Queen's Gambit 2
Latest live Version: ut4_queensgambit2_a2
I created Queen's Gambit (first version) during the time when FSK405 would have HUGE numbers of people showing up for our Sunday Scrims, and our pub server was packed every afternoon/night. It is a huge map to support large numbers of players, but it is also a bit confusing to some. Many? Since I loved the idea I had, but recognized reasons people might not enjoy it as much as the few who did/do, and since I was in the mood to work in that headspace again (ancient Egypt), Queen's Gambit 2 was the result. I could have afforded it another Queen based chess gambit or opening, etc name, but I took the lazy way out, and simply tacked a "2" on the end.
As with most of my later maps, all the ladders in this one are what epople have been calling "fast ladders". Basically, they are actually stairs. But, each "step" is only about an inch deep, but at a height that allows one to seemingly "climb" VERY quickly.
If you walk around Queen's Gambit, and then around Queen's Gambit 2, you will notice MANY similarities. The architecture is almost identical, and the layout is VERY similar. It is smaller, simpler, and the texturing provides greater ease in identifying where you are more quickly than with the original. In the center, there is now a "foggy pit" (falling = death, of course), and a bobbing lift that runs between the lowest and highest levels. Hop on and off where you wish.
