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This project is abandoned and its default file will likely not work with the most recent version of Minecraft. Whether this project is out of date or its author has marked it as abandoned, this project is no longer maintained.

This is an easy to use plugin to manage building contests. You can use it in different ways, such as creative or survival building, and with different land management systems.

This plugin doesn't do any kind of land/plot managing itself; you do that with another plugin, such as PlotMe, WorldGuard, Factions, Towny, Grief Prevention, etc.. What this plugin does, basically, is it allows you to manage and organize contests on your server, and your players to submit what they have built.

I have made this plugin originally for my server, because we wanted to have creative building contests on the server, using PlotMe for the land management. I couldn't find something that suited what we wanted (compatible with PlotMe, easy-to-use and basic, but also with enough features), and so I decided to make it myself. After running it on the server a while, I decided to make it public.

For a list of commands or permissions, click the buttons above. For general instructions on how to use the plugin, press FAQ button above. There is a page with a list of servers using this plugin. If you want your server in there, comment on the "Server List" page (there is a button above).

Features:

Organize contests
Set contest topic
Set contest status ("No current contest", "Contest open for submissions", "Contest being reviewed")
Set a timer for the contest
Users can submit or resubmit to the contest if the status is "Contest open for submissions"
Staff can teleport to random submission
Staff can vote for a submission from 1 to 10 if the status is "Contest being reviewed"
First place is calculated from the average of votes
Submissions can be deleted (and it is written into a log when someone deletes)

Bugs/Problems:

Server downtime will cause a delay in the timer
If your server has less than 20 ticks per second, there might be a small delay in the timer

Upcoming Features:

A scoreboard wall made of signs

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barancode01
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Posted Oct 25, 2014
@Burockk

Okay, I will be looking into it.

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Posted Oct 23, 2014
Update plugin pls to 1.7.9 or 1.7.10 spigot doesnt work perfectly when type /review random

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Posted Aug 30, 2014
Sorry for the incredibly long delay about updates, I have been increasingly busy. I'm going to try to update all my public plugins sometime.

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Posted May 14, 2014
@GodsDead

I haven't been able to work on them yet, as I've been busy. I will work on them, but I am not certain when.

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Posted May 13, 2014
How we looking for some bug fixes and updates?

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Posted May 1, 2014
@BaranCODE

Awesome! Well, on most plugins you can type in the beggining of the command, for instance /review and hitting tab will scroll through the different options you have, This is implemented for new users of a plugin to see what options they have! It's not a biggie, just a suggestion!

I tried with the contest in status 0, 1 and 2, nothing :( Maybe the way time was managed changed from 1.7.2 to 1.7.5.

I have a few more improvement ideas, but I think I gave you enough already!

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Posted Apr 30, 2014
@GodsDead

Okay, thanks for the feedback. I'll get to it when I have time. Also, I don't get what you mean with: "Needs to have tab implemented scroll through available commands."

Also, was the contest in status 1 when you did the settime?

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Posted Apr 30, 2014
Ok! Cool, it seems to work which is a great start, this is exactly what we need! ;p few bugs and requests already.

There needs to be a way to list submitted reviews for admins/reviews, permission based, /review list > Shows Time/date/player/location/id
There needs to be a way to go directly to a submission, so /review 1, or /review username Needs its own permission.
The /contestadmin settime does not seem to do anything in any status, no error messages in the console, no message in-game.
When I set the competition to status 2, people could still submit entries, I would have assumed being in "reviewed" mode no-one could add more? But they still need to be able to re-submit, which needs to be logged and viewable in the /review list to say that its been re-submitted, this was a bug, I submitted a build, another player submitted a build, I changed the status to 2, then I got the second player to re-submit, and it wiped over my submission!
Needs to have tab implemented scroll through available commands.
Using /contestadmin calculatefirst with no contest submissions shows nothing then the sentence, it needs to check to see if there are submissions/competition on.
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Posted Apr 29, 2014
@GodsDead

Okay then :D

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Posted Apr 29, 2014
@BaranCODE

I can see why too, only 8 comments! It took me ages to find this plugin, everything else is abandoned/looks nothing like im looking for!

This sounds perfect, I will try it tonight if I find time, I plan on using this on a monthly basis for a build competition, as you can see from my website (banner) I take the build competitions seriously :)

Even if it dousnt work, you'll definitely hear form me asking for it to be fixed and if it does expect feature requests! haha!

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Posted Apr 28, 2014
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It hasn't been abandoned, although I haven't made many updates recently, as you can see. I believe it should work in the latest builds, but I havent tested it, and it doesn't have UUID support yet (name changing support, but that's fine because name changing isn't allowed yet). I will make an update for this, because I want to start using it again, myself.

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Posted Apr 28, 2014
This sounds exactly what I have been looking for! Please say this works with later builds (1.7.5+) and that it has not been abandoned, I would love to try this out.

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Posted Dec 19, 2013
@levisn1

Ok I might add that

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Posted Dec 18, 2013
Add that when an contest is open, appear a scoreboard only for the partecipants...with the countdown, the theme of the contest, or their final votes..

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Posted Nov 15, 2013
@maxlehot1234

I might add it in the next update. I'm going to release it when bukkit 1.7.2 comes out.

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Posted Nov 9, 2013
Is it possible to add SQL support, becaus ei really want to add contest list on my website, like stats...it can link: players in a contest, contest list, players contest win/lose

Add reward to plyaer if they win, etc

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Posted Sep 23, 2013
@Jobsti2

1) If you give the players the "review" command permissions, they should be able to vote, but not for themselves. So, you can set up the permissions and use the plugin as you'd like. In the description, I wrote it saying that staff used the review command, but yeah, you can change that.

2) That could be a good idea. How do you think I should do this? Should there be a wall, maybe set by the owner with a selection wand, that has those signs, which are automatically updated? I'll look into it.

3) So the dates are pre-set and the owner doesn't have to change the status himself/herself each time? You're right, that would be very useful. I'll do it right now. (Note: Should the person write an actual date, or an amount of days, hours? If it's an actual date, I would have the plugin use the time and date of the server host, but that could be confusing with different time zones)

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Posted Sep 23, 2013
Very nice plugin, good Idea.

What do you think about a User-Vote for the submissions (except the vote for their own)?

2nd Idea: A Sign per Submission, which is showing the actuals votes & ratings?
(Number of Votes : Rating >- 1st Line || Staff-Rating @ 3rd Line)?

3rd Idea: An automatic Timer.
Typing the Date for the Start of building, End of submissions, which is the start for the Votes. And Time (Date) for the End of Voting (Contest End)

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