Skial NY Map Change Petition

[courtsnort♩♪♫♬]

a breath of fresh air would be nice for the server. the map design has gotten stale, and i have heard several regulars claim that they would like a map change. I do not know if the site has recruited a new mapper yet, but it is to my understanding that several forumers here are mappers that may be willing to do some mapping.

I wish to have this left open for a few days so i can direct players here to give their support and choose a map of the ones suggested below.

Map 1: http://tf2.gamebanana.com/maps/184597

Map 2: http://tf2.gamebanana.com/maps/184455

Map 3: http://tf2.gamebanana.com/maps/184407


All of the above maps stay true to the 32 player maximum, as well as the Minecraft style that the server is known for.

If any mapper here is interested, or anyone has feedback, please let me know. Feel free to add me on Steam, as that will be a far easier way to reach me.

~Thank you, and have a great night~

 

[TapTap]

Map 1 is 168mb unzipped (too big)

Good lord.
That's making me re-question my vouch.

I disagree though, a map change can be nice even if the old one still works.
Just gives the server a new freshness vibe.

 

[Renegade]

It would be nice to have a new map. I'm sure there's a way to slim the file size of the map down by a little bit so the download won't take that long. Even if you can't slim it down a bit, it's a cool map and I'm sure people will like it, regardless of how long it'll take to download the map. I mean, the current map was a pretty big file, wasn't it?

 

[Drum]

It would be nice to have a new map. I'm sure there's a way to slim the file size of the map down by a little bit so the download won't take that long. Even if you can't slim it down a bit, it's a cool map and I'm sure people will like it, regardless of how long it'll take to download the map. I mean, the current map was a pretty big file, wasn't it?

A version of the current Trade | NY that I gave to Bottiger a while ago was 18.8mb unzipped. Reducing a map from 168mb to < 25 mb would require removing large swathes of content.
If there is a new map being petitioned, I would say it being < 20 mb would help it immensely.

 

[TapTap]

Jailbreak maps average 40-50mb if I'm not mistaken.
At the very best we could consider 30-35, but more (168 fukin' mb) is ridiculously annoying to download.
We'll lose a lot of players who will just give up on the download and decide to choose another server.

 

[Chance]

Jailbreak maps average 40-50mb if I'm not mistaken.
At the very best we could consider 30-35, but more (168 fukin' mb) is ridiculously annoying to download.
We'll lose a lot of players who will just give up on the download and decide to choose another server.

And the biggest a jailbreak map gets on the Skial Jailbreak server is 122mb *hopjb*

 

[Drum]

And the biggest a jailbreak map gets on the Skial Jailbreak server is 122mb *hopjb*

Jailbreak has a more dedicated community than a trade server. There are enough trade servers out there that having too big of a map will get people to just go somewhere else.
I'm not against a 20-30mb map, but I'm just putting this info out there.

 

[Chance]

Jailbreak has a more dedicated community than a trade server. There are enough trade servers out there that having too big of a map will get people to just go somewhere else.
I'm not against a 20-30mb map, but I'm just putting this info out there.

I wasn't defending giant maps. Maps that big in file size usually turn people away from them. Same with Jailbreak and VSH, people end up leaving when they have to download a big map. Which wouldn't be good for a Trade server.