Art Pass Contest
The Art Pass Contest was a mapping contest hosted by TF2Maps.net. Announced to the community on the TF2 Official Blog on Template:Bl and with the competition closing and the winners being announced on Template:Bl. Participants were asked to take an attack/defend map created by Valve, texture and detail it, and then submit it for the chance to have it included in the next major Team Fortress 2 update.
Guidelines and Deadline
Various guidelines and rules had been drawn out, such as no advertisements, collaborations, or use of other artists' content without permission. Maps were to be submitted by September 25 2010 at 11:00am UTC. A complete list of guidelines can be viewed here.
Prizes
The grand prize is the map's inclusion into the game. In addition, participants are going to be awarded an in-game item.
Promotional flythrough video
Winners
On October 14, 2010, Valve posted on the TF2 Official Blog stating the winners. The winners were:
Special mentions include:
Gallery
An image of 3DNJ's winning map, Mountain Lab
An image of YM's winning map, Mann Manor
An image of Acegikmo's specially mentioned map
An image of Gooba's specially mentioned map
An image of honeymustard's specially mentioned map
An image of TerabyteST's specially mentioned map
