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Best Ever Map?
Posted By: Steve LevinsonDate: 8/5/03 5:34 a.m.

With all the friendly bickering between D-M.A. and Goran about creating the best ever solo map (they're both excellent mapmakers IMHO, BTW), this might be a good time to try to recall the best map already out there. That way they'll have an idea of what they have to beat - besting the other is not good enough when there are so many good maps already.

So here's the question - what do you think is the best map ever created for one of the Marathon game engines. There are many potential categories - best single map, best map that's part of a scenario, best Bungie map, best 3rd party map, most innovative map, most difficult playable map, best gameplay etc. and best map overall. There are so many outstanding maps out there that it's difficult to know where to start.

Here's what I'd like to do - I'd like everyone to nominate the solo maps that they think may qualify for best overall map. Once everyone's submitted their favorite candidates, we'll hold an election to choose the top five to ten (depending on the number of nominees) maps for a run-off election. Although there's no way to police this, in order to vote in the run-off, you will have to play all of the maps before casting your vote - preferably you should replay all of them so that they'll be fresh in your mind.

Now here are some of my absolute favorite maps of all time:

Aye Mac Sikur from M Infinity
Conquest of K'Yandra Station by Rudi Bloks
Dances With Drones, also by Rudi Bloks
Like Shooting Jugs in a Barrel from Endymio by Chris Lund
Nocturne Magne from Fell by Ben Potter
Lava Me Tender from Origin of the Speces by Tony Smith
The Landing Base from Escape!! by Scott Noblitt
We Be Ground Pounders from Evil by Frigidman
Da'nara T'bat from Pfh' Joueur by SheBob
Five Finger Discount from Rubicon by Chris Lund
Exit Leads In from Rubicon by Chris Lund
Molten Dihydrogen Oxide from Rubicon by Chris Lund
Worm Food? from The Black Series by Eric A. Hill

Yes, I know that I've left a lot of outstanding maps off this list, but we have to get real. Yes, I also know that none of these are M1 engine maps, but as innovative as they may have been, they can't hold a candle to the newer maps. Of course, if you disagree, feel free to nominate the ones you feel should be on the list. Oh, and please do play the maps I've listed that you never played before, and I'll do the same for those you may list. That way we can all be fair in selecting the best maps for the run-off election.

Now list your faves!

(Oh, and Goran and D-M.A. - you're great mapmakers, but none of yours made my list ;^)

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Replies:

Best Ever Map?Steve Levinson 8/5/03 5:34 a.m.
     Re: Best Ever Map?D-M.A. 8/5/03 6:30 a.m.
           Re: Best Ever Map?Steve Levinson 8/5/03 8:53 a.m.
     Re: Best Ever Map?Mark Levin 8/5/03 6:37 a.m.
           Ya Jingle Bobs is my fav. too, lol *NM*D-M.A. 8/5/03 7:16 a.m.
           Re: Best Ever Map?Steve Levinson 8/5/03 9:01 a.m.
     What about Bob?Vid Boi 8/6/03 5:59 a.m.
     Don't forget to nominate the best-ever solo map! *NM*Steve Levinson 8/7/03 10:15 a.m.
     Best Ever Map?goran 8/8/03 3:17 a.m.
           Re: Best Ever Map?Steve Levinson 8/8/03 8:50 a.m.
                 Re: Best Ever Map?goran 8/8/03 12:45 p.m.
                       Re: Best Ever Map?Simon Dupuis 8/8/03 2:32 p.m.
                             Re: Best Ever Map?thermoplyae 8/8/03 3:15 p.m.
                                   Re: Best Ever Map?Todd 8/8/03 5:28 p.m.
           Re: Best Ever Map?ukimalefu 8/8/03 5:41 p.m.
                 Whats that now?? =P *NM*Todd 8/9/03 12:25 a.m.
                 It's all Zeno's fault, damn philosophers... *NM*zudo 8/9/03 3:18 a.m.
     "Fault Intolerant" by Tim Thomas *NM*Tilo Probst 8/9/03 3:20 a.m.
           hey Tilo! get your ass over here, now!goran 8/9/03 2:35 p.m.
                 lol, dream on Göran *NM*D-M.A. 8/10/03 11:38 p.m.
                       and what make you think you're such a hotshot? Huh *NM*goran 8/11/03 3:36 a.m.
                             your mom *NM*D-M.A. 8/11/03 8:19 a.m.
                                   she's a retard! :P *NM*goran 8/12/03 12:40 a.m.
           OMG TILO IS ALIVE!!!! *NM*Johannes Gunnar 8/10/03 6:14 a.m.
           Re: "Fault Intolerant" by Tim ThomasSteve Levinson 8/10/03 8:07 a.m.
     Re: Best Ever Map?Steve Levinson 8/18/03 5:12 a.m.
           Re: Best Ever Map?zudo 8/18/03 8:23 a.m.
           Re: Best Ever Map?thermoplyae 8/18/03 11:31 a.m.
           Re: Best Ever Map?Vid Boi 8/18/03 11:52 a.m.
           Re: Best Ever Map?Yossarian 8/18/03 5:28 p.m.
           Re: Best Ever Map?Speaker-To-Animals 8/19/03 1:56 p.m.



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