BIPL4 - British and Irish Pro League Season 4

BIPL Season 4!

The fourth edition of the BIPL (British & Irish Professional League) will start in mid-November and we’re looking for high quality competitive maps to celebrate this exciting league format which will be played in 2 divisions of 16 players over a span of 3 weeks.

Our previous competitions (3 previous seasons of BIPL, 3 BIPCs and the TMWT circuit Major, Encore) are proof of our commitment to the best possible competitive environment for our players. You can expect sustained high quality production and gameplay throughout the event, highlighting your mapping talents to the fullest.

Submissions/Deadlines
Submissions will be open up until Sunday 13th October– we will then choose maps and provide feedback/changes ready in time to create promotional videos and material.

A change this time around is that we will accept map submissions that have been previously used for competitions from regions that exclude British & Irish players.

When submitting a map, please send a replay file to one of the admins listed (padster01, vkilljoyy or doc__f) so we can be sure of the intended lines, and have a replay we can use for a map showcase video should the map be selected.

What we provide
Featuring you on various social media posts and trailers
Map showcases live on stream
Shoutouts to the mappers during the competition

Mods & Signpack
Sign pack Google Drive - https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/1qcXF8UvG-EJs-F1lrFFniHq1IVgX1B2I
Sign pack IMGUR - https://imgur.com/a/BOXBm0w
Mod - https://github.com/BlackDemonDragon/TrackmaniaTextures/blob/main/BITM/BIPL/2022/BIPL_Mod.zip?raw=true

Mapping Guidelines
Style: Mixed Competitive. We are looking for maps with a good balance of difficulty and variety of surfaces. Specifically, we want to avoid maps with a heavy focus on a single surface or style. We are also looking to avoid extreme difficulty spikes such as overly risky finishes.

Difficulty: Medium-Hard. These tracks will be well trained but played by a wide range of skill levels. Time gain throughout the map with no massive difficulty spikes is preferred.

Scenery: We do not require more than minimal scenery - submitted tracks will be judged solely on their routes.
Blockmixing & custom blocks: Allowed, provided it causes no glitches and isn't too hard on the FPS.
Please send in a replay of the author medal along with the map – these can be DM’d to an admin or included in the map upload.

For ideas on mapping you may refer to the following maps, which roughly show the difficulty level and style we are aiming for.
https://trackmania.exchange/maps/151332/bipl-ne-nah
https://trackmania.exchange/maps/96711/bipc-frameshift
https://trackmania.exchange/maps/136466/emc-derivative

Map Specifications
Length: 50-60 Seconds
Signpack: As Above
Mod: As Above
Map Mood: Visibility must be high – Day settings preferred
Map Name: BIPL – MapName, hex codes below, BIPL should be gold and the map name purple
Map Name Format: $s$FC3B$FC4I$FC5P$FC6L - $s$96FP$95Fr$94Fe$93Fss$92Fu$91Fr$90Fe
GPS: No GPS
Respawns: Maps must be fully double respawnable

Misc. info
Mappers of the selected maps will be allowed to play in BIPL.
Submission of multiple maps is allowed
Maps cannot have been used for Global Competitions previously. Either new maps or maps used for Regional comps that British & Irish players would not have played in are welcome.
If you want to map on stream please don’t say what you’re mapping for.


Official Discord of BITM - https://discord.gg/qPFzfjTnCr

For any questions feel free to message the below admins on discord:
padster01
vkilljoyy
doc__f