This is one for Q3:

http://lvlworld.com/review.php?id=251

The idea is you build the map to an enormous scale so the player seems to be only a couple of inches high. One room is usually all you build.

I think padkitchen is particularly cool:

http://lvlworld.com/review.php?id=628

Of course you don't have to stick to real world domestic settings. 

That's the idea. Probably a bitch to pull off in Q1, but who knows. I'm sure neg!ke can do it.

On a side note I love hl1 very dearly. Everything about it. Except Nihilanth. 

http://negke.quaddicted.com/images/fitz0000.jpg
It's boring. 

good theme, another example:
http://gamers.org/pub/idgames2/levels/deathmatch/s-u/tinyq.zip

DM map, plays ok in DMSP 

that looks boring. Like, amazingly so. Is it SP? 

Oh, and also someone should organize an all star speed mapping event. get old school people who never map for quake anymore or Semi famous mappers, or whatever to whip up some speedmaps for the 11th quakefest. if you gave them a deadline now, there might even be a submission. 

then is not for me this pack :p

2noob4you 

SM1whatever - "#Func_fusion Beef" 

Moo? 

is actually an interesting idea, if there are enough retired mappers who are willing to participate. The problem is however that in order to map quickly, you must know your editor quite well (I suppose), and those who haven't mapped in a while are at a disadvantage there I guess. 

Yes, that would be cool, but I doubt many of them would participate. They could still contribute by skillful bitching and ranting, though.

Drew: It's from my crate sm111 - you've played it.

Trinca: 2noobs1map then! 

instead of it going quiet and SM144 suddenly appearing in the news feed with two maps in it 

I could ask headshot if he would be interested in dusting off the old editor. Not sure he'd be up to it though, but who knows. Myself, I'd be willing to participate as well, but I'd have to learn ToeTag first. 

some image in tf and biff suggested a speedmap theme pixilla!

http://kak.ru/vimg/article/d201b7cda9ea696e9e87671809de2eef.gif

http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/3855/cr8robotestwa5.jpg 

- idea: floating islands in the void
- idea: tower-like building that fell over about 70 degrees and is now collecting pools of rainwater, populated with monsters and some secrets that can only be reached by sideways rocket jumping.
- idea: 10-story high deathmatch arena, with fully working singleplayer as well.
- idea: city in a forest, walkways and buildings suspended several meters above forest floor, between (or attached to) the trees. 

These are some ideas for challenging mappers, use them in any combination you wish:
- no hallways
- no rooms (hallway junctions are allowed, but must not be larger than the hallways they connect)
- no vertical walls
- no flat floors
- no secrets
- no scrags
- no powerups
- no high-tier weapons (SNG/RL/LG)
- no normal monsters (I.E. unpopulated level except for boss battles)
- restrict yourself to two normal monster types and one boss type (shambler or vore)
- creative use of normal monster groups that take the place of bosses
- underwater level (only pockets of air to keep you alive). 

Man - er, your engine:- Please will you make it work with my .lit files? And why does my water show as system textures? (I have Rygels textures in dpmod\textures or id1\textures) 

and a different version of the water effect thingy I was trying to run... 

Spires From Ever
Quake Gone Clean
Cyclopean Mines
The Pathway
Descent Into Quanta (whatever that means) 

So, people who I'd like to see do some SM:
Headshot
SleepWalkR
Lun
CZG
Fribbles
Bal
Damaul
Aardapel
RPG
Tiddles
Xen - him especially.
ELEK
J.F.Gustafsson
Tigger
That guy who made Rubicon
Fat Controller
Fern
Kona
Sadlark Guy
Thats all I can think of. 

some of those people already have done speedmaps. Including that guy who made rubicon. 

I thought that guy who made Rubicon was a degenerate, wandering alcoholic who makes a living selling 2nd hand train tickets these days? 

There's gonna be two speedmapping events at QExpo, on the 16th and 23th of August.

Theme 1: Dreamscape
Theme 2: City in a Forest

Optional subthemes: Worship Zwiffle, Praise Zwiffle, Zwiffle is Awesome, Zwiffle Gone Wild

The 70 degrees tower idea sounds good, too. 

roulfff 16 is my mother birthday... i will be 250 km away from my home :p 23 i will be in north is my wife mother home 400 km :p

guess i will make any... only tomorow i will have time :( 

>I thought that guy who made Rubicon was a degenerate, wandering alcoholic who makes a living selling 2nd hand train tickets these days?

Blasphemy