I would like to get hold of a map that is really bad for gauss nuking. That is, I want a map where it is very easy to kill yourself with random gauss reflection deaths.
What's the most severe case of gauss nuking you've ever found? Come on, don't be shy 
It's not a design fault in the map, so the author should not be upset!
SI_Rush, part of science and industry. Can't ever ever seem to Gauss jump in the middle area without it backfiring.
My own SI_Overfloater can get fairly nasty too.
Why not? The only problem I could see would be texture waddage, you could just create some dummy wads and get a bunch of checkerboards at some spots...
Excellent - thanks Mazey 
/me bounces up and down on tower without getting nuked
hohoho
Here's that map if your still interested
http://www.snarkpit.com/pits/tracer%20bullet/LockerRoomRats.zip
I should have mentioned I found it already, but thanks anyway
Also the fan-death does not appear to be related to gauss-nuking; it just happens whenever you fall back down into the fan.
I only needed one reliable test map and I have one now; thanks for your help everyone.
Bad maths causes gauss nuking 
There's an algorithm that calculates how the gauss beam reflects. It's only supposed to reflect at shallow angles, and not at all if fired directly at a wall. But the vector calculation falls down at certain angles.
I can't code well enough to read exactly what's happening, but my guess is that it's a trig error - perhaps the tangent is calculated at 90 degrees, which would lead to problems.
Alltho i havent read more than the first post (the request for maps wich have complex faces causing the gauss to reflect and splat you.)
I got 2 maps for you , Three_kings and Expiry_final wich is an remake of three_kings, you can find the map exoiry_final in my profile 
if anyone is looking for further answers about why the gauss splats you i suggest you read this thread : http://www.snarkpit.com/forums.php?forum=3&topic=129
Enjoy the splattering
