whenever you guys are making a map what music do you listen to? c i
listen to prodidgy they inspire me to make crazy things, does anbody
else get a inspirative push from what they listen to whilst mapping.?

I alway listen to music while mapping, and while doing most things on
the computer for that matter, but I don't have anything I listen to in
particular for the task. I've a fairly mammoth sized music collection
and obviously I listen to some stuff more than others, but I wouldn't
say I have anything that is my mapping favourite. I tend to listen to
punk (more the pop/rock side these days), ska, rock, and emo more than
anything, though the odd wierdo Japanese music finds its way in there
too :smile:

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I seem to end up listening to rock music a lot of times.

Right now I'm listening to a lot of distrubed. Believe FTW.

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I listen to Pink Floyd when I'm on a role, and most anything when I'm out of ideas

Techno/Dance ftw baby.

They always seen to capture the gaming spirit, especially on hardcore sections, they enspire me to make great maps.. even if i dont realease then for copyright reasons :/

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What do i put here again?

I don't really map anymore, but there's one song that when I hear it
triggers mapping and vice versa, and that's Scar Tissue by RHCP.
For some reason, I don't know why.

I hardly ever listen to music while mapping. I'm not really a music freak, I'm much more stimulated by visuals. Things I see, things I read (and form an image of in my head)... music more often than not disturbs me when I'm being creative (except for the occasional humming I do when I'm thinking :wink: ).

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Whatever comes on shuffle.

i tend to not notice music when i'm tuned into mapping, and if i do notice it, it's because it's disturbing me. anything from the chili peppers to bach is cool for fragging, though.

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i eat paint

Rammstein works well for me, including the weird dance remixes thereof.

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"If you talk at all during this lesson, you have detention. Do you understand?"

• My yr11 Economics teacher

Random stuff for me: Kelly Clarkson, Elliott Smith, Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, Shakira, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Eldar Djangirov - just whatever I like, no specific "level design" playlists. :smile:

If/when I map, silence is not only required, but enforced. My house better be silent or I am pissed.

When I frag, I shut off every noise in the map I can. No music or anything. I want to hear every footstep. I tend to stalk most of my kills.

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The best things in life, aren't things.

I find I enjoy watching (or listening) to movies while I map. Or
listening to audio tapes/seminars/speeches whatever. it's a nice break
from music now and then. i like having a story or timeline to go along
with as i map instead of droning on.

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Poison, Aerosmith, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Silverchair, Cranberries, The Ramones, one White Zombie song, Queen, Spinal Tap, AC/DC, some Metallica and Final Fantasy songs (got the whole set) to name a few, but the one that makes me think of mapping the most is the Tetris song by DJ Venom. Oh and also Safety Dance :dorky: .

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Reckless disregard for childrens well being, women and nothing but utter contempt for other cultures.

I never thought of listening to music while mapping
Anyway, WillSmith's music rocks :biggrin:

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.::Dark|Masta::. - One name. One legend.

This is interesting, because its what my dissertation is on my architecture degree- the proportional relationship on music and architecture. All about how music inspires architecture and creation, and how architecture can be made from music by subconciously drawing the glissando of the song.

Also about how music can be translated through its mathematics or score to create architectural forms. Try opening some tune in goldwave and look at its waveform- extracting sections can be used to create architecture.

Anyways, interesting. :razz:

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-[Better to be Honest than Kind]-

Not really, Freeman. I mean it's not really strange. I came
here with mapping problems when I first started, then I grew out of
mapping, but still liked the community.

Same, I don't map anymore either- just kinda hobo around here.

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-[Better to be Honest than Kind]-

I dont think heavy metal suites mapping...Does it ??

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.::Dark|Masta::. - One name. One legend.

I listen to a lot of Alan Parsons Project when I'm mapping, along with some Aphex Twin or Pink Floyd. Occasionally Kraftwerk or Tool.

Did that help you in anything ??? or do you just hear it for entertainment reasons..??
Because i really dont remember where here, someone said it helps you in getting creative >_<

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.::Dark|Masta::. - One name. One legend.

<span style="color: white;">What I listen to while mapping is whatever I'm listening to that week. Usually I'll load up a playlist of similar artists 2 to 3 hours long and let it loop while I'm at my computer (closing winamp when I need to hear or when I need all the CPU cycles I can get)... and I don't change the playlist for days or even a week or more :biggrin:

I had a playlist with the albums "The Downward Spiral" and "The Fragile" plus a few other NIN songs running for weeks (about 180 hours altogether) but sometimes I'll leave it on while I'm AFK. Amazingly I rarely get bored of the music I listen to, and if I do it's most likely the music's fault.
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Music is a great help to my creativity and flow

Ever associate certain rooms or maps with the music you were listening to when you made them? That happens to me every time.

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mazemaster said:
Ever associate certain rooms or maps with the music you were listening to when you made them? That happens to me every time.

Your early rooms musta had big and empty music then Nick.

Sorry, I know thats not true, but I couldn't resist. Perhaps a bit of Simon & Garfunkel?

/giggles.

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The best things in life, aren't things.