Conquer Club

Where is the St Patties Map...?

I think you're not allowed to play it after St. Patty's Day.


I think.

Well that seems like an answer....too bad it is gone..i just started playing that map...and was enjoying it

Well that's kinda stupid. St. Patrick's Map is a great map and should continue here. Why did they end it? I was kinda liking it.

--MrClimax--

MrClimax wrote:Well that's kinda stupid. St. Patrick's Map is a great map and should continue here. Why did they end it? I was kinda liking it.

--MrClimax--

I think that being able to play it all the time would take away the novelty of playing it on the day, even for freemiums who could not otherwise play speed games on it. Although you can expect to see the map again next year I'm hoping for some other exciting events before then.
And well, let's face it, there are more than 100 fantastic maps on the site already.

Right, we have some Limited Edition maps. More such maps will come out in the future. And we have a nice slate of more events planned for 2010.


--Andy

More such maps will come out in the future.

Really? Who's making them? I haven't seen the foundry threads...

natty_dread wrote:

More such maps will come out in the future.

Really? Who's making them? I haven't seen the foundry threads...

That's the point, they are secret. I believed it was agreed with oaktown that St. Patrick's Day Map would only ever be a limited edition map because it hadn't gone through the usual foundry process for regular maps on this site and it was wrong for the map to have had said advantage/disadvantage over other maps that had gone through the foundry.

Why can't future "limited edition" maps be done in the Foundry? It seems a bit odd to me, that usual maps are required this rigorous process of going through the foundry, but then some maps done by (who?) get home free... kinda seems unfair to all the other mapmakers.

Glad to hear that special edition maps DON'T go through the foundry process, otherwise we will see them a year after its proposal

fumandomuerte wrote:Glad to hear that special edition maps DON'T go through the foundry process, otherwise we will see them a year after its proposal

So the quality of maps doesn't matter, as long as everything is brought to you as fast as possible? That's like seeing an interesting draft in the melting pot and posting "quench it now!"

The foundry process is a peer-review system, which IMO would be appropriate to apply to all maps, even special edition ones.

natty_dread wrote:

fumandomuerte wrote:Glad to hear that special edition maps DON'T go through the foundry process, otherwise we will see them a year after its proposal

So the quality of maps doesn't matter, as long as everything is brought to you as fast as possible? That's like seeing an interesting draft in the melting pot and posting "quench it now!"

The foundry process is a peer-review system, which IMO would be appropriate to apply to all maps, even special edition ones.

I wish I was as patient as you but I'm not. The foundry has become a place where design is more important that the fun factor. Critisism around it surpass the way fashion magazines destroy artists on the red carpet from some users .

Well I'm not saying the Foundry is perfect, but as a quality control it works.

Look at the St. Pat's map... it's totally based on luck. Whoever gets the best dice wins. That map would never have gotten the GP stamp if it had went through the foundry...

Limited Edition Maps often have quirks, nattydread. They need not be perfectly balanced or pieces of art as our maps are that are available indefinitely.


--Andy

It is also nice to have them as surprises on the special events days.

natty_dread wrote:Well I'm not saying the Foundry is perfect, but as a quality control it works.

Look at the St. Pat's map... it's totally based on luck. Whoever gets the best dice wins. That map would never have gotten the GP stamp if it had went through the foundry...

How is doodle earth any different? That went through the foundry and it's one of the most played maps. Many players like maps based soley on luck.

Doodle is not necessarily based on luck... it is if you play 8-player assassin games on it ( ), but try a 4 player no spoils or escalating...

natty_dread wrote:Doodle is not necessarily based on luck... it is if you play 8-player assassin games on it ( ), but try a 4 player no spoils or escalating...

I think you are missing the point of these being limited edition. They are fun for a day here and there, but not necessarily maps that people would want to play all the time.

This one happened to come about quickly. I cannot remember if the creator was asked to come up with something or if the creater just did. (I think he was asked) He did not feel it really met the standards of a full fledged, foundary passed map. It was just fun for a lark. Initially, there was not even any guarantee it would return, but a lot of folks, myself included, asked that it be returned yearly.

natty_dread wrote:Doodle is not necessarily based on luck... it is if you play 8-player assassin games on it ( ), but try a 4 player no spoils or escalating...

Some of the best games I've had are 1v1 no spoils on Doodle.

Well The St ' Patties map wasn't all about dice... At first the patties is about the dice...and that's a bit of a Thrill,,the race....If no one wins it's a whee bit different...... Plus it fit's Great with the Map title... In addition i would say in my Humble opion Many games are decided here with the luck of the dice....especially early....