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EazyB said:
If anyone hasn't checked this map out yet, I suggest you all do so. It amazes me, but to an even greater extent disheartens me, that this hasn't been approved for matchmaking. It's hard to imagine that if this isn't good enough, anything else made by the community will be.
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Guy is some kind of Forging wizard.

Last I heard, he was still working on spawns and weapon/vehicle placement, but I'm pretty certain he either has, or plans on, submitting it to Atlas. I hope he does put in the time with it, because it is, in fact, awesome.
 
Well that's a far cry from:

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I played Utah Mambo with some folks and nobody enjoyed it. Forging is amazing though.
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I think you may have hurt his feelings initially with that post and motivated him to making the map even better now. :D
 
urk said:
Guy is some kind of Forging wizard.

Last I heard, he was still working on spawns and weapon/vehicle placement, but I'm pretty certain he either has, or plans on, submitting it to Atlas. I hope he does put in the time with it, because it is, in fact, awesome.
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the geomerging in that map is fucking awesome. i have big plans for my next map involving geomerging but it might be a while considering the effort that goes into geomerging and the fact that i just picked up fallout 3
 
EazyB said:
The default Sandbox setup is too open and not segmented enough to be suitable for 8v8 but I've seen variants that make use of more room which should work well for bigger games.

I'm working on a BTB map on the sandbox floor, it's only about 25% done but I'm trying to leave enough room that it works for BTB.

If anyone hasn't checked this map out yet, I suggest you all do so. It amazes me, but to an even greater extent disheartens me, that this hasn't been approved for matchmaking. It's hard to imagine that if this isn't good enough, anything else made by the community will be.

Utah Mambo

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I have that map, it looks very well done. I would have to play a match or two on the map to see how it works.

Also walked through Antiquity from Forgehub, the map seems too busy for my tastes. I don't mind complex maps but this one just doesn't work with me.

http://www.forgehub.com/forum/featured-halo-maps/65344-antiquity.html
 
Merguson said:
I have that map, it looks very well done. I would have to play a match or two on the map to see how it works.

Also walked through Antiquity from Forgehub, the map seems too busy for my tastes. I don't mind complex maps but this one just doesn't work with me.

http://www.forgehub.com/forum/featured-halo-maps/65344-antiquity.html
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i also picked up antiquity and walked it. it is a little busy but it seems like it would work well. gonna have to try it out on sat
 
Utah Mambo looks very good, kind of a poor name though. Also I watched a video about the map at Forgehub, which looked interesting. But why oh why does every Halo montage or map video have to be set to shitty emo rock?
 
urk said:
Guy is some kind of Forging wizard.

Last I heard, he was still working on spawns and weapon/vehicle placement, but I'm pretty certain he either has, or plans on, submitting it to Atlas. I hope he does put in the time with it, because it is, in fact, awesome.
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Already has.

I remember playing on it a few days after the map codes went out of the community. Aside from the defender's base, it looks like has changed most of the middle structure and attacker's base. I'm going to have to run through it again.

Bladed, played through some team slayer matches last night on Mage. Map is ace, man.
 
Brainboy said:
Utah Mambo looks very good, kind of a poor name though. Also I watched a video about the map at Forgehub, which looked interesting. But why oh why does every Halo montage or map video have to be set to shitty emo rock?
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agreed where the fuck is my hip hop
 
Brainboy said:
Utah Mambo looks very good, kind of a poor name though. Also I watched a video about the map at Forgehub, which looked interesting. But why oh why does every Halo montage or map video have to be set to shitty emo rock?
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I set my map walkthroughs to halo 2 and Halo 3 OST tracks cos im an uber nerd :D
 
urk said:
Guy is some kind of Forging wizard.

Last I heard, he was still working on spawns and weapon/vehicle placement, but I'm pretty certain he either has, or plans on, submitting it to Atlas. I hope he does put in the time with it, because it is, in fact, awesome.
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Yeah, I've followed the Atlas thread on it and it seems like it's still a WIP. The version I downloaded had a warthog spawned on top of a ghost and a camo merged with an OS which was confusing. I haven't had the luxury of trying a full match on it but there's a ton of potential there. It seems like Shishka's been involved in suggesting improvements so I hope it eventually leads somewhere but it'd be a lot less disheartening if Shishka was more transparent on which maps he thinks are MM quality or have the potential of becoming so. As it stands it seems like he wants his choices to be surprises and surprises are neat and all, but it'd be great if forgers were incentivized a bit more.
 
