"stop posting about the emperor I'M TIRED OF SEEING HIM"

It's unfortunate the workshop is this way now. I remember around in 2017 there was a ton of talented workshop creators that made fantastic levels that were mind blowing at the time, but all of them left the Clone Drone community a few years later. I can easily say that this is the worst workshop era for Clone Drone for the past year or so.

One main problem is that there are a lacking number of talented workshop creators to drown out the spam maps. It may take someone a few weeks or months to make a decent map, but spam maps are easy to make in an hour. Another issue is that the workshop community can be nitpicky at times. Making a difficult level will not bode well for you, it will most likely get disliked a lot, regardless of the quality of the level. Since spam maps are so easy for the average clone drone player, they get upvoted since they can beat it easily.

The workshop seems to favor adventures more over endless levels. It sucks that it's this way. There could be a lot of factors leading into this, but I'm guessing one of them is that the devs encourages people to make adventures, which may come at a cost of neglecting endless levels.

Another problem is the level editor competitions. They should be motivating for workshop creators to give it their all, but they end up being demotivating for how unorganized they are. The biggest insult was the 2nd level editor competition where a map from 2017 won an award. That horrible choice can be so demotivating to talented workshop creators seeing a lower quality map win a competition. I won't vent too much on this since it's not relevant right now, but my point is that the level editor competitions are just bad. They can end up promoting spam maps, which is an insult to talented workshop creators who works on a map for a few months, only to not win because one random judge thinks otherwise.

I would like to see the workshop flourish again, but at this rate the Clone Drone workshop will just be barren and neglected.

I also want to clarify on what I think "talented workshop creators" are. If someone puts some thought into making a level, I call them talented workshop creators. It may not be the greatest in quality, but if there was some clear thought put into it, I'm fine with that map. As long as it's not mindless like the enemy spam levels or the all upgrade challenges.

Originally posted by hollowedcommander:

I also want to clarify on what I think "talented workshop creators" are. If someone puts some thought into making a level, I call them talented workshop creators. It may not be the greatest in quality, but if there was some clear thought put into it, I'm fine with that map. As long as it's not mindless like the enemy spam levels or the all upgrade challenges.

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i mean i agree with this, but if somehow in whatever universe it's a balanced level in insanium endless with the emporer i guess it could somehow work out

Ye, I hate just seeing a blank level with just one emperor and you have no upgrades. It waste time, and even more now in the current competition, I bet about 80% of the levels are just spam or "fight the emperor" levels. it sucks to see what the workshop community has become.

Originally posted by EVTV alt 0087:

Ye, I hate just seeing a blank level with just one emperor and you have no upgrades. It waste time, and even more now in the current competition, I bet about 80% of the levels are just spam or "fight the emperor" levels. it sucks to see what the workshop community has become.

I feel like the problem with a lot of spam maps showing up in this competition is that people want the participation award, which is a brand new emote. There shouldn't be any other rewards besides winning the competition.

I get the devs want more people to participate, but a lot of these ways aren't very good. I already stated plenty of times how dumb the theme of this competition is, all it does is lure in more people to participate. It also has no purpose, you could of just said "Everyone is allowed to participate in the competition" as a part of the competition description, not the title or theme. Previous competitions were also beginner's friendly, so what even is the point of this theme?

Originally posted by hollowedcommander:

Originally posted by EVTV alt 0087:

Ye, I hate just seeing a blank level with just one emperor and you have no upgrades. It waste time, and even more now in the current competition, I bet about 80% of the levels are just spam or "fight the emperor" levels. it sucks to see what the workshop community has become.

I feel like the problem with a lot of spam maps showing up in this competition is that people want the participation award, which is a brand new emote. There shouldn't be any other rewards besides winning the competition.

I get the devs want more people to participate, but a lot of these ways aren't very good. I already stated plenty of times how dumb the theme of this competition is, all it does is lure in more people to participate. It also has no purpose, you could of just said "Everyone is allowed to participate in the competition" as a part of the competition description, not the title or theme. Previous competitions were also beginner's friendly, so what even is the point of this theme?

+1

Originally posted by EVTV alt 0087:

Originally posted by hollowedcommander:

I feel like the problem with a lot of spam maps showing up in this competition is that people want the participation award, which is a brand new emote. There shouldn't be any other rewards besides winning the competition.

I get the devs want more people to participate, but a lot of these ways aren't very good. I already stated plenty of times how dumb the theme of this competition is, all it does is lure in more people to participate. It also has no purpose, you could of just said "Everyone is allowed to participate in the competition" as a part of the competition description, not the title or theme. Previous competitions were also beginner's friendly, so what even is the point of this theme?

+1

10+9=21