How not to build a spawn road

[oozinator]

So I start building the spawn road in Guest320 after winning a roll-off with iCanon (we were the only two builders on at the time who had ideas about the new spawn road) but ran into a hitch.

My "Great Wall of China" spawn road was too complicated.

Olleeollee had a hard time copying bits of it, and I felt really crappy for putting him through it. It was also, according to some mods, too guest-unfriendly since guests would not be able to see over the walls easily and the passages were claustrophobic.

But when I conceived the idea, I didn't think it was too crazy. There had been other spawn roads with all sorts of things on them (like the one with the snake and an alligator) and other roads that just carved straight through the center of the map, turning the spawn road into a canyon. So going by past builds, I thought my design wasn't too bizarre.

But since the initial design couldn't be copied successfully (circled red), there was a gradual simplification of the road's design. After the first two towers, it became just a wall with doorways cut into them (circled orange). Then because Olleeollee commented how guest-unfriendly the walls were, it became pillars with torches (thanks DOS622) (circled blue). And finally it was just a dirt road.

I don't know guys.

I think I might have been too ambitious but at the same time, I thought my design was do-able. What do you all think? Did I cross the line?

 

[ollee]

I'm lazy, what can I say.

 

[oozinator]

I'm lazy, what can I say.

Hehe, your avatar fits that quote.

 

[Camevil]

hey ooz if it matters, i liked the spawn road

 

[RemOfShadows]

i agree that the spawn road needs to be without walls so its more guest friendly, and a comment that's not really about this case, spawn roads should not cut trough the world, it makes terrible looking griefed spawn road walls and we cant even ban them for it >.>

 

[Audi]

I think it was Guest298 where, rather than cutting through the map, it formed a tunnel and went underneath.
It looked really cool and kept the world intact.
We should have that more often.

 

[moondoggy23]

I honestly don't think we should have spawn roads at all. I think they're a bit of a nuisance, and distracting. Also, people tend to build mostly along the spawn road, which makes for long rows of junk and garbage to have to sort through to catch griefers.

 

[RemOfShadows]

I honestly don't think we should have spawn roads at all. I think they're a bit of a nuisance, and distracting. Also, people tend to build mostly along the spawn road, which makes for long rows of junk and garbage to have to sort through to catch griefers.

but without the spawn road all the crap would just be around the spawn area, like it is now on the sides of it, at least now it takes them further into the world...

 

[bentamagne]

I think it was Guest298 where, rather than cutting through the map, it formed a tunnel and went underneath.
It looked really cool and kept the world intact.
We should have that more often.

I think that was the road that me and whatupguys made, the one with the crazy psychedelic spiral? that was one of my favorite spawn roads (not just cause i helped with the idea/building, but because it was the coolest idea i had seen so far)

 

[Audi]

I helped too... I know whatup was there, not sure about you...

 

[mikeymagic]

I know the feeling dude, when I make spawn roads I make them like massive builds and am as elaborate as possible (usually) however I usually spend about 4 hours building them which is probably not so great. especially now with the amount of guests we get - i think it's important that the spawn roads are built to stand as quickly as possible without much delay.

I think untill this insane amount of guests dies down, spawn roads should be fairly basic - unless you have some insanely awesome idea that you can pitch to an epic rank so you can build it before it is made (im not too sure about this but depending on how nicely you ask im sure it wouldnt be too much of an issue)

 

[bentamagne]

I helped too... I know whatup was there, not sure about you...

meh, might've been a different one