18 Mar 11, 02:39AM
Hi everyone,
I'm new to the forums but not the game. I just returned after a bit of a hiatus but I've been playing since (I think) March of '09. I'm honestly a bit disappointed to hear of these requirements - when a game runs on an older, outdated engine, it seems the only logical way to make it different and interesting is to allow creativity. The creativity being expressed in some maps like TwinTowers, EzJemVil, OldeVillage, Rabin's Oasis, etc made them a lot more fun. I understand that that wasn't "how it was meant to be played", but what I don't understand is why they can't coexist. Can the masses really not dictate what is allowable based on what is fun? I was disappointed to learn that several maps I spent a ton of time on back in the day are no longer applicable with no way of becoming re-playable. Also, I had some trouble: I edited one down, removing all offending pickups so none of them were "too close to each other" (it didn't give me an error when loading the map) and yet I still could not load it in a multiplayer server.
I guess I'm just really disappointed in the selfishness here. I get that I'm just preaching to the choir and I fully expect either a "tl;dr" reply or an exasperated "JEEZ just READ THE DAMN THREADS" but I felt I should say something, on behalf of my opinion.
I'm new to the forums but not the game. I just returned after a bit of a hiatus but I've been playing since (I think) March of '09. I'm honestly a bit disappointed to hear of these requirements - when a game runs on an older, outdated engine, it seems the only logical way to make it different and interesting is to allow creativity. The creativity being expressed in some maps like TwinTowers, EzJemVil, OldeVillage, Rabin's Oasis, etc made them a lot more fun. I understand that that wasn't "how it was meant to be played", but what I don't understand is why they can't coexist. Can the masses really not dictate what is allowable based on what is fun? I was disappointed to learn that several maps I spent a ton of time on back in the day are no longer applicable with no way of becoming re-playable. Also, I had some trouble: I edited one down, removing all offending pickups so none of them were "too close to each other" (it didn't give me an error when loading the map) and yet I still could not load it in a multiplayer server.
I guess I'm just really disappointed in the selfishness here. I get that I'm just preaching to the choir and I fully expect either a "tl;dr" reply or an exasperated "JEEZ just READ THE DAMN THREADS" but I felt I should say something, on behalf of my opinion.