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Week of Monday 26th July - Sunday 1st August 1999: News Summary:

» No new levels this week.
» Added a screenshot of Tiddles' next map to the Visuals page.
» Posted 2 IRC chat logs: a large general discussion on SP maps and mapping and a brief chat about the problem with gimmicks, on the Rants page.
» Opened a new site in early anticipation of Daikatana: speKtrum: the full speKtrum of daiKatana single player levels.
» Loads more stuff over at TEAMShambler Demos and Discussion: plenty of cool and very original Quake 2 trick move demos, favourite Q1 DM maps for last month too, a passionate rant about bad quality Unreal SP maps, details of my Unreal SP reviews for the week, more silly and sensible IRC chat logs, and of course updates every day.

Week of Monday 19th - Sunday 25th July 1999: News Summary:

» Managed to squeeze in a new level at the 11th hour: Steel Valour is reviewed on the Reviews by Date page.
» Posted screenshots of Tim Elek's forthcoming level on the Visuals page.
» Added Face the Slayer and his future base map plans to the new levels news.
» Asked for reports on the Q1 SP conversion, BloodMage - if you've played it, please email me and tell me if it's worthwhile.
» Did a heap of stuff over at TEAMShambler Demos and Discussion: Quake 2 Zaero mission pack review, Zaero speedrun demos, Q3A single player mod discussions, humourous IRC chat logs, favourite Q1 DM maps list, updated Q2 SP maps list, Unreal review details, regular news...

Week of Monday 12th - Sunday 18th July 1999: News Summary:

» Yet two more new levels reviewed: Outpost Alpha and Strong Hold are both found on the Reviews by Date page as normal.
» Added a screenshot of Chris Houston's forthcoming episode to the Visuals page.
» Changed my LostSpirit site into TEAMShambler Demos and Discussion, which will now feature a lot more material and regular updating on all non-Q1 SP matters, so you are well advised to check it out due to the sparse updates at this site.

Week of Monday 5th - Sunday 11th July 1999: News Summary:

» No reviews done this week, things have calmed down and no new levels appeared.
» Tim Elek and Ze0 are both making new Q1 SP levels, so they were added to the new levels news.
» Posted three IRC chat logs on the Rants page: Relative difficulty of SP games, and general SP stuff, Other reviews of Damaul6 and Zerstörer stuff, and Usage of items and skillz in Quake2 SP.
» Reviewed a veritable plethora of Unreal maps over at Nali City: 3Cristals, Mental Asylum, Nali Rescue, NaPacal, One Man Business, Raven, Reign of the Cursed, Research Lab, Revenge, Skaarcity, Slant, Spacefreaks, Tarydium Caves, Tgsp1 and Tomb

Week of Monday 28th June - Sunday 4th July 1999: News Summary:

» Reviewed three, yes three, new Q1 SP levels: Czg01: "Research Facility", Rc2: "Swamp" and Solarfall are found on the Reviews by Date page.
» Added two speedruns: Damaul6 (reviewed last week) in 1:17, and Rc2 in 1:16 - please check them out on the Demos page.
» Posted another IRC chat log on the Rants page, about Basic factors of FPS weapons, and how dated are Quake's looks???
» Posted 5 pioneering Unreal speedrun demos on in-game maps, at TEAMShambler FPS Demos and Discussion, along with screenshots and more info.
» Reviewed the following Unreal maps: Mine1escape, Ritual, Skaarjmine and Traptemple2 over at Nali City.

Fortnight of Monday 14th - Sunday 27th June 1999: News Summary:

» Reviewed the epic new level Damaul6, and the AoP Episode2 maps, both on the Reviews by Date page.
» Did an Easy speedrun demo of Aop2m2 in 1:08.
» Added The Vagrant, Fried_Logic, and Kamikaze, with their respective Q1 SP projects, to the new levels news.
» Removed Adam Foster (given up on Q1 SP episode) and Harbinger of Fish (maps not good enough for review) from the new levels news.
» Posted another IRC chat log, about mission packs, SP vs. DM mapping and Zerstörer, on the Rants page.
» Updated TEAMShambler FPS Demos and Discussion with an Unreal speedrun demo of DamnCastle in 1:27.
» Reviewed the Unreal SP maps: Castlemarrsmar, Damncastle, Madness, MoreReal, Nalinn, The Crash and The Provocation at Nali City.

