3rd Place: jtrep by Jester

[X7[Q2C]]

Trepanating Hostility - by Jester

q2c.tastyspleen.net/maps/con_6/jtrep.zip

Judge by	Map Creator	Filename of bsp	Original or Revision	Texturing	Originality	Game Play	Weapon/Item/Health layout	Extras (jump pads, etc)	Lighting	Sounds	Connectivity/ Flow	Technical Rating	Total Score
kold	Jester	jtrep.bsp	Original	9.50	8.00	7.50	7.50	7.00	9.00	8.00	8.00	9.00	73.50
Paril	Jester	jtrep.bsp	Original	10.00	5.00	7.00	8.00	7.00	9.00	6.00	10.00	7.00	69.00

kold

Jester’s map - Gameplay felt quite good in this map, all centred towards a main arena. I didn’t like the way some of the
items were layed out, such as on-top of crates and barrels. I like it simple and out in the middle of the room/corridor (not
hugging the walls).
It would of been nice if there was more than one way to reach mega, such as off the stairs of via a barrel or something.
Loved everything about the map lighting/texturing/environment, really made it believable.

Paril

Subjective Observation (What did you think of it?):
Gothy!
[Comments]
Jester did a great job pulling off a gothic feel in this map. It's dark, it's eerie, and the texture flow and design
helps keep the atmosphere together. The pipes give it that dark sewer damp feeling, and the lights have that
mine underground aspect to it; this map seems to mingle a lot of neat atmospheres together into one clean
design that plays well in deathmatch. Good job, Jester!

[j3st3r]

Somebody call the cops!

[Le Ray [Q2C]]

Looks like a great map Jester.

[jaydolan]

I downloaded this map the other night and had a run through it in Quake2World. What a masterpiece. The contorted pipes and curved catwalks put this map head and shoulders above anything I've seen in Quake2. Lighting was absolutely perfect (tho there's one light artifact I spotted -- probably not Jester's fault), and the texturing is spot-on.

In my opinion, this was the first place map. Spirit's 2nd, Maric's 3rd.

Jester, I only have one question: What do I have to do to get you mapping for Quake2World?

[j3st3r]

Email me! I seem to have lost yours.

[jaydolan]

Sent. Btw you can always find me in #quetoo on irc.freenode.net -- that's the Quake2World channel.

[Whirlingdervish]

Slick map J-man.

I love this texture set (vertebreaker is one of my all time favorite maps) and the architecture is very unique.

Good Show!

[Riz [Q2C]]

What can I say? I have been a fan of Jesters maps since I first tried out jmaite. Nice map that can be run through well, and lots of items ready to grab. Some of the jump pads feel a bit weirdly placed, but the texturing on this thing makes up for that by far.

[spirit]

I was really impressed when I found Jester's website like a year ago and saw that people still made great maps for Quake 2. This map fits well into the others you made, jester!

A great map with cool textures and lighting that is far better than mine on lilith. I especially like the placement of the YA. The rocks are cool, too.

Nutpicking: the jumppad texture looks a bit boring and I managed to get stuck at one of the jumppads, but both are very minor things.

Very good job!

[spirit]

I've had a look at all the contest maps now and I wanted to add that I like the game play on this one a lot. I'll add this one to my r1q2 server and give it a try against some friends.

From what I've seen so far, I guess that jdolan is right: your map most likely plays better in FFA while spirit2dm2 is strong at 1vs1. I must admit that I only tested my map with good 'ol Q2 like two or three times and it turned out that it plays a lot better on Quake2World because that's what it was made for.