Look, whatever measures you take with "discouraging", newbies are always gonna release their maps.
Cause 1) When you've just completed your first map, you feel like you've done something amazing, you'd have this pride all over you. Then what do you do? Right, post 'em, show it off, cause "you" think that what "you"'ve made is terrific.
And 2) People get the idea that their map isn't all that bad, cause a lot of crap maps are coming in weekly. When you've made you first map, you know the kind, relatively simple meshes, but not too small.
Then you come to NC, check some of the Lists out, and you find maps like ONS-Torlan{ClonageParadise} and CTF-AndAction, and it's little brother; CTF-AndBlacktion. Then the little mapper feels confident once more, and sends in his crappy map. But I do think it's kind of unfair.
Perhaps newbie maps should be placed in a different section. They'll be rated with newbie standards, given advise and tips, rather than crapfests.
Yeah, I know, how do you seperate a newbie map from a normal map?
Simple, encourage newbies to post their maps in that section. I think NOT being called.. whatever you guys come up with, but being given serious advises, when the good and bad features will be accentuated in your map would be persuasive enough.
We've got to let the new mapper develop their skills, helping them make masterpieces for good times to come.
Or you could do what most of you seem to want; be able to report a low-standard map so it can be removed at once.