Week of Monday 7th - Sunday 13th June 1999: News Summary:

» Reviewed Abyss of Pandemonium Episode 1 on the Reviews by Date page.
» Added budding Q1 SP mappers Chris Houston and Harbinger of Fish to the new levels news.
» Posted the first ever Unreal speedrun demos over at TEAMShambler FPS Demos and Discussion!!
» Reviewed Gate2: Return Home, Last King, Ledoux Villa, Lost Palace, Nali Cove 2, Really Unreal and Spacelab over at Nali City.

Week of Monday 31st May - Sunday 6th June 1999: News Summary:

» Sorry, no news to summarise - not my fault, nothing's been happening. RDE and Vondur's War Supply have useful updates though.
» Unreal: Reviewed Illhaven2, Nalipent, Sirius83F, Flotsam and Lowrida over at Nali City.

Week of Monday 24th - Sunday 30th May 1999: News Summary:

» Reviewed one NEW level: FMB5 is found on the Reviews by Date page.
» Added the very exciting Theory 0: The basic golden rule of mapping
» Was accepted to do Unreal single player reviews at Nali City, with reviews for Star861 and Glaciermoon posted on Sunday.

Week of Monday 17th - Sunday 23rd May 1999: News Summary:

» Squeezed in one review at the last second: the new level TSPE is found on the Reviews by Date page.
» Did a pretty neat Easy speedrun demo of TSPE in 0:37
» Added the final indepth theory, Theory 5: Other aspects of Q1 SP map quality, to the Theories page
» Posted two IRC chat logs on: how easy it is to make a quality map, and the virtues of non-linearity and exploration in SP maps.
» Added some important information about future reviews and beta-testing maps to the Style page.

Week of Monday 10th - Sunday 16th May 1999: News Summary:

» Reviews?? Yes indeed, I found a couple of decent unreviewed levels: Ebony and Cloning are on the Reviews by Date page.
» new levels news?? Yes indeed, I made the usual updates to it - but when are we going to see some damn levels??
» Q1 SP Visuals?? Yes indeed, I added some more of Orbital's screenshot's, and a wireframe diagram of a Fiend.
» Anything else?? No, go away :P.

Week of Monday 3rd - Sunday 9th May 1999: News Summary:

» No reviews this week either. No levels released or found this week, that's why.
» Added some screenshots of forthcoming levels by Dan Roberts and Orbital to the Visuals page - go get sneak preview!!
» Updated the new levels news with Adam Foster who is making an 8 level episode.
» Got the world exclusive "first p1mpage" of Elfinko's huge Belly of the Beast Q2 SP unit - not my job to review it, but I recommend it for sure.
» Still need to hear from the guy who sent me a couple of animated .gifs a while back - please email me.

Week of Monday 26th April - Sunday 2nd May 1999: News Summary:

» Review a full episode - you can find out all about E-5 on the Reviews by Date page.
» Mentioned some other, well, full episodes that weren't good enough quality to review.

Week of Monday 19th - Sunday 25th April 1999: News Summary:

» No level reviews this week, because, well, no new levels.
» Added Common flaws to be avoided in Q1 SP levels., as well as rearranging the Theories page
» Updated the new levels news, including Fat Controller's important O.U.M. project.

Week of Monday 12th - Sunday 18th April 1999: News Summary:

» Reviewed just one level, but hey it's a new one, so go check out Darkness on the Reviews by Date page
» Also did a pretty neat Easy speedrun of the Darkness level in 0:54, worth checking out too.
» Tweaked the Misc. page a bit with some extra information and a better order of the FAQ section.
» Updated TEAMShambler FPS Demos and Discussion with a list of recommended Q2 SP maps.

Week of Monday 5th - Sunday 11th April 1999: News Summary:

» Reviewed just one level, LS on the Reviews by Date page, it's a new level so check it out.
» Did an Easy speedrun of LS in 0:46, check that out too please.
» Added Theory 4: What makes a map play well??? to the Theories page, useful for budding map makers or indeed anyone.
» Added an indepth IRC chat with Akuma and others about The death of SP mapping - and why.
» Added a new FPS Views section to TEAMShambler FPS Demos and Discussion, where you can find authentic TEAMShambler views on other FPS games - including the Daikatana Demo Report, and the Requiem Demo Review - I've put quite a bit of effort into those so please take a look.

