Daily Rant – May 14

AQMD made it official last night and release Camp Blood by Jesper Myrfors. I have some screenies up in the New Maps Section. I’ve played this one and it is one of those eerie Friday the 13th settings, set at a summer camp in the woods. Go check it out. I am in the process of finishing Park Garage and Kumanru. It might be Sunday night or Monday before I get them completed as I am heading out to San Diego for a wedding this weekend. Guess that means no schmoozing for tickets to E3, since it is virtually in my backyard, here in Redondo Beach. It was brought to my attention, indirectly by Nanarchy who posts over at the AQMD forum regarding reviews, “The public reviews are good, getting everyone involved and all, but the reviews them selves are kinda sucky sucky. You need a whole flowing review, not one that stops at every marking point discussing issues of the map. 1 review is efficeint enough, just release the map with a review!” Although this should be the responsibility of the map author in their ‘Read Me’ file. But I do like his idea, so if I can get some help from Nanarchy or some other people, I may put up a section which deals with what is included in the map, os you know what to expect before you download it. I know, like most of you do, there is one, or maybe a few maps you downloaded, only to find out it was not what you expected. I still have a great idea for a map. I am willing to give any mapper full credit. Email me and I’ll pass it along. But then again, who doesn’t have an idea about a map? Right? The LAN on Saturday I attend has been on a short hiatus, they return to gaming tomorrow, without my presence. But, next week, I will be there, hopefully sporting a new map rotation to get some of these new maps into the review section. The are some kick ass maps out there. And from what I have seen of some of the maps in the Staging Area at AQMD, courtesy of Shagg, official AQMD tester, we have a lot to look forward too. Some of these maps are just incredible. Make a stop by The Mapzone and pick up Mesto – Rooftop Madness by Webz and GarFF. Check out the screenies in my New Map Section. That’s it and I am sure come Monday there will be quite a bit to report, probably more on the Action Half-Life front. Have a great weekend.