The Wave XII Project - Update II

Hey there, CTFers!

We’ve got a couple days to go until final Wave XII testing on public CTF servers [henceforth ‘Rotation Days,’] so we’re here to answer some questions that we’ve been getting going into that!

So, what is this Wave XII thing again?​

Capture The Flag updates its map rotation in ‘Waves,’ or groups of new maps. Traditionally, these maps have been submitted by members of the community and selected from that pool by the CTF staff. What’s changing this time around is that the community will be voting directly on which maps make it into rotation, and as a result, we’re going to be testing potential new maps on public servers.

What’s happening on these ‘Rotation Days?’​

The entire current CTF rotation will be replaced with the new maps for 3 days. This will allow players to play potential new maps and vote on them using the in-game voting system. This will be supplemented by the release of a more complete voting form on the forums, which will allow players to vote on maps and give other relevant information.

So which maps are you testing?​

A refined list of community submissions from February 1st to September 12th. The full list of maps is as follows:

Spoiler: List of Maps

Reworks

329797 - Academy II by Daniellll & sportyman56

307394 - Beaver Creek VI by SirAbbe_

347515 - Clocktower V by GalaThundR

245473 - Dragon Valley V by RHOSKE, DeZilla, Doges & flyguy23ndm

321972 - Dragon Valley V by Supernova CTF Team

178419 - Islands III by Daniellll

334130 - Medieval Fortress by Daniellll

265553 - Parklife I by SoCool21 and sportyman56

325002 - Platforms V by Dokkedal

326956 - Valley of Ruin V by ByzakaByzantin

327582 - Valley of Ruin V by Lugia_

327940 - Valley of Siege by GalaThundR

320251 - Skyglass I by Sir_Inge

347660 - Skyworlds V by ningeek212 & Chaotic_Cavern

345222 - Unholy Faith V by Xelasi, Shawn_, xxMinesheepxx



Originals:

185051 - Alaskan Wood by sportyman56

347230 - Candyland by sportyman56

163262 - Chernobyl by Shawn_

336987 - Geo by GalaThundR

101245 - Gray Sublime Archon by Fawely, snowfoxD & ikemulti

182736 - Industrial Desert by Congruence

355357 - InfraQ by Coquelin

345553 - Kauwela Shore by EddKrumbs & xxMineSheepxx

332028 - Martian Outpost by GalaThundR

116937 - Molokai by 1LEGODUDE13

140791 - Nature Valley Nut Crisp by PolarizedHam9000

326874 - Perdition by Dokkedal

338817 - Petalburg City by Daniellll

180223 - Pirate Cove by sportyman56

325556 - Rocky Ruins by GalaThundR

341643 - Shoots by Lumpi456 & LeDoener

321596 - Subacqueo by Lugia_

327372 - Sphinxes by Xelasi & xxMineSheepxx

241146 - Willow Pass by Xelasi

318744 - Wisteria Grove by EddKrumbs

We encourage you to check them out on Build before they enter the rotation and voting starts!

And this all starts when?​

Saturday, November 5th, 2016​

Maps will go live at roughly 12 PM EST (4 PM GMT). The addition of new maps won’t occur right on the dot, as changes to the rotation have to be made manually, but should be close enough.

The first weekend of testing has been completed, but due to some complications, we are adding more testing between Saturday, November 12th and Sunday, November 13th.

Okay, but this will only last for a couple days, right? What happens when you’re done?​

A few things. The voting form on the forums will be shut down 2 or 3 days after the rotation changes back to normal, so people who’ve played them while doing early testing but can’t make it for one of the rotation days will still have a say. After that, we’ll go through the data and get to work on picking the highest voted maps for the new rotation & producing its related media (trailer, announcement post, etc).

So what matters more, in-game voting or this online form?​

Our intent is to weight data from them evenly. If there ends up being a major problem with one source, we can simply use the other.

So that’s great and all, but I’d like to know a bit more!​

Sure thing! Feel free to ask any questions you might have on this thread.



So, we hope that covers just about everything for now. We’re extremely excited for this coming weekend, and hope you guys are as well!


Happy capping!

~ The CTF Staff Team

 

Due to logistics issues, we're pushing the start time back to noon tomorrow. This should, by all means, be the last delay. Look forward to seeing you guys then! ^^

 

Maps are now live on Public CTF servers, and the voting form is up! In addition, because of our late start on putting these maps in rotation, the live testing will continue into Monday, November 7th.

 

Okay, so we had an imperfect implementation of the new maps this weekend, unfortunately. Specifically, 3 maps weren't actually in the rotation, and server messages directing players to the forums threads weren't running.

As such, we will still be changing the maps back to the normal rotation today, but we will also be adding another weekend of testing. The votes on maps that have already been cast will remain, as will those that have already been cast on the form.

We apologize again for the inconvenience - these issues were largely the result of running a new system and our lack of familiarity with it. If you have any further questions, shoot me a PM.