Seems like I'm getting no traffic at all. When I publish my map and it works, can people join it or what? Maybe they don't see it on the list of custom games?
Does map publishing actually works again? Last time I logged in (which was yesterday though) you still couldn't join custom maps. If that's still the case then that might be an explanation as to why no one joined :D
Also, when I load up a match the teams are way off. I expected a 5v5 which was a 4v4 + 2 computer, but I got a team of 7 and a team of 3. :\ Does anybody know how to fix this?
If someone wants to test and see if I can host my map and you be able to see it, that would be awesome. I could do the same.
You probably won't get players because of how maps are sorted. There's no list of games that are "up"; there's only a list of maps available, which includes EVERY MAP published, and these are sorted by popularity. Popularity is calculated by the number of games... created? played? something like that in the last hour or so. So if your map is newly published, you're going to be on the very bottom of the list, and no one is going to scroll down that far. At least that's how I understand it.
If I'm right, I consider that a very poor system; makes it very difficult to play any maps but the most "popular."
You probably won't get players because of how maps are sorted. There's no list of games that are "up"; there's only a list of maps available, which includes EVERY MAP published, and these are sorted by popularity. Popularity is calculated by the number of games... created? played? something like that in the last hour or so. So if your map is newly published, you're going to be on the very bottom of the list, and no one is going to scroll down that far. At least that's how I understand it.
If I'm right, I consider that a very poor system; makes it very difficult to play any maps but the most "popular."
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Actually it's only poor right now because there are maps that are horrible but are good enough to have a great time with. There is a huge margin between terri-good and terri-bad maps right now. Maybe people already know what they like and do go too far off. Also, once there are tons of players there is more chance that your map might get played.
Overall, the system is bad and i agree. The list should have 3 recent maps at the top, marked as NEW. Epic mistake by Blizzard to promote exploration of new maps. If that is too limiting of popular maps, I think Blizzard should have a new list called "New" for maps less then 3 days old. This is the default list to be displayed and if people want to go mainstream, they will have to actually click over to the popular maps.
Seems like I'm getting no traffic at all. When I publish my map and it works, can people join it or what? Maybe they don't see it on the list of custom games?
What happens?
@Iggyhopper: Go
yeah I wonder how it workds too... when i publish the map as "public" does it appear in the custom game list or what?
Does map publishing actually works again? Last time I logged in (which was yesterday though) you still couldn't join custom maps. If that's still the case then that might be an explanation as to why no one joined :D
@s3rius:
Yes, it does! It works now!
Also, when I load up a match the teams are way off. I expected a 5v5 which was a 4v4 + 2 computer, but I got a team of 7 and a team of 3. :\ Does anybody know how to fix this?
If someone wants to test and see if I can host my map and you be able to see it, that would be awesome. I could do the same.
@Iggyhopper: Go
sounds like a simple mistake, check where teams are made
@Iggyhopper: Go
http://forums.sc2mapster.com/development/map-development/2215-multiplayer-lobby/#p11
read this thread, good luck :)
@Iggyhopper: Go
You probably won't get players because of how maps are sorted. There's no list of games that are "up"; there's only a list of maps available, which includes EVERY MAP published, and these are sorted by popularity. Popularity is calculated by the number of games... created? played? something like that in the last hour or so. So if your map is newly published, you're going to be on the very bottom of the list, and no one is going to scroll down that far. At least that's how I understand it.
If I'm right, I consider that a very poor system; makes it very difficult to play any maps but the most "popular."
Read. I'll try stuff out and see how it goes.
Quote from xenrathe:
@Iggyhopper:
You probably won't get players because of how maps are sorted. There's no list of games that are "up"; there's only a list of maps available, which includes EVERY MAP published, and these are sorted by popularity. Popularity is calculated by the number of games... created? played? something like that in the last hour or so. So if your map is newly published, you're going to be on the very bottom of the list, and no one is going to scroll down that far. At least that's how I understand it.
If I'm right, I consider that a very poor system; makes it very difficult to play any maps but the most "popular."
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Actually it's only poor right now because there are maps that are horrible but are good enough to have a great time with. There is a huge margin between terri-good and terri-bad maps right now. Maybe people already know what they like and do go too far off. Also, once there are tons of players there is more chance that your map might get played.
Overall, the system is bad and i agree. The list should have 3 recent maps at the top, marked as NEW. Epic mistake by Blizzard to promote exploration of new maps. If that is too limiting of popular maps, I think Blizzard should have a new list called "New" for maps less then 3 days old. This is the default list to be displayed and if people want to go mainstream, they will have to actually click over to the popular maps.