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Title: Ethereal - Kaziorvb MapComp Judges' reviews
Post by: Survivor on January 01, 2008, 03:35:15 pm
Mapname: Ethereal
Author: Kaziorvb

Story: Ethereal is a station which was supposed to be a storage of air and power for future human expeditions. But after the alien invasion it was turned into a real battleground.

ethereal.bsp
ethereal.map (5.756 kB)
{0.15}(10) Skill in building, judged from .map.
From the .map Ethereal looks like a grand map. It is superbly made and I can’t find any errors in it except for the later mentioned bugs. There isn’t much more to say.
{0.25}(8)Bugs, inconsistencies, judged from playing and inspecting the map.
One of the door types has an inconsistency where a brush passes through another supposedly solid brush. You can get under one of the grates as a dretch and delay defeat. None of these are game breaking bugs.


{0.3}(7) Gameplay, judged from playing.
It feels a bit strange walking around. It’s a big map especially not suited for small playercounts. The lack of location entities will make this a downright disorienting map. The flow in contained areas is good though.
{0.3}(8) Creativity, judged from looks.
Generally well done map, although there are 2 bland areas which are more concrete than anything else. He has however done superb art direction with some doors. The most awesome gimmick this competition is the granger-vending machine, too bad it doesn’t actually dispense any :(. Standard models are also included in other places like a dretch near the granger machine or a painsaw on a holder, a Lucifer cannon on the floor. There’s no clear direction to it all though. Sounds are lacking.

Total Score (8,0)

Grangervender!
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y50/Drietand/MapComp%20OctDec%2007/Ethereal3.jpg)

(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y50/Drietand/MapComp%20OctDec%2007/Ethereal1.jpg)

(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y50/Drietand/MapComp%20OctDec%2007/Ethereal2.jpg)
Gratebug
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y50/Drietand/MapComp%20OctDec%2007/Ethereal4gratebug.jpg)
Door inconsistency
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y50/Drietand/MapComp%20OctDec%2007/Ethereal5Doorbug.jpg)

Title: Re: Ethereal - Kaziorvb MapComp Judges' reviews
Post by: kaziorvb on January 01, 2008, 06:55:37 pm
well, that sounds really strange for me, i uploaded it, then downloaded it to check if its correct - it was. even today i tested it with my cousin... anyway - im reuploading it...
Title: Re: Ethereal - Kaziorvb MapComp Judges' reviews
Post by: Survivor on January 01, 2008, 07:01:31 pm
you put the wrong link in the pm, ethereal.pk3 instead of map-ethereal.pk3, which resulted in a 1kb useless .pk3. I went on your webspace and retrieved the correct version.
Title: Re: Ethereal - Kaziorvb MapComp Judges' reviews
Post by: Survivor on January 01, 2008, 07:24:51 pm
Putting out links to a map is mappers own business btw. I just take care of distributal among the judges.
Title: Re: Ethereal - Kaziorvb MapComp Judges' reviews
Post by: n.o.s.brain on January 07, 2008, 12:59:58 am
well, am i ever going to see the map/review?
Title: Re: Ethereal - Kaziorvb MapComp Judges' reviews
Post by: Survivor on January 07, 2008, 11:33:47 am
Yes, someday far away. Or when I'm done with it maybe? I'm not getting payed for it, i've got an exam coming up and none of the other judges have put up even one of their reviews yet. So cut me some slack.
Title: Re: Ethereal - Kaziorvb MapComp Judges' reviews
Post by: your face on January 07, 2008, 03:45:00 pm
ohh yeah!  christmas break is over!  BACK TO THE GRINDING-STONE, YE SWABS!
Title: Re: Ethereal - Kaziorvb MapComp Judges' reviews
Post by: n.o.s.brain on January 11, 2008, 02:57:13 am
well, no rush, just wondering wats happening, thats all.  ;)
Title: Re: Ethereal - Kaziorvb MapComp Judges' reviews
Post by: Lava Croft on January 11, 2008, 12:02:54 pm
Actually, my motivation to do reviews for any of these maps is rather low, and this has nothing to do with the maps or its creators. Eventually the reviews will pop up...
Title: Re: Ethereal - Kaziorvb MapComp Judges' reviews
Post by: Plague on January 12, 2008, 01:13:29 am
Actually, my motivation to do reviews for any of these maps is rather low, and this has nothing to do with the maps or its creators. Eventually the reviews will pop up...

For someone who champions themself on their enduring "support" of this game and maintains the position of a community moderator, your commitment to both this mapping contest and the community in general is remarkably low.
Title: Re: Ethereal - Kaziorvb MapComp Judges' reviews
Post by: Lava Croft on January 12, 2008, 01:36:32 am
Actually, my motivation to do reviews for any of these maps is rather low, and this has nothing to do with the maps or its creators. Eventually the reviews will pop up...

For someone who champions themself on their enduring "support" of this game and maintains the position of a community moderator, your commitment to both this mapping contest and the community in general is remarkably low.

