Comments on: Nod To Mod: Q3WCP9, Or “Great F***in’ Level”

By: snok

snok — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 22:47:29 +0000

they released japan ctf and one other threewave made map, I hope it’s only a matter of time till all the old favorites make it in. I just hope the threewave guys got some kind of compensation.

By: anon

anon — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 03:24:13 +0000

at one point I had over 300 q3 maps. There was something to love about every one. I still have a cd with almost 600 megs of custom maps I got from another q3 freak at a lan party over 5 years ago. One of these holidays I’ll get around to playing them :(

By: JM

JM — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 23:47:30 +0000

What is this alternate world where CS existed before Quake(world), Unreal, etc?

CS heralded the new breed of tactical shooters, taking it away from the likes of Quake. We’ve had a million and one clones since.

By: vicx

vicx — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 08:17:23 +0000

I would wear a threewave t-shirt if I had one.

In the end it is about the maps … and the grapple.

also q2dm1 +1

By: newborn

newborn — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 03:34:57 +0000

Woo! I have “incredible creativity”.

Anyway, I’m a lot of the OSP/CPMA features are likely to make it in to QL since arQon is now contracted by id Software and has the code sitting on his HDD.

As for maps – there lies the problem. They can’t release maps they didn’t make and well.. id software couldn’t map their way out of a wet paper bag. Method has a few new QL maps though and fortunately, he CAN map to save his life.

By: Jim Rossignol

Jim Rossignol — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 21:21:18 +0000

I never minded rail-dominated maps, so long as they weren’t space maps. Being railed I can cope with, being knocked into the abyss was less entertaining.

By: wviperw

wviperw — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 21:02:18 +0000

It’s funny you should cite CP9 as the pinnacle of Q3 CTF. While I agree that CP9 was definitely a fun map and it was one of the most popular to play on pub servers, I think a lot of the Q3 players today would argue that it is the DM17 of CTF maps. The video you linked to actually demonstrated this rather well–the wide open nature of the map makes it very rail-centric. Combine that with a very limited mid-field and no alt routes and you get a map that lacks some of the depth that other CTF maps (some released later) contain.

By: Johnny Law

Johnny Law — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 05:26:29 +0000

The jump-grunts in Quake are pretty dire, but after a few thousand hours you tune them out…

By: Hmm-Hmm.

Hmm-Hmm. — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 23:53:47 +0000

Am I the only one who is somewhat annoyed by those grunts?

Otherwise, could be nice, but I’m generally far too generalist to spend enough time to become able enough to actually compete with people instead of bots. Just being there for target practice isn’t my idea of fun. Ah well.

By: Moogsi

Moogsi — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 20:51:16 +0000

Someone hunt down Scancode (who made cp9 and a few other 3wave maps), put him in contact with id, get him paid, and recompile the map for QL. I think there might have been a thread on esr to that effect :)

Actually I think it’d be cool to see these people (who made such cool maps without ever expecting any remuneration) get given some money for their efforts.

By: Malice

Malice — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 12:35:23 +0000

That’s really the only thing that’s holding back Quake Live right now,… I think… the lack of quality maps like threewave made for CTF.

By: BE

BE — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 09:47:58 +0000

q2dm1 – the edge