New Map Rotation

Turbo Lover · May 31, 2015

Hey, how's it going, Fr0z3n said to post this here.

Can we get a new map rotation? The April Fool's rotation of joke and gimmick maps is kinda losing its luster now that it's almost June. Personally, I'm not a fan of getting motion sickness from the variety of visually offensive maps that are currently on the rotation - I'm looking at you ctf_turbine_pisstaco. And I hear that casual events might make a comeback too, they'd benefit greatly from a new rotation, one filled with high quality maps from our community such as the ones featured in our Map Showcase.

But wait! The maps in the showcase seem kind of old hat, don't they? Maybe we could take this opportunity to make some new additions to the showcase, and work out the kinks in the selection process. I hear there's quite a backlog of submissions, perhaps we should start there?

But that's just me, what do you guys think?

Egan · May 31, 2015

Yeah we can do this.

I have concerns that people will become bored of rotation maps as they have in all cases previously, and we do in fact need players to playtest showcase entries for good gameplay feedback. I also have concerns about the reliability of casual playtest player numbers but maybe that will be fine.

Berry · May 31, 2015

Egan said:
Yeah we can do this.

I have concerns that people will become bored of rotation maps as they have in all cases previously, and we do in fact need players to playtest showcase entries for good gameplay feedback. I also have concerns about the reliability of casual playtest player numbers but maybe that will be fine.

As you say, we do need to test showcase entries so what if we added the to-be-reviewed showcase entries to the rotation as well (or the promising ones), then removed any that weren't fitting? (The rest would be added to the showcase full-time)

Egan · May 31, 2015

Berry said:
As you say, we do need to test showcase entries so what if we added the to-be-reviewed showcase entries to the rotation as well (or the promising ones), then removed any that weren't fitting? (The rest would be added to the showcase full-time)

Oh actually I was confused, was thinking of the to-be-reviewed maps instead of the actual in-the-showcase maps. Pardon my previous response. Yeah have the showcase maps in the pool would be totally fine then.

I don't think we should change how showcase maps are selected though.

Turbo Lover · May 31, 2015

Egan said:
I don't think we should change how showcase maps are selected though.

Well, how exactly are Showcase maps selected and why have the number of new Showcase maps gone down recently if it's functioning as intended?

Crash · May 31, 2015

Because we're very behind on them, again. We've recently brought on a bunch of new staff and have been making plans behind the scenes to get that back on order.

Egan · May 31, 2015

Map list updated to current showcase (minus the in-game maps like yukon/manor/coldfront etc).

arena_backlot_rc2
arena_blackwood_valley
arena_suijin_rc2
cp_antiquity_rc1
cp_axle_rc1
cp_bazillion_rc5
cp_desertion_rc1
cp_dusk_rc1
cp_edifice_rc1
cp_ferrum_rc1
cp_furnace_rc
cp_glacier_rc6
cp_keikoku_rc1
cp_mojave_b2
cp_morras_castle_rc1
cp_silvertrail_rc2
cp_stoneyridge_rc1
cp_tidal_v4
cp_upland_rc4
cp_zinkenite_b3a
ctf_haarp
ctf_landfall_rc
ctf_overlook_b1
ctf_system_rc1
ctf_vector_v1
ctf_wildfire_rc
koth_anthem_b3
koth_arctic_b3
koth_dropdown_rc1
koth_former_cornfield_b1
koth_namicott_rc4
koth_nerve
koth_persia_b4
koth_quarry_rc5
koth_railbridge_rc2
koth_skyward_b2
pl_5curve
pl_angkor_rc1
pl_boundary_final1
pl_cashworks_final1
pl_crag_event_b
pl_escarpment_rc1
pl_manngrove_rc5
pl_waste_v2
tc_meridian_rc3

worMatty · May 31, 2015

I think you should include Snowplow on the rotation since it's a TF2maps flagship map.

Perhaps you could also include some good custom maps that are in beta stage? That would give players a bit more variety and also learn a little bit about how a map is built.

Kube · May 31, 2015

koth_anthem_b3 is in the list twice. Will that affect the map rotation on the server, or is that just a mistake in the post?

Edit: The fix had been made, so no worries here.

Zed · May 31, 2015

cp_keikoku_rc2 was released months ago. Freyja just hasn't updated the download link in the thread.

UKCS-Alias · Jun 5, 2015

How about using the top maps from the workshop combined with some of the older ones? The workshop might have some lower quality maps that might not be showcase worthy. But even in that case it still shows its popular and might still be worthy to have it on rotation.

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