to dark... :| that�s why joequake ownssssss pics are always fine... 

 

to celebrate his return to unlife aka mapping

and elaborate on his motives.

:-E 

i�m to lazy this year... i�m in vacacion and at home i got no motivacion... i will participate next year... 

Inspired by Tronyn's top10 lists, I got the idea of making a semi-random list of less well-known maps that either feature somewhat unusual themes or gameplay, or that I felt at least deserve an honorable mention of some sort.

http://qexpo.tastyspleen.net/booth.php?id=23&page=314 

in the last week. I'll have no more than a fairly large single player map ready for it though. 

I had less than that, but having more stuff there can't hurt.

There's a couple on that list I don't think I've played before Negke - cheers. 

quite a many insightful description. 

I feel a little guilty, about not having that monster pack up, but they are not ready for prime time. 

Stuff's almost always better when completed to its own schedule.

I take my hat off to Tronyn and Patrick for planning so that the nsoe pack arrived with the qexpo as it did. 

Inspired by Tronyn's top10 lists, I got the idea of making a semi-random list of less well-known maps that either feature somewhat unusual themes or gameplay, or that I felt at least deserve an honorable mention of some sort.

but where's The Fly by Markus Klar? :o

seriously though, nice list. middle evil is an awesome map, it's just that the gameplay is not that great. i tried once and failed, but i'd love to see a new map using those textures.

precipice and kjsp1 are both awesome too. ikwhite is underused and i actually completely forgot about precipice.. wasn't it originally for some contest or other? 'outdoor' maps or something? 

good list; it would be nice if you put in a small blurb explaining what makes each map interesting. 

cool list, for some reason I'd never seen The Monolith Complex before - looks great! Also, Cobalt Palace was a really neat map. I agree on w/Necros on The Middle Evil. Maybe a speedmapping session could occur using those textures or something.

re: elder world
yeah, there really wasn't enough to do a "narrow elder world" list so it had to be broader.. it would be nice to see some maps that really take e4m2/e4m3 elements to a whole new level (using quoth of course)

I was also determined to pick individual maps as opposed to packs - seems better, a lot of stuff gets lost in terms of critical attention in packs. A vain mapper would release his episode 1 map at a time to maximize review words-per-brush - lol 

Just wanted to mention, i think its been a very good idea stretching out the length of the qexpo to 4 weeks, it give more time for everyone to set up competitions and booths etc, and the number of booths is already up to 50.

Also, I may have to do an overall top 10 q1sp maps, to complement tronyns top 10s. 

I wasn't planning it, but I made a little boot on QExpo 2008.
My new map isn't finished, but I though to show some model explorement.

http://qexpo.tastyspleen.net/booth.php?id=68

I added a small try-out level for the Bones model.
http://members.home.nl/gimli/bones.zip 

but bones.zip seems to be corrupted... something about a bad offset? 

and if the frames for the converted doom monsters are playing too fast, you can add a self.nextthink = time + 0.2; line in the frame function.
the default frame delay for animation is 0.1, but 0.2 is half as fast so that should make it look better, although it will be a very chunky animation in game. 

thank for the call. I renewed the file. try again.

monters need a minimum framecount for good exposure. 

The Middle Evil: that's why I wrote "not for everyone." It certainly offered a new approach to gameplay - however one that most people will find unsatisfying.

The Fly: yes, I guess this map would qualify for the list as well. If you can think of any other one that would fit, let me know.

metlslime: I might. Though for the most part it's their style. 

negke: well i mean, that makes it more of an "article" ant less of a simple list of links, which i think is nice. basically just rave about the maps for a paragraph each :)

Re: middle evil textures -- I believe the guy never released the wad because he didn't want people using the textures, for some reason. Of course, with people's attitudes nowadays, that won't stop anybody from using them. 

Maybe he didn't release the wad but he wasn't against their use: If you do want to use any part of this level for non commercial purposes, textures etc, give me credit! 

hmm... i guess my memory is failing. must have been some other level? 

madfox some of those monsters are pretty cool. the baron could work, as could the red tentacle thing. the tribolitus dragon looks kinda cool, albeit a little goofy. the tentacles are very lovecraftian. the skeletons i'd use too, although i would give it a gun. in undying they throw rocks, maybe that could work? or throw its own bones at you. 

i tried once and failed, but i'd love to see a new map using those textures.

Now you just be patient. 

I fixed your images.

http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/8367/drumsio2.gif
http://img181.imageshack.us/img181/8689/synthom9.gif
http://img45.imageshack.us/img45/144/harppx3.gif
http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/7057/gongfn8.gif
http://img329.imageshack.us/img329/9513/cymbalscl9.gif

They still need a bass player. Ricky??