Custom Maps Submission Polls: An unoriginal idea

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Since polls are working for the first time in roughly 4 years, since we now have active map officers like LaN, and since I'm going to keep trying to spur traffic onto these decrepit forums till the end of time no matter how doomed my attempts may be, I propose that every three weeks to a month or so, when time allows, people who normally never post here or who normally do post here irregardless post links to ONE (1) of their favorite custom maps they'd like to see get added.

All of the maps will get polled against each other if there are more than 5, which is probably not likely when taking into account the traffic we get here, and assuming all 5 (or less) of the finalists are not completely fucking stupid, each of them (or even just the one or two that outpoll the others) get added and we find a point of testing them and invitespamming our friends lists to generate traffic. If everyone considers a particular map especially good, it will be put on the public nomination list. If a particular map turns out to be especially glitched up or incredibly fucking terrible, it doesn't get put on nomination and gets removed. If there's big disagreement over how good or bad a map turns out to be, it stays off of nomination but remains on the admin list.

For consistency, we can make a habit of going through this process at least once a month and on weekends when we aren't holding some other spontaneous main server event, and assuming we keep at it into the summer months we would do it bi-weekly depending on how crowded it gets, as we actually *do* get much more activity, unsurprisingly, every year from late June through mid-late August.

Feel free to concur with this thread, make more suggestions, or call it fucking retarded/call me fucking retarded for bothering to propose it.

[katattackk]

i think we could make some fun of this. maybe have actual days for this. using the mainserver or something even just as a testing ground on specific days. make this like a competition between the maps and the people who submit them. give a hat or something to whoever has a winning map. have not like leaderboards but do polls and show results in a team bracket style. add some fun into it to draw in new, old, and current members. having just a poll could get boring fast. if we give an incentive to keep people interested, keep them logging in to check and keep them playing, it could draw a good bit back in. as i said id be more than happy to help with this. setting up polls or posts or whatever else and making the brackets. mhmm~

[squishy]

I like this idea. Though first we're gonna need to get people to actually post maps. (and I'm not even sure how people find new maps in the first place)

[Haunwulf]

It could be a thing. Though I feel at some point (after) the first try this idea would die out due to lazyness, forgetting, lack of participants, etc. etc. etc.

Though we can always try. Your goal is now to prove me wrong, I'll try to help if needed.

But you know what'd help tons? Steam group announcements.

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But you know what'd help tons? Steam group announcements.

You are so funny, man.

[katattackk]

But you know what'd help tons? Steam group announcements.

You are so funny, man.

I can't tell if you guys are joking because its stupid or joking because it'll never happen but I kind of really wanna talking to giggles about using them again for main server parties and whatever else.

[FlaminSarge]

I don't know if this goes here, but as a word of warning, I'm already looking at all the maps here (and so can you):
http://forums.tf2maps.net/showthread.php?t=22234

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Bring these maps on. My body is (not)ready

[digitalwanderer]

We could use the funserver to test maps, when the server has players just force next map and use the map rating system.