People are gonna hate me

[Sam]

Okay so first things first, I'm not saying this because I just got a map on ksf myself. I know most of you morons will say that anyway but maybe you wanna hear me out first.

After going through the whole process of getting a map on ksf (eventhough my map sucks ass and didn't nearly take as much time as most other maps) I realized that mappers are essentially people who put dozens of hours of work into free content for you to enjoy.
So my suggestion would be to reward mappers with vip for limited time, whether it's one set amount like 1 month or separated in tiers depending of how much effort is put into the map and how much content it provides.

[Kusché]

We'd be left with endless flood of shit maps when everyone becomes a mapper and gets free vip and then ksf goes bankrupt

[Sam]

We'd be left with endless flood of shit maps when everyone becomes a mapper and gets free vip and then ksf goes bankrupt

I meant that AFTER going through the vote for being added and getting added to ksf they get rewarded. People would still only accept the same quality

[Mooster Cow]

"dozens of hours"

[Sacred]

"dozens of hours"

Well, son, I'm sure stonework4 took at least 12 hours!

[Nyannix]

I meant that AFTER going through the vote for being added and getting added to ksf they get rewarded. People would still only accept the same quality

IMO most of the maps that get accepted aren't that high of quality and shouldn't be rewarded with something like vip

[Sam]

IMO most of the maps that get accepted aren't that high of quality and shouldn't be rewarded with something like vip

Then maybe put up a reward for high quality maps to encourage people to not just shit out their maps like I did?

[Chillinx]

Yes! I think everyone who made a popular map or several accepted maps should have lifetime VIP. No mappers, no surf.

[Crayz]

Some better public recognition maybe, but ksf shouldn't reward mappers

1. this turns mapping into work. People will start to make maps and hope to be retributed with free VIP. Surf mapping is now less about enjoyment of surf, more about free VIP.
2. monopoly. the best mappers/maps always get accepted even without polls. Shit mappers will be discouraged, people will be jealous.
3. mappers would hold a higher status in ksf than both donors and regulars, reducing the value of being a donor/regular and causing more community split/troll/hate/etc

[not_a_zombie]

Nobody's going to say "oh hey, if I make a map I can get paid ~10 cents an hour through ksf vip". This would be more about recognizing mappers for the work they already do.

also crayz i have no idea what the reasoning behind your third point is.