y is the host of this site dont like map protecting?

[Dracula]

i want to protect my map for my friend...he always steal stuff for my map....like trigger spells the thing he dont know how to make...last map he showed me he copy like 50% of my map to his....can u tell me where to dl the ma protecting thing... :?

 

[Tr!KzZ]

I dont know why the host of this site is against map protecting, but u should ask another site for this, its against the rules and we shouldnt be talk about this so u will get a warning (i hope im not :/ )

 

[Istran]

he wants maps to be open so people can learn from them. If a map is protected you can't see any triggers and stuff, so you cant leanr how they did that cool stuff, like in dota :/

 

[Dracula]

......-_- learning form maps huh...

 

[Rui]

Don't discuss map protection/unprotection!! >_< Get Heavy Locker or something like that and final point.

-Rui

 

[FerShizzle]

......-_- learning form maps huh...

Maybe you should read VGsatomi's post. It's all explained in there.

 

[xXPoLiSh_DuDeXx]

To the original poster, learn grammar before posting. Honestly you sound like a 5 year old attempting to write a sentance.


Also protecting your map is stupid. People have to learn from something. if I didn't open a few maps I'd still be lost.

 

[forceflow]

^Agreed with Polish. I'm a learning map maker and opening other maps is the main thing I learn from. (Its faster than asking on the forums anyhow >.>)

 

[titan_06]

......-_- learning form maps huh...

if you have a problem with the rules, maybe this isnt the site for you.

 

[azalgath]

Map protection is EVIL!!! And as the mods say... Not to be spoken about. So I suggest going elsewhere with your evil protection!

I learnt everything I know by studing other maps, and I hope that people can learn stuff out of the few maps I release.

 

[Angelusz]

Although i will probably get a warning for this;
I do protect my maps, i don't want to join battlenet just to see 9 modified copies of my map, and one original game.
But if anything, i do add a text message ingame, if anyone wants to learn from the map, to email me about it.
When they do, and ask about a specific trigger or system i will help them create it.

There, nobody is copying my maps, and they do get chance to learn.

 

[N00byStance]

Mmm smart =] Maybe I'll try same? :roll:

 

[Tr!KzZ]

yeah thats the same i do i also protect my maps, becasue a friend of me has lost his map by another one he makes a map called "spinnendjagd" (german) or "spiderhunt" (english) and he hasnt protect his map and what happens a few days later i saw his map opened i joined and author was anpther one his map was ripped and i dont want to lose all my maps i made, u know.

 

[DarkShadow]

Still most of the mods (like me) share Darky's opinion about map protection. Best protection for your map is to upload it here, so everyone (especially the mods) know that it's your map. Sometimes I'm wondering if you guys get money if your map gets hosted in b.net, else I don't know why you care that much. I know that mappers like it when many people know their map and it's played often in b.net, it's some kind of honor, and map stealing puts anger in the heart of every mapper. But making it impossible for other mappers to open it isn't the right way, why not creating a website for it, e.g. like "Tides of Blood"? In my opinion that's the best way to tell the world that this map belongs to you.

For which reason do you make maps? Do you simply make them so other guys see how good you are in map making and can praise you, or do you do it because you simply like making maps? Think about it. And still, we don't allow discussions about map protection until Darky changes his opinion, so I'll lock this topic.

@Angelusz:
You won't be warned for uploading protected maps or simply saying that you do it, we (especially VGsatomi) only don't like to see it.