One Million Units Contest - RESULTS (Update: includes category rankings)

Lord Taffer on 1/3/2021 at 08:46

Congratulations to Schlock and everyone else who participated! There were lots of very enjoyable missions in this contest! I really couldn't have guessed that Recipe for Turmoil was Psych0sis mission. Good job! :thumb:

Sagittal on 1/3/2021 at 13:26

Congratulations to Schlock and all who took part. Some super strong entries - really interesting, and a few surprises, to find out the authors :thumb:

Marzec on 1/3/2021 at 13:46

One million applauses goes to Schlock!

Thief Guild is now updated with contest results, too.

The in-house TG ratings are also visible now, and I am generally happy with the TG ratings being fairly similar to official votes.

26 votes on my page is not much, but I like the fact that Alcazar has its strong 8.85/10, while "The Turning..." and "A Midsummer..." have reversed places when compared to official rank. This shows that the winner is much better than other entries, and also depicts 2nd + 3rd FMs gathered similar votes because both of them are really good missions :thumb:

Of course these numbers will change quickly after I publish this post, so here it she picture for reference: (https://i.imgur.com/vkrLRit.png)

I also like the fact that Alcazar seems to be the 2nd most controversial FM (right after Sinister Night, obviously), and still won the contest: (https://www.thiefguild.com/fanmissions/?series=24525&page=&sort_by=controversial&search=&released_from=all&released_to=all&genre=all&author=all)

Here you can sort the missions by all kinds of metrics: (https://www.thiefguild.com/fanmissions/?series=24525)

Cheers

Renault on 1/3/2021 at 14:37

I'm an idiot, I forgot one more very important "thank you."

Thanks to Al_B, who setup of the voting process and made it all super easy and convenient. Al is very much an unsung hero for keeping everything at TTLG running smooth and efficient. I really appreciate the help, my friend.

meprim on 1/3/2021 at 15:06

I've been lurking these forums for years now and I think this might be my first ever post.
This was the first contest I participated in voting for and I just wanted to say it was great fun, I've been following fm authors and the forums in general for a while and I was glad to finally participate in something ongoing after missing TDP and TMA's anniversary contests.
Thief (Gold) is my favorite game of all time and I'm glad fanmissions and contests like this still exist, it makes me happy to see.

page on 1/3/2021 at 15:06

I'd like to thank all participants for their effort which resulted in a remarkable batch of missions. All of them worth trying out, and in some cases we're talking of great replay potential! That's truly amazing for small-medium sized maps. I'm so, so glad we have this much quality here, and also diversity - spanning from classic Thief Gold atmosphere through ghastly, horror missions, all the way to more lightweight, sometimes daylight levels... and in case of the winner, Alcazar, all of that combined!

Congratulations to Schlock for such a multilayered, intense addition to the world of Thief! A win well deserved. But it has to be mentioned that we had many WINNER QUALITY levels in this contest; all TOP 4 missions scored very close to each other, and I believe all of them were my "favorite" at some point during the contest.

Thank you again, dear mapmakers, and thanks to all community for providing this kind of experience & discussion in 2021. :cool:

Samantha1 on 1/3/2021 at 15:38

I really have to hurry up with all the thief 2 Fanmissions, so I can start with the Thief 1 / Gold ones soon! There are just so many awesome ones out there, I can´t even catch up fast enough! :cheeky:

A very big congratulations to the contest winner Schlock, I´m very looking forward to play your mission sometime! :)
Also a very big congratulations and thank you to the authors who participated in this contest, it´s always so much fun! :)

Esse on 1/3/2021 at 15:57

Well done, everyone! The skill and creativity of the contestants was shown off in full during this contest. They were huge and sprawling, well-crafted and full of wonderful texture, lighting and AI use. I hope to see those who entered do so in another contest, and those who didn't place in the top three get a second chance to do so!

Twist on 1/3/2021 at 16:57

With sincere respect for everyone's entries, I offer a huge congratulations to Schlock (and Squada). Alcazar is astonishing; it's just a phenomenal piece of level design. I'm actually kind of relieved it won; I was afraid its style, and it being a Thief Gold mission, would put it at a disadvantage in a popular vote. I was kind of expecting A Midsummer's Night Heist to win because of its broad appeal and professional polish.

And speaking of AMNH: Thank you to skacky, DrK and Psych0sis for once again toying with us. I enjoy trying to guess the authors and I love seeing talented designers imitate other talented designers. I feel like I learn a lot when you guys do this sort of thing.

We should also honor Sliptip and Wille as their presence was strong in this contest despite their not participating directly.

Thank you so much to all the authors and to Brethren: Because he initiated and organized this contest and so many talented authors entered it, we all got to kickoff 2021 with hours and hours of pure escapist joy.

Taylor on 1/3/2021 at 17:22

Congratulations to everyone, especially the top3 which I totally agree with :)
I had a good time playing these missions.