Staredit Network

Prenote: some of the listed may also be common in pro maps too, but I just wanted to make a comprehensive list of the 'stereotypes'. Some of these may not apply to ALL newb maps!

You know it's a newb map when:
1. The map in lobby is called 'Untitled Scenario'
2. There was no colour used.
3. The forces were called Force 1, Force 2, Force 3.
4. You see the units weren't named.
5. A single marine does 9999 damage.
6. The briefing went on for 1 split second and it ended.
7. The host goes 'I Pwn You all, I made this Muwahahahhaa'
8. The map is made by Screwed [MillenniumArmy]
9. When the game doesnt have a name. period [Warhammer40000]
10. When the game ends, the victors and losers get "DRAW" [Warhammer40000]
11. when the map all the sudden stops at the end, and al triggers go boom. (lazy) [Warhammer40000]
12. There are too many resource patches (melee map) [LegacyWeapon]
13. Firebats and Zealots are rigged (they don't know about double hit) [LegacyWeapon]
14. You can't build certain things because the required buildings aren't placed. [LegacyWeapon]
15. You can't upgrade past level 1 because the required buildings aren't placed. [LegacyWeapon]
16. Multiple instances of the kill action where remove would be much neater. [LegacyWeapon]
17. After killing 1 unit, you continue to get minerals (cannot subtract kills) [LegacyWeapon]
18. You and the town computer aren't allied. [LegacyWeapon]
19. Text isn't centered properly (they don't use the align special character) [LegacyWeapon]
20. Player 1 is rigged. [LegacyWeapon]
21. The host complains about not being the rigged player (random start location) [LegacyWeapon]
22. Everything in the map is run off "Bring" conditions. [Devlin_]
23. The map has been edited by a million people [Yeow]
24. the minerals and gas amounts for units were decreased drastically, but the idiot didnt know what factor meant, so raised it higher than it's default. [Warhammer40000]
25. The map creator makes P1's base way bigger than P2's (let's say in a ratio of 100:1) but in game, the bases get switched because he put 'random start location' [Slayer_Dt_]
26. There are tons of the most complicated trigger systems all over the map but no play-instructions for the players. [AqoTrooper]
27. FINAL REFIXED FIXED AGAIN FNAL FINAL FIX REFIXED vDARK vICE REREFIXED FINAL FIX REFIXED!!! [Dr.Sh0tgun]
28. None of the buy stuff triggers works after the first time (failure to preserve trigger). [LegacyWeapon]
29. When leaving while on the upgrade beacon, all the upgrade buildings explode. [LegacyWeapon]
30. When all triggers work in an opposite way (example: You LOSE money instead of EARNING them) [Slayer_Dt_]
31. Right when the game starts it says You have been defeated and ends due to a noob loss trigger. [Devilesk]
32.You crash. [Devilesk]
33. You see GOATSE in the minimap. [Devilesk]
I'll update first post when more ideas come. [Devilesk]
34. 32) The game crashes immediately after briefing due to stupid sprite placement. [Slayer_Dt_]
35. When the creator has to spend 10 minutes telling you how to play because he can't figure out how to make briefings/display text triggers. [Voyager6456[MM]]
36. When it even INVOLVES the words "Maddness","Pokemon","Yu-gi-oh" or"DBZ" [Voyager6456[MM]]
37.When the creator of the game puts [NAME]!!! RINES NOW COST LESS!! or any other unit. (I mean the bnet title, when u create a game) [Warhammer40000]
38. When the map is in all Caps [Golden-Fist]
39. Player 1 is assigned the Protoss race, and only uses protoss units (In Rpgs when they want all Terran units, they use players 1 4 and 7) [Golden-Fist]
40. The races are set to Terran, Zerg, Protoss. In that order. (Didn't change them in settings [Ctrl+Enter]) [Rexyrex]
41. Its a bound. [Kept_Wheat]
