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Yes, you are seeing this correctly. Rabins Oasis is back! After tedious editing and sizing i have made a playable version of one of the game's most favorite illegal maps.
Download it: http://www.mediafire.com/?1n57n7mci79uyl6
Some of you who remember this map may find it a bit smaller and more closed in than it previously was. I did the best I could and i think i did a pretty damn good job :D
Enjoy!
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Uh oh.
You might as well have said...
(27 Feb 12, 01:52AM)MerCyKiL Wrote: Hey look! I edited an ILLEGAL map to fit the map restrictions, such that I may or may not have killed the playability of the map! Let me broadcast this even more and try to slap you devs' hard work on map restrictions in the face! The horror D:
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(27 Feb 12, 02:54AM)ShadowFlameZ Wrote: Uh oh.
You might as well have said...
(27 Feb 12, 01:52AM)MerCyKiL Wrote: Hey look! I edited an ILLEGAL map to fit the map restrictions, such that I may or may not have killed the playability of the map! Let me broadcast this even more and try to slap you devs' hard work on map restrictions in the face! The horror D: If I recall correctly, desert2's little pit in the middle was evened out for 1.1 since it didn't fit the new map restrictions. I don't see anything bad with editing a map to make it playable in this new version, only thing I'm not so comfortable about is if the original map maker would mind.
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27 Feb 12, 03:08AM
(This post was last modified: 27 Feb 12, 03:08AM by Oracle.)
I'll admit you do have good points, regarding both playability and original product.
That's as far as I'll go though :P.
About the desert2 thing, well that was probably looked at by some high-up members of the AC community who worked so that it would remain an official map.
In this case it's MerCyKiL (not to say he's a bad mapper but I haven't seen any official-map-quality stuff from him - no offense), and it's not an official map.
But the original product point still stands :P.
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(27 Feb 12, 03:08AM)ShadowFlameZ Wrote: ...
well...since i am among the people who miss these maps (i.e. Ronald_Reagan loves Rabins_Oasis), i wanted to share something to bring back the nostalgia :)
and btw yes i do have one official map to my name, although it's only about 85% done
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Really?
Which map?
* Oracle is actually genuinely curious.
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27 Feb 12, 04:44AM
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(27 Feb 12, 03:04AM)#M|A#Wolf Wrote: I'm not so comfortable about is if the original map maker would mind.
Well...The original map maker is named Rozco. Never heard of him and this is a guess but he's not around anymore. The map I edited was actually hanze.Wildcard's edit, and I would like to credit most of the work to him because looking back on the original copy, I think Rozco spent a solid ten minutes making the map lol...
The map message reads something to the effect of "Rozco's dungeon. Made by Rozco, re-textured by Wildcard, and liberated by MerCyKiL."
All in all, my point is I'm not the first one to edit this map. Plus I barely even changed it. Everything is exactly the way Wildcard put it except I copied and pasted certain structures and moved them closer to the middle.
(27 Feb 12, 04:40AM)ShadowFlameZ Wrote: Really?
Which map?
* ShadowFlameZ is actually genuinely curious.
lol i dont think you would have ever heard of it...i actually has a couple names. i've contemplated ac_thaw, ac_distant, and have used some other short ones for quick accessing purposes. It was 100% finished but after an opinion from a little bit more experienced mapper, I've decided to change the layout a bit for easier game flow, which I am currently in the process of doing.
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Oh, dear ShadowFlameZ, if unarmed, who downloaded this game yesterday, would have posted this thread instead of Mercy you would shout out in excitement cuz the map is so good, now you just have to pick on Mercy like a 12, no 11, no 9 year old little boy. Since you haven't got anything intelligent to write that atleast makes us think your IQ is above 80, don't post here since it's just annoying and ruining his thread. K? We've all figured out that you feel threatened by the new members of the AC (Elite) community and you have to pick on all of them. Now you can stop it though. :) (Let's see if you can answer to this without mentioning me being a troll or an idiot like usual, that's very mature)
Mercy - Oh them memories, TOSOK all day on this map. Nice work. Thanks.
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Your random attacks on people in multiple threads is very mature. Stop fighting and let him display his map.
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I'm happy to see this map back, "more legal", since I'm one of those who passed quite some time playing it.
Really it's been quite a lot since last time I played it, or even only loaded it in coop, so I don't remember the original size, but to me, at the first glance, didn't seemed bad. It can be enjoyable sometimes!
Now I'm looking forward to find someone playing it!
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27 Feb 12, 09:30PM
(This post was last modified: 27 Feb 12, 09:31PM by MerCyKiL.)
![[Image: gentlement.png]](http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/2451/gentlement.png)
lol lets just enjoy (or if you dont liek it, i guess not enjoy) teh map k?
thanks fred for sticking up for me but its all good man :)
ShadowZ you have a right to your opinion
on another note: i know there are some minor structual changes in the way i edited it. if anyone wants to change it up a bit and present it as a new version, be my guest. i dont think the other makers of the map, who seem to be long gone to the game, will have anything to say about it either. to perfect this map to the way it was would be awesome
and ty fred and Mitixx for teh compliments :D
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(27 Feb 12, 09:30PM)MerCyKiL Wrote:
![[Image: gentleb.png]](http://img841.imageshack.us/img841/7694/gentleb.png)
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28 Feb 12, 12:18AM
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Fredrik - who was the one who was banned before? Yeah, nuff said.