EazyB said:
Yeah, I've followed the Atlas thread on it and it seems like it's still a WIP. The version I downloaded had a warthog spawned on top of a ghost and a camo merged with an OS which was confusing. I haven't had the luxury of trying a full match on it but there's a ton of potential there. It seems like Shishka's been involved in suggesting improvements so I hope it eventually leads somewhere but it'd be a lot less disheartening if Shishka was more transparent on which maps he thinks are MM quality or have the potential of becoming so. As it stands it seems like he wants his choices to be surprises and surprises are neat and all, but it'd be great if forgers were incentivized a bit more.
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thats because it changes from asymmetrical games and symmetrical games. (ex. ghost asymmetrical and warthog symmetrical).
 
vhfive said:
thats because it changes from asymmetrical games and symmetrical games. (ex. ghost asymmetrical and warthog symmetrical).
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Oh, haha. That makes sense.

I was like, "how could such a great forger miss this shit?"


Also, although Omlet was kind enough to save the films of my previous version of Ber Ber Creek I think the changes I've made warrant new films for Atlas. I'd also like to make sure the spawns in ctf and such hold up. If we could get a party of 8 running MM gametypes for films sometime this week it'd be great.
 
EazyB said:
Oh, haha. That makes sense.

I was like, "how could such a great forger miss this shit?"


Also, although Omlet was kind enough to save the films of my previous version of Ber Ber Creek I think the changes I've made warrant new films for Atlas. I'd also like to make sure the spawns in ctf and such hold up. If we could get a party of 8 running MM gametypes for films sometime this week it'd be great.
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No problem. Thermite and I ran through the latest version of your map two days ago, and very nice job trying to re-create the creek. I don't know how that slipped all of our heads. :lol

And nice job making the overshield more like it was in Beaver Creek, but what happened to the top of red base? It doesn't have a block with a red column on each side like blue base has.

Edit: Looks like MMU is live.
 
EazyB said:
Oh, haha. That makes sense.

I was like, "how could such a great forger miss this shit?"


Also, although Omlet was kind enough to save the films of my previous version of Ber Ber Creek I think the changes I've made warrant new films for Atlas. I'd also like to make sure the spawns in ctf and such hold up. If we could get a party of 8 running MM gametypes for films sometime this week it'd be great.
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I'll be down for customs again this weekend. Your map was a hoot; visually it's so different from Beaver Creek, but the geometry is close enough that I kept having feelings of deja vu. :lol

I need two more films for Entrenched as well, if we get enough folks. I'm thinking 5 v 5 is enough, since that's about what we had last time and it was pretty crazy.

I'm leaving the setup the same for now, until we've tested a few more games. Based on feedback from the games you guys played after I dropped out, I moved the bomb plant zone down to the ground where the bomb spawns. Logistically, it's similar to Rat's Nest where you can just drive up and plant, but like that map it's a low point in the base surrounded by elevated firing points. I think that will make it much easier to get a plant, rather than making attackers ascend to the central island. But I'd love to test it, and a Slayer game, as well.
 
Domino Theory said:
No problem. Thermite and I ran through the latest version of your map two days ago, and very nice job trying to re-create the creek. I don't know how that slipped all of our heads. :lol

And nice job making the overshield more like it was in Beaver Creek, but what happened to the top of red base? It doesn't have a block with a red column on each side like blue base has.
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The blue and red bases' roofs were set up quite differently, even more so than I have them set up. If you pop in Halo 2 you'll see. Don't worry though, I forgot that they were different too before I checked.

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Edit: Looks like MMU is live.
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Hooray?

Hopefully they put up the 6 map variants in Bungie Favorites or somewhere else. We sure as fuck aren't going to run into them in matchmaking if the BWU's list of changes was comprehensive.
 
EazyB said:
Also, although Omlet was kind enough to save the films of my previous version of Ber Ber Creek I think the changes I've made warrant new films for Atlas. I'd also like to make sure the spawns in ctf and such hold up. If we could get a party of 8 running MM gametypes for films sometime this week it'd be great.
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I'd be happy to help out, Eazy.
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Domino Theory said:
Edit: Looks like MMU is live.
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How can you tell?
 
Domino Theory said:
And nice job making the overshield more like it was in Beaver Creek, but what happened to the top of red base? It doesn't have a block with a red column on each side like blue base has.
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If you look at the Halo 2 map, you will notice that the bases aren't identical up top. Eazy recreated the bases pretty much just as they were from Halo 2.

Edit: Beaten by the B of Eazy himself.
 
For whoever's doing the lists on maps, I had to switch it Mountain to 1.04. Something happened to the spawns (must not have saved correctly), and I had to add zones and flag placements back in.

Hoping to get it into this week's custom night if at all possible.
 
neoism said:
Guys, can I gift MS points to my cousin, or is that not allowed anymore! I need 500p.
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Would your long lost cousin happen to be from Nigeria and a prince of a wealthy tribe? But since XBL doesn't exist in Nigeria, he has given you a check for $1,000 where all he asks is 5000XBL points back to his gamertag? :lol
 
Domino Theory said:
You need points, so you want to gift points to your cousin?

k
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Yeah, He needs 400p(missed typed earlier) fo the maps, I thought you could gift points at one point! Sucks though because my cousin forget he's email, so he can't get on he's account! Not sure if you need that or not!
 
neoism said:
Yeah, He needs 400p(missed typed earlier) fo the maps, I thought you could gift points at one point! Sucks though because my cousin forget he's email, so he can't get on he's account! Not sure if you need that or not!
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Use this: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001V7QIDO/?tag=neogaf0e-20

Once you pay for the points, it'll give you the code for it right then and there, but next to the code, it will say "Send as Gift".
 
