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| IO 2012 - Week One Sunday, July 1, 2012 12:00 am — Posted by Livio |
ShareThisThis year we have 15 contestants who have signed up so far, and they've been organized into the three balanced teams (listed below). Each team has been given its own private forum board so that they can collaborate in secret, and their first order of business is to come up with team names. Once that's done, the forums usually start to get filled with team-spirited shenanigans.
| Ahoy! Womby Sharks! Bmwsu krotomo ShaveyDave shos Yaya |  canadianstickdeath FlashMarsh soccerboy13542 Xyteran Yuggy | The Darvince Jorster Kooler Quirvy snipereborn |
Every week we'll have a number of new competitions (rounds). Just like with the real Olympics, no one is expected to join them all (unless you're shos). With so many competitions to join at any one time, people often make levels that fit the requirements for multiple rounds, which can really help you in the overall rankings. However, every team must have at least one entry in each round, or else they will be penalized for every round that they miss.
Here's the list of this week's new rounds:
IO 2012 - 30 Seconds!
Duration: One Week: Sunday, July 1st --- Sunday, July 8th
We've been doing a lot of things at the last minute lately and so should you. Make a level in HATPC that can be beaten in 30 seconds or less. We're talking about a single run-through, not how much time it takes to figure out the level. Due to variants in computer speeds, try to avoid getting too close to the 30-second mark. (There is a potential loophole, however, about levels that require the player to restart in order for them to be legitimately beaten, and I've decided to leave that loophole open.)
IO 2012 - Ride Some Lines
Duration: Two Weeks: Sunday, July 1st --- Sunday, July 15th
It's this year's obligatory obscure-game comp! You might not think of Line Rider as very obscure game, but considering that we haven't had much Line Rider activity on the Interguild since 2009, it's obscure enough. For this comp, make any level in Line Rider, then film it, and submit the video as your entry.
IO 2012 - Wide Open Caving
Duration: Three Weeks: Sunday, July 1st --- Sunday, July 22nd
You'd think that with Thomas' great discovery last winter that we would have had more HATPC comps this year. Perhaps all we really needed was some real level design inspiration, so the premise for this comp is to make levels with big, open spaces. It seems like claustrophobic level design seems to be the norm with HATPC, and so it can be a real breath of fresh air when a level has plenty of open space for the player to move around in. This idea won't work very well if the open space is meaningless, however, so make sure to use it in a way that actually helps your levels.
IO 2012 - Build a Statue
Duration: Three Weeks: Sunday, July 1st --- Sunday, July 22nd
I'm one of those people who thought shos' Egypt-themed Minecraft Comp was kinda lame. This theme is a little more open-ended: build a statue on the creative world (Different) on our Minecraft Server. World Edit is not allowed in order to level the playing field. I'm hoping people will be more creative with this comp rather than making a bunch of generic statues that look like guyguy's statue on D52 Bridge. Maybe you'll decide to make a building that just happens to be a statue? Maybe you'll make a 2D statue in the form of pixel art? Maybe you'll make something almost as awesome as Sprout Tower?
IO 2012 - Collaborate
Duration: Four Weeks: Sunday, July 1st --- Sunday, July 29th
The team collab round has always been a staple of the IO, but rather than having the teams produce one big level that represents their team, we're going to make the requirement for this round much more simple: make a level with at least one other person. You can still make the huge team level if you want, or you might be able to get more points by making better smaller levels. You can even collaborate with non-team members if you want to.
And now all that's left is to light to torch:
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Let the games begin!
