Yea Ladna, I think there could definitely be some big changes as far as including polls to get public opinion.<br /><br />If someone creates a poll, the link to that poll could be put in the #idl topic with a given time frame to end the poll (also listed in the topic).&nbsp; Someone could even copy-paste that link into #idl at random times throughout the day as well.&nbsp; If nobody wants to take the incentive to do it, I will.&nbsp; I can start with Xen&#039;s current poll about maps 28 and 32.<br /><br />I agree that they should not be the sole determinant for IDL policy, but call it a sense of democracy if you will.&nbsp; Players vote on the polls and expect the board to generally reflect those opinions into their decisions.&nbsp; They don&#039;t [b]have[/b] to reflect them, if there is a valid reason to go against the players&#039; wants.<br /><br />Creating more polls on controversial issues would be a great way to get the public&#039;s opinions.&nbsp; They could spark more chatting in IRC as well as the forum, but the thread can&#039;t just be made and expect it to be popular.&nbsp; It needs to be put in the topic, list a time frame in which the poll will be open, someone needs to post the link throughout the day randomly so that as many people as possible can see it and take time to consider the issues.&nbsp; If someone is worried about the issue then they will definitely vote.<br /><br />As Ralph likes to call it, you have to babysit the players.&nbsp; You have to pester them to vote on things.&nbsp; You can&#039;t just sit back, make a thread and expect people to explore the forum to find the threads.&nbsp; Post it in #idl, the #idl topic, or even PMing players on IRC.&nbsp; As I said before, if needed I can help update topics, post links, and pester people.<br /><br />As far as maps go, I think there are more than 3-4 that aren&#039;t very good but that&#039;s my opinion.&nbsp; Here are some of the maps that are dreaded/hated every time I see them come up in the priv server:<br />07, 21, 24, 25, 27<br /><br />Okay so maybe there&#039;s only 5 that are constantly bashed by the players, but hey that&#039;s 5 spots that could be filled by maps that are actually played like ZD07, ZDU30, and that leaves 3 more spots.&nbsp; I have tried games on those maps, and I&#039;ve even picked some of those maps when I was a captain.&nbsp; Nobody wants to play them except a very small group of people.&nbsp; So why not just ditch them and put some maps back in that were actually played.<br /><br />If the board wants to keep only 32 maps in the wad, don&#039;t fill in spaces with those controversial/bad maps.&nbsp; If you want to include them, then expand the number of maps in the wad to include those maps that were taken out that people still like to pick/play.<br /><br />I appreciate all the work you guys have done as far as compiling the wad, but as I&#039;ve mentioned before there are clearly some maps that need to be taken out.&nbsp; A little effort to find better/old maps now would be more beneficial overall, instead of finalizing the wad with maps that nobody wants to play for 1-2 seasons and THEN changing maps.