As of yesterday I have no "personal" beef with mercy, so I think you should quit butting into other people's affairs.
ANYWHO...
Random question, but mercy did you have another alias before?
(inb4 it's a pro mapper in disguise)
Lol cleaner.
EDIT: Also, in this thread the only "picking on" I see in this thread is yours viking ;). Most of "mine" is just sarcasm.
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(27 Feb 12, 08:00AM)RealViking Wrote: ...
You expressed more formally, maybe, what I raged about on IRC last night (yesterday? I dont know). Don't worry about it, he'll stop doing this mindlessly bullying on Mercykil. I HOPE. Because I raged before you replied to Fredrik e.e I'm the only female B} so you must obey to me, Shadowz.
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(28 Feb 12, 12:40AM)ShadowFlameZ Wrote: Lol sure thing bud. ^^
I'm telling you guys, this bitch is whipped.
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(28 Feb 12, 12:40AM)ShadowFlameZ Wrote: Lol sure thing bud. ^^
correction not bud but *mam*
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28 Feb 12, 01:40AM
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(28 Feb 12, 12:49AM)Iguana Wrote: correction not bud but *mam*
Lol, okay, my reptilian friend with bovine vocal capabilities ;)
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(28 Feb 12, 12:18AM)ShadowFlameZ Wrote: Random question, but mercy did you have another alias before?
(inb4 it's a pro mapper in disguise)
pro mapper? LOL no im an amateur...i have sometimes signed work as "$evenfold" but nearly all these maps were concept maps and pretty much unplayed...so no. not really any other aliases
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Hm.
* Oracle is still confused as to how mercy pulled off the connections to get an official map.
inb4 he was trolling me D:
or maybe he has TBR connections....hmmmmm
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Mercy, you are confusing "official" with "serious" map. Official: ac_desert, ac_arctic, ac_arabian. Serious: ac_terros, ac_komplex, ac_venganza. Fun: TWINTOWERS!!!!!, ASIANPORN, Rabins_Oasis.
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28 Feb 12, 04:11AM
(This post was last modified: 28 Feb 12, 04:11AM by Oracle.)
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.
That (gesturing up at Reagan's post) makes a TON more sense.
xD
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lol sorry dude thats what i meant to say...thought er'body said it like that..
yea. serious map lol
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Tbh, I don't think Rabin's Oasis is half bad. It's at least 314.236% better than anything that starts with "@camper" and 201.1321% better than anything that starts with "TWINTOWERS." It's certainly one of the more playable and well made "fun" maps.
That being said, you really should have at least tried to contact the author before editing his map...
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(27 Feb 12, 04:44AM)MerCyKiL Wrote: (27 Feb 12, 03:04AM)#M|A#Wolf Wrote: I'm not so comfortable about is if the original map maker would mind.
Well...The original map maker is named Rozco. Never heard of him and this is a guess but he's not around anymore. The map I edited was actually hanze.Wildcard's edit, and I would like to credit most of the work to him because looking back on the original copy, I think Rozco spent a solid ten minutes making the map lol...
Maybe I'm a little late in this thread but I'll clear some things up.
First of all, its "Raczo" (I should now, I made the name up) I used this nick with my brother when we started in AC. Raczo's Dungeon was our first map, therefore it looks like we spent "a solid ten minutes making the map". I agree, still it hurts :'(
hanze.Wildcard is gone for a very long time by now.
You have the permission to edit the map with the mapmsg you posted, it's nice someone made the efford to bring back a old map with lots of memories to it.
I hope this thread will go back to the map after this :)
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well before it does go back to the map, i would like to apologize. I did not mean "a solid ten minutes" as an insult. I thought it was hastily done on purpose. I'm sorry old_man :( guess i should watch my mouth a bit more. I know you are a very skilled modder and take pride in your work, considering all that you have done for the community. i probably should have done a little research before starting the renovation of this map. i appreciate you allowing me to edit it. if i had known otherwise, i would have definitely asked first...
so im sorry a_slow_old_man :((( and you aren't late to the thread. its your map lol
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(28 Feb 12, 10:09PM)MerCyKiL Wrote: I did not mean "a solid ten minutes" as an insult. No offence taken, no need to apologise, keep up your work :)
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I have to agree with Zarj here. I am saddened to see these kinds of maps disappear. AC will always have "fun" maps, I doubt map restrictions can ever block these. (early) 1.0 fun maps generally were fun sometimes. They actually had some sort of cover, and you didn't always know where the other person was. Fun maps are like douze in terms of cover. The main change is in the blue lighting, tall ceilings, and long and narrow rather than square appearance.
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(28 Feb 12, 11:28PM).ExodusS* Wrote: this map is ... illegal
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