User Comments (51)
| shos | ||
| ~Jack of all trades~ Age: 31 Karma: 389 Posts: 8273 Gender: Male Location: Israel pm | email |
'Quirvy' said: 'A Staff Member, earlier today,' said: I'd bet big amounts of money on shos making a level for almost every comp for this - just saying. 'Livio, just now,' said: no one is expected to join them all (unless you're shos). anyway uh - do I look like a person who has time? I'm just procrastinating here =\  | |
| snipereborn | ||
| Fact Squisher Age: 31 Karma: 136 Posts: 1307 Gender: Male Location: Arizona, United States pm | email |
'shos' said: yup. you have no chance, fore-five-sixers. we bite Lmao. Yes, you do bite. More lolz. Everyone runs faster with a knife. | |
| Quirvy | ||
| Â Â Karma: 655 Posts: 7753 Gender: Male pm | email |
Meanwhile, Team 2 is nowhere to be found  spooky secret | |
| Isa | ||
| No. I'm an octopus. Age: 31 Karma: 686 Posts: 7833 Gender: Male Location: Uppsala, Sweden - GMT +1 pm | email |
They are about to settle on a name. I think they had exactly one suggestion. =p | |
| jellsprout | ||
| Lord of Sprout Tower Karma: -2147482799 Posts: 6445 Gender: Male pm | email |
They have two suggestions and right now the support between the two appears to be in a 2-2 tie. Spoiler: | |
| FlashMarsh | ||
Age: 25 Karma: 99 Posts: 2727 Gender: Male Location: UK pm | email |
Is the cave currently up on Guyguyxtreme open enough for the open caving competition? Although it is nothing compared to Platforming, it has much more space than most of my levels. | |
| Yaya | ||
Age: 29 Karma: 747 Posts: 5367 Location: Ohio (US) pm | email |
Well you certainly have the "open" thing nailed in the whole top and bottom right.  COMING SOON: A giant meteor. Please. Give me +karma. Give me +karma. | |
| FlashMarsh | ||
Age: 25 Karma: 99 Posts: 2727 Gender: Male Location: UK pm | email |
Funny, but can I have an answer? | |
| snipereborn | ||
| Fact Squisher Age: 31 Karma: 136 Posts: 1307 Gender: Male Location: Arizona, United States pm | email |
I think that it's something you have to judge for yourself and hope that the judges agree with you. Everyone runs faster with a knife. | |
| FlashMarsh | ||
Age: 25 Karma: 99 Posts: 2727 Gender: Male Location: UK pm | email |
Not really, because the idea of open is subjective, however I don't want to be penalised for it. | |
| Yaya | ||
Age: 29 Karma: 747 Posts: 5367 Location: Ohio (US) pm | email |
Yeah, I'd gauge it yourself. To me, that's pretty normal sized, but everyone (including the judges) have different standards. There isn't some clear definition of open, but it's pretty easy to tell if someone tried to make a cave more freely spaced. COMING SOON: A giant meteor. Please. Give me +karma. Give me +karma. | |
| Quirvy | ||
| Â Â Karma: 655 Posts: 7753 Gender: Male pm | email |
From what's been made so far, I would say that it's open enough. Platformer is an extremely open cave. I didn't make it like that because that's how I envisioned an open cave should look like, it was just a cave design that popped into my head that satisfied the requirements for an open cave. spooky secret | |
| soccerboy13542 | ||
| ~*~Soccer~*~ Karma: 450 Posts: 4466 Gender: Male Location: 1945 pm | email |
With 4 out of 5 people in agreement over the name, I am pretty sure that Team 2 has decided upon... Team !! 'Livio' said: You know, I was thinking of getting an internship at Microsoft, but I'm not sure I want their lameness to rub off on me. | |
| Dekudude | ||
| Dekudude Age: 31 Karma: 64 Posts: 617 Gender: Male pm | email |
'soccerboy13542' said: With 4 out of 5 people in agreement over the name, I am pretty sure that Team 2 has decided upon... Team !! Yes, but without the !!  NP Username: xaantan | |
| canadianstickdeath | ||
Age: 35 Karma: 350 Posts: 2990 Gender: Male pm | email |
IMO no "team" either. Just . | |
| Quirvy | ||
| Â Â Karma: 655 Posts: 7753 Gender: Male pm | email |
Something that I don't think we've mentioned in public is that everyone on our team lives in the same country. spooky secret | |
| Livio | ||
Age: 31 Karma: 470 Posts: 9620 Gender: Male Location: Arizona, USA pm | email |
I really don't get Team 1's name choice. Is it supposed to be a reference to something? | |
| jellsprout | ||
| Lord of Sprout Tower Karma: -2147482799 Posts: 6445 Gender: Male pm | email |
Just read through their topic. Spoiler: | |
| Dekudude | ||
| Dekudude Age: 31 Karma: 64 Posts: 617 Gender: Male pm | email |
'canadianstickdeath' said: IMO no "team" either. Just . Seconded! Can you make the change, Livio? NP Username: xaantan | |
| Livio | ||
Age: 31 Karma: 470 Posts: 9620 Gender: Male Location: Arizona, USA pm | email |
done. I've updated your forum board as well. | |
| Isa | ||
| No. I'm an octopus. Age: 31 Karma: 686 Posts: 7833 Gender: Male Location: Uppsala, Sweden - GMT +1 pm | email |
'Livio' said: I really don't get Team 1's name choice. Is it supposed to be a reference to something? Shos chose it. That's all. | |
| Yaya | ||
Age: 29 Karma: 747 Posts: 5367 Location: Ohio (US) pm | email |
It's an anagram of the first three letters of all team members' names. Shos picking it is a valid reason also for not getting it. COMING SOON: A giant meteor. Please. Give me +karma. Give me +karma. | |
| buboy24 | ||
Age: 24 Karma: 51 Posts: 715 Gender: Male pm | email |
Can I join even I'm not on a team? It's good to be back. | |
| jellsprout | ||
| Lord of Sprout Tower Karma: -2147482799 Posts: 6445 Gender: Male pm | email |
Yes. You can submit levels even if you aren't part of a team. Isa has done so for the first round. Spoiler: | |
| buboy24 | ||
Age: 24 Karma: 51 Posts: 715 Gender: Male pm | email |
Can I submit two levels in one competition? It's good to be back. | |
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