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Map names and map page layout

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What should the names listed here be? File Name is self-explanatory, but the map name seems to be inconsistent. I'll be using the filename to refer to each map because the names can be over the place. Different names are used for the File name, introductory text, and default map rotation listing. For example, in the introductory text, "2fort" is named "2 Fortresses" like on this page, but in the default map rotation listing (motd.txt), "2fort" is listed as "2 Fort".

So, is it based on the introductory text you see when you select the map? If so, that would explain "2fort" being listed as "2 Fortresses", along with "well" being listed as "The Well", "cz2" being listed as "Canalzone 2", "crossover2" being listed as "Crossover", etc. However, it doesn't explain some like "flagrun" being listed as "Flagrun" and not "War", along with "casbah" being listed as "Casbah" and not "Mideast". Then, there's the names of the pages themselves, which have "crossover2" named "Crossover 2" instead of this page's listing of just "Crossover". This would imply its going off the default map rotation listings. However, "2fort" still goes by either "2 Fortresses" in this page or "2Fort" in its own page, never "2 Fort". And then there's "rock2", which has its page named "Rock 2 (Classic)", despite being named "The Rock" in this page after its introductory text, its default map rotation listing putting it at "Rock2", and its filename being "rock2". There's no consistency here, as far as I can tell.

Also, in the actual map pages themselves, the TFC introductory text is always split into sections across each page. Every page's Objective, Scoring, and Notes sections are ripped straight from its text file. However, despite the wording being the same, the syntax and grammar is sometimes altered, such as bullet points and periods being added or spacing being removed. I think there should instead be just one section in all these map pages called "Introductory text", like how TF2's maps have a section called "Introduction video" when applicable. This way, all of the text can be exactly preserved in one area, rather than being split up into sections and just barely altered. For example, compare Badlands (Classic) to Badland's explanatory text.

Badlands - Capture The Flag

Objective: Enter the enemy Base and make your way to where their Flag resides in the air shaft. Grab it and bring it back to your spawnroom. Place it on your team logo to Capture it.

Scoring: 10 points per Capture.

Other Notes: Flag carriers drop the Flag when they die. Dropped flags return to their Base after 60 seconds.

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