More map categories

[Kaleu]

I think it's a good idea to implement this and give better recognition to some schemes.
Furthermore, I don't think TUS competes with WMDB, it doesn't make sense to be an exact mirror of the categories there.
edit: It's not exact, wmdb has few more (more reasons to add more categories.)

[MonkeyIsland]

I'd definitely add more map categories. I don't think the current list reflects the community correctly.

I still don't have a good number to suggest, but if only one more category be added, that would be great already.

Are you saying you need only one more category to be added for now?

[FoxHound]

Are you saying you need only one more category to be added for now?

What I meant is that previously I had said that all schemes deserve a new category, but that would be a very big change and also infinite, because every time a new scheme be added, a new category would be needed, making a huge list. That comment might had weakened my suggestion, so I said that at least one more category on TUS maps would be a progress, since they are the same for years. It's better than nothing. However, of course I would prefer more.

But thinking on this hypothesis of one single extra map category to be added on TUS, what I would suggest is to split Miscellaneous one into Creative/Original ideas and Generic maps.

This would be great to make people easily find new schemes/new map designs/new ideas without needing to search in the middle of hundreds of maps designed for any schemes (usually normal gameplay schemes), maps that the player made but not for a specific scheme in mind, maps that are basically one cool image that someone wanted to transform into a map, without thinking on a scheme.

So, basically, I think that in an ideal scenario schemes that already have more than 5 maps made by different players could receive a proper category, specially if the scheme already has competitive events. All those other schemes that have only 1 map or 2 made by 1 guy only should go to the Creative ideas category. Generic/multiple schemes maps category would be the real Miscellaneous one.

[Kaleu]

Maybe just suggest some schemes too?

[FoxHound]

The category I miss the most is actually the Conventional gameplay one. Today all the conventional gameplay maps are among the maps in Miscelaneous category. If you want to download conventional gameplay style maps, you'll have to search a lot through many PNG maps that doesn't look like a randomly-generated map (and the same for the opposite).

And maybe Conventional gameplay is too generic, maybe we could have a category for Elite (maps that are usally different from Intermediate - very complex open islands), a category for Hysteria/Aerial (Open Islands), a category for old Team17 maps (dual-layered caverns), etc. We have already a category for Roper and recently Quickdraw, so why not create categories for these schemes or maybe by map editor map type.

Not to say those already mentioned other schemes. For example, we have a lot of maps for Grenade Wars now and a lot of maps for Time-trial Big Rope Race (or Big Time-trial Rope Race). They could receive a category too.