42. when the breifing says "DONTLOOKATTHEDOTDONTLOOKATTHEDOTDONTLOOKATTHEDOT!!!!1!!11!!7!1!!" or "DONTMOVEDONTMOVEDONTMOVEDONTMOVE!!!1!11!6!!" or anything to that effect. [Warhammer40000]
43. When locations are missing. No extended triggers so you can keep location. [cuinhell(ds)] / When you enter a locations supposed to be and its not there. [Kept_Wheat]
44) When right when you start the game, the host says "CRAP!", leaves the game, and you Lose before even seeing the map. [n00bie010]
45. When you start the Game, the host Says "Oh , i forgot Map Revealers" [007Torrasque]
46. The Game is Called "Monkey Madness" but in game its Called "Final Fantasy Rpg" [007Torrasque]
47.IT has ten different versions after 4.0 but the name remains the same *COUGHCATNMOUSECOUGH* [007Torrasque]
48.The name has "Cat-n-mouse-nbird-and-dog-n-kittens-and some other pointless shit [007Torrasque]
49.You can't select your caracter. [007Torrasque]
50.The map is all internet shortforms (Plyrs for example ). [007Torrasque]
51. When the game starts unplaceable unit error pops up. [Brutetal]
52. When the game starts its lagging like crazy and units are just spawning everywhere. [Brutetal]
53. It's called "Sexy Pics" [ShadowBrood]
54. Whenever the host is the creator of the map.
The map name is something along the lines of "1337 [gametype]", "mega [gametype]", "[gamehost] [gametype]", or "[hostclan] [gametype]".
If it's an X vs X game(Taco Bell vs McDonalds, XBox vs Gamecube, Coke vs Pepsi, etc) [Silence MK II]
55. ank D Gold Editions professional experts! V 12.92 Fixed. Fixed again, final. Fixed again Final Final. Final fix bug free. Fixed again final bug free. [KaboomHahahein]
56. When the creators name is every possable place.
E.g.: Leaderboard, at the start of game, your guys name, in the briefing 5 times, in the forces, in like 5 more units placed all over the maps, a bunch of kakarus flying around, etc. [O)FaRTy1billion]
57. how about crappy sound files. [Mp)Minigameeast]
58. the creator has to hack in his own game to actually beat it. [Mp)Minigameeast]
59. creator puts testing but never finished the map to be final. [Mp)Minigameeast]
60. when the game says in big yellow letters WARNING. [Mp)Minigameeast]
61. when the game is named testing, COOL MAP or something simlair. [www.com.au]
62. when you start the game and all you see is a few stacked units, randomly placed all over the map. [www.com.au]
63. when the creator has a melee rating of either: 10/3/256 or 9999/0/0 [www.com.au]
64. remember the stacked units? they all die and you get the victory ending. [www.com.au]
65. the breifing is placed at the start of the map using Display text triggers. [www.com.au]
66. the breifing has tons of text and instantly starts. [www.com.au]
67. there is only a few triggers done, and the host spends 10 minutes explaining what hes going to do with the map. [www.com.au]
68. When the map uses less than 10% of the space it's made of. [Aqotrooper]
70. When the map sucks.[RockynGuyen]
71. The map is dependant on one player for vision. [Mini Moose 2707]
72. The mapper spells the units normal names wrong. (Gardian, Turet) [Mini Moose 2707]
73. The map is Uberena [MillenniumArmy]
74. When there are absolutely no triggers [Neiji]
75. When like 1/5th of the map is all about the creator (Like there are critters where the name of them is the clan name/creator) [Neiji]
76.When the map is 256x256 in size, but they only use a small corner of the map, leaving the whole thing blank. And it would have fit on a 64x64 map. [O)FaRTy1billion]
77. When you move a unit and the game crashes. [O)FaRTy1billion]
78. When you look at a spot on the map and the game crashes. [O)FaRTy1billion]
79. When the map starts its like "Omg this is mi 1st map i hope u enjoi it! made be [some noobs name here] haf fun!!1!" [O)FaRTy1billion]

Please do me a favour and do your entries like this.

