The Barnyard

Yea...

April 11th, 2009

Still here, haven't disappeared. Having a rough time at the moment with life but things are slowly settling down. Almost done with my last free lance project, which is the only factor that is really slowing me down. Just because I'm out doesn't mean their aren't other maps so nothing is getting stale. I have four maps planned to make and then I'll end up retiring from the TF2 scene. Well, at least when it comes to map making. I'll still be trying to keep the School of Team Fortress going. I plan on getting that running first before I start map making, and my first map will hopefully get people to come check it out. We'll see. To all of you who stop by, thanks and check back in another few months if I haven't released a new map by then.

Happy New Year

January 5th, 2009

And late Kwanza! Yeah, real exciting. Anyhow, been super busy last month due to the holiday and moving to a new apartment. Took literally a month to get into the new one which is kinda sad cause the old one was a small studio and this new one is a one bedroom size but that's what happens when you got enough crap to fill 3 apartments, just like women and their makeup (except they look better). Throughout the whole process I was hardly online at all, random moments on my laptop. I finally got my new rig together, you can check it out on Flickr. It is a sexy beast, for a good decent budget rig at least. No need to get into specs as it's not important but will last me two years before I need to upgrade again. Now that I'm back, I'd love to say I can dive head-first into SoTF but school just so happen to start back up at the same time and I am behind on some freelance work that has been piling up. Any spare moments though I promise will get put toward that (unless I'm getting lucky then I'm sure we can all agree on that being okay). Check back in another couple months, hopefully then I can say that SoTF is up and running and I've started to layout the foundations of my next map. Thanks to those who do stop by.

Another Update

November 16th, 2008

I wish I could buy time, it would definitely make some tasks easier. School of Team Fortress is still under development. Slowly trying to get all the pieces working together. Everyone knows how it goes, you'll always run into other problems when working on a project and I think I've come close to smoothing out the extra popups showing up. Next map hasn't been started and won't be for a long time though I am solidifying the blue prints so construction should go smoothly. Nothing really else to report, just busy. For any who stop by thanks and check back in a couple months or so.

Mandatory Update

September 5th, 2008

Just posting a quick update for those who actually check here once in a great while. Real life is kicking my ass at the moment, with working full time, freelancing on the side, and doing college now. I hardly have time to switch hands when I'm using the rest room. However I got the new template banged out for the most part for the School of Team Fortress site. Currently the old one is still up but hopefully soon by next week I can replace that. As for the next jump map the blue prints are pretty much done and I've settled on the theme I'll be using since it can't be the same as the last two, not part of the series. Hopefully by October I can start working on it, might be end of October. I'm hoping to get a basic working version of SoTF working along with a conversion of Advanced to Fortress Forever. That's about it at the moment, when any of these get close to or done, I'll pop back up. Thanks all for your time.

RJ Rocketeer Advanced

July 23rd, 2008

It's finished! After Valve screwed up with the Low FPS Bug and the map not finished, it severly hindered progress as I was playing between 20-30fps. Thanks Valve! Map is finished, geared toward more experienced players. Some of the jumps near the end will probably seem a bit easier than some in the middle. That's due to me not being able to fully test the jumps with the bug and instead of leaving them impossible, tried nerfing them so they were acceptable. Want to thank my boys Wonderwall and {TF2F}Unnownd for helping in testing and pitching ideas with the map.

Now that it's finished I am looking forward to finishing SoTF! Then I'll probably be gone for a long time as I'll be taking online courses full time while having a full time job, so yeah I'll be ghost. Anyways, have fun. Any questions feel free to hit me up and I'll try to help.