UPDATE: Started a lobby for this purpose here.
As a fledgling forger with very few halo-playing friends, I realized it's very difficult to get people to test out maps, especially maps that need the max amount of players. So I came up with an idea - what if there was a lobby made specifically for testing people's maps? There might be one already, but this lobby would be set up specifically for people to bring their maps and we focus and play test them. So just to see if anyone out there is interested, here's my idea (and pretty much everything can be subject to change).
Here's how the setup works, we'll go through each map in this order:
So what do you guys think? I already have one map that I could use help with and I'm sure there's others out there as well.
As a fledgling forger with very few halo-playing friends, I realized it's very difficult to get people to test out maps, especially maps that need the max amount of players. So I came up with an idea - what if there was a lobby made specifically for testing people's maps? There might be one already, but this lobby would be set up specifically for people to bring their maps and we focus and play test them. So just to see if anyone out there is interested, here's my idea (and pretty much everything can be subject to change).
Here's how the setup works, we'll go through each map in this order:
- Queued Maps: If you have a map you want to test, leave a comment on the event with the link to said map. The host will add it to a queue. All maps on the queue gets priority over BYOM Maps. Speaking of which...
- Bring-Your-Own-Maps (BYOM): After we go through the maps in the queue, we'll take and test any maps that people have in their file share. We'll pretty much just test any map you have ready to test.
- Revisits/Free-For-All: If there's still time left, and no more maps to test, we can either replay some other maps or play any type of custom games we may have.
- Each map will be tested a minimum of 2 times unless unanimously agreed upon by the group. The group may also agree on extending the testing of said map for longer, but for testing purposes. We can always replay it during the Revisits time. We can't keep play testing one map when there's others waiting.
- Constructive criticism is welcome, but unnecessarily harsh or just plain rude criticism is not allowed. I don't care if it's the worst forge map in the history of forge maps, if you aren't at least kind in saying "It sucks," you'll be kicked.
- Doing a "quick fix" isn't allowed if it involves going into forge and making the rest of us wait. You can decide to leave and fix your map and rejoin, however you'll no longer have a saved spot and will have to wait for the BYOM map time.
- A "quick fix" is allowed if it only involves the game settings and everyone is OK with it. Since the host will be controlling it, the fix also has to be simple enough for them to do.
So what do you guys think? I already have one map that I could use help with and I'm sure there's others out there as well.
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