Update: Thanks to Gniedler for this all-in-one download package.
Over the past 5 months, map makers have been hard at work creating maps around the theme of Competitive CTF. Although over 90 entries were in the works, they have been whittled down by the 8th May deadline to 26 final contestants. Maps were design and tested under standard Competitive CTF rules – 30 minutes, most captures wins. Though as ever, experimentation has been done, and several of the maps have changed the gameplay significantly, such as putting the map on the cart, adding touch return to the flags, and letting the teams battle over a neutral flag.
(above, “Landfall” – One of several sweet looking upcoming ctf maps)
They were tested in both public and competitive situations (via TF2Lobby), and were aimed to be fun to play in both environments (as a lot of the contestants previously had little experience of competitive conditions). Map makers are now in a week’s grace period where they can fix any fatal bugs in their maps, with Judging commencing in a short time after that, but otherwise, the following entries are final. 1st place recieves a Novint Falcon Bundle, 2nd place recieves their choice of game from Steam, and 3rd recieves a Mouse Pad (along with some TF2 goodies).
This contest should be of great interest to competitive CTF, as it aims to broaden the possible map choice and help rejuvinate a worn out game mode by adding interesting new twists. All the maps are previewed after the jump.
A big thanks to Randalf for his thorough and informing contribution.
click on the images to download (there is no overall map pack as of the time of writing).
ctf_wildfire by MangyCarface
ctf_mercy by VilePickle
ctf_bedrock by Saint Jimmy the Conne Manne
ctf_assembly by The Political Gamer
ctf_cloudburst by Aly
ctf_underhanded by Ezekel
ctf_stockpile by Mr. Hanz
ctf_mexico by StickZer0
ctf_landfall by Dr. Spud
ctf_norma by Furex
ctf_metalwood by sniprpenguin
ctf_syphon by Noggin
ctf_wiretap by Void
ctf_sabotage by grazr
ctf_rippleside by Eyce
ctf_deliverance by Shmitz
ctf_alaska by zpqrei
ctf_overlook by DaBeatzProject
ctf_gumption by Geal
ctf_converge by Psy
ctf_deceit by Ezekel
ctf_fogbow by TerabyteST
ctf_damned by strangemodule
ctf_slushway by Grim Tuesday
ctf_fusion by Ravidge
ctf_cesspool by FubarFX
So there you have it. 26 entries, but only 1 can win. It’s likely that there will be at least a month to playtest the maps, before voting is opened. You can find discussion/feedback threads for all the maps in the WIP Forum (linked below), if you wish to help out the authors.
Links:
TF2Maps.net – http://www.tf2maps.net/
Contest Thread – http://forums.tf2maps.net/showthread.php?t=11458
Final Entries Thread – http://forums.tf2maps.net/showthread.php?t=12822
WIP Forum – http://forums.tf2maps.net/forumdisplay.php?f=56
Originally published on VanillaTV (vanillatf2.org) on 2010-05-10 by randdalf.
Recovered from the Internet Archive (archived copy) as part of tf2esports.com's preservation of VanillaTV's TF2 coverage. The original site is no longer online. All rights remain with the original author; reposted for historical reference.