Recently Personalized

Real Name: Jon Rickenbacker
D.O.B. June 22,1962
I was born in Fort Hood Texas. I have 3 children and have been married to the same woman since September 5th of 1981. I joined the Army at age 18 and became a Sergeant by age 21. I was a Combat Engineer and learned demolitions as a specialty.

I learned to map for the Build Engine and Duke Nukem originally and moved on to WorldCraft and HL1 in February of 1999. I have been assisting budding mappers for about, (looks at Snarkpit join date) a long time.

I have a mid sized PC, with plenty of room for upgrades. Its currently a 3500+ with an Radeon 9800 pro 256 driving it.

I hope to move on to Q4 mapping soon (with a bit of help from a good friend :wink: )

I currently deliver new school busses all over the lower 48 United States. I drive in excess of 100,000 miles annually. I have visited only one Snarkpit member so far, seems courage is in short supply for the rest but I have hopes. I visited almost a dozen clan members when I was part of [DRS].

Sadly, I am currently on 56k and am about as enthusiastic as one can imagine for being so, so if I seem intolerably annoying at times, remember that this may be the cause.

You will either like me or you won't. There is no real in between.

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The best things in life, aren't things.

Real name: Dave

D.O.B.: withheld due to mental health reasons.

other info: (see D.O.B.)

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i eat paint

Real Name: Rainer Hilland

D.O.B: April 5th/91

I live in a town called Markham just north of Toronto in ONtario. 1 brother, 1 sister, and divorced parents.

I map little dittys for me to play on CS:S and 'tis about all.

I work as an umpire for young kids in the summer, pays enough to
support anything I want to buy, and I just quit a paper route 'cause I
moved.

That's really about it. Average 14 year old playin guitar, except I
do'nt like most new music. I dig the Zep and Hendrix of years
past.

Real Name: Brad Walters

D.O.B: March 14, 1985

Location: Betwixt a Deliverance-like hicktown, a small Ozark berg and a Religious Russian Community.

I work for a school district as a network and computer maintainance guy. I also am an assistant teacher in a class of which snarkpit user Fatstrings is a part. I speak three languages, but none as good as english. Maybe some day...

I build hot rods as a hobby. It takes a long time...

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I tried sniffing coke, but the ice cubes kept getting stuck in my nose.
http://www.dimebowl.com

Real Name: It's really long and Irish, so I'll just say Bruce Wayne.

I was born one mornin' when the sun didn't shine - January 17, 1989. That makes me 16, nearly 17.

My brother and his friends started playing Counter-Strike when I was in the fifth grade, so I started too. Soon after, thinking that maps were constructed from code, I got Worldcraft, intending to make an Iceworld clone before there was even an Iceworld.

Starting with my very first creation, I made my own textures for my maps. Textures and lighting soon became what I did the most and the best - and, honest to God, I think this seriously changed the way I look at both art and life. Most people look at sunsets to see something beautiful - I'm much more interested in looking at fade and bloom, the pitch of shadows, the way light and surface interact.

Looking back, I have to say that my time spent with Wally, Worldcraft, and Photoshop essentially amounted to screwing around: though I became skilled at making maps and reviewing them, I never actually released any, save for little fun maps to play with friends.

I pretty much stopped mapping with HL2 - my computer can't even run it anymore, for some reason. Right now, I'm playing World of Warcraft. A lot. I think I'll return to HL2 for DoD:S.

<3 SP

alex .....*cliff notes verion of name for ease of use
omaha, nebraska.....good place to raise a family

born the same day hawaii was admitted to the union, only earlier *by a few hundred days

ex navy submarine service, diesel boats, ww2 circa....engineman...got out in 82.....its good for ya; forces ya to grow up

mm...lets see....ive been a cad drafter since college, sometimes full, sometimes part time, ive owned and operated a construction framing/design company a few times, (im a crappy businessman, i think we should all just go back to bartering... :heee: ) ive done many things in my years, and i always come back to construction. good honest living....i started mapping after i found out worldcraft "looked just like autocad"...lol..... found the pit in a search, was welcomed pretty much with open arms, and have learned everything i really know about mapping from these guys, and this site....if i never said thanx to you all btw, my apologies. and my most sincere gratitude....you know who you are. :wink:

oh yeah.....and my wife wants a word with ya's ***me runs like hell :heee:

ive been a musician since well, since i can remember basicly, started playing drums in 5th grade, moved to guitar at 13 or 14 i 'spose....up till my little one was born i made at least half my living playing music....was a good life, alot of memories, and alot of stories.... :wink: tough for a family though, traveling sux after awhile.... *anyone know what i mean?....

