DAN

I get where you are coming from. Maps such as Boatescape have had extra stages added to change things up and create a new experience for the map. It has however gone too far, adding 6+ stages turns into a marathon, especially when there isn't much change. I think over time it will sort itself out, maps such as Mako Reactor rarely plays the Race, Heal + Ultima, ZED modes, at least in my sessions. A bigger irony is Uchiha Legacy Stage 4, a lot of players are done with the map after Stage 3 despite Stage 4 being a completely different section of the map. There is nothing you can do as to either leave the server or try and RTV the map. The playerbase decides with voting on what happens next. Eventually people will get bored of the map and want to play something else.

Some laser maps do it well and are still popular today but others that have tricky offliner-style ones fade into the background. A good example is Mako Reactor. The lasers are a simple concept but a challenge at the same time. You have a time limit with the closing door but also the threat of zombies which adds to the experience. A lot of maps throw zombies to the side where it's created a culture of going to spectate or AFK. During the time PIVO was still around, often he would have to force players from spectate back to the zombie team as there was only 1-2 zombies. Uchiha Legacy Stage 4 has a similar concept. The lasers aren't relatively hard but you have the zombies threat behind you so using items sparingly or even during the lasers is a must in order to survive. Stage 3 however is the exact opposite with the entire team dispanding and being a free for all, usually a few players reaching the end and items being selfish. Teamwinning this stage is actually incredibly fun, even if you fail at the ball stage. The threat of zombies looming. This brings me to another point about the community but that is off-topic. Laser maps can be good if people would stop going for "solo wins" by teamkilling (with items, or not shooting). Just a rather silly circle jerk to show their friends screenshots, in reality nobody really cares. A video would be entertaining but then we would see them knifing out and teamkilling so it means nothing.