Welcome V-Man

[V-Man]

i'm not going to waste 100s of hours if any attempt to push maps through or improve on current maps gets blocked by mapping devs who don't do anything anyway.

Sure, let's talk about maps a little bit.
You're complaining about a vague problem, but offering no solution. What exactly is happening that shouldn't? And what do you propose be done differently?

iceroad needs a rework(ive done alot of this myself, but haven't bothered to continue because my attempts to get it through have been blocked by incessant bureaucracy.)

Ludicrous. It's your map, change it how you see fit. No dev should have the right to tell you not to change it.

i have downloaded the SVN. the balance is somehow even worse than 1.1.

See, more vagueness. That's why I didn't think you'd tested the SVN. Offer constructive suggestions, and this will start going somewhere.

i would love to know who the hell is in charge of balance

You wanna know something funny? It's the whole community. Those threads you're afraid of are the basis for hammering out a consensus that the devs follow in balancing the weapons. The community says shotgun is OP, guess what -- the shotgun gets a little nerfing. The community says sniper needs more damage, guess what -- the sniper gets more damage. None of these decisions is made by some dev. It's made by the community's ability to form a cooperative opinion, and that's the way it should be. If you can't be bothered to contribute to that, then don't expect to be taken seriously when you whine vaguely about it.

the main priority seems to be to write fucking scripts.

Haven't written one of those yet.
But seriously, that is really not the priority. To be honest, I'm going to push for the removal of several idents and default scripts. You really have no ground to stand on for taking issue with scripts. I think perhaps your real issue is that you don't have the patience to understand CubeScript, so you feel like it's a waste of time. What's interesting, however, is that everything you do in the game is a script. Improving on the efficiency of the scripts will help everyone all around, generally.

we're pleased with the mediocrity that is AC.

1) If you think it's so mediocre, GTFO. I really seriously mean it. Stop forcing yourself into a community you hate. Go find a community that loves and appreciates rude remarks and constant negativity.
2) If you are truly convinced that the devs are evil and are trying to destroy the game, you aren't doing a lot to fix that imagined problem.
3) We're not "pleased" with whatever problems are keeping AC from being perfect, which is why we're working on it.
4) Naysayers like you only make the situation worse. Stop whining and pick up a C++ book. Get to work. Make some patches and maps that belong in the game, instead of polluting it with sarcastic remarks and negative attitude.

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