Basic Summary

Finalists Jam accepted Maps from participants.
Requires maps are downloadable.

Read the about for more information.

Judging

Ranked by Judges - Only members of the jam assigned with judging permission can vote.
Entries can't be updated during the judge phase.
22 day entry period.

Rating Criteria

1. Concept & Originality
   Rated 1 to 10
2. Technique & Execution
   Rated 1 to 10
3. Presentation
   Rated 1 to 10

Contest concept & banner by Cyprezz
Note: There is no official starter map for this contest. Feel free to build on your own map with your favorite seed and terrain generation settings. Do not use existing custom terrains.

Introduction

This is a solo build contest meaning, please work alone. There is a open / team friendly contest following shortly. Let's get to it.

In celebration of Mojang officially fixing fishing in Minecraft 1.11 let's build environments, places and new and old fashioned ways to fish! You might have us fish near a log cabin from a dock into a peaceful pond or from a steampunk airship floating above a majestic 255 block high cascading waterfall or from inside a cave deep in the earth into glowing pools of water near scorching hot lava streams or from a boat in a puddle but probably won't bring home the gold with that last one. As always it's up to your creativity to interpret what to build within the theme of the contest.

Since you can "fish" for mobs in Minecraft, if you have a really great mini-game idea that has us mobbing instead of fishing, then go ahead and flush that idea out and enter it. Please make sure to explain why the map is a fishing map & appropriate for the Bass Crafters contest theme. Hopefully it will be clear but some really creative ideas can really be outside the tackle box... ugh, I'll show myself out.

HAVE FUN!!

Official Discussion Thread for feedback / questions / concerns.

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These rules may change between contests, so please be sure to read them carefully in case they are different from the previous ones! Failure to comply with these rules will result in the immediate disqualification of your submission and/or being banned from the contest entirely.

General Rules

• NEW! NO OFFICIAL STARTER MAP : Generate your own.
  • You are free to generate your own starter map using your favorite seed and terrain generation settings.
    
  • DO NOT use existing custom terraformed maps.
    
  
  
• Your build must be 100% original and not an old build or plagiarized build from somebody else. Remember, originality is key!
  
• You are not allowed to work as a team on the build. This is a solo project contest.
  
• 75% or more of the screenshots must be unedited in-game shots
  • This means NO mod aid. Including shaders and optifine.
    
  • This means NO image editing help such as photoshop.
    
  • A screenshot is only unedited if a moderator could download an official vanilla client and by using the same minecraft settings can replicate the screenshot.
    
  
  
• You must use the default texture pack. This is a build contest, not a texturing contest. Judges will also be reviewing your builds in the default texture pack.
  
• Presentation is very important! Please be sure to add lots of screenshots (unedited shots are best), detail to your lore, give some description as to your building process and all in all just present your submission well.
  
• You may not use any tools that produce an output for you. Building aides are allowed, but don't let a program do the main work for you (3D model converters, etc).
  
• No mods! Must be vanilla Minecraft, latest release or below. Judges will also be judging the submissions in vanilla Minecraft. Any foreign blocks will be discarded from the final judging.
  

FAQ

Is there a height limit?
No.

Can I dig through the terrain?
It's your terrain, sure.

Is the entire map the boundary?
Sure, but it's probably a good idea to keep it reasonably sized for screenshot and play-ability reasons :)

Judging

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Entries will be judged by a panel of your PlanetMinecraft peers. We'll be assembling a team of individuals to judge; don't worry if there aren't any yet, they will be added soon!

During the first phase, judges will be scouring builds, disqualifying entries that break the rules and diamonding posts that they like. Remember that judge diamonds are worth a lot! Once the build period is up, the contest will enter phase two.

The second phase consists of 5 days of review; the judges will go over the entries and find any straggling rule breakers. Users will have time to diamond and view more of the entrants.

The final phase involves the judges judging all of the finalists, which are calculated based on an aggregate score of activity and votes.

You will be judged on the following aspects, on a 1-10 inclusive scale:

• Concept & Originality: Fresh, new ideas and crazy concepts! Try to do something new, differentiate yourself from the status quo and show us what you're made of.
  
• Technique & Execution: Color, shape, texture - be sure your build flows together and represents what you are trying to accomplish.
  
• Presentation & Experience: Presentation of a build can really help to make an impression. Be sure you've got good screenshots, spend some time on the post!
  

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All ready to enter? Great!

Step 1: Create a map in Minecraft, and have fun! You have three weeks to build. You are in no rush to post your map, and may post it any time before the posting period.

Step 2: When you're ready to post, head back to your Minecraft saves folder and zip the map folder. Windows users can right-click and Add To > New Compressed Archive; you may also use a third party program such as WinRAR or 7zip.

Step 3: Go to the Create New Project page on PlanetMinecraft and upload your map as normal! Be sure to take many screenshots to show off the interiors.

Prizes

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First Place

• $50 Steam Credit; games will be gifted to your Steam account. Winner may choose more than one game but the total must be $50 or less. Must have a Steam account to claim prize, no substitutes.
  
• A special gold, first place trophy in your profiles' trophy case
  
• Profile featured on PMC for 1 week
  

Second Place

• A special silver, second place trophy in your profiles' trophy case
  
• Profile featured on PMC for 1 week
  

Third Place

• A special bronze, third place trophy in your profiles' trophy case
  
• Profile featured on PMC for 1 week
  

Finalists

• A special finalist medal in your profiles' trophy case
  

Participants

• A special participant badge in your profiles' trophy case
  

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