Map vault idea, might help... Created 18 years ago2006-02-10 13:26:56 UTC by Xyos212

I believe something like this has been around before, but it would be nice to have sections dividing HLDM, HLSP, CSS, CS, etc instead of lumped together. Its probably of been said, but its just a suggestion.

Another suggestion would be add an additional parameter for completed maps. What I mean is a section like the map vote star thing, but another one for if a map should be hosted on the TWHL server. (Source and HL1) Like a yes/no rating for hosting for multiplayer services. Now, this site is great without this, but im just posting my opinion :)

The first bit has been suggested more times than I can count on my hands.

The second seems pretty useless to me really.

well, then

I think you mean a 'gameplay' rating, sort of ripping the rating apart into sections like visuals, gameplay, technical excellence, and so on...

Might work, might not work. Personally I think comments convey this much better, but it might be a better indication than the current system (which honestly, I don't think is very well, maybe because of the limited range (1-5 feels much less solid than 1-10 to me) or because of previous flaws with the system...)

I don't see any reason to have more than 5 stars for an overall review. If, however it was broken down into various aspects of the map, then it would need a higher overall rating for averaging purposes.
But anything above 5 stars gets pointless without a total breakdown of why it is, for example, a 6 instead of a 7 star map.

I used to find games magazines that gave percentages without any breakdown confusing as hell, like saying a game was exactly a 74% good game but leaving the reader to conclude that this number was pulled out of the reviewers ass!

LoL! At first I was going to agree with the Captain, but now I'm not so sure... Might be a bit more complicated than it would need to be, though I know when rating some maps, you definitley lump maps with the same rating that are not of equal quality, because the scale is too limited.

Makes no difference anyway, because you're still going to have jerks that rate an amazing map 2 stars, and the reverse...