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Ernie15
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This is the official Crush the Castle 2 Players Pack contest. You've come to the right place.

You're probably wondering how this contest works. Basically, we (the three judges) give you a theme at the beginning of each round, and you, the contestant, build a castle that follows the theme in some way. Then, so we can count your castle as an entry, take the link to that castle and post it in this thread. If it isn't posted in this thread by the deadline (and the deadline will always be a specific date and time), we will not be able to count it as an entry for that round.

If you've never built a castle before, or you want to brush up on your building skills, check out this guide made by @Arm_Candy.

This is a weekly contest, so each round will last 5 days, with 2 days being designated for judging. Every week, the theme will change and a new round will begin. Pretty easy to grasp.

Oh, and the winner of each round receives a merit, a spot in the CTC2PP Hall of Fame, and a rare quest that can only be earned through winning (or judging) a level building contest:

http://quests.armorgames.com/website/5/media/icon/d06fa73d7b7eaa626941288fc59ce86a.png?v=1398292205
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RULES
Yes, there are rules. What did you expect?

Basic rules for this contest, written originally by @PrivatePapi for his old CTC contest:
1. Do not spam under any circumstance.
2. Only enter 1 castle for each category.
3. Do not ask either of us which category will be next.
4. Do not copy somebody else's castle if you do not have permission from him/her.
5. When entering for the contest, always submit your castle according to the current category.
6. Have fun!

And this section, written by @FishPreferred:
a) All entries must be playable and have at least 1 person in them. It seems obvious, but who knows?
b) Entries that are so overladen with stuff that they cause considerable lag will not be eligible. Considerable lag is herein defined as "a big freakin' pile of lag that renders an entry virtually unplayable without severely overheating my 3 year old computer".
c) Entries should be stable enough to last a full minute without collapsing, and should require at least one shot in order to be won. This applies to every part of the contest that doesn't explicitly state otherwise in its instructions.
d) Any entry which the judges deem to be inappropriate (in a lewd, indecent, or libellious sense) will be disqualified, and most likely deleted by the admin.

And lastly, a few additional notes added by yours truly:
- The only castles you are allowed to post in this thread are contest entries. If you link to more than one castle, only the most recent one will be treated as an official entry, unless otherwise specified.
- All entries must be built specifically for the contest and for the current theme. You can't submit castles that you entered in previous rounds, or anything that was built before the beginning of the current round.

Looks like a lot of rules, but it's all intuitive. You'll have no trouble following these guidelines.
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Optional: CODE
Some architects like to take things a step further and modify castle codes to do things that otherwise wouldn't be possible in the regular editor mode. This method will not give you a significant advantage over other contestants, but it may be of interest if you want to play around with the editor a bit. Code modification is not a requirement for this competition.

How to modify castle codes by @SSTG.

If you don't modify castle codes or have any plans to in the future, you can skip over this next part.

IMPORTANT NOTE FOR CODERS: If you decide to use code-modified elements in an entry, take caution, for, although code-editing can be useful for certain details, excessive use of code-modified elements in an entry could lead to a deduction of points from the entry.
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That's the contest in a nutshell. Just remember to check back every week for the results of each round, as well as the theme for the next round. I will post the theme for the first round after this post ends, so as not to confuse first-time submitters in the future.

And if you have any ideas for future themes, contact @CourtJester or myself or post your theme idea in the thread.

That certainly was a lot of words. Over 700 of them. It may seem like a lot to take in, but this contest is all about having fun, despite all these large blocks of text.

So get hyped, get building, and have fun with it!

Did I mention there's a merit prize to the winner of each round?

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CherryCoke360
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What the hell? someone besides Arm_candy and Theoprastus won the contest??

http://cdn.memegenerator.net/instances/250x250/48157250.jpg

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Nomad

This is one of my better ones. last round was not.. xp

Siberian Spies

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The king was tired of his old castle being so cold, so he carved a new one out of a cave using stone and ice. Unfortunately, the cave he chose was cold year-round, and it was especially nippy and snowy in wintertime!

Ice King of Norway

@CherryCoke360 That's hilarious! The contest's first original meme too! Keep it up!

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Huh. I did not expect Forbidden Temple to win. Looked more like a 3rd place design to me, but I won't complain.
Hotel Greenland

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Achilles Hail

This castle completely hail-proof. Well, except for one spot, where if hail lands there, the entire master bedroom falls into the auditorium, but the odds of icy hail landing there is pretty unlikely. That's what the architect said anyway to the king who stole his wife.

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Ernie15
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My ratings have been locked in, and I have a feeling this thread will be pushed to the bottom of the page once again before Round 11 begins.

Ernie15
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Not only was the thread pushed to the bottom of the page, but it was almost halfway down the second page before I recovered it just now. Something must be done about this infestation of Gemcraft CS threads.

3rd place, with an average rating of 6.17/10, goes to both Hotel Greenland, submitted by @DrElmer, and Achilles Hail, submitted by @gh0sts.

2nd place, with an average rating of 6.3/10, goes to Ice King of Norway, submitted by @Islandempire89.

1st place, and the grand merit prize of Round 10, with an average rating of 6.57/10, goes to Arctic Gas and Electric, submitted by @Arm_Candy. Congratulations!

ROUND 11
Theme: Barrels
Deadline: Tuesday, April 15, 11:59 pm, AG time.
Judges: @CourtJester, @FishPreferred, @Ernie15
Description: The brown barrel prop must play a key role in your castle's architecture. There are no limits to how many barrels you use, except you must use at least one and preferably more.

Get hyped and get in a barrel.

Ernie15
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@Arm_Candy and his castle have been inducted into the CTC2PP Hall of Fame.

Ferret
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I've closed a few of the repeating ones.

Ernie15
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Perfect, thank you. Hopefully that will keep this contest on the first page for the next few rounds.

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I was under the impression that we could not use foundation blocks to hold a castle together [...]


I'm confused. Where do all of these extra rules keep coming from? You probably would have done poorly in the balance round if you used a bunch of foundation blocks, but that's it.
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Second place! I thought it would be a little while longer before that happened.

Rum Barrel High Rise

This one will not place as high, but I like the design.

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You know how sometimes you bring so much beer somewhere that you can build a second house out of it? That just happened..

Beer for the Desert

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