Agreeing with both of you. Raincheck is a superb map. Petroleh is a fucking superb map. You (and your minions in the cudboard) make the best fucking maps my eyes can lay eyes on. (Well they used to be, i dont have eyes any more, they fell out after petrol beta 4) The cs:shit community can be a bloody pain at times. Sometimes they go "Omfg that map is s00 l337" Other times they don't know a clue about the subject of mapping and go with a plain "that sucks" etc. If you do not know the subject you are talking about please do not comment, EVER. In every day life. I don't go around commenting about rocket science and sayin "uh i can't work it out so you suck at rocket science you n00by sh^t" now do I?
K secondly ) times ants journal entry by a thousand and you get my view of that particular "thing" hehe.
K thirdly ) Its a big shame that you are considering giving it up due to the cs:shit community
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In my opinion mod teams and even game designing are your best options. Mod teams are MUCH more professional, it doesnt matter if they're 13 year olds, if they get a mod together and get info out on the web about it, they most likely won't be what we consider n00bs. Mod team members ( as i have experienced ) usually have much more constructive critisism and judge fairly. They know your limits etc. They would most likely be the people that give you a full page review about your map rather than posting a simple "I hate it". Anyone who actually reads these things, I warn you if you EVER make a comment like that on mine,rabids or ANYONES maps, I will hunt you down with my pet butcher knife.