@wreak: I'd dare to say you're completely wrong in the context of this post/situation.
Max teabag's maps with 60 rates are his singleplayer maps. Specifically, I assume silverteen11 is talking about his
"Christmas" map. The other map that silverteen11 is undeniably talking about is stryde-sniper. Very typical "stryde-sniper sucks" kind of post.
The key difference between the two is to note that Max's map is a single-player, role-playing map while Stryde's map is an approved, versatile (as in it can be DM, TDM,
and COOP) multiplayer map. As much as we don't want to admit it, approval gets rates faster, when in reality it should be that rates should get approval. Also, PB2's selling point is not their single-player campaign or available custom levels, but rather the fact that it's an online, multiplayer flash game.
Because stryde-sniper is such a simple, small, and effective map that has lasted throughout a large portion of PB2's time, it's only obvious that it would generate a lot of gameplay and ratings. Because Max teabag's single-player maps are not played as much and because they are not given as much attention as the "Approved Maps List," his Christmas map also consequently gets less ratings.
For example, if you observe Stryde's
Railwars map against his
Raywars map, you can see that his Raywars map has more votes, despite being released later than the Railwars map and despite the fact that the Railgun is indefinitely more popular than the Raygun. My assumption is that because the Raywars map is actually approved, it would obviously get more attention and, therefore, ratings.
Again, although we might hate to admit it, single-player maps just don't generate as much attention as approved, multiplayer maps. I think it's wrong to degrade stryde-sniper in such a manner that we should just call it "blocks, a background, a gun, done." What I think we're more salty at is the fact that in multiplayer, stryde-sniper is just such a self-made prominent, infamous, and recognizable map. No one gave stryde-sniper as much attention as "older" generations of PB2 did, and we're STILL giving it attention in the form of hate posts, comparisons, and even hosting it under bad names/conditions (I've seen a few lobbies where the host was playing stryde-sniper and the lobby name was something like "easy pp").
It's not a strict rule. It's not a "silver lining" between what's good and what's bad. It's a good concept and a once-good map that's now outdated, overplayed, and overrated. That isn't to say that it's BAD; it's not like it spontaneously got 4000 rates due to some cheat in the system or some communal frenzy of wanting to play and rate it. It's accumulated that many points for a good reason: we wanted to play it, we still want to play it, and we continue to play it.
TL;DR - typical shitpost on stryde-sniper. silverteen has a bad, weak context, but good message. also what appears to be a complete misunderstanding of how singleplayer vs approved multiplayer maps compete against each other in terms of popularity and attention