving the level is.
The levels will be judged when both duelists have sent their levels, or if they have a deadline, when their time is up.
The scores are averaged for each duelist and whoever has the best score, wins the duel! And for winning you get... nothing. Except for satisfaction and bragging rights (unless someone decides to make a medal for this).
Just so you know, you can't use a level you made before the duel.
Current Judges
- Karyete
- ~MP3 Amplifier~
- GMDragon11
- AwesomeJRFD
- Star king
- SuperMIC
Right now I want to reduce the number of judges to four, because six seems like too many. I may or may not let go of some judges and bring in new ones. But for that I need to be sure of some stuff... So, if you want to be a judge, please let me know, either in this topic or in a PM, and tell me if you have experience or something. Also, you must want to do this. No forcing anyone. I'll eventually post our new list of judges.
If you are a judge, when a duel comes you have to be ready to receive the levels and review them. Also, if a judge is dueling, he or she can't judge in that duel. Also, let me know if you can't judge at a certain time.
Duel Statistics
Soon to contain stats. Victories, scores and all that kind of stuff.
Finished Duels
MessengerOfDreams vs Venexis
The first duel between these two legendary duelists begins today, on September 30th!
The theme for your duel will be:
SPACE
The final frontier. Anything about planets, and asteroids, and spaceships... there's a lot of room for creativity here!
The results are in! Click here.
Duels in progress
~MP3 Amplifier~ vs SuperMIC
Our lovely judges will duke it out on this duel, which starts now, on October 5th!
Their totally original theme is:
Dream
The ever-changing and mysterious world of dreams. Could involve a happy place over the clouds, or maybe your worst nightmare.
Duel #3
NanTheDark vs Killswitch
The One who masters the Darkness... against some dude named Killswitch.
Our theme shall be:
Tower
A tower is a tall structure, usually taller than it is wide, often by a significant margin.
Duel #4
Star King vs Master 1.0
The King of Stars and the Master of binary code shall duel!
Their theme will be:
Halloween
Can include zombies, vampires, werewolves, and all kind of scary things. And costumes.
Duel #5
fourinone vs Volcove
The 15th LDC winner has receives a challenge from fourinone. Who shall be the victor?
The theme for this one is:
Pipes
A level with pipes. Lots of pipes.
Unlike the previous duels, this one actually has a deadline! Starting NOW (I don't see the point in giving you a starting date since you both know the theme already
), it will end inDeadline's changed. Now it's
January 2nd!
Deliver the level before then. If both contestants are ready before the deadline (assuring they won't do any more changes to the level), judging begins inmediately.
GMDragon11 vs DarkBlaze
...Can't think of something to put here...
Their theme shall be
Forest
Anything with a lot of trees.
This duel starts in December 25th. You can't start your level before this.
Your deadline is
January 14th!
Make your level before then.
Challengers
Here's a list of people looking for someone else to duel with.
-Megaboy is looking for an opponent to have a 14th LDC-themed duel (No glitches).
-JSlayerXero is "Looking for someone willing to wait four years".
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Re: Level Designers Dueling!
by MessengerOfDreams » September 19th, 2011, 11:31 am
Hmm... I was tempted to lock this but I think you got it organized snugly. It'll also speak volumes about you should you succeed. Just know it may be tricky to pull off with the LDCs happening.
Also contributed my assistance.
Also contributed my assistance.
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Re: Level Designers Dueling!
by ~MP3 Amplifier~ » September 19th, 2011, 11:41 am
Hey Nan, thanks for putting me as judge. 
I changed the font and colours though. XD
I changed the font and colours though. XDThe below image is a montage of my individual highest placing LDC creations, as a reminder to myself that level designing is a part of my life that I can't just leave behind
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Re: Level Designers Dueling!
by GMDragon11 » September 19th, 2011, 1:54 pm
Can I please be a judge?
You know you wanna watch it.....
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Re: Level Designers Dueling!
by NanTheDark » September 19th, 2011, 2:07 pm
RazorBoy7667 wrote:Can I please be a judge?
If you think you can handle it, sure. I'm putting you on the list of judges.
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Re: Level Designers Dueling!
by AwesomeJRFD » September 19th, 2011, 2:34 pm
Can I also be a judge?
I'm sure I won't be biased. I'll judge the level itself instead of the designer's reputation.
I'm sure I won't be biased. I'll judge the level itself instead of the designer's reputation.
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Re: Level Designers Dueling!
by SuperMIC » September 19th, 2011, 2:41 pm
AwesomeJRFD wrote:Can I also be a judge?
I'm sure I won't be biased. I'll judge the level itself instead of the designer's reputation.
I can judge as well.
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Re: Level Designers Dueling!
by NanTheDark » September 19th, 2011, 3:25 pm
Question to all those who want to be judges (MP3, Karyete, Razor, JRFD and MIC):
Have you guys ever judged a level before this?
If not, how much experience do you have Level Designing?
I think I should pick just some people to do this and I think I should pick whoever's more capable for this. And we can't have too many judges, it would overcomplicate things.
As far as I know, you're all Level Designers. But I don't know who's best or anything like that...
For the moment, you're all judges.
Have you guys ever judged a level before this?
If not, how much experience do you have Level Designing?
I think I should pick just some people to do this and I think I should pick whoever's more capable for this. And we can't have too many judges, it would overcomplicate things.
As far as I know, you're all Level Designers. But I don't know who's best or anything like that...
For the moment, you're all judges.
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Re: Level Designers Dueling!
by SuperMIC » September 19th, 2011, 3:32 pm
NanTheDark wrote:Question to all those who want to be judges (MP3, Karyete, Razor, JRFD and MIC):
Have you guys ever judged a level before this?
If not, how much experience do you have Level Designing?
I think I should pick just some people to do this and I think I should pick whoever's more capable for this. And we can't have too many judges, it would overcomplicate things.
As far as I know, you're all Level Designers. But I don't know who's best or anything like that...
For the moment, you're all judges.
I judged WITBLOAT. Nuff' said. Jk, um, I guess I'm an okay LDer? I made Mod's third tier, and you can check out my levels anytime, although I think my 15th LDC series will be my proudest creation to date. (*shot for shameless advertising*)
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Re: Level Designers Dueling!
by AwesomeJRFD » September 19th, 2011, 6:00 pm
NanTheDark wrote:Have you guys ever judged a level before this?
Yep.
NanTheDark wrote:If not, how much experience do you have Level Designing?
A lot, actually. I especially obtained some experience during mu collaboration with SK.
Anyway, I've never actually worked too hard on a level before. I put a decent amount of work into my LDC entries, but that's it. And I think even "decent" is saying too much.
I'm not contradicting myself, here. I'm just saying that I don't need to work that hard to make a good level. If I worked hard enough, I could probably out-design MoD and Ven's 10th LDC entry. I know that's saying a lot, but still. With enough work, I probably can.
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