What I have found in more recent times whilst pondering the thought of making a map if I could; is that we as a mapping community get so far up our asses on triggering every little detail that maps don't get finished.

Take for example maps with save systems. Fwop_ did a map with about 50 characters just to get it all in one code. Why not drop all the stats, spells, items and exp and just have: Level, Character, Gold.

However make re-statting extremely accessible? Save on Triggers...

You cut down your work load to such a small amount in comparison that a relatively unused feature could become widely used.

Imagine a mapping project that all followed the same save/load system but also utilizing the ability of a hero that can be summoned at any time and be rewarded for doing so. It has potential to be addictive.

When making a map the primary importance must be assigned to finishing it as a final product. The perfectionalism is good but finishing must be above.

I am an incorrigible perfectionalist trying hard to fight myself on this point, which I must admit is not always successful.

We essentially keep adding features to a map until one person tackling the whole map alone is seemingly impossible and never ending.

You're right to an extent. Triggers get tedious, the "features" are so numerous and our patience as map-makers runs short before they're finished.

BUT, the featues is what makes a map unique, different, and elaborate and all together stand-out in the SC1 world. I believe our motivation runs thin and we just... stop. That's what SEN is for though, to encourage eachother, assist eachother, test eachothers maps, give eachother ideas and all-in-all practice our passion and hobby as map creators.

Why make a simple map when we have so many resources at our disposal?

Overly complex trigger systems never stopped ME from finishing a map...

The problem is that these people are lazy. Nothing more to it.

no what stops you is when you get bored and go onto the next map. You finish a map but you have no patience what so ever to fix its flaws.

That is usually true (See Hunted, Custom War Tactics, Monopoly), but I have taken HaXoR D 1339 and Explosion Slaughter Arena both to their highest potential.

HS will be another map that I will take to it's fullest potential, but I'll need to finish it first.

Guys, concentrate more on ideas rather than whining and preaching to the choir, otherwise there is no point to keep this topic open.

Shocko, you want to bring up a more serious proposition? Your current "be simpler" is not backed up by any kind of material: test maps (simple to work with, adjustable EXP/LVL/MONEY system?) or more specific ideas related to making gameplay fun without adding too many triggers.