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From now on, this thread will be the place to discuss speedmapping issues. This will also be where all speedmapping events will be annouced. This is just an effort to keep General Abuse on it's topic of 'anything' rather than being about speedmapping every weekend.
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Scampie 
You haven't announced sm75 officially, is the zip in the files section the right one?

I liked the two SP maps, yours in a very unique shiny green atmosphere, although the combat was pretty weird.

Zwiffle's I believe must've been from the previous theme (play through twice), looked nice and had pretty rough combat, those enforcers can be very effective ... 
Speedmap #76 
Time: Saturday, April 24th at 4pm EST (9pm UK, 20:00 GMT)

Theme: No theme!...

Timelimit: 100 mins. Strictly enforced!!!

Thought it'd be a neat idea to try making a pack this week where sticking to the timelimit of 100 mins was the theme. Kinda differant than anything we've done before. We'll get back to other themes and lenient timelimits next week. 
Oh... 
Place: #speedq1 on irc.gamesurge.net or email maps to me at scampie@spawnpoint.org 
 
Drew, Got your email and map... can't reply due to a cock up at my isp... Glad to see some maps being submitted outside the events again, been a few weeks :D And don't worry about being in theme, it's never enforced, even when I say it is... :P 
Thanks Scampie 
I didn't think it would be a problem, but I just thought I should let you know that I spent a bit longer on it than I should've... I guess we're in the same boat though anyways.
I was thinking that maybe we could have an arena themed SM for #77.
by the way, is SM69 ever going to materialise or have recent events killed it? 
SM69 
SM69 is still in development. 
I Think 
scampie should enforce the time limit on sm69. 
Lol RPG Is On Time 
In Valve Years! Bwwaahahaha. 
Actually 
metlslime is supposed to be working on it at the moment, so I blame it all on him. :P

P.S. Yes, I like to defer the blame.

P.P.S. Saying this will probably make metlslime pass it back to me, in which case it will then be my fault that it's overdue.

P.P.P.S. I blame Canada. 
 
Discussion of sm69 should take place in the general abuse thread, not the speedmapping thread. That's all I have to say about it.

Arena theme sounds good. what do people think? Cardo suggested 'Kona-esqe' maps (2 floors, odd architecture, bad color combos). I was thinking about finally running the Oblivion theme (Islands in space). 
My Opinion: 
Run an unthemed week. Even though last week was "unthemed" it still had a psuedo theme of "strict timelimit." Arena sounds good, but do that in two weeks. 
Tribute To Sadlark Week Sometime 
Where you have to put in some semi-complex mission quest statements and devide the map up into regional sections (You now enter the Wraith Lord's Abode, The Temple of Tu-Moteep lies before you). I love that stuff. 
What About 
flooded areas theme? That means the the areas that you make like dry ones (simple rooms), but filled with water.
Or the areas that should be underwater ones, but without any water. 
Themes 
UPSIDE DOWN

gravity has been reversed can you as the player of quake beat the levels? 
Upside-Down Levels Could Have A Very Interesting Puzzle Element 
Reminds Me Of That One Map From 1997... 
by Markus Klar... remember it? 
The Fly? 
Without looking it up, did I get it right? 
 
Hey, that reminds me of an older map with sideways rooms, called thefly.bsp.


(didn't we do this theme awhile ago? or was it just discussed?) 
ROOOOFLS.... 
(2 floors, odd architecture, bad color combos).

Don't forget the lame custom monsters and impressively "dark" and "mysterious" names... 
Idea For A Theme 
how about 'final quake map' theme

Almost everyone dislikes the end.bsp, why not try to make your own version. Doesnt have to be shub or chton. Do anyhting you would do, if you were ID mapper in charge of creating the FINAL level for the game. 
I Like The Map... 
...but not the actual trick to kill Shub.

Hmmm actually as much as you're a highly strung and generally deluded twit, that is really quite a good idea for a theme... 
 
Hmmm actually as much as you're a highly strung and generally deluded twit, that is really quite a good idea for a theme...

Agreed.


Speedmap #77, May 1st, 4pm EST (9pm UK, 20:00 GMT)

Theme: A new ending to Quake.

Timelimit: The standard 100 mins or more or less deal.

Place: irc.gamesurge.net in #speedq1. or email a map to me at scampie@spawnpoint.org 
Does The 
theme include making the map a trick map or can it be just difficult combat, or difficult combat with a minor trick? 
And Does It Mean 
the style has to be elderworld/cave style with lava? 
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