for spezia: my rating 8.0 there was maybe kinda compensation of the unjustified 10.0 ratings to be honest. Mappers like to complain about lower ratings but are not fair enough to remove or complain about unjustified 10.0 ratings ;) . Most of 10.0 ratings are not justified as most of the maps have weak points. My actuall rating would be something between 8 and 9 for spezia. critics for spezia are more or less the same I wrote for cortona.

for cortona: Of course I read your description carefully before reviewing, its also mentioned as a positive point in my review. Ok, u explain by yourself that u need to find the best compromise between level of detail and fps. As u focus very intensively onto fps optimization you cannot maximize the level of detail. Hence you cannot expect full points for both of these aspects. For detail u got 9/10 from me for the reasons I mentioned. There should be a rating for compromise between detail and fps/optimization. Coz thats what we are talking about. But to be honest, I would give u 9/10 for such a kind of aspect too. Not 10 points, coz I think on one side the fps are extremely high and on the other side the map looks very nice but just needs some props or decals especially at the floors to make it look distinctly realistic. With the plain and perfect clean floors it has a lack in realistic appearance. thats the point i think. :) Please don't get me wrong, but I told you a lot of aspects you did very very well, and your feedback was mainly focused on why the hell I mention any aspect for improvement (which seems that you think your map is 'perfect', what isn't good, as u would not be able to improve and accept any suggestions for improvments. And your maps are very good but not 'perfect' in my opinion ;)). Again, please dont get me wrong, I just wanna explain my point of view. Thanks for the great maps and I am looking forward to your next releases.

Hey bud', where are you from, if I may ask ?

Your maps just looks so Great! I very much like your maps!

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Thanks for your comments, suggestions & rating on kothholealpha. It's really nice to have someone go into detail in their review instead of just saying "Love it", "Like it" or "Hate it". I've been working on most of the "cons" you listed since it was released, and have gotten a couple of the issues knocked out. You also listed a couple of "first reports" that I'd been waiting for. I would have liked to have tuned it all before release but time was an issue, so I just called it alpha and submitted it. As soon as I get all of the issues tuned / fixed I'll throw up another version. However, it may be a month or so before the next release because of work.

Thanks again. It's really nice to have helpful / constructive feedback.

This "A Systematic Approach to Level Design" was an awesome read, thanks.

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could u make a hammer tutorial? i do not know how to use hammer!