creating structures from static shapes is just as bad an idea now as it was in v0002, no matter what nostalgic tunnel vision you look through [edit: ignore that appendage if you like, i don't want to devalue other people's opinions or disregard them as childish wonder]. the drawbacks are still there, and they're still real. i know it's just one guy with a neat little polished-up loader right now, and i don't think we're automatically going to devolve back, but it will happen if we let it. the major issue is that people miss maps enough to sacrifice actual progress in exchange for what feels like progress, and no matter what way you look at it, static shape building is the opposite of progress.
yeah maps were great and it's a shame we don't have them any more but look forward, not back. find ways to make what we have more usable or make new ways to use them. don't just throw your hands up and quit or try and cling onto what we've deliberately abandoned
i guess a lot of people will think i'm being a jerk, or stupid, or what have you, but this is absolutely not the way to move the game forward. these are fairly significant steps backward.
