Long timers and new comers, your Mapcore history

[PhilipK]

Used to be a bunch in the IRC channel for a while. I don't know when that was, around 2000-2001 or so perhaps?

Was pretty awesome with the playtests going on Mazy's maps etc. then

[Squad]

So much stuff from the past being brought up here!

 

As for myself, I don't recall when exactly or how I got here, probably around 2002 or 2003. Might have been through Mazy's site, but I really can't tell for sure.

I used to be a long time lurker before finally signing up. Took a very big break from making levels somewhere around 2006 or so until when CSGO was released in 2012

 

[holiestcows]

Rick_D is a great guy

[dux]

Rick is the postman, just different name.

[Sentura]

At least posty's 1 hour dm maps were a blast ;(

[Minos]

 

Sentura...

[Pete_H]

I´m basically a massive noob. 

[Em']

I joined in 2008, coming here because for coding a shity gun model into source engine, and wasn't able to find any good help on differents modding forums (mapping/modding area, interlopers, moddb)! What a fool ! I somehow managed to copy/paste some codes and have my gun working in game. Since then, I came back from time to time because I found the people quite fun and profesionnal.

 

So, 6 years and I'm still the rookie, enjoying every screens i see

Edited October 14, 2014 by Em'

[PogoP]

I´m basically a massive noob. 

 

Love ya tho Pete (in a bro kinda way)! Glad to have you around here

 

So I came along in around 2006 when I first started getting into Source mapping. I spent about a month trying to get my account verified, and everyone was really unhelpful so cheers for that!

 

I remember porting a load of NS1 assets into HL2 and using PhilipK's textures to make some shitty mockups of what NS2 could look like.. It was one of the first things I posted up here.

 

 

[RedYager]

I ended up here after reading an interview with Warby on Snarkpit

 

http://www.snarkpit.net/snarkpower/articles/game/cat/pn/tp/211/Interview_with_Soenke_Seidel

 

Thanks Warby! 

[kinggambit]

Just started this year!   

 

For the past couple of years, I was considering a career in game art for a while. At the time I was a real fanboy for the UWE studio for Natural Selection 2. I loved all the "inside the studio" videos and getting to know the developers. I elected to pursue environment art/level design so I shot up an email to one of the environment artists for the game and asked for advice on how to get to where he was (without attending some school).

 

I was already familiar with polycount and mapcore but I was advised to try them out. Fast forward some time, and I finally made an account for the two sites. 

 

Still such a long way to go though

Edited October 18, 2014 by kinggambit

[⌐■_■]

Also I was an insufferable prick

 

 

you were pretty damn funny tho. I still remember reading your posts with a grin

[blackdog]

Mazy is like the old Grandad of Mapcore now

He's one of the reasons I know mapcore… I interviewed him and PhilipK, Flayra and other bigs for the HLItalia portal I was editor for at the time. He also made maps for The Specialists, which has been made by a bestie of mine.

Guess that stalking 'em, or because of some cross links, found the forum… stalked the community for about 10 years than joined when I decided I wanted to get back into level design and actually try to get into the industry.

Edited October 19, 2014 by blackdog

[Nysuatro]

I have no idea how I got on Mapcore. I still see it as a magical awakening.

9 years, shit

 

I am getting old. Its good to know now you can actually professionally make games now though. 

I would  have thought that 9 years ago ...

 

I do have to say I still feel like the stranger here. Even though I was able to stalk Hp for one time.

 

Its a sad story I was never the first Belgian guy here. Thanks Peris! Thanks for ruining my mapcore glory

Edited October 20, 2014 by Nysuatro

[Sprony]

Also I was an insufferable prick

 

Was??????