Missing Contest Levels

Hey all,

While making the playlist for the levelapalooza event I was alarmed to find how few contest levels I actually had. I'm hoping to restore some of those levels and I need your help! _k probably has most of them tucked away somewhere but he's not returning my emails.

Here's why: I want to create an archive of contest levels, both for preserving throughout history and for playing in future parties. Hard drive failure has contributed to the loss of hundreds of levels throughout the years and it's really sad to know some of the best levels we've played are gone forever. Conversely, replaying old levels that you've created and lost is a truly awesome feeling.

My entire level collection, standing at 2,800+ levels, are backed up on an external hard drive as well as in a cloud account. I also plan to upload many to Pleiades in the future. So please look at this list below, and if you have any of the levels listed below (whether they were created by you or not), PM me! This would also be a good time to let me know if you have any special permissions regarding your levels, ie. to not share or edit etc.

Sorted by username, in order of most requested:
Name -- Date -- Theme (*especially important)

Karamazovapy (_k) 15
Z-Relation -- April 2010 -- 3 Versions
Extradition -- July 2010 -- Favorite Gametype
Underground -- July 2010 -- Favorite Gametype
*Yivo -- July 2010 -- Favorite Gametype
*Into the Wandering Rocks -- August 2010 -- Mythology
Labyrinth -- August 2010 -- Mythology
Poltergeist -- September 2010 -- Legendary Levelgens
C\a/t/a\c|o-m-b|s -- October 2010 -- Custom Code 2
Quicksilver -- November 2010 -- No Right Angles
Smash & Grab -- November 2010 -- No Right Angles
Deuces -- Julgust 2011 -- Deuces Wild
Dual Rabbit -- Julgust 2011 -- Deuces Wild
Team Nexus -- Julgust 2011 -- Deuces Wild
Figure8_2011 -- December 2011 -- Cool Curves
Son of Airlock: The Quickening -- December 2011 -- Cool Curves

Bobdaduck 6
Hexadecimate -- October 2010 -- Custom Code 2
90th Degree Burn -- November 2010 -- No Right Angles
*Wrong -- November 2010 -- No Right Angles
Ace -- Julgust 2011 -- Deuces Wild
Space Cowboys -- March 2013 -- Wild West
Candyland -- July 2013 -- Desserts

Footloose 6
*Snakes vs Boots -- March 2013 -- Wild West
Brownies -- July 2013 -- Desserts
Cupcake -- July 2013 -- Desserts
Ginger's House -- July 2013 -- Desserts
Oreos -- July 2013 -- Desserts
Sundae -- July 2013 -- Desserts

Invisible 5
*Minotaur -- August 2010 -- Mythology
Bowling Alley -- February 2011 -- Awesome
Circles -- January 2014 -- Improvement
Core Contest Map -- January 2014 -- Improvement
Horseshoe -- May 2014 -- Superstition

Thread 4
Bubblegum Blitz -- July 2013 -- Desserts
Sugarline -- July 2013 -- Desserts
*Danmaku -- January 2014 -- Improvement
*Necro-fantasy -- January 2014 -- Improvement

Santiago Zap 3
The Wild Retrieve -- March 2013 -- Wild West
Space Hunt -- January 2014 -- Improvement
*The universal fight -- January 2014 -- Improvement

sky_lark 3
*The Hiding Spot -- July 2010 -- Favorite Gametype
*Unicorns -- August 2010 -- Mythology
Teleport Madness -- October 2010 -- Custom Code 2

C. Bob 3
*Hunt -- April 2010 -- 3 Versions
*Soccer Series -- April 2010 -- 3 Versions
*Tag -- April 2010 -- 3 Versions

Raptor 2
Trefoil -- December 2011 -- Cool Curves
Omen -- May 2014 -- Superstition

Little Apple 2
Moar Carrots 'n' Stuff -- Julgust 2011 -- Deuces Wild
Horatio the Soccer Player -- December 2011 -- Cool Curves

Quartz 2
Cinnamon's On a Roll -- July 2013 -- Desserts
Kanye West vs. the Illuminati -- May 2014 -- Superstition

Kaen 2
Ricochet -- March 2013 -- Wild West
Dough -- July 2013 -- Desserts

Qui 2
*Pure -- February 2011 -- Awesome
*ctf_2fort -- Julgust 2011 -- Deuces Wild

