...KUNG FU GRIP! 

smiling intestines (patented by Scampie 2003) 

Hi, sorry to bother you, I need some help finding a link. There was an article written a couple of years ago about quake dm mapping styles and their 'three ages' and i would really like to read it again (for a uni essay).
Does anyone remember it and is it still online or am I a dreamer dreaming of fairies?
thanking in advance 

but i don't think i ever read that article, sorry. 

I dunno if this is related, but a while ago I suggested that someone write an article about the different Q1 mapping eras. Nothing ever came of it, though.

Sorry, but that's the closest thing my memory can conjure. 

But that's it really... 

I seem to recall using the term "the age of penis" or something like that. You might search the board for it. Any link to such an article would probably be near it. 

this saturday the suggested theme will be to make a geocomp map. This is where a map is made using flat textures only (plain colour/material textures, no patterns/panels/rivets etc). Check the quake 3 geocomp competition results on nunuks site for an example, or my map from sm47.

anyway, ive knocked up a wad that might be useful in advance, get it here:

http://speedq1.spawnpoint.org/wad/flat.zip 

downloading the wad.

i'll be sure to try to stop by on saturday! 

http://stud.aitel.hist.no/~christig/dLoads/mapcols.zip
256 16x16 textures, all one single colour from the quake palette.
Just thought I'd mention it...
^____^ 

cheers czg, I was looking for that earlier, i'll mention it in the proper announcement later.

good job necros :) 

... I tried on goog and got just what I was looking for! 

Mind sharing the link, then? 

http://www.sketchup.com

Cute little architectural design tool. Very interesting interface. 

our next speedmapping session will take place soon!

The time
10pm GMT on Saturday, 6th September
that corresponds to 11pm UK time, or 6pm EST

The place
on IRC, in #speedq1 on gamesnet.net

The plan
Make a map in 100 minutes or less.
The suggested theme is 'Geocomp'. This means you are encouraged to make a map using only flat textures (plain colour/material textures, no patterns/panels/rivets etc), and the visual interest comes from the brushwork.

Check out the Q3 Geocomp 2 competition for some examples:
http://www.planetquake.com/nunuk/geocomp2challengenews.htm

I've thrown some flat textures together in a wad for for convenience here:
http://speedq1.spawnpoint.org/wad/flat.zip

And CZG has kindly provided his wad of all the solid colours in the Quake palette, get it here:
http://stud.aitel.hist.no/~christig/dLoads/mapcols.zip

You don't have to follow the theme but it's more fun when you do :). You can make a map for singleplayer, deathmatch, or miscellaneous. I hope to see you there, it'll be fun! 

...if only because I support themed speedmapping. 

I was talking about penises.
bye 

http://speedq1.spawnpoint.org/files/sm48.zip 

that program is definatly fun to use. wish it wasn't $500 bux for the unchained version... it'd be worth it, but I can spend that much on something that'd just be a toy. 

to the plans to ressurect the q1speedmap site? 

I think you can guess what happened. (Got a bounce message for a lurgi-ridden email I never sent. I use Pocomail, not Outlook Express. And AVG, and ZoneAlarm. Also, my ISP's installed some new filters which are supposed to trap spam and virii, so I probably couldn't send infected emails if I tried!)

And about the Q1 speedmap site on spawnpoint.org: Totally unreadable. Needs the text set to white or something. 

well, it's still slightly in progress... (aka, i need to stop being a lazy fuck) 

http://www.planetquake.com/dazdranz/never.shtml

Stuff I started but never finished, might inspire some people i dunno, if people want to see the .map files I can always upload them too... 

dazsp5 and runemine look really good, finish them if you can. 

Finish them all!