Precious Waters
A funnel by FoamyGal

Official Beta Release (The map will not worked on any further).

Bugs:
The Water zone doesnt work. HOwever, it was more for the sound effect than anything else.

History
The first version dated back to 04.10.2005. The concept was that you fall down trying to hit the water so you wouldn't take damage.

It was one in a number of Maps, I remember i was going to create some original funnels for the HiVoltage Server, such as Gozar Funnel (finished but nowhere uploaded yet, coming), RailslideGaps (Being fixed maybe) and Precious Waters.
Precious Waters didnt work in time, the water sheet was causing a BSP hole.

25.12.2006 - Version]Y[, water zone problem, water everywhere.
02.02.2008 - finished, waterzone doesnt really work but ambient sounds do the job.

Another MapRelease Blog entry ^^

I cannot believe it are three years. Its like it has been a year ago.
Map features a CLuster Deemer and U4Vial (Speed up) and Nullfallamage, plus a blank UMX.
Everything is in the Mylevel section (Mapfile) for your convenience. The name of this map comes from some Melissa Etheridge song that i saw like 10 or more years ago live in TV, never had heard it b4 and never heard it again after, but the word PReciousWaters sticked in my mind. ^^

Precious Waters was part of a Trilogy of maps for HighVOltageServer.
In 2005, I was completely tired of the "funnel scene" pumpin out one (uncredited) Voxel-Map-Remix after the other so in 2005 I created a couple of maps pretty sophisticated (in direct comparison to the common remix recycled garbage outputs taht i hardly could consider "new" or "Different maps"). This map also features a few implementions into mylevel, such as the Cluster Redeemer which (after I implemented it into DeemWork Orange) established a standard weapon in the funnel scene. Saying this, I wanna point out Precious Waters original concept contained only normal deemers but i was told by players that "Maps without clusters suck", which is hilarious, because it looks like the "Scene" was unable to get them some own ideas. You put a cluster in a map, suddenly every new map has clusters. YOu put an Extensor RIfle in a map - suddenly every map has that weapon, and funnily they considered that "new", best was the kid who claimed he invented the cluster redeemer so he was the first to put it in maps, retexturing a weapon is called "inventing" nowadays it seems. My Original release fully credited the actual author, well remixing is the one thing but lying is another. I felt like "am i the only one who feeds this scene with influences? They take what i introduce like i feed them, is thre not a single creative head in this scene?" Which shocked me so hard i didnt continue to map funnels, I hate Deemers anyway, i like 1v1 rocket combat on the ascensions but noone ever gives me that.

You wonder, i.e. the extensor rifle originates from the gatling weapons pack where i took it from (Credited), why is it just and ONLY that weapon that you find in funnels, everything I put in I find re-used in other maps but nothing else. Same to the other stuff, be it the UZi, U4, Tear Gas, Batthwap, Zoomshockrifles, Multirifle, Binslayers or the fact only after Si and me out CTFs, suddenly CTF funnel maps surfaced up. Saying this, i want to give an impulse to the funnel scene and make it finally hang in there, go and make some OWN concepts, I'm tired like ass of this, I want to see some new maps that are no Voxel remixes or complete misconceptual bull (like yesterday - an armor in the geometry, nobody could ever pick it up, an evidence that it had not even been testplayed, those maps are what gives the mappers as well as the PLAYERS of funnels their noob reputation :/  ) Thus, I would like to get in contact with some FUnnel/Chaos map makers/players that feel the same ways as I do, if they exist. And - of course - if you hate deemers and love rocket combat on the ascension of a funnel - I'm your foam, let me know. 

And there we are at the end of this, you're not allowed to remix this map. You're not allowed to retexture it, alter the zip content in additional way or upload it at Nalicity (Every other Database is alright).

FoamyGal ---- UT99@z6.com

