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Hey everybody, wanted to start out by saying that I'm sorry for the mass tag. Still, this is pretty important, so I'd advise you read through this mega post. Spoiler alert: I'll be holding a contest, and you all are invited to participate.
You probably know why you all are on this list. You have contributed to this thread by adding levels. Great! Mario Maker 2 is increibly fun, and I shouldn't be stifling people's enjoyment.
But I haven't been doing a great job with maintenance. Currently, the thread is just an indiscriminate load of level IDs. These all may be good levels, but it is very hard to navigate. What levels to play? What creators to support? There are so many levels here that we have created a sub-community here on Smashboards for level sharing.
It may not be much, but I wanted to expand on this. SMM2 is great, but I want to make the most of its release. To do so, as the de facto thread owner, I will try to help you all out by organizing featured levels.
This Sunday, I finally got my hands on a copy of Super Mario Maker 2. It's about time, too. I missed most of the level sharing craze, and the hype is slightly dying. However, I want to get around to everybody's levels, and so do the Mario Maker players who view this thread. There are about 3,800 total views here. It may not be much, but it's something.
To cut to the chase, there will be 3 featured levels every week for 10 weeks. Thats 30 levels in the spotlight! 3 levels will be selected from the pool, and everybody will vote for their favorite.
Now, I don't have the authority to select for myself, so I will be assembling a small team of people to select the top 3 levels, and a poll will be made for them to see which level takes 1st, 2nd, and 3rd. These top 3 levels will then be listed on the opening post, in the order that the people ranked them.
The first levels will be picked on August 10th. The people will have one week to vote for their favorite level, and the results will be posted on the opening post. Once the winner is declared, the next 3 will go up for a week.
For each of the 10 weeks, there will be a different theme. The first week, three Ground Theme levels will be chosen. The only rule is that the overworld must be Ground; the subworld can be any theme. For week 2, three Desert Theme levels will be selected. This pattern will go on for 10 weeks for all 10 themes, and then the Featured Level competition will be over.
Thank you for reading this far. I'm giving you all a lot of time in advance, as I am going out of town for a couple weeks.
Now, I can't make you all participate. This contest is completely optional, you can design a Ground Level for this if you want to or not. This thread will not change. You can always share levels with others, regardless of the theme. All that is happening is that I will be featuring some of the levels being posted here, and the first to be featured are Ground Themes. The atmosphere will remain the same.
Because this is entirely optional, this will be an opt in event. You may participate if you would like. If you wish to opt in, then like this post. For those who do, the Featured Level team will play your Ground Theme levels, leave comments, and judge it against the rest of the Ground levels in the competition. Players who do not like the post will not be considered for the contest.
Finally, this is all in the name of good fun. I'm just ecstatic to get the game, and am hoping to see some great creations from the Boards. This is being created purely for fun. I get that not everybody wants to play, which is why it is entirely opt in/opt out. I just thought it would be a fun idea to have featured levels to be praised by the community while the game is still fresh. That's all.
Thank you all for reading!
Edit: TL;DR. There are a ton of levels posted, and I want to organize featured levels for everybody to play. A small team of people will pick 3 levels, and everybody will vote for the favorite to be put on the OP.