#. Example [Your Screen Name]

Lets see if we can make it to 100!

Allow me to continue the list....

8. The map is made by Screwed

lol

9.when the game doesnt have a name. period
10.When the game ends, the victors and losers get "DRAW"
11.when the map all the sudden stops at the end, and al triggers go boom. (lazy)

Added

12. There are too many resource patches (melee map)
13. Firebats and Zealots are rigged (they don't know about double hit)
14. You can't build certain things because the required buildings aren't placed.
15. You can't upgrade past level 1 because the required buildings aren't placed.
16. Multiple instances of the kill action where remove would be much neater.
17. After killing 1 unit, you continue to get minerals (cannot subtract kills)
18. You and the town computer aren't allied.
19. Text isn't centered properly (they don't use the align special character)
20. Player 1 is rigged.
21. The host complains about not being the rigged player (random start location)

Not necessary. If Bolt was making a game of HotH, would you say it's a newb map?

Granted, Bolt would probably never say that, and the 'I Pwn You all' part is kinda...newbish, but doesn't necessarily means that it's a bad map.

22.) Everything in the map is run off "Bring" conditions.

I would say many of these points dont count as newb maps, but I suppose people are just having fun...

23.) The map has been edited by a million people

24) the minerals and gas amounts for units were decreased drastically, but the idiot didnt know what factor meant, so raised it higher than it's default.

25) The map creator makes P1's base way bigger than P2's (let's say in a ratio of 100:1) but in game, the bases get switched because he put 'random start location'

2 and 6 aren't newb at all, you don't have to use colors in maps, and sometimes creators don't want players to have to wait years for players who left their computer to press 'start' so they make a quick autostart.

26) There are tons of the most complicated trigger systems all over the map but no play-instructions for the players.

Name of map ends in
FINAL REFIXED FIXED AGAIN FNAL FINAL FIX REFIXED vDARK vICE REREFIXED FINAL FIX REFIXED!!!


there's an align special character!!!!
show it 2 me

28. None of the buy stuff triggers works after the first time (failure to preserve trigger).
29. When leaving while on the upgrade beacon, all the upgrade buildings explode.

30) When all triggers work in an opposite way (example: You LOSE money instead of EARNING them)

31)Right when the game starts it says You have been defeated and ends due to a noob loss trigger.

32)You crash.

33)You see GOATSE in the minimap.

roFlMaO!
*counts that as 31*
32) The game crashes immediately after briefing due to stupid sprite placement.

35) When the creator has to spend 10 minutes telling you how to play because he can't figure out how to make briefings/display text triggers.
36) When it even INVOLVES the words "Maddness","Pokemon","Yu-gi-oh" or"DBZ"

37)When the creator of the game puts [NAME]!!! RINES NOW COST LESS!! or any other unit. (I mean the bnet title, when u create a game)

I knew someone would come and say some of these are not relevant. But firstly, as Yoshi said it was for fun =P and I was trying to get the the idea that some of these don't apply by the:


So yes, pro maps can have features like 'no colour used' and other things listed here.

38. When the map is in all Caps
39. Player 1 is assigned the Protoss race, and only uses protoss units (In Rpgs when they want all Terran units, they use players 1 4 and 7)

40) The races are set to Terran, Zerg, Protoss. In that order. (Didn't change them in settings [Ctrl+Enter])

41) Its a bound.

good one.

42)when the breifing says "DONTLOOKATTHEDOTDONTLOOKATTHEDOTDONTLOOKATTHEDOT!!!!1!!11!!7!1!!" or "DONTMOVEDONTMOVEDONTMOVEDONTMOVE!!!1!11!6!!" or anything to that effect.

When locations are missing. No extended triggers so you can keep location