Quake 3 25th Anniversary Contest - ..::LvL - Quake 3 Arena Maps (Q3A Custom Maps)

Sprony Rep. 249
#1 23 Mar 2024

Almost 10 years ago, I organized the last - as far as I know - big contest for Quake 3 to celebrate the game's 15th anniversary. Sadly, the game hasn't received any official love since then from either id or the press when another anniversary is due. I know there are a lot of communities out there still playing and tinkering with the game, but sadly they're all scattered over the internet and we don't have a centralized place anymore. It pains me to see so little love for my favourite arena shooter of all time!

I'm willing to give it my all to try and celebrate Quake 3's upcoming anniversary in style, but at the same time I'm realistic about the chances of getting enough people on board. However, I'm currently bringing Map-Center back (the domain is already up, the website isn't done yet) and we've been supporting id-tech 2 through our Discord server with multiple very successful released map packs and a thriving mapping/modding community behind them. I'm confident that if I put in the work, I could again find sponsors, provide a place to host it and get well known mappers to support it. However, all of that is in vain if nobody is participating.

Consider this post a way for me to gauge interest. Feel free to share it among the many scattered communities out there! Let me know where you shared it though

Geniraul Rep. 1709
#2 23 Mar 2024

Sounds like an awesome idea! I shared it on the "QuakeLegacy.com Quake 2 Remastered" Discord server in the "quake3" channel.

Neon_Knight Rep. 344
#3 15 Apr 2024

I'm in.

Minos Rep. 0
#4 22 Aug 2024

Sprony~~ I just got back to Q3 mapping just for fun, that sounds really cool!

Sprony Rep. 249
#5 07 Sep 2024

I've just posted this as news on our Discord server:

These past couple of days we’ve seen an outpour of love for Quake 3 and the desire to add support for that beloved game as well. As always, we listen to our community and are happy to oblige. That means that starting today Map-Center also officially supports Quake 3. The previous Quake 3 Anniversary channel is no longer under projects, but has been renamed to quake3-general under the new Quake 3 category. There’s also a dedicated mapping channel and a curated resources channel.

As stated before, we intend to grow organically, without trying to push things that the community doesn’t want. We sincerely hope we can keep this momentum of renewed interest in Quake 3 going and obviously we’re going to promote our newest addition through the regular channels. We encourage you to spread the word as well and invite Quake 3 mappers to come and join us (discord.gg/vSvqwys5hB). Together we will plot out the future of Quake 3 here at Map-Center.

We're going to do a hard push to try and get it going again. Even Sock is back ;)

Tig Rep. 2352
#6 07 Sep 2024

@Sprony - Such great news. Thanks heaps for sharing here. Really looking forward to some fresh map submissions.

Sprony Rep. 249
#7 08 Sep 2024

@Tig - Thanks for letting me share it! It feels a bit like a small reunion right now. So many people have returned to at least say hello. There are also a couple of promising maps in the works. Of course, we hope to fill this database even more.
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