Forgers Favorites Nominations - September

Greetings Fellow Forge Friends, and welcome to FORGERS FAVORITES.

Let me start out by acknowledging the obvious fact that this is going to appear to be an attempt to mimic or replace the site-run Community Favorites. I'll say flatly that this is NOT my intent. Community Favorites is a fabulous way for forgers to get their work showcased and featured, and I most definitely do not want that to stop. FORGERS FAVORITES will have entirely different specifications and guidelines. It's intended to be light-hearted and interactive. It's my feeling that the more opportunities we have to recognize and discuss forge maps, the better off we are as a forging community, and that's really the driving force behind this. Though I felt it appropriate to bring up the subject, this thread is NOT for discussing anything related to Community Favorites. If you want to discuss that, please use either WAYWO or the Feedback and Suggestions Forum. So now...let's get on with it!


I'm introducing FORGERS FAVORITES because I'm curious to see what you all think of the work of your fellow forgers. This thread will provide an opportunity to recognize the work of a friend, or to share a hidden gem from someone you've never met. Here's how this is going to work:

• You're allowed 3 nominations
• You MUST provide a link to the map thread for each of your nominations
  
• ALL maps posted in the MAPS section on Forgehub from May 1 - September 30th are eligible for nomination
• ONLY maps posted in the MAPS section on Forgehub from May 1 - September 30th are eligible for nomination
  
• You may NOT nominate your own map
• You may NOT nominate Prefabs or Gametypes
• You do NOT need to nominate the maps you think are the 'best'. You're free to use whatever criteria you like when nominating your favorite maps.
• The nomination period will end on October 12 at 11:59PM Eastern Time

I'll tally up the nominations, and the 6 maps with the most nominations will be voted upon (most likely through a poll). There will be a 1 week voting period. After the week of voting has concluded, the winners will be announced, probably with some screenshots, maybe with a write-up, and without a video feature (maybe a map walkthrough, but don't count on it). The main prize will be the recognition and respect of your fellow forgers, along with the free advertising your map will get in the process.

Feel free to discuss the nominations within this thread. You may certainly offer explanations for why you selected your nominations. However, please be nice. I will report anyone who flames another forgers nominations, or reason for nominating a map. If you have feedback on a map, I strongly suggest you post it on the map thread. It's more likely that the forger will see it there.

Also, I realize that I may have missed something since I've put this post together rather quickly, so please let me know if something has been missed, or requires clarification.



Here's an example nomination post:
Tesla Town - https://www.forgehub.com/maps/tesla-town.6867/
Khaleaus - https://www.forgehub.com/maps/khaleaus.5572/
Skytro - https://www.forgehub.com/maps/skytro.6658/

I selected all three of these maps for nomination because they happened to be on a randomly selected page, and I liked the map names.

Note: the above is just an example - these are NOT my nominations


So let's hear it... What are your favorite 3 maps from the last 5 months?

 

If this were a contest that gave money or prizes to the winners, I would want maps to be recommended based upon gameplay experience. That's not what this is though. Even so, It's certainly possible to judge the quality of a map without playing it, to a certain extent. You can obviously judge the visual aspects without playing a map, and can probably judge them better if you're NOT playing the map. While it might not always be possible to differentiate which will play better between maps with solid designs, it's possible to judge whether or not a design is solid without playing it.

The lack of customs, and just people playing forge maps in general right now, means that a lot of nominations will come from speculation more than from experience. There's really nothing wrong with that. Consider this an opportunity to share and talk about the cool things we've seen in forge lately, but putting just a little bit of structure behind it to assure that it focuses on the REALLY cool things we've seen, instead of the slightly interesting things we've seen.

I also took the time to go back through all of the submissions on Forgehub since May 1st, which I think was around 12 pages of maps. I downloaded and walked around about 20+ maps that looked interesting to me, trying to narrow down my picks. As I type this, I actually have MCC loaded up so I can go back through some of the maps that were submitted to that contest. Then, I'm going back through my top maps again to narrow it down to a list of 3. This is the first time in a very long time that I've had any reason to look at other peoples stuff. It's kind of refreshing.

 

My nominations:
Flux - https://www.forgehub.com/maps/flux.6855/


Dig em Deep - https://www.forgehub.com/maps/dig-em-deep.6778/


Casinaire - https://www.forgehub.com/maps/casinaire.6795/

 

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