- September MMC -
The speedball results are out!
"Speedball - BrutalDeluxe - MMC by   MrA 80 points
"[MMC-SB] Bowler Derby by   Snake55wildcat 74,5points
"SpeedBall - Gold Fever MMC by   TitiShu 71,5points

Congratz to all participants, for the full results visit: http://sm.mania-exchange.com/threads/213?postid=1357

- November MMC -
The november MMC has started! This month it's your task to build an indoor joust map! For more information and full rules visit: http://sm.mania-exchange.com/threads/221?postid=1349

News coming from the maniaplanet blog

Nadeo says:

We are pleased to announce that the ShootMania: Storm Elite Demo is now open to everyone. The demo can be downloaded here: http://maniaplanet.com/shootmania/elite.

Moreover, to celebrate the release of the demo, Nadeo is running two competitions until October 31st: Players who play ShootMania demo can win one PlayStation 4 and many ShootMania Storm VIP access per day.

You can get more details about the rules of the competitions here :

-PS4 Elite
-VIP Access Elite

Finally, interested gamers can take advantage of a special 50% discount in ShootMania’s price, until the 31st of October.

Enough talk, go have fun with all your mates on ShootMania and maybe be the lucky one who will win the PS4 ^^

Good Luck & more than anything Have FUN!

- What is the Monthly Mapping Contest? -
In the Monthly Mapping Contest your task is to build a ShootMania map on a given theme. All of the submissions per month will be added to our official MMC server, which will be open to the public and is where our judges will play and judge the maps to find a winner. The top 3 will receive various prizes.


Here are the Monthly Mapping Contest winners from May, June and July! Congratz to everyone listed below, and thanks to all the participants. Prizes have been sent!

- May 2013, Elite - Max. points 90
"Elite - Psygnosis - MMC by   MrA 79,5 points
"Elite - ThunderEdge (MMC) by   PapyChampy 72,5 points
"Elite.MMC.FreeRunning by   Cidril 67,5 points
Click here for the full results.

- June 2013, Time Trial- Max. points 90
"MMC PowerStation by   adsun 85,5 points
"TimeTrial.MMC.asdf by   Cidril 81,5 points
"MMC - Compact Challenge by   darkpuddle 79 points
Click here for the full results.

- July 2013, Royal - Max. points 100
"[MMC] Royal - Last Stand by   Snake55wildcat 78,5 points
"Royal - SMMCPENTE by   kadaz 77,5 points
"Royal - MMC Copy Forever« by   ketrab 75,5 points
Click here for the full results.


- September MMC -
Of course we started another MMC for this month which you can participate in right now! In this months contest, the theme is about the use of the custom objects available in the speedball titlepack in a creative way to make a speedball map.
You can install the title pack using the manialink: speedball

For more information and full rules visit: http://sm.mania-exchange.com/threads/213/mmc-september-2013-speedball


- Monthly Screenshot Contest -
The monthly Screenshot Contest has returned! This month's theme is to create an advertisement! Shootmania is allowed.
The winner will be granted with a copy of Trackmania 2: Valley (if the contest gets more than 15 participants.)

Please head on over to TM-Exchange: Read more about the MSC here!

This months Monthly Mapping Contest is for the Speedball titlepack. The MMC is a challenge for mappers to come up with their most outstanding creations. In this months contest, the theme is about the use of the custom objects available in the speedball titlepack to make a speedball map.

You can install the title pack using the manialink: speedball

Please Visit: http://sm.mania-exchange.com/threads/213/mmc-september-2013-speedball

We have done a major site upate, even if its hard to tell immediately

SMX Upgrade
We have upgraded to the same code base as TM2 Exchange.

o Future changes are now shared between the two exchanges
o Awards have replaced ratings.
o All ratings of 4 and 5 stars are converted to awards.
o All ratings of 1 to 3 have been discarded

Please visit us after playing maps to award the maps you have enjoyed

Note: Feel free to add some words to your newly converted awards!!! You can list awards you have given by going to your account page and clicking on the link to show given awards.

Unreleased Maps
o At upload, you can choose to upload maps in unreleased state
o You can then share links to the map
o Unreleased maps can still be added to servers for testing.
o Convert the map to released status when you are ready.

Live Online Chat
IRC (internet relay chat) is now available under the 'About MX' menu drop down. Its a chat window in which you can chat to other users. It is moderated and there is often moderators there, so please understand to respect other people, just as you would anywhere else on MX.

Fixes
o Duo accounts work again
o Map listings icons align nicer
o More room in listings for map names

Any problems, let us know on the Site Discussion or Bugs forum.

Now that we have taken this step, we hope to bring some more updates in due course.

steeffeen & Titishu have worked on this title pack for several months and it's finally ready for the public. There is a real ball (item) and a whole load of custom objects to mix into your maps.

Vist the manialink: SpeedBall

Or read about it, on the Maniaplanet Forum

Looks like is should be fun!

Nadeo now gives a 'replay' service which auto records all Elite matches. You can access your replays by using the manialink replays.

What are manialinks?
These are like in-game web pages. There is an address bar at the top left of the screen in the game, from there you type the name of the manialink to visit.. so in this case its just: replays

It's now possible to invite your friends to play Shootmania Elite.

The Elite mode can be so much more fun when you know the group who you play with. . You can invite people on a daily play limit guest account, or a super guest account which cost 5000 planets (returned to you if they then buy the game)...

You can read all about how this will work on the Maniaplanet Blog, or by just clicking on the link in the newly designed Elite station. (Make the elite station full size to see the new look!).



We might as well take this opportunity to let our friends try out the game for free!

- New shootmania update! -
That's right, we've been treated with another update.. This one includes such things as more new blocks, improved lobby design, echelon system and more.
- read the full changelog here -


- July Monthly Mappy Contest -
The july MMC has started! This time your task is to continue mapping on a pre-made royal base.
Join in on the fun! Read the full rules here.