Today I’ve announced this website at the TMX forums. The first round, hosted at TMX and not here, will still finish before the second round is started at this new website. However, by announcing the website in advance and letting people get to know it I hope people will already know what it’s all about when the second round actually starts.
Here’s a brief description on how the contest will work from now on:
- Contest renamedfrom “Extreme MiniTrack Contest” (EMTC) to “Xtreme Short Track Contest” (XSTC)
- Regular rounds, called “Seasons” – twice a month (first week of a season is for building/submitting tracks, second week is for judging)
- Tracks: Max 15 seconds long – thus the name “Short Track”
- Rule on how to name the tracks(“XSTC – TrackName”, where TrackName is the unique name you want to give the track) – this should make tracks easier to find at TMX and ensure that they’ve been built for the contest specifically
- Three groups to win, based on environment: Original (Desert, Rally & Alpine), Sunrise (island, Bay & Coast) and Nations (Stadium). Additionally there’s a combined winner for each round (the overall best track)
- Occasional themes and special rules - some of the seasons may have specific limitations or themes to build on (but not always), or unique secondary groups to win (for example “Best Name” or “Most innovative”)
Feel free to discuss the rules by commenting this post. For example, is the rule of tracks starting with “XSTC – ” a good or a bad rule?
Please keep in mind though that the website is still under construction and that rules and details may change… Now is your time to have your say 
