a turtle episode would be nicer. like everybody makes a small map in a week (following a certain theme) and we put them all in a pak to be played in order. maybe bits of bambuz's idea here, too. 

good idear!!!

start date could be 3 month after the date becouse not all people got enought time for it!!! and time avaible would be nice for some guys! 

Perhaps people are given the ability to pick one of the themes of a standard ExMx map, and make a map based on that theme? Then they all get linked together blah blah blah 

As one of my QExpo projects, I am working on rebuilding DM3 (in a similar was to e1m1rmx, but as more than just a visual makeover, since it has no existing SP gameplay). Perhaps that would also be another idea for turtlemap projects - either rebuild a standard sp map, or take one of the dms and cram an sp experience inside (with new architecture, but a fairly faithful layout, and dm support).

I'm pretty well up for a turtlemap (of any theme) and at least one speedmap session though :)

Maybe there could also be a speedchainmap session if there is anyone with the time to spare to glue that can do it in a week (honestly, it isn't that hard providing the pieces are decent). 

...dm2 (and maybe other Id DM's) got that treatment over at SDA for a speed running comp...err and again by me as part of...oops! 

wasn't aware of that.

Still, I'm having fun with it, so I will continue what I am doing with DM3. 

yeah, sounds feasible.
but then a mandatory rule should be to start and end base maps with slipgates and metal/medieval/wizard maps with teleporters or arch gates, so they appear more or less seamless.
i'm not sure about the weapons, though. if everybody built his map like an independent one, the player will probably already get all weapons in the first level. this should be avoided somehow. 

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...you could, given a sure number of people participating, give a rule of thumb as to which weapon should be included in said level... Like, running this like a coordinated chainmap, say in advance how many maps and distribute weapons all along the progression...
Just my 2 cents... 

You could create slots for each weapon pick-up -- six, I think, if I count using all the fingers on my right hand -- times the number of episodes or styles that you wish to have. Mappers could then sign up for one or more spots, e.g. a Super Shotgun pickup area in Episode 3 style...

You might also want to standardize the transitions from area to area, sort of like OUM did, with prescribed door prefabs built in each style...

or not :) 

haxor a progs.dat to reset your weapons after every map change.

:P 

But my computer isn't even at my apartment yet and I have virtually nothing set up at the moment. :( July 22 is still pretty far away though so who knows by then :) 

i�m making my owns project but i�m prety sure i will have time for one week mapping for this event!!! 

Any non-speedmapping ideas in particular.

Also, if anyone wants to actually write content (articles, interviews, guides, reviews...) for the expo, it would be really appreciated, as it looks like there aren't many people that can help out at the moment.

Personally I am going to release 3 maps (well, 2 SP at least) and have a booth with a mapping guide geared at getting new people interested in mapping for Quake. I will probably have a few other bits and bobs up and will try and participate in the speed/turtle events if I have time.

There are some interviews planned, but I don't have a list of confirmed people. Scarecrow has confirmed at least one Quake developer, but we don't have enough questions as far as I am aware, so perhaps you guys could think up questions you'd like to ask id developers or well known modders, mappers etc. If you want to know specifics, scar3crow is the man to talk to, as I am not that involved in the organisation at the moment. 

but we don't have enough questions as far as I am aware, so perhaps you guys could think up questions you'd like to ask id developers

Q no. 1 - "do fiends have eyes?" 

... please... don't be so stupid... ;P 

The whole monster eyes or no eyes question should definatly be asked. =)
I'm hoping I'll find time to do something (I have a q1sp project in the works), but it all depends on how overloaded with school work I am... =( 

The whole monster eyes or no eyes question should definatly be asked

I guess you meant either answered, or closed;P

This is definitively NOT an issue IMHO.... though... o_O 

1) Will the SinglePlayer Quake series ever revisit its Lovecraftian beginings?

2) Are Shamblers hairy or leathery?

3) Quake 1 has been kept alive by its faithful modding community, but John Romero has suggested that in an increasingly controversial and money-concious industry some modders may have a detrimental effect on the sales of modern games. Do you agree? Do you think it matters?

4) Do you think it's possible to recreate the essence and ambiance of Quake 1 in a modern engine?

5) Why doesn't Carmack just rocketjump into space? 

Quake 1 was probably a freak accident and will never be consciously recreated I guess.

Romero also posted a followup to the piece he wrote about modding: http://rome.ro/2006/05/whose-side-am-i-on-anyway.html
He uses the word superdumb, which I find incredibly cute. 

Were you planning to just throw up a bunch of handy tutorials? If that's the case, you might considering stealing czg's curve tutorial. I might could toss up something too if I could think of a worthy topic. 

It seems that there are at least 4 or 5 factions of the quake community out there; the modders/coders, the mappers, the QW players, the speedrunners, and maybe the NQ players. QExpo is traditionally run by the modders/coders, with heavy mapper involvement, and no involvement by the other groups.

One suggestion on how to bring in the other groups is to figure out how they can contribute something visible to others without asking them to make a mod, map, or other game content (which they don't do as players.) Demos are an obvious choice, and maybe even just having a QExpo forum would help, since the simplest way to participate online is to talk to people. The question of the forum is interesting; would it create more splintering to add yet another forum, or would it help bring people together to have a forum that isn't "home" to any of the different factions? What seems to happen currently is that people visit the QExpo site, and then retreat back to their own messageboards to talk about it.

Another aspect of this QExpo that I would like to see is a focus on the past -- most QExpos are all about the present; new content, the latest engines, projects in the works. It would be nice to also look back at the best user-made content, greatest matches of QW, most interesting engine mods, etc. There seem to be more newbies in the quake scene than one would expect, who never actually played or saw a lot of the older stuff. 

Very good! 

I agree: it would be a kind of 10 years of tribute to Quake topics... Nice idea ! 

Sassa a good qw player have a project for qexpo... and last year was also a qw movie... this year will be more for sure :)