Dr. Spacebar 2
Little Green Men Call it Xeeblor -- Julgust 2011 -- Deuces Wild
Two Routes -- Julgust 2011 -- Deuces Wild

edshin95 2
Asteroids -- August 2008 -- Righteous Retrieves
Retro Evolved -- September 2008 -- Other Games

Cracatoa 2
Throwing Star -- November 2010 -- No Right Angles
Tech -- February 2011 -- Awesome

Germanator 2
Cyclops -- August 2010 -- Mythology
Belt -- February 2011 -- Awesome

Users with only 1 map missing:
Watusimoto -- Half-assed Minotaur -- August 2010 -- Mythology
Zemmer -- Lucky Charms -- May 2014 -- Superstition
Lone Wolf -- Zoo Wars -- Julgust 2011 -- Deuces Wild
Zoomber -- Thrust Chains -- July 2010 -- Favorite Gametype
Unknown -- *Fracticality -- April 2010 -- 3 Versions
vs37nx - Theoneandonlyzaad -- January 2014 -- Improvement
Arctic - Race -- February 2011 -- Awesome

If your name is not on this list, hooray! You either haven't created any contest levels, created contest levels before April 2010 (I don't have level lists for those contests to know what we're missing), or I already have your contest levels.

[raptor]

You should look on sam686's server:

http://sam6.25u.com/bitfighter/

specifically, in the levels* directories.

[Little_Apple]

Little Apple 5
Moar Carrots 'n' Stuff -- Julgust 2011 -- Deuces Wild
Horatio the Soccer Player -- December 2011 -- Cool Curves
Desperados -- March 2013 -- Wild West
Honky Tonk Massacre -- March 2013 -- Wild West
Chilled Monkey Brain -- July 2013 -- Desserts

I don't have the first 2, but here are Desparados, Honky Tonk Massacre and Chilled Monkey Brain.

Thanks Little Apple!

@Raptor I've looked through the following directories: /level_contest, /levels, /levels2, /levels3. I haven't had a chance to look through the rest, but my guess is that they're mostly similar and I won't have much luck. Thanks anyway!

[sam686]

I found bobdaduck_contest_submissions.zip its a long time i don't know where I downloaded the file from. Don't forget to put the level credits in.

I have Trefoil but i don't know if raptor wants me to send it to you or if he has a modified 'fixed' version?

If you have used forum PM to send level contest, you can check your forum's PM sent messages and see if its there. Note, limited to 50 newest sent messages.

I have had 2 hard disk failure over a past 5 years. Don't bother reading this black text... The first one (Pentium 4 HT 3 GHz) started randomly corrupting the file system with over 4000 reallocated sector count slowing down the computer too much then unable to boot, although hard disk didn't die completely. Used USB to PATA/SATA adapter to take most files into another computer, then i probably destroyed a dying hard disk. Then got the computer working with a new hard disk, without random corruption. When I got another old computer (Pentium D 2.8 GHz), that computer randomly chirps, then 1 day later when I tell the BIOS to run a hard disk test, hard disk suddenly screams then dies with an endless clicking sound. Once again, got that one working with a new hard disk, now without random chirping sound.

Yikes. I've been fortunate to avoid hard drive failures but have lost levels due to a virus and accidental deletion. Now I just back up everything in at least two external places, might be overkill but I don't have to worry about losing stuff.

Thanks for the levels sam!

[watusimoto]

Upload more levels to Pleiades!

I think watusimoto wants sky_lark to upload more levels to Pleiades

So I'm not opposed to uploading levels to Pleiades but I don't really have many levels to offer that are (a) high quality and (b) created by me. If y'all devs can come up with a way for players like me to upload levels but retroactively change author credit (maybe to "Unspecified"), then I'd be happy to upload more levels that are fun and made by inactive community members.

Any news on finding those old levels?

I lost a old levels that if anyone has would be apperciated.

1.mission impossible - very similer to Forcefeild Crossing

2. swarmed

3.detour

Check your PMs, I'm sure I've sent you Swarmed and Detour a couple times now.

Once again lsot those 2 levels geez im getting anoyyed that third one seems forever gone though.

It should still be in your PMs, unless you deleted it.

Yes I deleted it.........

I realy need to have a file somwhere in my pc where to put levels and not have them deleted