Railey2 wrote:
And what's wrong with that? People like being impressed, and they like seeing top players attempt impossibly hard maps because it's exciting. These people are a significant part of the playerbase, and you don't get to determine what the only valid outcome here is supposed to be. If that makes the category look stupid in your eyes then that is entirely on you. People don't only vote based on quality, that was never the point of the loved category.
Stop making this about your preferences. Loved maps belong to the entire community.
The point of the Loved category isn't to fill it with overdone maps to see how the top players handle it. It's a showcase of decent quality mapsets that don't quite make it to Ranked but still deserve their own leaderboards. There are plenty of other higher quality, more popular difficult maps that aren't Galaxy Collapse level difficulty. To me that's a waste of a spot for a map that could possibly be more interesting and innovative.
There's nothing wrong with people wanting to be impressed, but there are ways other than the Loved categories for people to watch top players be good at hard maps. I know my opinion isn't the only one that matters, but you can't honestly tell me that you'd weigh the opinion of 10 newcomers (by this I mean like <6 months of activity not just lower ranked players) over a more experienced player that knows a lot more about the community and mapping in general. Don't confuse significant with majority. They're not insignificant, but should not be weighed equally to more experienced/involved players.
This is the reason why Ignite was voted the "Best map of 2014" and why a hype map won in 2015. They reflected the opinion of the whole community, sure. But do you really agree that a generic TV size anime opening was the best map of that year with other more creative and innovative maps like Miss You?
The category isn't stupid in the slightest. I am very pleased with how it's turning out aside from voting infrequency and extremely minimal choice in what makes it into Loved. Don't try to spin this as me condemning the entire category because one or two "impossible" maps made it through. My point is that in my opinion they simply don't belong and there's very little I can do about it aside from express my dissatisfaction that they are being put up for voting in the first place.
My only preference is "not stupidly overdone". That's really it. If Loved maps belong to the entire community then please don't try to silence and invalidate me for trying to voice my own opinion. I am in fact "part of the community" like you said.