Feb 26, 2013

Red Orchestra 2 mapping contest rewards the community’s best battlefields

Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad with Rising Storm

Tripwire have announced the winners of their community mapping contest. Over $35,000 worth of prize money was handed out in recognition of the expertly crafted World War 2 battlefields that mapmakers have created, fuelling fans of the military shooter for months and years to come. The grand prize went to Danh Truong for his Winterwald map, a harrowing icy assault on/defence of Soviet anti-air.

The winners for "Best Original Level", including Truong's Grand Prize map, are:

1. Winterwald by Danh Truong, winning $10,000 and RO2 laptop
2. Bridges of Druzhina by Kieran Tobin, winning $2,500
3. Coldsteel by Johan van Pelt - wins $1,000

The contest also looked at "Best Remakes", awarding quality re-imaginings of classic maps:

1. Gumrak Station by Maik Doktor, winning $5,000
2. Stalingrad Kessel by Florian Montaut, winning $2,500
3 (Tied). Arad 2 by John Cree, winning $1,000
3 (Tied). Rakowice by Johan van Pelt, winning $1,000

All the maps, along with runners up, are now playable from the Steam Workshop.

Feb 25, 2013

Counterattack Mapping Contest Winners with Interviews

Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad with Rising Storm - [TW]Yoshiro

Finally, finally, we have the results of the RO2 Mapping Contest! It took a LOT of deliberation and some heated debates here in the office - no doubt it will kick off more debate on the forums! Here are the headlines:

Grand Prize Winner: Danh Truong's Winterwald, winning $5,000 and a serious Origin Laptop, engraved with RO2 artwork.

Best Original Level:

1. Winterwald by Danh Truong, winning $5,000 
2. Bridges of Druzhina by Kieran Tobin, winning $2,500 
3. Coldsteel by Johan van Pelt - wins $1,000

Best Remake:

1. Gumrak Station by Maik Doktor, winning $5,000 
2. Stalingrad Kessel by Florian Montaut, winning $2,500 
3. We actually had a tie for third place, so we doubled up the prize: 
Arad 2 by John Cree, winning $1,000 AND 
Rakowice by Johan van Pelt, winning $1,000!

We had Dan Shannon chat to all the winners. You'll find the first results of those interviews here: http://www.heroesofstalingrad.com/counterattack-map-making-competition/mapping-contest-interviews/

So let us know what you think!

Feb 25, 2013

Counterattack Mapping Contest Winners with Interviews

Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad with Rising Storm - [TW]Yoshiro

Finally, finally, we have the results of the RO2 Mapping Contest! It took a LOT of deliberation and some heated debates here in the office - no doubt it will kick off more debate on the forums! Here are the headlines:

Grand Prize Winner: Danh Truong's Winterwald, winning $5,000 and a serious Origin Laptop, engraved with RO2 artwork.

Best Original Level:

1. Winterwald by Danh Truong, winning $5,000

2. Bridges of Druzhina by Kieran Tobin, winning $2,500

3. Coldsteel by Johan van Pelt - wins $1,000

Best Remake:

1. Gumrak Station by Maik Doktor, winning $5,000

2. Stalingrad Kessel by Florian Montaut, winning $2,500

3. We actually had a tie for third place, so we doubled up the prize:

Arad 2 by John Cree, winning $1,000 AND

Rakowice by Johan van Pelt, winning $1,000!

We had Dan Shannon chat to all the winners. You'll find the first results of those interviews here: http://www.heroesofstalingrad.com/counterattack-map-making-competition/mapping-contest-interviews/

So let us know what you think!

Feb 9, 2013

2013 Feb 08 RedOrchestra's MareNostrum FightNight

Mare Nostrum - BartBear_[PL]

There were 32 players at peak, still can be more!
Vote for MN to play an next Friday(s) and join the game!

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Feb 9, 2013

2013 Feb 08 RedOrchestra's MareNostrum FightNight

Mare Nostrum - BartBear_[PL]

Jan 11, 2013

January 11th RO 2 Update

Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad with Rising Storm - [TW]Yoshiro

The changelog is as follow:

General
<ul>
<li>Team select menu now displays a message if a team is full</li>
</ul>

Workshop
<ul>
<li>Downloading Workshop files will now show download progress %</li>
<li>Added Custom map filter to the in-game workshop menu</li>
<li>Stock RO2 maps show up to the in-game workshop menu</li>
</ul>

Fixes
<ul>
<li>Fixed a case where weapons would not respect the ammo resupply timer</li>
</ul>

SDK
<ul>
<li>Fix for workshop uploading the wrong version of the file (from MyGames)</li>
</ul>

Also keep an eye out over the next few days for more announcments as we judge the second phase of the Counterattack mapping contest by playing the maps with the community!

Jan 11, 2013

January 11th RO 2 Update

Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad with Rising Storm - [TW]Yoshiro

The changelog is as follow:

General

Team select menu now displays a message if a team is full

Workshop

Downloading Workshop files will now show download progress %
Added Custom map filter to the in-game workshop menu
Stock RO2 maps show up to the in-game workshop menu

Fixes

Fixed a case where weapons would not respect the ammo resupply timer

SDK

Fix for workshop uploading the wrong version of the file (from MyGames)

Also keep an eye out over the next few days for more announcments as we judge the second phase of the Counterattack mapping contest by playing the maps with the community!

Jan 5, 2013

2013 Jan 04 "FightNight" with RedOrchestra.PL

Darkest Hour: Europe '44-'45 - BartBear_[PL]

Thx to all peeps who joined there, for others....regret! ;)

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