Where is Everyone??

by **cairnswk** on Wed Jul 16, 2008 8:55 am

I'm almost afraid to ask this, but apart from lack of interest in my maps, I notice that there is a lot of people not commenting in the foundry on maps these last few weeks.

Is cairnswk his own worst-enemy...map-making to an early grave?

The Foundry seems really inactive at present..is everyone in the Northern Hemisphere on holidays, or are most of them "Down Under" with "Papa".

The other thing i've got to say is that a lot of the what used-to-be-normal foundry chat, discussion and criticism seems to have moved to the AADOMM thread. Has this thread become the "nemesis" of the Foundry by taking away the discussion factor that used to go on in here. Perhaps it should be left for admin purposes only.

Simply asking questions...playing devil's advocate.

by **max is gr8** on Wed Jul 16, 2008 9:40 am

I only really comment on maps with exiting new gameplay, or don't have "exiting new gameplay" I think there are far too many standard "classic" maps, all with different names in territories and practically the same gameplay. The number of new map ideas has decreased substantially =(

by **Androidz** on Wed Jul 16, 2008 9:47 am

XD, i have alot of those just need to get them on paper:D
But yeah i the activity in both Suggestion forums and Map Foundry is lowered.

by **oaktown** on Wed Jul 16, 2008 11:57 am

activity around here always tends to come in waves. But yes, I've noticed it's been very quiet lately... last night a post of mine was the most recent post for about four hours!

Maybe everybody is quietly working on their Brazil revamp submissions? :-k

We might see a flurry of activity after the due date.

What I'm concerned about is that everybody around here seems to be a mapmaker - everyone is following their own threads and doesn't have time to look at anybody else's work. Too many chiefs, not enough indians.

by **Balsiefen** on Wed Jul 16, 2008 1:27 pm

Dont know about others, but exams and coursework have left me dead in the water for the past three or four months. Perhaps similar problems are affecting the younger members.

by **bryguy** on Wed Jul 16, 2008 2:05 pm

Usually Im active and commenting on every map. Sadly, RL caught up with me about 2 weeks ago, and at the start of this week I decided to become active again in the foundry. But until I figure out how to get 1 thing done that I been trying to do for over 4 weeks for my map/telvania gets back to me on that thing/start updating my map again, the foundry hasnt been as... well... fun if i may. Maps are coming to fast in the ideas for me to comment on them at favorable pace (used to be 1-2 new ideas a day, now its 4 or more). People are coming up with updates faster than before (used to take 2 -10 days, now it seems that every day theres another update) and people just started disappearing, people that make the foundry fun. In my oppinion, the people that make the foundry the most fun are:

Telvania
DiM
Coleman
uh.. maybe cairns

Andy
Oaktown

and sorry gimil, but to me your a little to strict, making me want to come here less.

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Did you kown taht the hamun mnid can raed wodrs eevn if tehy are not seplt rhgit? the 1st and lsat lttres hvae to be in the rghit sopts, but nthonig mroe =D

inst the pweor of the mnid azmiang? and hree i tghouht slelpnig was ipmoatrnt, wehn gmiil was rhgit all aonlg :mrgreen:

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by **TaCktiX** on Wed Jul 16, 2008 2:19 pm

I've been trying to be substantially active in the Ideas forum, lending ideas to improve an early-stage map. Right now I'm at a music conference, so my general activity is a bit lower.

One thing that bugs me is that a lot of maps that were going strong in the main foundry dropped off the radar due to the mapmakers being too busy to update or field comments (e.g., Dark Age Britain). We seem to be suffering from a large amount of temporary burnout that I hope remains temporary and gets borne out in the near future.

by **cairnswk** on Wed Jul 16, 2008 2:23 pm

oaktown wrote:activity around here always tends to come in waves. But yes, I've noticed it's been very quiet lately... last night a post of mine was the most recent post for about four hours!

Maybe everybody is quietly working on their Brazil revamp submissions? We might see a flurry of activity after the due date.

What I'm concerned about is that everybody around here seems to be a mapmaker - everyone is following their own threads and doesn't have time to look at anybody else's work. Too many chiefs, not enough indians.

