old fan, new here

(kilL_888) #1

hi

my name is sven, im 27 years old, live in germany and im an oldschool shooter fan. i started with duke3d over to quake, quake2, half-life, quake3, long time nothing, then wolf:et, bit of doom3, quake4, et:quakewars, bit of cod4. now im waiting for brink :slight_smile:

i also was very active in the doom3 modding scene. i designed some levels (you can check out some old screenshots in my blog, see signature), created a few custom textures. i actually startet leveldesign with duke3d and stuck with it a long time.

then there was world of warcraft and everything fell apart. :slight_smile:

now im back in the shooter scene and at the moment theres only one game i want to play. its brink! (mw2 hype didnt get me luckily)

hm, what else. im also a big music fan. i listen to a lot of stuff. mostly tool, a perfect circle, acid bath, nine inch nails, peach, soulfly, sepultura, kyuss, rage against the machine, colour haze and a few more i guess.

great to be here. theres so much more spam to come, so i can make sure you guys over at splash damage create a good game :wink:

cheers.

(Nail) #2

(badman) #3

Hello there sir!

(shagileo) #4

Hey there kill_888.
Your map art looks really impressive.
You should give Wolf : ET a try :wink:

Welcome aboard !

(Salteh) #5

Welcome!
Yay for tool / APC :stroggtapir:

(kilL_888) #6

[QUOTE=shagileo;202643]Hey there kill_888.
Your map art looks really impressive.
You should give Wolf : ET a try :wink:

Welcome aboard ![/QUOTE]

thanks.

well, i have my problems with the quake3 radiant. the patch handling is awful when you want to build something very detailed. love the doom3 radiant though. you can build almost everything with patches without having any cracks or stuff like that.

its been a while since i build something though. im thinking right now, i have to train my abilities again and apply for a job at splash damage. london is such a nice town and working there with people who do the things every gamer likes would be just sweet. but well, thats just a dream :rolleyes:

(shagileo) #7

[quote=kilL_888;202755]thanks.

well, i have my problems with the quake3 radiant. the patch handling is awful when you want to build something very detailed. love the doom3 radiant though. you can build almost everything with patches without having any cracks or stuff like that.

its been a while since i build something though. im thinking right now, i have to train my abilities again and apply for a job at splash damage. london is such a nice town and working there with people who do the things every gamer likes would be just sweet. but well, thats just a dream :rolleyes:[/quote]

Dreams are ambitions… ambitions you need to pursue. The most important thing is to endure… you should listen to Alfred from Batman, he knows best.

Anyhow, you have the advantage of living relatively close to the UK (<-> Germany).
I’d say, believe in yourself and do what you love to do most. If that means a future at the SD HQ, I’d suggest you deepen yourself into their culture (checking who they are by sniffing around in their website) . Their staff interviews give you a lot of information about how they got in:
http://www.splashdamage.com/people

When you think you’re ready… there’s the ultimate test:
http://www.splashdamage.com/forums/quiz.php?catid=4

:smiley:

And of course, there are quite a lot of SD people wandering around here too, most likely willing to help, when there’s enough motivation.

  • oh… and adopt a tapir
(Fluffy_gIMp) #8

@shagileo couldn’t have said it better myself :slight_smile:

welcome kill_888, you’ve definately got some mapping promise there keep it up! :stroggbanana:

(kilL_888) #9

[QUOTE=Fluffy_gIMp;203069]

welcome kill_888, you’ve definately got some mapping promise there keep it up! :stroggbanana:[/QUOTE]

thanks. hearing this from someone who works with people whos art i worship means a lot to me.

btw. i just updated my blog and im one step away from starting building maps again. keep an eye open, ill probably release something new soon :slight_smile:

w00t :stroggtapir:

(shagileo) #10

[quote=Fluffy_gIMp;203069]@shagileo couldn’t have said it better myself :slight_smile:
[/quote]

I bet you liked the tapir part the most, didn’t you :stroggbanana:
hehe

btw. i just updated my blog and im one step away from starting building maps again. keep an eye open, ill probably release something new soon :slight_smile:

Will do!
Good luck and have a lot of fun mapping

(Pegazus) #11

Greetings… :infiltrator: