evanonline
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- Mar 15, 2009
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By the way, this is a bit off topic but it's something that's been bugging me lately that maybe you could answer, Youme:
Is there any reason all the recent community maps have _final after them now? It's such a silly thing but it bugs me SO MUCH. And I think it's sorta hurt all the recent community maps in a weird way--Fastlane, Turbine, Steel and even Watchtower feel like they've all "integrated" into the game now to most people, but Egypt, Junction and Hoodoo all have some sort of negative aura around them because they're "community maps" and I swear that I think "_final" is the reason.
People will still complain about Fastlane, Turbine and Steel sometimes, but they complain about them because they just don't like them, not because "they're community maps". When I ask people why they don't like Egypt, Junction or Hoodoo, a lot of the times the answer seems to just be "because they're community maps" and it bugs me a lot. Egypt is great fun now and my only gripes with Hoodoo are all probably going to be fixed because you're actually taking the initiative to ask people what they dislike. I would imagine Junction is getting an update too sometime soon. There's a lot of sloppiness there--the computer console in the BLU spawn room that you can just walk right through, the control point names are all copied right in from Gravel Pit (i.e. Cap C is "The Laser Gun" when no laser gun is in sight!)
My reasoning for this rift between the old community maps and the new ones just be because people think of these new maps as community maps first and official maps second. I'd guess maybe it's just because people can notice it easier when there's that naggling "_final" on the end of every new community map name telling them "this map isn't official!" This could just be me rewording my tiny pet peeves to make them sound more important, but it's still something worth thinking about.
EDIT: OH! My problem with Stage 3 on Hoodoo, I just remembered. I think it's a little too short. Gold Rush's last stage has three capture points for BLU to take and I think if you broke the final stage of Hoodoo down into another segment like that, it'd flow a lot better.
Is there any reason all the recent community maps have _final after them now? It's such a silly thing but it bugs me SO MUCH. And I think it's sorta hurt all the recent community maps in a weird way--Fastlane, Turbine, Steel and even Watchtower feel like they've all "integrated" into the game now to most people, but Egypt, Junction and Hoodoo all have some sort of negative aura around them because they're "community maps" and I swear that I think "_final" is the reason.
People will still complain about Fastlane, Turbine and Steel sometimes, but they complain about them because they just don't like them, not because "they're community maps". When I ask people why they don't like Egypt, Junction or Hoodoo, a lot of the times the answer seems to just be "because they're community maps" and it bugs me a lot. Egypt is great fun now and my only gripes with Hoodoo are all probably going to be fixed because you're actually taking the initiative to ask people what they dislike. I would imagine Junction is getting an update too sometime soon. There's a lot of sloppiness there--the computer console in the BLU spawn room that you can just walk right through, the control point names are all copied right in from Gravel Pit (i.e. Cap C is "The Laser Gun" when no laser gun is in sight!)
My reasoning for this rift between the old community maps and the new ones just be because people think of these new maps as community maps first and official maps second. I'd guess maybe it's just because people can notice it easier when there's that naggling "_final" on the end of every new community map name telling them "this map isn't official!" This could just be me rewording my tiny pet peeves to make them sound more important, but it's still something worth thinking about.
EDIT: OH! My problem with Stage 3 on Hoodoo, I just remembered. I think it's a little too short. Gold Rush's last stage has three capture points for BLU to take and I think if you broke the final stage of Hoodoo down into another segment like that, it'd flow a lot better.
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