SALTY FINGERS - A Rotationally symmetrical, fun-ish yet competitive, 4-8 player, mainly slayer map.

download link for MAP variant: Bungie.net : Halo 3 File Details

download link for GAME variant (only if you'd rather not Manually configure the custom powerup):
Bungie.net : Halo 3 File Details

CUSTOM POWERUP CONFIGURATION: 15seconds/300%speed/Invulnerable (inspired by the hammer in Super Smash Brothers)

This map was inspired, I think, by a few different maps: Warlock, Sanctuary, Super Smash Brothers (N64), Lockout, and my brother's map "Mexican Sky" (he doesn't have internet).

Here are some distinct features of this map.

Aesthetics:

- I chose to have a sort of "Obelisk Claw" rising out of the middle with a cube floating on its corner between them. On top of that is the gravhammer/custom powerup.

- Minimal interlocking because I don't have much skill in that.

- I put invis on red and OS on blue because I think it's prettier that way.

- Mixed elements of straightline symmetry and symmetry of scattered rock formations.

- I wanted to have a view from side to side marred only by shield doors.

Layout:

- Each base has a snipe tower, but the sniper is in what I call the "snipe bus", accessible only by a shield door and subject to four fusion coils if populated for any amount of time.

- Each base also is populated by many fusion coils to avoid camping.

- A man cannon on each side which leads to the Custom powerup and a Hammer.

- Rocket in the middle, open to all manner of fire, but one can quickly drop into the shield door middle on bottom which also holds a shotgun and four fusion coils.

- Mauler which is, honestly, a little too close too snipe behind a shield door.

- Teleport to get from side to side.

Supports 4-8 players (slayer tested only)
The weapons are below, but, honestly, I should probably get rid of a few, regardless of my long respawn times (I kind of went for variety for fun's sake).

Weapons/Respawn Time

6 brs/60
1 rocket/120
2 snipers/150
1 shotgun/120
2 needlers/60
6 frags/60
10 plasmas/60
1 hammer/120
1 custom powerup/120
1 os/120
1 invis/120
2 carbine/60
2 ar/30
2 plasmarifle/30
2 pp/30
2 spikers/30
2 bruteshot/120
2 regen/120
2 drainers/120
NO BUBBLESHIELDS (those things are ridiculous)
Here's the download links again:

MAP variant: Bungie.net : Halo 3 File Details

GAME variant: Bungie.net : Halo 3 File Details

Here's the screenshots:

This is an overview of the whole map (as much as I could get).

This is the Hammer and the 300%speed/invulnerability/15sec powerup. It's inspired by getting the Hammer in Smash Bros. 64. When you take the cannon to the hammer and get the powerup too, don't forget to hum the MarioStarPower song. It makes it much more satisfying.

Here's a view of blue base.

Closer view of Blue base.

The entire blue side and middle.

Here's a long view of blue side.

And a long view of red side.

Here's the mancannon section on red side. Notice there's an invis on red side and overshield on blue. I think it's prettier that way.

Here's a big shot of the middle section.

Here's a closer view of the middle.

Here's the snipe bus. Don't stay in there or you're screwed. You can't enter it from either end, only through shield door, and if you stay you'll get fusioncoiled out of this dimension.

Here's the sightline through shield doors from snipe to snipe.

Here's a view that shows the two-way teleport on either side.

I tried to throw in a few fun elements, a few challenges, a little aesthetics, and space things out for competitive purposes. There are a number of ways out of death and a number of sightlines as well. Hope you enjoy!