I didn't intend to look defensive on my response either, so, sorry about that.Estaryo wrote:
well i may am a bit harsh with my first post. but that were things that had to been said from my side.
sure i know BN's etc. have much to do.
and its okay they can get higher priority because of that.
my problem is just i dont know how to move forward on that way that will end in getting a map ranked someday.
i mean mapping/modding till starrating incrases... its not working if your map is still too bad.
you cant know if your maps are good or not, i know it from my first map i made. i received some mods but all are different, dont know who is right and who not. sure i could mod all the day and night. but i dont think thats helping as long as i have no way to get the important information about my own maps. if they are good or not.
sure i could do more, and im a person who would like the get constructive critisism so you could learn and improve. but how to get that?... thats the most difficult problem i have.
i didnt mean to blame bn etc. bout that... but theres a gap between mappers, i mean all qualified maps are from known mappers and i just cant believe that the rest is so bad. *(i know i have said this before, ignore it)
EDIT: i would really like to have something like spend 10-20 kudosu and you will get feedback from a good mapper/person who should know how it should work
EDIT2: i didnt mean to attack anyone. if you got it like that then sorry for that, i should have written it on another way then.
The mentoring process is supposed to fix that. When you get stuck on who to ask, that is when the mentor thing kicks in.
While I totally agree on this, that was exactly the point: to reward those that are actually willing and interested in improving. If everyone else is not interested or not willing to improve in any way, sadly that is not up to us. Surely, we could make something to interest people, but we are no mind readers. If people don't tell us what they want (except wanting all their maps ranked and whatnot >_>) what else can we do? We are not super humans.Invective wrote:
thoughts on mentoring: i personally feel like mentoring is sorta wasted effort in terms of fixing this rut that taiko is in (but i wholeheartedly respect that you're trying, any effort is better than none). mentoring might help but how many people can you generate of spark of genuine interest in at a time? theres only so many people who are willing to learn, and probably fewer both willing and able to teach. how long till they burn out like the tna? anyway the people who sign up would be the 10% who already have the drive to improve. there'll only be a difference if you come up with something that interests the 90% who currently don't give a damn.
Thanks for the interest, once again.