DM-Deck
I've got to do some chores and putting them off with this post :P
Anyway... I used to play the original UT which had Deck in it. At first, it was quite good - very spammy, but everybody could get kills on it and it was suited to many styles of play.
It was very popular so there were deck only servers which, in turn, were popular. This was kind of at the expense of other servers, so if you wanted to play then you had to play Deck.
Deck's spammyness began to suck and the map was played to death. Yet only Deck servers survived. You want to play? You play Deck!
Argh!
So then UT2k3 appeared and it wasn't long before a modded Deck was created and played to death.
UT2k4 comes out. I know! Lets have Deck again!
UT3 arrives and, yes, Deck is there again and, yes, there are Deck only servers again. *pulls hair out*.
Lets not forget that Deck16 was originally an Unreal map - released in 1998. So this map is still going, with its own dedicated Deck servers after 10 years! Credit to the original creator, but hasn't the world seen enough of Deck??
The map also lead to a new breed of player.. The Deck Wh*re. They were born somewhere in the bio goo near the sniper rifle and grew up in those long corridors, never seeing the beauty of other maps. As such, Deck was all they knew and they would own the level. Great kills from around corners, great prediction, lovely sniping. Not too dis-similar from their floatier cousins - the Morpheus Wh*res!
Then, they occasionally had to step outside their little home to try other maps. Suddenly, their 50-0 victories where now 30-20 3rd place disappointments. This happens very regularly
So, in my opinion, not only is the map played to death but its also an innacurate reflection of the players actual skill too.
In conclusion, there's no point to this post, other than to rant a little and see if others still love the map, or now hate it.
I am the weakest link... Goodbye!
Anyway... I used to play the original UT which had Deck in it. At first, it was quite good - very spammy, but everybody could get kills on it and it was suited to many styles of play.
It was very popular so there were deck only servers which, in turn, were popular. This was kind of at the expense of other servers, so if you wanted to play then you had to play Deck.
Deck's spammyness began to suck and the map was played to death. Yet only Deck servers survived. You want to play? You play Deck!
Argh!
So then UT2k3 appeared and it wasn't long before a modded Deck was created and played to death.
UT2k4 comes out. I know! Lets have Deck again!
UT3 arrives and, yes, Deck is there again and, yes, there are Deck only servers again. *pulls hair out*.
Lets not forget that Deck16 was originally an Unreal map - released in 1998. So this map is still going, with its own dedicated Deck servers after 10 years! Credit to the original creator, but hasn't the world seen enough of Deck??
The map also lead to a new breed of player.. The Deck Wh*re. They were born somewhere in the bio goo near the sniper rifle and grew up in those long corridors, never seeing the beauty of other maps. As such, Deck was all they knew and they would own the level. Great kills from around corners, great prediction, lovely sniping. Not too dis-similar from their floatier cousins - the Morpheus Wh*res!
Then, they occasionally had to step outside their little home to try other maps. Suddenly, their 50-0 victories where now 30-20 3rd place disappointments. This happens very regularly
So, in my opinion, not only is the map played to death but its also an innacurate reflection of the players actual skill too.
In conclusion, there's no point to this post, other than to rant a little and see if others still love the map, or now hate it.
I am the weakest link... Goodbye!
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