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suzanne @binarypartitioned.space · 28/08/2026

revisited de_troit (somewhat popular map from a server I used to frequent as a teen) and remembered how I used to think it was really weird that the designer built a massive industrial estate directly adjoining a load of suburban family homes. no, turns out urban planners will totally just do that.

Counter-Strike Source screenshot. A short cul-de-sac in an impoverished neighborhood. In the foreground are several forlorn suburban houses of the sort that were clone-stamped all across the post-war US. They are sharing the street with a couple of massive industrial buildings and a lot full of shipping containers. There's a smokestack towering over the whole thing.

A shot of the street from the opposite direction. Many more houses are visible in the background. A large billboard advertises the level designer's website.

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h4724.bsky.social @h4724.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

counter-strike mappers will make a map based on anything that starts "de" huh

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