Today I want to make a confession.
For a long time ago, I went through one of those moments in life where you question many things.
I was about to leave N forever. Stop playing and stop making maps.
But thank God I found this map.
I played and played for many days. And last of all, this was the map that encouraged me to go ahead with N.
I think these words describe for themselves the quality of this map.
I wanted to one day get to make a map as great as this. I'm still trying.
Superb. — zoasBE

If you feel like nominating some maps & packs & members for the Dronies, Aidiera has set up a site at: https://dronies.webform.com/form/1067 [dronies.webform.com]

You'll need a validation code though. To get one, all you need to do is PM Aidiera [forum.ninjarobotyeti.com] on the forums.

Any queries can be directed at him or myself.

-flag

(flag actually wrote this part: if you're new to NUMA and want an explanation of what the Dronies contest actually is, ask on one of my maps.)

I expect more elephants from everyone.

The 2011 Dronies are now open for nominations. Maps must be between 208252 and 218210 to be eligible. You can read more about The Dronies on the forums. [forum.ninjarobotyeti.com]

The thumbnail repair is now complete! All maps, barring a very few seriously broken ones, should now have valid thumbnails.

The process that generates thumbnails is now fixed. New and edited maps should generate thumbnails correctly.

All the thumbnails for existing maps are being regenerated; in the meantime they will show broken image links. The regeneration process should be complete in approximately 9 hours.

For news about NUMA's status and future, please check out this post [forum.ninjarobotyeti.com].

Everything is on hold until NUMA is up with any sort of regularity. Dronies, features, etc.

More info at forum.ninjarobotyeti.com in the nmaps.net subforum, and, as always, on the IRC at mountai.net.

Fair warning: I am going to shut down the feature system completely if there is not an awesome Halloween review in the next few hours. (Looking at you, gloom.)

So, it's gonna take some work to run and compile Dronies this year. We understand that they're a great community tradition, and we want to put them on -- but only if you guys are still interested.

Thus, I would like feedback. Hit up one of my maps and leave either: "Yes, we want the Dronies," or "No, they've run their course." (Or something along those lines.)

There is also a thread [forum.ninjarobotyeti.com] over on the forums for those interested.

Well, folks, we're plugging right along with the 10,000 maps. As of late, we are about 1/20th to our goal. We just hit the 500-map checkpoint!

I have been in the process of moving my stuff and getting situated with work and school. Because of this I have not been available to check in on the happenings of NUMA as often or as in-depth as I would like.

There is something I need to clear up, because a lot of you seem confused or maybe I didn't convey what I meant in the original post. The maps which mark the 100th and 1000th maps are the maps whose number ends in ****80. Remember, we started with map 216980, which means every 100th map would end with 80. Same thing goes for the 1000th map checkpoints.

Alternatively, if you submit a map which has a number divisible by 1,000 you get access to all of the prizes available.

More themes! I hope these are giving you guys some ideas for maps, or at least some great maps to play, regardless.

thwump riding [nmaps.net]
tileset [nmaps.net]
no-gold [nmaps.net]
Impossible? [nmaps.net]
Mathematical? [nmaps.net]