Hey TF2 mappers.
I'm typing this today because I've had enough. Enough of the hiding, the lying.
I've been a member of TF2Maps.net since July 2009, and it's been really fun throughout. I've made many new friends, some I hope will continue after I disclose this.
However, I regret to say, it's all been a lie.
All of my maps, all my work, I've done none of it. I have no map files in my mapsrc folder, I have the SDK just as a facade. I quite literally have no knowledge of hammer, though I have tried to learn.
All my maps come from someone, who I am going to keep anonymous (Let's call him Mr. Mapper from here on). I found Mr. Mapper on game banana, back then FPS banana, when I was still new to TF2. He started to make a map called cp_australia, which, after some discussion from him, he gave to me on the promise that when trading came out, I'd give him hats.
To this day, all my maps have come from him, and almost all my hats go to him,
Escarpment is included in these plagiarized maps. With this open letter, I am also withdrawing from the contest, I will allow someone else to win, which clearly would not happen had escarpment got to the voting stage.
I truly hope you will all forgive me for this. I hope I can still be friends with some of you, but for the most part, I'm departed TF2maps. There is no reason to stay. I am also deleting all Mr. Mapper's maps from the server and the forum as an act of apology.
I am truly sorry for tainting these forums with my plagiarism, and I hope that perhaps in the future I'll will put aside the time for learning mapping for real.
Regards,
Miss. Alyssa Jones
1/4/12
I'm typing this today because I've had enough. Enough of the hiding, the lying.
I've been a member of TF2Maps.net since July 2009, and it's been really fun throughout. I've made many new friends, some I hope will continue after I disclose this.
However, I regret to say, it's all been a lie.
All of my maps, all my work, I've done none of it. I have no map files in my mapsrc folder, I have the SDK just as a facade. I quite literally have no knowledge of hammer, though I have tried to learn.
All my maps come from someone, who I am going to keep anonymous (Let's call him Mr. Mapper from here on). I found Mr. Mapper on game banana, back then FPS banana, when I was still new to TF2. He started to make a map called cp_australia, which, after some discussion from him, he gave to me on the promise that when trading came out, I'd give him hats.
To this day, all my maps have come from him, and almost all my hats go to him,
Escarpment is included in these plagiarized maps. With this open letter, I am also withdrawing from the contest, I will allow someone else to win, which clearly would not happen had escarpment got to the voting stage.
I truly hope you will all forgive me for this. I hope I can still be friends with some of you, but for the most part, I'm departed TF2maps. There is no reason to stay. I am also deleting all Mr. Mapper's maps from the server and the forum as an act of apology.
I am truly sorry for tainting these forums with my plagiarism, and I hope that perhaps in the future I'll will put aside the time for learning mapping for real.
Regards,
Miss. Alyssa Jones
1/4/12
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