I just found out about this site, seems like a lot of people here like to give feedback. I like feedback. Released this map on January 1st and sent it to Valve shortly thereafter for the mapping contest. It's running on a few server rotations right now and I've had a pretty good time playing it, but my opinion is biased and I'd like to get others.
What I've heard so far:
"This is a cool map"
"It got hit on the head with the ugly stick by bounce" (I'm assuming this means the RAD bounces didn't do such a great job in certain areas and this is something that I didn't really pick up on until after release, but I'd like to discuss more.)
"Good for a small amount of players"
"Skybox is too low"
It's a map that revolves around a subway station, with a city-arena area stacked above it. There's a train that goes through the subway every 20-30 seconds that you can toggle on and off. My personal opinion is that it would be fun with between 4-10 players but I haven't really played it with more than 4.
Soooooooooooo, without further ado here are pictures and download links.
Download:
http://www.letsplayclan.com/e107_files/downloads/dm_casual.zip
http://www.mapsource.hl2db.com/files/maps/hl2dm/dm_casual.rar
http://www.globalassault.com/mapreview.cfm?id=3538
What I'd love to hear most about it is how you think it plays with other people. There's a couple of servers with it in rotation that you might be able to catch it on: 199.202.118.254:27015, 80.175.60.240:27015, 62.4.74.226:31300
There does seem to be a problem for some people, including myself, where the train and elevator do not make any noises when they move. There are, in fact, sounds that I put into the func_tracktrain properties from HL2 that make noise when you launch it on your own. When they don't work is when you play it off another internet server. A couple of people said they heard them, but many said they didn't. I can't hear them at all when I play it online. I think it's a bug with HL2 rather than the map.