Map restrictions

[Luc@s]

I'm probably going to attract the usual sorts of criticism for this, but anyway...

i should consider preparing some ready-to-post answers to this kind of thread (the n'th about map restrictions) :P

It would be really nice of the devs if they would limit the map quality checks to server-side only. This would allow people to set up servers without the restrictions as long as they do not register with the master server.

we would have to check all those servers manually..

Since the unrestricted servers would not be visible on the master server, it wouldn't pollute the game, but would still allow some more interesting map layouts to be played in private servers.

Yes, I know you can modify the client, but nobody (other than a cheater) is going to bother to do that just to play a few small games.
It would give all those ac_douze CTF players somewhere else to go.

i think most of those who play these games are newcomers and will never know about "alternative servers". I can be wrong.

Tbh, anyway, AC isn't made for this kind of maps and Quality restrictions != creativity limitations. The quality check fails when the map can NOT be handled correctly by the engine. When you get errors, just fix what's to be fixed.