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I uploaded the beta version of Banko_arena!
It?s a HLDM map and i want comments, but keep in mind: It?s just a beta version
It?s a HLDM map and i want comments, but keep in mind: It?s just a beta version
Well, here I am at my Dad's work looking at a tonne of emails and other crap. My graphics card overheated about a week and a bit ago so I haven't been able to tell anyone anything.
My exams finished on Thursday, so I'm a free man! No more school (except for Uni), so for the time being, its party time.
I'll be getting a new computer soon, a nice one that should last me for a while. AMD 64 4000+. 2 gigs of RAM, 300 gig HDD, the whole nine yards. Should be awesome.
I apologise for my absence from the forums and moderator duties. This couldn't be helped: I had exams, and I couldn't access another computer. Hopefully, in a week or so, I'll have a new PC and I'll be back properly.
Ciao!
My exams finished on Thursday, so I'm a free man! No more school (except for Uni), so for the time being, its party time.
I'll be getting a new computer soon, a nice one that should last me for a while. AMD 64 4000+. 2 gigs of RAM, 300 gig HDD, the whole nine yards. Should be awesome.
I apologise for my absence from the forums and moderator duties. This couldn't be helped: I had exams, and I couldn't access another computer. Hopefully, in a week or so, I'll have a new PC and I'll be back properly.
Ciao!
And now im back... 
Having cleaned out my Journal I figured I should put something in it. 
Recent discussions around the community involve "Mod teams going Pro".
Good or Bad?
Bad as far as I am concerned.
Ages ago someone said that with the source engine we would be able to produce brilliant maps without much skill.
That is almost right, sure the eye candy is there, but a map needs to be playable and fun to be considered successful.
So I have to ask myself where all these brilliant maps are? And where are all the brilliant mods?
When I first found TWHL, I mapped for fun... I made rooms that had a metal shelf so I could bang my crowbar on it.. That was the joy of mapping.
Somewhere along the line I got far too involved in design and forgot about fun, I chased the 'look' rather than the play.
I have critisied peoples maps, and now am embarrased by my judgement, after all.. Who am I to judge?
I have written tutorials and articles, not just here at TWHL but in the wider community and none of them mention the most important aspect of Design...
Regardless of what it looks like, if the person playing it is having fun then you have created a great map.
Time to tell the Purists to FarrrkOfff. That includes me
So what has that got to do with the percieved professionalism of Mod teams?
If you have to sign a Non Disclosure Agreement before they let you in, then they are obvioulsy missing the point.
ALL the Non Valve mod's that have been successful were started by a bunch of guy's having fun. They built levels and got them out there to test them with the people that really mattered.. the players.
Your peers may judge your design work and call it crap, but if the punters are playing it and having fun, who gives a toss?
After scrapping GTLS, I decided to map for fun. I created a small DoD War map and got it on a server. Two weeks later I released the second version...that ironed out the really bad bugs that the players pointed out.
That map remained on the No 1 rated server in Australia for two months, was a permanent fixture in the rotation and proved a clan war favorite.
Why didn't I post it here?
It was crap
poorly designed and lackluster...
So next time someone tells you your textures are badly aligned... ignore them, and let the players not the mappers, judge your work.
Recent discussions around the community involve "Mod teams going Pro".
Good or Bad?
Bad as far as I am concerned.
Ages ago someone said that with the source engine we would be able to produce brilliant maps without much skill.
That is almost right, sure the eye candy is there, but a map needs to be playable and fun to be considered successful.
So I have to ask myself where all these brilliant maps are? And where are all the brilliant mods?
When I first found TWHL, I mapped for fun... I made rooms that had a metal shelf so I could bang my crowbar on it.. That was the joy of mapping.
Somewhere along the line I got far too involved in design and forgot about fun, I chased the 'look' rather than the play.
I have critisied peoples maps, and now am embarrased by my judgement, after all.. Who am I to judge?
I have written tutorials and articles, not just here at TWHL but in the wider community and none of them mention the most important aspect of Design...
Regardless of what it looks like, if the person playing it is having fun then you have created a great map.
Time to tell the Purists to FarrrkOfff. That includes me
So what has that got to do with the percieved professionalism of Mod teams?
