what is with the new map rotation on mutant?

[Remedy]

I dunno when it was changed but the new maps there are awful, Ive asked several other people of what they thought about the rotation there and theyve all said the way it was before is better, and I know what ur gonna say "sean you can mymap anything u want" except like I dont know the names of any of the maps played there other than the ones I knew from tdm 1v1 (aero, fury, kryptonite, etc)

ive completely stopped playing on vanilla because of that pirate ship map, and now its on mutant too, I can understand some maps like the marics castle (getting away from a typical "arena" style of map design) but that pirate map should only be on mymap, there is no movement on it and its just chaotic

can someone please set it back to the old rotation ?

[Art]

I use to hate the ship map also, untill I started snorkling with the railgun. Players climbing up the mast going for the rl never make it, nor do the ones walking the plank for the rg Then you have the ones rocket jumping to the outside wall who make good mid-air targets. It's not impossible, with a little creativity, to make the maps you don't like, fun

[Remedy]

man thats all that goes on there, either ur getting railed from someone camping in the water or ur the one camping the water, its just pretty weak, i mean i still usually win the map but it seems rather pointless

i see what you mean about finding ways to make maps fun but why should i be subjected to maps i dont want to play, i mean unless the majority of the players there want to play on it (which i doubt) - its just like the amount of ppl that play at mutant has decreased substantially since the DM server went into play and now with these new maps that ppl have to download off the server since they arent inside the maps.zip located on the ts site im afraid its driving even more people away, and i really enjoy playing there

[console]

I dunno when it was changed but the new maps there are awful, Ive asked several other people of what they thought about the rotation there and theyve all said the way it was before is better, and I know what ur gonna say "sean you can mymap anything u want" except like I dont know the names of any of the maps played there other than the ones I knew from tdm 1v1 (aero, fury, kryptonite, etc)

ive completely stopped playing on vanilla because of that pirate ship map, and now its on mutant too, I can understand some maps like the marics castle (getting away from a typical "arena" style of map design) but that pirate map should only be on mymap, there is no movement on it and its just chaotic

Two issues here, though...

1. You might as well play on vanilla, then.  Because, koth6 is neither in the vanilla nor the mutant rotation.  It's available only via mymap, on both servers.  But a given map can only be played once every three hours on vanilla.  Whereas on mutant a given map can be played once every 45 minutes.  (Today, on mutant, koth6 was mymap'd by Zoophagous.)

2. A few months ago, I was told in no uncertain terms that my rotation for mutant and railz sucked ass.  ("Anything would be better than what we have now.")  So, volunteers on the forums came up with the new/current rotations on mutant and railz.


For completeness' sake, here's the current rotation on mutant:

jverte derelict gothic marics79 jstress trdm06 baker yog2dm4 painklr2 marics100 dm6_q2y xdm5-xt cxdm6 lunout dedalo confess trdm01 simple ven_dm2 in2obl mkfutile rdm14 rene24 xldm5

Here's the prior rotation on mutant:

rene51 rvndm1 tltf q2campgrnds marics27 mas2ft1 evil2 grunt marics_con1 grom_dm3 epitaph marics36 semper06 dreams tastydm2 shadows paradm4 fixed1 marics58 dakyneq2 kamq2dm3 marics_con3 broken3 auh2dm3 marics28 trdm04a ztn2dm5 marics29a poodm10 marics35 marics59 q2pduel4 marics56 fury aerowalk grdm1 bldstorm tastydm1 marics32 kta ztn2dm2


As can be seen, koth6 is present in neither.

I've been short on time lately, but... maybe I'll go through both the old and the current rotation and pick a mix of my own personal favorites.  (I've already asked in another thread for people to suggest THEIR own personal favorites from these lists... I think there was only one reply... but I'll check back there to see if there was additional feedback.)


Regards,

 

[Jay Dolan]

I'd love to see dreams and qmass2dm6 added to the current rotation.  I mymap'ed qmass2dm6 a couple weeks ago and the 6 or so guys that stuck it out for the download enjoyed the map quite a bit.

[Remedy]

oh I see the thread now, guess all this happened when i was in the hospital

um i can hardly believe ppl are mymapping it that much, i guess if thats the case im just gonna go back to playing tdm only, i cant stand that map, and i seem to be forced to play on it everytime i get on mutant, i guess if its a newb fest they want, its a newb fest theyll get

just forget i said anything lol

[console]

um i can hardly believe ppl are mymapping it that much, i guess if thats the case im just gonna go back to playing tdm

Picky, picky. 

