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[Site] List of Top 20 Most Popular Maps

PostPosted: Tue Jul 23, 2013 9:04 pm
by EmperorTigerstar
Concise description:
A simple list or page that shows the top 20 most popular maps based on number of active games using them. That way, people can see which maps will attract more gamers.

EDIT: You can also have it to where you can click the map and then get sent to a list of all games awaiting players using that map so that way people don't have to look through pages and pages to find their favorite map.

Re: List of Top 20 Most Popular Maps

PostPosted: Tue Jul 23, 2013 9:19 pm
by SaviorShot
Game finder tab in the top left. You can find anything you want there

Re: List of Top 20 Most Popular Maps

PostPosted: Tue Jul 23, 2013 9:34 pm
by spiesr

Re: List of Top 20 Most Popular Maps

PostPosted: Tue Jul 23, 2013 9:47 pm
by DoomYoshi
Without fail, the most popular map is JRR Tolkien's map of Middle Earth.

The best map though is definitely:
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Re: List of Top 20 Most Popular Maps

PostPosted: Thu Jul 25, 2013 7:52 pm
by stahrgazer
SaviorShot wrote:Game finder tab in the top left. You can find anything you want there


Game finder didn't have a "20 most popular maps" option last time I looked.

Interesting idea. Why not?

Re: List of Top 20 Most Popular Maps

PostPosted: Sun Jul 28, 2013 1:32 pm
by EmperorTigerstar
DoomYoshi wrote:Without fail, the most popular map is JRR Tolkien's map of Middle Earth.

The best map though is definitely:
Click image to enlarge.
image


I meant top 20 most popular conquer club maps. :lol:

Re: List of Top 20 Most Popular Maps

PostPosted: Sun Jul 28, 2013 9:56 pm
by DoomYoshi
I understand, just adding some levity since I thought the question was already answered. There have been polls determining the most popular maps and people keep various lists of the number of games played on maps.

Re: List of Top 20 Most Popular Maps

PostPosted: Tue Aug 27, 2013 9:26 am
by OliverFA
I think this is a very good idea. And in fact, would provide valuable feedback for the foundry on what to suggest to new mapmakers.

Re: List of Top 20 Most Popular Maps

PostPosted: Tue Aug 27, 2013 1:55 pm
by DoomYoshi
OliverFA wrote:I think this is a very good idea. And in fact, would provide valuable feedback for the foundry on what to suggest to new mapmakers.


I disagree, for the same reasons that you can't tell a musician what makes a hit song.

Re: List of Top 20 Most Popular Maps

PostPosted: Tue Aug 27, 2013 2:15 pm
by OliverFA
That's almost a philosophical debate, but lets say that some factors in art can be told and some can't. By looking at the most successful songs its possible to tell some of the factors that make a good song. With maps it's the same.

Of course there is the question about the different audiences (some like big maps, some like small maps, some like simple maps, some like complex maps) however a top 20 list would be very informative and useful. Specially if it was about the last year, which would eliminate old maps advantage

Re: List of Top 20 Most Popular Maps

PostPosted: Fri Sep 13, 2013 9:43 pm
by EmperorTigerstar
DoomYoshi wrote:
OliverFA wrote:I think this is a very good idea. And in fact, would provide valuable feedback for the foundry on what to suggest to new mapmakers.


I disagree, for the same reasons that you can't tell a musician what makes a hit song.


I meant maps used the most...

For example:
1. Classic (732 ongoing games)
2. Napoleonic Europe (440 ongoing games)

Re: List of Top 20 Most Popular Maps

PostPosted: Sun Sep 15, 2013 2:37 am
by agentcom
There's something in the works on the test site that would effectively provide this information.

Re: List of Top 20 Most Popular Maps

PostPosted: Thu Sep 19, 2013 11:38 pm
by EmperorTigerstar
agentcom wrote:There's something in the works on the test site that would effectively provide this information.

I hope it happens then.

Re: List of Top 20 Most Popular Maps

PostPosted: Thu Sep 19, 2013 11:54 pm
by patrickaa317
EmperorTigerstar wrote:
agentcom wrote:There's something in the works on the test site that would effectively provide this information.

I hope it happens then.


http://www.conquerclub.com/public.php?mode=maps&sort=games

Re: List of Top 20 Most Popular Maps

PostPosted: Fri Sep 20, 2013 10:57 pm
by agentcom
EmperorTigerstar wrote:Concise description:
A simple list or page that shows the top 20 most popular maps based on number of active games using them. That way, people can see which maps will attract more gamers.

EDIT: You can also have it to where you can click the map and then get sent to a list of all games awaiting players using that map so that way people don't have to look through pages and pages to find their favorite map.


As pointed out above, IMPLEMENTED!

The edit you made is a good point though. There are a couple changes that need to be made to that page anyway, so I'll bring it up.

Re: [Site] List of Top 20 Most Popular Maps

PostPosted: Sat Sep 21, 2013 2:59 am
by DoomYoshi
That list is wrong. USA was a launch map. Game 6 was played on it.

Re: [Site] List of Top 20 Most Popular Maps

PostPosted: Sat Sep 21, 2013 6:31 am
by agentcom
DoomYoshi wrote:That list is wrong. USA was a launch map. Game 6 was played on it.


Interesting. For other reasons, I suspected that the list might be a little bit screwy. I'll post something and figure out where the data came from.

Re: List of Top 20 Most Popular Maps

PostPosted: Sat Sep 21, 2013 11:27 am
by EmperorTigerstar
patrickaa317 wrote:
EmperorTigerstar wrote:
agentcom wrote:There's something in the works on the test site that would effectively provide this information.

I hope it happens then.


http://www.conquerclub.com/public.php?mode=maps&sort=games



Thank you so much for implementing this! Is there a way to show how many games using that map are being played at the current moment?

Re: [Site] List of Top 20 Most Popular Maps

PostPosted: Mon Sep 23, 2013 12:10 am
by DoomYoshi
agentcom wrote:
DoomYoshi wrote:That list is wrong. USA was a launch map. Game 6 was played on it.


Interesting. For other reasons, I suspected that the list might be a little bit screwy. I'll post something and figure out where the data came from.


When I first started I made a list of the maps in order they came out by selecting all maps, going to the first game numbers, seeing what was there and then unselecting them for the next iteration. I did this for every map on the site and like a year later realized there was actually a list.

This page may not be perfect, but it is such a step in the right direction.