Hi guys,
those of you, who played TFC might know the map "avanti". Back then, it was by far my most favourite, however Valve did not officially publish a TF2 version of this map. Now, since I found a fan-made version of the map, I was wondering, whether SpA would include this map into their servers, so that one could buy it with his SpA-points?
I'd really appreciate that, the map really is awesome. Here's the description and the download:
http://www.fpsbanana.com/maps/52688

Greetings,
Sawyer

I suppose we will have another testing round sometime soon to see if we are going to include some more maps into the spapoints menu.

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I dnt remember this one strangely! Was it popular??

Reminds me of cs_italy

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I remember Avanti, it was alright. it wasnt as good as flagrun though.

*edit*

I wanted to have a lookie see if flagrun had been remade and huzzah it did!
http://www.fpsbanana.com/maps/58563

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I don't really know.. I guess there were some 24/7 Avanti servers, but I can't really remember if it was that popular.

gibb: Yeah, Flagrun was awesome, too. It was quite well-structured and the way the map worked was kind of innovative.

That's what bothering me most about TF2. I mean, don't get me wrong, the game's great. If it wasn't, I wouldn't play that much, but most TF2 maps simply consist of Defending/Capturing control points. Flagrun had a totally new aspect, Avanti combines both Intel and Control Points. That's why also think, it should be available on the SpA servers. It's different

Yea i think it looks nice and should be added to the menu or if we test it i can mybe be present when you are testing....

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Still in b1?
Cmon I played that map 6 months before...


Anyways, I dont think the gameplay works too play. Its a TFC map after all and 1:1 copies of tfc maps just dont work for TF2.

2fort fails
warpath fails
and now avanti fails as well. (Yes I know, well is a tfc map too, but since it wasnt only converted from ctf to cp but _also_ has made significant design changes its a good map )

The map isnt even beautiful. It looks like a CS 1.6 map.


I wouldnt play it regularly.

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Wait. 2fort doesn't fail because it's a TFC map, but simply because people rather stay in their base and make it an impregnable fortress (haha, 2fort - fortress, what a pun ) instead of attacking the enemy. So, this is mainly a CTF and not a TFC problem. Go on a server with any CTF map running: At least half of the team will have garrisoned inside their base (mostly as engis or snipers). Thus, if only 3 or 4 people in a team of 12 players try to get into the enemy base, grab the intel and get it to their base, it's not suprising that they fail, since these 3 or 4 people can't really cope with about 6 or 7 defenders + sentries.

You will see this problem on Turbine, on 2fort, CTF Well and on any random CTF map.

I'll use SaintK's enigmatic line:

This map doesn't meet the SpA quality standards. ;-)

Really, there are so many better looking maps with good gameplay...

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I admit, the textures look a bit dull, but really: The gameplay definitely makes up for this.