Welcome to the ManiaExchange Monthly Track Contest (MTC) for February 2021! It's a fate worse than death; 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: Automated Mayhem




Build a press forward or other press X course.




---

Theme Specific Rules

• The course must be completable by holding one or more buttons from start to end (for example: forward, left and back together, only right)
  
• Respawns or changing buttons held in the middle of the theme's PX route are NOT allowed
  
• Additional routes, divergent paths, and cuts are allowed, and they can be faster than the theme's PX route


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: "MTC - Asleep at the Wheel" or "hold my beer | mtc" (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 required
  
• Courses requiring OpenPlanet are NOT allowed

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


---

Deadlines

• Your track should be uploaded before the end of February 28th 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 March 1st to March 8th or until the internal judging is finished, whichever occurs later
  
• Results are calculated and posted soon after public voting closes



---

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!

can we do something like a Sebmagic map on TMNF, or like Press Tourner here on MX?

Currently, the idea is that the player should not have to do anything other than hold some combination of buttons throughout the whole course. I couldn't find Sebmagic, but I did take a look at Press Tourner; that map requires you to change which buttons you hold and respawn during the course, which would not be allowed for the PX route. You can, of course, add a route like that as an alternate route if you want.

hmm is anyone else going to participate? i know this is a hard theme this month

Submissions are now closed! Both authors have 24 hours to make any last minute changes. Public voting should be ready tomorrow.

February 2021 Public Voting Link: https://forms.gle/98RJuhmYq1RWb65r8

This month there's 2 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 - Very fun to watch!

• 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

---

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 March 8th, 2021 at midnight EST. After that, you may still vote until the internal judges complete their voting.

i’m waiting for these results xd

---

Umpro flips into first!

---

• A cool PF with some fun and smooth jumps, twists, etc. - Eyebo
  
• You can definitely feel the Stadium heritage with those turnovers and the general style. - Solux
  
• Didn't expect a PF on Valley but it is really nice! - Akiliyh

---

VMan_2002 steals silver!

---

• The kinda chaotic route and weird sliding really makes this track something different. - Solux
  
• There are some nice and original ideas here and there. - Akiliyh
  
• The route has cool uses of the special blocks. I enjoyed watching it. - Eyebo

---

Even with only two maps this month, the results ended up being surprisingly close!

Congratulations to our winners!

Both get to feature a map 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!

The next TM2 MTC should come up in about a week. It'll have a lengthened build period to compensate for starting later than normal.