68 firebird 400 garage car...a couple chevy trucks, a mariner, etc etc....

thats about it...great wife, great kids, great house, in a great part of a great country....life is.....

great....

till the next time...

Doc B... :dodgy:

Real Name: Sorry, I have to remain anonymous. Otherwise I have to
constantly watch what I say. I hate censorship, and I hate
censoring myself even more.

I was born in the same year as Black September and the Internet.

I immigrated from Taiwan in the 80's. I didn't speak a word of
English back then. I learned the language from my cousin and from
watching "Transformers".

I started mapping for the original Half-Life in September 2004, but I
didn't play HL1 until August 2005. I also started mapping for HL2
before playing the game itself. The sp_justice map was started
before HL2 was released. I barely played CS:S for more than four
rounds before I mapped for it.

I am a pediatrician in the United States. I got married in July
of 2005, and probably will be a father sometimes in 2007. My wife
buys me gaming related items for my birthday and the holidays (i.e. Far
Cry, F.E.A.R., Radeon 9800 Pro, Raising the Bar, etc).

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"The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return." -- Toulouse-Lautre, Moulin Rouge

<div style="text-align: left;">Real name: Gwilym John

DOB: 01/12/1984

Born in the UK to Welsh and English heritage, hence the name. Led a
pretty much uneventful 21 years so far, bar a few nasties in 2003/4.
Recently returned from a long working vacation in Australia, where I
stayed from April - Dec, 2005.

Started mapping a couple of weeks after HL was originally released
after digging WC off the CD. Never released anything, although have had
stints at reviewing and half finishing projects, mainly for HLDM. I
consider myself more of a player than a maker, and played clan TFC for
a good while with a ridiculous level of dedication. Currently I run the
now empty Snarkpit Server, back to my roots as a player.

Otherwise likely to be in the local pub or playing Civilization.

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Real Name: James Richard Montgomery
D.O.B. September 18, 1983
I was born in Champaign, Illinois. Moved to Wisconsin with my family when I was 9. I joined the Marines at age 21 and after being in for a little over a year am a Lance Corporal. I am a Tactical Network Specialist and learned computer networking and administration...after Marine Combat Training, of course.

I started mapping with Descent back in about 1997. I mapped for HL1 between 2002 and 2004. Now I'm in the middle of a few HL2 projects.

I built my own computer about a year ago, with an AMD 3600, 1 Gig of RAM, and an ATI 8550 256MB video card. I am planning to upgrade the thing in about a week, with a second hard drive, another gig of RAM, and an ATI x800 vid card. Also gonna run a dual OS machine, because Linux is way too good to ignore.

I currently live and work at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.

meaow

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My Pit

Real Name: Srikanth Nori

DOB: 25th March, 1985

Born in Hyderabad, lived in Bangalore for (all my life). Did 12 years
of schooling in one place, and then joined a bachelors course (in CS)
at a college right next to school, so basically lived my entire life in
one area. I'm in my 4th year of college, hopefully finishing in june 06
to join a job somewhere here too. I will probably go down in history
for having the most boring life ever.And, if you were wondering, yes, I
actually am Indian and i'm not claiming to be that just to troll the
n00bs.

Found worldcraft on the HL CD, and then screwed up something. Came to
the Pit because I had a leak but didn't know it. I was helped a lot
with that by the pitters and stayed on to get a lot more help. All that
went nowhere because I never released anything notable, but I still
remember some stuff and try help out the occasional mapper on the HL
forum.

