compared to cp_labor I think it looks very nice. compared to cp_labor ANY map look nice.

The few times I played it I didn't really get a chance to test the flow properly, but I assume they tweaked it before making it official. It looks a lot better Turbine, mach4 etc.

hehe my spy knife will be constantly sticked on their back

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I already did that !

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you are blind, like I told you.. playing the map once does not make a good opinion~

I really like labor too, it's one of the better custom maps in my opinion~

Yep - people are FAR too quick to judge everything.

One example: yesterday we played cp_freight_b3, ironically the new project of Fishbus, so the same guy. :-D
It drew quite a few players to the server which surprised me since Spikespiegel and I were a bit reluctant to add it to the map cycle given its relative lack of popularity if judged only by downloads on FPSbanana...

Anyways - Metalmcbiff, one of the top players on our server rated the map as "poor" after like 3 minutes, immediately after the info text about map ratings appeared.

Then he went on to play a whole round on the map and reached 90+ points, so he said that he should probably change the rating now...

As nice as it is on his side to change the rating, why did he give the map a "poor" score in the first place? Then, again, what does HIS personal score have to do with the appraisal of the map (it is, indeed, very nice - it could've been released by Valve, literally, it's a bit like cp_well)...

I for my part don't have too many "favorite maps" and it would be very hard for me to compile any kind of ranking. There are so many awesome custom maps that are so different that I would put them all on the same level. cp_steel DEFINITELY deserves a spot among standard maps given its high visual and gameplay quality and once it becomes more popular players will start to get it. Remember how you first played TF2? I bet some maps were confusing to you as well... I found a passage on tc_hydro just several weeks ago I've been completely missing FOR MONTHS. ;-)

P.S. bOse, really, you can dislike cp_steel but it being "ugly"? What the hell? It looks exactly like maps made by Valve and uses standard models and textures except for a few custom ones. 0_o

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War does not determine who is right - only who is left. - Bertrand Russell

And how many times did you play on cp_steel if I may ask?
Recalling how you rated cp_science with a 1 after like 5 minutes of playing I'm reluctant to think you really have some good arguments why this map sucks so bad. ;-)

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turbine stays the best custom map ever!!!

<3


Ontopic: cp_steel is quite a fun map to play xD

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Sebas the avenging zebra's sidekick! <3

but we all rate cp_sciene with a 1, because its like the worst map ever.. i mean.. ITS SUCKING BALLZ

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Sebas the avenging zebra's sidekick! <3

Nah - it seemed to be faring better and better the longer people played it. At the end of the Custom Map Weekend it was receiving a boost in scores of like 0.2-0.3 each time it came up. =)

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Turbine ftw

It always offers better team play experience than any other map on TF2...


ontopic: cp_steel

....when your drunk, that is.

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We Shall Not Be Moved!

im always drunk

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Sebas the avenging zebra's sidekick! <3

I completely disagree with you this time...

As for cp_steel, the only thing which is 'wrong' with it is it's complexity... it takes some time before you know what happens when you capture a control point.

As for me, I know that A opens a door, and that various others add bridges to the middle point, but other then that I still haven't got a clue about which changes happen... which I think is the power of this map.... it keeps surprising.. then you capture a point and come to the conclusion that you really benefit from it.
The other control point maps, for example take dustbowl, they only add additional time, if the red team keeps pushing you still will not get any further then merely the first point.

... my 3 cents

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"Why do it simple, when there is a hard way..."

I'll admit I didn't like freight when it came up yesterday and rated it rather poorly. A rash decision as once the layout became a bit more clear to me I realised that there were actually at -least- two ways to any given cap on the map. Lots of nooks and crannies and ambush-spots. If cp_steel holds up to that standard I think I'm in for a treat!

Just so I don't come across as a -complete- douche, I feel I should just explain that my score didn't have anything to do with my comment about "Oh I should probably change my rating now". As I played the map I started enjoying it more and more. What turned me off at first completely was the resemblance to Well (which I -loathe-), the endless trains, fairly long distances to the caps (initially at least), and that there are all these tunnels leading off from the start which really don't have an indication of where they lead. At least I didn't see one.

Once I got over that hurdle, and it really was a hurdle for me, I started realising that the map is structured in a far more compelling way than your average player-generated map. There's nooks, crannies, short roads, long roads, underwater passages and overhead ones that give everyone an excellent opportunity to surprise and ambush the opponents as well as directing them towards a specific point on the map.
I said "I should probably change my rating now" in what was meant as an ironic manner seeing as I clearly did rather well on a map I early on stated I didn't care for at all. In retrospect I can say I was hasty in my judgement of the map itself and even if I got whooped it'd still get rated higher. I definitely couldn't class it as "Easy to learn" though, which I think otherwise characterizes most TF2 maps. On freight I actually did get a bit lost at times (especially at the start) which is an instant minus for me. I rated it in accordance to what my impressions were when I got prompted to do so and immediately got called an idiot. When I admitted I was probably both hasty and harsh in my rating, I was called stupid.

