Phase 2 has officially begun!!!

**CaptainSnarf** · 09-30-2008, 04:25 PM

http://www.makesomethingunreal.com/

Phase 2 entries have begun! Phase 2 will be closing in two weeks on October 17, 2008 at 8:59PM PST. You'll be able to view the winners of Phase 1 and the winners of Phase 2 will be posted shortly after judging is complete.

Phase1Phase 3 and 4 start April 28th, 2009 and August 4th, 2009 respectively. Dates subject to change. The details for the grand finals will be announced at a later date.

**m3fs** · 09-30-2008, 10:08 PM

wewt - good luck and have fun!

**SmokeRingHalo** · 10-01-2008, 12:57 AM

I'll wait until we've been paid for phase 1, thanks.

**Squiggles** · 10-01-2008, 12:21 PM

Oooh, awesome, I think I'll enter this time.

They have a nice page for the phase 1 winners I hadn't seen before. With actual PICTURES and everything. Mmmm, shiny.

**Bret Hart** · 10-02-2008, 02:58 PM

Originally Posted by SmokeRingHalo

I'll wait until we've been paid for phase 1, thanks.

Don't count on it mate

**evilmrfrank** · 10-02-2008, 11:03 PM

Will definitely be entering this phase

**Phopojijo** · 10-02-2008, 11:36 PM

Originally Posted by Bret Hart

Don't count on it mate

Uhhh...

People were paid for MSU 2004 o.O

What basis do you have to make such claims?

**bazzwano** · 10-03-2008, 03:56 PM

Originally Posted by Phopojijo

Uhhh...

People were paid for MSU 2004 o.O

What basis do you have to make such claims?

Im sure people from MSU 2004 have been paid hahaha he made an educated asumption. if you think epic are going to process and send all these cheques within the next 10ish days.. you would be lucky. you will not likly get paid before phase 2...

In anycase... why wait for you cheque before you decide to enter, what diference does it make..

**Phopojijo** · 10-03-2008, 05:20 PM

Originally Posted by bazzwano

Im sure people from MSU 2004 have been paid hahaha he made an educated asumption. if you think epic are going to process and send all these cheques within the next 10ish days.. you would be lucky. you will not likly get paid before phase 2...

In anycase... why the hell wait for you cheque before you decide to enter, what diference does it make..

Ah, I assumed he was beating the anti-Epic drum saying he wouldn't get paid period.

If it's just not getting paid before Phase 2 -- then that's likely.

**HideInLight** · 10-10-2008, 06:29 AM

Again no screenies...

**Bret Hart** · 10-10-2008, 07:33 PM

Originally Posted by HideInLight

Again no screenies...

You mean like this?

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**HideInLight** · 10-11-2008, 05:59 AM

Originally Posted by Bret Hart

You mean like this?

Yeah but would of been useful it fit was under view details along with the description with a huge download button leading to where it leads atm.

**m3fs** · 10-11-2008, 10:46 PM

**bazzwano** · 10-12-2008, 04:30 AM

My CTF level dreay has been on the Best graphics catagory for a while. I also submitted it for "best CTF level" (dont get me started on the fact there is no such thing anymore) but its not there

**Distant Land** · 10-12-2008, 05:40 AM

damn...that one was pretty good, hope they keep it out of competing against DM...mine - DM-Plaza is gonna be up mid-week

**HideInLight** · 10-12-2008, 10:22 AM

Originally Posted by m3fs

Where can I get that?

**Bret Hart** · 10-12-2008, 01:37 PM

Originally Posted by HideInLight

Yeah but would of been useful it fit was under view details along with the description with a huge download button leading to where it leads atm.

http://www.fileplanet.com/192318/dow...--VCTF-Valhara

Basically it's a VCTF map that takes place in the far regions of valhara. Well balanced gameplay and great visuals.

**Sanch3z** · 10-13-2008, 10:45 PM

Originally Posted by m3fs

hell yeah, that looks bad ass!

**m3fs** · 10-13-2008, 11:34 PM

Originally Posted by Sanch3z

hell yeah, that looks bad ass!

Hey thanks guys! Sorry to say it's not really ride-able. That's just a screen cap from the UT series we're making. I cleverly named it...the "Manta Bike" :P

**MozI** · 10-14-2008, 05:24 PM

Yeah I am going to try again with my new CBP 3 V2 map and possibly submit Iron Maiden 2 for best visuals in a level.

**bazzwano** · 10-15-2008, 01:55 AM

Is anyone at epic reading this thread, as I said my map has still not shown up on the site where it should under best CTF or DM level, can someone from epic please look into that.

**crowl** · 10-15-2008, 12:56 PM

Your submission may not show up on the contest web site immediately because FilePlanet processes entries in batches. If you see a big update to the site and your mod isn't there, then by all means PM me and I'll notify the admins.

