Well put. Touche. Yea, but a whole bunch of the people mentioned in this thread have been mentioned twice or more (BlueDevil, N1NJ4, etc.), and some people with featured maps have even been mentioned. If I (one who doesn't post all that often and isn't that well known in the community) know who all these people are that have been mentioned, and have seen all their maps, then almost everyone else probably has as well. Thus making them not underrated. AKGumby's map is the only solid map I've seen mentioned in this topic from someone that I've truly never heard much of. No, it's not a bad thing at all to bring some underappreciated forgers out into the light, but I never said it was. But instead of being a "vote for your favorite forger that nobody's heard of" topic, it's pretty much turned into "vote for your favorite forger that's not a mod or premium". AKGumby's map is the only solid map I've seen mentioned in this topic from someone that I've truly never heard much of. And thanks for the vote. I appreciate it, and + rep for your thoughts. Edit: Nevermind on the rep. Apparently I need to "spread some around" first...whatever the hell that means.
You forgot Echo :0) And thanks Lights, you are as always, the man. Thanks bud. Glad you feel that way.
why thank you good sir And here is what I personally think an underrated forger is, by definition. -They are not Premium, or have had any of their maps featured. -Their maps do not get many posts. In addition, their maps get the infamous '1 liner comments' (thank god those won't be tolerated anymore) like "nice interlocking 5/5" - None or very few comments are by actual respected members of the community. This DOES matter. Should a loyal, premium, mod, etc. Comment a map and leave a good review (or even a bad one), others will be more inclined to actually pay attention to the map. Do not deny it, it is true. - And obviously, if people talk about what they anticipate in the future from said user, anxious for another map, they are not underrated.
Well, to be honest, I think your maps (xX5w33ny70ddXx) are underrated. Short Circuit, Ambrosia, and even LSD Island were all maps that I liked, and I think they should have got more attention. Besides you, there's HLG Viper and his map Powerstation 04; xRedNormandyx's Obligation v3 was a really nice map for CTF and I can go as far to say my own map Jambi was only looked at because of the center stair piece. PS: There's way more, I just didn't feel like hunting them all down. xD
You're right, I'm not at all that much "popular." Although, I barely got any comments that were like "nice interlocking 5/5" on my map Kurvraque v2. I'm glad I was mentioned though. :happy: I am also glad that you said that my map was solid, and that it's from a person you truly never heard much of. Now I kind of feel like somebody, lol. Now to announce who I really, truly think is an underrated forger would have to be is camoflaug. I was really blown away by his map "Sewage Line." He has great talents for making maps unlike a lot of the other maps I see people make today. He does a prestine job with interlocking and making things aesthletically pleasing. He is one of my friends here on FH, but someone definately not mentioned enough.
Don't be so sure about the second point here mate. some of us still get ignored by the majority of users no matter how many of the Staff comment on our maps. If it weren't for our mates on the site we wouldn't get any downloads.
There are instances where you can be featured and still be relatively unnoticed. I have one feature, yet my newest map Conflict received little recognition. That map is badass and nobody really noticed. Could have been because of the server change though, I posted it 2 hours before that happened.
My favorite underrated forger would have to be MattDGiant. You can see all of his posted maps here. Photorn, Toothy Grin, Ghost Bowl, and Torpedo Jumpers all appeal to me.
Yaa know, I kinda like the Bloumbas kid with his one map he's posted... But if Creepp1ng De4th is considered underrated, then he is definately my favorite haha, and I've seen conflict, perrrtttyyy naasstttyyyy
I think that linubidix is pretty underrated, and maybe stin10 for that cave map he made, that one was pretty good actually.
Paulie Walnuttz, Sir Toppum Hat1, and American10. Temple of Atlas was amazing and took a long long time. Metro is also one of those maps that is truly aesthetics and gameplay. Long live the 3!
I really like Mister Hat. No I'm kidding i think every great forger has been featured here, but i think some don't deserve being featured.
No, what I am saying is... say you have 2 different people with 2 different maps. The first map has 5 pages of posts, but most all of them 1 liners by members who are juniors no one has ever heard of. The second map has 3 pages of posts, with some good reviews by some respected members of the community. Even though the first map has "more attention" it is by those whose opinion you do not care about anyway, who just post for the sake of posting. While the second map has less posts, but the people whose opinion you do listen to, and influence carries, are the ones posting in it, well that means that your map has been more recognized by the actual community, since the respected members represent FH. If that made any sense at all. No, I think he was saying that any forger worth mentioning has already been featured, basically saying if you aren't featured, then you aren't that great of a forger.
oh well theres tons of awsome maps that havent been featured people make awsome maps and maybe if people post about these people then it will get featured.
The respected member do not represent the community. I don't know where you got that notion but it's just silly. Some of them are up there for doing great maps yes and helping the community but some are only there because they are mates with those who are there already. WE, represent the community. Every member that has ever spent a lot of time and effort in building a map and carefully posting it. Every member who has ever helped another with floating a particular item or figuring out how to get that one box geo-merged at just the right angle. If anything, being featured or a being a loyal or a mod means you should be helping the less known forgers more. Use their position to help better the community. They should be going through this thread, having a look at the maps made by the people mentioned and help them in what way they can. Weather it just be commenting on the map so that others will pay more attention to it or telling that person what he/she needs to work on to improve.
Tortuga Tower is a really cool map. I think it needs a little more balancing as far as weapons go, but the geometry is great!