Rules for map review threads

[LordHavoc]

Please observe the following rules:

• Please stay on topic, this forum is only for map reviews, this is not for general discussion of wanted/needed maps, only for reviews of released map revisions (whether beta or final), please keep any threads about map ideas and other discussion in the General Discussion forum.
• Each map revision gets its own thread (I.E. arboria_beta1, arboria_beta2, etc would be separate threads).
• In opening post please state clearly which game modes are intended to be supported by the map.
• Make sure that each thread gets a poll named "Map Quality" with the following choices:
  

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  Good
Bad - Items
Bad - Design
Bad - Problems


Suggestions for poll changes are welcome, feel free to discuss the map review process here.

[torus]

A fantastic idea, LordHavoc.

[tZork]

Some poll options to consider:

Bad - Preformance
Bad - Gameplay

Checkboxes woudl be better since its not exclusive options =)

[torus]

Some poll options to consider:

Bad - Preformance
Bad - Gameplay

Checkboxes woudl be better since its not exclusive options =)

Agreed. Also, I kind of wish a tabulated survey were available... just saying something is bad isn't very informative. If there were categories (the same ones discussed), which could be rated from 1-5 in each...

[LordHavoc]

Agreed, but I could not do these things with the forum

This is just a forum-centric solution (fixing broken maps) to a forum-centric problem (not enough feedback on forum threads during level development).

Since there wasn't enough feedback during development, I decided we need a dedicated forum for the purpose, where each beta build of a map gets feedback rather than a single thread.

Mainly to reduce confusion and bring additional attention to already-released maps that are in dire need of improvement - or just being taken out and shot to put them out of OUR mysery

[LordHavoc]

I should clarify one point of confusion on the map polls - I chose the choices very intentionally, they are general rather than specific because specific issues can be discussed in posts, chances are if "Bad - Design" is chosen it's always due to the same problems, which will become obvious in the discussion, so I did not want to dilute the voting by offering too many choices (would need checkboxes for that).