Topic, Game "BLockoban"

  @CD: Wow, thats great. How many have you uploaded so far?

  Woohoo, I've now reached 1000 locally saved levels :D

(I local save before uploading, as well as the levels I made before having an account)

@TM thanks for the support, and thanks for explaining the situation :)

  I do hate tedious levels. And if I have the urge to see art works I go to the museum of art.

  What an inspiring speech.
I will do my best to make the most amazing level I can think of!

  Hello every1 and welcome back Jos!!! I have had a pretty hard time with your last entries. Excellent work and keep it up. I need to c more of those!!

As LMR very correctly put it (from personal exerience since she has 3 kids as well) I really have to prioritize my time and my hobbies. I honestly don't have enough time to create lvls (for the time being but promise to come back to designing as soon as I am able to) as it takes a lot of effort and time to try and make a lvl as challenging and fun as my previous ones. However, I try to catch up with the new levels (i find it easier to play lvls than to create them thats why I highly admire all designers) and read all comments so that i am up to date. On top of everything, as some of you may know, Greece suffers a huge hit from the economic crisis (plus the huuuuge debt we have to bear) and things do not go very well on the working environment and I have to work more hours to support my family. I do apologize for the "absence" and I do promise that provided (prioritization) 1) my family is well, b) my work leaves me with enough spare time to create the quality of levels i seek, I do have the energy and the passion to design more and more levels.

On another note, most of the last levels accepted are simply fantastic (my buddy's OMG always with a hidden trick, my friend Murat's top notch designs and hard challenges, CD's magnificent improvement on the uniqueness, LMR trademark 0-0 levels which I really like to RE-play). I apologize to those whose names I forgot to mention.

Anyway, I will always be available and at your disposal should you require my assistance or contribution but I see you have done a pretty good job with the "2nd Official Level Generation" issue. It is really enjoyable and satisfactory to see people expressing their opinion on things other than the levels itself and try to find ways to improve the game's perspective, appearance and attractiveness. Well done to all of ya guys and MAINLY the Designers!!!

  @lmr I knew he had something up, that's understandable :)

@Jos good luck, we hope to see more great levels :)

  Thank you all! Hopefully my ideas will not run down too fast.

And if TM read this comment: Good luck with your real live!

  TM and his wife had their 3rd child several months ago. He has too prioritize his time. Just as many others have had to. Unfortunately, the mature players also have a life,

  @jos, I think he is around, he is solving the levels anyway. Good work so far on the levels, nice quality for sure, keep it up hah.

  Officially, welcome back Jos, you've been missed :)

  Ah welcome back Jos. Thoughman still plays levels.

  Of course! And I've already made 2 accept and 1 unevaluated level to rack your brains!

Where is toughman btw?

  JOS??????????????

YOU'RE BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Are you going to stay? 8D

  Sth about a level-pack I guess (to much text for me too) and with criteria for the levels of the pack. I think jyxz is right about the dummies.

  So much text... 0.0

Well, I think we should keep things the way they are....

  Why is my Big-O-Ban:fusion level rejected?
edit: If it was because it's impossible I made it possible.

  The legendary PA will be missed here.

  lol @Jyxz I understood it the first time ;P

@magnacumlaud meh, I'm lazy. ;P

  I... Won't say anything anymore...

  seems some r really unable 2 listen better 2 read or do not like 2 use their brain

  Hah just to clarify for the second time I didn't say no dummy blocks, I said no EXTRA dummy blocks, which means if you can solve a level without a certain block it has to be taken out. That's all, what this is intended to do is make sure each level entered has had the required amount of care and refining to make it the best level it can be. For example jasper's recent level Tower Defence was a great challenge and I loved the level however if he wanted it included in the pack he would have to go back and refine it adding or taking out attachments and making sure that he has the exact amount of required white blocks (And by required I mean REQUIRED to solve not the same amount as the targets hah). Sorry for the confusion!

Edit: I know my rules my not be relevant anyway just thought I'd clarify!

  Lol
Dynamo I was joking!
BTW you should change your avatar to an 8 ball.
It's so much cooler!

  Azz, don't bother hinting, it'll just make them ignore you even more.
Its up to them whether or not they make you trusted, you won't be able persuade them.
'Trust' me. =P

  I think i'm earning more kudos in blockoban!
People are liking my levels!
Maybe they are even starting to trust me!

  I think that the pack should be made by the whole community and with a few people who co-ordinate it. And the pack should definately contain a level of the 20 best designers, as their levels are best rated. And I like the Idea that all levels should be completable in under 100 moves to keep tedious levels out. I would like to make the pack, but I think jp should make co-editors for packs, because making such a pack can be time-consuming.
About the dummy problem, if the dummies are needed to complete the level, then the level can be entered, according to me.

  The only problem is the thing with dummy blocks, sometimes dummy blocks are important for the design, and some people like to make their levels symmetrical if possible.

Disallowing dummy blocks prevents that.

  I think Jyxz idea including his 5 rules is a great, interesting and challenging plan. For me, I absolutely trust him and Simon: to make decisions concerning the new second official pack.
I prefer definitely Jyxz idea than Elizeas!

  Elizea, that's a very great alternative!
+ 1 support

  Interesting. I remember that me and gameinsky had this conversation in the chat like a year ago... I think.

After the topics "New official levels" got abandoned, I've felt that officials are no more what they used to be. No more official levels pretty much ever came to games which we didn't really like. I think JP invented the pack idea partly because of this (if I remember right).

I can't say I like the situation as it is. People still somehow think that the amount of official levels make you "better" level maker or something.

The slideshow on front page was a try to highlight new good levels without making them official. It was working quite well for a while.

I guess we could have somekind of adding "points" to levels. Then 10 new levels (made that week) with most points would get to front page under "best levels of the week". User profile could show the amount of levels you have that are accepted, official and the total amount of levels you have had in the "best levels of the week".

The good point in this is that the levels are chosen by community, it can never become too "crowded" like official levels (too many of them) as it resets every week, but it still gives that feeling that you've made a very good level (:

  The second official pack idea was suggested to JP, the results are visible and are known as "levelpacks"

Unfortunately, JP is too busy in real life, so I'd be good if JP could "chose" someone to be the second official pack leader.