no. 

who's blessed with the job of putting it all together? :P 

sm83 will be a chainspeedmap! This means everyone will be given 3 hours to make a section which will be combined with the others to make a single cool q1sp map. I will be mapping for the event, and putting it together afterwards. Now, what we'll need for discussion in the next few weeks is to decide on the texture theme. I'd say something like Runic, Ikbase, or Rubicon would be good due to them not being used before in speedchainmaps, and being open ended enough that everyone can use them decently. I personally lean toward Rubicon.

I vote IKbase. 

...the quote was from scampie necros 

I'll be sure to map for this one... both Runic and Rubicon sound good as themes. I think Rubicon might yield better results for a chainmap though, and be easier to put together, because it encourages most of the creativity to be expressed in mid-level architecture, whereas Runic differs in detailing and style a lot more (partly due to its lack of choices for wall textures/panels etc)...

some real rambling there, but in conclusion, I vote Rubicon. 

thanks distrans. i am the forgetful one... :) 

should be good 

I'd say Rubicon. But there are lots of sets never even used in a finished map before, and even more that have only been used once, so I'd suggest using one of those. Fury, DKT E3, Clockwork, Oblivion, Ogro. But I would have to agree with Starbuck that a set that encourages "mid-level architecture" would definitely be a prefered set. So maybe DKT E3, Clockwork, or Rubicon would be good sets to use. 

r00bicon

i'm going to try to get in on this one if i can 

of the wads mentioned, the only i've used is dkt e3, so i'm going to say that one should be used, but it'd be fun to use one I've never played with before, so it doesn't really matter, as long as there's a chain map. 

by sm83, i mean sm82. skipped a week somehow. 

Speedmap 81 is Saturday. Theme will be Massive Scale. 4pm est, AKA 9pm UK, or 20:00 GMT.

irc.gamesurge.net in #speedq1 is the meeting place, or email me a map beforehand at scampie@spawnpoint.org 

Next Saturday is the Speedchainmap. Here's exactly how things will happen.

Time limit is 3 hours. In this time, you are to create some connected rooms which I'll stick together with others. It'd be best if you have a single 'setpiece', and a few rooms leading and leaving it. Place some important monsters, or any neat gameplay ideas you may have for your area. Weapons, items, and balencing of monsters will be my job after getting things together. It'll be preferable if you use worldcraft or radiant and send me the map in .map format.

The texture set will be rubicon by metlslime. Please use this .wad
http://speedq1.spawnpoint.org/files/sm82_wad.zip
If you've never seen/used the set before, it'd be a good idea to look at the original map metlslime used it for, or Vondur's awesome Zed for some inspiration/ideas.
http://www.celephais.net/levels.shtml
http://vondur.net/maps/zed.html

You may notice in the wad I've decided to use Zed's sky, and get rid of metl's original rocks and replace them with a ground texture and cliff. I'd like for this map to be a bit darker than rubicon, and think we should use some arcane monsters alongside the grunts and enforcers. Let's try and think of it as a military installation out in the elderworld or something like that.

any questions? 

So what wad are we gonna use for the chainmap? I don't think I have rubicon, so I'd need to get it. Also Scampie could you send me all the parts you get too when the session is done? 

posting the EXACT SAME TIME as me scampie. 

all the parts will be included with the released .bsp. I don't fancy racing with people to put together this map. 

http://www.vondur.net and Zed page is at http://www.vondur.net/maps/zed.html 

that the links worked, now they don't ... 

do I have be on IRC for this event? I don't have any IRC client installed ATM. 

DO NOT INSTALL IRC. YOU WILL LOSE ALL HOPE.

And no you don't have to be on IRC. scampie accepts map submissions via e-mail. 

just make something beforehand, email it to me, and I'll try and stick it into the map.

which is something I forgot to mention. I'll try to use all map sections I get, but like in the past, it's not always possible to use everyone's work. you still get credit in the readme though! 

do we leave our map open so you can connect at those parts or do you just demolish parts of the map and then connect wherever you see fit? 

don't think of it like making a map. you're just building some interconnected rooms. I hope to not need to do much demolishing, just some fixes and pieces to join things together nicely. so basically, yes, leave things open. 

if i just made a bunch of non connected room? just seperate areas... would you want that in the same .map file, or seperate .maps? 

I might be ineterested in participating... What textures sets are planned to be used for the next one?