Featured Maps 2024

[nesman]

What is January February? Hell if I know, is that something someone made up? You bet your ass it is! Anyways that doesn't matter, time is linear and also, Happy New Year! We asked for your nominations for the featured maps and boy, we sure did get them again this year. No, we did not have someone submit 100 maps again, thankfully, but we still had a lot. Anyway, here's the newly featured maps!

A/D Control Points

Sobek - AsG_Alligator

Ambush - ics

Baxter - nesman

Holdout AD - Sub Hsif

AD Capture The Flag

Chouhen - AlrexX [she/they]

Capture The Flag

Monkeynaut - zythe_

Life Snatcher - zythe_

King of The Hill

Eros - Bakscratch

Fragile - Emil_Rusboi

Splinter - Idolon

Gamma - Midlou

Ice Tower - Midlou

County - passionateandripped


Mann Vs. Machine

Rancher - Asd417

Sludge - AElement

Saxford - Fillmore

Payload

Greenwood - AllInTw0

Gavle - Crash

Yokohama - Idolon

Desolation - MayaMogus

Shatter - Sub Hsif

Silverline - Sub Hsif

Devils Half Acre - YM

Jerrycan - youporkchop5

Robot Destruction

Crypt Abridged Event - Emil_Rusboi

Steeltype Control Points

Outflow - Yrr

Symmetrical Control Points

Ancient - zythe_

Chipper - zythe_

Arena / Freeze Tag/ Versus Saxton Hale (VScript)

Aspen - Aapelikaeki

Melchior - DrSquishy

Himalaya - Freyja

Rural - Malachite Man

Speleo - Sarexicus

Cryo - zythe_

Gray Gravel HQ - Ismaciodismorphus

Expedition - Phe​

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Pipeball

Linedrive - SnickerPuffs

Honorable Mention
Honorable mentioned maps are not featured. We'll see about doing a few more next year for fun.

Wegas Challenge - Alex Turtle


As we promised, here is the thread for the feedback collected during the community poll on featuring maps. Mappers please note, some feedback could be considered blunt, unkind, ignorant, or plain untrue. If you prefer not to see interpretations like that about your creation, do not open the thread.

https://tf2maps.net/threads/featured-maps-poll-feedback.54020/

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[Gravidea]

An extremely good selection this year. Great work to everyone!

 

[Seacat08]

Aww none of my maps got in, oh well there's always next year

 

[Midlou]

I'm glad we have a way to get feedback this year, it's important to understand how to improve. After all, it took years for Gamma and Icetower to make it to the list, and it happened little by little, update by update. This community helped me figure out what I needed to do to improve, so the more feedback, the better. It was worth it.

 

[Bestest bread is lost-ish]

I’d hate to be that guy, but a good chunk of these maps seem to be from the same few people. Not enough to raise some eyebrows, but enough to make an observation.

 

[SnickerPuffs]

 

[Lo-fi Longcat]

Thanks for including almost every Freeze Tag map!!! It's an honour for my funny little game mode to be featured so prominently I really should get onto making the summer version huh

 

[Seacat08]

I’d hate to be that guy, but a good chunk of these maps seem to be from the same few people. Not enough to raise some eyebrows, but enough to make an observation.

I kinda noticed that too. Was a bit of a sensitive topic last year and had some drama around it. I'm not going to be picky though as is in all honesty not my site to make decisions on so is up to them at the end of the day. Nice observation though, nice to see some others notice it haha

 

[Another Bad Pun]

Not really in love with this list, but it was a good try. The feedback is nice to see.

 

[Yrr]

I don't think it means much that the people who make a lot of high quality maps appear more often in featured map lists. That's just a statistical inevitability.

It's never too late for your map to be featured tho, just take a look at halfacre - finally featured after 16 years.

 

[Munckeyz]

crater was robbed

jk, nice selection this year too. especially like the payload maps!

 

[Tiftid]

I hope to nominate more 2009maps next year