Mapping; where doth lie the root for interest?

[Gadget]

I really enjoyed the construction of buildings, entire cities or whatever just came to my mind with lego bricks when I was a kid. I had more fun building stuff than actually playing with it. Lego technics was great too because of its additional features like hydraulics and electronics that allowed to create something more interactive.

My mapping experience started back in the days of Duke3D and Shadow Warrior. After that I got used to Worldcraft and did some maps for Half-Life, CS, Day of Defeat and of course Team Fortress Classic. Then there's a huge gap for a couple of years when I didn't create any maps at all until Team Fortress 2 had been released.

@Youme: My favourite RTS at the moment is Supreme Commander - Forged Alliance. Sure - it's not AoE but it's a very good game. You might take a look at it. In my eyes it's a lot better than any of the Command & Conquer titles I've played.

 

[DJive]

I'd like to get back into RTS games but all the current generation seem to have lost the good things that made AOE so unbelievably brilliant.

My favourite RTS at the moment is Supreme Commander - Forged Alliance. Sure - it's not AoE but it's a very good game. You might take a look at it. In my eyes it's a lot better than any of the Command & Conquer titles I've played.

I agree kinda, But i felt AoE 3 was garbage and i really couldn't stand supreme commander.

I LOVE DoW, CoH, then new Men of War is pretty good, AoM is great etc etc

 

[BagOfChips]

aoe 3 just isn't as fun as kings / conqs

 

[The Political Gamer]

*bump*
I have Legos:

 

[An Icy Mouse]

Thats a pretty impressive collection you have yourself there!

 

[DaBeatzProject]

Uh oh, hide! we have a pro there! run!

 

[Shmitz]

I played with legos up until I moved to California, at which point they became excessively impractical in terms of storage. I gave the majority of them away, but I do still have my favorite creations superglued together and sitting on some shelves.

 

[drp]

this thread is giving me temptation to use the replace phrase feature on vbulletin for lego => legos

 

[YM]

this thread is giving me temptation to use the replace phrase feature on vbulletin for lego => legos

Lego Bricks!

 

[Shmitz]

It's the same thing. One's just what the corporate brand spinners want you to call the toys, and the other is what every other human on the planet calls them.

 

[StoneFrog]

Lego Bricks!

LEGO Bricks!

 

[evanonline]

I loved Legos a lot as a kid, I can't lie, but I think it's just my general enjoyment of video games and TF2 that lead me to try mapping.

I'm...not very good at it yet, but I'll keep at it. Yyyyyknow.

 

[Shmitz]

I have to admit that to see if there is a solid correlation, you'd need to find out how many people in general played with legos or other similar building set as a child, not just mappers.

 

[StoneFrog]

Valid point. Around here, you get sent to the guillotine if you don't know who Mickey Mouse is.