Custom Games...?

[Trouble]

So.. Not entirely sure what they did with custom games in SC2. Whenever I open up the Custom Game List, there's the same selection of games every time. How is this different from the WC3 custom games listing? Rather, how exactly does it work? I'm kind-of confused.

 

[2-P]

The maps are sorted by popularity in SC2. The more popular the map is, the higher it is on the list.
Since people only play the maps on the top of the list, only the popular maps are being played and well, they get more popular. That's why you always see the same maps, the "unpopular" maps have no chance to catch up.


And if you host a game you can't choose your own game name, it's always the name of the map.
So let's say you see the name "Nexus Wars" on the game list, then it's not a single game, but all Nexus Wars games that are being hosted at the moment. And if you join you're being assigned to one of those games.

 

[Trouble]

That's... just silly. That simply throttles the whole possibility of people pioneering custom map genres.

 

[Jaujarahje]

You do see new maps pop up once in a while, Income wars, for example, popped up lately. Ultimate Tank Defence wasn't on the top before. While it can take a while, new maps do make it up there every so often, just expect ones like Nexus Wars to stay on top for a long long time

 

[Arkless]

There is a button "show new only" but that list doesn't change much either.