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I'm with Killa but that's the last I'll say on this subject. The thing about these kind of discussions is that they ultimately get nowhere. They only make the people posting in them get more entrenched in the view they had prior to the thread starting.

Damned if it is, damned if it isn't.

Here's my code:
<?php
echo "welcome to spankys random map generator!<br />&nbsp;<br />";

// array of maps
$maps = array("MOUT McKenna", "Pipeline", "Bridge Crossing", "Mountain Pass", "Bridge SE", "Mountain Pass SE", "Urban Assault", "Border", "Headquarters Raid", "Collapsed Tunnel", "Insurgent Camp", "River Basin", "FLS Assault", "JRTC Farm Raid", "Mountain Ambush", "Swamp Raid", "Weapons Cache", "Weapons Cache SE", "Radio Tower", "Woodland Outpost", "Dusk", "SF CSAR", "SF Hospital", "SF Recon", "SF Sandstorm", "SF Arctic", "SF Oasis", "SF Taiga", "SF Village", "SF Courtyard", "SF PCR", "SF Extraction", "Pipeline SF", "SF Blizzard", "SF Water Treatment", "SF Dockside", "[mAAp] Glass Kill House", "[mAAp] PBall", "[mAAp] Teh Yeti's Lair", "[mAAp] UT04", "[mAAp] Aztec", "[mAAp] Breakout", "[mAAp] Shipment", "[mAAp] Square", "[mAAp] Ice", "[mAAp] Monkey Island", "[mAAp] Berg", "[mAAp] Bridge Construction", "[mAAp] Pipeline", "[mAAp] Urban Assault SE", "[mAAp] Interdiction", "[mAAp] SF Refinery", "[mAAp] Rummage");
// sort the array alphabetically
asort($maps);





// check if map selection data was already posted here
if($_POST){
// these are the maps that were selected in the form
$map1 = $_POST['map1'];
$map2 = $_POST['map2'];
$map3 = $_POST['map3'];
$map4 = $_POST['map4'];
// grab the names of those maps before removing them
$mapname1 = $maps[$map1];
$mapname2 = $maps[$map2];
$mapname3 = $maps[$map3];
$mapname4 = $maps[$map4];
// remove those maps from the array
unset($maps[$map1]);
unset($maps[$map2]);
unset($maps[$map3]);
unset($maps[$map4]);

echo "You chose $mapname1, $mapname2, $mapname3, $mapname4 as maps that were played last week.<br />They have been removed from the following random selection:<br />&nbsp;<br />";

// choose 4 maps from the array randomly
$maps_rand = array_rand($maps, 4);
echo $maps[$maps_rand[0]] . "<br />";
echo $maps[$maps_rand[1]] . "<br />";
echo $maps[$maps_rand[2]] . "<br />";
echo $maps[$maps_rand[3]] . "<br />";
}





// no post data, show the map selection form
else{
?>
<br />&nbsp;<br />
What maps were played last week?
<form method="post" action="<?php echo $PHP_SELF;?>">
<select name="map1">
<option selected value="">Select...</option>
<?php 
    foreach($maps as $map => $value) 
    { 
       echo '<option value="'. $map .'">'. $value .'</option>';
    }
?>
</select>
<select name="map2">
<option selected value="">Select...</option>
<?php 
    foreach($maps as $map => $value) 
    { 
       echo '<option value="'. $map .'">'. $value .'</option>';
    }
?>
</select>
<select name="map3">
<option selected value="">Select...</option>
<?php 
    foreach($maps as $map => $value) 
    { 
       echo '<option value="'. $map .'">'. $value .'</option>';
    }
?>
</select>
<select name="map4">
<option selected value="">Select...</option>
<?php 
    foreach($maps as $map => $value) 
    { 
       echo '<option value="'. $map .'">'. $value .'</option>';
    }
?>
</select>
<input type="submit" value="Generate" name="submit">
</form>
<?php
} // post else
?>

Yes, you can load maps offline. As far as Steam, you can add a shortcut in Steam.

We should totally play the mAAp pipeline!

Sounds like you really want the editor.

How does my one sentence reflect on how shitty the community is? What I said is true and everyone who is apart of TNF (Max, {G.O.W.}, Head Hunters, Ak4) try and make the map selection as best as possible. The only negative comments/shitty things I see in this thread is bashing TNF on how lame the maplist is on people who have never shown up or even participated. Everyone has a chance to throw out new maps every week but no one really cares so the people who run it are going to pick the maps we wanna play. I myself try and get new maps voted in every week even mAAp maps but sometimes they just dont make it in. I'm sorry if I offended you with that one sentence but in its entirety its 100% true but all in all I think im trying to get the community united by supporting TNF.

No offense taken. What I meant is that it reminds me how boring and repetitive the community is. Why do the same boring maps get picked? Because the same boring players pick them. I'm not bashing TNF, I think it's great to try and get people to play new maps (if they happen to get picked). TNF is a great way to get more activity in the community.

I don't play because it's difficult to have fun when you're playing the same static map over and over against whores that have played it constantly for years. It's so cyclical.

Having code randomly pick maps means that maps from last week can be excluded from the current weeks randomizing. It's very easy. Perhaps there should be another weekly event where seldom played maps are tried out?

No one is complaining about the same maps being played except for the people who don't participate and post in these forums.

Comments like this make me think about how shitty the community is.

IMO, the maps shouldn't be chosen by people, instead randomly via code. That will get more people playing other maps.