Vanquish #21 April-18th

Streaming in RODO vision:

Welcome to message me in private message on the gccc website so then maybe I can help you with the PlayStation 4 problem.

LTS: Criss Cross by me
Managed to catch most of this. Will change all the pistols to combat pistols (think the default switched on editing, doh) and reduce default rounds to 2. Seem to work out good, any extra feedback welcome but I got some on the night.

Full Blast Turret by NerfThis_97
+ + Nice propping, lights like nice as do the trees. Map is balanced and reasonably fun...
+ - ...although it'll never really be my kind of thing due to the screen shake. I'd prefer something like this done more technically as there's only 2 alleys to go down so players can only shoot up and down these. More alleys would be better to allow for flanking and other diverse tactics. 
- - 7 rounds default is too many

! JGR13 Battleship by jager1381
+ + Great propping, playing as the Jets put a huge smile on my face (probably as that basically meant winning)
- - Map seems unbalanced, although the last round finished very close it was largely due to 4 of the other team taking each other out (normally people aren't that nice). I'd suggest
a) homing launchers for the tank team
b) making the ship 2 layers could help (so you've got to fly in from 2 different levels)
c) putting walls between each tank and Insurgent (if there's any props left). I was reasonably easy to get 2 kills at once. 
Eyez got stuck in the walls of the barges in both rounds (one of the latter spawns too near to a wall perhaps?). 

-JJ- Track and field by jjn1lfc (link broken in OP)
+ + A wrestling thing coupled with a melee LTS. Explosive containers at least mean there's some chance of death in the "wrestle"
+ - It's almost impossible to get a kill wrestling. The team that gets to melee 1st wins as they can camp the ways in (or the team that drives around aimlessly could also win with enough patience I guess). I'm just not seeing enough ways to kill, Molotovs in the outer arena would make for a more diverse interesting LTS (perhaps with some petrol cans). 

SNIPERS vs MOUNTAINBIKERS by fabinhoo_17
+ + Great idea, duckhunt in a excellent area and the BMX ride down is fantastic fun. I didn't care when I died near the end as I'd enjoyed the BMX ride down enough lol. 
+ - Round 1 one of the ducks got to the bottom but couldn't get the kill. 
- - Default time is current(?) making it very hard for the snipers in anything but noon.

¥ [1]Platinum fight ¥ by mahdidallal
+ + Good varied weapons meaning (in theory) a good range of tactics on offer
- - 1 dimensional arrangement. Camping wins out as you can take up a Sniper position and take out anyone who gets to the RPG, with Grenade Launchers proving long range backup. Just not a wide enough range of tactics on offer my liking. 

¢¢¢ DEMOLITION SUMO DUMP by CCC_010
+ - Meh Demo Derbies don't get me going but this is good fun. Unique choice of vehicles and smoothly built arena. As Demo Derbies go this is one of the better ones. 

Tank Hole Attacker by JC2-FAN-FOREVER
+ + Map seemed to balance very well and was great fun on the Jet team particularly. Arena's are nicely built, although the barges could be the other way to stop the turret getting stuck on the red bits (although this would mean the invisible edges issue, hmm)
+ - I spawned in area with 3 layers of yellow open containers and only one opening at the other end. As there was only one opening it meant I could only spend most of the time waiting for the 1st player to die before taking their position.
- - Some of the spawns seemed more advantageous than others for the tank team with some spawning in a open (and so very easy to shoot) open section and some spawning off to the side. Make sure the player 1, 2, 3 spawns are in some of the better areas so this balances with less players too. 

Humane Riots Act by o_ManOfFire_o
+ + Balanced melee LTS, good varied weapon choice in a nice area. They clearly call you "ManOfFire" with good reason 
+ - Melee isn't my kind of thing, sorry

Race to the RPGs by loftonian
+ + Balanced LTS with a clever arrangement to get to the RPGs. 
+ - RPGs were difficult to get to. Although the electrical thing is clever the narrow walkway is best passed by aiming the flare gun down to keep the camera straight (due to the way GTA deals with narrow walkways). However you've got something above this walkway meaning the camera can't be placed overhead making this section impossible for me to do. Basically everyone struggled getting the RPGs, which is good as the they should be difficult but perhaps slightly easier than this imo. 

¥ AWESOME GRINDER 3 by AWESOME_SHAUN
+ + Nice idea...
+ - but I've seen it done quite a few times before just as well
- - 10 minute rounds are far too long. I made a toast and ate it by the time this was finished, in-between playing it for around 5 minutes. Still the toast was rather yummy. 

Duckhunt - Death Run 3 by Model_One
+ + Duck team arena looks amazing. A little difficult to follow where they start and go though as it's so complex looking. 
+ - It feels easier for the Sniper team, although lots of this genre also struggles to get a balanced map all the time as it's so dependent on who's playing it. 
- - Cheatable, need to block off other staircase up

FL53 Sultan RS Volcano by freakyleek
+ + Fantastic! My favourite of the night largely as it took a rather over-done idea and added something interesting to it. Typical demo derby donut arrangement but the addition of the central grenades is really simple and clever. Damn you for doing it 1st   Wallride is smooth enough and the map doesn't even struggle from the usual issue that you need to jump down to the arena to start the LTS (= camping in random lobbies). Particularly clever addition to this genre - loved it! 

Rant of the night
To be far more frank than I usually am some creators need to get their ego's in check. 7 rounds, 10 minute rounds, etc. What. Are. You. Thinking!? Give the rest of the creator community some respect that they've also spent a long time creating and stop over-valuing your job. If people want to play it on 7 rounds for money they're more than capable of changing that themselves. 10 minute rounds mean people who die early have to sit through 9 minutes of other people playing GTA. Everytime I see this I just want to scream at the TV as I find it utterly disrespectful to the people playing the job and the creator community at large, it's like putting a race on 20 laps. Don't do it  GCCC shouldn't cater to the masses that only play 10 minute 7 round LTS for the money, we should set the standard and default our maps to how they can be enjoyed best by everyone playing them. The time limit should be set so it finishes when most people are dead normally, with rounds set so a average match lasts 10-15 minutes max. If you're unsure less is the way to go as I've never heard anyone say - "Hey you know what that LTS needs - a longer time limit". 

Apologies for the rant, it made my blood pressure rise throughout the night so I needed to get it off my chest and I do think the time limit of some of the jobs are getting rather silly. LTS are great - I want to play as many as possible as quick as possible, like a eager child scoffing sweets. I won't like the taste of all of them so don't force me to chew on them longer than necessary. A slightly silly pet peeve, but like all pet peeves I find myself getting OTT irate about it   (Takes chill pill, ah that's better  )

Thanks to o_ManOfFire_o for hosting a excellent event. Probably the most diverse of the week, and best paying too. Maybe I'll have enough for the Sabre tomorrow, although with only 250k (all from this event) I highly doubt it...