MN State Fair Map

[sithpigeon]

Hello everyone,
I'm new here but just want to say I love this community before I start.

Anyways, I am going to be building a Counter Strike: Source map of the Minnesota State Fair grounds for a 4H project and I'm looking for ideas. My plan is to scale it down a lot and include some of the fun buildings in the playable area.

The biggest questions I'm facing before getting started are:

1.) How big should I make the map so it doesn't ruin game play but I can still include enough stuff to make it recognizable?

2.)What from the fair should be included in the map?

3.)Would a bomb defuse or hostage map work best?

4.)Has anyone else created maps similar to this one and if they have any advice?
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If anyone has any ideas I'd really appreciate the help, thanks.

 

[Deimos]

For the size of the map, I think it should be long, not wide, that way CT's have to go from one end to the other to complete the objective

I think it should be tons of stuff from a fair, but I wouldn't make them have any function, rather then be a prop, or somewhere to shoot from (like a ferris wheel).

Hmmm.. if its a fair, I think Hostage's (CrAzY carnies always run those events)

 

[sithpigeon]

It just donned on me that the last person to make a real life map got kicked out of there school. (The high school map if I'm correct) I wonder if I can get in trouble for this too. Hmm...

 

[seal lovin]

i think that is an awesome idea but i dont have any advices sorry

 

[RunzWitSkizzorz]

Well if you think about it. The school idea is kind of touchy with all of the shootings within the past years. But a fair map would be awesome. Especially the minnesota state fair. It is effin huge. The only thing you might not want to do is label any particular booths. Like the "Fox" or "93X" booths for legal reasons.

 

[sithpigeon]

Oh, that's true. I hadn't thought of that but your right.

 

[Tee Hee Hee]

Wow...they got kicked out of their school? I'm from the UK and I suppose I can see why...in the UK we dont have that issue (not saying we're better, we have different issues )

I had loads of fun at school when one guy made a CS 1.6 map of it and well yeah, I had lots of skirmishes on it?! Oh well, good luck with the fair map.

 

[pickles]

One thing to say. I live in Vancouver, British Columbia. About 2 years ago, I saw in the paper that a guy was arrested for making a Counter Strike Map of his school. Yes, Arrested. I strongly discourage you from making a map of your high school.

PS I dont know how the information got to Canada, he was arrested in China?

Link: NewLevelGaming (blog post)

 

[Tee Hee Hee]

Pickles...he isnt making a map of his highschool but of a fair!

But yeah...map real world locations at your peril? Hmm, I dunno...I think it should be fine if its not a real school, hospital, police station or airport...

 

[sithpigeon]

That's what I'm really afraid of. I just thought it would be cool to make the map but I've talked to some people and they don't think I should just because the topic is so touchy. I also wanted to use it as a 4H project which I definitely don't think I'll be doing now. But if it was just a fair map that would still be cool, just don't but the "MN State" part in.