DM-Mixed_Ideals
Map Info
	File Name dm-mixed_ideals.zip Author Hmmmm Gametype UT Deathmatch Date Added 12-22-2002 File Version 1.00 File Size 660 kb Player Count 8-10 Map Description The map is fast paced, bug free (well as far as i and my friends know) it took 30 hours to make so its not been quickly made or rushed, i hope people have fun with this map and i look forward for comments so i can improve my mapping skills and avoid any mistakes i may have made. HAVE FUN Review Rating 3.5 User Rating 4 Overall Rating 3.5
Review
Reviewer RabidWolf Awe Score:  1.0/3 Date 01-05-2003 Build Score:  1.0/3 Review Schema Cast Score:  1.5/3 User Point:  0 Overall Score:  3.5/10 This map is in a strange way and rather unexplainably somewhat fun to play after all. Stressing "somewhat". The looks are blank, boring, dull, with no discernable consistant theme. Architecture is mostly basic shapes, what's worse dominated by cubes. Most rooms are strikingly empty. Bot pathing is found wanting badly. With broken paths all over, even a few playerstarts not correctly connected to the pathnnode network, with at least one door, and one lift beyond their intelligence. So why then is it even remotely fun?!? Well...hard to tell. For one it is huge. Huge as in everything is gigantic and out of proportion. Though while on one hand that is naturally a drawback, on the other hand it gives the map a weird feel and atmosphere, also since some of the surreal color choices and combinations (blue carpets & green walls for example), remind the avid fragger of days of scimitar yore. What's more, as sad as the architecture might look, it is quite varied in style, and (though the flow is very bad) once I had been to every place on the map, I knew and remembered each individual room, simply because they looked so completely different from one another. By the end of the day, however, this is all but a good map, and as such I would only suggest it to people fond of the dm-bathroom-ish "me=small--world=big-thingy". Finally, I would like to point out that the author's suggested playercount of 8 to 10 is a bad joke. Forget playing this map with any number lower than 16. Me personally, I fired it up in TeamDM with 16 a team, and even added a few more bots later on, and that didn't hurt the game, either.
Map Comments
gyokusai 12-24-2002 03:40 PM MST Rating: 4   Nice map, I really like it, including mirrors, traps and stuff. (I'm somewhat partial to large industrial/urban jungle hide-and-seek affairs.) Needs some polishing, though. Lots of dead ends. And, dang!, get your pathnoding up to par! We're living in the 21st century! At the current state of affair, I'd give it a 4. With decent pathnoding, a 5. With some polishing, a 6, with more maybe more. Textures could be more interesting, at times. But it's fun--so go on & surprise us! slimerz 12-24-2002 08:40 PM MST Rating: 5   Good points: Nice lava trap and it has an ok layout. Water drops add a nice effect. You need to: Add more stuff, it seems so empty. Get some cool textures. Put more traps in (It would make it have its own type of personality) Right now your just combining all other people ideas, stick to a theme. Its pretty good but the bots would stay in a corner. I would rate this a 5, but you need to make it look good, and make it have its own personality. Its a good start blabla 12-30-2002 01:25 PM MST Rating: 5   The pathnoding isnt all that bad; but the following detract from an otherwise good map. -Room are too empty, need more cover -All doors are set to BumpOpenTimed which is slow, it would be much better if they were TriggerOpened when you get close, this is also the souce of some bot stupidity -Textures as already mentioned could be more interesting -The water on the floor of the 'cave' room is'nt very convincing..try adding a rippleeffect However, aside from that, a good map, with good flow and enough room to keep it interesting. Item placement is generally well thought out (except for the biorifle - what the hell is it doing there? - if Im gonna venture out onto a narrow ledge, better at least be for the ASMD :D ) Edit: I liked it and would have given it a higher rating if there was more stuff in the rooms. Its just too empty. BTW, the mirror doorway is a neat trick :) Loser 01-15-2003 12:34 PM MST Rating: 2   Review for this map: Lighting:1.5 Textures:3 Build score:1.5 Total:2.0 "Lol"