Wasn't there a proposal about sometime ago that was supposed to fix the visitations to the Foundry i.e. something put in place rather than mapmakers advertising in the GD threads.

by **Optimus Prime** on Wed Jul 16, 2008 2:23 pm

max is gr8 wrote:I only really comment on maps with exiting new gameplay, or don't have "exiting new gameplay" I think there are far too many standard "classic" maps, all with different names in territories and practically the same gameplay. The number of new map ideas has decreased substantially =(

I completely disagree with you on the "too many classic style maps" comment. Right now the last thing we need is a bunch more maps that everyone "niches" into and never plays anything else. It makes my life as a TD a pain in the rear. We need far more maps that everyone can transition between without needing to spend days figuring them out first.

As for the traffic in the Foundry, I am guilty of following only specific projects that I find appealing. Right now that would be Charleston, Iceland, the small maps by Ruben (although they don't seem to need much commenting), and the USA 6 Pack.

by **Optimus Prime** on Wed Jul 16, 2008 2:24 pm

cairnswk wrote:
oaktown wrote:activity around here always tends to come in waves. But yes, I've noticed it's been very quiet lately... last night a post of mine was the most recent post for about four hours!

Maybe everybody is quietly working on their Brazil revamp submissions? We might see a flurry of activity after the due date.

What I'm concerned about is that everybody around here seems to be a mapmaker - everyone is following their own threads and doesn't have time to look at anybody else's work. Too many chiefs, not enough indians.

Wasn't there a proposal about sometime ago that was supposed to fix the visitations to the Foundry i.e. something put in place rather than mapmakers advertising in the GD threads.

There is something in the works, hopefully to be given to everyone, foundry, tournaments, etc to help generate a little more traffic.

by **whitestazn88** on Wed Jul 16, 2008 2:25 pm

i think i've been running around these forums wreaking a ton of havok for the last couple of days...

and yeah, i did also notice no one was commenting on anything, but it is the summer...

well for us northern hemispherers...

by **Incandenza** on Wed Jul 16, 2008 2:25 pm

The foundry does seem to be a bit quieter recently... I know I haven't been posting as much, partly due to time issues, partly due to the honest fact that I haven't seen any maps in the pipeline that are as compelling as arms race...

Plus, in a general sense, I think one thing that might subconsciously be keeping people from posting more is the rather embarrassing fact that a half-dozen quenched maps have just been lying there like my third ex-wife, waiting to be loaded.

by **Androidz** on Wed Jul 16, 2008 2:29 pm

lol then its settled. On Saturday it will be a big comments on Suggestions and Foundry. All Constribute to check out and comment as many maps possible. Lets aid our following mapmakers, lets raize CC! All for one, one for all!!!LETS GET GOING...

Cant wait for saturday

by **whitestazn88** on Wed Jul 16, 2008 2:30 pm

Incandenza wrote:The foundry does seem to be a bit quieter recently... I know I haven't been posting as much, partly due to time issues, partly due to the honest fact that I haven't seen any maps in the pipeline that are as compelling as arms race...

Plus, in a general sense, I think one thing that might subconsciously be keeping people from posting more is the rather embarrassing fact that a half-dozen quenched maps have just been lying there like my third ex-wife, waiting to be loaded.

there are plenty of interesting maps out there. and i think even if people don't like them for one reason or another, they should still be able to swing by and say, "hey, maybe you could add this, or do this" because the quality of maps still needs to remain high.

ps. what do you mean when you say your ex-wife is waiting to be loaded?

by **RjBeals** on Wed Jul 16, 2008 2:33 pm

I'm jumping from one vacation to the next, and trying to get ahead / caught-up at work. Summer months are way too fun to be hanging out in the foundry.

by **Incandenza** on Wed Jul 16, 2008 2:37 pm

whitestazn88 wrote:there are plenty of interesting maps out there. and i think even if people don't like them for one reason or another, they should still be able to swing by and say, "hey, maybe you could add this, or do this" because the quality of maps still needs to remain high.

ps. what do you mean when you say your ex-wife is waiting to be loaded?

