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//For the list of MotF contest rounds and their winners please go [[map_of_the_fortnight_rounds|here]].// | //For the list of MotF contest rounds and their winners please go [[map_of_the_fortnight_rounds|here]].// | ||
- | //For a list of MotF topic suggestions please go [[map_of_the_fortnight_topics|here]].// | + | //For the list of MotF challenge |
- | The Map of the Fortnight map contest (**MoF** or, more recently, **MotF** for short) is a regular map contest that was created on July 21st, 2009 by [[offtopic: | + | The Map of the Fortnight map contest (**MoF** or, more recently, **MotF** for short) is a regular map contest that was created on July 21st, 2009 by [[offtopic: |
Unlike previous map contests the MotF contest is not a one-off - a new contest with a new challenge is posted every fortnight, as the name suggests. There have been occasional breaks and exceptions to this rule, mainly when the burden of the contest' | Unlike previous map contests the MotF contest is not a one-off - a new contest with a new challenge is posted every fortnight, as the name suggests. There have been occasional breaks and exceptions to this rule, mainly when the burden of the contest' | ||
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==== History ==== | ==== History ==== | ||
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In AH.com' | In AH.com' | ||
- | On July 18th, 2009 [[Scarecrow]] created the [[http:// | + | On July 18th, 2009 [[offtopic:Scarecrow]] created the [[http:// |
[[offtopic: | [[offtopic: | ||
- | [[offtopic: | + | [[offtopic: |
- | On October 27th, 2010 Krall abandoned the original discussion thread in favour of the [[http:// | + | On October 27th, 2010 Krall abandoned the original discussion thread in favour of the [[http:// |
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+ | On December 30th, 2015, Krall announced that he'd largely retreat from AH.com due to his dismay about its administration and handed over the torch to [[offtopic: | ||
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+ | On December 26th, 2017, Upvoteanthology posted MotM 5 and the voting thread for MotF 170 as well as announcing that those would be the last thread posted during her tenure. Administrative duties were then turned over to Kaiphranos. | ||
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+ | On March 8th, 2022, Kaiphranos announced an end to the Map of the Fortnight contest after 250 rounds due to their lack of time to manage the contest. NeonHydroxide stepped in quickly as the new manager to prevent the end of the contest. Under their tenure, the contest took on innovative changes, such as an external voting system for theme selection and running concurrent rounds. | ||
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+ | On September 27th, 2022, NeonHydroxide put out a call for a new contest administrator, | ||
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+ | **List of MotF administrators** | ||
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+ | | **No.** | ||
+ | | 1 | [[offtopic: | ||
+ | | 2 | [[offtopic: | ||
+ | | 3 | [[offtopic: | ||
+ | | 4 | [[offtopic: | ||
+ | | 5 | [[offtopic: | ||
+ | | 6 | [[offtopic: | ||
+ | | 7 | [[offtopic: | ||
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==== Rules ==== | ==== Rules ==== | ||
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As the contest administrator has total effective authority in terms of the contest rules the two weeks running time of the contest has occasionally been extended an extra week if it looks like it is not going to receive enough entries (Krall generally considers 4 to be a good minimum number of entries). | As the contest administrator has total effective authority in terms of the contest rules the two weeks running time of the contest has occasionally been extended an extra week if it looks like it is not going to receive enough entries (Krall generally considers 4 to be a good minimum number of entries). | ||
- | Previously the MotF worked off a three week cycle where the contest itself would last for two weeks and there would then be one week for voting. This was officially changed to the new system by [[Krall]] on May 14th, 2010, and MotF 13 was the first contest to be run with the new system. | + | Previously the MotF worked off a three week cycle where the contest itself would last for two weeks and there would then be one week for voting. This was officially changed to the new system by [[offtopic:Krall]] on May 14th, 2010, and MotF 13 was the first contest to be run with the new system. |
**On choosing the challenge for each round:** | **On choosing the challenge for each round:** | ||
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**On qualifying for the contest:** | **On qualifying for the contest:** | ||
- | Everyone may post one map entry for each round. This map entry must meet the requirements of the individual contest round, which is measured by the contest administrator' | + | Everyone may post one map entry for each round. This map entry must meet the requirements of the individual contest round, which is measured by the contest administrator' |
- | There was formerly a rule that anyone posting anything other than an entry in the entries thread would be disqualified from entering in that round of the contest. This was something of an empty punishment, as almost no one who posted as such had submitted an entry. The one occasion that an entrant was disqualified under this rule was in MotF 29 when [[B_Munro]] posted a comment in the entries thread after submitting his entry. [[Krall]] almost instantly realised that the rule was ridiculous, especially considering that [[B_Munro]] had posted in the entries thread accidentally, | + | There was formerly a rule that anyone posting anything other than an entry in the entries thread would be disqualified from entering in that round of the contest. This was something of an empty punishment, as almost no one who posted as such had submitted an entry. The one occasion that an entrant was disqualified under this rule was in MotF 29 when [[offtopic:B_Munro]] posted a comment in the entries thread after submitting his entry. [[offtopic:Krall]] almost instantly realised that the rule was ridiculous, especially considering that [[offtopic:B_Munro]] had posted in the entries thread accidentally, |
**On choosing the winner of each round:** | **On choosing the winner of each round:** | ||
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The winner is chosen by popular vote in a forum poll; the entry with the most votes at the close of voting wins. | The winner is chosen by popular vote in a forum poll; the entry with the most votes at the close of voting wins. | ||
- | Only once in the history of the MotF contest have two entries tied for first place - this was in MotF 21 where [[Ares96]] and [[LSCatilina]] both received 21 votes. In this instance the two contestants were offered a choice of resolving their dispute with a one-off map contest in which they would set a challenge for each other, make a map based on the challenge they'd been given, and then let the public vote for whose map is better; or being dropped into the Gobi Desert by Russian Spetznas troopers with a GPS device showing the location of their opponent, a revolver with six bullets, and orders to kill. They chose the former. | + | Twice in the history of the MotF contest have two entries tied for first place. The first was in MotF 21 where [[offtopic:Ares96]] and [[offtopic:LSCatilina]] both received 21 votes. In this instance the two contestants were offered a choice of resolving their dispute with a one-off map contest in which they would set a challenge for each other, make a map based on the challenge they'd been given, and then let the public vote for whose map is better; or being dropped into the Gobi Desert by Russian Spetznas troopers with a GPS device showing the location of their opponent, a revolver with six bullets, and orders to kill. They chose the former. |
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+ | The second was in MotF 56 where [[offtopic: | ||
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+ | ==== See Also ==== | ||
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+ | **[[Map and Flag Contests]]** | ||
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+ | **[[Map Challenges]]** | ||
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+ | **[[resources: | ||
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+ | ==== Navigation ==== | ||
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+ | **[[Maps and Flags]]** | ||
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+ | **[[Alternate History Media|Alternate History Artworks and Media]]** | ||
+ | **[[alternate history: |
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