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Thanks

YEEEEES

play more map on ddnet serv, gain experience and try to learn more about editor, the design have big problems and gameplay is like old/ddmax

Your map submission has been declined.

how many maps have you uploaded xd

Password?

this part is not bad, i mean better than planet 9.

To join the test servers?

i guess this one is a little bit better

def better than copy paste 26 times, but now the issue is that you took inspiration from old maps which would not pass quality standards nowdays

Making a map usually should take weeks

weeks to months years if youre unmotivated or if the map is a masterpiece

18:13 Your map has been rejected. That's what I see at the beginning of the messages. Tell me WHY THE HELL YOU DIDN'T LIKE MY MAP, IS IT BECAUSE I'M UKRAINIAN, HUH? YES, I LIVE IN UKRAINE, AND NO, I REMEMBER THIS CRAP BECAUSE OF MY DESIGN. WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH MY DESIGN? I WAS INSPIRED TODAY TO CREATE A MAP FOR PLAYERS TO ENJOY. YES, 1 MAP - IT'S A BIG MISTAKE, 2 MAPS - IT'S A MISTAKE, 3 MAP DESIGN - GO TO HELL, YOU JERKS. I LOST THE MEANING OF CREATING THE MAP. I COMPLETED IT AND WAS HAPPY THAT THERE WERE NO MISTAKES. BUT THEN I SEE THAT SOMEONE SAYS I COPIED PARTS OF SOMEONE ELSE'S MAP, AND THE SECOND DESIGN, MAYBE I DID COPY PART OF THE MAP, BUT I CAME UP WITH EVERYTHING ELSE MYSELF, DAMN IT. I'M IN COMPLETE SHOCK THAT THE COMMUNITY I FOUND IS SO DISGUSTING. I HATE YOU. THANK YOU FOR REJECTING MY MAP (I spent the whole day making it, damn it).

the decline of your map has nothing to do with your nationality. we have to rate maps by gameplay quality and came to the conclusion that your map doesn't meet our current standards. while some map declines might be close cases, this one is not a close case, i can't imagine a tester who would want to release this map. if you have further questions about mapping, you can ask here or in

. please don't insult us, we are just humans.

take examples from other maps and try to make better maps

we get it you are not happy with your hard worked map being declined

a map usually takes a few weeks or maybe even months

you made it in a day and isnt really good tbh

okey sorry

I'm just upset that my card was declined

this map is better than the others you made so keep improving and ask help in

list of things wrong:

1. the background image is static, pixelated and ugly
2. the dirt part of the grass tiles just cuts off
3. unmarked teleports 11 and 12
4. "afk home" just gives u a jetpack
5. unmarked jetpack and infinite jump tiles
6. entity spam 7.time checkpoint 1 is absolutely useless since you just started the map
7. unmarked start line
8. teleport look like freeze
9. missing corners on freeze
10. unfreeze looks ugly
11. annoying to hook ceiling without dj

Never give up !

Do you not understand that it takes weeks to make even a small good map? And months for newer mappers to learn what is considered good gameplay

Если ты не прочитал что тебе писали тестеры все эти отказы то следующий раз лучше не будет

excuse me but I think maybe in a month when I get the hang of it I'll make a map and good luck to you!

If you need any help ask us or in

(you can also dm testers)

Better take yourself time

Like a year or so

Isnt a year of mapping equal to half finished map?

Nvm

I get it

13. first part is maybe too hard for novice
14. hooktrough tiles look like something you can pass trough
15. inconsistent teleport design
16. 2nd part too hard for novice
17. grass tile bugs on the 3rd part
18. maze is just annoying
19. a part of the jetpack part is skippable
20. unmarked jetpack tiles
21. some unhookable tiles are rotated for some reason
22. teleport 5 is extremely difficult for novice since you cant just hold space after hitting freeze
23. teleport 6 is too long and annoying + looks like a learntoplay copy
24. teleport 7 is too hard for novice + looks like a linear copy
25. shields and shotgun are spammed

I think you are being too specific here xD fixing all of this wont solve the underlying issue of them thinking you can create a map in a day + looking at old maps instead of newer ones

Talking so much about this is not worth it because there may or may still be parts that need replacement, instead try to tell him basic info about mapping i think it would help much more.

26. dj in teleport 8 is awkward due to the low ceiling
27. really hard to get speed on tele 8 if it were a full server
28. tele 9 checkpoint has no space whatsoever (same for 7 and 6)
29. "part 2" of tele 9 is too hard for novice
30. no unfreeze on the speeder part
31. laser spam
32. laser part is long and boring
33. rocket and shield spam on next part
34. first set of shields is useless
35. theres barely any space for novice to grenade
36. why is the last part faily ?

bro

Noones gonna read 36 points yet alone follow them xD

i was mainly responding to the

I COMPLETED IT AND WAS HAPPY THAT THERE WERE NO MISTAKES.

Just tell him basic info about mapping, not "every" fix

If i would be him, i would respond !DID NOT READ!

Well the guy needed the insight in mapping, crushing him with all of his mistakes wont help xD

honestly i expected to write like 10 cause i didnt spec ahead, just kept writing stuff down as i went trough the map

Okay guys wish me luck I'll be designing a map called "dark past" for a month I hope to get it (and maybe even 2)

xD

I already told you the best solution half throug your horific words with gazebr

Gl

Then write 5 important/10??

teles 2-4 are maybe the only good parts

Take yourself more time, 5months- 1.1 years maybe

For begginers mapping is hard and they need to take more timr

Time*

1.1 years is weirdly exact xd

Самое главное не смотри на карты старее 2017 года, в наше время их бы не приняли В идеале бери пример с новых карт своей сложности

Weirdly exact but i think its in between the not enough and too much

Im mapping my first map for ddrace too, i hope it looks good, i sometimes make my trashmap server so anyone can have a look

design isnt as important as gameplay

Yes but they say desing must be done before submitting

So im doing it too

you can make the tile designs and later go to extreme detail with doodads if youre afraid your effort will be wasted because of a decline

hahahahaha xD

I am not making extreme detail, only the tilesets that must be included

you can make grass_main with generic_unhookables look pretty nice if youve got creativity

I coloured grass and generic_clear (not official tileset) the same colour and they look great, but bg imo is trash

anythings possible, get creative