I think you may be Doom&#039;s first lavaphile, JKist. Your ideas on map editing are laughable and not required in both maps you suggest. Let a player who actually plays a (forgive me if people think otherwise!) reliable defense for several years running and thus has the experience I believe to speak on the matter.<br /><br />Correct me if I&#039;m wrong here, but map26 does not need this adjustment because defense is not easy against skilled runners who will not always take the window route and in many instances can shift which direction their going to using primarily the lift or the main running passage in the map segueing into the right hallway. Inversely you as a defender can set up in various positions on map26 and still leave an opening as the base mouth is very wide.<br /><br />Map14 is meant to be a slog type of map. Don&#039;t take 5v5 priv sessions as to how this map is meant to be played, in 3v3 contests it can be very tense. The spawning positions allow attackers to sometimes instantly run out of the base upon killing the defender and grabbing the flag. It&#039;s happened in many IDL games featuring this map. The defender staying hidden balances this in that it puts additional pressure on the offense that generally control the entire map. The defense has to stay in the area you propose to turn to lava to actually be effective as defense against both routes of attack.<br /><br />Sorry that you as a player are not good enough in the CTF arena to Adapt and Overcome these changes in gameplay, and that defense doesn&#039;t simply roll over for the mighty JKist3. Your ideas are absolutely horrible and will [b]never[/b] be implemented.<br /><br />[quote author=Jkist link=topic=484.msg4432#msg4432 date=1312270310]The second suggestion was to reinstate franchising. The only reason that team NS won was because it was able to stack the team to make it almost unbeatable. All other teams would have trouble beating me pot and star, and if we reinstated franchising we could have more teams like this. We would have other very strong teams to compete against. From what I have seen so far and from what Nostar has told me, this season is not going according to plan at all. 12 teams just spread out the skill too much, and most teams have a good player carrying a bad captain.[/quote]<br /><br />You know what&#039;s interesting? Team NS was only so because you deliberately nerfed any team you landed on that wasn&#039;t comprised of NS, which is not only despicable and disrespectful to the attitude and composure of the league, but also puts you in a bad light as a player. I will also step out on a limb and say anyone would have been able to steamroll with Chewy and Nostar as they were back then because the team was already stacked as-is. Don&#039;t give yourself so much credit, because you&#039;ve earned little.<br /><br />[quote author=Jkist link=topic=484.msg4432#msg4432 date=1312270310]Franchising would eventually eliminate all of the bad captains since nobody would want to franchise with them, and we would only be left with good players. This would benefit the IDL because then it would go back to being a true league for the best CTF players in doom. Right now it is just unplayable.<br />[/quote]<br /><br />Franchising (or the lack thereof) proved that there are a lot of decent players out there that do not get their chance otherwise. Soulsucka is a prime example. He has shown time and time again that while people would pick you for instance over him, it does not mean that you are the superior player, just more well known. Franchising only further reinforces this fact, as has been proven in the past that only popular players truly get franchised, and this can even be detrimental to a team, not to mention it plays favorites with various captains considering the player has to agree to be on their team in the first place. It&#039;s rather unfair in all respects, even though it can build a good team on paper, it can most certainly also decimate it.<br /><br />In short, you shouldn&#039;t talk about what&#039;s best for the IDL when clearly you show lack of objectionable thought in both other ventures and the points you bring up here. Your attitude - both past and present - clearly shows that in your opinion, a CTF league with the best players would really be you riding on the coattails of the best players on a single team.<br /><br />Thank you and good day!