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WORLD CYBER GAMES ANNOUNCES ALL-NEW TRACKMANIA ONLINE COMPETITION PROVIDING GAMERS WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THE 2009 GRAND FINAL IN CHENGDU, CHINA
Gamers Compete in Online Tournaments to Win, Cash, Prizes and an
All-Expense-Paid Trip to the WCG Grand Final
(New York, October 1, 2009) – The National Finals may be over, but there is still one more opportunity to participate in the World Cyber Games 2009 Grand Final in Chengdu, China. The recognized leader for global video game competitions, WCG is running a supplementary competition for the international smash hit TrackMania Nations Forever at this year's Grand Final. From now thru October 14, gamers will battle online in TrackMania Nations Forever to determine two Global Preliminary Champions. Each champion will receive an all-expense-paid trip to Chengdu, China this November to partake in the largest and most prestigious eSports tournament in the world – the WCG Grand Finals. Once there, they will take center stage to race each other for World Championship title, as well as cash and other prizes.
Open to players from all WCG participating countries, the online competition will have two one-week rounds consisting of two tracks per round. For a complete list of participating countries and rules please visit the TrackMania page of the WCGZone (http://tm.WCGZone.com).
''Through competitions like this, WCG will continue to explore the vast possibilities that are provided through the internet.'', said Hyoung-Seok Kim, CEO of World Cyber Games, Inc. ''WCG will continue to strengthen its online channel WCGzone so that even more people from more countries can enjoy the competiton.''
Those fans who are less racing inclined can show off their design skills in the WCG TrackMania Global Track Design Contest, which is open to participants worldwide. Held at the same time as the WCG TrackMania Global Preliminaries, artists who wish to join the contest should go to www.WCG.com or WCGZone (http://tm.WCGZone.com) and TrackMania Exchange (http://tm-exchange.com) for more information.
[Check out the WCG Trackmania online Competition rules- See Below]
Welcome to the WCG Official Track Contest
Those who register for this contest will use TrackMania Nations (or United) Forever to make a Stadium track. The winning tracks will be for use at the 2009 WCG Grand Final in China in November.
Prizes
Not only will the winning tracks be seen at the WCG, but the winning authors each pick up a Samsung Digital Picture frame courtesy of World Cyber Games.
What will you need?
o You will need to have TrackMania United Forever or TrackMania Nations Forever.
o You will need a TMX login.
o You will need some skill and tallent in track building.
How will the contest work?
The contest is forum based and will be hosted on TMX forums for WCG. Simply, you read the rules, build your track, and follow the special uploading instructions.
Track Rules
The track should be requiring the skill of the driver to make the fastest time and not by luck or cuts. Make check points respawnable and try not to have alternate reset routes. Make the jumps do-able if you loose a little speed. Try to avoid traps which are not fair, keep the flow, but to require some braking is usually a good thing.
Entries: Maximum of 2 tracks can be entered per user.
Length: 60 to 90 seconds for the author time which is hard worked.
Difficulty: Intermediate to Expert. Think of Pro racing leagues, but also think of some 'wow' moments.
Name: Must use the format WCG09-YourName-1 & WCG09-YourName-2
(your name can be real, tmx login, or ingame name).
Passwords: No track passwords must be used.
Coppers Limit: Please try very hard not to exceed 3000. The limit is because races are mutli-player.
Mood: Use Day, other moods can create lag or distract the drivers, this is competition.
Intro: Up to 5 seconds. We strongly prefer tracks with an intro, but we want it this short.
In Game: Yes, but very limited, see MT advise below
Outro: Yes, think to show the race like it was on TV.
Custom Signs: TMX sign pack signs are permitted. WCG & Samsung logos required (see below).
Custom Graphics: None
Custom Music: None
GPS: Not required for these tracks.
Ghosts: No, keep the track file small and suitable for online
Use of a Mod: No
Use of Mix Mapping Techniques: No
Logos
o Samsung and WCG Signs are required to be seen while racing / spectating. Other sponsors signs encouraged.
o Download: Sign Pack
Media Tracker
o If you make ingame MT, it is could compromise the quality of the map, be careful.
o Ingame cam switching for looping is a positive thing.
o No personal message should be included.
o No special fx, since any graphic card (like on older PC's) should display the MT.
o The only words allowed are the track name.
This is because not everyone speaks your language.
Tracks which flaunt the rules will be eliminated without further time spent playing the track.
Tracks will be visible on the TMX for other participants to play and award / leave comments on. The judges from WCG might be interested in the comments and awards that you leave.
Uploading
1. Name your track as directed in the rules
2. Login to TMX with the WCG Account (User: WCG09 Password: WCG09)
3. Upload your track including screenie if you wish.
4. Log off the account
5. Login to TMX as your own TMX ID
6. Locate the track on TMX
7. Post a link to it in the WCG Track Submissions thread.
Note: The account has restricted access... (ie upload only). So you must be sure the track is your final version as you will not be able to update it once it is uploaded.
Track Ownership
The winning tracks will be free to use by World Cyber Games. The account you are uploading to has no delete rights, therefore only TMX can delete the tracks from the site.
Deadline
The contest closes on Sunday October 15th at 22:00 GMT.
We will lock the sbmissions thread and block uploading to the WCG09 user as close to that time as we can.
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