Flying High

Right now, I am updating The 6th Floor at 37000 feet, somewhere over the middle of Indiana while I am sucking down Bloody Marys in first class. Now this is the life, too bad I cannot send this update now. It’s all good! By the time many of you get this, I will have arrived in Columbus, Ohio to meet up with Blankz from Radio ITG. I will be co-hosting his weekly show on Saturday night, starting at 10pm EST. Do check it out!

I have had some opportunity to check out a few of the community levels being created for Urban Terror. Let’s start with ut_armory from KronO. This level debuted for Beta 1.27 and quickly rose to become a fan favorite. Of course, I probably did not give KronO enough credit, as I seemed to always be on his ass about something in the original Armory. After a few months in hiatus, this level has been updated. The basic design and layout are similar, with the addition of a few new buildings and all new textures. The biggest gripe I have heard centers around game play and the fairness of the blue and red spawn points. All in all, it is a welcome sight to see this level return, as you know it will quickly pop up on many servers in the community.

I have also quickly downloaded…well, not quickly since I am still stuck on a modem connection..the levels, ut_secretlab by Shak@l and ut_command_beta by Nadz. I have only taken a run through these levels and have yet to experience them under team play conditions. Both of these levels I do remember seeing some months back, but I believe at the time, ut_command was known as Stargate. You can expect to see a review of KronO’s Armory in the coming weeks.