There are a few good maps out there (bering sea comes to mind), but the small maps don't really interest me, I still have yet to bond at all with forbidden city, and I'd be lying if I said I was at all a fan of the USA 6-pack (for my money, the original USA map is almost unspeakably hideous). I do keep meaning to poke my head into the das schloss thread, but I maintain that the map will still be tough to balance without a test site (or at least a beta stage).

Oh, and the third ex-wife thing was more about her just lying there, like the quenched maps...

thankfully it ain't true, never been married, which is why I still get to keep most of my paycheck!

by **yeti_c** on Wed Jul 16, 2008 2:44 pm

My life has been mega busy recently (and will be until September!)... and after a monster weekend of boozing - I've been struggling to move let alone be on the forums...

And today - as the aches and pains wear away - my internet at work was borked by BT!!

C.

by **gimil** on Wed Jul 16, 2008 2:54 pm

Being yeti's multi Im just as busy as him!

C.

by **InkL0sed** on Wed Jul 16, 2008 2:56 pm

gimil wrote:Being yeti's multi Im just as busy as him!

C.

What is this - I thought I was the only one!

C.

by **yeti_c** on Wed Jul 16, 2008 2:57 pm

InkL0sed wrote:
gimil wrote:Being yeti's multi Im just as busy as him!

C.

What is this - I thought I was the only one!

C.

Shit - did I really post that?!

C.

by **Kaplowitz** on Wed Jul 16, 2008 3:56 pm

*waves*

by **Qwert** on Wed Jul 16, 2008 4:12 pm

by cairnswk on Wed Jul 16, 2008 3:55 pm

I'm almost afraid to ask this, but apart from lack of interest in my maps, I notice that there is a lot of people not commenting in the foundry on maps these last few weeks.

Is cairnswk his own worst-enemy...map-making to an early grave?

The Foundry seems really inactive at present..is everyone in the Northern Hemisphere on holidays, or are most of them "Down Under" with "Papa".

The other thing i've got to say is that a lot of the what used-to-be-normal foundry chat, discussion and criticism seems to have moved to the AADOMM thread. Has this thread become the "nemesis" of the Foundry by taking away the discussion factor that used to go on in here. Perhaps it should be left for admin purposes only.

Simply asking questions...playing devil's advocate.

Well you have many mine topic with these question. I also stop giving feedback(last whas in yours Forbiden City,and you apply almost all mine sugestions),because people just ignoring mine sugestion,so i dont want to waste time on that.

by **Androidz** on Wed Jul 16, 2008 4:22 pm

qwert wrote:
by cairnswk on Wed Jul 16, 2008 3:55 pm

I'm almost afraid to ask this, but apart from lack of interest in my maps, I notice that there is a lot of people not commenting in the foundry on maps these last few weeks.

Is cairnswk his own worst-enemy...map-making to an early grave?

The Foundry seems really inactive at present..is everyone in the Northern Hemisphere on holidays, or are most of them "Down Under" with "Papa".

The other thing i've got to say is that a lot of the what used-to-be-normal foundry chat, discussion and criticism seems to have moved to the AADOMM thread. Has this thread become the "nemesis" of the Foundry by taking away the discussion factor that used to go on in here. Perhaps it should be left for admin purposes only.

Simply asking questions...playing devil's advocate.

Well you have many mine topic with these question. I also stop giving feedback(last whas in yours Forbiden City,and you apply almost all mine sugestions),because people just ignoring mine sugestion,so i dont want to waste time on that.

I dont ignore your comments:S

by **bryguy** on Wed Jul 16, 2008 8:33 pm

qwert, i dont ignore your comments either...

but u never pop in to my threads :cry:

ANYWAYS.....

I think that this is just another slow stage. Kinda like last December (i think). Sometime around last december, i would go around commenting, and then for the next 2-8 hours my name would be the only name for almost all of the "last replyer" thingy majigy

anyways, im going to see my aunt next wee (thursday to like sunday) and i hope to get more active afterwards