11 Nov 11, 11:34PM
When I said chalk it up to luck I was referring to Myke's experience of joining a non-douze server and seeing douze voted in. Just a minor clarification but thought I'd put it out there.
As for editing the map I could understand very minor changes(Pickups, spawns, etc.). But blocking it outright or removing flags is too much. You will have taken away much of the appeal of the map as it is most often played in flag modes. If ladder servers are being abused to inflate scores then the owner of that server can block the map. If you're smart enough to run a ladder server you're smart enough to create a sensible maprot.
The issue of too many players on the map is not entirely a map issue; if server owners don't learn to reduce the size of their server and simultaneously push maps meant for small-medium teams(READ: Every map in AC) you end up with an overcrowded game regardless of map.
All that should be done is minor tweaks if it's really necessary and server owners who do not wish to support douze block it from their server.
As for editing the map I could understand very minor changes(Pickups, spawns, etc.). But blocking it outright or removing flags is too much. You will have taken away much of the appeal of the map as it is most often played in flag modes. If ladder servers are being abused to inflate scores then the owner of that server can block the map. If you're smart enough to run a ladder server you're smart enough to create a sensible maprot.
The issue of too many players on the map is not entirely a map issue; if server owners don't learn to reduce the size of their server and simultaneously push maps meant for small-medium teams(READ: Every map in AC) you end up with an overcrowded game regardless of map.
All that should be done is minor tweaks if it's really necessary and server owners who do not wish to support douze block it from their server.