I love how people keep putting "this damn debate" up again, yet seem to keep forgetting to stay on-topic.
Gabi wrote:
how do the non famous mappers with maps that happen to be absolutley fine, get their maps looked at by bats with no/very low priority?
This is a bit off-topic, but I'll answer you anyway.
Get non-BAT modders. Please include the possibility (and even the worth) of non-BAT modders out there that have been working so hard to improve maps that they're not even supposed to be concerned about. If you can't get their trust and approval, how more else can you get a BAT's?
The priority system does not increase the chances of getting your map ranked, but it sure makes us BATs conscious about them.
fufe wrote:
its sad to see this happen.
Mapper 1: Ive 8 stars in less than a week, im ready for rankage! =D (gets ranked)
Mapper 2: Ive got 35 stars over the course of a month, 25 more to go to get top priority D; (unseen)
-mapper 2 may be bad mapper.. but mapper2 may also be pressured to recieve tons of overmodding just for the sake of having to pump that priority number.
... fufe? I thought this thread is about the minimum priority to rank? Why are you discussing about ranking?
Anyway, I don't see anything to be saddened about those two situations.
Mapper one got his map ranked quickly, probably because he "got lucky" to get BATs to check his map. The BATs could've found no errors and decided to rank it.
Mapper two got his map modded very heavily. His map was prone to suggestions that increased the quality of his map even beyond his capabilities.
In the end, who gets the better deal? I'd say mapper two did. His map was chosen to receive improvements; the other one was probably
just ranked for the hell of it. Those who followed the path of mapper two's had the better chance of having...
THE EPIC MAP EVER.See? Mappers nowadays don't care how good their maps are.
They just want them ranked, that's why. In the long run, the rating spread will tell you how good the maps really are. Players today can easily see a half-baked map from a fully-honed one.