ND Custom Maps (archived by Sky)

[NAMsunrise]

allright in my eyes map_bremen goes so boring if i played it 100 times. so ive a idea. can we not every 2 months change 1 of the 2 custom-maps? there are so many awesome maps (cortex, minas tirith, saberpeak (these 3 are good for a full server later at day imo), and ofc many more... ) . i give u an example what i mean: 1month: map1&map2, 2month: map2&map3, 3month: map3&map4, 4month: map4&map5 ..etc. and the user/players can vote what for a new custommap coming next. just an idea^^. what do you mean?

[Tomahawk]

it's supposed to be nodownload server (well ND+2 that is) adding more and more custom maps require more and more downloads, not to mention we already switched the custom maps serveral times before.

[Hruby]

Great idea but its a no from me

[NAMsunrise]

i mean it that it stay by +2 custom maps always. not +3 or +4 or something. dont missunderstand. or i missunderstand now? xd

[MrOwl]

I agree with the fact that some new maps should be added and some should be deleted. I get that feeling that on half of the maps there is an instant nextmap vote, like railgun. Also maps like Goldrush and Oasis are most of the time not fun to play cus nade/molo/panzer spam.

I think we need to look out for bigger maps, cus whether you guys like it or not, our server is massive crowded and we need to adjust to our capacity. If you find the ideal mapcycle and leave it for a long time, ppl that visit us regularly don't need to download either. If I had to pick between A) No download but playing oasis with 50 and not even being able to capture first flag as allies OR B) download 30 seconds for 1 time and being able to play at a great map that suits 50 players. My choise is made fairly easy.

I'm not saying we should just throw everything we have now off deck, but just think about the concept of putting new maps. I know that what we have now, is something that is working, so it's easy to stick with it. But I'm asking you to please just consider it instead of just saying no right away.

Regards,
-MrOwl

[NAMsunrise]

yeah but oasis and goldrush are basic-maps, so they never delete them, maybe fix spawntimes or something other dunno, iam good with them. my question is only for the +2 custom-maps pirates was more funnier as the poor bremen now.

[Storch]

Totally agree. Maybe we should just stop being so damn conservative for once and try to get away from this "6 classic maps must always remain" attitude. I mean, whats the point in a classic map, if it gets skipped every or every second time, as is the case with Rail Gun and very often Battery too. Of course, there are some people who like these maps, but I guess there are even more who would like other maps instead of those two. Naturally, we can't be sure about this and replacing those maps would bring a little risk with it. But if all hell breaks lose we can still switch back to our current system, can't we?

And about the name 'No Download'; who actually cares for the name? The name just stands for the server which is one of the most active ones in ET these days and for the regular guests and admins there, not explicitly for the maps. How many people were afraid that 2 additional maps would destroy the whole server about 2 years ago... what has happened? Right, ND just got more and more popular. People don't care for downloading, they care for the maps themselves. Of course every once a while there is a guy smartassing around, asking: "Why do i have to download when the server is called NO download??" But how often has that really happened since we added 2 maps? Not that often I think.

I just think it would be awesome to actually have 8 great maps for once, instead of 5-6 great ones and two others, that just have to be there, because it is supposed to be a No Download server with a certain amount of classic maps. But yeah, I don't expect much, I know how people think here. And I have to agree, change is D A N G E R O U S :P

[djuki]

I agree aswell, I even sugested it some time ago. some rotating of maps is imo a good idea.

[Mimus]

Rotating is in itself not a bad idea, neither is having bigger maps for more crowded servers or new maps for people who dislike the standard ones,
But the issue with nd is, before you guys pick one side, maybe ask yourselves if what you assume is correct.
There is one side of people fearing we might lose some players on nd if its not nodownload (aka. Only a bit of download and definitely the standard maps) in use.
Others think that we will lose players if we do not adjust for the needs of the bigger crowd when it comes to mapsize etc.
But both sides do not really know if anyhing of it is the case, aight? Or did anyone of you actually go out and ask the nd regulars what they like? Because one thing that is basically certain today is that there are not a lot of new players, therefore the main thing we will have to consideris how our atm-players will react to changes and what they actually want.
I mean, there areguestswho came for the basic maps, others maybe just came because its a full server, and some might have completelydifferent motivations.
Question remains, we need to find out what the majority of the server wants and not just the majority of our in-forum-activr-members if we want to keep the server fullwith guests

[Vogel]

Rotating is in itself not a bad idea, neither is having bigger maps for more crowded servers or new maps for people who dislike the standard ones,
But the issue with nd is, before you guys pick one side, maybe ask yourselves if what you assume is correct.
There is one side of people fearing we might lose some players on nd if its not nodownload (aka. Only a bit of download and definitely the standard maps) in use.
Others think that we will lose players if we do not adjust for the needs of the bigger crowd when it comes to mapsize etc.
But both sides do not really know if anyhing of it is the case, aight? Or did anyone of you actually go out and ask the nd regulars what they like? Because one thing that is basically certain today is that there are not a lot of new players, therefore the main thing we will have to consideris how our atm-players will react to changes and what they actually want.
I mean, there areguestswho came for the basic maps, others maybe just came because its a full server, and some might have completelydifferent motivations.
Question remains, we need to find out what the majority of the server wants and not just the majority of our in-forum-activr-members if we want to keep the server fullwith guests

You could do that the same way you choose for the custom maps bremen/venice.

Make a poll on the forum and ask the regulars on the server who don't have a forum account what kind of maps they like to see on ND. I seen alot of regulars complaining about bremen. Sky did that previous time, maybe he is up for it again?