The player can change his/her rating of the map retroactively and I'm inclined to do so the next time it comes up, but I absolutely resent the notion that I'd somehow lack the testicular fortitude to rate a map after how I think it plays instead of whatever score I end up with.

Very nice and detailed feedback, McBiff. ^^

I didn't mean to bash you - I just (ab)used you as the most recent example of this behavior I could bring up.
You can change the ratings at any time by typing !maprate or /maprate (silent trigger) by the way and view ANY map's ratings with !maprating (/maprating).

I believe the above post would qualify to be split from this topic and moved into the Custom Maps & Development section to its own topic as exemplary feedback on a map. =)

P.S. The trains on cp_freight_b3 are quite fun and indeed long. They move veeeery slowly so it's a real embarrassment when you get run over by them. They add a new tactical element to the gameplay, however. They pass the map in two places and the author added the possibility to jump over them for one team, otherwise they can cut off a vital CP from all but Soldiers or Demomen. It's also noteworthy that in concordance with the map's name and theme Fishbus made the trains move with containers on the carts in one direction and with empty carts in the other. :-D

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War does not determine who is right - only who is left. - Bertrand Russell

You can already catch a glimpse of cp_steel on all our main servers by buying it with SpA points. =)

I wonder if Valve helps the devs to further polish their maps since the last version of cp_steel was only Beta4...

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Spin dem maps!
Sorry if I came across as accusatory as well, man. Let's all be friends and pat asses. McMoist can join too!

Especially if you're wearing a kilt! ^^

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http://steamgames.com/tf2/heavy/kgb.htm

Also, the image filenames say a lot about the about the achievements:

Spyalectical Materialism: tf_heavy_uncover_spies

Permanent Revolution: tf_heavy_kill_while_spunup

Heavy Industry: tf_heavy_fire_lots

Communist Mani-Fisto: tf_heavy_kill_crit_punch

Redistribution of Health: tf_heavy_heal_medikits

Rationing: tf_heavy_kill_shotgun

Vanguard Party: tf_heavy_first_to_cap

Pushkin the Kart: tf_heavy_payload_cap_grind

Marxman: tf_heavy_kill_midair_minigun

Gorky Parked: tf_heavy_defend_control_point

Purge: tf_heavy_kill_capping_enemies

Lenin A Hand: tf_heavy_revenge_assist

Five Second Plan: tf_heavy_teleport_fast_kill

Photostroika: tf_heavy_freezecam_taunt

Konspicuous Konsumption: tf_heavy_eat_sandwiches

Don't Touch Sandvich: tf_heavy_kill_scouts

Borscht Belt: tf_heavy_kill_heavies_gloves

Iron Kurtain: tf_heavy_damage_taken

Party Loyalty: tf_heavy_defend_medic

Division of Labor: tf_heavy_assist_medic_large

Red Oktoberfest: tf_heavy_earn_medic_domination

Show Trial: tf_heavy_kill_taunt

Crime and Punishment: tf_heavy_kill_flag_carriers

Class Struggle: tf_heavy_kill_medic_pair

Soviet Block : tf_heavy_block_invuln_heavy

Stalin the Kart: tf_heavy_block_cart

Supreme Soviet: tf_heavy_receive_uber_grind

Factory Worker: tf_heavy_stand_near_dispenser

Soviet Union: tf_heavy_assist_heavy_grind

0wn the Means of Production: tf_heavy_clear_stickybombs

Krazy Ivan: tf_heavy_kill_underwater

Rasputin: tf_heavy_take_multi_damage

Icing on the Cake: tf_heavy_kill_dominated

Crock Block: tf_heavy_survive_crocket

Kollectivization: tf_heavy_assist_grind


EDIT: Looks like heavy is going to have a killing-taunt too

The achievements sound damn funny to those in-the-know... Like people living in countries from the ex-communist block. =)

P.S. So I think the rumors about the second unlockable being a sandwich are true. I imagine that it will be like a portable medkit, which would be awesome since the main weakness of a Heavy without a Medic is NOT a lack of healing during an attack but a lack of healing and retreat options AFTER the attack. I can kill 3-4-5 players without a Medic any day but then I will be at like ~20 hp and/or burning and probably dead (or bored ;-) before I make it to the next medpack...

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exactly...the names are so fuckin awesome~ xD pushkin the cart

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Boxing Gloves.

http://steamgames.com/tf2/heavy/kgb.htm

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<@Howard_s> usa just has a made up economy - they can't really go broke

JuncoPartner: I could barely hold it up for long.

already posted...like ur post about steel was already posted...

http://forum.specialattack.net/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=3348

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Although I'm not one of the people who say that you CAN'T make fun of Hitler etc. I wonder why Americans (read: Valve) have no problems naming stuff after Stalin who probably killed more people than Hitler, while Nazi Germany is more or less a taboo. :-\

I wonder what people would say if someone made achievements named after Osama Bin Laden or an achievement called 9/11 where you had to crash planes into buildings in some games... We all know that they even removed PLANE CRASHES from SimCity...

(I'm talking about Stalin the Kart)

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Valve need more than just crits...

bunch of spam, can't we all just stick to the one big thread there already is >_>

topics merged together.

thank u!! phew~

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