Looking to start a map project in CS:GO

[AKTrashheap]

Hello Mapcore community.  I am an artist who wants to test the waters of creating a future competitive map for cs:go.  I have made some maps on Hammer for HLDM years ago but it has been a while.  Using the tools isn't my main issue, but learning how the entity and optimization aspects are going to be my real challenge.

I came here in hopes that I would be able to find good resources to help save me countless hours of frustration.  I figured you guys would know all the right information hotspots to help me in my process. I was hoping there were some tutorials on here but maybe i missed them? 

Jeremy

[Freaky_Banana]

Check Will2k's optimisation roadmap  . It is found here.

Cheers!