Actually Vessan, I have more than one of the ideas you put as "other" already in the map. I have a circle like pattern in the height map (hard to explain), in 4 of the five circles are small camps for visitors to stay in if they feel like it. There is a large portion of the map sectioned off for judges and competitor quarters, with a special house for Mods and Admins if they so choose to come to the event. All the events in fact are in their own little colosseums, which is why I've only made three contests(the colosseums are a pain to decorate and install elevators). The circles themselves are like pools in a way. I suppose you could think of it like a ring, with the actual metal of the ring being water and the center and around it being land.Then think of those rings lined up in a spaced out version of the Olympic rings symbol, with small ponds spaced around it. I've custom made bridges to cross the water, even though they can easily be jumped over, and the general design of the map is park-ish in a sense. With trees and foliage randomly spaced about and campfires to sit around. I'm not sure how else I would create the more game like ideas, (tick tack toe, chessboard) but the map isn't huge so it's quite easy to find members to chat with (seeing as general was removed). Maybe I'll make a second map for next year's events with the racing & jumping courses you listed, but for now I'd like to keep it simple and see how it goes. If it turns out to be a wonderful community event, I'll add more skill courses.
I'll keep you in mind Leafles, but before I pick any judges specifically I'd like to invite our good friend Redlineslies to be a judge, if he so happens to see this thread.
Now, here's my reason why the map isn't done; I've tested and tried it many times, experimented with several things, yet still whenever I enter the map through Cape of Distant Worlds many of my objects and particles disappear. Do I simply need to export the map first? Or move files to another spot? I want this map to be as awesome as possible for you guys, and I can't do that without some of the awesome items that keep disappearing! Any ideas on a solution? (I could have the map up within days if I could fix this problem)