Are You A Master Mario Maker 2021 - Round 3 Levels Out, Get Ranking - Submission Deadline SUNDAY @ 8PM

Last edited by Jenuall on Sun Mar 07, 2021 10:17 pm, edited 29 times in total.

Wahoo! That's right folks the day has arrived when Are You A Master Mario Maker returns to the hallowed mushroom lands of GRcade! :toot:

I really enjoyed the AYAMMM competition last year and I know others did too so after much thought (and of course after receiving the official nod from AYAMMM founder and eternal legend Cheeky Devlin :wub:

) I thought it would be a great idea to bring it back for another slice of Mario creativity!

My default view would be to keep things pretty much the same as before but I'm open to any ideas if anyone has a strong view on tweaking things! For those not in the know the basic structure of AYAMMM involves makers creating a new level based on a theme or set of criteria every two weeks, with the alternate weeks used to play and rate everyone else's submissions. Each week the new levels would be showcased on twitch and then revisited with the results revealed the following week. After a number of rounds (which may vary depending on numbers of participants) we enter knockout stages and whittle the field down until we have a final showdown between the top GR makers!

So who's up for it? Just post "IN " in the thread if you want to get involved!

As this is the first time I'll be taking the helm I'll keep sign ups open for a little while to allow discussion on any possible refinements or updates to the setup as we head into a new generation of AYAMMM, then I'll see who we've got on board and take it from there! :toot:

Who's In:
OrangeRKN
OldSoulCyborg
Pedz
Victor Mildew
Karl
Qikz
DarkRula
Rubix

Current Standings

How Does It Work?

Round 1 Results

Round 1 Guidelines

Round 1 Levels

Round 2 Results

Round 2 Guidelines

Round 2 Levels

Round 3 Guidelines

Round 3 Levels

So yeah Jenuall approached me (via pm at an appropriate pandemic social distance) to ask if I would be happy for him to move forward.

Frankly I can't think of anyone more suitable than the reigning Master Mario Maker.

I won't be taking part, but I will be watching with great interest and I wish all the participants and Jenuall the best of luck!

Have fun!

Well..... I now have a Switch (unlike the last time this ran) but at this point I don't have Mario Maker 2..

I'm tempted, depending on how many people are up for the competition. How cheaply can it be bought for these days?

Lime wrote:Well..... I now have a Switch (unlike the last time this ran) but at this point I don't have Mario Maker 2..

I'm tempted, depending on how many people are up for the competition. How cheaply can it be bought for these days?

It's a first party Nintendo game so unfortunately it's not really dropped too much I don't think.

CDKeys has it for £43.99 or £54.99 with a year of Switch online included.

Cheeky Devlin wrote:
Lime wrote:Well..... I now have a Switch (unlike the last time this ran) but at this point I don't have Mario Maker 2..

I'm tempted, depending on how many people are up for the competition. How cheaply can it be bought for these days?

It's a first party Nintendo game so unfortunately it's not really dropped too much I don't think.

CDKeys has it for £43.99 or £54.99 with a year of Switch online included.

Hmmm, do I need switch online to upload/download levels? This could be more expensive than I thought.

Lime wrote:
Cheeky Devlin wrote:
Lime wrote:Well..... I now have a Switch (unlike the last time this ran) but at this point I don't have Mario Maker 2..

I'm tempted, depending on how many people are up for the competition. How cheaply can it be bought for these days?

It's a first party Nintendo game so unfortunately it's not really dropped too much I don't think.

CDKeys has it for £43.99 or £54.99 with a year of Switch online included.

Hmmm, do I need switch online to upload/download levels? This could be more expensive than I thought.

Fraid so.

I'm kinda interested as I never really got into the making side of Mario Maker 2 but I also don't have a lot of time.

Typically how many hours would be required for a course? And by course, I mean something not embarrassingly bad?

I am IN for New AYAMMM DS

Tomous wrote:I'm kinda interested as I never really got into the making side of Mario Maker 2 but I also don't have a lot of time.

Typically how many hours would be required for a course? And by course, I mean something not embarrassingly bad?

I don't think the time commitment is too bad, from my experience last time I'd say it takes as much time as you want it to. There were weeks where I spent barely more than an hour on my course and others where I was more free and so dumped more time into it. I'm not convinced the weeks where I spent more time were actually any better! :slol:

I'd say give it a go, ultimately it's about having fun more than anything and nobody is going to be ripping into levels or criticising anyone if they haven't poured 10 hours of time into a level every week! i

I'd like things to be as accessible as possible so if there are tweaks to the formula that can help people feel more comfortable as we go then I'm open to that.

Cheeky Devlin wrote:
Lime wrote:
Cheeky Devlin wrote:
Lime wrote:Well..... I now have a Switch (unlike the last time this ran) but at this point I don't have Mario Maker 2..

I'm tempted, depending on how many people are up for the competition. How cheaply can it be bought for these days?

It's a first party Nintendo game so unfortunately it's not really dropped too much I don't think.

CDKeys has it for £43.99 or £54.99 with a year of Switch online included.

Hmmm, do I need switch online to upload/download levels? This could be more expensive than I thought.

Fraid so.

Yeah online is require to share levels and play other people's.

No pressure either way, if you can join in then that would be excellent but totally understand if it's not possible!

If it helps the plan isn't to start immediately, I was really using this thread to gauge interest before moving into full gear so it will probably be a few weeks before we actually start.

OldSoulCyborg wrote:

It wouldn't be right without some Cyborg magic involved! :toot:

OrangeRKN wrote:I am IN for New AYAMMM DS

And RKN too!

Thanks for the support guys, hopefully we can get some more returning and new players to join you.

Jenuall wrote:
Tomous wrote:I'm kinda interested as I never really got into the making side of Mario Maker 2 but I also don't have a lot of time.

Typically how many hours would be required for a course? And by course, I mean something not embarrassingly bad?

I don't think the time commitment is too bad, from my experience last time I'd say it takes as much time as you want it to. There were weeks where I spent barely more than an hour on my course and others where I was more free and so dumped more time into it. I'm not convinced the weeks where I spent more time were actually any better!

I'd say give it a go, ultimately it's about having fun more than anything and nobody is going to be ripping into levels or criticising anyone if they haven't poured 10 hours of time into a level every week! i

I'd like things to be as accessible as possible so if there are tweaks to the formula that can help people feel more comfortable as we go then I'm open to that.

Ok. Cool.

Tentatively in.

twitter.com/GRcade/status/1350765957422178304

Nice!

Are you going to join in Pedz?

I am unsure, I've skipped on all the bar the first 2 and pulled out on the 2nd due to not having the time, but as I'm streaming/recording less in general I should be OK to go for it. I'll jump into this one, yeah. I can't see it being an issue with time.

I'll join if I can - it's hard for me to commit to a competition that plays out over many weeks but fingers crossed.

I'll see about joining in with this one. We'll see if my Animal Crossing title of Creative Coconut holds any merit.

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By the time the previous contest ended, I felt as though I'd came to the end of the line creatively and I regret to say that's still the case. Tempting as it is (seriously, this fence I'm sitting on is threatening to rupture my asshole right now), it's with a heavy heart I've decided to take a backseat on this occasion.

Will certainly be watching with keen interest though. :datass:

Maybe we could think of something to encourage people interested in following along but lacking the time or inclination to compete to still play the levels and vote? Maybe a parallel competition based on setting the speed run records for the levels each week? That seemed relatively popular last time as a thing to do and the game tracks it anyway.

Are You A Master Mario Maker 2021 - Round 3 Levels Out, Get Ranking - Submission Deadline SUNDAY @ 8PM

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