When you decide that writing map reviews for Tremulous takes precendence over real life, you can write em for me.
Until then, let me set my own priorities.
Title: Re: Ethereal - Kaziorvb MapComp Judges' reviews
Post by: n.o.s.brain on January 12, 2008, 05:33:25 am
well said, lava  ;D
Title: Re: Ethereal - Kaziorvb MapComp Judges' reviews
Post by: Odin on January 12, 2008, 07:51:24 am
Can we at least get a screenshot?
Title: Re: Ethereal - Kaziorvb MapComp Judges' reviews
Post by: Lava Croft on January 12, 2008, 10:16:35 am
Can we at least get a screenshot?

Placeholder until kazior sends in the correct .pk3
Title: Re: Ethereal - Kaziorvb MapComp Judges' reviews
Post by: Plague Bringer on January 12, 2008, 01:08:37 pm
Eleven days to re-upload?

...
Title: Re: Ethereal - Kaziorvb MapComp Judges' reviews
Post by: + OPTIMUS + on January 12, 2008, 02:58:41 pm
i guess its already up i downloaded it last week... i think.
Title: Re: Ethereal - Kaziorvb MapComp Judges' reviews
Post by: Survivor on January 12, 2008, 04:40:40 pm
It was fixed the day i posted that. I haven't been able to play it though so that's why there's no review yet.
Title: Re: Ethereal - Kaziorvb MapComp Judges' reviews
Post by: + OPTIMUS + on January 12, 2008, 07:21:57 pm
it would be nice to put the winner map of every contest to a server, that would run only that map. or at least in the rotation somewhere.
like dasprid is also having many basically empty server. just an idea  ::)
Title: Re: Ethereal - Kaziorvb MapComp Judges' reviews
Post by: your face on January 13, 2008, 09:27:45 pm
just get all the gud, awesome, sweet, fun maps all on a rotation... thats wut i did for my server...
Title: Re: Ethereal - Kaziorvb MapComp Judges' reviews
Post by: Survivor on March 06, 2008, 06:52:28 pm
Kazior, you got Judge's choice for all the work. Although your high points were countered by low ones we still wanted to award you :). Read your pm.
Title: Re: Ethereal - Kaziorvb MapComp Judges' reviews
Post by: your face on March 06, 2008, 11:08:35 pm
eh, i still like station15 moar. (not that this isnt a bad map)  ;)

Oh, and a link would be nice ;D
Title: Re: Ethereal - Kaziorvb MapComp Judges' reviews
Post by: blood2.0 on April 02, 2008, 05:42:57 am
will mercenarys guild upload it?
Title: Re: Ethereal - Kaziorvb MapComp Judges' reviews
Post by: your face on April 02, 2008, 05:44:47 am
SRSLY


I want... ::)
Title: Re: Ethereal - Kaziorvb MapComp Judges' reviews
Post by: Overdose on June 13, 2008, 08:35:50 pm
STILL WANT
Title: Re: Ethereal - Kaziorvb MapComp Judges' reviews
Post by: Survivor on June 13, 2008, 10:02:08 pm
http://rapidshare.de/files/39711330/map-ethereal.rar.html
Title: Re: Ethereal - Kaziorvb MapComp Judges' reviews
Post by: Overdose on June 13, 2008, 11:42:53 pm
Thank you so much!
Title: Re: Ethereal - Kaziorvb MapComp Judges' reviews
Post by: Bissig on June 15, 2008, 08:17:25 pm
The granger machine is broken.. What hax do I need to get it to actually output one of those cuddly grangers I heard so much about? 8-)
Title: Re: Ethereal - Kaziorvb MapComp Judges' reviews
Post by: Zero Ame on February 01, 2009, 07:13:47 am
anyone still have this map? id love to get it
Title: Re: Ethereal - Kaziorvb MapComp Judges' reviews
Post by: your face on February 01, 2009, 07:44:34 am
http://imn2rc.einsteinbennyboy.com/base/map-ethereal.pk3 (http://imn2rc.com/base/map-ethereal.pk3)
Title: Re: Ethereal - Kaziorvb MapComp Judges' reviews
Post by: nalf on July 25, 2012, 04:42:31 pm
Hi, I wanted to use this map on our server, but the grate bug needs fixing. Otherwise it's possible to build a base there that's impossible to attack. Anyone still develops this map?
Thank you, Nalf
Title: Re: Ethereal - Kaziorvb MapComp Judges' reviews
Post by: Fukacz on March 03, 2013, 02:43:29 pm
Hi, I wanted to use this map on our server, but the grate bug needs fixing. Otherwise it's possible to build a base there that's impossible to attack. Anyone still develops this map?
Thank you, Nalf

No, not rly.

It stopped like 5 years ago
Title: Re: Ethereal - Kaziorvb MapComp Judges' reviews
Post by: kaziorvb on March 29, 2013, 10:46:59 pm
Sure, I'll provide you with an update. Just make sure you have an enormous deal of patience.
Title: Re: Ethereal - Kaziorvb MapComp Judges' reviews
Post by: CreatureofHell on March 30, 2013, 09:10:33 pm
KAZIOR! VB!  8)