Week of Monday 29th March - Sunday 4th April 1999: News Summary:

» Reviewed a single NEW level MCM01, and a 5 map base unit Rstart11 - both on the Reviews by Date page.
» Wrote a hugely important rant about why Quake 1 single player is still good.
» Divulged some equally important information about the future of this site - now on the Style page.
» Added a Visuals page, devoted to images and screenshots of Q1 SP.
» Added a huge IRC argument about Q3A, and whether Id are mistaken, and a small ICQ log about where all the SP mappers have gone
» Updated TEAMShambler FPS Demos and Discussion with another QW demo, and the first ever Half Life speedrun demo!!!

Fortnight of Monday 15th - Sunday 28th March 1999: News Summary:

» Reviewed 3 levels: Temple (NEW), Q1M2, and Middle, as well as a full episode/PC: TDK - all on the Reviews by Date page.
» Added two IRC chat logs: one about the S3D contest, and one about the state of Q1 SP and this site.
» Changed all the links to the Archives, so they now go straight to the Archives Index.
» Added some more people to the new levels news on the Style page, and did a little progress report on some future levels.
» P1mped some other FPS custom levels, most noticabley Dark Undergrowth for Quake 2, and Sigur for Half Life - the latter still hasn't been reviewed elsewhere!!
» Posted the contest results on the now-removed Contest page. The winners were Brick for normal entries, and BlacK_OuT, Jesse, and Mineral for SDA entries. I removed the page after a week because it's not that relevant to the site.

Week of Monday 8th - Sunday 14th March 1999: News Summary:

» Reviewed a single level, Canabode, and a 2 level pack, Lisland, on the Reviews by Date page of course.
» Did a single speedrun of Lisland map 2 in 0:49 - okay run but check out the Demos page for more radical ones.
» Added an indepth Theories page, detailing various aspects that make good Q1 SP maps - focusing on looks so far.
» Got enough (not a lot, but enough =) ) entries for me E1M2 contest - closing date is tomorrow, results soon after.

Week of Monday 1st - Sunday 7th March 1999: News Summary:

» Reviewed 4 levels: Chaos, TMS1, Mrdrinc, and the great Rubicon are found on the Reviews by Date page.
» Added a contest to the site, as you may just have noticed =). Read the rules above and give it a go if you have mad skillZ.
» Removed some irrelevant IRC chat logs from the Rants page, and added a sewer ideas for a map one, and a Q3A discussion one.

Week of Monday 22nd - Sunday 28th February 1999: News Summary:

» Lots of multi-map reviews this week: Wieder, Tefdbl3, Ruliano, and the mighty Sgdorune are reviewed on the Reviews by Date page.
» Lots of good speedruns to match: Wieder ("Salvation" map) in 1:03, Tefdbl3 (both maps) in 1:37, Sgodrune (both maps) in 0:58, and last but not least, a Coop run of Damaul 3 (both maps) in 0:50 - all of these are worth downloading and the last two really 0wn so *please* check them out.
» More irc chat logs, a silly one and a serious one, that might provide some interest.
» Added the usual plethora of authors promising new levels to the new levels news on the Style page.

Week of Monday 15th - Sunday 21st 1999: News Summary:

» Just two level reviews: the base levels TFL4 and Ohzarm are reviewed on the Reviews by Date page.
» Yet two more great and fun speedrun demos: Chessp1 in 0:32 and Gor1 in 1:02 - please download these as they are cool, trust me.
» Added some more potentially amusing IRC chat logs - check out the list of them on the Rants page.
» Took the end of the week off to hang with my homie SCRAD - see ya tomorrow.

Week of Monday 8th - Sunday 14th 1999: News Summary:

» Reviewed 4 levels: the mighty new level Damaul3, along with Wishes, Fromhell and Evildead can be found on the Reviews by Date page
» Added yet more great speedrun demos for your entertainment: Trr in a shocking 0:26 on Easy or 0:27 on Nightmare, as well as Fromhell in 2:06 on Easy - please check them out.
» Started a worrying trend of posting potentially entertaining irc chat logs about people, Frib, SP vs. DM maps, and confusing names.
» Wrote a detailed rant in which I attempt to define what is needed to make a proper (but not necessarily good) Q1 SP level.

Week of Monday 1st - Sunday 7th February 1999: News Summary:

» Reviewed two levels, Citdoom, and Fatalpla, and a unit, Black, all found on the Reviews by Date page.
» Added 3 more funky speedrun demos: Obiwan2 in 1:28, Obiwan3 in 0:56, and Prey2 in 1:15, also found on the Demos page.
» Added UK download links and file sizes to all the maps on the Reviews by Date page and in the Archives.
» Added two more potential new Q1 SP map authors to the New Levels Table on the Style page.

