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I think it would be interesting to see how far we've gone from when we first started making maps, especially any verteran map makers we have here. Please have at least 4 to show. Follow my example for your posts. Oldest --> Newest

PsychoTemplar's Tempest
http://img354.imageshack.us/img354/9464/stempestgm6.jpg

Torture Chamber
http://img456.imageshack.us/img456/1359/to...echamberjk3.jpg

TearWarp
http://img456.imageshack.us/img456/5104/te...lainpoolgz6.jpg

Aslasvic
http://img457.imageshack.us/img457/6202/aslasvicec1.jpg

Nekwiz Battlegrounds
http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/7546/ne...egroundshx0.jpg

Anigavine Falls
http://img258.imageshack.us/img258/8781/an...allsv101ju5.jpg

Seiromeck
http://img352.imageshack.us/img352/3417/seiromeckfx1.jpg

Kcufic
http://img352.imageshack.us/img352/3448/kcuficmx7.jpg

Larenium
http://img392.imageshack.us/img392/5360/2lareniumv15ner2.jpg

Mornington Crescent
http://img352.imageshack.us/img352/4201/2m...escent2ndt6.jpg

Elohssa Nemes
http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/936/4elohssanemesnzt7.jpg

Mrepsnur
http://img235.imageshack.us/img235/4281/4mrepsnur13nlp2.jpg

Dedrater
http://img487.imageshack.us/img487/7753/2d...terv116nzc5.jpg

Lovocla
http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/1681/2lovocla13nob9.jpg

I think they first started getting good at Larenium (although I was told Kcufic was a good map by some people). Which goes to show for any new map makers: You can get better. My initial maps were crap, and yours probably will be also. But it's a process. These maps never took more than a day to make (excluding edits). Although they've been spread out over a long period of time, you could probably achieve the same improvment in less time with the same number of maps. Maybe 4 weeks and you could easily be at or beyond my level, if you devoted yourself to mapping. I hope this is encouraging to you.


PS: Unfortunatly there's a limit on the number of images you can post, so I've had to just link to all of them. Sorry. I think that rule was created back before everyone had cable.

[sub]Have not been active making maps, but here are all my current maps.

-First Era

(2)Streams
http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/4567/2streamshp5.jpg

(4)Heart of the Desert
http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/6837/4h...hedesertdw2.jpg

(2)Twilight Crab
http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/570/2twilightcrabyc5.jpg

(2)Divided Conflicts
http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/8275/2d...onflictsqq5.jpg

(4)Desert Hijinks
http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/4624/4d...thijinksfa2.jpg

(2)Sidewinder
http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/781/2sidewinderbd1.jpg

(2)Nomad
http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/473/2nomadak9.jpg

(2)Bull's Eye Squall
http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/4287/seyesquallue5.jpg


-Second Era

(2)The Walrus
http://img244.imageshack.us/img244/1107/2thewalrusnbr5.jpg

(4)Bittersweet
http://img244.imageshack.us/img244/3212/4bittersweetnxl7.jpg

(2)2112
http://img244.imageshack.us/img244/2967/22112nds2.jpg

(2)Pirate Love
http://www.panschk.de/mappage/piratelove3.GIF

And yeah, there they are.[/sub]

jeez, Chef improved a hell of a lot in the last 4 maps.
Valugs were decent in the start it seems but definately got better in that "second era".

I wanna post mine but I dont have enough really. I deleted a bunch of my old ones and haven't finished any recently : (

Im gonna do 2 over my winter break though!

I remember when Valug first joined up at SEN....

I think 'The Walrus' was the first map that really impressed me...then it just got better from there

Oh it's been a longass while since I started making melee maps. I started making them back in the spring of 2005. I remember my very first melee map: it is crapty as freak, but back then, it got submitted into the "pro" dldb section:
Prominent Lands:
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About that time, I came out with maps like:
Spaceport Alpha:
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Conflagration:
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Power Failure:
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... and a few other maps which i don't have now. But they were all crap. My very first map which actually had some potential (but not much) was:

Cryptic Island:

Because map making standards were so low back then, this map was one of the winners of the ESGL map making contest along with like 5 other maps, but I never saw this map used.

And so once BWMN came into existence, I began to make lots of maps, and uploaded them all. This is where I truly began to improve my melee ap making skills.

From oldest to newest:

Rise Of Warriors:

Animosity:

My first MOTW map:
Aphrodite:

Grotesque Islands:

Mysterious Star:

I entered this map into SEN's melee map making contest, and for some reason it won. Dunno why, but it just did:
Barren Wastelands:

Starstruck:

Sungaze:

Winter Paradise:

Construction:

Dust of the Wind:



ADDITION:
Mystic Valley:

Doughnut:

Snow Princess:

If I had to say which one of my melee maps is most well-known, I would say it would be this one:
Sacred Grounds:

Peppermint:

Breath of Life:

Black Lagoon:

Blazing Emblem:

Northern Keep:


After making those maps, I took about a 5-6 month break and just recently, I came out with three new maps:
Divine Star:

Chain Saw:

Two Worlds:


So yea, comparing my more recent maps with my very first maps made back in spring 2005... I'd say I've changed quite a lot

I played some of these quite a few times, a few are well known.
my fav is doughnut with peppermint close behind. all pretty standard, I think you should try once, just once a really wild map. you could pull it off.