If you have to sign a Non Disclosure Agreement before they let you in, then they are obvioulsy missing the point.
ALL the Non Valve mod's that have been successful were started by a bunch of guy's having fun. They built levels and got them out there to test them with the people that really mattered.. the players.
Your peers may judge your design work and call it crap, but if the punters are playing it and having fun, who gives a toss?
After scrapping GTLS, I decided to map for fun. I created a small DoD War map and got it on a server. Two weeks later I released the second version...that ironed out the really bad bugs that the players pointed out.
That map remained on the No 1 rated server in Australia for two months, was a permanent fixture in the rotation and proved a clan war favorite.
Why didn't I post it here?
It was crap
poorly designed and lackluster...So next time someone tells you your textures are badly aligned... ignore them, and let the players not the mappers, judge your work.
Hello Trapt! This is your 1600th login.
Congratulations to Bratty and BJ on their new tutorials
Congratulations to all those that have rewards
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Welcome back Urbanebula!
Urgh, im in a rather annoying twist, i don't have any ideas to map on...And i feel the urge to map...
Stupid ideas, they never come up when you need them...
Congratulations to all those that have rewards
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Welcome back Urbanebula!
Urgh, im in a rather annoying twist, i don't have any ideas to map on...And i feel the urge to map...
Stupid ideas, they never come up when you need them...
Hm, as much as I doubt this will ever be read I'm still gonna write. This is the first I've ever written any journal whatsoever online. I'm crammin to try and finish my entry for the test chamber. I started it on the 31 giving me 5 1/2 days to work on it. This becomes difficult when I have to work 9 hours a day...... I've long held a passion for map making but never submitted anything. I think I'll post a couple unfinished maps on here and see if anyone thinks there's potential.
Bought a cd yesterday, wich i rarely do. I listen mostly to the radio. Its from Eric Clapton, called Unplugged.
Pure live and acoustic music, good ol blues songs. Including some of my favorites. Though all of those songs has a deeper meaning, since that is what the bleus is all about. Singing about the good and bad things all around. The catholic church even used to call it the song of the devil. Since there where rumours that singers like johnston got there talent from the devil on a crossroad, and the fact that they sang songs about this really give's them reason to.
Me and the devil bleus
Crossroad bleus
Hellhounds on the trail
Just a couple of examples, Still there is nothing better then a bleus in the night.
Pure live and acoustic music, good ol blues songs. Including some of my favorites. Though all of those songs has a deeper meaning, since that is what the bleus is all about. Singing about the good and bad things all around. The catholic church even used to call it the song of the devil. Since there where rumours that singers like johnston got there talent from the devil on a crossroad, and the fact that they sang songs about this really give's them reason to.
Me and the devil bleus
Crossroad bleus
Hellhounds on the trail
Just a couple of examples, Still there is nothing better then a bleus in the night.
So what's new?
"Finished" another HLDM map intended for play against my retarded classmates. Works pretty well but the R-speeds are a bit high. might do something about that... later...maybe..no
Got my Cryptopsy cd today, those guys are completely mad! Angelskingarden pwns.
And I'm going away for 2 days, so no WoW or Hammer for me. Argh!
"Finished" another HLDM map intended for play against my retarded classmates. Works pretty well but the R-speeds are a bit high. might do something about that... later...maybe..no
Got my Cryptopsy cd today, those guys are completely mad! Angelskingarden pwns.
And I'm going away for 2 days, so no WoW or Hammer for me. Argh!
Hello 38_98! This is your 800th login. A true TWHLer!
Happy Halloween, everyone.. 
Remember:
A whole bunch of toilet paper rolls + your neighbour's house = fun!
Remember:
A whole bunch of toilet paper rolls + your neighbour's house = fun!
I swear to god, if I have to look at that stupid Ragdoll Kung-Fu Ad--whilst logging on to steam--one more time, I going to start Killing people...
"This is your 666th login. Diabolical."
I can't decide what to do for my first minimod. I have all these ideas but I don't know which ones to choose. Maybe the Hax0r idea...or the spacestation. I'm saving the Escape from Purple Mesa one for another day.