Sorry you had to wait for an answer - we're trying to take care of Phase 1 winners and ship Gears 2.

**Oliebol** · 10-16-2008, 02:41 AM

New maps are updated now after more than a week :P

already a lot of warfare maps this time :P

**Distant Land** · 10-16-2008, 02:59 AM

A huge wave of DM and CTF on this update too...seems even weirder to lump together. VCTF + WAR or CTF+VCTF would make more sense as bundles...DM's are non-linear areas with no objectives, just focus on battle...CTF is generally two-way with focus on objectives...why'd they get lumped? Even better, why not keep all of the categories separate, like in the other phases (Unless I'm mistaken for P3?) so as not to pointlessly cut down anyone's chances and short-change anyone's efforts, just because they entered one of these two categories? I don't get it

**m3fs** · 10-16-2008, 10:58 AM

so we have till 12 PM EST tomorrow to turn in our entrys?

**Bitter-Pill** · 10-16-2008, 02:14 PM

Originally Posted by m3fs

so we have till 12 PM EST tomorrow to turn in our entrys?

Yes, You have until the end of the 17th on the EST time zone. Once it turns the 18th on EST, you've reached the deadline for submissions.

**Bret Hart** · 10-16-2008, 02:47 PM

I'm excited

**g0th** · 10-16-2008, 06:35 PM

Anyone know if their is a countdown or something?.. could be handy for us stressful people who needs to work until the latest hour.

**darthviper107** · 10-16-2008, 07:54 PM

I've got a character I'm trying to finish, don't know if it'll be done in time though. I started late because I had another project and didn't really want to work on this one over that one.

I'll post pics if I finish though. I'm done modeling (the hardest part) and I'm just finishing up Zbrushing and generating normal maps then I'll start rigging.

**m3fs** · 10-16-2008, 11:57 PM

no one has submitted machinima yet??

**bazzwano** · 10-17-2008, 01:48 AM

Originally Posted by m3fs

no one has submitted machinima yet??

maybe they should use that prize money and split up CTF and DM how it should be

**m3fs** · 10-17-2008, 01:59 AM

because then my 6 month effort putting together our machinima would be wasted. And that really wouldn't be fair.

**strangelet** · 10-17-2008, 03:20 AM

HELP! our 600mb submission keeps failing at 256mb! am using firefox on xp, gonna give it another go on IE

error given is "An error occurred. Thread was being aborted." - the data transfer rate still reads at 40k but the data counter isnt incrementing anymore

the submission page in the background meanwhile reads "server connection reset"

another thing, i have at least 150k/sec upload, is the submission being limited to 40k? when my zip file failed, it was about 2 and a half hours in - if its timing out and limiting us at the same time, theres no way we can enter!

this is the second time its failed, and at 40k i only have 3 tries left before the deadline!

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH! ive been up 21 hours now >.o

EDIT i'm now trying this on ie which is doing only 36k/sec

**darthviper107** · 10-17-2008, 05:38 AM

So I really don't have time to finish. I thought I could do some of the stuff a little faster, but I can't get it done in the 6 hours we have left, so here's what I have now:

Sculpting took a little longer than I wanted, and I still don't have the head made at all. Or any texture maps besides the normals from sculpting and the diffuse maps for the jacket and pants.

I should have started sooner. It's kinda sad, after missing the first phase I said I had a lot of time to enter again, but I didn't do anything and so I came to a deadline. But hey, I went faster than I used to. This is basically 3 days of work.

**Ivanov** · 10-17-2008, 07:12 AM

Originally Posted by m3fs

no one has submitted machinima yet??

I have. About 12 hours ago, and already have my link on Fileplanet. Is it takes a long time to wait, before my submission will appear on MSU site?

Another important question: if, for example, I still do not have green line contest confirmation under my file (sent yesterday) after the deadline - does it mean, that is over? Or MSU entries list will be updated even after the deadline? Damn, my entry still isn't even listed in UT3 downloads on Fileplanet.

**g0th** · 10-17-2008, 09:42 AM

Can anyone that knows the timezones good confirm that this countdown that I created is set on the deadline time before Phase 2 closes.

Thanks

http://www.timeanddate.com/counters/...&sec=0&p0=1160

**m3fs** · 10-17-2008, 10:37 AM

Ivanov - link please!

**Ivanov** · 10-17-2008, 11:34 AM

Originally Posted by m3fs

Ivanov - link please!

Here, catch:

http://www.fileplanet.com/193175/190...leinfo/Rebirth

Still fixin' some bugs. Maybe will resubmit in 3-4 hours.

PS: There's a lot of packages (about 7) - dunno how to cook them all in one file.