gimme the top three q3a duel maps, I crave me some good shootin an lootin. 

Lun3DM4
RPG3DM2
q3dm17 

q3dm17 is crap for duelling, ztn3tourney1 is probably better. Or maybe hub3aeroq3 or whatever it's called, it doesn't look very nice though. 

maybe its me, but i require lots of new and exciting stimuli, very frequently, to remain interested in a level...

I'm kinda bored then already, and the game goal is no more to survive and explore (which I think is mostly the goal on the first run) and but to just run as quickly as possible.

i can totally relate to that 

Yes. Teh joke. 

check your mail 

Lun3DM4
RPG3DM2
q3dm17

Wait. how many of those are sarcastic? :( 

ALL OF THEM! 

More votes for lun3dm4 and ztn3tourney1. I haven't played and/or don't remember R.P.G.s map--sorry, the early onset of senility is a bitch. :( Dead Souls by Glassman is one I liked as well, and Grindall 2.0 by Quaker-X kicks ass, but might be a tad big for tourney, depending on your tastes...

Of course I can't resist pimping my own stuff. Depending on how cramped you like your playing field:

pjw3tourney2 - pretty open
pjw3tourney3 - pretty close
pjw3quickie4 - ridiculously insanely asses-and-elbows tight 

Only the last 2; although RPG3DM2 might possibly be worth checking out.

pjw: That's ok; I don't remember them either. 

.. or maybe I missed a post... ;P

http://www.planetquake.com/quake4/wallgallery.shtml 

... I was talking about the result of the contest ;P 

Well, one of the commentors had a very good point - there was too much going on. I hadn't even realised it I was too absorbed ind doing something COOOOL. There were some stronger concepts out there, but I totally disagree with the (lack of) concept with the winning entry and some other top finishers. 

At least you are in the "top ten", which is not bad at all, IMHO... 

the winning contributor produced the only entry in the top 10 which was handpainted (digitally) pretty well unlike many others, which used Photoshop effects on existing concept art and preview screenshots. He clearly put a bit of time in.

The prizes weren't very high quality though! 1st prize wasn't bad i guess, but who wants a bloody Quake 4 t-shirt (2nd prize), or worse, 3 months subscription to something no one really wants (3rd prize), Gamespy Founders Club. It seems to give you Fileplanet, Gamepsy Arcade and some crappy Insider exclusive content bollocks. 

That 3rd prize seems more like an insult. 

Well done for placing in the top ten. I do agree that there's too much going on, but equally I think the screenshots on the monitors look really cool - those with a simpler overall image could have done very well IMHO. 

Is anyone here experienced with Google AdSense? I am having problems making it display ads that are actually relevant to my site. I have a blog at http://dnaumov.blogspot.com/ and have had AdSense code in my pages for over a month now, so I'm guessing that it has been recrawled by the bots at least once or twice now. Yet, the only ads I see being displayed are related to blogging. Not a single ad related to games, marketing, level design or whatever at all. What am I doing wrong? 

REAL Quake 4 t-shirt!

as opposed to a fake one? o.0 

necros: yes, which can easily be made.

I'm proud to have a REAL Quake 4 t-shirt myself :) also glad I can wear it to work without looking like a dweeb :) 

likely it's due to being hosted on blogspace, and that's taking precedence in the googlebot's mind. 

Well I just took a look at some other blogs hosted on the same site and their Google ads are working fine. For example http://dsweeper.blogspot.com/ shows bible and religion-related ads. 

I have one too :)
http://arkhytas.blogspot.com

Thought to try out the fashion... :P

Nothing much quake related there yet.. :/ 

Wow, awesome blog, beats the hell out of Jago's "Let's all be salesmen" stuff. (Sorry Jago.) Interesting subject matter I must say, but only because I'm addicted to being a physicist-wannabe. 

You make me cry inside.