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satchmo

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Registered:: Wed Nov 24th 2004
Website:: http://http://www.gamingparents.org
Last seen:: Tue Oct 11th 2022
Location:: Los Angeles, U.S.
Occupation:: pediatrician

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Profile

I am a fifty-something pediatrician in California, soon to be an aviator. My busy life consists of seeing a lot of patients, learning to fly, exercising, and spending time with my dog.

I have been a gamer since high school (Class of 1991). Some of my old favorites include the original Wolfenstein 3D, Doom, Doom II, Jedi Knights, Deus Ex, No One Lives Forever 2, Medal of Honor series, Half-Life, and Unreal II.

It's been a long time since I last logged in to the SnarkPit. I don't play games anymore, except for Microsoft Flight Simulator. I am retiring from medicine and becoming an airline pilot.

I started mapping in September of 2004, with the original Half-Life engine. I have made a few Source maps since, but my mapping career came to a halt when I turned 50.

Besides being a mapper and gamer, I am also a cinephile, a jazz connoussier, a bodybuilder, a runner, a writer, and an avid reader (mostly fiction).

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

Maps

Interception

Fairly challenging puzzle involving two clean-style chambers, a funnel, a laser, and a light bridge. The puzzle is slightly more difficult than the official Portal 2 puzzles.

There should be 2-3 "AHA!" moments in the puzzle. The solution is not technically difficult to execute. If you find yourself throwing cubes or flinging over and over again, you should find an easier way.

Version 1.52 compiled with high dynamic range rendering effects.
Version 1.57 added a Rattman den.
Version 1.60 added a pool of toxic water.

Escape from Black Mesa

This was my first realistic mapping attempt. It's very small, but hopefully it's still enough to give you a thrill ride.

Objectives:
1. Break out from the jail
2. Find your HEV suit
3. Rendezvous with Barney at the ledge of the cliff

Tips:
1. Use stealth initially and try to get an assault rifle as soon as possible
2. Try to evade the guards by navigating the periphery of the complex
3. Watch your step when you're at the edge of the cliff (you'll die if you fall off accidentally)

The map ends abruptly when you meet up with Barney. I haven't mastered game_text or env_fade when this map was made, but I am not planning to update it anymore.

sp_vertico

After successfully leading the Uprising against the Combine forces and obliterating the Citadel single-handedly, you have been chosen to be teleported into a strategic missile silo and infiltrate into the base.

Your objective is to trigger yet another reactor explosion that will destroy the valuable generators inside the missile base.

This is a relatively short map that takes less than ten minutes to finish. It is adapted from dm_vertico and its main purpose is to orient a new player to this multiplayer map.