Never started mapping for HL2. Tried my hand at UnrealEd, CoD Radiant
and somesuch but didn't have the time/interest/motivation to continue.
Tried texturing, modelling, etc but lost interest. So basically I hang
on in here for the babes.

Spend most of my free time tinkering around with my linux install
(because NONE of my hardware seems compatible...) doing things that
windows users have been doing for the last 5 years, bitching at various
locations on the net under various names, and getting in trouble in
college for the crap I pull in the working hours.

I have no social life. No talents in music, dance, or any of the fine
arts. No skills in any sport. Fancy myself a bit with the martial arts
but routinely get my ass kicked by 12 year olds.

In short, a great simple life with nothing to complain about, but that's not going to stop me.

Real Name: Ben Hodgson

DOB: 12/12/1983

I was born in Notts on a snowy day and the ambulance drivers wouldn't
come out to pick my mum up and told my dad to try another hospital who
also wouldn't come out but eventually one did. I'm the only person I
know where I live apart from my sister who went to a private school and
was taught to speek proper English, I then went to a state school and
picked up the local dialect so I have a slightly posh accsent.

I went on holiday to Canada to see my dad and stayed for about 2 years and then came back to England on holiday and stayed here.

I went to school in the village that Robin Hood was suposed to have lived and been married in.

I left school 5 years ago and have done a GNVQ in IT and failed, half
of the CCNA and quit, the A+ and got kicked out 3 days before I was to
take the test, a BTEC in Multimedia and actually passed and now I'm on
a BTEC in Graphic design and I recon I'll get kicked out of this one
soon aswell for being crap.

I started mapping back in 2001 and havent really released anything
good. I have tryed my hand at the UnrealED, Quake 3 Radient, and latly
I have been playing round with the Quake 4 Radient but I havent done
anything to write home about.

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Tinterweb site
Deviantart

Human knowledge belongs to the world

real name: Kenneth

D.O.B: june 16th, 1982

i graduated as civil engineer last year and am now doing a complementary year economics.

started mapping for duke nukem. landed into the HL mapping scene
through a mod called paroxysm more than 3 years ago and started coming
here. decided to join up more than 1.5 years ago.

takes me a lot of motivation and time to release a map, but i'm still at it.

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These words are my diaries screaming out loud

RL Name: Mister Anonymous
DOB: 19 October 1988

I started mapping for DooM and Duke3D back in 1997 and then HL1 in 2002. One day I will make a complete map. One day...

I didn't have an Internet connection until after the Great Flamewar and thus did not participate in it. But if and when there is a Second Great Flamewar (which will probably be in about 4 years) I will be ready.

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Better to be in denial than to be human.

Bill Gates understands binary: his company is number one, and his customers are all zeros.

Nickelplate, dude, you're old.

In fact, you're so old you're probably dead. I, on the other hand, maintain my vibrant youthfulness, muaha.

Name: Tom

DoB: April 1985

I was born in South Korea, before moving to Japan and then the US in
time for kindergarten. Moved to the Philippines in time to start
3rd grade, then moved back to the US in time for high school.
I've lived in Connecticut since then, except for the time I spend up at
college in Vermont.

I'm a swimmer. I love to read, I like to draw, I love listening
to music, I love sleeping. I think fall and summer are the best
seasons. I'm an English major, Film Studies minor. I don't
know what I'll do for a living after I graduate, but I'm thinking about
moving to China to teach English.

I first tried mapping when Marathon came out, and fooled around with
the Red Alert and Warcraft map editors for a little bit. I didn't
seriously start learning how to map until about a couple years ago,
when I joined a CS server that was runninig a custom map. The
creator was playing with us, and I remember wanting to have people play
something I created, so I had him show me how to get started. I
hung around the Counter-Map Forums for a summer, but then gave mapping
a break until HL2 came out. Now I map when I'm trying to avoid
big papers and projects.

