Well i was thinking should i create this thread.
But i thought it would be cool that everyone tell us how they started mapping for games.
I don't know if this thread was before so this is what you basically have to write :
~What made you start mapping in the first place?
~What was your first map?
~Where did you get inspiration for your first map?
~To who did you show it & how did they react?
~Your advace to future mappers/current mappers?
Or
~Your story
Me
I started mapping because i wanted an admin at some server i told them that i know how to map but i was a noob i used
http://www.worldcraft-online.com/It was really stupid of me but then i started using hammer at the beggining it was really hard but i watched some tutorials on the internet about it and started creating better maps.
My first map was a deathrun map called deathrun_blabla
I didn't upload it but some players created a video about it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rkc_VibcBQMDamn it.When i look at deathrun_blabla and my current maps i see so much diffrents.
Back then i didn't use NULL/SKY texture for the places that players couldn't see.
Than the map had so much bags but every next map was better and better.
I got inspiration from another map called i forgot the name but it was a deathrun map.Players told me the map that i created was really good but damn it was really bad
After that i changed communitys i went to the Clarion Community where i meet "Stojke" and some other mappers but how the years passed the mappers went from the community.I and stojke where the only ones/twos.Than stojke helped me about mapping and told me about TWHL.
So thats my story
&
What are your storys?
Sorry if this topic is stupid ._. i just wanted to know your story about mapping.