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well the way it's formatted, it kinda comes across as a bit shouty and angry - but yeah, if you ignore the caps and asterisks, then I can see what you're getting at...
No to all. I agreed with some of what he said, he (she?) just happened to be a little flamboyant.
Though it began with a list title header with the word, 'suggestions', every sentence that fallowed was in the imperative.
I realize it is now common for those who are in MBA type programs to be taught to write in this manner, qualifiers being considered a weakness instead of a show of wit or mental agilaty, traditionaly, the imperative when used excessively like this would be considered an insult. As a lowly player one isn�t worth a Shambler�s turd(I have seen this in a lot of communities, I know what I�m talking about); now if you contribute maps/mods/whatever, everyone�s like *tooth-paste grin*, because they can (and do) expect something from you, players are vampires.
Instead of getting your panties wet, you guys should appreciate someone making atleast an attempt at constructive criticism, maybe he�s some kid who has just played alot of so-called �oldskool� maps lately, let him develop his communication ffs. Another thing is (and it took me a long time to realise), that �community� is not what this board is all about, alot of mappers here know each other from the old Qmap board and want a place to hang out etc. without annoying �intruders�, which is understandable. I also realised that I�m feeling somehow bad, like some spammer when posting here, and I won�t let that unto me, I�d rather write a mail if I like a map that much. Why offended? Dont you see it was just a friendly feedback from a one quake enthusiast to another?
I'm basically saying If he knows that many secrets of making a good quake map, he should definately try his hand at it. It would benifit everyone. Just answering him in exactly same 'friendly' manner. Loonie: please... it got boring about a year ago 1 Right, I apologize for the asterisks and imperative but i thinked they were more effective than: may i suggest that etc
2 Mappers can do what they want, of course, they can experiment what they like, but i still think that the core of quake is in that ten considerations. Example, I have played a map called mexx4. It's simple, small, bare, no new textures, no new critters, no great arch. etc. but it's was more fun for me than other beefed up maps, because it was closer to quake's core IMHO. Frankly i can't understand why putting new stuff if you lose the basic, why adding a lot of extra and then you have a map that is like the binary of a train @go to map yourself Yes, i can understand P.S. I loved the E4M4 Quoth remake, thank you very much for that replies should be posted in GA or appropriate sticky thread :)
News items and are for news only and new threads are only created for new discussion topics. Anything else pretty much goes here. I think many people around here have a certain "preserve the original Quake" feeling.
But we've all been playing quake for more than 10 years now, and even though I still love the classics, I enjoy having some new additions, like Zerstoerer, Nehahra, Qoth, which try more or less to expand on the universe, as opposed to silly random engine mods with laser guns etc. I'm like picky about monster placement -- if I've got an ogre, vore or shambler in a base-themed map, I want some sort of explanation ("specimen" in a cell/lab pilfered from alternate dimension, part of invading army from said alternate dimension, or some creature native to dimension with the base being for a human invasion]. And I don't think I'd stick anything outside a rotfish or maybe a spawn (tarbaby/whatever -- I don't like those things anyways) underwater, either.
Just because it's Quake doesn't mean you can't have some sense of setting, even down to the baddies. How there was a vore in CZG07a (a tech/base map) that had some fleshy stuff around it built into the map.
tarbaby is cool though, underrated/weird/original ...yes! That was very cool. After gunning down the two grunts I got the shock of my life...but it wasn't a "what is that doing here" experience, more a "oh, that also pushed through" one. Very average monster placement in terms of gameplay, but excellent in terms of scene setting, story telling, continuity etc.
tarbabies hurt :( i think that zombies and scraggs can work underwater pretty easily. I wouldn't naturally pick enforcers to do it, but I can understand the justification that he has a mask over his face and a backpack that could contain compressed air or whatever.
@Bal: though I still love the classics, I enjoy having some new additions
i'm not against modding: quoth opened new horizons for quake, it added extra (cool) stuff and it mantained the core of the game (like weird unreal settings, multiway etc.), better than this? @sielwolf: (have you played metlslime�s Antediluvian map?/ ant.zip) played and loved, after that i was wondering if a mix between liquid-despair,antediluvian, and maybe low gravity, like e1m8, should be fun. @metlslime I wouldn't naturally pick enforcers to do it but I can understand the justification that he has a mask over his face and a backpack that could contain compressed air or whatever. yes, exactly. Standard Quake has low variety of monsters (ok, it's 10 years old)and then if you start to cut off grunts, enforcers, dogs, spawns, fishes theorically if you have slipgates, you can have humans slaves in quake world and quake monsters in the human bases As in Ocean Pacific?
http://www.op.com/history/ If so, they are certainly well-suited for underwater encounters ;-) Example,
I have played a map called mexx4. It's simple, small, bare, no new textures, no new critters, no great arch. etc. but it's was more fun for me than other beefed up maps, because it was closer to quake's core IMHO. the mexx series contains some of the greatest quake maps i've ever played, although i wouldn't say 4 was one of the better ones. 5 is in a similar style to it, only much bigger & better. 8-10 are just plain awesome! these are from quake expo:
http://www.quakeexpo.com/booth.php?id=69&page=117 I mixed the colors of the textures a bit to make them more bloody (a really amateurish job), give a look if you like (2.2 mb to use with pack above). http://www.filefactory.com/file/8d4f4a/ p.s. dopefish lives 1. it would be cool to have a *skip texture so that we can remove faces on water brushes.
2. turtle/speedmap theme idea: make a map that uses every entity type in quake at least once. Unless I'm the only one on earth who missed this map, in which case, bleh.
Yes, you are. P.S. LOL @ you, speedy, quakecorpse and everyone. P.P.S. Cheers for finding my site Aguire, I didn't know what PQ had changed the URL to! a lot of links both on and off planetquake that still are screwed and you'll have to try the different new URL formats to match the old links.
Typically, if the old link was www.planetquake.com/xyz, then the new one might be either: hosted.planetquake.gamespy.com/xyz or xyz.planetquake.gamespy.com I haven't figured out the difference yet. And some sites seem still to be vanishing; Talon's Strike was there maybe just a week ago and now it seems gone. And other PQ sites reload all their images over and over for no obvious reason
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