Very inelegant topic title, I know.
The idea has been mentioned a couple of times in conversations with the rest of the staff, and it seems to be generally regarded as interesting, so might as well lay it down here for more feedback/to remind everyone who's already heard of it.
Basically, competitors have to make a map (probably a single difficulty) within a time limit (less than an hour? An/some hours? One day?) and where possible, their progress is streamed live for other users to see. I seem to recall requests for an editor spectator, so this might be a substitute of sorts. The time limit will test the ability of mappers to make a decent map under pressure, so it could prove an interesting/challenging variation. Plus the whole thing ends sooner than other mapping contests, so less waiting.
Now, probably the most likely version would have the song revealed to all contestants at the same time and a timer starting, but that would mess up the international scale because of time zones (unless the limit was like, one day, but that's a bit too long for my taste). Alternatively, we could allow for a longer period (a week) during which every participant would have to record their editing progress in a continuous video whose duration would be under the limit, but that has disadvantages like a) it's still possible to cheat in this way, b) it restricts entry to people with pcs able to handle recording, c) it's not as exciting as getting to watch the editing in real time.
Anyway, thoughts?
The idea has been mentioned a couple of times in conversations with the rest of the staff, and it seems to be generally regarded as interesting, so might as well lay it down here for more feedback/to remind everyone who's already heard of it.
Basically, competitors have to make a map (probably a single difficulty) within a time limit (less than an hour? An/some hours? One day?) and where possible, their progress is streamed live for other users to see. I seem to recall requests for an editor spectator, so this might be a substitute of sorts. The time limit will test the ability of mappers to make a decent map under pressure, so it could prove an interesting/challenging variation. Plus the whole thing ends sooner than other mapping contests, so less waiting.
Now, probably the most likely version would have the song revealed to all contestants at the same time and a timer starting, but that would mess up the international scale because of time zones (unless the limit was like, one day, but that's a bit too long for my taste). Alternatively, we could allow for a longer period (a week) during which every participant would have to record their editing progress in a continuous video whose duration would be under the limit, but that has disadvantages like a) it's still possible to cheat in this way, b) it restricts entry to people with pcs able to handle recording, c) it's not as exciting as getting to watch the editing in real time.
Anyway, thoughts?