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Views From The WEDGE

|So Radium is Back...|September 23, 1999

Radium started reviewing TFC maps again.

Do you care?

Of course you car! There are hundreds of maps out there and there is only a few TFC map review sites that continue to post new reviews. There are even fewer sites that will post a review that doesn’t pull punches or try to suck up to the map makers.

Now, this may sound strange coming from a guy who runs a column that is exclusive to a competing TFC Map Reviewing site, but I am glad Radium is back.

Last time I checked File Planet (moments ago) there were 160 Team Fortress Classic maps out there. And I know this isn’t the definitive list all TFC maps. I’ll bet, that between MoOg and Alnya over at Mutilation, Borg at The Collective and Radium at – well – Radium, that we haven’t even come close to getting decent reviews of all of them.   And I know there are more reviewers out there AND more maps.

Not to mention, more review sites. But do you care?

A second opinion. A different perspective. A new slant. Whatever you want to call it.

Work with me on this one…

If you went to the doctor for a regular physical exam and he informs you that you must have your testicles removed or you are going to die in 3 months, do you think you’ll get a second opinion?

Ok, bad analogy. Try this one…

Did you avoid going to see The Phantom Menace, even though most movie reviewers ripped it to pieces?

I didn’t think so.

So, for those of you who think Radium is Dead and he shouldn’t do reviews anymore because he took a month off – GET A LIFE! He obviously has a life, and is busy living it. You should try doing something beside crying all the time – like your homework. Have you ever started a new job? Oh forget it… you’re probably late for class.

And for those of you who only read Radium Reviews and claim that all other map reviewers suck – GET INTO LIFE!  Because it’s all about the second opinion, baby! Try reading the other reviews, too. If you keep searching, you just might find someone who gives high scores to the same maps you would. 

Now wouldn’t it be a perfect world if we all liked every map that Radium gave a high score to?

Wouldn’t it suck if all map makers created levels JUST to get perfect Radium scores?

Wouldn’t it REALLY suck if all public servers only had Valve maps in their rotation?

Peace,

Wedge

The views expressed here are probably different from yours.  And I’ll probably piss a bunch of people off with them, but that’s what this is all about, neh?  Give me some feedback, chummer.  I’m sure Borg will give me my own forum, eventually.  For now, just find my post in the community section.  No trout were injured in the creation of this editorial.