Last night, I uploaded a recreation level of the WTC much to my poor assessment. Like every map you make, you learn from it. In this case, it was not only in Hammer, but for a community. I accept embarrasment and retaliation for this, because I hurt the community I sincerely appreciate. Which leads me to regain composure for the next point.
Before working on TwinTowers, I searched for any rules about submitting sensitive content - which turns out there are no rules to submissions. I was blind to how players would receive the map, since I based it off TF2's demake, GG2's TwinTowers. Which was met by indifferent server owners including it in their rotations, and players unoccupied with the environment.
At this time though, I owe this community an apology. Someone in my position should be a better judge of illicit work. I'd made the stupid assumption that people were going to approach the map much like the community before it. I apologize.
To learn from this mistake though, rules are set to prevent wrong doing. There are no rules that I found that draw the line for map submissions. Such as obscene content or stolen work. Since a map is only limited by the mapper's imagination, which is our tremendously powerful creative muscle, there's unlimited good as there is bad to come from it.
A simple page about what kind of levels you are not allowed to post would only be there to prevent egregious work, just like every other gaming community does.
Before working on TwinTowers, I searched for any rules about submitting sensitive content - which turns out there are no rules to submissions. I was blind to how players would receive the map, since I based it off TF2's demake, GG2's TwinTowers. Which was met by indifferent server owners including it in their rotations, and players unoccupied with the environment.
At this time though, I owe this community an apology. Someone in my position should be a better judge of illicit work. I'd made the stupid assumption that people were going to approach the map much like the community before it. I apologize.
To learn from this mistake though, rules are set to prevent wrong doing. There are no rules that I found that draw the line for map submissions. Such as obscene content or stolen work. Since a map is only limited by the mapper's imagination, which is our tremendously powerful creative muscle, there's unlimited good as there is bad to come from it.
A simple page about what kind of levels you are not allowed to post would only be there to prevent egregious work, just like every other gaming community does.