Thief: The Circle Hammer Rating System Reboot

jimjamz on 2/2/2022 at 10:43

I'm late to the party when it comes to playing FMs, having finally getting round to playing Thief II in 2020 since purchasing it back in 2000.
The games are being played on period hardware, so new NewDark or mods- just the OG Darkloader and the vanilla games.
I want to start playing FMs for both T1/G and T2 that were rated most highly by the community.

Now that (http://www.thief-thecircle.com) is gone, it's difficult to search the FM database and select FMs based on those rated by the community. (https://web.archive.org/web/20050207015104/http://thief-thecircle.com/missions/direct/) Archive.org's WayBack Machine only stores static pages so no search requests can be made.
How can I find out which are the all-time classic FMs from years past?
Is there a modern version of the the circle's Hammer rating system?

trefoilknot on 2/2/2022 at 13:25

Thiefguild.com

Also, thief-thecircle still works fine for me. It’s just very outdated so it doesn’t have any recent FMs.

<Username> on 2/2/2022 at 20:53

Thief Guild is great and the most important site for FM ratings nowadays.

Snake on 2/2/2022 at 23:00

You can also look at the “Fan Mission Listing by Type” thread on here, there is a category for “Classic”. I am not entirely sure what criteria was used but I think these are just considered some of the best missions by the community.

(https://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=151394&page=2&p=2475609&viewfull=1#post2475609) https://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=151394&page=2&p=2475609&viewfull=1#post2475609

jimjamz on 3/2/2022 at 18:19

Thanks, my fellow taffers!

Re: (http://www.thief-thecircle.com/) - when I navigate to that site, I'm just re-directed to TTLG. I don't know of any other way to access this resource.

I wasn't aware of Thiefguild.com. That, along with the TTLG Classic list, look like they're going to keep me busy. :)

<Username> on 3/2/2022 at 19:49

Quote Posted by jimjamz

(http://www.thief-thecircle.com/) - when I navigate to that site, I'm just re-directed to TTLG. I don't know of any other way to access this resource.

When I click the link in your post, The Circle loads. Nothing unusual on my end.