[quote author=Chain link=topic=619.msg6325#msg6325 date=1330404503]<br />First off, whoever has executive powers or anything of the sort should perhaps ASK the player base first? Then, when people who attempt to bring some fresh maps into the fold ask people to playtest, maybe those same people who bitch about maps not being &quot;good&quot; can actually get off their asses and help test and refine new maps. I mean, you&#039;re all the experts right? How about sharing some of that amazing knowledge so that perhaps future seasons for you or others are enjoyable?[/quote]<br />Yeah that would be great if the board had actually reached out to the players when they were play testing. I have no problem sharing my expert knowledge and I&#039;m sure others feel the same way. But what can be done when the board limits the testing group to themselves plus 1 or 2 &#039;outsiders&#039;?<br /><br /><br />[quote]<br />So when you say that the Board should listen to everything you say, maybe you can practice what you preach and help mappers when they ask for non-gay/troll feedback.<br />[/quote]<br />I and a few others actually do help mappers with feedback. During the mapping contest there was a lot of constructive criticism going around and as a result the final contest version of the wad had drastically better maps. I don&#039;t know where you have been, but you&#039;re surely out of touch with the idl community. Most recently some of us helped Decay with Velocity testing. So you&#039;re very much incorrect with your assumption that we offer no help to mappers. 