Fourth round of OGAT National Builder Competition
Grand Monumental Finale
by Guardian News team, 30 August 2020
by Zpazeeagle
by ciabatta8.9
by Zpazeeagle
After one month of intensive building the builder’s competition has finally come to an end. This was the third time that the two builders faced each other during the competition. During both previous engagements ciabatta8.9 came out on top.
Let us take a brief look how both top competitors came to the finals. Ciabatta8.9 managed a narrow victory in the first round with his small coastal lighthouse. In the third round he build the amazing centipede that holds the highest overall score. He finished the first stage with Leonardo da Vinci's tank that brought him his third victory. In semi-finals he barely managed to win against Toilet Seat in the winter sport duel.
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In contrast Zpazeeagle never managed to win in the first stage, however he finished second in each round. In the first round he made an exceptional two dimensional lighthouse, then built the controversial mother’s dish in the fourth round. His recreation of Vitruvian man was again beat by ciabatta8.9 in the fifth round. For the semi-finals he brought out everything he had against AkiraStraits and build an impressive miniature park.
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During the entire competition builders were not required to build a functional map, but this all changed in the finals where competitors had to build a playable map while also being faithful to the main theme, which in this round was The Grand Monument of Guards and Thieves. Ciabatta8.9 managed to win a decisive victory by getting top scores from both the judges and from the public.
WINNER: ciabatta8.9
JUDGES
7
PUBLIC
7
TOTAL
7
Scoring by the judges
DOJEGAN - 7
"The builder while managing to make a monument forgot that there was the word "Grand" included in the theme. I don't consider a gazebo with a few letters painted on the floor as grand. So the builder barely managed to stay on theme and loses some points. As for the functionality of the map,the overall layout was well build and offers interesting play stile. Even though the map is a bit open in the middle and lacks protection on the spawns it is still adequately built. Another minor drawback is that the creation is only made for modes which are the easiest to include on maps. Overall the creation lacks that bit of creativity to really make it stand out.
HELBA - 6
BlueBlade - 8
Theme: 8
Playability: 7
Appearance: 7
Polish: 9
"This map was a creative take on the theme given for the round. It's appearance is decent and gets across the idea it was going for. The play on the map was interesting if a bit open to fire in the center area. The overall polish and care in the map felt good, although it is hard to judge lighting on guard only modes. Overall, an enjoyable map that checks all the boxes without any one over shining the others."
2. PLACE: Zpazeeagle
JUDGES
5,5
PUBLIC
6,5
TOTAL
6
Scoring by the judges
DOJEGAN - 4
"I was thoroughly disappointed by this creations. The builder didn't include the theme of the round even slightly in the map. I can't consider an office space to be a Gran Monument of Guards and Thieves even if Office is the most popular map in OGAT. Functionally the map is well built and I appreciate that the builder managed to include almost all modes in the map. However there is another rather large flaw. The creation is also meant for gTDM mode, but unfortunately all red spawn are blocked by windows and red players can't exit the balcony.
Since OGAT is already too saturated with similar offices this creation severely lacks innovation and creativity.
HELBA - 7
BlueBlade - 6
Theme: 6
Playability: 5
Appearance: 6
Polish: 8
"This map seemed to focus on gameplay over appearance. However, some issues still arose on the map while trying to play it with testers so the success of this approach seems uncertain. Overall, the gameplay seemed somewhat narrow and hampered by limited red spawns. The map looks decent, albeit somewhat ordinary. In the end, this map brought some interesting indoor combat, but felt a little bit hollow upon close inspection."