So this suggestion will be sort of similar to some other suggestions, but more of a complete overhaul idea in regards to the map rotation on both the EU and US deathrun servers. It's been something I've discussed with numerous other players who are regulars on the servers.
Just to get straight into the idea, it's basically about switching up some of the older deathrun maps (To name a few random ones, maps like dr_bank, dr_wintervalley, dr_office, dr_cocainum and dr_safety_first. But instead of just replacing them and that's it, perhaps it can be done as a sort of "OG map replacement". What I mean by this is having a separate rotation in the main one dedicated to these older maps. So using the examples above, they would be classed as "OG/Old map slots" and so there would be 5 of those. But after x amount of time has passed (So let's say a month), those specific maps are rotated out with another set of maps, which we could call "Map Packs".
I'll break down below an example of how it would be. So we're currently on month 1 which has the maps that I've mentioned above. Then next month would have the 2nd map pack in to replace those from the 1st map pack. And then the month after that, would replace the 2nd with the 3rd one. Then back to the 1st map pack on the month after
(Again these map packs are just an example and not what maps I am saying should be in since that's up to the community to suggest the actual maps for the maps packs. You could choose to have more, or even increase/decrease the time between map packs). Perhaps there's a possibility for this to be automated somehow?
Now DON'T CLICK OFF just yet if you think "Oh no we don't need more maps adding, hurr durr -1 to the post", since this idea is more about replacing existing ones but only on a temporary basis, to refresh the map selection but "without it directly affecting modern/up to date maps". A playlist in a playlist basically. In a way, this also allows a bit of competition against others servers (Where I won't name which ones, but certain ones just flooding their servers with literally too many maps at once that you can't even find the map you want from a huge list) by constantly rotating in maps overtime to just refresh the server up. Some people may come and say "Well get rid of dr_playstation and dr_lazytown because they're overplayed to hell", and I personally say no to that because they are what keep the server alive. Removing popular/overplayed maps will drop numbers for sure and this makes the map pack idea more viable because, we're not taking away these older/classic maps away completely, we're just shuffling them every so often.
But yeah, you've got the basic idea on this suggestion. Feel free to drop feedback below since I'd like to hear what you all think of this idea.
Just to get straight into the idea, it's basically about switching up some of the older deathrun maps (To name a few random ones, maps like dr_bank, dr_wintervalley, dr_office, dr_cocainum and dr_safety_first. But instead of just replacing them and that's it, perhaps it can be done as a sort of "OG map replacement". What I mean by this is having a separate rotation in the main one dedicated to these older maps. So using the examples above, they would be classed as "OG/Old map slots" and so there would be 5 of those. But after x amount of time has passed (So let's say a month), those specific maps are rotated out with another set of maps, which we could call "Map Packs".
I'll break down below an example of how it would be. So we're currently on month 1 which has the maps that I've mentioned above. Then next month would have the 2nd map pack in to replace those from the 1st map pack. And then the month after that, would replace the 2nd with the 3rd one. Then back to the 1st map pack on the month after
(Again these map packs are just an example and not what maps I am saying should be in since that's up to the community to suggest the actual maps for the maps packs. You could choose to have more, or even increase/decrease the time between map packs). Perhaps there's a possibility for this to be automated somehow?
Now DON'T CLICK OFF just yet if you think "Oh no we don't need more maps adding, hurr durr -1 to the post", since this idea is more about replacing existing ones but only on a temporary basis, to refresh the map selection but "without it directly affecting modern/up to date maps". A playlist in a playlist basically. In a way, this also allows a bit of competition against others servers (Where I won't name which ones, but certain ones just flooding their servers with literally too many maps at once that you can't even find the map you want from a huge list) by constantly rotating in maps overtime to just refresh the server up. Some people may come and say "Well get rid of dr_playstation and dr_lazytown because they're overplayed to hell", and I personally say no to that because they are what keep the server alive. Removing popular/overplayed maps will drop numbers for sure and this makes the map pack idea more viable because, we're not taking away these older/classic maps away completely, we're just shuffling them every so often.
But yeah, you've got the basic idea on this suggestion. Feel free to drop feedback below since I'd like to hear what you all think of this idea.
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