Well, i personally don't believe people are haulting their progress because of being daunted by opposition. As far as i can see, people simply wern't able to finish a workable beta. My map only got about 15 replies, i wasn't that bothered and really wanted to produce a good map and surprise people. Unfortunately that didn't happen. But the fact remains that people obviously want to be great at mapping and are constantly learning, this was an oppotunity, but few managed to sieze it because of other commitments.
If people stopped for others reasons then it would be good to hear them because then the community can improve in that matter.
If people stopped for others reasons then it would be good to hear them because then the community can improve in that matter.