interview: tau

[CSN NewsBot]

Hey, look! Another post-CPL clan interview with team TAU. Two members of this U.S.-based CAL-i team, beavis007 and Lance, gave their time to us for an interesting an informative Q&A session:

CS-Nation: CAL is trying to bring some new life into the map rotation; do you have any particular thoughts on de_chataeu?



Beavis: I think its a horrid map and the maker should quit mapping or seriously work on his mapping projects.



Lance: That map is so retarded its not even worth putting in the cs 1.5 download. Horrible fps, water noises, and just the layout of the house makes it a terrible map.

read the rest of the interview here!



Thanks to Sublyme and orion for doing these interviews. Yesterday, we posted our Echo7 interview.

[CoolBurn]

My guess is that neither of these 2 CS palyers have ever mapped in their life. If they had, they wouldn't make comments about mapping because its not as easy as everyone thinks. To be a really good mapper, it takes many yrs and the time and effort anyone puts into a map should never been scrutinized so severely. I've never finished a map because of the complexity to it and time it takes. Personally, Chateau is one of my favorite maps as its extremely balanced compared to other CS maps that CAL could choose. Unfortunately, there are very few high quality new maps being released for an archaic game engine such as CS. Many of the better mappers have moved on to engines like UT2K3, bf1942, or others so their ideas can be fully enjoyed and not limited by single entity mapping like in CS.

[wangalicious]

These 2 are monkeys. Chateau is an excellent map and wasn't it made by Valve? These meatheads know nothing and its amazing people who make immature comments like that are allowed into CAL. I hope they put their diapers back on.

[narby]

Chateau is a very well executed map in terms of actual visual design. The layout may be pretty ropey for clan matches, but it was probably designed more for the mass market pub gamers than clan matches.

It's tough to find a map that looks good and plays good, the two are, more often than not, mutually exclusive in counter-strike.

[midgetspy]

I'm sure you meant lent rizzuh.. ;-P

[mxismylife]

chateau is a beautiful map, tundra and siege however, have got to go...

[Chaser]

i think that chateau is an AWESOME match map, so many ways to be stealth but u can also be fooled with water noises and so many ways to go, it is very balanced with good entrances and exits to bombsites, i think that chateau should be added into regular cal rotation personally

[helox]

dont think chateau has it to be a good clan map, but for a pub game its pretty good, its something different than just playing dust2/aztec/dust all the time.

[orphy]

Chateau - looks nice, but I personally hate it. Can't stand playing it, even on pubs.



gj orion.

[poopcrap007]

thats right bitch, de_chateau is one of the worst map ever....and if u like it then...f*uck U :)

[madman360]

actually,chateau is a very fun map. i didnt know it at all before CAL and after a few time scrimming/pubbing on it i really liked it. This is great map.

[MikeJ]

I can't really comment on chat, haven't really played it much and the times i have were against not so good clans.



i'm glad we are keeping our discussion to the highleted part only.

[abysmal]

Yes gg guys, you make a map thats more different than an 'aim map'.



Chateau is a beautiful map, theres no fps problems (hey your 'pro gamers' so you shouldnt have problems buying a good pc), and layout? same layout as most maps. CT spawn dumps you near 2 sites, terrorists have to get to one of them and plant.



I dont like playing chateau in pubs, but for matches i think its a great map.

[Invis]

I like it, except for the water. Any CT can tell which site your going because of it

[thrasymachus]

My suggestion for improving counterstrike maps would be to change everything into a de_ map. Except for aztec and dust. Those can be as_ maps.