Week of Monday 25th - Sunday 31st January 1999: News Summary:

» Reviewed 3 levels: Colony2, Lastgame, and Out1 can all be found on the Reviews by Date page.
» Added 3 demos to the Demos page: Colony2 in 0:21 is particularly cool, also there is Out1 in 1:15, and Losttec in 0:46
» Was PlanetQuake's "Spotlight" for the week, which was nice.
» Wrote a cheerful and uplifting (well, almost =)) rant in support of coop gameplay - found on the Rants page, surprisingly enough...
» Added 2 more entries to the New Levels Table on the Style page - hoping to see some new levels soon.

Week of Monday 18th January - Sunday 24th January 1999: News Summary:

» Reviewed plenty of levels: Chessp1 (new level!), Discord2, Sopv1, Tigcat02, and the Tig00 unit are all on the Reviews by Date page.
» Added a potentially useful Reviews' Index which details all the reviews I have done on this site.
» Made a couple of additions to the New Levels Table on the Style page, with forthcoming levels from Killjoy and OrbItaL.

Week of Monday 11th January - Sunday 17th January 1999: News Summary:

» Had a good week reviews-wise. 4 level reviews: TMC, SP, Sadlark 8 and Sadlark 9 can all be found on the Reviews by Date page.
» Added a detailed table of possible future Q1 SP maps, to be found on the Style page.
» Added a new speedrun demo of TMC in 1:05 to the Demos page.
» Asked for feedback about a possible Q1 SP IRC chat channel and got almost no replies - I guess no-one cares enough to email me.
» Did a review of a deathmatch map for a change (Q1Finkodm2: "Hell's Kitchen"), and got it posted at Frib's Maps - in his "Stuff" section.

Week of Monday 4th January - Sunday 10th January 1999: News Summary:

» Reviewed two levels - the review of Hostile and Real are on the Reviews by Date page.
» Opened my new and purple demos site - please visit TEAMShambler FPS Demos and Discussion for a variety of Quake, QuakeWorld and Quake II demos.

Week of Monday 28th December 1998 - Sunday 3rd January 1999: News Summary:

» Reviewed just one map, due to having a friend visiting - Dxm can be found on the Reviews by Date page.
» Posted 4 great Co-op Demos I did with my mate SCRAD, found on the Demos page.
» Gave some details of forthcoming improvements to the site, and a pledge to any potential map authors.
» Moved the site to PlanetQuake.

Week of Monday 21st - Sunday 27th December 1998: News Summary:

» Reviewed a full episode as a Christmas special: Schist can be found in the Archives.
» Qd100Qlite was released at QDQ and SDA
» That's it, I'm afraid - things have been very quite over the Christmas period.

Week of Monday 14th - Sunday 20th December 1998: News Summary:

» Reviewed 3 levels: Stores, M_Palace, and Actaltrz - all found in the Archives.
» Fat Controller posted some screenshots of his new SP map at Fat Controller's Quake Site, as well as making a Rc1ent file to fix a player start problem with his Rc1 map.
» Cheshire also posted some screenshots of *his* SP map at Cheshire's Map Place
» Finally on the new map front, Vigilante of Team COTV mentioned that he is planning a small SP unit.
» I wrote a strong rant about the lack of balance in most level reviews on the net., and an explanation of the low frequency of level reviews.

Week of Monday 7th - Sunday 13th December 1998: News Summary:

» Reviewed 3 levels: TDA, ABW and Flee3 are now in the Archives.
» Did more miscellaneous running repairs on the site.
» Mentioned Cheshire's Map Place and RDE - both homes to future Q1 SP maps.

Week of Monday 30th November - Sunday 6th December 1999: News Summary:

» Reviewed 5 levels with varying styles and quality, all now found in the Archives.
» Mentioned a rather funky Q1 conversion of the good but grossly overplayed Q2DM1
» Asked for help about an AllocBlock: full error I got when trying to play a level in GLQuake - got no replies.
» Tidied up some sloppy HTML on the site and added funky logos to each page.

Week of Monday 22nd - Sunday 29th November 1998: News Summary:

» Opened the site to favourable response, and added a funky logo later.
» Reviewed a plethora of excellent levels, all now found in the Archives.