that ninjatheory thing is quite a shameless thinly disguised pimpage act.
And the game doesn't actually look very special in that video. :/ 

I envy your abilaty to live beyond mere economic necessities, but when you put aside the 'we have created a minor God of a game declarations' the article is a good read on the business side of things that most creative types have to deal with on a day to day basis. 

I wrote a little guide on how to play aerowalk. I suggest you guys take a small looksee at it, might prove worth your time.

http://www.qwplayers.org/inertia/aerowalk.txt 

Next. 

You are in a large verticle shaft with little lighting above you and a landing platform to the South, just ahead of you. There is a Player with a rocket launcher on a platform one story above you. He is aiming in your direction. Do you,

a) Go back North down the corridor you came
b) jump South to the next platform
c) shoot spikes at the other Player

>B

2. As you land, you notice a Megahealth on the East side wall . . . 

Nah, I meant I've always been tired of seeing Inertia pimping Aerowalk when other DM maps should be in the limelight. It's like he's in a bubble and all he knows is Aerowalk. But hey, if that works for him... 

Aerowalk is one of the best custom Q1DM maps ever made (and certainly the most popular one) and this is a very decent guide to playing on the map. I am sure quite a bunch of people appreciate it. 

I don't see the harm. All my favorite things are usually made illegal by Thumpers, NIMBYs and Soccor Mommas (fireworks, cigarettes, stong substances, strip joints, etc) so I'm pretty much live and let live with things like Aerowalk addiction. 

I realize Aerowalk is the god of DM maps or something, and I'm sure the guide is admired - but overshadowing is not cool. 

the rabbit from bambi?

aerowalk is a very clean idbase design (with only one texturing error i think). One would think you'd actually like it. :)

I like skull as the best 1on1 map. "DM maps" is a bit wider perspective. :)

Compare it to something like vondur's uzul that is a horrid texture job. They are just too strong for playing. One has to strike a balance. 

It inspired my PH8DM2 map, but mostly that was Tyrann's "Aggressor".

I would just like to see other DM maps get the recognition they deserve. 

the rabbit from bambi?

Bible Thumpers, of the modern, Left Behind variety. They preach Jefferson, but behave like Apostles of Lenin. My sister is one, so I'm all too familar with the Beast. 

I for one do appreciate inert's guide - he always massacres me on it, even when he's playing around.

But, if you'd rather see other maps in the lime light, then pimp them, don't bash inertia's guide. Come up with your own guide for some other map.

I personally love spinev2 and zed, and would love to see them played competitively, but I'm not gonna bash inertia's work because the map he wrote it for is popular. (Even if he DOES massacre me on it, all the time, even if he's playing around. Bastard.)

So in conclusion, hate the game, not the playaz. :) 

Wasn't bashing his work, didn't mean for it to come off that way. 

I did not think your criticism of inertia's guide was all that bad though I disagree with it (its a useful template for creating DM guides, actually), that is why I just joked about it instead of wagging my finger and saying, 'bad phait!'

People say much worse in here than you did, truly dickhead things, and never get called on it. Mostly because arguments are a complete waste of time. 

fuckoff.

aerowalk has been proven to be a truly world-class qw competition map. if you want your lovely maps to as popular as aerowalk or ztndm3, then test the fucking levels with top players for months on end, and make sure it plays in a way that appeals to nearly every player.

then it will be in the limelight.

the community here does not have a tight enough relationship with the qw playing community, and your dickheaded attitude does not help change that situation. if you want to see change, MAKE the change happen. stop complain 

not 'stop complain'

;D 

Inertia's guide.

Seems a reasonable guide.

Enough to put most people off competitive play for life. Unless one manages to find a way to artifically shoe-horn some "fun" into the rule of mandatory spawnrape blah blah.

Aerowalk obsession is now as bad as DM4 / DM6 / Q2DM1 obsession. Phait is right in that respect. It's popularity is due to it's popularity, a self-perpetuating cycle of over-exposure leading to more over-exposure. But in that respect, inertia is only part of the problem, not all of it. 

If only you were half as good a qw player as you are a shithead you could rule the world! 

shambler: yes the map pool is small. if I happened to hate aerowalk and LOVE dm4, would I be any better? no. I think your issue is with a lack of variety of options for competition... but you must realize, that people mimic the behavior of the top players: if the best duelers only fight on 5 maps, then almost everyone else is just going to practice those 5 maps. it is very nonrecreational in that respect, that everyone wants to be at least "pretty good" at the maps others play.

czg: i thought you would applaud me putting phait in his place ;)

to all the rest of you: please make maps with competitive play in mind! ask around for testers who know how to play the game, they are the ones who will give you the most valuable gameplay feedback! in this way we can simultaneously keep phait from bitching _and_ increase quake's probability of long-term survival :) 

shambler: yes the map pool is small. if I happened to hate aerowalk and LOVE dm4, would I be any better? no.

what I mean by this, of course, is "better of a person in shambler's opinion" 

why am I reading this shit? I want my 2 minutes back. 

http://www.fuzzyslogic.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core:DownloadItem&g2_itemId=5486&g2_serialNumber=2&g2_GALLERYSID=cd8f870e80b008e15851ad74e5f345f4 

are there any qw servers still out there? anyone run by a mapper, for testing purposes? 

This isn't about my work, I couldn't give a shit, it's just maps. It's about other's work.