Speedy linked this gem from way back in 2001 when Grindspire was a mod (somehow) and headshot occasionally crawled out from his mappers den.

http://speedmap.narod.ru/jump.html

After reading it and having a good laugh, I think we have actually mellowed quite a bit since then. func_msg is a quality place to have a discussion for a few reasons I think.

First, only two moderators, and very good ones at that. (Yep, I mean it scampie)

Second, fewer regular posters. We're all used to each other by now with now wildcards thrown in the mix to start a giant flame war.

Finally, contests and group projects always end up with people upset at one another. At the moment, there is no speedmap, no chainmap, and no gimmicky contest. Just people (slowly) churning out some good maps.

I was kind of sad reading that too, because I think alot of people who posted regularly were driven away by that kind of flame war. I know Killaz and XeN never post here anymore. Aard rarely does, and Lunaran has only come back recently.

So here's to learning from the past, and being an even greater group than we already are, in the future. 

omg they got two floating platforms in empty space it looks so cool blah blah 

in that thread :D 

wins that thread btw 

it worked 

and Damaul does it with a single post! 

I`m killing it 

 

404 

Oh right, didn't see post #5339 

Kinn, I'm inclined to agree with JPLambert that the mouseovers should be a different shade of brown rather than a bright colour.

Also, how about varying the shade of each of the different buttons (although still brown obviously), atm it's more 3 shades of brown rather than 256 

I like it. Keep the green, you want to keep a bit of contrast.

I never got to read Blitz's page. :( 

[nt] 

Anyone tried the warhammer: dawn of war beta that was released today? I've heard a ton of good things about the beta-test, so I'm getting it now to see if its any good. Just wondering, as I seem to remember there being one or two warhammer geeks in the mix here. 

Yeah I really wanted to dl the demo but its 319mb or somesuch size, sucks when Im on 56k...

Please tell us how it is when you've had a play, it looks awesome :) 

I played it when it was first released on FilePlanet.

It's OK, but somewhat simplistic in terms of gameplay/tactics/troop control. Pretty much 'just another rts', except without having to ship resources back to your base (and with GC-esque control points).

However, the artwork in general, and the animations especially, are amazing. It does actually feel like you're watching a real battle. 

Oh, and it has a custom colours option which is a nice nod to its origins 

I will download it, if it's only 319 mb that should be no problem. I tried downloading the WoW beta but it was 2200 mb, so I left it on over night and it was half way done. =\ But yes I plan on playing Dawn of War, looks very good to me, like a fun version of Warcraft3. 

If fucking FilePlanet would stop sending me in circles. Is there anywhere else I can download it? Whenever I enter my age to download it, it sends me to a page to register with fileplanet and it won't let me downlaod it. I filled out the form, but then it said my info was already taken. /me cries 

For most demos, if you're having problems with FilePenis, checkout:

www.3dgamers.com 

Crits Please
#5324 posted by Kinn [217.43.53.217] on 2004/09/09 03:52:15

For what it's worth, it's very bland. As far as speed goes I have a really fast connection so I cannot evaluate that. (loaded it in > 1 second. 

after looking at it a bit more (the above was my first impression), I would make each link go to another page. If for no other reason than to keep Scampie's bandwidth usage down). I clicked on Bastion and ended up downloading it again (I already had it).

Instead of green you might want to go with a darker brown. And where the blue is you might want to think about using a brownish green. Just my thought's ;) 

Thanks for the crits, guys.

The consensus seems to be: make the bright colours another shade of brown (seems logical I guess).

Quaketree: Ignore the links etc. - the "bastion" link is only temporary anyway, just so the map is there whilst I work on the rest of the content. It won't behave like that in the finished version. 

In general, I don't like splash pages. 

well, when it's done, all the links will work, so I don't know if it really qualifies as a "splash page" in the sense that you mean.