Max Extra's Forged Friday

Welcome to Forged Friday, a custom game and testing lobby!
Current Number of Maps Tested since Running through Forgehub: +1000

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Forged Friday is a custom game lobby designed to create and encourage community with other Halo players while playing on maps forged by community members with the goal of the lobby to help encourage and improve the creations of the forgers.


I don't like holding people to rules but these are pretty simple and I think we can all agree that these are not at all hard to accomplish. They aren't numbered because it should be pretty equal across the board on importance.

Rules:

• Have fun
• Be respectful
• Don't rage
• Don't quit in the middle of a match

The games are streamed through Twitch.tv to better spread and encourage more community interaction with those playing the game. It also provides the map creator a place to go and watch and listen to peoples encounters with the map and hear their opinions.

Twitch Link:

• Max Extra's Twitch
• Alliance Testing Network Twitch

The schedule has been pretty regular for the past few months and its pretty easy to find. I have also set up the schedule to best accommodate all time zones(for the US and early risers in Europe).

Schedule:

• Custom Lobby and Party Chat are open at 7:45 PM Central Time, Your time (look it up).
• Custom Game begins at 8:00 PM Central Time
• 16 players -> 02 players games
• Lobby ends around 3:30 - 4:15 AM Central Time

The lobby is designed to play all game types from Mini games to Core maps, from BTB to 1v1's. So feel free to submit what ever you want. I only ask that while the lobby will assist you by playing your map and provided feedback and their general opinions afterward I HIGHLY suggest you make sure your map is playable and works properly. If a map does not have a win condition or for any other reason becomes unplayable or unable to be won the game will be ended. Also to better spread the load of maps being submitted to other maps and to allow other players to get their maps tested here are some map guidelines.

Submission Guidelines:

• A player may submit 3 maps
  • These maps must all be different no duplicates
• Make sure the map is playable before submitting
• Links to the game type and the map must be provided before Friday in order to be played
  • If you submit the map without, PM me when you update the post with the link
• Map Counts for a week
  • 10 BTB(16 player) or less
  • 10 infection(12 player) or less
  • 20 4v4 (8 players) or less
  • 10 2v2 (4 players) or less
  • 5 1v1 (2 players) or less
  • 5 other(x amount of players) or less
  • 35 map cap

Submitting maps following a certain format helps me add maps to my spread sheet to get the map ready. They can also help me determine what you want done with the maps. I work with a group called the Alliance Testing Network. this is a group of forgers and community members who's goal is to help the community forgers create maps and improve themselves as forgers with the end result is having the Forger create matchmaking quality maps. Please follow the Submission forms below. ATN maps only get played once a week like all the others, but if you submit them here they get passed to the other testing lobbies and will be played in their lobbies through out the week. PM us when the map is updated.

MAP LINKS GO TO WAYPOINT

Standard Submission Form

• GamerTag:
• Co-Forgers?:
• Map:
• Gametype:
• Player Count:
• Map Link*:
• GameType Link:
• Description:

ATN Submission Form (4v4 only core)

• GamerTag:
• Co-Forgers?:
• Map:
• Map Link*:
• Game type 1:
• Game type 2:
• Game type 3:
• Description:

ATN maps are subject to the ATN testing process and will be vetted before being tested. If they are not vetted before Friday they won't be played but will be added once they have been vetted.

*IF YOUR MAP DOES NOT COME WITH A LINK IT WONT BE PLAYED TILL ONE IS PROVIDED

When your maps have run through the lobby all of the feedback from the lobby will be located on a google sheet for easy and long term review. If you submit a map to the ATN you can find your feed back on the good sheet and at the ATN database website. The site is currently being worked on so feed back on its progress would be great too and allow us to better serve you.

Links to Feedback:

• Forged Friday Map List and Feedback
• Alliance Testing Network Site

 

Ill try to keep this post going as we go rather than doing one per week. ill update a list of maps for testing in the OP. ill also try to send out invites to you Doc and the rest of the people when time comes

 

The OP has been updated with players and maps so far. Feel free to continue to signup, If you dont think youll have a map this week let me know and ill add it to the next week!

 

The op has been updated with new maps and palyers for March 4ths Forged Friday.

 

Thanks for the map suggestions you and all of them have been added to the game night march 6th. We may have larger teams than recommended for the maps but i still plan on playing them out. towards the end of the night when players leave we will get down to the right size to test some of them again with the recommended team sizes

 

Everything submitted to this point has been added to the game night for March 4th

Can i get a name for the map along with a game type and link to its post or WIP post?

Your maps have been added please add a link for them either to the WIP Post or a Map post so that feed back can be submitted.

Youve been added but a map post or a WIP post link would be great to get feed back

Thanks again everyone the lobby will continue to fill up till we hit 16 people after that its first come first serve on getting in to the lobby. we will continue to take maps and will try to get them all as long as we have people to test them.

 

Thanks everyone for coming out to help test your fellow forgers maps! Please remember to leave feed back on their map threads. the easiest way to find them is to go to their map name on Session spoiler tag in the OP and click it to follow the link. remember we dont get better if we dont get feed back!

Also I have begun the sign ups for week 2 so feel free to post you maps or sign up in advance