Map Sponsoring - The Hive Workshop

**Ralle** · 06-03-2008, 09:30 PM

Hello everyone!
Hiveworkshop will soon be getting another feature. We will be showing people's maps and mods on the front page. This way people can get their projects promoted. In exchange people will have to sponsor the hive by donating a small fee.

Here is the first map in line (you cannot request this at all yet):

The City of Drugs

City Of Drugs is basically a 'Live A Life' map where you can be a citizen, join mafia gang, police force or become a drug dealer. You can buy houses, marry, have kinds, dance , be a farmer, be a cook, buy cars, units, go to prison, upgrade, build economy, deal drugs etc.
However, next to the main idea it has nothing to do with loap.

The main differences are:
There is a goal, each job has promotion levels, players are balanced, every player can be anything he wants (police, drug, mafia, cook, mailman, farmer), terrain, minimum on memory leaks, nice custom models, intensive gameplay and other

Every player will start the game as a citizen and will be forced to join Mafia, Drug or Police force. Ones joined u can still do side jobs as cook, farmer, delivery boy etc
There are also a lot of map activities during the game: Animals escaping from the zoo, hooligans trashing the streets, mafia gangs fighting for territory etc. You can also buy guns and weapons or even buy an Armor/Mech that can be worn by the hero.

Some people run away as soon as they smell something similar to the word LOAP. But this map truly glorifies that map category in my opinion.

Anyway, you will have to wait for the system to be deployed in order to get your own map displayed here.

Preskooldude · 06-03-2008, 11:27 PM

How much is the fee?

DesKaladA · 06-04-2008, 12:14 AM

hmmmm O ok let me just point out the fact that someone needs to slap ralle so he can take a good objective look at this idea

basicly this means money = good map

**Gilles** · 06-04-2008, 03:06 AM

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Originally Posted by DesKaladA

hmmmm O ok let me just point out the fact that someone needs to slap ralle so he can take a good objective look at this idea

basicly this means money = good map

You mean that people with crappy maps will get front page? I don't honestly care. Although I think Ralle would check them out first.

Brulogaz · 06-04-2008, 03:45 AM

why would someone pay to promote a crappy map anyway?

If someone believe in his product engouh to pay the fee then maybe it's worth a try

Zergleb · 06-04-2008, 04:12 AM

Exactly what he said, why would people pay to promote a crappy map. Anyways, if they pay the money they should get the promotion. It would be kind of unfair to limit who can do it, just because one person doesn't think the map is good, if it follows the rules then they should be allowed to advertise their map.

But i also believe there will be some level of quality if they care enough to pay to advertise it.

Dreadnought[dA] · 06-04-2008, 04:20 AM

Watch IceFrog get DotA sponsored here! *waits for rage spam*

James7 · 06-04-2008, 04:24 AM

Hmmm that's a cool idea. How long would the map be on the front page?

And seriously I doubt some noob map maker is just gonna storm in here and pay money so he can look like a retard. Anyone who's willing to laying down funds has to be seriously dedicated to his craft.

madcat2 · 06-04-2008, 05:08 AM

Would you get a discount for having hive symbols on everything and tell people in quests to donate to the hive? :D Thought it'd be worth asking.

Doctor-Pepper · 06-04-2008, 07:54 AM

Lol, it looks like this idea can become a great success

**Pyritie** · 06-04-2008, 10:28 AM

So the difference between this and a hosted project is that hosting is free and you get a forum, but sponsoring you have to pay and no sub-forum?

Also, after a map has been featured, when another map comes, will the previous one disappear or will it go into a sort of "archive" of featured maps?

HINDYhat · 06-04-2008, 10:40 AM

Just consider it a donation and everyone stop whining. No one HAS to pay for this. While donating to the site, this could simply be something Ralle gives you in return.... like a colored name for chat.

Dumblor · 06-04-2008, 06:54 PM

I don't really like this , but I won't state my reasons. I hope thisis necessary...

Doctor-Pepper · 06-04-2008, 08:47 PM

Why not? Feel free to share

RunningAway · 06-04-2008, 09:11 PM

It's a way to promote your map while making a contribution to the site; I don't understand why anyone would have a problem with this. I can't foresee this hurting the site in any way, and it's likely to motivate a few extra people to make a donation. Who otherwise might have been happy to just keep their cash in their own pocket. Aside from that the other members might discover a map they really like, which otherwise might have slipped through unnoticed.