Saturday August 26th 2000
Third Party Map Thins { Forrest }
From Clem of Creation:We have heard alot of grumblings on forums & such about fans not being able to find 3rd Party Multiplayer games on BungieNet. We decided to take a shot at giving players some kind of structured system that "could" make finding games easier if people choose to participate.Sounds cool! If only I had the time to play...The boys at Creation have put together a system of Weekly Rotating maps which they hope will help Fans of Multiplayer Gameplay overall have better luck finding games online. Note that the Creation Standard is NOT strictly Creation Maps. You will find a couple of theirs in each weeks selection along with a few Tourney standards & then a few lesser known "wildcard" maps much like Peace on the Ramparts was. "We have always liked playing alot of these maps & hope that we can get players to jump on board the weekly system so that more people will be more likely to have similar maps loaded when on BungieNet. This should make it alot easier to find or host a 3rd party game if a good sized group of players choose to participate in the system". The list of maps will be slightly revised & shuffled every month or two based on the response that's received.
You can find full details on how their system will work at the Creation Website.
The idea seems to be fairly straight forward & easy to manage if players can remember what week of the month they're currently in.