Name: Drew Rouse

DOB: 7/19/88

I'm in south Missouri, and I'm in a computer technition class under
Nickelplate and i work a summer job as a lifeguard at a Boy Scout camp
with a bunch of college kids- it's a party

i played the drums for 3 years but haven't practiced them since my
brother went to college because after jamming with a crowd its not the
same alone and because my parents enjoy peace and quiet, which my
drumming lacks

when i get my new laptop i'm going to buy half-life with a good license and start mapping, can't wait to get started

I tend to keep my life more private on the net, if people ask me I tell them, but I wouldn't post it on the net...

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-[Better to be Honest than Kind]-

Myrk- said:
I tend to keep my life more private on the net, if people ask me I tell them, but I wouldn't post it on the net...

For privacy reasons I understand, and hope that no one felt compelled to reply.

I do however hope that everyone posts who feels comfortable enough to do so. Real names tend to lend a life of their own to a conversation. I would not ask anyone's name privately, who didn't feel comfortable publicly because I might let it slip in a posting.

I only recently found out Lep's real name. I never asked, and he never volunteered so we knew each other years without any need to know. :biggrin:

Still do not know your name Myrk and feel no need to do so until you decide when.

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The best things in life, aren't things.

<DIV class=quote>
<DIV class=quotetitle>? quoting fraggard</DIV>
<DIV class=quotetext>Nickelplate, dude, you're old.

In fact, you're so old you're probably dead. I, on the other hand, maintain my vibrant youthfulness, muaha.
</DIV></DIV>

Let's have a big Birthday bash next year!!! I'll host it at my place, so YOU need some plane tickets. Bring some friends. and please bring someone named "Vijay" and "Sanjay" because those are some kickin' names. Also, bring some of those hot girls with the dot on thier forehead. India is cool, and I'll probably never get to go there, so bring some culture with you!

Addicted to Morphine said:
I was born in South Korea, before moving to Japan and then the US in time for kindergarten. Moved to the Philippines in time to start 3rd grade.

Dude, remember whenI asked you if you were Korean or Philipino? That's uncanny....

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I tried sniffing coke, but the ice cubes kept getting stuck in my nose.
http://www.dimebowl.com

Name: Duncan Blair

DoB: 10 / 07 / 84

Location: Scotland

I'm a 21 year old university student, studying for a BSc Hons. in
Computer Games Technology and currently in my fourth and final year.
I've lived all of my life in my native Scotland, but believe me when I
say that half this county's population would question that fact by my
town's rather generic accent. My town is a fairly affluent place and my
two still-married parents are well off, and I'll be honest and say that
I've had a very easy life thus far. I have one sister, who is currently
staying in New Zealand and has been since early this year.

My hobbies include computer gaming (obviously), game development,
ice skating, snowboarding, rollerblading, and skateboarding. I don't
find myself doing many of those very often, for better or worse - part
due to my rather lazy nature, and partly due to the crappy Scottish
climate. I'm certainly not a natural sportsman but I've got fairly good
balance, which leads to my rather freakish interest and ability in
strange manouvers such as one-footed nose-manuals and the like :smile: I'm
currently single and living in the "lovely" city of Dundee with two
flatmates.

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Designer @ Haiku Interactive | ReNo-vation.net

bumps

I am linking these two threads for the purpose of continuity.

Other Demographics thread.

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The best things in life, aren't things.

Real name: Joseph Breeden

D.O.B. July 2, 1990

Started playing Doom at around age 4-5, and that game was single-handedly responsible for getting me into gaming. The first mapping tools I acuired were the s**tty as Genisis3D11, which I couldn't do nill with. At age 11, I got Half-Life for the PS2 for my birthday, and a while later, I remember fishing a PC half-life box out of a dumpster and reading how you could construct your own levels with a level editor.

At age 12, 6th grade, 2002, I purhcased Half-Life for the PC, and about a month later, I found worldcraft and have been mapping since. A lot of my work has never been seen, and I did atleast a good full year of mapping (most of that year consisted of s**tty n00b maps, but I still had fun and learned quite a lot). My debute project, Classic, taught me more about mapping than anything else.

(and that's all I got time to write for right now. I got classes! :biggrin: )

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Breaking the laws of mapping since 2003 and doing a damn fine job at it