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The_Sinister_Mastermind

Official criteria!

Self-sustainability and planning: 25 pts
How well do your traps look after themself? Do you need to keep replacing a trigger here or a gas trap there? Do agents seem to destroy triggers or even the traps before becoming ensnared? Or are your minions getting in the way and botching things up?

Variety: 15>10 pts
Sure it's all well and good to have "The one trap to rule them all" but if that's all you use it's not terribly exciting now is it? How much variety can you throw into the mix and still keep things running smoothly?

Efficiency: 20>20 pts
If 5 agents walk in, how many are walking out? Just how well do your traps deal out carnage on those pesky meddling agents? We can’t have them escaping now can we?

Placement: 20 pts
Wow, that trap looks freaking amazing, pity it's put over there where you never seem to get any agents huh? So yes intelligent placement of traps will play a big role in scoring you points.

Evilness: 15 pts
This is basically for showboating, just how far can you make our jaws drop with your nefarious designs? Just how ridiculously complex can you make your traps and still have them work?

Bling factor: 10 pts
Do your traps earn those nifty combo bonuses? Do they do it so much so you don’t even need to steal from the world map anymore? Just how much of that sweet sweet candy can your traps earn to put food on the table for those lowly loyal minions of yours?

100 points possible.

Acceptable mods:

Official bonus disc.

Official patch (Both versions are under ‘updates’).

Unofficial patch.

AoI Pack.

Competition opens 12:00pm GMT on Friday the 18th March.
Competition closes 12:00pm GMT on Tuesday the 28th of March.

If you haven't done so yet, get cracking on those designs and good luck to all participants! Very Happy

Gorin · Disposable Minion Joined: 14 Mar 2006 Posts: 15

Then I guess my 1st post will be to say that I'm in! One question, though: How do I submit my entry? Do I just take a screenshot?

Ergophobia · Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 11:19 am Post subject:

We'd like you to upload your savegame (.lay file) here on the forums.

EvilJon · Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 11:27 am Post subject:

I would suggest that we make sure that all maps use nothing more than the official and unofficial patches, to ensure that they can be easily checked.

Jon.

Gorin · Disposable Minion Joined: 14 Mar 2006 Posts: 15

Ok, thanks. Can it be either island, or must it be a specific one?

The_Sinister_Mastermind · Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 11:40 am Post subject:

Either island is fine. Ergo has gone to lunch so I can't confirm this with him but for now only use the most recent version of the official patch, unofficial patch(es), and AoI pack. (Bonus disc is also allowed) I’ll put link to them at the bottom of the first post as soon as I can. (If someone already knows their locations and could PM me the info it would be much appreciated, thanks)

Gorin · Disposable Minion Joined: 14 Mar 2006 Posts: 15

http://vugames.com/file_list.do?gamePlatformId=496 for the official patch. Don't ask me about the rest. Toungue

The_Sinister_Mastermind · Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 11:55 am Post subject:

Thanks, I went and tracked down some of the others myself.

See first post for updates.

Ergophobia · Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 2:17 pm Post subject:

Agreed. If we cannot open the savegame due to incompatible mods, we cannot judge your entry. Stat tweaks and the like are no problem, the savegame will run just fine on our pcs, but keep in mind that the stat tweaks have no effect here, so the traps will be judged by the way they work here, even though they might work great at your place!

Haggisfarm · Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 5:29 pm Post subject:

Could we possibly submit traps anonymously? (however that's spelled) so that my idea(s) won't be stolen?

Also, does the layout have to consist of only traps? could we use other items to hinder movement or affect stats as part of our design?

The_Sinister_Mastermind · Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 8:14 pm Post subject:

haggis no one is going to steal your ideas. Rolling Eyes

If you're really that concerned then I guess you can PM me and Ergo your entry but I think it's highly unnecessary.

As for your second question that comes under planning I guess.

Ergophobia · Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2006 8:19 am Post subject:

For those really bothered about getting their ideas stolen: you can always send them to evilergo[at]gmail.com if you wish.

The_Sinister_Mastermind · Posted: Fri Mar 17, 2006 7:55 am Post subject:

Whoopsies, guess no one was around to officially open the comp. Razz

Well I hope everyone has their entries ready, though if you don't entries will be accepted for the next 10 days, upload your entries here. Good luck.

Spektyr · Evil Genius Genius Joined: 24 Apr 2005 Posts: 468

*chuckles sinisterly*

The_Sinister_Mastermind · Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2006 3:56 pm Post subject:

I like the sound of that. Wink