Modder's League Table?

[Maquiladora]

Bare with me. What about a table of all the people who have worked on improving CtP2, gaining points for each piece of work, be it a scenario, a mod or just a simple but effective script. Maybe points for each type of work, given for time spent, level of completion and bug freeness etc...

Im thinking the competitive element will bring out the best in some newbies like me and others, and strive to move up the table in a sort of shallow competitive way.

Does it sound incredibly bad or would it enthuse someone, perhaps a newbie to contribute?

Thoughts?

[Locutus]

Let me think: ehm... No!

Since when is modding supposed to be competitive? I appreciate the works of 'small' modmakers just as much as that 'big' ones. Modding is my hobby: I do what I feel like doing, not what I think will earn me the most credit...

It will probably scare away more newbies than it will encourage...

[Maquiladora]

I think your missing the point, if its based on gameplay and quality, it would IMO encourage people to be creative and produce something of real quality and originality, im not saying that isnt already happening, but it would show newbies or anyone what kind things are already out there, more clearly.

Competition doesnt have to just earn credit (if it even does), you can still compete with yourself for a target.

[Tamerlin]

Originally posted by Maquiladora
I think your missing the point, if its based on gameplay and quality, it would IMO encourage people to be creative and produce something of real quality and originality, im not saying that isnt already happening, but it would show newbies or anyone what kind things are already out there, more clearly.

Competition doesnt have to just earn credit (if it even does), you can still compete with yourself for a target.

Though I don't qualify as a modder in anyway, I agree with Locutus. What has seduced me when I first visited the Apolyton CtP2 forums and encouraged me to register was the friendliness and the humor of the exchanges, the warm welcome given to the newbies and the cooperation between the members of the community. For example, when I requested some helps from Hexagonian about the CRA_Updater.slc he spent some of his spare time to answer and gave me valuable advices whereas I have never given back anything to the community and though I have never played CtP2 with his mod. You have yourself contributed to the thread I have started and your point of view has helped me to flesh out important things.

Though I don't think your proposal will change anything to this, I think it can give a wrong image of the CtP2 community and scare away some newbies (to quote Locutus).

[Maquiladora]

Hmm yeah Tamerlin im having the same thoughts myself now, I agree with you about the community on the CtP2 forums, its unique, just the idea of recording everyones achievements sounded alot better in my head...

I think this is another one of those 'post before thinking' moments, i have been awake for over 28 hours though. Point taken.

[The Big Mc]

no no no no.

wait up

no

[Tamerlin]

Originally posted by Maquiladora
I think this is another one of those 'post before thinking' moments, i have been awake for over 28 hours though. Point taken.

No problem, I am sure you posted it with good intents in mind.

Save your current CtP2 game and take some rest...

[HuangShang]

where was that quote from...

and a modding table wont effect me so i voted no w/ almost everyone else

[Martin Gühmann]

Well I have agree with Locutus, we all have real lives, so not everyone has the time, in addition you would find some mods that no one would play just released for quantity. And if everyone would compete here you wouldn't find mods like the ApolytonPack. The ApolytonPack is a collection of mods packed together for the fans, so that not everyone has to put together his own mods, and not everyone knows how it does work. And it also helped Cradle and MedPack not to have here a competition, you find CityMod2 in both mods also a lot of slics, and everyone is free to use these slics in his own mods. And the non competetive spirit attracts more people, come and see, come and try, come and play, come and mod. Well if you like of course, that should be the order first get interested in the game and then get interested in creating you own modifications, of course if you like if you just want to play than just play.

The only incentive you should have is that you can create something, can achieve something, can release something, then you know you did something. And of course in the first place you did it for yourself and of course you released something for others, but the question you have to ask yourself, do I like my creation, if you have sometime and you like to do something on modding then do it, if you don't have time or other interests then you can't mod, that is simple no one here is paid for doing stuff.

-Martin

[Dale]

I agree. No. Without the "community spirit", Apolyton Pack wouldn't be here. Just what Martin said.

[Devil of Truth]

Sorry Maq. I see what you’re trying to do here, but it doesn’t quite fit into the Apolyton mould.

[Immortal Wombat]

So we're agreed. We do it, but set it up on a separate website, never talk about it on Apolyton, never link to it from Apolyton, and never let any newbie know we are anything other than 100% community-spirited.

[Maquiladora]

I knew you had a competitive streak

... no really, i just meant to keep track of what people have done, in a friendly way...

Everyone who wants Locutus to close this thread say aye, AYE. Okay settled.

[Tamerlin]

This thread has never existed, it has never been opened, we don't know anything about such a thing... (music of "The Invaders" in the background, feel like David Vincent falling inconscious...)

AYE!

[HuangShang]

aye