Hey Forgehub, this is my very first map! I spent fair chunk of time on this, making sure it was balanced and reasonably cool looking and fun to play. I would estimate about 20+ hours of work went into this, from design to forging to testing to fixing to posting....and I really like CONSTRUCTIVE criticism :)

My map is called Jack Be Nimble. I called it that because the map is designed for fast, screwy, hectic gameplay. I hate it when I'm in matchmaking and my games just turn into some giant campfest where nobody wants to move or be bold. On the flip side, I love it when my games are absolutely crazy and don't really have any continuity to them; where everyone is just running around and kills are flying everywhere. In that vein of thought, I designed Jack Be Nimble to have fast-paced, wild and generally insane gameplay. Teleporters are a big thing in my map, you use them to move about alot more than in other maps I've seen on this site. Big explosions and bodies flying everywhere, if you catch my drift.

The map is based around a large central structure that sticks out of the middle of the map. The structure houses many teleporters, as well as the sniper rifle and a deployable cover. The map itself is horseshoe shaped, just like the Basic Foundry map.

Here's the central stucture:

Here's the sniper and deployable cover:

I also have several shield doors placed around the map on 45-second delay, just to spice things up at the very beginning of the game and to change tactics later on. Two shields spawn on either end of a open double box that leads to the Rocket Launcher, and one shield spawns on the middle stucture.

Here's the teleporter to the Rocker Laucher with the shields on.

Jack Be Nimble is meant for 4-10 players, and supports Slayer, Team Slayer, CTF, Assault and Territories.

Here's the Weapon list:

Battle Rifle x10
Assault Rifle x6
SMG x4
Brute Shot x2
Plasma Rifle x2
Covenant Carbine x2
Plasma Pistol x2
Spiker x2
Sniper Rifle (1 spare clip) x1
Rocket Laucher (0 spare clips) x1
Energy Sword (90-second delay) x1
Machine Gun Turret x2

Here's a list of Equipment:
Bubble Shield x1
Power Drainer x1
Deployable Cover x1
Regenerator x2

And Powerups:
Invisibility x2

AND grenades placed at strategic points along the map as well. I was too lazy to count all of them :(

I tried really hard to understand some of the techniques outlined in the FAQ's; I hope my attempts at floating objects and interlocking were successful in your eyes. Here's some other screenshots I took, hopefully they'll give you a better idea of what my map is all about.

There's a mongoose underneath a machine gun turret at each base:

The bubble shield spawns in the middle of the map, right at the end of the central structure (I really need a better name for that, don't I?)

Here's the shotgun spawn, 1 for each base:

Here's the view of some of the map from the Machine Gun Turret:

And, finally, here's the view from the floating bridge (with carbine)

Thanks for reading and considering my map, give it a download!!!!

Leave comments on how I can improve my forging techniques, I've already got another map in the design stage.

Thank you very much,
Vodelhaus

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