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Welcome to the Monthly Track Contest (MTC) for October 2024!
The MTC is a track building contest hosted by TrackmaniaExchange which challenges you to build a map with a specific theme. Later, all the tracks are rated and a winner is found.
There are no prerequisites or qualification requirements to enter; just read the theme below, hop in your editor, and submit a track before the deadline!

October is upon us! It's the perfect time to take a break from the more mechanically focused themes and let scenery take center stage. There's no restrictions; just give us a map that sends shivers down our spines!

Theme: Spooky Scary Stadiums

• Make a spooky and/or scary map
  
• There's no hard restrictions this month. Go nuts!

General Rules

• One entry is allowed per user. Multi-author maps count as the single entry for all authors involved
  
• "MTC" must be present in the track name as it appears on TMX. Example: "mtc - skeletons!!!" or "Curse of Hylis [MTC]"
  
• All entries must be built using the latest version of the game
  
• All entries must be built specifically for this MTC
  
• Blockmixing, Offgrid mapping, and Embedded Items are allowed
  
• Texture mods are allowed
  
• Royal, Stunt, or Platform tracks are not allowed

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

Submitting and Deadline

• Submit your course to the MTC mappack before the deadline below
  
• Submissions may be freely updated within the submission period
  
• The earliest deadline for submissions is the end of November 2nd. Submissions will continue to be accepted until I officially announce closure in this thread
  
• Everyone will have 24 hours after submissions close to make any last minute edits to their submissions
  
• After this, you may not make any more updates until after the results are published

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 winning track will be featured on the TrackmaniaExchange front page!

Judging

• For judging, we will be using a public voting system
  
• A server will be opened for about a week that anyone can play the MTC maps on
  
• Anyone can vote by using the server's karma system
  
• More details on this will be provided in this thread once voting opens

Good luck! If you have any questions, feel free to ask in this thread or in Discord! Now then, get to building!

So...after uploading my track, I noticed this:

... says:
Royal, Stunt, or Platform tracks are not allowed

Why would you not allow Platform--it's the new fresh game mode!?

Feel free to remove my track, or take points off or whatever, I guess. It would kind of ruin the vibe of the track, IMO, to make it a standard race track. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

The main reason I don't allow alternate track types is because I don't know if they work together on servers nicely. A significant percentage of votes comes from the MTC room, so the idea is that all maps should be playable on that server. No one's expressed any desire to make maps for these alternate modes, so I haven't had a reason to fiddle around and see if they work together or not.

If these alternate mode maps do work on the server with more standard race maps, then I don't have an issue removing the restriction. So, I suppose your map will be a test dummy of sorts. If it works on the server, then great! If not, then server players may not be able to vote on your map (since non-votes are ignored in scoring, this wouldn't necessarily make your score worse, but it is a bit less feedback).

That's all understandable--thanks for the explanation!

If it makes things easier to just remove it from the pack (either before or after determining any possible server issues) then feel free to do so; I should have read more closely before creating the track and submitting.

Submissions are closed! If you made a map, you have 24 hours from this post to make any final updates, if you want to. After that, voting will begin.

We have 8 spooky maps ready to go! It may no longer be October, but if you've still got the Halloween spirit within you, then why not help us vote for the best map of the bunch? Here's how to vote:

Method 1: Room Voting
Nice and easy. Just hop into the MTC room and vote as you play!

• Go to the "MTC" room found in the TM Exchange club
  
• When you're on a map, send one of these vote messages into chat to vote:
  • -- = 1 point (bad)
    
  • - = 2 points
    
  • +- = 3 points
    
  • + = 4 points
    
  • ++ = 5 points (good)
• If you need to change your vote on a map, just send your new vote in chat. Only the most recent vote on each map is recorded
  
• The jukebox and voting are enabled, so feel free to request, extend, and skip maps
  
• NOTE: Two maps are not on the server. They are "Don't Let Them See You! (mtc)" (platform map) and "Fear of the Dark (MTC)" (file size too large). If you want to vote on these maps, you'll have to play them offline and use the Google Form Voting method for them instead (feel free to use that method to vote only on those two maps and do the rest with the server, if you want)

Method 2: Google Form Voting
Great if you like taking your time with the maps. This lets you give more detailed votes and even leave comments for the mappers!

• First, go to this form: https://forms.gle/8EZSB5Vsivy6bfBj8
  
• For each map, give a score between 1 (bad) and 5 (good). Decimals are allowed!
  
• If you have comments, add them after your score
  
• Example: 4.2 - Fun route, but boring scenery
  
• If you don't want to vote on a map, simply don't leave a score. You can leave a comment without a score, if you wish

General Voting Info

• Voting will last for at least one week
  
• The map with the highest average rating wins!
  
• Everyone can vote! If you made a map, your vote on your own map WILL be counted (feel free to give it a ++ !)
  
• You do not need to finish a map to vote on it, but please give it your best effort!
  
• You must vote on at least half of the maps for your votes to count
  
• If you liked a map, please leave it an award
  
• If you have any feedback, please leave a comment on the map's page

MTC Hangout Session
On November 12th at 8:00 PM EDT (or 2:00 AM CEST on the 13th), join us in the MTC room as we play through all the maps! This will take around 1 hour, and you're free to pop in whenever and for however long you like. This is a great chance to vote on the maps, or at least try them out. I hope to see you there!

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask. Otherwise, start driving and get voting!