Here is the deal on v3.5 of WFA, read, digest, etc :)
By August 7th you must give Shadow a pk3 containing any map that you wish to have considered as "official" in v3.5. Your map need not be absolutely perfect at this point but it should be complete enough that you don't mind it being used to determine the merit of your work.
By August 15th I will have selected the final maplist for v3.5. If your map is selected and you still wish to have it included in v3.5, you must give Shadow a FINAL version of your pk3, ***********WITH the .MAP FILE**************.
The WFADEV team mappers will be going over all new maps to be included with v3.5 looking for ways to improve their performance, quality, looks, and potentially small gameplay tweaks. Obviously the amount of changes each map might receive are likely to be very small given the total number of maps we will be working with but it is VERY likely that at least some changes will be made to each map. Once we have finished our changes, we will recompile the final BSP and make the final v3.5 pk3. We will send you a copy of the modified .map file so that you will have it to build from in the future if you decide to make revisions or 2nd generation versions. This is not negotiable this time around. Anyone who isn't willing to let the devteam try to smooth out their work is of course welcome to submit their map to wfamaps as a freelance work.
Additionally, all new maps MUST contain domination mode entities. You can contact Shadowspawn, Rav, or any of the veterans in #wfamaps for info on that.
The official devteam mappers are Rav, D-man, Aries, and Belac. Shadowspawn will likely be assisting them in their duties both adminstratively and technically. Those are the folks who will be doing the optimizations.
So, there you go. Questions?