Fist of all, I'd like to answer your question how I found that Dagga map: For me, looking for a map to feature is always a mixture of checking archives by authors with very few features and a bit of luck/coincidence. Dagga has been more active recently, so I spontaneously decided to check out his profile. I saw that he only had 3 featured maps till that point which made him a candidate for my next feature. Then I "scanned" his collection of maps and found this diamond.
So, I totally understand your point because I felt similar before I got my first feature. People often gave me very positive feedback and I wondered when the time would finally come. That's where you are at the moment, ok, but I'd like to clarify my current position:
So far I've featured maps by:
- timothefreerunner (it was his 1st featured map)
- brainbeam (it was his 1st featured map)
- DaggaFork (it was his 4th feature among over 500 maps being submitted)
- anco (it was his 2nd feature)
- chaosraider (it was his 2nd feature)
- and ZTHING (it was his 3rd feature).
Do you see what I mean? All of these people hadn't had a large number of features or not a single one. I always try to draw the community's attention to authors which haven't been appreciated enough. Yahoozy, PALEMOON or lord_day (to name a few) are authors who probably still have some maps in their archives which deserve to be featured, but I wouldn't feature them because, as I said, I'd like to give those authors whose work hasn't been appreciated enough a possibility to stand in the spotlight for a while and I will try to stick to that "rule" in the future.
Finally, all you can do right now is to be patient. You have some really good maps in your collection and if you stay active sooner or later a reviewer will find these and give you the long-awaited feature. :)
macrohenry
Hey, tiki.
So, I totally understand your point because I felt similar before I got my first feature. People often gave me very positive feedback and I wondered when the time would finally come. That's where you are at the moment, ok, but I'd like to clarify my current position:
So far I've featured maps by:
- timothefreerunner (it was his 1st featured map)
- brainbeam (it was his 1st featured map)
- DaggaFork (it was his 4th feature among over 500 maps being submitted)
- anco (it was his 2nd feature)
- chaosraider (it was his 2nd feature)
- and ZTHING (it was his 3rd feature).
Do you see what I mean? All of these people hadn't had a large number of features or not a single one. I always try to draw the community's attention to authors which haven't been appreciated enough. Yahoozy, PALEMOON or lord_day (to name a few) are authors who probably still have some maps in their archives which deserve to be featured, but I wouldn't feature them because, as I said, I'd like to give those authors whose work hasn't been appreciated enough a possibility to stand in the spotlight for a while and I will try to stick to that "rule" in the future.
Finally, all you can do right now is to be patient. You have some really good maps in your collection and if you stay active sooner or later a reviewer will find these and give you the long-awaited feature. :)