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Re:Quake 1 Single-Player Map Design Theories (2001) by netule on Sunday January 11, 2026 @09:35PM (#46583267)
Yes, and also, how would a "bad mapper" know they're one without feedback? Seems like a bit of curmudgeony gatekeeping.
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Re:Quake 1 Single-Player Map Design Theories (2001) by popalchemist on Monday January 12, 2026 @03:33AM (#46585656)
IIRC, at the time, it was considered wasteful and annoying to download smoeone's WIP, half-assed map because bandwidth was a big issue, and these files (wads? paks? can't remember exactly) were hefty.
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