This may change in the future. However, as of now we will no longer be accepting community made maps.
I've closed map submissions due to various reasons. One reason is our current system in selecting maps and changing probabilities. I have to rely on users telling me which maps they don’t want to play, however one person doesn’t always mean the entire server and their opinion might not be the best. So I often have to try an base it off common opinions I see over the weeks using feedback threads, adding more maps only makes this problem worse, since the probability of the map you want to show up gets a lot higher. I know we have a map selector however it just isn’t as efficient as I’d like it to be. For me personally, it isn’t at the best manageable state it can be right now, that doesn’t mean the system won’t be improved in the future.
Next reason is the quality of map submissions, we strive for the highest standards because we are one of the biggest servers in the world, I simply can’t accept every good map I see. I don’t mind some that are just off par, but that creates more work for us, which defeats the purpose of map submissions. Any builder will tell you, it’s quicker starting again and making your own design, than trying to edit somebody elses in their same style. This is one of the main reasons they have been quite neglected in the past year, and we have only accepted 2/3 maps in 2016, as all of those maps required huge amounts of work to edit them.
Majority of submissions are EggWars maps, some are good but just not good enough. SkyWars had over 40 maps and if I accepted every map that looked good we’d have the same problem for EggWars. A lot of the community submitted SkyWars maps which were public, simply weren't good enough and were added at a time when I wasn’t at the position I am now. I don’t want to add maps for the sake of adding maps, I want every map to be different by using layouts and interesting level design, not 20 maps that have a boring circle layout and are just different themes. This is why I was so excited about the SkyWars update, which received a huge map revamp and was well received.
These are some of the reasons I want to close map submissions for now, since I want to keep it within the build team since maps are our passion and we love building. Map submissions may return, I can’t give any ETA as of yet.
I've closed map submissions due to various reasons. One reason is our current system in selecting maps and changing probabilities. I have to rely on users telling me which maps they don’t want to play, however one person doesn’t always mean the entire server and their opinion might not be the best. So I often have to try an base it off common opinions I see over the weeks using feedback threads, adding more maps only makes this problem worse, since the probability of the map you want to show up gets a lot higher. I know we have a map selector however it just isn’t as efficient as I’d like it to be. For me personally, it isn’t at the best manageable state it can be right now, that doesn’t mean the system won’t be improved in the future.
Next reason is the quality of map submissions, we strive for the highest standards because we are one of the biggest servers in the world, I simply can’t accept every good map I see. I don’t mind some that are just off par, but that creates more work for us, which defeats the purpose of map submissions. Any builder will tell you, it’s quicker starting again and making your own design, than trying to edit somebody elses in their same style. This is one of the main reasons they have been quite neglected in the past year, and we have only accepted 2/3 maps in 2016, as all of those maps required huge amounts of work to edit them.
Majority of submissions are EggWars maps, some are good but just not good enough. SkyWars had over 40 maps and if I accepted every map that looked good we’d have the same problem for EggWars. A lot of the community submitted SkyWars maps which were public, simply weren't good enough and were added at a time when I wasn’t at the position I am now. I don’t want to add maps for the sake of adding maps, I want every map to be different by using layouts and interesting level design, not 20 maps that have a boring circle layout and are just different themes. This is why I was so excited about the SkyWars update, which received a huge map revamp and was well received.
These are some of the reasons I want to close map submissions for now, since I want to keep it within the build team since maps are our passion and we love building. Map submissions may return, I can’t give any ETA as of yet.
