okay, since it looks like people are interested, im pmming Blue about cutting back the deadline and official unofficial starting today.
but, since he's at school right now for the whole day, he won't be able to respond until he gets back and can get on the comp.
so, im going rogue and knowing all of you want to start so im saying yes, you can start today. if Blue finds an objection to me i say oops,

ok, and will post again to let everyone know.
M&M, one word to stop everyone from getting a head start. honor. besides, when they send the prefab to us we'll know if it was started before the deadline, there's a time-started, and time-last-modified you can see on any file. it's tough to change too. we'll probably jsut throw that one out and mark the sender and post that he/she cheated.
you could make a golfing bridge, with the small surroundings being a golf course, but dont spend too much time with the surroundings, we're going to be looking at the bridge when we judge.
and yes, the bridge can be the whole map, but keep in mind your speed in mapping and how long a week is. i personally doubt anyone could map a decent bridge in that time.
if i'm misunderstanding you and saying you don't want to do the surroundings, that's kind of iffy. if you could just place an extra brush and texture at the bottom at the end that's fine.
and the way we'll get the bridges prefabs will be via email im guessing. once we know how many people have entered for sure we'll assign judges their people (unless they request one...)
whew, i think that's everything. if Blue doesn't mind the contest will end next Wednsday.
thanx for posting and entering everyone!!! glad this is going so well.