Regarding my nickname, it was actually chosen based on a game company name my dad suggested once (Havoc Software), but that company never came to be, and that company name has been taken anyway.

More recently I was informed that the name “Lord Havok” was a villain in 1930s-era comic books, which concerns me as it makes it sound like I ripped off a comic book character name :P

Cvars that are worth testing to see which one(s) produce undesirable behavior in this map:
sv_gameplayfix_gravityunaffectedbyticrate
sv_gameplayfix_nudgeoutofsolid
sv_gameplayfix_nogravityonground
sv_gameplayfix_stepmultipletimes
sv_gameplayfix_upwardvelocityclearsongroundflag
sv_gameplayfix_downtracesupportsongroundflag

This was actually the second add-on I ever played for Quake (in my recent massive go-through of Quake SP maps, at least). The only one before that was the main map of “For Love of Evil” (by Hrimfaxi). Needless to say, this did a massive job in getting me into the game. Few other Quake releases quite match this for me. That’s even with the fact that the end boss it to tough (my one complaint on the whole thing, which you semi-admit yourself).

Since then, I’ve played the vast majority of quality releases all the way back to 1997 – virtually the entire life of the game. In fact I’m about to hit the bottom of that barrel and either replay some levels or play some good, but less “fantastic” levels. Given I’ve enjoyed the maps from 1997, though, I’m sure some of the merely “nice” levels of the current age should fit the bill for me.

And yes, I am a huge Doom fan too (also Heretic, one of the more popular Doom knockoffs). I don’t like Quake 2 very much though, in my opinion it really loses the thrill/style of the first Quake.

In the Doom universe though, I’ve still got lots more add-on levels to play (I play Doom II as well although you don’t mention it). Knee-Deep in the Dead was always my favorite original Doom set of maps though. But yes, Thy Flesh Consumed was evil, and in terms of Doom connections, ARWOP felt more like it than any other original Doom set of maps.

thanks :) i’d like to see more of these kinds of things from other mappers. well, unless the story is boring.

cheers, dude. glad you finished them in the end.

Personally I love your maps but I think they are very big, and if you start making maps smaller that might make then even more fun to play and less boring for keeping people to come back, when we died at some point… I like to play maps from start to beginning.

Anyway I might not map anymore but surely I will keep playing what will come in future!