
Bigbox
#1 posted by
jt_ [24.11.39.160] on 2010/11/28 07:57:45
Why is there a 'review' for this?

Site Looks Great
#2 posted by
Drew [174.89.241.140] on 2010/11/28 08:34:47
and good reviews, keep it up!
Not a biggie, but I'd prefer to have a couple of screenshots, besides the large one up top. also, with the SP maps, re secrets - might not want to have that right there - kind of a SPOILER.
Then again, I almost never read reviews til after I play the maps...
#3 posted by
davemckay1 [88.104.10.36] on 2010/11/28 13:43:31
Thanks for the comments so far. For the first question, I've designed the reviews section as a database of sorts where you can simply view any bsp name simply by typing it into the address bar ("maps/quake/filename", etc), so I'm adding in all alternate versions, cutscenes, non playable levels and miscellaneous maps as well for reference, but only providing full text reviews where appropriate.
For some reason it hadn't occurred to me about the secrets section. I will place it in some kind of hidden panel in a future update, and have already considered that more screenshots would help, but haven't had the right design idea yet for them.
Any other feedback would be appreciated.

Huh
#4 posted by ijed [190.22.44.155] on 2010/11/28 17:49:52
I like the site alot.
A few more screenshots to break up the text (as per the wind tunnels review) would help on some of them, true.
Nice work.

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#5 posted by
Vondur [195.218.191.171] on 2010/11/29 16:49:05
nice reviews
also, i just noticed you added full scan (is it?) of id anthology boxset. was good to see what's inside and read the book.

Id Anthology
#6 posted by
davemckay1 [81.134.152.69] on 2010/11/30 12:08:23
Vondur, thanks for the comments. Yes, I believe it is a full scan, although I wasn't the one who scanned it. I was thinking of putting together a site map to detail all the content as there is quite a lot of stuff that may not be easily noticeable.

Nicknames Instead Of (just) Real Names
#7 posted by megalodon [85.146.84.169] on 2010/12/01 19:03:17
Ofcourse people that know the scene will know both real and nicknames of certain authors, but a name like 'Van Ricketts' totally does NOT ring a bill with me, while Mr.Fribbles does. Yet, the nickname is completely missing in a review like this:
http://bit7.org/quake/maps/quake/efdm9/
The best option is probably to do both at once, like:
Bloodrun
by Sten "ztn" Uusvali
But if I would have to choose between one or the other, I'd go with the nick, like mpqarchive.pauked.com does:
http://mpqarchive.pauked.com/index.php?view=showmap&pageno=5
Aside from that it all looks great, although I agree that some screenies would be even better. All review sites have at least 3 screenies as far as I know.

Typo....ffs
#8 posted by megalodon [85.146.84.169] on 2010/12/01 19:07:00
Bill = bell

BTW
#9 posted by megalodon [85.146.84.169] on 2010/12/01 19:16:32
Is the absence of Q4 an indication of you not liking it? Or that, at least, that you rather spend your time on Quakes that were better received?

Responses
#10 posted by
davemckay1 [88.104.9.140] on 2010/12/02 19:11:25
Regarding the author names, I'll try and add them in a later update, it's a good idea. The absence of the Quake 4/Quake Wars content is mostly just my lack of familiarity with the games, but there is some content for them in the games and miscellaneous sections:
http://bit7.org/quake/games/quake4
http://bit7.org/quake/games/enemyterritory
http://bit7.org/quake/games/enemyterritory/wallpapers
http://bit7.org/quake/misc
Thanks again for the feedback.
David.