BANZAI
(download here: Bungie.net : Halo 3 File Details)

About the map:

I've been trying to make a map that would fill the void for a truly close-quarters intense crazy battle map, a map that would be good for playing with my roommate, a map that is small enough for a two player game to have a lot of action and not much turn around time for people to try to fortify their position. Hence, the probably slightly politically incorrect name of "Banzai."

So yeah, it's supposed to be intense, with the emphasis on action rather than on thinking and planning, although a certain type of strategy obviously comes into play. My personal fav feature are the grav lifts, obviously.

I just realized that the map is also not really set up for Team games, since I was focusing on a small map (it's so small you can hardly call it symmetrical, it's more just like one huge room). That could easily be fixed, but I don't know if Team games would even make sense on this map (although like I said, they could easily be played).

Gametypes:

With that in mind, this map is fully set up for and fun as hell on:

Slayer
Oddball
KoTH
Territories

all FFA. As I said, the spawn points are not yet split up into teams (although I feel like it would almost be just as good for team members to spawn randomly than it would be to try to organize them). So, you can try these gametypes in Team games and tell me if it works, or if it would even make sense to play Team games on this map. This map is absolutely NOT set up for:

Flag
Assault

I might try to set the map up for these gametypes later, but it's so small I don't know if these games would be any fun.

Stuff you can pick up:

BR x 3 (2 spare clips, 45 sec)
AR x 2 (30 sec)
Shotgun (1 spare clip, 150 sec)
Sword (150 sec)
SMG x 2 (20 sec)
Pistol x 2 (20 sec)

Bubble Shield (60 sec)
Power Drain (60 sec)

Plasma Grenade x 6 (20 sec)
Frag Grenade x 4 (10 sec)

The two power weapons, the sword and shotgun, obviously balance each other a little bit, but you could also theoretically change the power weapons, switch them both (or one of them) for a power-up, or delete them all together. No powerups in my setup because powerups are lame-o.

Cool Pics:

Long view from overhead

Long view of the top and bottom

Long view of the bottom and middle levels

Corner view of the bottom and middle levels

Corner view of the bottom

The pictures really don't capture how the map plays unfortunately. The one where you can see how big I am helps. It's not so small that it's just stupid (for an idea of the size of the top, for example you can't make the jump from the center bridge to the far walkway between the corner walls), and I'm pretty sure that it's a little taller than it is wide. Hope those pics help.

In closing:

Go ahead and downloads it! I know that you know that we can ALL use a map that we can throw on for some mindless yet awesome killing with a few buddies. And, if you do try it give me your feedback (esp. on the issue of Team gametypes as a possibility).

*EDIT: I forgot to mention the issue of getting out of the map. I made it so that the only way to get out right now is with a well placed grenade jump, and since getting out would be pointless in any game but Oddball (or Flag and Assault, but like I said the map isn't set up for that) I figured it was good enough (and I didn't want to add a bunch of ugly stuff along the top just for assholes who like greifing). Obviously, if people actually play this map and it becomes an issue you can add objects along the top to prevent getting out of the map, there should be plenty of budget and objects left to do so.