Can I get a clarification on the theme for SM56? E2 encapsulates a wide variety of medieval themes; some even border on metal (e2m3 and e2m7 are good examples) while others are more like the E1-style of medieval (such as e2m2 and e2m6). 

http://www.doom3.dk/default.asp?p=viewpost&id=3201 

Episode2 is castles. Every map is a castle or temple of some kind. A good loose definition for textures will be 'stone and wood' but metal is used in some extent for trims and machinery. Gloom Keep (e1m5) is a good example of an episode 2 map (try to keep in mind that Episode 1 is the shareware episode, so it encompasses most of the themes. I'd almost bet it would've been all idbase if Quake hadn't been Shareware). A point of interest for episode 2 is that there is no lava, but slime, water, and bio-suits are heavily featured. Also, being 'The Realm of Black Magic', Quads and Pentagrams in secrets are appearing more frequently.

So the basic theme is 'castles', so as long as they are not 'runic castles' or 'castles of unspeakible elder worldly horror and madness', you'll be fine. 

oh, and we're not going to be nazis about it... whatever you think fits into episode 2 best, map that. 

using colours. I think E2 uses blue and brown *waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay* more than any other colours. occasionally white.

examples... e2m2 (brown and white), e2m3 (blue and gray), e2m4 (blue), e2m5 (bluer!), e2m6 (brown and blue), e2m7 (blue and gray) 

doom3 is vaporware. 

only problem with that is: e4 has the same color scheme. and e3 is mostly blue and grey too. 

oh, and we're not going to be nazis about it... whatever you think fits into episode 2 best, map that

What scampie said. It might be a good idea to even pick a map from E2 and rip the texture scheme off that directly.

I will most likely be hosting the session on Sunday instead of saturday, as I'll be away at the usual time. 

I'll be around and do it at the normal time...

Me and Starbuck are like teh dynamic duo! 

and that's not to say I'm stepping on Starbuck's toes, map whichever day you want, I just want to make sure we don't push away our Saturday regulars :D 

E4? isn't Azure Agony the *only* mostly blue map in E4? I consider E4 mostly brown.
e4m1, base, so NA
e4m2, brown & yellow
e4m3, brown & red(yes there is a blue hallway or 2)
e4m4, red
e4m5, blue, green, gray (but i hate this map, so I don't count it)
e4m6, red, yellow, green, blue
e4m7, all blue
e4m8, brown 

the whole damn game is just brown :) 

Sound like somebody's got the browns reeeal bad...

*wanders off singing Johnny Cash's "Folsom Prison Browns"* 

...just to watch it die. 

yes, very :P 

I'm not going to be around this weekend, so i did an episode 2 speedmap today. Who should i send it off to? 

send it to scampie, he'll run it on saturday then. I may also mail a map his way if i find time :D

(saturday is my birthday btw, so go make me some treats!) 

scampie@spawnpoint.org is my email btw 

Please Love Me 

Not until you get that growth checked out. 

Y'know, "Sit," "Fetch," "The Pennsylvanian Camel Toot." That sort of thing. 

saturday is my birthday btw, so go make me some treats

Shouldn't you be giving us some treats? 

At a recent computer expo (COMDEX), Bill Gates reportedly compared the computer industry with the auto industry and stated: "If GM had kept up with technology like the computer industry has, we would all be driving twenty-five dollar cars that got 1000 miles to the gallon".

In response to Bill's comments GM issued a press release stating "If GM had developed technology like Microsoft, we would all be driving cars with the following characteristics:

1. For no reason whatsoever your car would crash twice a day.
2. Every time they repainted the lines on the road, you would have to buy a new car.
3. Occasionally your car would die on the freeway for no reason and you would just accept this, restart and drive on.
4. Executing a maneuver such as a left turn, would cause your car to shut down and refuse to start, in which case you would have to re-install the engine.
5. Only one person at a time could use the car, unless you bought Car95 or CarNT. But, then you would have to buy more seats.
6. Macintosh would make a car that was powered by the sun, was reliable, five times as fast, and twice as easy to drive, but would only run on five percent of the roads.
7. The oil, water temperature and alternator warning lights would be replaced by a single "general car default" warning light.
8, New seats would force everyone to have the same size butt.
9. The airbag system would say "Are you sure?" before going off.
10. Occasionally for no reason whatsoever, your car would lock you out and refuse to let you in until you simultaneously lifted the door handle, turned the key, and grabbed hold of the radio antenna.
11. GM would require all car buyers to also purchase a deluxe set of Rand McNally road maps (now a GM subsidiary) even though they neither need them nor want them. Attempting to delete this option would immediately cause the car's performance to diminish by 50 percent or more. Moreover, GM would become a target for investigation by the Justice Dept.
12. Everytime GM introduced a new model, car buyers would have to learn to drive all over again because none of the controls would operate in the same manner as the old car.
13. You'd press the "start" button to shut off the engine. 

If you mail that to ten people in 24 hours, you will receive good luck for a week! 

just two map reviews for heresp2 and scragbait's hhouse, the latter of which i enjoyed quite a bit.

http://www.planetquake.com/underworld/quakerev031105.html