So you want to get your map into this week's rotation? Here's how to do it:
- Upload your map to the Ubisoft servers from inside the game. (From the Far Cry 3 main menu, select “Multiplayer”, then “Multiplayer” again and click the left thumbstick. Select “My Maps” to see a list of your maps. Select the map you want evaluated and select the option “Make available online.”) Note that you do not have to publish your map to have it evaluated or played. It only needs to be made available online.
- Send a Xbox LIVE text message to Cold Justice before 11:59 CST on the WEDNESDAY before Far Cry Friday. The message must contain all of the following information:
- The map name;
- The Gamertag of the map owner – even if it is the same as the person submitting the request; This is important because map names are often duplicated.
- The desired game mode(s) for the map. We will select the author's desired mode when the map is played for the first time.
Map submissions of either type MUST CONTAIN all of the above data in the request. Failure to include all three pieces of information will result in your request being rejected immediately.
Map requests submitted after the deadline will be deferred to the following week.
Your map will be reviewed for playability and we will let you know if it makes it into the rotation. You will also receive a detailed critique of your map. If the map is rejected, we will let you know why. (Maps may be rejected for quality reasons or because the number of maps submitted has gone past our weekly quota.) If your map is rejected for quota reasons, we will automatically submit it for inclusion in the following week's party.
DO NOT submit a map that we've already played unless you have revised it in some significant fashion. Once a map has been played, the FCF hosts will evaluate how well it played with the group and what its frequency should be in the map rotation. If we aren't playing your map, it's most probably because it didn't play as well as other maps already in the regular rotation.
All of this may seem rather regimented – and it is! There’s a reason why Far Cry Friday is what it is. Our ability to ensure that only maps that play well (even if they aren’t pretty) are on our list is a big part of things. We’ve been doing this stuff since Far Cry: Instincts on the original Xbox and requirements like these have brought people back to our lobby with every Far Cry game released.
FCF is a volunteer effort. We have lives outside of Far Cry. These rules help us have real lives and still serve the Far Cry community fairly.
REVISED: 12-JAN-2013 for Far Cry 3 workflows.
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