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Posted by Shambler on 2013/07/11 12:57:08

http://www.youtube.com/user/darrenweekes/videos?sort=dd&view=0&shelf_index=0

I am getting a bit of a geek-crush on the smoothly spoken Englishman that is DAZ with his insightful and thought-provoking series of derping around missing all the secrets and even items that are right in front of him errrr I mean talking about mapping while playing cool levels. So I thought his channel was worth it's own seperate thread - entertaining for players and mapping veterans, and potentially very useful for newer mappers as DAZ does offer some really good views on mapping theory. Also DAZ go ahead and put all your updates in here.

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Its A HL2 Map

#93 posted by DaZ on 2014/02/16 23:46:08

cue groans and sarcastic remarks ;)

#94 posted by Lunaran on 2014/02/17 04:25:51

Something that stood out to me as good layout that you didn't mention: the first two-button progression block also has a symmetrical set of doors associated with it, so no matter which button you hit last, you're right next to one of the doors when they both open.

You also didn't explain "Westwoo00o0oo0000oo0od!" (because viewers really want to know about obscure #terrafusion jokes).

#95 posted by DaZ on 2014/02/17 04:44:56

I had no idea what that westwood thing was all about. Scampie explained it in the comments :)

#96 posted by mwh on 2014/02/17 07:53:07

I think Westwoo00o0oo0000oo0od is more of a "I listened to Radio 1 in the 90s" joke?

Debrisssss.

#97 posted by Shambler on 2014/02/26 12:49:48

Derpbris!

Nice spawn/fiend kill in the final battle there. The final arena might be relatively easy but it still looks like fun pacing.

#98 posted by Joel B on 2014/02/27 23:46:25

Hey, what was the map in the "B roll" Quake footage that you were playing during your recent status update? It looked familiar but I'm blanking on it.

Rpgsp1

#99 posted by DaZ on 2014/02/27 23:47:07

DAZ, What Graphics Card Were You Runnning?

#100 posted by damage_inc on 2014/02/28 02:41:56

Just saw on your channel that you lost yours :(

#101 posted by Joel B on 2014/02/28 04:36:14

Well no wonder it looked familiar. :-)

#102 posted by DaZ on 2014/02/28 12:29:06

I had an nvidia 460 which served me heroically for 4 years before it popped :)

I'm playing around with different driver versions for this current backup card I'm using. Trying to find a driver that doesn't lock my pc up when playing Quake... If successful then I can at least keep doing Quake stuff for teh time being!

Mr. Daz

#103 posted by spy on 2014/02/28 16:49:46

stop trying to be a movie star
just go to mappping instead!

DAZ

#104 posted by - on 2014/02/28 17:51:08

ヽ༼ຈل͜ຈ༽ﾉ GO MAP OR RIOT ヽ༼ຈل͜ຈ༽ﾉ

...rekt...

#105 posted by - on 2014/02/28 17:51:27

Scampie, Chill Out. Have Some Weed Or Something.

#106 posted by Breezeep_ on 2014/02/28 21:34:20

I'll Pop For An NVidia 660 Card For You...

#107 posted by damage_inc on 2014/03/01 19:18:32

If we can figure out the details. I'm across the pond from you ;)

Let me know.

I'll Chip In

#108 posted by SleepwalkR on 2014/03/01 21:37:38

if that means more 'ello guys videos!

I Prefer To Be Addressed

#109 posted by Lunaran on 2014/03/01 22:21:03

as "yewchoob."

Thanks!

#110 posted by DaZ on 2014/03/02 00:39:50

I'm honestly pretty bowled over by the amount of offers of donations and other help that people have offered both from the quake scene and elsewhere. I had absolutely no idea! I'm really not sure how to deal with it honestly!

As of right now I am waiting to hear back from Mateusz (the guy who runs level-design.org) as he may be able to spring an unused gpu from his work for me which would be fantastic.

Thank you everyone for the generosity! Fingers crossed I can ello guys once again soon :)

The Only Reason Anyone Maps

#111 posted by FifthElephant on 2014/03/02 01:40:06

is so they can see a flyover of it on youtube with you saying ello guys over it.

You're Welcome DaZ

#112 posted by damage_inc on 2014/03/02 17:29:04

But if that doesn't work out(card from Mateusz), let me know. I'll get you a card asap ;)

Daz

#113 posted by Tronyn on 2014/03/02 22:41:50

you're the new Shambler; you've achieved the rank of most-important-critic, whose review work encourages q1sp mapping

(no offense to Spirit who I would not consider a reviewer but rather an archivist, and who has no parallel new or old)

Poor Daz.

#114 posted by Shambler on 2014/03/02 23:32:56

My commiserations ;(

RJ Zone

#115 posted by DaZ on 2014/03/03 19:39:41

http://youtu.be/5pxebIAWOQk

Thanks to negke who provided a tool to underclock my gpu so it wouldn't crash while playing Quake :)

FFS.

#116 posted by Shambler on 2014/03/04 11:45:48

Get the "Ello guys" back >:( >:(

GO HARD OR GO HOMO?!?

#117 posted by Shambler on 2014/03/04 12:34:58

I like how....parental you sound when you're telling people to play the map first ;)

Love the fly-through shot down through the scrags in the pent room.

Very good review Daz, lots of good points especially about the combination of interesting mechanics but the need for more harmonious visual language.

One small thing, exploring the lower slime area is needed to get the biosuit for the upwards slime pipe, which you seem pretty keen on :)

BTW if you go the quick route back from the Quad, you can actually get down and kill the zombies with it by the time it runs out.

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