When I very first started getting into any kind of computer graphics at all, I was pretty young, and pretty terrible. The friends I happened to fall in with online at the time were ... not encouraging, but almost patronizing, which I was of course too immature and young to pick up on. So I kept up with it, and eventually developed the ability to be self-critical and to strive for improvement on my own.

I think sometimes there's an effort in the art community to treat people the opposite of what they need, which I think is kind of necessary, because too much criticism early on can make an artist or designer overly defensive and encourage him to become set in his undeveloped ways too early. When someone is new and making lots of mistakes, tell them they should keep going, and when someone is a veteran guru, never say anything nice about their work ever again. It's not what their work needs, but it's what they need. It's not always simply about the output, it's about the confidence and growth of the person behind it. I think I like it that way, because too often people shit on those who can least withstand it, and fellate the egos of those who need a shot of humility more than anything else.

Ricky, you are a terrific mapper and you should never stop shining. 

unless you thought i meant 'shit all over the guy if he sucks'. i *did* mean constructive criticism after all. :)

it's just that, all too often, i see someone post some work that is quite bad and no one will drop any criticism at all. and then the next post is more of the same, and the next, etc etc. 

 

one extreme is as bad as the other.

and you're welcome. 

The only one I know: http://dsp.quaddicted.com/dspdm6/ 

i'm just curious from where the texture set (and who is the author of the texes?) 

I don't know if Ricky Qualifies as needing encouragement - his last few maps have been great. 

spy: geo made them himself just for that map, if i remember correctly 

"his last few maps could have been better"?

:) 

"his last few maps left less to be desired than their predecessors" 

Now somebody kick off for my eliteness! W00T!!

"And in specific reference to ELEK; knowing him he'd have expected me (or someone else) to kick off if he'd done this..."

err...wtf does that mean anyhow?

Am I an egotistical twat? Nope, I just like Chives and beer...

Lun, when are we going to meet up at The Old Fashioned again? Oh, and Manveer is not invited, he always tries to touch my privates! 

Not really...I don't do so much mapping anymore... 

I don't do so much mapping anymore

...but I'm craving for any new map from you!
I can't say how many times I went there up the ledges of Neh Tides and how I continuously dive in that precipice (one of my all time Q1 fave map)...
Many thanks for these great pieces of Quake dream! 

Is bringing alot of stuff out of the woodwork, not least a fair few great (unretired?) mappers. 

Anytime, dude. And I like your preconditions. 

Bees one of the prerequisites to l33tness as well? 

not inviting me. 

I learnt what the word 'elitist' was from this forum. Good times. 

 

hey guys, i will start soon a new mediaval map!!!

advices on a .wad please!?!?!? 

Hexen2, Daikatana ep3, knave, medieval... and some from Id ;) 

CDA2 Trinca version? :) 

It will be my next map... a CDA sequel :D
Rober !!! 

thks god JPL i�m sick of base maps like Spirit :) 

FTW