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Dave Wilson
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when clan9 invited deathrow over for the first big quake showdown i remember checking the net for results and demos, now dm3 was the norm even ukcldm2 and androm9 were probably a close 2nd and 3rd in popularity back then as war maps, but i was so surprised to see the swedes had picked some map called e1m2, a monster map. watching the demos it seemed like a total ffa at first, some teamplay, but it was hard to tell...the americans certainly didnt know their way around it as well as the swedes. i couldn't really identify with the map so the games bored me, the dm3 games were the important ones back then. and now... almost 3 years later, dm3 still remains as the best 4v4 map in quake, but e1m2 is easily a close second.
in the past couple of days i loaded up e1m2 and walked around it getting to know the spawns, etc for the games at the weekend and that was when i noticed it had so much in common with dm3.
the single rl on each map is hard to reach, likewise with the strongest armor. each map is basically controlled from the armor to the quad without covering most of the weapons. the losing team will generally conjugate at the rl/water, collect the rl and head to sng/mega area or try and charge quad. alot of similarity if you ask me and i know their are more spawns on e1m2 and its also a much tighter level than dm3, but essentially they are very close.
now take a look at ukcldm2 a big sprawling level, long corridors, big rooms, 2 rls, 2 reds and a huge amount of health (every health on that level is worth 25) i do recognise that this map is very old and around since the days of players queuing up for rl's but then again so is e1m2.
the first fault of ukcldm2 is the fact that there are simply too many items on the level, far too much health, too much armor, etc, this takes away the strategy and just replaces it with brute force, that light touch you need on e1m2 to avoid blowing yourself up with the rl is completely uneccessary on this map. alot of people say that uk2 is more fun than the serious maps, but personally i think that when you are forced to use the lower weapons on e1m2 it makes the rl so much more valuble than having them handed to you on a plate a la uk2. there we have it, my token column, uk2 is shit and e1m2 is grand.
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