CONTEST TIME!!!!

Wanna chance to win 1600 Microsoft Points?

Here's the deal:

July 4th is Independence Day here in the U.S.A., so to celebrate we are going to do an Independence Day theme for next week's Far Cry Friday. And to sweeten the deal, I'm making a contest out of it!

You have until 11:59 PM CDT on Thursday, July 2nd, 2009 to create, publish and submit an Xbox 360 Far Cry 2 map on the theme "Independence Day".

You can use that theme in any way you like, as long as it makes sense. For example:

• a Red, White and Blue extravaganza (traditional USA fireworks, etc.)
• a Red, White and Green fiesta (Cinco de Mayo)
• a tribute to the movie Independence Day
• a representation of the Martina McBride song

...or anything else that you can imagine that would fit the "Independence Day" theme.

Your map will be judged by a panel of judges during the FCF event. Judging criteria will be:

• Playability (does the map play well, are the spawns good, etc.): 25%
• Fun (separate from playability, is the map fun?): 25%
• Adherence to the contest theme: 15%
• Creativity: 15%
• Overall appearance: 20%

You can submit up to two maps for this event. They must be YOUR ORIGINAL WORK. Submitting or refining someone else's map is not allowed.

The mapmaker receiving the highest overall score will be awarded a 5x5 code over Xbox LIVE for 1600 Microsoft points!

You have less than a week from the time of this post, so let those creative juices flow and get crackin'!