Heh well while I don't always agree with what Snipergen thinks shouldnt be, i will agree with him on this point. If you were to simply take a decompiled map, change a few entities and release it that is essentially plagarism.
Luckily, as you are aware, decompiled maps are virtually uncompilable, so that this plagarism cannot happen.
And while you make a valid point about valve simply remaking earlier TFC maps, i would note that they did NOT simply copy the original 2fort layout in hammer and add pretty entities/models. The map has been recreated from scratch involving untold hours of labor.
If you were to simply take those untold hours of labor, spend an hour changing entities, and release it as something new, thats pretty much a slap in the face of the people who worked so hard to make the thing, regardless of whether you give them credit.
So while I whole heartedly applaud any attempts on your part to implement new gameplay options into TF2, I would prefer you do it as part of your own creations.
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