The discussion on many of our minds recently has circled around time constraints. Most of us, me included, have pretty full schedules. Mine are work related, and I am sure some share that.

The point of this poll is to focus our attentions on if our schedules are truly full, or if our lives have just taken a path away. Tis true that no poll will truly show this, but I am betting that it will get us to thinking about ourselves. The future of mapping begins with each individual.

For instance. My work schedule is indeed full. I leave on a 4 day run to somewhere and am so tired when I get home that I cannot hardly sleep for the fatigue. However, I am no more busy or tired now, than I was when I produced my maps in the past. I use the fatigue as an excuse more now. Mostly, because its true, but partly to disguise my lack of interest in mapping.

So which is it? Are you busy enough to not map, or just busy?

( I realize that it may be a combination of these choices in this poll, but its hard to have any poll with clear cut choices. Pick the one most likely )

I kinda figure most will be number one. Even if choosing so is an excuse.

I was leaning toward it myself, but opted for "other". Since my being unmotivated is more honest than my being to tired from working.

Somehow, when you think about it, having school or school related excuses seems more noble to me.

I mean, I am simply tired from work. Thats not really all that noble, but learning or teaching is so cool that having it as a legitimate reason takes the sting out of not being able to map.

I'd give anything to be able to go back to school. Most won't appreciate my sentiment for a few years yet, but its true. You guys make me feel so dumb sometimes that its a struggle to return afterward.

Orph: Maybe not forcing to map, but creating mapping incentives by force is a better way to put it. I really don't know. Even though I've been here 4 or 5 years I still see myself as a newcomer, and I've always had the feeling that Snarkpit had it's greatest days before my arrival. On top of that I've never been that into mapping, so tbh I don't know what the community looked like during it's best days, or the incentives that existed back then.

I feel like the interest in mapping in general is declining and that there is no way to turn this around, but that could also be because I don't keep my eyes open to mapping related topics/materials because I've lost interest myself.

"Other: please explain" didn't fill your desires Fish? Sorry, but 6 slots leaves a lot to be desired.

@Otz,

I never realized until just now what a major difference in joining dates between our memberships. I know that most of you feel that I am fixated on such but its simply not true.

There are nearly 2 full years between 8 and 77.

Seriously though, I do not judge people on their age nearly as much as the perception they give as to how old they are.

IE, Doc Rock is old, acts like a child. Cassius is or was very young and acts much older.

Anywho, I'd never consider us n00bs exactly, but I am sorely inadequate where HL2 mapping is concerned so, in that light I am green as a gourd.

i thought the 'other' was meant as "other reasons for killing the snarkpit by not mapping". my mistake.