yeah - you've lost me!!!

Inside3D's the place , isn't it? 

Hey, Lunaran :)
Transloquake is a mod (for now, single-player only, but that will change) where the translocator is the central "weapon" involved. In very simply terms, the goal of most maps is to teleport yourself around the map to pick up all the "keys" of the level, sometime within a limited amount of time. Most maps involve ascending a level and avoiding to fall into traps.

Some screenshots:

http://cocot.planetquake.gamespy.com/transloquake000001.jpg
http://cocot.planetquake.gamespy.com/tr20.jpg
http://cocot.planetquake.gamespy.com/trc.jpg
http://cocot.planetquake.gamespy.com/transloquake000037.jpg 

Hehe... sorry about that. I think a good way to see how it works is to watch the videos (the fireflies one doesn't really have keys, but it still gives you a sense of how people move around the level) and try the tutorial map bundled with the mod ;) You'll see, on the whole, it's pretty simple.
And yeah, most info about it was originally posted on I3D, and in particular the following thread: http://forums.inside3d.com/viewtopic.php?t=610 

looks really cool. 

Thanks :) It's a picture of the map featured in this video: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ZumdVNhhrCI&feature=related
It's still very much work in progress, though ;) 

I realized I forgot to point out this is Fitzquake-compatible, by the way (I know many of you guys use it), it's not DP-only. 

I would really love to map for this, as it's fun and I can imagine quite some brushes. But I really have no time/motivation and in the moments I do I work on other stuff for QExpo or Quaddicted. Haven't even played this much even though it is a perfect idea to me. Well, hopefully later. Thought about doing some introduction/tutorial maps. 

Well, thanks for your interest :)
I understand that everybody is probably a little busy, particularly with QExpo approaching. It was nice of you to drop a note! Any custom map for the mod would be awesome, even after the deadline ;) 

My chance to finally get TF2 and pester Scampie!
Contributing a simple map should be feasible, but then again there're so many current projects and competitions I'd like to make a map for, that time might be an issue.. We'll see. 

:\ Cocot mod looks very cool but time is so few :| 

Hopefully you guys might be able to squeeze a little time for it :) TF2 is worth it! :D
Again, I do think mapping for it is not too hard (by which, I mean, easier than mapping for a SP or DM map), because you might be able to recycle or copy-paste a lot of your basic structures, but then I also must admit that I'm a total newbie in terms of mapping and that copy-pasting structures (which I have done a lot for this mod's maps) might not give the best results on the screen... :P 

that most [if not all?] of the games in the prize list are available on Steam. Would a Steam version be a viable alternative to a physical, boxed copy, should the winner so desire? 

Sure, whenever the price on steam is the same as the price on Amazon, I have no problem going for the Steam gift instead :)
As far as I know, it's true of almsot all these titles. Exceptions are Bioshock and Tomb Raider Anniversary which, for some weird reasons, are more expensive on Steam than through a CD/DVD purchase on Amazon :/
Quake4, Rainbow Six Vegas and Timeshift aren't available on Steam. Unreal Anthology isn't there either.
To sum it up: Portal,Team fortress 2,Doom3,Counter-Strike Source, Half-Life2 Episode Pack, Tomb Raider Anniversary would be no problem (unless prices change, which seems unlikely) :) 

It looks actually like the prices on Amazon have gone back up for Bioshock (a little bizarre, but I might have checked it when it was on sale), so, if prices don't change and that would be the game the winner really wants, then Steam would be ok, too ;) 

I meant: Tomb raider legend would be ok through steam. :)
Anyway... you get the point. I'm sure we'll be able to negociate a way to make the two winners happy :) 

CocoT hope u get lot of people to map mod look fun :\ but i will not have time for it, becouse i want to finish my maya map and make a speedmap to Qexpo.

maby in another time of life i will make a map for this mod!

best regards! 

ohh forget ;) and if where a Simble of Quake or the makete of shamby ;)

but games? roulffff i dont play any other game than Quake :) so... price is nothing special to me! 

Does that mean you'd have to buy the games first? 

Well... I'll wait to see who won the competition, then ask him/her what he/she would like to receive, then, yeah, I'll buy that game and send it or have it sent to him/her :) 

IMPORTANT UPDATE: With QExpo being somewhat postponed and people asking me for more time for this competition, it was decided to push the deadlines for submitting maps for this competition by exactly two weeks. 

I just wanted to point out that Entar won the first part of this competition! I'm saying "first" part as there will be a new deadline for winning one more game (probably some time around December/January)

Screenshot of Entar's "Sky Castle" : http://qexpo.tastyspleen.net/uploaded/76/skycastle1.jpg

Download link for the map : http://entar.quakedev.com/misc-files/skycastle.zip
Download link for the mod demo : http://www.mediafire.com/?f3b3pwyybgy 

The second part of the mapping competition has now officially started!
If you're interested in mapping for TransloQuake and possibly win a game, here is your chance! The new deadline is March 1st.

The official thread can be found at : http://forums.inside3d.com/viewtopic.php?t=1251

Building on the feedback of Entar and Negke, the new demo for the mod (demo3) has a LOT of mapping-oriented goodies in the forms of new triggers that add a lot of spice to the gameplay, as well as three new game modes :)

The download for the new demo is at : http://www.fileplanet.com/194772/190000/fileinfo/Transloquake-Demo-3

For more info on the modification and a complete mapping guide : http://cocot.planetquake.gamespy.com/transloquake.htm 

Really? No one? The deadline is getting closer! :P

Here is a short video of my test map running the ricochet mode, if you're interested in trying out something a little more challenging mapping-wise: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=re9A6pt_E1k :)

So far, only Negke has been mapping for this second part of the competition (by the way, I'll get back to you real soon about your health respawning issue, Negke ;)) ... anyone else is interested? (note: this could be a fun speedmap theme ;)) 

But I don't have a PC with Internet Explorer. Is there a non-fileplant download link perhaps?

I'd take a look if I could download it. 

There is a link at Quaketastic: http://www.quaketastic.com/cgi-bin/filechucker.cgi?action=listfiles&path=single_player/mods&s=d :)

And here are two screenshots of Negke's upcoming map for it, called Moonbase:

http://negke.quaddicted.com/images/moonbasea.jpg
http://negke.quaddicted.com/images/moonbaseb.jpg