Ok, first off, I just want to say that I saw a post that inspired me to do something like this. Also, if anyone takes offense at this, I'm sorry in advance. Lastly, the reason I didn't post this anywhere else instead of the parkour forums is that this is just me kinda venting out.
Ok. I think the best place to start is the fact about map submissions. These days, most maps that get accepted have varied, thought out, and sometimes tricky jumps, and usually, there is nothing wrong about that. But, if you look at the old maps, lots of them have simple, repetitive jumps, but does that make them a bad map? No. Or at least I think so. Additionally, if maps get rejected because of repetitive jumps, why is Aquatic Adventure a thing? What about the hard maps, colors and layers? Easy line? Are they bad maps? While some people may say that repetitive, simple jumps can be boring, some people enjoy them. For example, they are usually fun to speedrun, as seen by all the low times in AA, and they can also be useful for learning how to use momentum. Not only this but why can't maps based around jumps be accepted? I spend a lot of time looking around in the map submissions, and while sometimes I can see that some maps definitely shouldn't be accepted, sometimes, it feels like I saw a map and it maybe had a good chance to get accepted. I mean whats the whole point of parkour? Isn't it to practice a jump, execute that jump, and then repeat until you finish the map? Why can't maps that are based on a jump be accepted? Ok fine, maybe it might be better to just let the moderators build it and then maybe have a separate section in the warp menu that says tutorial maps, and then they would have a good reason to reject maps surrounding a jump. I still don't know why maps surrounding a jump are accepted. Ok. Now, my last problem is why does a build matter so much in a parkour map? Maybe I'm just saying this because I've always been a function over fashion guy, but I don't see the point of making parkour appealing. For me, parkour is parkour, and I know people may disagree with me, and that is why I am not posting this under suggestions. And I may be saying this a little bit because I'm not a good builder. Remember, this is just my rant and opinion. Just sayin.
Ok. I think the best place to start is the fact about map submissions. These days, most maps that get accepted have varied, thought out, and sometimes tricky jumps, and usually, there is nothing wrong about that. But, if you look at the old maps, lots of them have simple, repetitive jumps, but does that make them a bad map? No. Or at least I think so. Additionally, if maps get rejected because of repetitive jumps, why is Aquatic Adventure a thing? What about the hard maps, colors and layers? Easy line? Are they bad maps? While some people may say that repetitive, simple jumps can be boring, some people enjoy them. For example, they are usually fun to speedrun, as seen by all the low times in AA, and they can also be useful for learning how to use momentum. Not only this but why can't maps based around jumps be accepted? I spend a lot of time looking around in the map submissions, and while sometimes I can see that some maps definitely shouldn't be accepted, sometimes, it feels like I saw a map and it maybe had a good chance to get accepted. I mean whats the whole point of parkour? Isn't it to practice a jump, execute that jump, and then repeat until you finish the map? Why can't maps that are based on a jump be accepted? Ok fine, maybe it might be better to just let the moderators build it and then maybe have a separate section in the warp menu that says tutorial maps, and then they would have a good reason to reject maps surrounding a jump. I still don't know why maps surrounding a jump are accepted. Ok. Now, my last problem is why does a build matter so much in a parkour map? Maybe I'm just saying this because I've always been a function over fashion guy, but I don't see the point of making parkour appealing. For me, parkour is parkour, and I know people may disagree with me, and that is why I am not posting this under suggestions. And I may be saying this a little bit because I'm not a good builder. Remember, this is just my rant and opinion. Just sayin.