This way of thinking is outdated and waaaay out of touch with today’s gaming community, and I say that respectfully. People, like yourself for example, take pride in contributing to a game. Who is anybody to say how they do it?
Should the people who made the skins, sounds, maps, and sights you use have just not bothered and simply played the game? Did it contribute to your experience? There are huge mod communities behind games that reward them by implementing their work. Entire new games have spun off from popular games because of community input and implementation.
I mean, hell, Steam has a whole section where a game’s community made content is showcased.
How many new players are playing custom arenas?
I've tried my hand in all of those, still use the site I made, and I see your point. However is allowing a player to create models going to draw in a lot of folks? I doubt it, even if Hitech allowed it, he is a bit of a security freak.
The game only needs numbers to get back to its former glory. The game is top notch, we..... the old timers, just need to help out any new player coming in. I have a guy that just joined the Discord server and he says he's coming back into the game when he get home from vacation. I hope he does. He's had a couple of questions and most likely have more when he starts up but Im standing by to help him or anyone else that needs it.
What we have is great, if under populated. Adding possible buggy mods isnt going to help.