This reminded me of Matthias Worch:

the first Quake editors where very rudimentary, and we had to get used to 3D in the first place. Quest (my level editor of choice), was a great little tool, except that it had no shaded 3D preview (wireframe only!) and that texture alignment wasn�t supported when I made the early levels � I had to open the .map file in a text editor and type in the texture offsets manually.

Anyway, about the map itself, could Potpourri be it? It's not the oldest in the Quaddicted archive, though.

This comment in the Shaft of the Soulless page is also interesting:
This level was built before there were level editors, before Quake 1 was officially released, using a tedious coordinates script, so yes, it is tiny and boring compared to later levels. Did you try shooting the struts in deathmatch mode? It was a good level for its time..... 

Thanks for the Worch link! I might have footage of him working on Sin. Don't recall if I do or not. I loved Quest. I honestly don't recall how texture alignment was done in Quest. I had to have used a more fleshed out version, because I do recall flat shading in Quest and the levels I still have from those days I was able to align door textures without notepad.

the two levels you linked to are not the first one sadly. :( I will double check Potpourri but I don't think so. 

Yeah Quaddicted lists https://www.quaddicted.com/reviews/bc.html as the first SP.

Mention of "notepad" reminded me of the DM map https://www.quaddicted.com/files/maps/multiplayer/daskull.zip but that's probably not it either, too complicated.

Maybe some other DM map? 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqUMlFPzX14 

Yes it was def a tiny DM map. Forgot to mention it. I have some CDs of my old Quake files but I doubt I archived that map. Gonna keep looking. 

https://wikileaks.org/ciav7p1/cms/page_26968090.html 

r/stallmanwasright 

Someone already made DUSK mod for Quake. They even share quality of execution: https://youtu.be/pcwowe80MHM?t=11m53s 

the perspective is pretty nice! 

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/nvidia-geforce-gtx-1080-ti,4972.html

Man, that's pretty crazy specs. 

I ordered a 1050 Ti the other day when I saw it on sale for under $150. Not the greatest but it'll be way better than what I have now. 

http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/293424/Oculus_CTO_John_Carmack_is_suing_Zenimax_for_225M.php 

a lightning somehow fried my vga so i have to buy a new one

i guess a cheapo evga 1060 sc will have to do for me

at least quake runs flawlessly on integrated graphics, i can wait for now 

I can now legally drink beer and wine as I live in Germany! 

Are there any mods or ports for Quake that add nice blood/weapon damage decals to surfaces? I know that decals weren't originally in Doom, but bullet damage and blood make the visual aftermath of a fight a lot more satisying, and I often miss that in Quake. I'm pretty sure Darkplaces has this, but I'm looking for something closer to Quake's original look. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mp8e-M5OgmI 

https://twitter.com/muk0r/status/842464646338629633

(cheers OTP) 

is for a small group running in secret. Any other collective mapping effort that anyone can see and jump in? 

AdibSP1, a map collectively made by adib and adib, in a theme of his choosing. 

Well I'm working on something and a couple collaborators are also contributing so if you're interested in doing some mapping let me know. Be warned though that my projects don't tend to appear at a breakneck pace; I'm aiming for the summer. 

I am always down to help if there is anything that I can do! :) 

What's the status on the Drake Merger?
What's the status on the 200 pending map reviews?
What's the status on the ongoing manhunt for PM? 

You are awesome negke. At least someone is still paying attention.

It seems like I will never get PM to return and "finish" his mod at this point; he may have been raptured or something (I know he has other projects but I'm lucky to hear from him once a year). On the other hand it hardly matters since I've had little time for mapping for the past 3-5 years. Yet I do plan to complete the Drake Merger as best as I am able within the next year or two, but my nearer term project is an episode that will hopefully be a sort of "teaser" for the merger.

It did occur to me to put the Drake Merger on a different mod; I haven't even played AD yet but I'm sure it has a lot of great features. However for Drake maps dragons, other custom monsters, and particular items like grappling hooks, are indispensable.

Thanks for the offer of help Generic, I was hoping to give contributors an update back in December but now it seems like it'll be April. So I'll be in touch.

The pending 200 map reviews will have to wait until the episode is out, at least ;) 

Just sent you an e-mail. Seems that the pace of your projects is a little like mine.