Artillery
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ler said:
I just got a PM with a nice suggestion regarding themes. At this point it'd be very hard to try and change maps completely when we've got like 8 or so completed, but we can maybe reorder the maps later to accommodate for themes. How many of you would be terribly bothered if during the final stages of construction the maps are reordered according to theme as well as difficulty?
Technically, the order of the maps is the last thing I have on my mind. As far as my work goes, put it where you want, just as long as it's there.
It's not that which is the problem, but the whole idea of the themes, please share it with us. Personally, I'd rather prefer a liberal choice of themes with varied level, then a unification. It's boring when a whole episode has to stick to theme, and I know, I won't allow anyone to "adapt" my maps stylistically (especially remove some peculiarities about them) to "fit" in the episode.
Also, I still think we should know about those maps which Torn has. The worst thing to happen at this stage is a radical change of plans, although I did sense it coming, which is why I insisted Torn should be contacted to have the finished maps on his list available for testing.
My opinion is: there should be a QUALITY STANDARD. If someone gives away his map, he should clarify whether he allows others to add detail, and tweak with it. If I remember correctly, Torn's list included some sound names of mappers, but only a handful of finished works, without much thought put into quality check. Or that was my impression, I may be wrong. I've played Kaiser's map, amd I think it should stay. All the others I've played are from ler's list.
Anyway, I don't like this sense of confusion, to be honest. Right now, if I was a leader, I'd first make sure we get all those maps, and people who have applied for slots to get them finished, or else clarify that they're stepping out, and sort it all out. Once all levels on the list get done (your list, as well as those Torn has, out of which only Lorenzo posted here and informed us about his finished e4m1 on Torn's list), we can search for new mappers.
Lord_Z, magicsofa, dreadopp, ler, and I have promised to do another map. 2 maps each, plus some other contributions (from both lists), and we might just as well think about stretching it to episodes 4 and 5. As I said, I'd want my maps to end up in the project, regardless of the slot (IMHO, the least important thing altogether) but I wouldn't want anyone making any drastic changes on my maps.
Just my 2 cents.
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05-02-08 22:11 
