Greetings Mania(c)s!
Today we continue our Community Spotlight with MrA from ManiaExchange!
We have been highlighting some of the most dedicated community websites and members all month long. These members and communities are the backbone of the ManiaPlanet family, and we are forever grateful for them and all of you out there.
Past Interviews:
To celebrate the tremendous creativity of the TrackMania community over the past 10 years, we are announcing today the TrackMania² Free Multiplayer Demo which you can download now.
As part of this, you will now be able to buy the Celebra10n TrackMania Complete Package, which includes TrackMania² Stadium, Canyon, Valley and the original TrackMania United Forever for $29.99 (or 29.99€). Buy it now here.
Additionally, you can now purchase the Celebra10n TrackMania² Package, which includes all three TrackMania² titles for $19.99 (or 19.99€). Buy it now here or on the Steam store.
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Alongside these celebration packages, we announced the 10th Anniversary Creative Competitions last week that includes track, car, and video creation contests. The winners of the contests will have their submissions presented at our celebratory LAN streaming event [aka LANniversary] on December 14, 2013. We invite you all to participate and celebrate the TrackMania community.
Over the past 10 years, the TrackMania community has grown and evolved in many ways. Sites like Mania Exchange, Mania Park, and countless others host creation contests, competitions, and weekly events. They are also host to a hugemungous database of track creations, car models, and videos that represent just the tip of the iceberg of community creativity. The recently added Steam workshop has also been a great source of creative designs for a new audience of players. All of these have helped TrackMania grow in different and new ways over the past 10 years.
It is rare that a game lasts 10 years in this industry. Think about it, 10 years ago Ben Affleck was celebrating the success of acting in Gigli, YouTube definitely wasn’t a thing, and Matrix Revolutions unfortunately was a thing. It is because of the members of the TrackMania and ManiaPlanet community that keep this game thriving.
Community members like forum moderator and passionate track creator, eyebo, has been a TrackMania-c since 2006. Another ManiaPlanet moderator, tcq, has been highly involved in competitions since 2004. Mikey, a passionate community member has hosted a very popular server called Madhouse for years. Xymph and Slig have done amazing things for Dedimania. Peteypablo7 has been an extremely passionate leader on TrackMania Exchange. These community members and thousands of others have been built into the fabric of the TrackMania family.
Thank you all from the bottom of our fuel injected hearts. We hope you join us for the next 10 years.
Today we are excited to announce the winner of the ShootMania: Elite Demo Playstation 4 Giveaway!
All through October we have been running a contest to allow you, the players, a chance to win a Playstation 4. All players had to do was play ShootMania: Elite to be entered into the giveaway, and the winner was chosen at random.
The winner of the Playstation 4 goes to ManiaPlanet user, Thelomarak!
You can still download the ShootMania: Elite Demo right now!
As part of our continued Community Spotlight, we have today SadHik from ManiaPark!
For those of you who do not know, we have been highlighting some of the most dedicated community websites and members, all of which have been helping to promote ManiaPlanet and our players for years.
We started off our Community Spotlight series by interviewing ManiaActu for our first event, and we will be having more all month. Stay Tuned!
We have a new TrackMania²: Stadium ESWC World Champion and his name is Carl Jr!
In an amazing World Final at the ESWC, we saw a very tight race between some very talented TrackMania² players out there. Carl Jr, Tala, Koenz, and Bergie faced off and Carl Jr was able to pull out a dominating win over the field.
On his birthday, Tala takes the second place spot in the world championship. Rounding up the third place is Koenz who was competing in his very first international competition.
Bergie came in fourth, which may have been a surprise to some since he is a very talented player. But the day belonged to Carl Jr and to Canada.
Carl Jr takes home the first place prize of $4000 and crowned ESWC World Champion in TrackMania²: Stadium. Congratulations to him and congratulations to everyone who competed. Keep Racing!
For more on the race and the Nadeo conference that took place before the competition, head over to our forums.
What a day! Competition is here and it is fuel injected esports at ESWC with TrackMania²: Stadium.
We had a full day of exciting trials and for the full breakdown of the ESWC TrackMania² bracket, check out the ESWC TrackMania page.
Moving on in the winners bracket is a high powered group of competitors. Carl Jr, Tween, Tala, and the French ESWC TrackMania² champion, Yoyo all make it past the semifinal rounds and into the finals. They will face off in a match that you will NOT want to miss on Friday, November 1st at 12:00PM CET.
The rounds of the losers bracket will take place tomorrow and will give fallen competitors a chance to get another foothold into the competition. Keep racing!
Hello Maniacs! Another day is done at the ESWC ShootMania tournament and it was filled with excitement and high level of game play. The updated teams can be found on the ESWC ShootMania page.
In Group A, the British team fm! eSports and the French team Colwn advance to the quarterfinals with both of them winning two matches and losing one to get 6 points each.
Group B was slightly more one sided with Fnatic winning all three of their matches 2-0. Taking second was the Polish team MaxFloPlay winning two of their three matches.
Tomorrow we will see Groups C and D face off which include the French Champions, aAa gaming.
Today is the last day to win a Playstation 4 just by playing Elite! All you need to do is play the game to be entered for a chance to win a PS4, even if you’re playing on an account where you have purchased the game.
The free demo can be downloaded here: http://maniaplanet.com/shootmania/elite
Remember that today is also the last day that you can take advantage of a special 50% discount in ShootMania’s price.
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Paris Games Week has started off in style with ESWC eSports and the TrackMania² French Final.
Top teams were present and four players were there in the final round to take the prize of being crowned a champion of TrackMania² in France. Taking the 1st place spot is Yoyo representing team 3DMax Gaming. A big congrats to him and his team.
Taking second is Carl representing Team-LDLC, third place went to Zo0M, and fourth place went to Kronos. Congratulations to all who participated and we hope they continue their success in the future.
The updated bracket will be posted on the ESWC TrackMania² official page.
Paris Games Week has started off in style, with ESWC eSports and the ShootMania French Final.
The final two positions for the ESWC ShootMania International Tournament have been slated this morning as the team from aAa Gaming wins the 1st place spot in the French Finals. The aAa Gaming team gets the #1 Seed in Group C and will compete for a spot in the finals on Friday.
The second qualifier goes to the 3DMax Gaming team and they will compete in the late afternoon on Thursday, October 31st.