I didnt create maps back in 2019 but what i can say is the system is so flawed its crazy.
The main issue for me is this…
When a map is on discovery itll get players and as a result itll stay on discovery. This makes it so og maps that tbh were good back in the day maybe now not so good on visuals and the creative aspect compared to others in the same genre but the issue is because this map is on discovery it stays on discovery.
I have friends who have made some awesome maps and they always die off due to not being noticed enough or being on discovery for 20 minutes. When i go down the list now some maps are great and visually look nice and attract players for the right reasons but others are imo 4 hour slop that look so poor and the only reason its on disc is probs due to like you say free skins xp ect ect
What happened to promoting and showing maps that are a true high quality and i know we as creators might see quality ect and have different views from the player but again i do play maps from the disc tabs and i wouldnt return due to how bad they are.
I think if a map has 1k or more ccu it should not be on any disc tab tbh as the map should sustain itself. This top map issue ie pit or go goated or 1v1 to name a few are always on disc being forced on people and the maps could delete most visual things make it look so bad and you know itd still be on disc its a crazy system.
I have many friends who have stopped and i myself am thinking of stopping as the time spent in maps creating seems to get little to no return. Yet on disc slop or dupe maps or blatent ip ripoff gets players and how can we as honest creators compete with it.
If a creator does something that is delibrate like how the unc maps had light saber on the thumbnail the map should be taken down from disc for min 1 week and money should be stopped. Its dirty scummy tactics like this that bleed the system from everything it could be
Anyways thats my rant