Description	Inside the POD you must battle for your life. The POD is a part biological and part technological creature, location and time, like an eternal entity and soul-gatherer, where lost souls are trapped and the POD feeds off of them as they die.  As each person dies, their life-force is ripped from them and floats around the inside of the POD where it is slowly consumed.  The players must battle each other to catch what little free life-force floats around in hopes that they get to live just a little bit longer.  The floating green spheres (custom scripted actors) that run away from players who approach them, are life-force orbs (they don't supply health in-game when touched though).
Design	This map had the design goal to be created in three days from mostly CSG Brushes and a limited texture set and still feature great visuals and gameplay (but it took five days with all of the beta testing and web page work etc.).  The layout was a mashup of new ideas plus elements from my UT99 maps DM-Illusion DM-Vapour and DM-Dyscus, along with bits from other great UT and Q3A platform maps like Gael LongestYard and KleskonianCurves.
Features	- fast deathmatch action - interesting visuals and concept - animated skybox - custom staticmeshes and textures - custom scripted actors for audio, teleporter, etc. - custom NPC floating orb creatures that run away from players
Game Type	Deathmatch
Players	6 to 12 (30 PlayerStarts available)
Map Specifications	Style small floating platform Dimensions about 4096 UUs of play area Music yes Weather no Custom meshes yes Custom music no Custom scripts yes Custom sounds yes Custom textures yes
Notes	- This map should play well on almost every game system. - All Unreal II content in this map was converted by me. - Server admins may remove the screenshots from the zip for a smaller server-push map file. - The Jumppads on the outer Redeemer and UDamage Platforms are there for emergency takeoff when the Teleporter is blocked by an enemy, so its extra long kick will give players and bots some damage.  Use the Teleporter instead whenever possible. Map Specifics: - Weapon loadout: Assault, Bio, Flack, Mini, Link, Shock, Rocket, Sniper.   Plus extra ammo packs. - Health, Shield, SuperHealth and SuperShield are available on the map. - The Double-Damage is on the map. - Custom MultiAdrenaline and MegaAdrenaline are on the map. - Redeemer is on the map.
Bugs	- Bots sometimes try to take a shortcut on a couple of paths and loop a couple of times until they go the right way.
Requirements	Unreal Tournament 2004 and the Epic ECE 1.1 free Bonus Pack
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	DM-DG-ThePOD Map ID is 43173

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