FourDoor said:
Would your long lost cousin happen to be from Nigeria and a prince of a wealthy tribe? But since XBL doesn't exist in Nigeria, he has given you a check for $1,000 where all he asks is 5000XBL points back to his gamertag? :lol
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:lol :lol :lol No, He's a poor kid, I buy all his gamin shit!
 
neoism said:
:lol :lol :lol No, He's a poor kid, I buy all his gamin shit!
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Oh just wondering since lately I keep finding relatives that I barely remember while in matchmaking and through that we may be related too somehow. :lol
 
I had to gut the bases in Goldmine. They were just kind of blah. Now it should have a little better feel for when entering a base on the bottom level. I've also added a turret to each base, but they're mainly for CTF games (notice that they're pointed towards a corner, and not an open area of the map). I think I did that, because I hate turrets. In slayer games you can still pop the turret off the stand and go wherever you want. Another adjustment was the addition of grav lifts at both base's bottom level. This gives you one more option of getting up quicker, eliminating the need to go through a port or walk up a large ramp (if you're in a hurry).

I wish I had been more careful to place my walls perpendicular to each other when I first laid out the boundaries since the map is supposed to be symmetric. Goldmine is rough around the edges, and you'll notice certain things are a little off, but it should still be fun to play...I hope lol. Maybe I should call it Goldmine... the Ghetto.
Goldmine v1.5 Ugh... Forgot I had a few pieces not appearing at the start of the game. Just fixed it.

If I skipped v1.4, WHOOPS! ;)
Forge was never something I really dabbled in, but all of a sudden I'm addicted.
 
^^^ agreed with all of that...I haven't played it in matchmaking but I have dabbled with it in customs, I think I need to play on it more before I can tell how I really like it. At first I used to hate Amplified but now I love it. I'm excited to play some more maybe later tonight or tomorrow
 
Players shouldn't spawn with nades on Orbital. Also what is the equipment time on that map sweet god there are regens and bubble shields falling out of the sky in that bitch.
 
I'll try to join in on the custom games this weekend. I've been busy upgrading everything in RE5 again after I had my save file corrupted (with everything upgraded and unlocked!).
 
kylej said:
Players shouldn't spawn with nades on Orbital. Also what is the equipment time on that map sweet god there are regens and bubble shields falling out of the sky in that bitch.
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Yeah, equipment on all maps need to be a) limited and b) have high respawn times.

(Two power drainers, a bubble shield and a regen all on a small map like Assembly, lolWAT)
 
Domino Theory said:
Yeah, equipment on all maps need to be a) limited and b) have high respawn times.

(Two power drainers, a bubble shield and a regen all on a small map like Assembly, lolWAT)
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And a hammer and explosive barrels.
 
Anyone know the timeline until bungie rolls out a way to upload save films to the net? I have all these fantastic clips but i'm lost without gamevee.
 
Remember in the pre-Halo 3 release days they talked about equipment being sparse and sometimes hard to locate (different locales?). Now, it's like a player can have one, use it, then while it's about to end, his teammate can immediately toss another down. Look at the non-stop Regens in Isolation for example. On larger maps I could understand the more amounts of Drainers or Bubble Shields, but on small maps? Ugh.

Regens, Bubble Shields, and Power Drainers is basically all we see anymore. A Gravity Lift and Trip Mine for a rare occasion.
 
Striker said:
Remember in the pre-Halo 3 release days they talked about equipment being sparse and sometimes hard to locate (different locales?). Now, it's like a player can have one, use it, then while it's about to end, his teammate can immediately toss another down. Look at the non-stop Regens in Isolation for example. On larger maps I could understand the more amounts of Drainers or Bubble Shields, but on small maps? Ugh.

Regens, Bubble Shields, and Power Drainers is basically all we see anymore. A Gravity Lift and Trip Mine for a rare occasion.
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I miss the trip mine being on Valhalla. I still don't understand why it was removed. Make it happen (again), Bungle!
 
watership said:
Anyone know the timeline until bungie rolls out a way to upload save films to the net? I have all these fantastic clips but i'm lost without gamevee.
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Soon(TM). Should be great.

OT: Just finished watching Season 2 finale of Weeds. WHAT THE FUCKKKK. I'm fucking shivering right now, that's how into it I got. Fucking crazy.
 
Blueblur1 said:
I'll try to join in on the custom games this weekend. I've been busy upgrading everything in RE5 again after I had my save file corrupted (with everything upgraded and unlocked!).
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That really sucks dude. If you need help, send me a message. Love to give you a hand :D
 
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