AntiVector wrote:
This is the type of map that's so ingeniously designed that it almost makes me want to quit mapping. I could never make a map with such creativity and polish.
Well, not with that attitude you won't. But I bet that if you took enough practice time, you'd be able to make brilliant maps. Just start out simple, I guess that's the best advice I can give. Don't expect anything awesome to form right away, I built the ugliest semi-maps you could image but had fun doing so. Didn't even release them, that would have been pointless (though I didn't even know how to do that back then).
Also, thanks a bunch for your compliments. I really appreciate it, especially since the map is quite old already. 
AntiVector wrote:
This is the type of map that's so ingeniously designed that it almost makes me want to quit mapping. I could never make a map with such creativity and polish.
Well, not with that attitude you won't. But I bet that if you took enough practice time, you'd be able to make brilliant maps. Just start out simple, I guess that's the best advice I can give. Don't expect anything awesome to form right away, I built the ugliest semi-maps you could image but had fun doing so. Didn't even release them, that would have been pointless (though I didn't even know how to do that back then).
Also, thanks a bunch for your compliments. I really appreciate it, especially since the map is quite old already. 