Note: I am new at mapping and do not wish to rank any of my maps any time soon.
I feel as if with one simple change could help improve the quality of maps getting ranked. Make submitting maps anonymous. In my opinion, well established mappers in the community get their maps ranked way to easily, while unknown mappers can take months or even years for 2 beatmap nominators to see their work. So, in order to make sure only the best maps get submitted, make it so BN's rank the map without knowing the creator, that way it can be judged purely on the quality of the map. I'm not sure how the specifics would work with this type of idea,(maybe make it so the metadata is hidden or they cant see the author idk), but i honestly think if submitting maps were anonymous it would make a huge improvement to the game.
Edit: Thanks for Endaris for bringing this up
BN's usually have close connections when it come the upper echelon of mappers and are usually more inclined to nominate maps from people who they know have an established place in the mapping community. It is impossible to stop outside connections between BN's and mappers, the reality is the integrity of such a anonymous mapping system would falter leisurely.
I am 99% certain that creative maps such as Monstrata's "A-L-I-E-N" and rrtyui's "Exit this earths atmosphere" would not be ranked if they were not Monstrata and rrtyui. Even though these maps are fundamentally sound and have every right to be ranked, I just don't see an unknown mapper getting either of these maps ranked
I feel as if with one simple change could help improve the quality of maps getting ranked. Make submitting maps anonymous. In my opinion, well established mappers in the community get their maps ranked way to easily, while unknown mappers can take months or even years for 2 beatmap nominators to see their work. So, in order to make sure only the best maps get submitted, make it so BN's rank the map without knowing the creator, that way it can be judged purely on the quality of the map. I'm not sure how the specifics would work with this type of idea,(maybe make it so the metadata is hidden or they cant see the author idk), but i honestly think if submitting maps were anonymous it would make a huge improvement to the game.
Edit: Thanks for Endaris for bringing this up
BN's usually have close connections when it come the upper echelon of mappers and are usually more inclined to nominate maps from people who they know have an established place in the mapping community. It is impossible to stop outside connections between BN's and mappers, the reality is the integrity of such a anonymous mapping system would falter leisurely.
I am 99% certain that creative maps such as Monstrata's "A-L-I-E-N" and rrtyui's "Exit this earths atmosphere" would not be ranked if they were not Monstrata and rrtyui. Even though these maps are fundamentally sound and have every right to be ranked, I just don't see an unknown mapper getting either of these maps ranked