Hotel Building Competition
The Hotel Building Competition, initially known as the Hotel-Resort Building Competition, is a series of building contests held by time2makemymove. Each occurrence created a new town at an unclaimed location on the server, the name of which is always backward for something in real life, and hosted a public hotel building competition at that location, with every contestant winning prize money. There have been 3 contests completed.
Voting is conducted by way of ranking every hotel on a scale of 1 to 10, and then averaging every public voter's score together to get a final score. Players cannot vote for their own hotel. Players are also asked to list their top 3 favorite hotels in case a tiebreak becomes necessary (this ended up breaking the tie between Tom_Pairs and Osbuso in the Segav Sal competition).
Contests
Segav Sal (2018)
The first Hotel Building Competition took place at ZN40 (which later became LW7 when this segment of Zephyr North became the MRT Lakeshore Line), in the town of Segav Sal. It occurred from late January to mid-February 2018, with a grand prize of $5000 for the owner of the voting public's favorite hotel. It was organized around a double-loaded stretch of main road, although a people mover mine cart system was partially completed after the fact.
The competition results were released on February 17, 2018, with the winner being lalaboy, with second place to PineapplePerv and third to CortesiRaccoon.
Uacam Beach (2020)
The second Hotel Building Competition took place in the very deep southwest regions of Zeta along a man-made strip of beach that was named Uacam Beach. The competition took place from July 1 to July 31, 2020, with a grand prize of $4000 for the owner of the voting public's favorite hotel. In January 2022, the MRT Desert Line was extended to Uacam Beach at stations D87 and D88, which became MRT Mesa Line stations M87 and M88 in January 2023 due to Project Midway.
The competition winner was _Mossie, with the runner-up being Moj1014 and third place being VickiTori.
Aichalappa National Forest (2024)
The third Hotel Building Competition began on June 30, 2024, lasting until July 31, 2024, with the winners announced at the August 2024 GSM. It is located in a taiga forest in U41, and unlike the previous two competitions the hotels are not connected by a road, but instead the SkyTrain, a traincarts transit system that weaves through the forest. The grand prize was once again $4000.
The competition winner was Inksby, with the runner-up being amber10_ and third place being Saltedline.
2024 contest rules
NOTE: Egregious violations of any of these rules may result in disqualification.
1) For a hotel to qualify, it must be built on a 50x50 plot pre-cleared in the Aichalappa National Forest, the competition’s main location. All plots will be served by a SkyTrain station.
2) Mark your plot with a sign with your name and the date claimed. First come, first served. Do not edit others' claims.
3) You may only claim one plot in the Aichalappa National Forest. Building outside of the plot is not allowed.
4) If you claim a plot for the contest, please build a notable amount within 5 days. If not, it will be considered abandoned. This is to allow others sufficient area to build as well. it doesn’t have to be completed in five days! But there should at least be some semblance of a start there.
5) You may edit the walkway from your plot's SkyTrain station to your hotel, however you may not edit the SkyTrain station itself.
6) You may build underground if you wish.
7) The hotel must be original to Minecraft. It cannot have been built somewhere else on this or any other server or other Minecraft medium (i.e. YouTube tutorial videos) before. However, feel free to use inspiration from real life buildings, within reason.
8) You may use the lab world or singleplayer worlds for building, but please make time2 aware of this if you choose to do so, so time2 does not enact rule 4 on you.
9) Builds cannot be taller than 101 blocks. This is an aesthetic choice to curb unnecessary stacks.
10) All rooms must be furnished in at least some fashion.
11) Outside help is allowed for your hotel, however only one person can win the prize money.
12) If you would like to build something other than a hotel in the Aichalappa National Forest, or have any other questions, contact time2makemymove. However, only real hotels can win prize money.
13) Once the competition is over, you may continue to make edits to your plot/hotel as you please. However, removing your hotel from the strip once the competition is over is illegal.
14) Once the competition is over, I legally cannot stop you from copying and pasting your hotel somewhere else on the server. However, I strongly discourage it, as I’d like to keep the strip’s contents unique, much like Las Vegas or Miami Beach’s hotel strips.
15) Rules of the server apply (no plagiarism, no griefing, etc.)
Public voters are politely asked to look for a number of things when going through the voting process:
1) Exterior Appeal
2) Interior Appeal
3) Quality Hotel Amenities (e.g. Pool, Restaurants, Shopping, Activities, Parking, etc.)
4) Hotel Room Appeal (e.g. the interior of the actual bedrooms)
5) Accessibility
6) Whether YOU would want to spend a vacation at this hotel.