Thread:Vorknkx/@comment-3547390-20150204202730/@comment-3547390-20150327201100

I am not so sure the same map designers participated, it might be a bit more underhanded than that...

Heh, third party map packs were mostly regarded as shovelware in regards to Quake, so it is no surprise the phenomenon is dead. From Gregory A Macmartin, we learn that Aftershock was designed in a massive rush to get it on the market so it could sell before Quake 2 would be released. I think that was the case with a lot of them, they were rushing in that 1 year window of time to cash in on Quake's popularity.