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Scenario Designers Ettiquette - 10/26/2017 11:17:40 AM

butch4343

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Folks,

A quick question, you put a scenario out to beta here, and you dont get any feedback, how do you interpret that?

Do you post it anyways in the community ready scenarios or do you scrap the scenario?

Im curious as to how others interpret no feedback.

Regards

Butch

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RE: Scenario Designers Ettiquette - 10/26/2017 12:23:54 PM

mikmykWS

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I wouldn't give what happens here much weight. It's a discussion forum so people tend to use it to talk or in some cases troll:) Trust your gut and work. If you like it and built it to your expectations odds are real good others will like it too. Fact you probably exceeded their expectations.

Mike.

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RE: Scenario Designers Ettiquette - 10/26/2017 4:48:15 PM

Gunner98

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I'll usually bump it a couple times to get some attention.

Although I find feedback very helpful in refining the scenario, and in most cases it is quite useful - no feedback sometimes happens.

As Mike says, if your happy with it - post it. If someone finds an issue once its in the Community Pack, it can still be fixed.

B

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RE: Scenario Designers Ettiquette - 10/26/2017 5:46:57 PM

Randomizer

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Whatever you do, don't take it personally. It is very likely that most CMANO players never post in the Forum and so you will sometimes not receive any useful feedback unless, as Gunner98 says, there's an issue noted after the scenario makes its way into the Community Scenario package.

I would also suggest that you not post a scenario as a Beta since this implies that it may be incomplete and probably most people here would rather play a finished scenario and offer improvements than try something unfinished and be expected to provide feedback. Post it as complete and ready for tweaking. Ask for PM's as some people are reluctant to criticize in public. If you need help with specific issues like Lua scripts or events, it's fine to post the incomplete work but make your requests for assistance as detailed as possible. Posts like these play to a different audience and some Forum Members relish helping budding scenario authors. If this happens, don't forget to acknowledge helpers and a good place to do this is in the Scenario Description.

Another idea is to copy/paste elements of the scenario description and briefing into the upload posting to spur interest and include the scenario date as some Players prefer or avoid older situations. For example, iron bombs may not be popular in some quarters.

Upload it, give a week or so then bump it; if still nothing and you're happy with it, post the finished scenario in the ready scenario forum. As the saying goes, "Publish and be Damned..."

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RE: Scenario Designers Ettiquette - 10/27/2017 10:42:11 AM

butch4343

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Folks,

Thanks for the advice, I am as always much obliged to you.

Regards

Butch

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RE: Scenario Designers Ettiquette - 10/27/2017 5:03:40 PM

thewood1

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It might also be a saturation level with scenarios. There are so many coming out, official and community, that its hard to get to them all. Not that its a bad thing, its great to have this much interest in the game.

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RE: Scenario Designers Ettiquette - 11/1/2017 12:54:34 PM

butch4343

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Thewood1

Thanks again for your reply. Its good to know that no response from the community doesnt mean a scenario isnt good.

Regards

Butch

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