I'm also just starting to get into mapping. I am one of the founders of No Heroes gaming community, and have really been impressed with some of the custom maps we host on our servers. So impressed in fact, that I've decided I'd try my hand at it. I won't go in to details about much more, as I doubt that would be of any interest. Suffice it to say, I'm a gaming nerd with a flair for the obscene/awesome. To any of you mappers who have shared your work with my community, I salute you. We only pick the best. FYI...I'll probably ask really artless questions.
First we got some uberchanred.net guys and now we have a No Heroes guy! Welcome man. You should look at the first link in my signature for some really good info!