SC2Mapster

I was going to post this on the official forums, but it's too late for that. Map list and searching-- There need to be about 25-50 maps displayed on screen at once. Once there are 1000-3000 published customs, scrolling 14 at a time won't just be inconvenient, it will be all but impossible. The map list needs very good search functionality, comparable to what's available on most forums. For these searches to be effective, there needs to be more consistency in map attributes. A map with suggested players: "AZ MAN33 AS U WANT LOL" would be difficult to search for. Instead, the map editor needs to have a nice set of selectable values here if it doesn't already, and mappers need to use them. RPG, TD, Arcade, Duel, and more need to be game types that are chosen from in map attributes with "custom" as a last resort for a new game type. Alternately, maps could be labeled with searchable keywords by players or admins. Popularity-- I don't have a quick solution to this, but a good start would be the ability to see which maps have open lobbies, so players starting rare games have a chance of having others join them. If this were a default display method instead of a searchable criteria, then so much the better. This would be different from war3's custom game list in that there would not be game names; all the players would see would be booleans lobby_open/lobby_not_open. That means no fifty different dota lobbies overwhelming the list. Game Start Countdown-- Thirty seconds is too much. Have a 20-30 second countdown when the game fills up with the host always having the option to hit Start Game, which would instantly reduce this to 5 seconds remaining. More Robust Ignore List-- They have an eerily powerful friends list, but I don't even see an ignore list nor anything beyond the ability to mute players. Is this temporary? Where is the list of all those I don't want to hear from ever again? Ignore List: Custom Game Skip-- I'd like the ability to temporarily or permanently have the custom game system not put me in lobbies hosted by certain players. With a temporary function, it would be possible to just skip a particular game lobby using this. Maybe the host is running the map with -DmArEm while i want some -DmWtfScID. Or maybe just the ability while in a lobby for a game to hit a button to start a new lobby for that game or move between multiple open lobbies.

@YiffMaster: Go

This stuff will probably come... Dustin B did confirm that they are totally aware of it. Hopefully it's soon :D

/me releases maps right at july 27th for popularity

Dustin is a cool guy but I'm not convinced about bnet guys professionalism. Looks like their style of work doesn't exactly match with game producers's.