Skunk, that's exactly why I invited you to that game...

Tsk, Tsk, Tsk,
Derailing this forum much?

Anyway, as you can see mapmakers are very touchy about their maps.
Maybe we should back shelf any ideas about rating and first clean up the mess.

I'm sticking with my first idea, any ideas?

You know what i 100% acree with Sir Nick, We map creators dont like people insulting our maps. I think more catogores will be the safest way forwards. And this time i not changing my mind

I think that map creators that make poor maps need to *know* they are poor maps.. rather then deluding themselves.. and thus a rating system is imperative

without a rating system, all they get is the feedback of a select few that actually want to give reviews over feedback, and they get misjudged ratings systems..

back on subject, I still think that tags are the best idea, similar to any *booru

perrin but who is to judge what a good map is, a map to someone could me good beacouse of gameplay but other factors may effect it like what the map is, a british person is more likly to rate a map of britain more. Age may effect ratings and jealosy. So a rating system wouldnt work.

Skunk...are you serious? How old are you? -.-

You deny that your maps have holes, even though it's been proven to you many times. You have a sketchy and bias "rating system" you use for your maps. In your descriptions you act like you're the god of maps on warlight.

\*http://i.imgur.com/wHnQl.png\*

Bienvenue.
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nintorii use this forumm for the the use it was made for, if you read the prevous thread you would nowthat i no longer use my rating system and the gaps are so small that most of the time you cant see them, things are being done to make them smaller in places. Now stop going on about your opionun and lets get to the facts

P.S you got those screen shots from my solar system map, that is ment to have spaces inbetween, infact most of maps are supposed to.

I just looked up in inskape and all my borders have no gaps, yet when on warlight they do strange...

May I ask, skunk, did you zoom in when checking/building your maps, as most territory borders need to be adjusted zoomed in for them to look fine. Perhaps you can send someone the svg and they might figure out the problem, in case the problem is with the map itself, not you.

On-topic, however, I agree with a rating system of 1-5 stars with tags during searches to further categorize them.

**Sweet mother of-**

Will everyone stay on topic?!?

And just to clear up mt last post,
I am not saying that a rating system is a bad idea,
just it has a lot of heat behind it.

Start talking about maps and everybody has their panties in a bunch.

I agree with Perrin, people who make shitty maps should become aware of that so they don't make more shitty maps that just cause clutter. I'm also not saying that there should be less maps or that people should stop making them, only that we need organization. Some of you seem to think that map ratings wouldn't work because of bias, but that bias is the whole point. The ratings shouldn't be based on "how playable they are" or "how pretty they look", they should be rated based on how much the average WL player likes them. The bias in that is based on "how much I like the map" either based on reason or just opinion, which is the point of collective ratings.

As for the rating system it be great, of course this will probably take a wail before this awesome system could be added...

*skunk940
The reason you don't see the gaps in Inkscape is that your background color is set to black. if you set the background to a color such as red all gaps will be very visible. After you fix them then set it back to black.
Oh BTW I dint see your map. This is not an attack just a howto

I think we can all agree that The Yellow Team makes terrible maps because he enjoys playing on them. Maybe skunk feels the same? BTW, just kidding, mate, I am in serious awe that you were able to get that Crazy shapes map to work, kudos.

It's nearly ready actually mate. A few minor adjustments needed.

I'll post a link here so others can see what is in the pipeline.

http://warlight.net/SinglePlayer.aspx?PreviewMap=8414

Actually, I'll put a question out there for the masses.

Certain territories should connect if some shapes are thought of 'in 2D' but not when thought of 'in 3D'.

See Cube 12 to Cube 14 for an example. Do you reckon I should think in 2D or 3D for these connections? 3D might be a bit confusing. My explaination here might be, too.

Honestly, with the whole idea of the map, some of the connections are confusing. Side note, are you drunk? At 7:30?

I'd love to be able to sort by rating/popularity. Also love the idea of being able to check off ones I will never play.

The campus maps of schools I have never been to might be well made, but let's face it I'm not going to play them because their is no connection to them.

I LOVE the new update Fizzer is amazing, REALLY! MAP RATING here I come!!!!

Check out the blog post You will Flip!!!
http://blog.warlight.net/index.php/2012/03/announcing-map-ratings-and-reviews/