The Keep of Metal and Gold: Complete Thief Fan Mission Archive

Contest 2

What Contest? - These are the results of the second small FM contest held at the end of 2001.
There were 16 missions entered and the rules allowed for a small variety of size layouts, ranging from 250,000 to 262,144 cubic dromed units large depending on the layout. Authors had about two months to build thier missions.

Voting was finished January 31, 2002.

Prizes - Two FM CD's to Spitter for Hightowne Museum! The rest of you get the intrinsic reward of that warm fuzzy feeling of releasing an FM :-)

The Table - Here are a few notes about the results table:

There are half-points because quite a few of you insisted on including "honorable mentions" or "second picks" or whatnot, so I decided to assign a half vote for each one of those. In some cases it made a vital difference!
I feel that the category "Most Enjoyable Gameplay, Fun" is the most important one, so for the final totals I decided to count that category doubled. I feel this creates a better reflection for the "Best Overall" rankings, as some missions could be really good in general but didn't quite stand out in any particular category.
FYI, I received 36 e-mails with votes, a decent turnout I think, though more is always better.
Finally, I want to say that ALL these missions were enjoyable and good creations. Kudos to all the authors! And just because some of them didn't seem to rank very well compared to the others certainly doesn't mean you shouldn't play those missions too, because they're all worth downloading and playing :-)

Mission	Author	Spac	Tech	Desn	Uniq	Humr	Stry	Play	Raw	Finl
Alchemic Allusions	Komag	8	3	1.5	14.5	6	2	0	35	35
Builder's Hammer, The	Yametha	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	4	4
Game, The	Thorin Oakenshield	5	0	0	0	1	1	3.5	10.5	14
Hedgerows & Hammerites	Gumdrop	3	4	2	1	0.5	1	7.5	19	26.5
Hightowne Museum, The	Spitter	6.5	3.5	13.5	1	4	3	18	49.5	67.5
Inventor's Tower, The	Morrgan	3	6	0	0	1	2	1	13	14
Melian's Method	Jimmy	1	0	5	0	1	4	2	13	15
Mr.J's Ring	RabidBunnieWabbit	0	0	0	0	0.5	1	0	1.5	1.5
Red Ridge	Darkfire	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sir Lector Comes to Dine	WilliamtheTaffer	0	2	1	5.5	1	4	1	14.5	15.5
Space Thief	WilliamtheTaffer	0	2	0	3	1.5	0	0.5	7	7.5
Stiff Competition	Keepress	0	1	12.5	1.5	9.5	0	0	24.5	24.5
Ties That Bind, The	Hit Deity	5.5	5.5	1	1	9.5	11.5	2	36	38
Train Spotting	Schwaa	6.5	2	1	4	0	0	8.5	22	30.5
Victralia's Realm	Rachel Yvonne	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wickerman, The	MaJiC	0	6.5	1	3	1	6	1	18.5	19.5

Quotes - Here are some quotes regarding the 1st and 2nd place missions in each category:

Category	Mission	Quotes
Best Use of Space	Alchemic Allusions	"hands-down!", "A whole city with park and a burrickzilla - unbeatable! Loved that Gulliver feeling"
Best Use of Space	Train Spotting	"...gave the impression of being a fairly large mission."
Best Use of Space	The Hightowne Museum	"...it was just perfection of an interior environment...", "...a special nod to the construction of the chamber that encloses the gemstone."
Best Technical Effects	The Wickerman	"The ability to blow the wickerman to smithereens shows that the Thief engine still has some hidden surprises in it!"
Best Technical Effects	The Inventor's Tower	"loved the crazy machine!", "...the best because of all of those gadgets and everything, and the machine downstairs, great stuff!"
Most Gorgeous Design/Architecture	The Hightowne Museum	"Absolutely the most polished of all the contest missions, it also just had the right feeling...the feeling of reality. Great use of textures, and the architecture was solid throughout."
Most Gorgeous Design/Architecture	Stiff Competition	"I loved the design...It's marvellous and I want to spend my summer vacation there! :-)", "...a great deal of detail especially in the kitchen...", "...the most detail I have seen in a long time..."
Most Unique /Unusual	Alchemic Allusions	"Hands down, Alchemic Allusions. The idea of Garret being a giant in this city full of mini-guards and servants was incredibly fun..."
Most Unique /Unusual	Sir Lector Dines	"...a spooky introduction...", "...gramophone music..."
Most Humorous /Funny	Stiff Competition	"Viagra! LOL!"
Most Humorous /Funny	The Ties That Bind	"...get into the spirit of this light-hearted jaunt..."
Most Humorous /Funny	Alchemic Allusions	"...the concept of these pint sized guards and then the monstrous burrickzilla (complete with the appropriate roar!) had me rolling more than any of the other contest missions."
Best Story	The Ties That Bind	"lots of good reading...", "Garrett in love, the Keepers selling their secrets...", "...it's more a novel then a game...", "...greatly enjoyed the sub-plots..."
Best Story	The Wickerman	"...more source material for the ever-growing Thief continuity..."
Most Enjoyable Gameplay	The Hightowne Museum	"So many things worked so well...", "...feels REAL...", "...left me feeling like a true Master Thief...", "...a HUGE testament to the author's well-rounded abilities.", "...classic Thief gameplay..."
Most Enjoyable Gameplay	Train Spotting	"without a doubt, very fun level!", ""The level is packed with exploration, and a lot of things have been incorporated into it."