Por fin ha salido la lista de ganadores del concurso Epic para el Unreal Tournament III y entre nombres y más nombres brilla uno por encima de todos, DANIEL "KAMI" DÍAZ.

Kami ha conseguido alzarse con el primer premio con su mapa DM-CBP3-Salvation dentro de la categoría Deathmatch level

Con este triunfo Kami se lleva la bonita cifra de 2500$ y creo que un pedazo de pepino/ordenador que ya quisieran muchos

Y no solamente eso, a partir de aquí se le pueden abrir un montón de puertas para poder dedicarse a algo

que empezó en su día como un hobby y puede acabar en una auténtica profesión (esto ya son conjeturas mías, no sé si Kami llevará otros planes)

El resto de la lista de ganadores va como sigue:

The Best Deathmatch Level category winners are as follows:

Salvation, a gorgeous multi-level map by Daniel “KaMi” Díaz, first place;

Calibrah, a map with beautiful visuals and notable weather effects by Matthias “sklare” Cytatzky, second place;

August, a stunning one-on-one level by Nick “neoduck” Donaldson, third place;

Acquisition, a thoroughly fun duel map for up to six players by Ben "Slainchild" Edney, fourth place; and

Xiao, an ancient temple map with great gameplay by Sander “ZixXer” Vereecken, fifth place.

The Best Capture the Flag Level category winners are as follows:

Touch, an extremely fun, medium-sized level with a highly coveted sniper nest by Cory “Spoondog” Spooner, first place;

React, an accessible, compact map with great versatility by Raffi “pinnacle” Bedikian; second place;

Safeguard, a map with a high-tech feel named for its signature alarm by Bryan “bazzwano” Sparksman, third place;

Ephemeral, a minimalistic yet elegant map set in an otherworldly temple by Stephane “aeternus” Perriard, fourth place; and

Sloth, an urban-themed level supporting a range of combat styles by Opeyemi “Jayoplus” Ajayi, fifth place.

The Best Vehicle Capture the Flag Level winners are as follows:

Megastructure_SE, a popular map set in a colossal underground structure by Thomas “Setheran” Browett, first place;

TheDig, a map that uses a U-shaped battlefield to encourage varied combat strategies by Chris “Plutonic” Blundell, second place;

OfftheRails, a greatly detailed level set in and around a train station by Neil “plugh” Hodges, third place;

Luracia, a striking map set in a frigid, industrial world by Christopher “Twigsby” Smith, fourth place; and

CanalWarfare, a map with loads of aesthetic and gameplay variety by Neil “plugh” Hodges, fifth place.

The Best Warfare Level category winners are as follows:

Valley, a wintery map designed for nonstop action by Scott “Cr4zyB4st4rd” Coxhead, first place;

MoltenCore, a level in which the battle for the core wages across fields of molten lava by Aaron “SmokeRingHalo” Woodland, second place;

Beachfront, a map featuring grand battles in tropical training grounds by Nathaniel “_N_” Rossol, third place;

InfectionForest, a level with dense forest vegetation and two primary nodes for each team by Bryan “Sanch3z” Cole, fourth place; and

Synapse, a map containing a countdown node that that fires a giant beam at the core by Josh “CaptainSnarf” Turpen, fifth place.

The Best Character/Customization Pack category winners are as follows:

Rodents Faction, a mod featuring beefy, mutated beasts by David Hagemann, first and second place (for characters “Bunny” and “Zombie Mouse,” respectively);

Project Stealth Custom Character, a mod featuring the new “Spy” character from the Project Stealth total conversion by Mason “goodkebab” Doran, third place;

Hel Character, a mod with custom physics, materials and first-person arms by Arn “ShadowBlade” Richert and Nolan “Dark Carnivour” Richert of Runestorm, fourth place; and

Nyota, a mod including the female character belonging to the IronGuard faction by “Apoptoid,” fifth place.

The Best New Game Type winners are as follows:

The Ball: Pehua, a single-player first-person puzzle mod with an Aztec theme by The Ball Team, first place;

Galtanor’s Invasion, a cooperative game type that pits human players against hordes of invading monsters by Michael “Galtanor” Wells, second place;

UT3DOM, a mod with Domination, Double Domination, Vehicle Domination, and Vehicular Double Domination game types by Mitchell, third place;

UT2D, a game type that turns UT3 into a side-scrolling shooter by Team Joe Bates, fourth place; and

Battle Team/Freezetag Arena, a mod that contains four competitive game types by Nico “BattleMode” de Vries, fifth place.

The Best Mutator category winners are as follows:

Sentinel, a deployable, automatic cannon with multiple weapons and upgrades by Miles Asvachin, first place;

BattleRPG, a completely operational RPG mod that supports all UT3 game types by Nico “BattleMode” de Vries, second place;

Excessive Overkill, a mod that turns every game into an over-the-top frag fest by Dan “MadNad” Woodall, third place;

Psionic Storm, a mutator that allows players to levitate, become invisible, phase shift and more by Andrew Glover, fourth place;

Apoc MatrixMoves, a mutator that enables bullet time, slow motion, bullet trails and other cool effects by Rob "[Apoc]Death" Gutermuth, fifth place.

The Best Weapon category winners are as follows:

Thor Lightning Gun, the extremely popular weapon that that takes out enemies with an arc of electrical energy by Arn “ShadowBlade” Richert and Nolan “Dark Carnivour” Richert of Runestorm, first place;

Pitbull Shotgun, a classic, close range weapon, easily capable of dispatching enemies in close quarters by Arn “ShadowBlade” Richert and Nolan “Dark Carnivour” Richert of Runestorm, second place;

Mobile Portal Emitter, a weapon that allows players to place linked portals anywhere in the world by Keith Miron, third place;

Coda Sword, a weapon in the Coda mod that delivers Instagib but with swords by Denrei, fourth place;

RealWeapons, a mutator that replaces UT3 firearms with real world weapons by John “bez” Beswick, fifth place.

The Best Tool category winners are as follows:

UWindow2, a powerful and flexible graphical user interface by James Tan, first place;

UnrealScript Studio, an sophisticated UnrealScript editor by Sam Harwell, second place;

Unreal Visualization Toolkit, a utility that creates heat maps and visualizations for levels based on aggregated player behavior data by Alastair Hebson, third place;

skUT3, an advanced in-game server browser by Nicolas “SkorpSSS” Imbert, fourth place;

UT3 Tweaker, a script that allows players to browse UT3 servers without running the game by Brad Gothard, fifth place.

The Best Use of Physics category winners are as follows:

The Ball: Pehua a single-player first-person puzzle mod with an Aztec theme by The Ball Team, first place;

Blockland, a deathmatch map with optimized physics and destructible environments by Simeon “Lord_Simeon” Spargo, second place;

Nowhere, a deathmatch map featuring destructible environments, thunder, lightning and water foam effects by Remus Brailoiu, third place;

Cubes of Serenity, a third-person 3D horror puzzle mod by Anna Beck-Thomsen, Lawrence Johnson, Jens Hammerhøj, André Johansen, Martin Larsen and Janusch Häring, fourth place;

Unreal Demolition 2, a mod showcasing exciting and destructive vehicle combat by Dan Weiss, fifth place.

En fin, una vez más tenemos que felicitar a Kami por su triunfo y desearle todo lo mejor a partir de ahora.

Fuente: www.makesomethingunreal.com