User blog:IonMapping/About the current situation of map games

As you all probably already know, map games currently aren't doing so well. Most of them die in less than 2 turns, while those who make it to Turn 3 or above gets killed by either staff abandonment or player inactivity.

There was a time where original and fun map games existed and people put hours and hours of dedication into them. The Future, Mappers in the Wild, Delirium etc. There were attempts to revive these series, but they didn't go so well. There's also attempts to create a fresh and original map game, but they quickly died down. This is just depressing, and if we don't do anything, soon enough, map game culture in Mapperdonia will be dead.

I have a suggestion to change this. It will be a simple and direct way that will not only improve the situation, but encourage creative and fun map games to last longer.

If you have an idea for a map game, you can make the maps, rules and such blah blah blah, and after you think it's presentable, you can submit your idea to a map game council composed of dedicated and experienced map game players and makers (FSM, Soaring, Batran etc.), where they will decide whether this map game is good enough (a 2/3 majority for "yes"). If it is, then it will be placed into a queue. Only one to two active map games will be allowed.

This will not only allow players to focus more on one or two map games, the overall quality of map games will also be increased. I believe this is the best way to save map games in Mapperdonia. You can vote below whether you like this proposal or not.

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