Quake Map Magazine -Roger Staines Page 2

My favourite level author is Tim Willits of id. John Romero's work has always impressed me as well. On the net I think Neil Manke's work is outstanding and original. Matt Sefton continually impresses me with his depth of detail and flawless game flow. The Hive 1 and 2 by Chris Mayers also rank among my favourites. All of Wright Bagwell's levels have made a great impression on me. I also like a lot of work by one time map makers, it's not always technically sound but some of the ideas are really great as well as enjoyable.

I'm a real sports nut hockey and baseball especially. I enjoy movies and I have an ongoing video collection I constantly add to. Musically I like the old guitar pros like Clapton, Dire Straits, The Stones. Recently I have been reliving the joys of lego. Lego was one of my favourite toys as a kid, now there are times when I am building something with my son and he will wander off to go do something else and I end up sitting there for 20 more minutes just building away.

I think the Quake 2 demo was very impressive. The monster animation's were excellent and the 3 levels included with the demo were stunning. I know that the sound environment was not for the finished product never the less I thought Americans sounds were very well done. My only criticism of what I saw was some of the weapons took up too much screen real estate.

Q u a k e 2 D e m o S c r e e n s h o t

The general Quake community is where I surf the most. My default URL in Netscape is Quake 2.com. Other then that not much. I occasionally drop into the Pingu the Penguin sites with my son, he really enjoys that quite a bit. He will see me working away at something then all of a sudden he will come sit on my lap and say "Pingu puter?" At that point I lose control of the mouse so if I see him coming I save all my open files real quick!

At the moment I am out of inspiration. I'm toying with a few level ideas but it is nothing serious. I am looking forward to working with Quake 2. Should not be long now. | I just wanted to extend my thanks to all the kind people out there that dropped me a note if they enjoyed playing one of my maps. I also want to thank all the webmasters who have been gracious with their time to write about and help promote my levels. Building levels is great fun for me but it is more or less a waste of time without their helping hand. Thanks guys. And thanks to you as well Igor for all your help and this opportunity. ~Roger Staines

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