Rune Central

Hi All
On the subject of maps...., I get the feeling that this has probably been discussed before but I wonder how people felt about adding a few of the more popular custom maps such as aerowalk, cleaver, ultrav, summer, and ztndm3 as voteable maps (rather than in the rotation) to the Shmack server? Things have moved on and most of the new engines around these days such as Proquake, Qrack, etc, allow players to automatically (and relatively seamlessly) download maps from the map repos in the States and Europe. I know some people are reluctant to any change but sometimes the odd custom map thrown in to the mix can freshen things up a little. I'm just putting this out there to gauge peoples reaction and encourage peoples interest in playing Quake online so please don't shoot the messenger

Kind regards

Monty

_________________
Mr.Burns
WWW: http://www.quakeone.com | http://www.quaketerminus.com | EuroQuake, You Tube: QuakeVoid

Monty i think its a great idea and would vote for it for sure.

Thanks Sarah. Hopefully we aren't the only 2 who think it might be a fun idea
So EZjack, DeeK, Killa, PK, Fire, OG, Nekkid, crane, leatherface, hell even DiePlz and any other regulars .. what say you sir(s)? If the mighty Slot would theoretically be willing to facilitate such a change on Shmack would you be interested in playing the occasional custom map just for a bit of fun to keep it fresh?

Kind regards
Monty

_________________
Mr.Burns
WWW: http://www.quakeone.com | http://www.quaketerminus.com | EuroQuake, You Tube: QuakeVoid

So long as the majority of folks want it, I have no problem enabling custom maps for voting (or rotation).

_________________
Slot Zero

Thanks Slot. It might be me but the RQ community seems a little less active on the boards as of late so perhaps in retrospect I should have posted "Please vote yes or no" rather than just who is in favour as perhaps we would have a clearer picture. Well at least I could take some solace out of that fact that summarising the results so far (from the one very active player that has responded) there was a 100% in favour rating
Kind regards
Monty

_________________
Mr.Burns
WWW: http://www.quakeone.com | http://www.quaketerminus.com | EuroQuake, You Tube: QuakeVoid

I would love to see come custom maps for RQ. It would change things up and maybe even draw some new players in.

Also, when's RQFFA2?

_________________
Sincerely SPF

Thanks Pie. As always, nice to see you.
That's 2 for 2 so I'm keeping my fingers crossed

Re: FFARQ2
I did mention it to Polarite some time ago but it we never agreed on the format. Personally, I thought the first one was fun for most people and worked out reasonably well. Dee suggested perhaps a form of 1v1 knockout format might be fun but I never got any support for it from enough of the other players. The bottom line is we just want to facilitate a fun, friendly event that people will want to attend. Just out of interest, and not wishing to derail the thread but what format would you like to see?

Kind regards

Monty

_________________
Mr.Burns
WWW: http://www.quakeone.com | http://www.quaketerminus.com | EuroQuake, You Tube: QuakeVoid

I would love to see any format for RQ tournament because I had so much fun and there was such a great turn out for RQFFA1.

Dee did tell me that he would like to see a 1v1 knockout style, but I feel like that format is exclusive to some players that don't play as often or are newer to the mod, as they won't be able to participate after being eliminated.

I wouldn't have a problem helping to set up/recruit for a tournament if there's enough interest, so if some custom maps end up on shmack and that spikes interest that may be enough to get the ball rolling for RQFFA2

_________________
Sincerely SPF

Thanks for the support SPF ..Custom maps for the win ....hopefully But I would suggest purely as votable rather than in the rotation.

Ahh yes FFA1RQ

I just looked at some of the footage from the last one and you're right it did look a lot of fun. We were planning to have a 2nd tourny around Halloween 2016 as it seemed appropriate for Quake but as is so often the case real life got in the way. I'm working away at a clients premises during the week this week but I will try and fine a little time when I get back this weekend to talk with Pol (unless he picks up this thread first of course). As before, I'll post all the details of the outcome of those discussions on the Damage site (http://bigfoot.quake1.net/), and cc to here and Quakeone.com.

Kind regards
Monty

_________________
Mr.Burns
WWW: http://www.quakeone.com | http://www.quaketerminus.com | EuroQuake, You Tube: QuakeVoid

I am wondering are we going to do this or not? It is able to be voted on so it shouldnt be a problem yes/no? The custom maps that is.

How are we going to determine which maps, and how should new players obtain them? I know some clients have automatic downloading, but not all.

_________________
a random mod server: zop.runequake.com

My humble suggestion would be introduce a few of the more popular custom maps that most players would probably already have and provide links for those who need them (i.e. those who don't have the auto-download feature available to them). Ideally they would be voteable but not on the normal rotation.

My starter for 10 would be as follows:

Aerowalk
Download: http://bigfoot.quake1.net/maps/aerowalk.bsp


Basewalk
Download: http://bigfoot.quake1.net/maps/basewalk.bsp


Cleaver
Download: http://bigfoot.quake1.net/maps/cleaver.bsp


EDC
Download: http://bigfoot.quake1.net/maps/edc.bsp


Sanity
Download: http://bigfoot.quake1.net/maps/sanity.bsp


Skull
Download: http://bigfoot.quake1.net/maps/skull.bsp


Ultraviolence
Download: http://bigfoot.quake1.net/maps/ultrav.bsp


ZTNDM3
Download: http://bigfoot.quake1.net/maps/ztndm3.bsp

This is just my humble suggestion to get things started so feel free to add / change / remove / point and laugh as the majority of the community sees fit.

Kind regards

Monty

_________________
Mr.Burns
WWW: http://www.quakeone.com | http://www.quaketerminus.com | EuroQuake, You Tube: QuakeVoid

I think those are sound choices Monty.............but alas it seems others here do not share the interest in new maps. I have not seen nor heard and positive or negative
comment from any other players . I thank you for attempting to change it up some.

Hey everyone,
Sorry, been busy dealing with family....Monty I'm in 100%, thanks for putting out the effort! Would be a nice change really, as the same old maps are getting a little boring, again thanks for trying to get this together and I look forward to the new maps!!!
EzJacK

Thanks Jack I agree ....soooooooo Slot what will it take from us to get this done?

Along the way, time to take start, dm4, dm6 and e1m7 out of the rotation, and turn off voting for them. That garbage has been played absolutely to death.

New maps would be awesome, I definitely support that idea

_________________
The gemstone of gaming is Quake, so load it up and play some

I am just wondering where we are with this.....?

Type 'custom' in the console to see the list of available maps. Vote for them as you would any map.

_________________
Slot Zero

Slot I want to thank you for helping us with this it is appreciated for sure.

Monty thank you for putting it forward !

I also want to thank Jack, Sprax and Gem for helping as well.