Well, you must just have unlucky timing.  Here's every single mymap of koth6 on mutant for 2006 to date:

[2006-03-23 Thu 14:55:01] 3=[KRELL]nude: mymap koth6
[2006-03-27 Mon 12:22:30] 3=NBD: mymap koth6
[2006-04-23 Sun 11:02:27] 3=Edm-Dude(BOD): mymap koth6 -fd
[2006-04-27 Thu 19:09:15] 3=Edm-Dude(BOD): mymap koth6 -fd
[2006-05-02 Tue 20:27:54] 3=Edm-Dude(BOD): mymap koth6 -fd
[2006-05-10 Wed 18:53:51] 3=NakedMoleRat: mymap koth6
[2006-05-13 Sat 20:44:01] 3=MK-801: mymap koth6
[2006-05-16 Tue 20:49:48] 3=MK-801: mymap koth6
[2006-06-08 Thu 13:50:34] 3=Diablo: mymap koth6
[2006-06-09 Fri 13:48:32] 3=[TvM-tw33ked]: mymap koth6
[2006-06-16 Fri 16:38:59] 3=Debbie <PSC>: mymap koth6
[2006-06-23 Fri 14:48:07] 3=NakedMoleRat: mymap koth6 -fd
[2006-06-29 Thu 00:36:44] 3=Zoophagous: mymap koth6
[2006-07-05 Wed 17:14:16] 3=Ral0s[N|S]: mymap koth6 +ia
[2006-07-09 Sun 22:06:46] 3=Zoophagous: mymap koth6
[2006-07-11 Tue 17:50:01] 3=Zoophagous: mymap koth6
[2006-08-04 Fri 02:12:14] 3=NBD: mymap koth6
[2006-08-05 Sat 18:05:45] 3=Zoophagous: mymap koth6
[2006-08-13 Sun 09:37:11] 3=Zoophagous: mymap koth6
[2006-08-15 Tue 20:55:53] 3=SnoooopDogg: mymap koth66  [Edit: hey wait this one doesn't count ]
[2006-08-16 Wed 11:53:04] 3=Zoophagous: mymap koth6
[2006-08-17 Thu 15:20:11] 3=Zoophagous: mymap koth6

It's never happened more than once on the same day.


Regards,

[{TNP}Dukie]

because of that pirate ship map

I hat Yo Ho Ho!
I hat all koth maps!
I hat that people like them!

FREE HAT!

[console]

lol Dukie, I'd take the FREE HAT, but with my luck it'll be conical and pointy.   

Well..

OK you bastids...  I've gone through the current mutation and the prior mutant rotation, and picked my personal fav's.

From the current rotation:

  YES: jverte jstress painklr2 xdm5-xt lunout dedalo ven_dm2 in2obl mkfutile rene24 xldm5
  MAYBE: derelict marics79<caves> trdm06 yog2dm4 marics100 confess trdm01
  REMOVE: gothic baker dm6_q2y<weak_tele> cxdm6 simple rdm14

From the prior rotation:

  YES: grunt marics_con1 semper06 dreams tastydm2 paradm4 fixed1 marics58 marics28 trdm04a ztm2dm5 marics35 q2pduel4 marics56 aerowalk bldstorm
  MAYBE: rene51 rvndm1 q2campgrnds marics27<rustic> mas2ft1 grom_dm3 marics36<out_and_about> shadows kamq2dm3 marics_con3 broken3 auh2dm3 marics29a<evening_descends> marics59<rail_space_plats> fury grdm1 tastydm1 marics32 kta ztn2dm2
  REMOVE: tltf evil2 epitaph dakyneq2 poodm10


So.... since I'm a smidge inebriated, plus it's my birthday (well, close enough), I'm going to set a new mutant rotation based on the "YES" maps... plus possibly a few of the "MAYBE"'s.

Your own suggestions are also welcome.


Regards,

[{TNP}Dukie]

I want to see a new rotation based on your inebriated birthday preferances (HBD BTW) that way we can all start bitching from a common starting point

(I have discovered the funness of the font size )

[[BTF]adam]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

[Jay Dolan]

http://jdolan.dyndns.org/jaydolan/files/qmass2dm6.zip

 

[Art]

[fart-blossom]

Whats with all the map rotations, I hate the EDGE, guess I will just have to play on Sheridan (city1) as most all the servers have the edge. Guess I will have to go back to playing NMDM!!!

 

[[BTF] Reflex]

awe..  happy birthday 

I have nothing to add to the discussion,
I go to vanilla and mutant to be surprised.