Public Voting

[Emblazon]

Please check out ?go publicbeta3 and tell us if you think this map should go to pub or not.

[Delic]

Too many safeties.

 

Wrong color on sidetiles, like in current pub.

 

Other than that, it looks good..

 

..same old though..

[Emblazon]

its a slow process of moving towards a pub that doesnt have wasted parts. north isnt necessary to have, so removing it is what this beta map is focused on. but, without north, the safety in south is a little.. out of place. safeties are rarely used anyway, so having four isnt a big deal.

[Delic]

Except that the possibility of safetywars is increased.

 

And those "wasted parts" you speak of weren't always wasted.

The reason why they're "wasted" now is because of our current population (duh).

 

While removing parts of the map makes the game more focused and intense, it also lowers the full potential of pub.

But I suppose it's necessary right now considering the population.

 

But I still think you guys need something new to attract more players, I just don't see why anyone would want to play in 17th pub really.

 

Just my 2 öre.

[Emblazon]

Well, the intention of this change is not to attact players with a new map. It's simply just to remove areas that aren't used. North was removed before, and things were fine. The only reason North even came back was because the map/settings had been reverted to an earlier state in which North was still a part of the map. I had decided to leave it for the sake of keeping things the way they were. I will give you one thing though.. these wasted parts are only wasted because we don't have the population for there to be much interest in North. I remember back in the day when there were huge North battles. But that was back when we had 40-60 population. And I'm not being pessimistic here, but it's not likely that we will be able to get back up to 40-60 population. I'm just being realistic. I look at population charts, I know the trends. Every zone has a dramatically lower population these days than they did years ago. And only 4-5 zones really stand out with population anymore, zone with at least 40 or more. Back when 17th had 40+, there were 8-10 zones with 40+, and a few of those with 300+ and 600+ on a daily basis. The bottom line is that ther isn't a lot of interest in this game anymore.

 

But anyway, I'm having this vote to see if people want this change or not, instead of just putting it up in pub, then asking people if they like it. Yeh, I'm sure you're thinking, "well duh....", but history has shown that we've had people running this zone that decided to just put maps up and hope for the best, and never really testing them. So it's not really a "well duh...." situation at this point, it's just sensible.

[Emblazon]

The map will go up in public, and we'll see how it last through the week. The vote to remove north came out to 13-5 (it says 12-6, but i fked my vote up lol), and this is clearly one-sided, so we'll see how it goes.